When I think about our bachelor's program and I think about the students who really find a home here I really think about those students who have not just a passion for others but a passion for others that is grounded in understanding that social justice is a key part of of our commitment to each other, that our work is more than helping someone today- it is changing systems and changing the way our communities work for the better.
I think one of the things that people don't always know about getting a social work degree is that it can really, truly, take you anywhere you want to go.
It has this sort of reputation as being the thing where people sit on couches opposite each other and talk for 50 minutes and then the next person walks in and the next person walks in, and, truly, very few people with this degree actually end up living that experience.
There are social work graduates from this program changing the state of New Hampshire everywhere you go.
One of the strengths of a long-term program- a program with 50 years of experience in our bachelor's program, 30 years of experience in our master's program, and 10 years of experience in our online program is that we really place our students in position to know people in the communities that they want to work in.
What I believe about education is that every single one of us walks into the room with a life experience that matters, a life experience that contributes to what everyone else in the room knows. My job is to create opportunities for students to learn maybe a little bit about what I know but a lot more about what they know and how that connects to the EXP experiences around them.
