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Spring 2025 Graduation
Do you plan to graduate in Fall 2024, Spring '25, or Summer '25? Please COMPLETE THE FORM LINKED HERE to RSVP to our SSW Graduation Reception and provide your name to be included in the SSW Program! See below for more information.
SSW GRADUATION RECEPTION:
Please RSVP above for our planning purposes. We will send out final details and guest RSVP information as we get closer.
- WHO: All YOST, MSW, YDL, and PhD graduates, along with friends, family and faculty/staff
- WHAT: This is a casual Open House-style event - come and go as you please. We will have food/drinks, music, photo booths, a microphone for speeches, and a stage area for personal graduate hooding!
- WHERE: McNamara Alumni Center (across the street from Mariucci Arena where CEHD Ceremony is held)
- WHEN: Early afternoon (time TBA). This will be held after the morning Undergraduate CEHD ceremony and before the Graduate CEHD Ceremony.
CEHD COMMENCEMENT 2025:
All graduating students will be invited to attend CEHD's Commencement on Friday, May 16. Undergrads will have a morning ceremony; Graduate students will have an evening ceremony. You will receive information directly from CEHD at a later date - watch your email.
Upcoming events
School of Social Work Open House School of Social Work Open House
Visit the UMN School of Social Work and learn about our degree programs: PhD in Social Work, Masters in Social Work (MSW), MEd in Youth Development Leadership, B.S. in Youth Studies, and Undergraduate Minors.
SSW PhD Candidates Present Policy Papers SSW PhD Candidates Present Policy Papers
Want to know what it's like to be a PhD Student at the UMN SSW? See candidates present their policy papers in a conference-like Zoom setting.
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