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Support your Major, your School, Support your Profession! Join SSWO!!

The Student Social Work Organization (SSWO) is an important and integral part of the UNO School of Social Work.

SSWO Upcoming Events… October (date TBA): Free self-defense course with the donation of canned food for a local domestic violence shelter. November (date TBA): Benefit concert at Solol for the North Omaha Good News Bears. December 1: Join us and volunteer for the Omaha Habitat for Humanities! The all day event takes place from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Come for any portion of the day to help out. Lunch is provided. For more information, email the Student Social Work Organization at: uno_sswo@yahoo.com

Benefits of joining…

• SSWO provides for a fun way to get to know our classmates at all levels of the Social Work Programs.
• SSWO can be a networking resource. It provides opportunities to get to know professors, community members, and even other students. We will build networks that no doubt will be helpful to turn to throughout our careers!
• SSWO provides students with opportunities to get involved with important social issues.
• SSWO provides students with fun ways to put into action what has been learned in classes.
• SSWO can act as a stepping stone to guide students to further develop professionally and join professional social work organizations.

Membership

Membership application forms are available online, or at the School of Social Work. The membership fee is just $12 (that’s $1 a month, folks!) Scholarships are available, see Nancy Kelley-Gillespie (faculty advisor) at the School of Social Work. (Include link to membership application)

SSWO has a new email address!

We have set up an email account through yahoo.com. Please email us at uno_sswo@yahoo.com if you have any questions/comments for the officers.

Your 2007-2008 SSWO Executive Committee:

Kate Robbins , President
Marhya Kelsch-Anderson, Vice President
Amy West, Secretary
Kristen Bishop, Treasurer
Peter Szto, Faculty Advisor