Student Organizations
Social Work Club
S.W.A.T. (Social Workers Assembling Together) is the BSW & MSW students’ social work club. It is run by social work students with the assistance of one of the faculty members. The purpose of the club is to provide social, spiritual, and community activities for social work students. There are a few traditional yearly activities that take place. Other activities are determined by the current officers for the year.
Officers and their duties:
• President- The duties of the president are to preside over the organization, call officer meetings, support committee chairs in planning and activities, help formulate programs, make sure student needs are being met, keep up to date information on the organization, and update website.
• Social Planning Chair- The duties of the social planning chair are to create social events for students, plan and implement social activities.
• Spiritual Growth Chair- The duties of the spiritual growth chair are to create spiritual events for students, plan and implement spiritual activities.
• Community Outreach Chair- The duties of the community outreach chair are to find activities in the community for students, and to plan and implement outreach activities.
• Public Relations Chair- The duties of the public relations chair are creating, printing, and putting up posters for S.W.A.T as well as e-mailing students about upcoming events.
If you are interested in becoming involved with S.W.A.T. please notify Professor Perry at sperry@andrews.edu.
Phi Alpha Honor Society
Phi Alpha is a national honor society for social work students. The purpose of Phi Alpha is to provide a closer bond among students of social work and promote humanitarian goals and ideals. Phi Alpha fosters high standards of education for social workers and invites into membership those who have attained excellence in scholarship and achievement in social work.
National Qualifications for Individual Membership
A BSW student is eligible for membership after achieving the following national requirements:
• Declared social work as a major
• Achieved sophomore status
• Completed 8 semester hours of required social work courses
• Achieved an overall GPA of 3.0
• Achieved a 3.25 GPA in required social work courses
An MSW student is eligible for membership after the following national requirements:
• Completed one term of course work with a minimum of 8 semester
hours of graduate social work courses
• Achieved a minimum GPA of 3.5
Every spring, the Andrews University chapter of Phi Alpha holds an induction banquet. Students who are eligible for induction into the honor society will receive an invitation at that time.
For more information on Phi Alpha, see http://www.phialpha.org/.