In the Marist Social Work degree, we place a great deal of emphasis on service-learning, which brings together faculty, students, and community organizations in order to link learning goals with civic responsibility and community empowerment. As a part of the curriculum, students are engaged in either a consciousness-raising project on campus or work with a community organization to address a social need. Students have worked to stomp out stigma against mental health illness, increase equity for the LGBTQ community, raise awareness about sexual assault and harassment on campus, and push for fossil fuel divestment on campus. Hasion Gaston '20, featured below, created a series of social-emotional workshops for local youth during his Tarver Internship. He facilitated eight seminars ranging from value trees to personal reflections on leadership to vision boards.

Marist’s Social Work major, accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), requires and inspires our students to gain sufficient experience in the field. In fact, our students engage in a year-long Field Education Internship their senior year with placement opportunities specific to your interests and career goals. Below are only a few examples of internship placements our students have utilized to not only meet their fieldwork requirement, but to experience their future while still in college.