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We, the Student Association of Social Workers at the Metropolitan State University of Denver (SASW), are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of others in our community while enhancing the student experience of our members. We strive as a group to bring a strong awareness to social justice through dedication, compassion, and integrity. We are committed to bringing together our peers, our professors, and individuals from our community to promote health, wellness, family, friends, diversity, and equality to all persons.
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Becoming a member of the Phi Alpha National Honor Society is a wonderful recognition of all the hard work students are doing for academic excellence. Phi Alpha is an honor and a group of social work students that support one another through the demands of the MSU Denver social work program.
MSU Denver Faculty Advisor: Ann Obermann, LCSW, PhD
MSU Denver Administrative Advisor: Rae Wiegand
The concept of a national social work honor society came from a group of undergraduate social work students at Michigan State University in 1960. Investigation revealed that local chapters existed at three schools. Those three schools along with a few other schools formed a National Honor Society Committee in November, 1960.
For more than a year this committee worked on the constitution and other administrative matters. The name Phi Alpha and the key were adopted from the local chapter which existed at Florida State University. The constitution and formal organization were complete in 1962, and six chapters qualified to become “charter chapters.” They were: Florida State University, Michigan State University, Ohio Northern University, Central State College, University of Dayton and the University of Tennessee. Over 155 chapters are now in existence, and the addition of new chapters is continuing.
Phi Alpha offers membership to social work students, faculty and practitioners, and each chapter is free to develop a program to meet local needs. The National Council is the policy-making body and meets each year at the time and place of the Annual program meeting of CSWE. Each chapter has one voting representative on the Council.
MSU Denver Epsilon Lambda Chapter eligibility is verified by the Office of Social Work Student Services after grades post for the Fall Semester. Students are inducted the following Spring semester.
An undergraduate student is eligible for membership after achieving the following requirements:
MSU Denver Epsilon Lambda Chapter eligibility is verified by the Office of Social Work Student Services after grades post for the Fall Semester. Students are inducted the following Spring semester.
A Graduate student is eligible for membership after achieving the following requirements:
The Building Allies of Diversity Student Group strives to create a safe environment to have hard conversations about social justice, inclusivity, and diversity amongst the Metropolitan State University of Denver community of social work students, faculty, staff and alumni.
The purpose of the Student group Building Allies of Diversity (BAD) is to create a safe environment for students, faculty, alumni, and community members to hold difficult conversations about social justice, inclusivity, and diversity. The group was formed on the foundation of CSWE core competencies with the goal of bringing students, faculty, alumni, and community members together to have conversations about current social, political, and cultural issues to encourage education and community involvement to create change. The BAD student group understands, the intersectionality between social, cultural, and political issues, and includes all three as important discussion topics. Our goal is to challenge oppressive views in society through education and conversations among people who may have different viewpoint
Faculty Advisor: Amanda Marsh Baranski, DWS, LCSW, [email protected]