The Part-Time MSW Program allows students who are not able to pursue full-time study to work towards a master’s degree on a structured, time-extended basis with classes delivered in a hybrid manner. Some courses are designed as blended courses with a mix of online learning and in-person sessions, while others are taught as online courses. …
The Field Education Office hosted two interactive workshops to deepen analysis and learn tools for anti-racist practice on September 17 and October 2. Becoming an Anti-Racist Social Worker presented by Marion Malcome, PhD, MSW, LCSW and Brit Holmberg, MSW, LCSW, MDiv explored with our community partners institutional racism in the 21st century and provided strategies for …
On Saturday in Madison, Roberta Gassman, MSSW ’72 was honored by The Hmong Institute at their “Celebrating the 45th Year of the Hmong Diaspora to Wisconsin Banquet” with their Leadership Impact Award. The award recognizes Roberta’s efforts during her service as Wisconsin’s Secretary of Workforce Development to help the many Hmong who fled Laos as …
This fall, the school hosted our first Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) training for all in-coming students as part of a two-day new student orientation. It featured numerous alumni (9 panelists of practicing social workers), over 15 faculty and staff who helped facilitate the student mingle, and a former field faculty. We also hosted …
Will support and diversity the corps of poverty researchers working on questions related to equity, inclusion, diversity, and access in economic mobility and human services policy Vilas Distinguished Professor of Social Work and UW-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) Director Katherine Magnuson announced that IRP, the nation’s longest-standing center for poverty research, has been …