by pasewalr@uwosh.edu | Mar 9, 2023 | BSW News, Department News
Join us in congratulating Olivia Nylen and Maya Van Thiel on being named winners of the Bernice Bolek scholarship for 2023! This scholarship was established in 1997 in memory of Bernice Bolek, former director of Social Services at Winnebago Mental Health Institute. Ms...
by pasewalr@uwosh.edu | May 18, 2022 | BSW News, Department News, MSW News
The Department of Social Work congratulates our Spring 2022 Graduate, Darinka Lechuga on speaking at the Spring 2022 UWO Commencement Ceremony. Here’s a little bit about Darinka: Who am I? I am a first-generation student graduating from UW Oshkosh with a double...
by pasewalr@uwosh.edu | Apr 20, 2022 | BSW News, Department News
On April 7, UWO BSW senior Laura Burow presented at the Wisconsin Council on Social Work Education (WCSWE) Conference. In the context of social work education, Laura outlined research on Indigenous-centered US federal policies and the implication for tribes, enrolled...
by pasewalr@uwosh.edu | Apr 15, 2022 | BSW News, Department News
Check out our BSW students in action in the April 13 Oshkosh Herald! Cory Smith (Senior BSW, admitted to the UWO MSW program) is in the photo on page 1 at the Day by Day Warming Shelter (Article page 1, continues on page 28) and Haley Olson (BSW junior) talks about...
by pasewalr@uwosh.edu | Feb 18, 2022 | BSW News, Department News, MSW News
The harms of opiates, such as overdose and death, can impact any family. Between 2019 and 2020, reported fatalities from overdoses grew by more than a quarter in Wisconsin—from about 1,200 to 1,530. Numbers surged as the coronavirus struck and disrupted social...
by pasewalr@uwosh.edu | Feb 10, 2022 | BSW News, Department News
If you are planning on taking a Social Work licensing exam this spring, there are two online sessions coming up: Saturday, Feb 26 9am-noon or Wednesday, April 6, 6pm-9pm The program helps participants understand the process of applying for both national and Wisconsin...
