A Chat with Breanne MacFarland (MDiv/MSW ’22)
Breanne MacFarland, a third-year student in the Social Work & Theology Dual Degree Program, explains why she chose BU and what it means to her to serve as the graduate student representative on the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing with BU’s Board of Trustees. Q. Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you’re […]
Dual Degrees, Specializations and the Macro Minor
Hi! My name is Kendall and I am a current BU MSW student majoring in Macro Social Work and specializing in Trauma and Violence. BUSSW offers a variety of ways for students to customize their education to fit their professional interests. With dual degree programs, specializations, and a Macro minor, there are many options for […]
Two Students, Two Field Education Experiences
An intro to field education at BU School of Social Work Field placements, also known as field internships, can be one of the most meaningful and exciting parts of an MSW program. They can also be challenging and sometimes stressful. We all want to find a placement we like, and we want to know that […]
BUSPH Idea Hub: “Students Collaborate with Starbucks to Track COVID Policy Changes”
In a one-of-a-kind partnership between Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Starbucks, fourteen BU students from the School of Social Work, the School of Hospitality Administration and BUSPH organized a database of information on COVID-19 policies affecting businesses and restaurants to help Starbucks employees navigate the safety policies they’ll need to reopen. Excerpted […]
Tang Yan Receives ACOSA Doctoral Student Award for Work with Linguistically Diverse Families
Student joins forces with community advocates to promote language justice and equity for culturally diverse families BUSSW doctoral candidate Catalina Tang Yan has received the Association for Community Organization and Social Action’s (ACOSA) 2020 Doctoral Student Award. This award honors PhD students who demonstrate outstanding scholarly potential in community and/or organizational practice through their dissertation, […]
Clinical vs. Macro in the BU On-Campus MSW Program
Hey there, my name is Mae and I am a second-year clinical student at Boston University School of Social Work. When it came time for me to choose between a Clinical or Macro Practice major, I thought of the famous phrase, “To be or not to be? That is the question…” I thought I had […]
A Day in the Life of a BUSSW Student: Jazmine
Graduate school is rewarding, but it is definitely time-consuming. For me, this semester is unlike any other. I am enrolled in five classes, work at a field placement three days a week, and have a part-time job as a resident assistant. This post is a chronicle of my typical day at Boston University School of […]
Why I Chose the BU MSW Program
Hello! My name is Sam and I am a first-year, part-time student at Boston University School of Social Work in the On-Campus MSW Program. Why did I decide to pursue a Master of Social Work degree? Mainly because I wanted a mix of policy training and one-on-one interaction with clients. For the past two years, […]
Doctoral Student Daniel Do Selected for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Policy Research Scholars Program
Daniel Do, a second-year doctoral student at Boston University School of Social Work, has been chosen to participate in the Health Policy Research Scholars program, a national leadership initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). RWJF’s programs connect changemakers across the country, from every profession and field, to learn from and work with one […]
NPR: In New Memoir ‘Smacked,’ BUSSW Alum’s Struggle to Understand Ex-Husband’s Addiction Leads Her to Social Work
In an interview with Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air, journalist and recent BUSSW graduate Eilene Zimmerman (SSW’20) examines the hidden addiction that led to her ex-husband’s death, and how she found a path forward in social work. Interview by NPR Fresh Air: “A Widow, Not A Wife: ‘Smacked’ Explores An Ex-Husband’s Secret Addiction” Text […]