Upcoming Admission Deadlines
The next deadline for submitting a Bachelor’s in Social Work (BSW) admission application is October 1, 2022.
The period for submitting a master of social work (MSW) admission application for 2023 is open. Prospective students must apply to the Graduate School and the MSW program. The priority deadline for 2023 enrollment is February 1, 2023. The general deadline is April 1, 2023.
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| The College of Health Welcomes a New Director of Student Services – Nick Atlas
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Originally from Connecticut, Nick spent the previous 14 years in Washington, D.C. He received his BA and MA in history from The Catholic University of America and worked at his alma mater from 2012-2019. He held several administrative positions before joining The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences as a senior academic advisor in April of 2019. There, he was instrumental in creating an office dedicated to retention and creating resources to help students achieve academic excellence. He began working as the director of student services for the College of Health at Ball State in June where he will continue to focus on developing resources for students and focus on retention efforts. We are excited to welcome Nick to the College of Health and about the resources he will provide for our growing social work student population.
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Summer Commencement
The Department of Social Work welcomed 13 BSW and 36 MSW students to the social work field. These 49 students completed their degrees during the Summer. These students completed their final field placements across Indiana. Sample field sites included: Lifestream Services, Inc., The Youth Opportunity Center, Hillcroft, IU Health, Indiana Department of Child Services, Boner Fitness and Learning, Oaklawn Elkhart System of Care, Addiction Coalition of Delaware County, BY5, Firefly Children and Family Alliance, and Meridian Health. Nearly all of the MSW graduates secured positions before graduation. They are headed in many directions, such as macro social work, health care, mental health, and corrections. Five of the BSW students received job offers from their practicum agencies. Three students are continuing their education in MSW programs. Two students accepted social work positions different from their placements.
Congratulations to these 49 graduates. We are excited to have each of you as engaged alumni members.
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The Department of Social Work Launches New Programming
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education and the Council on Social Work Education approved adding a distance education option to the
Bachelor of Social Work program. The Department of Social Work will launch the new BSW Online program in the Spring of 2023. We are excited to provide an accessible program option to adult learners. This will also allow individuals from across the globe to earn a degree online from Ball State University. We would like to thank the Division of Online and Strategic Learning for their ongoing support of these efforts. Learn more.
In addition to the launch of the Online BSW, the MSW program is expanding to include programming at the Ball State Indy campus. The Department of Social Work will pilot courses at Ball State Indy this academic year, with the launch of a permanent cohort of students there in the Fall of 2023.
Together, these programming options will make degrees for Ball State University more accessible and expand our footprint as a leader in social work education. A special thank you to our faculty and staff for their tireless efforts in being visionaries.
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Honoring Our Part-Time Faculty Members
With over 300 undergraduate majors, 80 undergraduate minors, and 125 graduate students, we are fortunate to experience steady growth in our program numbers. With this growth comes the need for an increased number of part-time faculty members. These faculty members teach one or two courses for us each semester. They bring tremendous diversity to our classrooms and unmatched practice experience. Please join our full-time faculty and staff in welcoming the following returning and new, part-time faculty members. We will feature another group of part-time faculty members in our Fall newsletter.
Angela Daily, MSW, LCSW: Angela’s been practicing social work with elevated-risk and vulnerable children, adolescents, and families for over 15 years. She was previously employed with DCS and is currently a clinical director at the Youth Opportunity Center. She is an LCSW, also certified in EMDR, DBT, TF-CBT and has additional training and credentials to work with youth who have sexual behavior problems. Her passion lies in the practice of clinical social work, with a focus on the treatment of trauma and healing families. She has had the honor of teaching for the department since 2019 and hopes to continue for many years to come!
Tiffany Deng, MSW, LCSW, CSAYC: Tiffany is a licensed clinical social worker and a credentialed sexually abusive youth clinician (CSAYC). She has been teaching at Ball State since 2020. She is also in private practice, located in Indianapolis.
Caroline Vance, MSW, LCSW: Caroline is a forensic social worker in Indianapolis. Her past experiences include home-based casework, therapeutic foster care case management, home-based therapy, and working as a clinician providing diagnostic and evaluation services. Caroline is passionate about issues related to the criminal legal system and policy reform.
Alexander (AJ) Burks, MSW: AJ is a social services director from Indianapolis. His passion is working with marginalized and underserved populations. He desires to teach future scholars how to be impactful in their local communities, while honoring and advocating for the people of those communities.
