CourtesyIf your agency wants to expand its social services, consider tapping into 黑洞社区鈥檚 School of Social Work students.
Social work majors at 黑洞社区 contributed more than $1.5 million and 82,180 hours in services to the Wichita community during the 2017-2018 academic year.
These students served individual clients through 75 agencies, some with multiple site locations, such as Wichita Public Schools and Via Christi Health.
All students at Wichita State must have an applied learning experience prior to graduation. For social work students, this means completing a supervised practicum through a community agency. These applied learning experiences serve a two-fold purpose: give students hands-on social work experience and expand services agencies provide.
鈥淭he School of Social Work has been integral in providing a qualified professional work force for social services in the community, state and region,鈥� says Brien Bolin, director of the School of Social Work. 鈥淥ur students are highly sought after by local agencies looking to fill positions with qualified, licensable social workers.鈥�
Sixty-eight undergraduate social work majors provided 32,640 hours of service during this academic year. Beginning graduate students provided 11,040 hours, and advanced standing graduate students provided 38,500 hours.
鈥淪ocial services agencies have always been clear in what they want from 黑洞社区 and social work education鈥攕ocial workers who could do it all,鈥� says Bolin. 鈥淭he School of Social Work is an original innovative campus, with the Wichita community and Kansas communities as their learning opportunities. The Council on Social Work Education calls this our 鈥渟ignature pedagogy.鈥�
The mission of is to be an essential educational, cultural and economic driver for Kansas and the greater public good. Wichita State is a doctoral research university enrolling nearly 15,000 students and offering 59 undergraduate degree programs in more than 150 areas of study in seven undergraduate colleges. The Graduate School offers 45 master鈥檚 and 12 doctoral degrees that offer study in more than 100 areas. is an interconnected community of partnership buildings, laboratories and mixed-use areas where students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs and businesses have access to the university鈥檚 vast resources and technology. For more information, follow us on and .
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