Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis (BGCI)is a youth development organization that provides out-of-school time programs and activities for youth in underserved communities throughout the city. As reflected in our organizational mission statement, Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis believes that every child deserves to live a life filled with hope and opportunity. Because we… Read more »
SOCIALites: Lauren Rubin Passion for Helping Others and Making a Difference Lead to a Career in Social Work
Lauren Rubin graduated from IUB with her BSW in 2013 and completed her MSW from the University of Michigan in 2014. Lauren has been a social worker since beginning work in October 2014. She became fully licensed in 2017. Since 2017, Lauren has been working at the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. She chose social… Read more »
SOCIALites: Casey Winnecke Runs a Non-Profit to Raise Awareness and Funds For People Experiencing Homelessness
Casey Winnecke is a non-traditional college student that originally went to school for Fine Arts out of High school. However, he found that the degree wasn’t a good fit for him and took some time away from school. After a few years, Casey attended a Human Services class at Ivy Tech and fell in love… Read more »
SOCIALites: Courtney Pence Journey to Choosing Social Work
When Courtney Pence was two years sober, she moved from Southern Florida to Indiana, challenging herself to find a new “home” in a culture that was different than what she was accustomed to living. When Courtney struggled to fit in, her mentor suggested volunteering to give back. She started doing so at a Recovery Engagement… Read more »
IUSSW Special Announcement
Hello! Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI) has announced a new vision for the Indianapolis campus beginning in 2024. The IU Board of Trustees and the executive committee of Purdue’s Board of Trustees have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that the two universities on the IUPUI Campus will each govern their own academic programs… Read more »
SOCIALites: Caroline Vance’s Passion for Helping Others Set Her Up In a Career of Social Work
Caroline Vance, MSW, LCSW. graduated from Ivy Tech Community College in 2013 with a degree in Human Services, then transferred to IUPUI where she received her BSW in 2015. After taking some time off to have her son she graduated with her MSW in 2018. She took her first official job as a social worker… Read more »
SOCIALites: Cortney Baudenistel Shares How She Wants To Help Others
Cortney Baudenistel MSW program at IU East, anticipated graduation date 2023. Courtney is a police officer’s daughter, and her aunt was also a mental health therapist so helping others runs deep in her family. One thing that Cortney enjoyed was hearing about ways that her aunt would help people. In 2007, when Cortney started working… Read more »
SOCIALites: Giovanni Perez’s Path to Pursuing a Social Work Degree
Giovanni Perez is a BSW Junior on the IU Bloomington campus with an anticipated graduation of May 2023 Giovanni decided to pursue a career in social work due to a very stressful experience that affected his whole family and himself. During the first semester of his freshman year at IU, Giovanni’s mother was diagnosed with… Read more »
Advances in Social Fall 2021
Advances in Social Work is an open-access, online, peer-reviewed journal published by the Indiana University School of Social Work that addresses current issues, challenges, and responses facing social work research, practice, and education. Access the current issue or archived articles of Advances in Social Work here. While there, you can also register (free) to submit manuscripts, receive… Read more »
IUSSW Response to Ukraine
With each passing day, we are watching the invasion of Ukraine and the unimaginable human suffering, pain and trauma inflicted in communities directly affected by this war. We stand in solidarity with Ukraine and commend the extraordinary global measures to assist those forced to flee their homes and those who remain. The events may be… Read more »