Alumni

A continuing education certificate program like IHAC’s Animals and Human Health certificate can be a useful steppingstone before committing to a graduate degree program. Sarah Szuchman completed the AHH certificate in early 2025 prior to starting her Master of Social Work degree at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work. Sarah has had a lifelong passion for animals and the AHH certificate helped Sarah to see what could be possible with human-animal interactions in a professional setting.

Mr. Youlon D. Savage, MSW ’64, expanded community-based mental health care throughout Colorado. The beloved GSSW alumnus died in December 2024 at age 96.

Recent PhD grad Zean Dunbar studies care practices and mutual aid among Black newcomer social workers.

Recent GSSW PhD graduate Xochilt Alamillo studies mental health and suicidality among Latinx youth.

Recent PhD graduate Stephanie Nisle-Mikos studies student empowerment in high-poverty schools.

GSSW celebrates its 2024 Four Corners MSW Program graduates.

The Graduate School of Social Work’s 2024 MSW student award winners represent exemplary social work scholarship, service and practice.

The Western Colorado MSW Program celebrates 10 years of transforming lives and supporting communities in rural Colorado.