Meeting Minutes - 03/03/04

Officers Present
Casey Ruley, President
Adam Sauceda, Vice President
Kevin Stein, Secretary
Alissa Renfrow, Psi Chi Liaison
Ben Bristow, Communications Director

Public Activities:

- Dr. Katherine Van Wormer speaks about the benefits of receiving a Masters degree in Social Work

  • Visit her personal webpage: http://www.uni.edu/vanworme/
  • Visit the MSW program's webpage: http://www.uni.edu/socialwork/msw1.html
  • University of Iowa is a good place to go -- they have a high acceptance rate
  • UNI is good, but they have a lower acceptance rate
  • Ones who do the best in getting their MSW are the ones who major in Psychology as an undergraduate
  • It is a 2-year program if you did not major in Social Work
  • It is a 1-year program if you majored in Social Work

- Dr. Ken Jacobsen speaks about his current position in the counseling center

  • Visit the counseling center's webpage: http://www.uni.edu/counseling/
  • MSW is the easiest
  • Clinical, Counseling, and MSW are pretty much the same
  • As long as there is money, there will always be a job
  • Clinical deals with the "crazy" -- Counseling deals with the "normal"
  • GREs and Grades are the main factors in determining if you get in or not

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