Category:Master Program
Carthage Class of 2019!
On Sunday, August 11, 2019 twenty-one Loyola students received their MSW degrees at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI. This ceremony was especially meaningful as it was the last graduating cohort from the Loyola MSW Program at Carthage College. The partnership between the School of Social Work and Carthage was established in 2001, and, as a …
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Building Relationships, Understandings, Competencies, and Solidarity
This spring and summer Loyola BSW, MSW, Anthropology, and Stritch School of Medicine students participated in several migration-focused immersion programs with students from the Univeridad Iberoamericana-Mexico City and the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente, ITESO. The immersion programs took place on the Mexico/U.S. border and in Mexico City and Chicago with the …
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Interinstitutional Transnational Experience About Migration Studies – Two Jesuit Institutions Partner to Provide Academic Practice and Social Service
Professor Maria Vidal de Haymes has a long-standing commitment to migration studies. One focus includes international student exchanges within a humanitarian framework linked to social service with the Mexican migrant population in Chicago. Dr. Vidal de Haymes (Loyola University Chicago) and Dr. Graciela Polanco Hernandez (Iberoamericana University, Mexico) developed an interinstitutional transnational program designed to …
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MSW Student Kari McClowry on ABC 7’s Windy City Live on March 17
Even though she doesn’t have a parade to preside over, St. Patrick’s Day Queen Kari McClowry (pictured at top right below), a Loyola MSW student with an interest in school social work, is not going to let that dampen her spirits. Currently working in a hospice setting, McClowry lost her father to cancer and dedicated …
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INQYR and the International Student Training Network
During the end of October and early November 2019, LUC SSW dual degree (MSW/MA) student Aces Lira attended a series of week-long meetings and training for the International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience (INQYR) in Mexico City. Aces presented on his current work as part of the U.S. region of INQYR and the International Student …
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Rome Study Abroad 2018
In June 2018, Professors John Orwat & Jonathan Singer took a select group of MSW students for a study abroad experience to the eternal city of Rome, Italy. Over the course of two weeks, students took advanced social work courses that counted towards their Master of Social Work: 617 Clinical Interventions and 602/610 Advanced Policy. The trip included great …
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Beijing, China Professors Amy Krings PhD. and Nathan Perkins PhD. shared a great experience alongside the group of students participating in the China Summer 2018 Study abroad program. Excursions Great Wall of China, Summer Palace, Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven, Pearl Market, and other historic sites. Learning Objectives & Courses Comparative Research Methods and Social …
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Inaugural Internship Fair
Last week, the Student Services department hosted the first Internship Fair for all current MSW students seeking internships. Practical experience, or fieldwork, is built into the MSW social work curriculum. All fieldwork experiences are credit-bearing internships, which offer students an opportunity to integrate and apply their academic knowledge in a real-world setting and prepare them for the …
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Testimonio de Estudiantes
Conociendo a Nuestr@s Estudiantes: Programa Bilingüe Nos motiva conocer más de la trayectoria de nuestr@s estudiantes, por lo cual nos dimos a la tarea de entrevistar y dar a conocer la opinión de dos de ellas. Ambas son parte de la primera cohorte de la Maestría en Trabajo Social Bilingüe en Línea, que arrancó clases …
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