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 [...]
Read about the launch of our new substance abuse counseling certificate – also known as the CADC.
There are big things happening in our neighbor to the north–Wisconsin. The events are changing rapidly and are complex. To me, it is reminiscent of one of President Reagan’s first acts as President–breaking the air traffic controllers’ union. A newly elected governor in Wisconsin–Scott Walker–may not be trying to break public employee unions but is attempting [...]
The response has been tremendous for participation in the annual Advocacy Day at the State Capitol in Springfield Illinois on Wednesday, March 2nd. NASW-IL.is the organizing body behind this state-wide event. Over 500 students throughout the state have attended this important day social work advocacy in the past and through Loyola’s initiative plans are nearing completion for another successful event.
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Loyola University always has great opportunities for workshops and seminars outside of the classroom, so many that it impossible to attend each one that I find interesting. My internships in [...]
I was in several conversations last week that highlighted how social work practice has changed in the last thirty years. The values and principles of the profession have not changed, but certainly “where” and “how” we do our work is different. I come from an era of long-term treatment both in outpatient and inpatient settings. [...]
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Perhaps some of you have seen the provocative video, “Social Media Revolution” which lists some amazing facts and observations. Presently we can observe the phenomena of social media influencing many dimensions of all of our world, from the revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere to the popularity of the movie The Social [...]
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 [...]