Student Activities/Traditions

The students in the Social Work program enjoy diverse field trips to enhance their learning experience. Some of these are programmatic and some are through direct classroom experiential learning.

Annually, in the fall, students travel to Massanutten to participate in Rally in the Valley, where students from other Social Work programs join them. For the first year, students will travel to Washington, DC to Capital Hill to attend a policy conference in the fall of the year and to southern California to conduct research during spring break.

Social Work faculty have extensive experience in the major practice area of research. Longwood’s social work majors will have access to research endeavors related to social work. Students participate in an active role with faculty on various research projects. Social work majors have opportunities in numerous areas, some of which include:

• Grant Writing
• Research Assistantships
• Qualitative and Quantitative Research
• Program Evaluation
• Field Research Projects
• Book Reviews
• Data Collection
• Research Trips

Social Work students attended the Senior Banquet for Junior and Senior sendoff into field this month.