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Social Work News & Events


MSW Program receives accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).  The program learned this week that it has received accreditation, good until 2013, after which the program will come up for recaccreditation every eight years.  This accreditation applies retroactively to all students who have already graduated from WCU's MSW program.


First graduating class of Substance Abuse Studies Certificate Students

Social Work graduate students Janice Wilson, Nancy Lubowizc, Janice Kitson, Courtney Palmer, Tabita Core, Robin Bryson, and Kristy Whitaker are WCU's first graduating cohort of Substance Abuse Studies students. These students will graduate with a Professional Certificate in Substance Abuse Studies along wtih their MSW and be eligible for licensure as Clinical Addiction Specialists after one year post graduation.

Reception honoring the Child Welfare Collaborative Education Program:

A reception in honor of the Child Welfare Education Collaborative was held Januray 22, 2009.  The reception attendees included sponsors of the bill funding the collaborative, WCU Chancellor John Bardo, WCU provost Kyle Carter, Collaborative students, and representatives from the College of Health and Human Sciences and the Department of Social Work.  For more information, please see this article.


NEW!! Substance Abuse Studies Certificate Program offered to MSW students.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE STUDIES PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE


WCU's first group of graduating students from the Master of Social Work (MSW) Program

Above: WCU's first group of graduating students from the Master of Social Work (MSW) Program will attend commencement May 10, 2008.


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