GSSW Student Events
From fun community-building activities to self-care sessions and professional development workshops, we offer a wide range of programming to support and enrich your graduate student experience. This page provides information about Commencement ceremonies and upcoming events for students.
Career Services
GSSW Mock Interviews
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No matter if you are preparing for a field placement or your post-graduation job, the interview is an important step in the job search process. Practicing with a mock interview can give you the confidence to showcase your best possible candidacy!
Sign up for a virtual mock interview with a GSSW faculty and/or Career Service staff member who will ask you questions tailored questions for the social work field, and provide you specific feedback to build your interview skills.
Monday, March 16
1PM-4PM, Virtual
Register in PCO or email gssw.careers@du.edu
Career Services
Interviewing with Confidence
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Interviews can feel intimidating—but with the right preparation, they’re a powerful opportunity to showcase your strengths, values, and readiness for the role. This workshop will help you build the skills and confidence to stand out.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- How to structure strong, authentic responses
- Ways to connect your experience and social work training to interview questions
- Tips for managing interview nerves and building self-confidence
- Common interview questions—and how to answer them with impact
- What to ask employers and how to navigate the interview process
Leave with practical strategies and tools to help you show up prepared, grounded, and ready to make a lasting impression.
Monday, March 16
12PM-12:45PM, Virtual
Register in PCO or email gssw.careers@du.edu
Career Services
No Time? No Problem! Quick Strategies for a Successful Search
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Pressed for time but ready to make moves? This power-packed session is your springboard into a successful job search. This interactive session is designed to help you confidently launch your job search with proven strategies to build a strategic plan that aligns with your unique career goals. Whether you're just starting or need a boost, walk away with actionable tools, insider tips, and renewed confidence to take the next step.
Monday, March 16
11AM, Virtual
Register in PCO or email gssw.careers@du.edu
Career Services
GSSW Virtual Networking & Job Fair
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The University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) invites you to participate in the sixth annual GSSW Virtual Networking & Job Fair.
Employers continue to express interest in attending a GSSW Fair to specifically meet GSSW MSW students & graduates. This signature event allows GSSW students and graduates to network with employer hiring managers & learn about current & future opportunities for post-graduate employment. While some agencies will be local to the Colorado community, some employers are nationally based; therefore, students & graduates from all GSSW programs (Denver, MSW@DEN, GLENWOOD SPRINGS & FOUR CORNERS) are encouraged to attend!
- Session One: 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. MDT
- Session Two: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. MDT
- Session Three: 1:00 p.m. -2:00 p.m. MDT
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. MT, Virtual
Check out event details and register in PCO or contact gssw.careers@du.edu
Career Services
A Therapist’s Take on Heart-Centered Conflict Resolution
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Join GSSW alumni and founder of Conflict from the Heart, in a workshop to provide you tools on restorative mediation and restorative approaches to family therapy.
Monday, February 16
3PM-4PM, Craig Hall
Register in PCO or email gssw.careers@du.edu
Career Services
Colorado Licensure Information Session
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Nervous about starting the licensure process? Unclear of how licensure works? Want to understand the current Colorado social work licensure process? Then join GSSW Career Services & Professional Advising as we host the CO Licensure Information Session.
Tuesday, February 10
3PM-4:30PM
Virtual
Register in PCO or email gssw.careers@du.edu
Career Services
DPS & DU Hiring Event
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Join us on campus at the Burwell Career Center on Friday, 2/6 to connect with Denver Public Schools talent team.
DPS is excited to meet DU education students and alumni who are interested in pursuing a careers at DPS. Early job offers are available. Coffee will be provided. Learn more about careers at Denver Public Schools. Register now!
Early offers are available for:
- Special Education Teachers
- School Psychologists
- LMSWs
*Bilingual candidates are encouraged to attend*
Register in PCO or email gssw.careers@du.edu
Career Services
Exploring Your Pathway: Creative Therapies
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Interested in how creative therapy can be a catalyst for communication and healing? Join us for a dynamic alumni panel featuring MSW graduates who are integrating Creative Therapies—including art, music, and play—into their social work practice.
Panelists will share how they discovered and pursued these specialized modalities, the training and credentials involved, and how creative approaches are making a difference in the lives of clients across age groups and settings. Whether you're curious about incorporating creativity into your future work or seeking inspiration for a non-traditional path, this event is for you.
Friday, January 30
12PM-1PM MST
Register in PCO or email gssw.careers@du.edu
Student Engagement
Faculty Purpose Panel: Erin Harrop
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Crave connection with GSSW faculty outside of the classroom? The Faculty Purpose Panel series feature informal casual conversation with a GSSW faculty member. Bring your own lunch, tea, coffee, or snack!
This Faculty Purpose Panel will feature Erin Harrop.
Thursday, January 22
11AM-12PM, Craig Hall Margaret Page Library
Register in PCO or email gssw.StudentEngage@du.edu
Erin Harrop, LICSW, PhD, is an assistant professor and licensed medical social worker. Erin’s research focuses on eating disorders, weight stigma, adolescent health behaviors, and patient-provider communication. Their dissertation featured an arts-based mixed-methods longitudinal study of individuals with atypical anorexia. They approach their research and clinical work from an intersectional social-justice-informed, fat liberation, and Health at Every Size® lens. Erin’s clinical work also involves trainings at the provider level, introducing interprofessional clinicians to weight-inclusive practices that honor patients’ unique intersecting identities.
Erin uses art, story-telling, and mixed methods research to tell patient-centered stories about healthcare experiences. Erin desires to elevate the voices of marginalized people in the healthcare system, including people living with eating disorders and substance use, those with multiply marginalized identities, and higher-weight folks facing weight stigma. Erin partners with patients, clinicians, healthcare centers, and advocacy-based agencies to develop compassionate, inclusive health interventions that increase wellbeing and decrease distress.
Career Services
PATCH Program For Providers Workshop with Denver Health
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This 90-minute workshop helps health professionals understand the health care concerns, preferences, and realities of today’s youth, offering better ways to connect with adolescent patients and ensure high-quality, youth-friendly services.
Tuesday, January 20
3PM-4:30PM MST
Craig Hall
Register in PCO or email gssw.careers@du.edu