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Welcome to the Department of Social Work
We are proud to be a diverse group of students, faculty, staff members, and alumni dedicated to the values and ideals of social work and social work education.The Department offers both the BSW and MSW degree options. Our mission is to "prepare competent and effective social work professionals at both beginning generalist and advanced specialist levels, to develop social work knowledge, and to provide leadership in the development and evaluation of service delivery systems. We encourage you to visit our website and learn more about how the Department of Social Work at UNC Charlotte can address your educational needs.
Recent News
MSW Student Receives First Place Multidisciplinary Award at Graduate Research Fair
Casey Jones, one of our Master of Social Work graduate students, won First Place in the Multidisciplinary Category for her paper with Elizabeth Pinard and Susan McCarter, at UNC Charlotte’s Graduate Research Fair, which was held February 25, 2012.
Casey's paper was titled “Increasing Access to Successful Independent Living Programs for Transitioning Foster Youth”. Pictured at left is Casey receiving her award. Congratulations Casey!
For more information, please visit the Graduate Research Fair website at http://gpsg.uncc.edu/grf.html.
MSW Student receives "Big of the Year" from BBBS of Greater Charlotte.
Elizabeth Pinard, a soon-to-be-graduate from our MSW program, recently was awarded the prestigious "Big of the Year" from Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Greater Charlotte. Here is how she describes what happened:
“Representatives from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Charlotte came to my internship a couple weeks ago and presented me with the “Big of the Year” award. I didn’t know anything about it… I thought we were having an agency meeting. I was very surprised and honored (and overwhelmed). They read me two letters written by my “little” and my “little’s mother”. The agency representatives told me there are over 1,000 bigs (maybe 1200) in the BBBS Greater Charlotte program. I believe the process requires Match Support Specialists to nominate “bigs” for the award and the board of directors vote on the final recipient of the award. As it turns out, I was the recipient for this year. I am planning to attend a board meeting later this month so the board can meet me and ask me questions about my experiences as a big sister.”
Elizabeth and her “little” have been together for about 7 years. Individuals from the agency have told us that the average match usually lasts about 22 months.
“Big” congratulations to you Elizabeth. We are very proud of you.
