{"id":20,"date":"2024-10-07T23:52:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:03:05","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-p-banner\"><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--video\"><video id=\"banner-video\" loop preload=\"auto\" muted><source src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/videos\/socialwelfare\/20251216_HBS_Banner.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/><\/video><button aria-controls=\"banner-video\" id=\"uwm-video-control\" class=\"uwm-p-banner--video-control\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pause video<\/span><\/button><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/2025\/12\/uwm-social-welfare-student-instructor-walking-on-campus.jpg\" alt=\"Carter Jenson, a UWM criminal justice student, walking on campus with an instructor\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"650\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--gradient\"><\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-banner--content uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--column uwm-u-text--center uwm-u-flex--center-y\"><h2>Shaping Our Society<\/h2><p>The Helen Bader School improves lives and strengthens communities through research, education and community partnerships<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row uwm-l-row--4\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h1 heading-separator\" id=\"h-improving-lives\">Improving Lives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\">Educating social work and criminal justice students since 1965<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\">Essential to social welfare in Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee&#8217;s Helen Bader School of Social Welfare promotes excellence in its degree programs and develops well-rounded, thoughtful individuals who can positively impact society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-lg\">The school supports an array of community-based research initiatives through collaborations with local agencies and offers extensive experiential learning opportunities for students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--wrap uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/academics\/\" rel=\"\">All Academic Programs<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock uwm-p-gridblock--3\"><div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--image  uwm-p-gridblock--stretch\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/about\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/2025\/11\/CCEP-Recognition-Ceremony.jpg\" alt=\"Group of diverse criminal justice &amp; criminology graduating university students posing beneath a black and gold balloon arch.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"\/><span class=\"uwm-p-block--\">Explore Social Welfare at UW-Milwaukee<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--image  \"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/criminal-justice-practitioner-scholarship\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/2025\/06\/Bryan-LaChappelle.jpg\" alt=\"Profile photo of a police officer sitting in his car on the radio.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"\/><span class=\"uwm-p-block--\">Apply for the Criminal Justice Practitioner Scholarship<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--image  \"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/academics\/social-work-bs\/social-work-wctc-transfer-students\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/2026\/03\/wctc-bsw-advisor.jpg\" alt=\"BSW academic advisor smiling in front of UWM University Center at WCTC wall signage.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"\/><span class=\"uwm-p-block--\">Transfer from WCTC into the Social Work BSW Program<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center heading-separator size-h1\" id=\"h-begin-your-future-at-uw-milwaukee\">Begin Your Future at UW-Milwaukee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock uwm-p-gridblock--7\"><div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--image  \"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/students\/undergraduate-advising\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/2024\/10\/preview-day.jpg\" alt=\"Three students (LatinX, Black and White) walking together and smiling through the UW-Milwaukee campus.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"\/><span class=\"uwm-p-block--\">Meet with Academic Advisors<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--image  \"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/academics\/social-work-bs\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/2025\/01\/Social-Work-Class-at-UWM.jpg\" alt=\"Social work student (white female) sits with a laptop and chats with the instructor (white male) in a classroom setting.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"\/><span class=\"uwm-p-block--\">Discover Your Social Work BSW<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--stat uwm-p-block--gold \"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/research-impact\/current\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><span><strong>$15<\/strong>Million in External Awards<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--stat uwm-p-block--gray-dark-gold-text \"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/events\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><span>Attend<strong>2026<\/strong>Info Sessions<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--image  \"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/academics\/criminal-justice-ms\/trauma-informed-care-and-criminal-justice-criminology\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"uwm-p-gridblock--block uwm-p-block--image  uwm-p-gridblock--stretch\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/criminal-justice-field-program\/#jump\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><div class=\"uwm-p-block--content-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/2022\/09\/East-Side-Milwaukee.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial drone photo of the East Side of Milwaukee showing green park, water tower, and the city stretching off into the horizon.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"800\"\/><span class=\"uwm-p-block--\">Earn Credits for Current Criminal Justice Experience<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row uwm-l-row--4\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading heading-separator default\" id=\"h-news\">News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border\"><li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/preparing-students-for-trauma-focused-interactions\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/2022\/07\/Trauma-informed-care-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Three small lavendar flowers in a prairie on a hillside illuminated by a rising sun with misty fog blurred in the background.\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/preparing-students-for-trauma-focused-interactions\/\">Preparing Students for Trauma-Focused Interactions<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">by Al Dickenson Danielle Romain Dagenhardt The Helen Bader School of Social Welfare has offered the &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/kavanaugh-chosen-for-visiting-professorship\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/plugins\/uwm-blocks\/dist\/posts\/..\/images\/uwm-placeholder-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/kavanaugh-chosen-for-visiting-professorship\/\">Kavanaugh chosen for visiting professorship\u00a0<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Melinda S. Kavanaugh By Kathy Quirk Caretaking is a universal fact of life.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So&nbsp;sharing information and research &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/artistic-representations-of-aging-2026-event\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/2026\/02\/In-Life-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Older adult female relaxing in a Japanese swimming pool with a wood paneled wall behind her.\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/artistic-representations-of-aging-2026-event\/\">Artistic Representations of Aging 2026 event<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Artistic Representations of Aging highlights a photo exhibit, film and panel discussion \u2014 all centered around &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/hbssw-at-sswr\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/608\/2026\/01\/SSWR-2026-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Professional headshots of faculty researchers that includes diverse group of people including men and women.\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/hbssw-at-sswr\/\">HBSSW faculty and students present research at national conference<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Faculty, scientists, doctoral and post-doctoral students from the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare presented their &hellip; <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><figure class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/mersky-stojkovic-honored-at-uwm-employee-excellence-awards\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/wp-content\/plugins\/uwm-blocks\/dist\/posts\/..\/images\/uwm-placeholder-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/mersky-stojkovic-honored-at-uwm-employee-excellence-awards\/\">Social Welfare professors honored at UWM Employee Excellence Awards<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Joshua Mersky and Stan Stojkovic were recognized on Wednesday, Oct. 15, for their devotion to the &hellip; 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