Abbie Rust, LCSW, MSW: Abbie received her bachelor’s and master's degrees in social work from the University of Southern Indiana. Following the completion of her master's degree, she moved to Indianapolis, where she worked as a Behavioral Therapist for people with intellectual disabilities, counseled birth mothers considering adoption for their children, and provided therapy for families involved with DCS. She currently works as the social services administrator at the Marion County Public Defender Agency.
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Morgan Lamberton
After graduating with my BSW in 2018, I returned to Evansville, Indiana where I served as a program coordinator at Youth Resources of Southwestern Indiana. I worked with 200 high school students in a youth-led leadership program, Teen Advisory Council (TAC). Through this program, the students developed their servant leadership skills, planned collaborative projects and events with their peers and local organizations, and encouraged civic responsibility within their council.
In the Fall of 2019, I returned to Ball State to start my Master of Arts in Student Affairs Administration in Higher Education. After finishing my master’s, I joined the University of Evansville’s Alumni and Engagement team as the assistant director of volunteer engagement. In this role, I connect students, alumni, and community members to meaningful service opportunities with the university. When working with students, I find myself frequently relying on the incredible foundation of skills and experiences the BSW program offered me.
Chirp Chirp Forever!
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Publications
Curd, J., & Hong, M. (2022). “We are all just walking each other home”: Exploring the lived experiences of rural hospice social workers in “companioning” the dying. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care.
Kiefor, J. M., Moore, M. A., Reynolds, J., & Trainor, K. E. (2022). Pandemics and athletics: How COVID-19 affected sport injury rehabilitation. Sport Social Work Journal, 2, 7-20.
Moore, M. A., Kratz, S., Tredinnick, L., Bright, L., & Thatcher, M. (2022). Ending human trafficking in sport: A playbook for forward progress. Sport Social Work Journal, 2, 48- 53.
Moore, M. A., Gorczynski, P., & Miller-Aron, C. (2022). Mental health literacy in sport: The role of the social work profession. Social Work, 67(3), online.
Renbarger, K., Trainor, K.E., Place, J.M, Broadstreet, A. (2022). Provider Characteristics Associated with Trust When Caring for Women with Perinatal Substance Use Disorders. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health.
Trainor, K. E. (2022). Maternal substance use disorder: A look at provider stigma, attitudes, and beliefs. Advances in Social Work.
Presentations
Curd, J., Presnell, J., & Keesler, J. (2022). Disability, intersectionality and the necessity of trauma-informed social work practice. Accepted to NASW Indiana 2022 Conference, Virtual.
Kruse, C. & Curd, J. (2022). Domestic violence during COVID-19. National Association of Social Workers Indiana Chapter. Indianapolis, IN.
Minnick, D., Moore, M. A., Place, J. M., & Thaller, J. (2022). Training social work students to utilize Strategic Prevention Framework using an immersive learning course. Higher Education Conference, Columbus, OH.
Trainor, K.E. (2022). Maternal substance use: Provider stigma, bias, and attitudes. Maternal and Infant Health Solutions Facilitated Discussion Series, Muncie, Indiana.
Trainor, K.E. (2022). Improving health outcomes through participatory based research. Focus on Scholarship Webinar, Ball State University.
Trainor, K.E. (2022). Health and older adults. 2022 Patient Navigator Survivorship Workshop. Kentucky.
Grants
Place, J., Thaller, J., Minnick, D. (2022). Indiana Family and Social Services Administration - Division of Mental Health and Addiction. Funded: $27,861.
Trainor, K. E., Kruzliakova, N., Jones, C., & Newman, A. (2022-2024). Indiana State Department of Health. Funded: $143,575.
Trainor, K. E., Kruzliakova, N., Renbarger, K., Place, J., & Placek, C. (2021-2023). Indiana State Department of Health. Funded: $14,000.
Congratulations to Professor Adrienne Newman
Professor Adrienne Newman was elected to the NASW-IN Board of Directors as the Region 3 Representative. Along with work on the state level, she will work with social work members in Grant, Blackford, Jay, Delaware, Randolph, Henry, Wayne, Rush, Fayette, Union, and Franklin counties to lead action on social issues, provide continuing education and ongoing educational efforts, and promote the profession and its values and ethics.
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Muncie, IN 47306
Phone: 765-285-1016
Fax: 765-285-1029
socialwork@bsu.edu
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