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CSWE Grants National Accreditation to NAU Yuma Social Work Program


CSWE President and CEO Delivers Keynote Address at BASW Annual Event

WHAT/WHY: The NAU Yuma Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (BASW) Program honors current graduates and welcomes incoming students at its 2018 community potluck, where the CSWE grants accreditation and delivers the keynote address. The BASW program has contributed over $1 million in service learning, community change projects, and community engaged research projects. It is the only accredited social work program in the nation that focuses on US Mexico border issues and populations, and was the recipient of the 2017 Rodney Mather Service Learning Award for its human trafficking project. Twenty-eight BASW students have presented scholarly research papers at international and national conferences.  The program recently completed a team teaching project with UABC Guadalupe Victoria and is currently conducting collaborative research on the relationship between social media and staph infection. The program has the best assessment data of any social work program in Arizona of student mastery of the CSWE Core Competencies.

WHO:  KEYNOTE SPEAKER—Dr. Darla Spence Coffey, president and chief executive officer of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

William “Bill” Pederson, principal lecturer and BASW program director at NAU Yuma

Dr. Michael Sabath, NAU associate vice president and CEO at NAU Yuma

Mark Homan, professor and author

Jeremy Arp, executive director of the National Association of Social Workers-Arizona Chapter

Rep. Charlene Fernandez, Arizona House of Representatives

Dr. Larry Gould, professor emeritus at NAU

Dr. Alfredo Padilla, UABC

Dr. Gilberto Aldana, UABC

Dr. Luis Ledesma, UABC

WHEN: Friday, May 4, 2018 from 12-3 p.m.

Media Interview Opportunity: 11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

WHERE: Schoening Conference Center—North Wing

3C Building (parking near campus south entrance on E 24th St.)

NAU Yuma/AWC Main Campus

2020 S. Avenue 8E

Yuma, AZ 85365

PHOTO/VIDEO OPPORTUNITIES

1. Keynote speaker Coffey addressing audience

2. VIPs engaging with social work students, community members during lunch

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