 Westfield State College Social Work Program
Robert C. Kersting, ACSW, PhD is the
Social Work Program Director at Westfield
State College (WSC) in Westfield,
Massachusetts. In the Summer 2007 issue
of Connections, the newsletter for alumni
and friends of the WSC Social Work Program, Dr. Kersting
wrote about the National Social Work Public Education
Campaign, and said, “This year the social work program
has started a new tradition. Every graduating senior
received a silver Professional Social Worker pin. These pins
allow social workers to highlight their professional identity.”
Dr. Kersting encouraged alumni to “insure the continuation
of our “pinning” our graduates, expanding opportunities for
the social work program, and the success of this
campaign” by contributing to the social work program
through the WSC Foundation.
Schools of Social Work participate in the National Social Work Public Education Campaign in ways
that advance the profession and help school leaders meet their needs:
• Campaign Advertisements - NASW has invested in professionally produced and market tested
ads, which campaign staff can help you customize to include your school. Use them on campus and-
in community publications to raise the profile of the profession and your school.
• Professional Social Worker Pins - Distinguish the Social Work Program on campus by recognizing
your graduating students with a gift of the Professional Social Work pin. Build pride in the profession
and loyalty to your school.
• Content - Faculty may publish articles with a byline and link to the school’s site on the nationally
promoted social work site www.HelpStartsHere.org.
• Financial Suppor t- Your Public Education Campaign contribution provides a cost-effective way to
reach key audiences including current and prospective students and their families, alumni, leaders of
the social work profession, decision makers in your community and 150,000 NASW members. |
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 Simmons College School of Social Work
Simmons College School of Social Work
created this display for Social Work Month
2007 using Public Education Campaign
materials and information about significant
social work people and events.
In March 2007, Simmons College
President Susan C. Scrimshaw, PhD,
wrote in her newsletter to the entire college:
March is Social Work Month
Dear Simmons Community,
March is National Professional Social Work Month, and this
year's focus is health practice. As you know, social workers are involved in health work in a variety of health care settings;
as members of interdisciplinary teams, working hand in hand
with physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to
ensure quality care for their clients; and provide leadership in
health care policy and advocacy. Our faculty, staff and
students in Social Work are strong contributors to our campus
and the wider Boston community and beyond. They are a
source of great pride for Simmons.
Please take a moment to look at the display case as you enter
the fens this Wednesday - it will highlight the work of our
professional social work colleagues.
Cordially,
Susan
Chatham University
“We give pins to our seniors prior to graduation and encourage them to wear
their pins on graduation day. The social work faculty members routinely wear
their pins on their regalia at campus ceremonies such as convocations. As a
small school we feel that the pins give our students an identity with the social
work program at Chatham, underscore their professionalism and remind them
that we are part of a much larger social work community.”
Deborah Rubin, Ph.D., MSW
Associate Professor and Social Work Program Director
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 Chatham University Social Work Program Faculty wear their
Professional Social Worker pins: Bonnie Robinson, PhD, MSSA,
Assistant Professor of Social Work; Deborah Rubin, PhD, MSW,
Associate Professor of Social Work and Social Work Program
Director; Stephanie Valutis, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor of
Social Work and Psychology |
