The Department of Social Work at William Woods University (WWU) will be awarding ten $1,000 scholarships to incoming students who intend to study social work beginning with the Fall 2023 semester, thanks to a contract with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s School-Based Mental Health Recruitment and Retention Initiative. Also included in the […]
Allison Mattox ’23 was a student at Mexico (Missouri) Middle School when she was confronted with what life would be like as an adult when it came to family finances and budgeting. The Social Work major at William Woods was in eighth grade when she took part in a program called Reality Store, where participants […]
Being from St. Charles, Missouri, I did not want to go too far away from home for college. I also wanted that small school feeling where I was not just another number. Growing up I always knew I wanted to do Social Work, which led me to finding William Woods University. I visited my junior […]
Finding her best career fit I did not know what Social Work was until after I graduated with my bachelor’s degree. I was working several different jobs in service organizations and I listened to people’s advice on what degree to pursue and applied to the master’s program in Social Work at Mizzou. That really opened a lot of doors for me as far as career opportunities. I worked at Rainbow […]
If students eat breakfast at Tucker Dining Hall at William Woods University, they may become aware of a group of young girls walking in that are unfamiliar faces on campus. The young girls are residents at the Rosa Parks Center. According to George Garner, associate professor of Social Work at William Woods, the Rosa Parks […]
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