Graduate School of Social Work 2018–2019 Progress Report

In our second year guided by a new strategic roadmap, we are leaning into change, making deliberate, steady progress to achieve our goals and realize our vision for the Graduate School of Social Work, the social work profession and the broader world. Learn more about our recent progress.

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Strategic Goal: Engage

We have reimagined community engagement and built powerful programming that expands to all members of our community — social workers, activists and allies who share our commitment to social change. From restorative justice to child welfare, our research portfolio continues to expand, and research expenditures have increased by $2 million since 2016–17. 

“It’s important that GSSW initiate these types of conversations so they become more mainstream and so that the community has a safe space to talk about injustices and marginalization that is taking place everywhere, all the time.” 

Liza Saffo, MSW ’15, “White Fragility” Attendee
Liza Saffo
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Strategic Goal: Envision

We have reignited thousands of personal alumni relationships nationwide, revamped our brand identity and shared powerful stories about our impact. We invested in our people and technology through a new advising model, self-guided student tools and remote accessibility.

9,000+ We have expanded engagement programming for our 9,000+ alumni.

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Strategic Goal: Learn

We’ve created a pathway to employment with robust field internship partnerships and provided 50 students with a $10,000 stipend through our behavioral health workforce program.

48 Across all programs, we currently enroll students in 48 states.

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Strategic Goal: Transform

We launched a schoolwide initiative to deepen our understanding of important social justice topics such as implicit bias and microaggressions. We also continue to prioritize scholarships for marginalized populations such as Native and Spanish-speaking students.

"No matter their identities, we want students, staff and faculty to feel valued, respected and to have a voice, and that diverse identities are included in operations, content and curricula. We want to live into the values of social justice so they are ever-present in the building."

Professor Eugene Walls, Culture and Climate Advisory Group Member
Eugene
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