Giving Opportunities

Dr. Jacquelyn Meshelemiah (left), Associate Professor, talks with Anna Marie Robinson (right),donor, during the annual College of Social Work Scholarship Luncheon.

Welcome to the College of Social Work’s Office of Development

Philanthropy is all about making a positive difference in the world by devoting your resources and your time to causes you believe in.

By providing learning opportunities for students, promoting a spirit of continued inquiry, and empowering both students and faculty to engage in sound research and scholarship, the College is creating “social champions” and touching the world.  Our mission, to find solutions for the challenges faced by our communities and the individuals, families, and groups who live within them, is realized through the education of talented students who will become the next generation of professional social workers; pursuing research and scholarship that will inform social welfare policy and social work practice; and providing service to the professional community to ensure that we remain attached to “real world” issues that face government and social service agencies.

Simply stated, we empower our social work graduates to be recognized as the social champions they are.  Some of their many activities of include:

• Tending to the needs of a child in crisis
• Ensuring protection for a woman in a family violence situation
• Helping a family learn to provide appropriate care for an elderly parent
• Guiding a teenager’s positive decision-making regarding the use of alcohol or drugs
• Supporting the family of a person with a chronic mental health issue or developmental disorder

By supporting our faculty and students, you are helping The College of Social Work contribute significantly to the University’s Academic Plan by preparing future social workers to succeed in a culturally diverse world. We do this by training them in tested, evidence-based interventions that can be applied to a large number of groups facing the challenges presented by society and their personal situations.

For more information about development opportunities, please contact Jennifer E. Heller, Director of Development:

Phone: 614/292-8879
Email: heller.4@osu.edu   
FAX: 614/292-6940
Mailing Address:
College of Social Work
1947 College Road
313 Stillman Hall
Columbus, OH 43210

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