School of Social Work

MSW and BSW Students participated in Social Work Advocacy Day at the Maine Statehouse on March 7, 2018.  Students learned about why advocacy matters and about social work in the political arena.  Maine NASW chapter leaders also presented the NASW legislative priorities for advocacy efforts and students met with state legislators and state house advocates. […]

Chloe Gray, BSW Senior, represented the School of Social Work at the College’s Hall of Flags Event at the Maine State House.  This is an opportunity for undergraduate Maine students to meet with state legislators and tell them about their experiences and activities as University of Maine students.  In the picture, below, Chloe and Owen […]

During the last meeting for the SWK 395 Junior Field Experience classes, Nancy Kelly (SWK 395 instructor and Field Education Director) and Katrina Duncan (MSW student and Graduate Assistant) used an “Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest” to teach students about the use of nominal group technique for decision-making with large groups.  Students and faculty attended class […]

It is Fall Break — but Nancy Kelly, Phil Gibson (MSW Intern at the Red Cross), Katrina Duncan (MSW GTA) and the BSW Juniors were at work in Ellsworth on Saturday installing more smoke alarms.  Big Congrats to the twenty-two volunteers that installed 135 smoke alarms and taught 35 households about home fire safety on […]

BSW Juniors and the Social Work Student Organization volunteered at the Out of Darkness suicide awareness walk held in Bangor on Sunday, October 1st.  The Juniors in the SWK 395 Field Experience class staffed the event tables – under the excellent organization skills of Katrina Duncan, Graduate Teaching Assistant for the class.  Another great group […]

On Saturday, September 30th, 30 juniors in our SWK 395 Field Experience class traveled to Houlton to work with the Red Cross by helping to install smoke detectors in area homes. The Red Cross program works to make sure that all Mainers have functioning smoke detectors in their homes. Students were trained in putting the […]

BSW Juniors and faculty instructor for the Junior Field Experience, Nancy Kelly, participated in the UMaine Out of the Darkness Walk on October 2nd.  The Out of Darkness Walk raises funds for suicide prevention.

On March 23, over 80 School of Social Work BSW and MSW students, along with faculty, attended the 2016 Social Work Day at the State House. Students met with their representatives, attended legislative meetings, and met with our own state rep – Adam Goode, MSW. This was a great opportunity for us to showcase social work […]