Faces of CWTP: Gradi Moore
Gradi Moore is the youngest student currently in field placement with NAU’s Child Welfare Training Project – a federally-funded scholarship program, committed to recruiting and training...
View ArticleSelf Care at the Social Work Senior Field Seminar
Let’s be honest – social work is hard. Helping professionals put their hearts and minds into supporting others every day, and must develop unique skills to remain healthy, happy, and resilient under...
View ArticleNAU Launches Master’s in Social Work Degree (MSW)
It’s official! In fall of 2018, Northern Arizona University will accept its first Master of Social Work (MSW) students. This new program will provide access to a highly marketable graduate degree in a...
View ArticleCommunity Change Projects 2017
Each fall semester, senior social work students enrolled in SW 423 are asked to partner with a community organization to create a project that impacts a minimum of 25 clients. Students address client...
View ArticleSBS faculty win NASW awards
Professor Mary Damskey and Professor Emeritus David McKell have been recognized for their contributions to the field of Social Work in Arizona. Awards were presented to five leaders in social work in...
View ArticleDanielle Curley – 2018 Udall Scholar
Danielle Curley at “Not Your Typical Deli” in Gilbert, AZ, where she helped train teens and adults with developmental disabilities in professional best practices For the second year in a row, an NAU...
View ArticleTrisha Droubie – HURA Award Recipient
Social Work major and senior Trisha Droubie has received a 2019-2020 Hooper Undergraduate Research Award (HURA) for the project Police Social Work: Potential Collaborative Response to Crisis...
View ArticleThe National Association of Social Workers-Arizona Chapter honors Associate...
Congratulations to our very own Natalie Cawood who has been named “Social Worker of the Year” and Anne Medill who has been awarded the “Transformational Educator of the Year” by the National...
View ArticleDr. McCarthy Presents Research at Gerontological Society of America
Our very own Social Work Professor Dr. Mike McCarthy delivered his research at the 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in Austin, TX. The Gerontological Society of...
View ArticleNAU Yuma Social Work Students Provide Comfort to Mexican Farmworkers at 28th...
In the middle of the night on Saturday, December 3, 2022, farmworkers from Mexico did what they always do: They crossed the border to get on a bus to be taken to work in the cold, muddy fields in Yuma....
View ArticleSocial Work and HHS Partner for Panel on Interprofessional Collaboration
On September 27th, in honor of Health Professions Week, faculty members representing six different disciplines spoke with students from NAU’s Social Work Program and College of Health and Human...
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