Donate

In honor of our celebration, we are inviting you to donate $50 to BCSW for our 50th! Consider a monthly donation, which helps sustain our program and support students on an ongoing basis. 

Connect

Join us at Fall Festival 2024, where alumni and friends will be gathering to celebrate social work education. Join us Saturday, Oct. 5, 3 p.m., in the classroom of the Kaye Penner Education Center at Kidron Bethel Village, for the Bethel College Social Work 50th Anniversary Reception. Connect with former professors, peers and colleagues, and enjoy social work cookies and the sweetness of connecting with friends.

Learn

Join us for a 50th-Anniversary Symposium Friday, Oct. 4, from 1-4 p.m. We’ll meet to hear Stacey Popejoy, LMSW, discuss abolitionist social work, and engage in an interactive event, The Loss of Turtle Island, hosted by Mennonite Central Committee. Following the symposium (4-5 p.m.), we’ll have an informal reception. Registration fee is $30. Three ethics CEUs will be available. Please pre-register for the symposium here: Registration for BCSW 50th Symposium

Our 50th-Anniversary Lecture with Sarah Augustine, “So we and our children may live,” is Saturday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. in Kidron Hall at Kidron Bethel Village.

Grow

Encourage your friends and family members to attend! And we are always looking for more students. If you know someone in your community who might be a good fit for social work, please pass on our information and let us share the excitement of social work with them.

Create

The Social Work Department invites any artist to submit a proposal for or model/image of an original work that represents resilience and hope. We would like to commission this artwork to be completed and presented during Social Work Month in spring 2025 in honor of our 50th anniversary. If you or someone you know would like to submit a proposal for this, please contact jennifercd@bethelks.edu for more information.

Learn more about Fall Fest 2024!