{"id":1071,"date":"2006-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2014-09-22T17:29:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T21:29:10","slug":"social-work-program-re-accredited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2006\/social-work-program-re-accredited\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Work Program Re-Accredited"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/shopping05.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Erb and Katie Chaffinch shop for a Christmas service project\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/> EMU social work students Jennifer Erb (l.) and Katie Chaffinch shop for clothing and toys for a Christmas service project. Students raised more than $1,000 to buy gifts for local children through the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Department of Social Services.<br \/>\nPhoto by Megan Yoder<\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/socialwork\/\">social work<\/a> program at Eastern Mennonite University has received full re-accreditation for the maximum eight years from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/humanresources\/personnel\/pages\/millere.html\">Elroy J. Miller<\/a>, sociology\/social work department chair, said the approval &#8220;means that EMU&#8217;s social work program meets or surpasses the national accrediting agency&#8217;s professional standards in preparing undergraduate students for entry-level social service positions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Accreditation &#8220;also qualifies students to take the licensure exams in various states and grants advance status for qualified graduates to go on to earn a master&#8217;s degree in social work in one year,&#8221; Miller added.<\/p>\n<p>In the site visitor summary report, the accrediting agency noted EMU&#8217;s particular program strengths.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Diversity content is very strong within the university&#8217;s liberal arts base, with a cross-cultural immersion experience required of all students,&#8221; the visitors stated. &#8220;Students are well prepared to understand the social systems and social policies that affect the delivery of health and human services and to serve populations-at-risk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The social work program has a strong interface with the community . . . students are engaged in community-based research and are involved in social action community projects such as &#8216;Take Back the Night,'&#8221; the report noted.<\/p>\n<p>Among other strengths cited: &#8220;Well-credentialed, highly-competent full-time faculty members and part-time faculty who bring rich practice experience and unique expertise to the program . . . Program faculty help students to become aware of their personal values and look at potential value conflicts that may arise in practice . . . They (faculty) are deeply committed to promoting respect for human diversity in the curriculum and learning context.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>EMU&#8217;s social work program has had continued CSWE accreditation since 1975. Currently, EMU has 40 social work majors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EMU social work students Jennifer Erb (l.) and Katie Chaffinch shop for clothing and toys for a Christmas service project. 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