Most people don’t realize just how much a degree in Social Work can do career wise. The possibilities are seriously endless as long as you have the interest in helping people. One of our current MSW students, Ashley Curtis, is the Editor in Chief and Founder of Fetchedge. www.fetchedge.com
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Alex and I became acquainted through the church camp that I attended every summer. This particular year was my first as a head counselor. Although I was a seasoned camper, nothing could really prepare me for this leadership experience. Alex was a complicated girl to say the least. A bit of a tomboy, she was [...]
With summer being just around the corner and the number of students who are graduating and out there looking for jobs, I figure it’s about time to do a post. I was originally going to post about trauma specialists, but then I stumbled across an area of social work that I didn’t even know existed. [...]
I don’t know about all of you, but I have just about reached the end of my rope. “Why,” you ask? The answer is simple: it’s the end of the semester. More importantly, it’s the end of the year which marks the end of my master’s program and my student career. WOW. It feels bizarre [...]
This past week at my internship I had to do one of the most difficult things to cross my path thus far. For most of the week I work in a 7-12 alternative school, but I also work at a K-3 elementary school for 1/2 day each week. That is where this event occured.
I entered [...]
The longer I go in my social work career, the more aware of potential conflicts I become. These can pop up anywhere, anytime, and can catch you offguard if you’re not aware that such possibilities exist. A big mistake I made when I began practicing social work was thinking that I was immune to the experience [...]
If any of you reading this know me personally, you know that I commute twice a week to Loyola from about an hour south of Chicago. I know, I’m one of those crazy people that spends half their morning driving and sitting in traffic. Commuting has, surprisingly, served me very well over the past several [...]
Forensic social work sounds so serious. So professional. So CSI. What is it exactly? It is a cool way to apply your social work skills if you have interests in issues relating to the law and legal systems. This social work specialty goes beyond clinics and private practices and hospitals. It serves society in the evaluation of [...]
Right now I’m kind of in one of those transitional stages of life that are both exciting and terrifying. As I near graduation, a voice inside me keeps yelling, “GET A JOB!” Easier said than done, right? We all know what the economy is like right now. Jobs are scarce, and there’s a lot of [...]
Chicago Adventure Therapy was started by one of our MSW graduates in order for her to mesh her love of the outdoors with her love of helping at-risk youth and adolescents. But really, who wouldn’t benefit from Adventure Therapy. Just another way the clinical license in social work can open up your opportunities to do [...]
Upon witnessing clients directly benefit from her work done at the master’s level, Deanna knew she wanted to do more. Soon after graduating from Loyola’s MSW program in 2006, she transitioned into Loyola’s PhD program with the encouragement and guidance of influential faculty members. Now in her second year of doctoral studies, she is focusing [...]
Read about the launch of our new substance abuse counseling certificate – also known as the CADC.
David Franczyk is not your typical social work graduate student. After spending more than 30 years working in the financial industry, he decided it was time for a major career change. A resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, David enrolled in Loyola University Chicago’s MSW program through the Carthage College cohort back in 2004—at the age of [...]
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