The GSSW Student Experience

Here, community is central to everything we do. We have dedicated student spaces to enhance community — spaces where students study, participate in group projects and socialize. We’re a warm, welcoming community of scholars that truly like one other — we even eat lunch together! We also provide a variety of social work student events, and the University of Denver campus is rich with sports, arts, culture, recreation and wellness opportunities as well. Our community also is enriched by five social work student organizations that give you an opportunity to build your leadership skills, network with other students and the community, attend conferences and advocate for your class.

Social Work Student Organizations

• ECO Conscious

  ECO Conscious promotes conservation and environmental justice in the GSSW community and beyond by focusing on three critical goals: 1) educating and enlisting the DU community to use Earth's resources responsibly, 2) fostering greater connection with Earth through opportunities to explore and enjoy nature, and 3) advocating for political change for environmental justice through organized action.  ECO is open and welcoming to all GSSW Denver Campus MSW students. 

• Graduate Student Association

  The Denver Campus Graduate Student Association (GSA) contributes to GSSW’s vibrant community by helping to center the student voice in representative school governance. GSA organizes community events; provides professional development opportunities; provides a forum for GSSW students to discuss questions, concerns, or ideas; and shares student feedback with GSSW leadership.

• Queer Liberation Alliance

  Queer Liberation Alliance (QLA) is a space for queer folx and allies to sustain community, educate others, and advocate for liberation in order to create a radical sense of belonging and culturally responsive inclusivity at GSSW and the broader community. QLA is open and welcoming to all GSSW Denver Campus MSW students regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or sex. 

• Shades of Brown Alliance

  The Shades of Brown Alliance (affectionately known as SOBA) is a student-led organization that strives to offer a gathering place for students of color to commune, support, and encourage one another as we navigate being BIPOC at GSSW and DU. SOBA is open and welcoming to all GSSW Denver Campus MSW students regardless of race or color. SOBA is open to collaborating with other students, student organizations, community members, faculty, alumni, and staff at GSSW and the greater DU community towards making lasting and necessary changes to build the kind of radical learning environment needed to prepare us for the spaces we'll be (re-)entering upon graduation. 

• Social Workers for Social Justice

  Social Workers for Social Justice (SWFSJ) organizes the GSSW community to support and participate in grassroots anti-oppressive community action.  SWFSJ is welcoming and open to all GSSW Denver Campus MSW students.  The mission of Social Workers for Social Justice is to organize the GSSW community to support and participate in grassroots anti-oppressive community action. Together, we will connect with a spectrum of social justice-based organizations and learn crucial community organizing and activism skills.