Mission:
The Silver School of Social Work at New York University is committed to building knowledge and educating professionals for leadership to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Established in 1953, social work education at NYU has had a distinguished history of service, research, and scholarship addressing the most pressing problems of a complex urban environment, and the needs of our most vulnerable citizens. The School’s priorities reflect the primary obligations of the social work profession—to advance the cause of social justice and promote the ideals of a humane society.
Method:
The Silver School of Social Work provides a rich environment for the education of professional social workers, offering programs at the undergraduate*, master’s*, and doctoral level. The School also serves as a major postgraduate training center through which hundreds of area social workers deepen their professional knowledge and skills each year. Through its research centers and other projects, the School is a key source of scholarly research and publications directed at improving the practice of social work, evaluating social service and mental health programs, and developing new alternatives for meeting the needs of under-served populations. With the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, the School supports the website Information for Practice (http://www.nyu.edu/socialwork/ip/), a resource for social work professionals around the world.
Where:
Washington Square Campus, NYU at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU at the College of Staten Island, NYU at St. Thomas Aquinas College
Contact:
Graduate Student Association: ssw.gsa@nyu.edu, http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/ssw.gsa/
Undergraduate Student Government Association: ssw.usga@nyu.edu
Target Populations:
Students in the school
Current Resources:
Project Health-school program dedicated to improving health of local school children
What C.H.E.F.s can provide:
outlet for social work students to utilize their unique skill base, multitude of resources to enhance project health’s efficacy in achieving it’s goals, as well as, contribute to FoodChange’s community-wide nutrition education efforts.
