Center for Social Work

Overview:

The Center for Social Work Education offers a CSWE accredited undergraduate BSW degree as well as a CSWE accredited MSW graduate degree. Both the undergraduate and graduate programs develop social workers whose influences are known throughout the field and community. Our programs provide the academic preparation and hands-on experiences needed to develop critical thinking and professional skills necessary to affect positive change in the lives of disadvantaged populations and communities. Our graduate programs (MSW and PhD) have been designed to meet the educational and lifestyle needs of students seeking an advanced degree in social work.

https://www.widener.edu/profile/center-social-work-education

For a variety of helpful resources, visit the MSW Campus Student Site in OneDrive.

CONTACT:

Director of Center for Social Work Education: Jennifer Cullen

MSW On-Campus Program Director: Patricia Fletcher

Director of Online MSW Program: Carly King

Director of PhD Program: Margo Campbell

Director of the BSW Program: Richard Cooper

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Social Work Spotlight

Academic Convocation 2022 – Fostering Community

August 19, 2022 – Social Work Professor Marina Barnett served as the keynote speaker, emphasizing inclusion and community as she welcomed the Class of 2026 to the Widener Pride.

We are bringing people from different backgrounds, ideologies, and experiences together to one common end: empowering a community of learners to discover and create better futures. As a Widener student, we want you to cultivate curiosity.” — Barnett

We want you to learn the myriad of ways that your strengths and your abilities can benefit others” – Barnett

For more information about the convocation, click here

Academic Convocation 2021 – Dr. Richard Cooper as keynote speaker from the College of Health and Human Services.

Dr. Cooper is the director of the BSW Program and Co-Coordinator African American Studies. Dr. Cooper has been at Widener since 1998.

Widener at Haddon Township PRIDE

Dr. Brent Satterly, Center for Social Work professor, represented Widener at Haddon Township PRIDE series of events this last week (June 9th through 13th). It was the first PRIDE Parade and events in Haddon Township in the town’s history. Dr. Satterly marched with the Mayor and the Commissioners.

Dr. Brent Satterly

Social Work Alumna doubly honored during Teacher Appreciation Week

Stephanie Freeman a social worker for students in kindergarten through eighth grade at Darby Township Elementary School, was honored by the Philadelphia Phillies Monday night as part of the 21st annual Teacher Appreciation Night. She will also be honored, in an unrelated ceremony, on Saturday, May 8, as one of ten selected teachers from across the Delaware Valley who will receive The National Liberty Museum’s prestigious Teacher-as-Hero-Award. For the full story, click here.

Desirée Israel is Changing How Professionals View Black Perinatal Mental Health & Reproduction

Desirée Israel is a licensed Clinical Social Worker, Board Approved Supervisor (Maryland), herbalist, Certified Breastfeeding Specialist and trained birth-worker specializing in perinatal mood disorders, reproductive justice and the Black birthing experience. Israel is the Co-Founder of the Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color, a program that builds capacity among perinatal professionals to better support communities of color around perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and of the Bloom Collective, a collaboration of maternal and birthing persons health and wellness practitioners serving Baltimore City.

The Bloom Collective hosted virtual events throughout Black Maternal Health Week (April 11th –17th) to bring awareness to the Black Maternal Health crisis.

Center for Social Work Education Student featured in the 50Plus Life Magazine

Brooke Morales, a Social Work major and Intergenerational Program Participant, was featured in the 50Plus Life March 2022 magazine. Morales’ interview is featured in the Cover Story: More in Common than We Realize.

Morales talks about her experiences as Intergenerational Program Participant, her changing perspectives on aging, and finding her confidence in social work.

Read the feature story here