Anne Therese Stroude '09 - Sunshine Club
My heart yearns to give myself to others. I cannot help but recall a few of the most beautiful lessons I have learned from the faith that I have grown up with. When I think about treating others the way I would like to be treated I think about the times when I ask, I believe it will be given unto me, when I seek I know soon I will find, and when I knock I know the door will be open unto me. The way I want to treat others is by helping be the one to answer the questions asked, try and seek what others are longing to find, and being the person on the other side of the door when they knock. I want to offer myself to others in ways that many people would like to do but simply do not take the time, take the risks, or accept the challenge to do. Being a social worker is what I feel I am called to do, what I am called to love, and what I am called to die trying to do. God tells us, “do not worry about your life,” and so I shall not worry about my life, but I will worry, defend, protect, and provide for the lives of others in whichever way I am able.
Do you want to develop a greater sensitivity to and appreciation of the diversity of being human? Would you like to provide professional social services or intellectual expertise to help others live a more satisfying life? With an undergraduate degree in Social Work from SMC, completion of an MSW through advanced standing, and one year of professional social work experience in a medical or psychiatric setting, you would qualify for over 178 Social Work jobs currently listed on the Veteran's Administration website! Also, an interesting and informative article from the New York Times looking at the future of jobs for women in America can be found here.
The Social Work Program at Saint Mary's College is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). |  |
With a firm grounding in social work values and ethics, students will work for social and economic justice with oppressed populations in society, in the workplace, and in civic, home and spiritual communities.
Social Work specifically prepares students to provide professional social services across a spectrum of social systems. By employing a generalist orientation, students apply problem-solving techniques to help people with all types of problems.
Social workers make a difference by working with
