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Winona State University\u2019s (WSU) College of Nursing and Health Sciences has announced a new Master of Social Work (MSW) program starting the fall of 2019 to address the regional demand for licensed clinical social workers.\u00a0Emerging societal issues of the aging population, rising prevalence of mental health concerns, and increasing incidence of trauma has created a national shortage of clinical social workers prepared at the master\u2019s level.<\/p>\n
WSU\u2019s President, Scott R. Olson believes the new MSW program demonstrates WSU\u2019s commitment to improving local and regional communities. \u201cOur new Social Work program continues the Winona State legacy of providing necessary, relevant, and critical programming that enhances well-being in Minnesota.\u201d Dr. Arlen Carey, Ph.D., LICSW and Dr. Jessica Tye, Ed.D., LICSW, co-developers of the MSW program, both agree the need for WSU to provide regional communities with clinical social workers has never been more imperative.<\/p>\n
The WSU MSW Program is the only MSW program in the tri-state region to offer a clinical concentration, a hybrid delivery format accessible to working adults, and an affordable tuition rate. \u201cThe program is innovative, providing a trauma-informed curriculum to prepare students to be culturally-aware and trauma-informed social work practictioners,\u201d said Dr. Carey. It is developed in collaboration with leading social work practitioners to offer evidence-informed, real-world learning that empowers graduates to serve in mental health, healthcare, child welfare, and school social work clinical settings. \u201cProminent agencies such as the Mayo Clinic, Rochester Public Schools, Olmsted County\u2019s Child and Family division, and Family Service Rochester are partnering with us to co-create the curriculum and provide students with unparalleled learning experiences to address complex mental health needs,\u201d said Dr. Tye.<\/p>\n
Applications will be accepted beginning in spring 2019, with the program starting infall of 2019 for those holding a Bachelor of Social Work degree. The program will expand in fall of 2020 for those without a Bachelor of Social Work degree. For more information, visit http:\/\/www.winona.edu\/rochester\/social-work\/graduate.aspor www.facebook.com\/winona.socialworkmasters\/ or contact Dr. Arlen Carey, acarey@winona.edu or Dr. Jessica Tye, jtye@winona.edu.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong>About WSU-Rochester<\/strong><\/p>\n Winona State University \u2013 Rochester has been serving the Rochester community and\u00a0southeast Minnesota for over 100 years. WSU-Rochester offers Bachelor completion, Graduate, and Certificate academic programming opportunities supporting workforce needs and development. WSU-Rochester\u2019s faculty, staff, and students are dedicated to improving the communities they live in and our alumni continue to do great things throughout the United States. For more information about WSU-Rochester, visit: winona.edu\/Rochester<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Winona State University\u2019s (WSU) College of Nursing and Health Sciences has announced a new Master of Social Work (MSW) program starting the fall of 2019 to address the regional demand for licensed clinical social workers.\u00a0Emerging societal issues of the aging population, rising prevalence of mental health concerns, and increasing incidence of trauma has created a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,112,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-rochester","category-wsu-r-featured-stories","category-twitter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2019\/11\/Social-Work-Students-WinonaFall2014_608_BLOG.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.winona.edu\/rochester\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}