Department of Social Work MSU Denver

💥Highlighting q***r trailblazers in our own profession!💥

➡️Swipe to learn more about q***r Social Workers making changes in the communities they served 💖

Hope everyone is having a joyful Pride month so far✨🪩🎉

📣 WE’RE HIRING at MSU Denver’s Department of Social Work!

Looking for a place that’s not just a job, but a place where your values show up to work with you?

🌱 Our students are first-gen, community-rooted, and deeply motivated. They’ll remind you every single day why this profession matters.

🏙️ Denver is a city with real stakes — housing, immigration, behavioral health, equity, etc.

💛 Lived experience isn’t a bonus here; it’s valued, centered, and necessary.

🤝 You won’t be the only one who cares deeply. We promise. 😉

Join us and lead where there is need! Visit hwww.msudenver.edu/social-work/about/employment/ to view our current openings.

Happy Pride month Roadrunners!💕🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎉🌼

Today and everyday, we are committed to uplifting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community 🌈✨💖

Pride is protest. Pride is power. ✊🏼

It’s never too early to save the date for our Fall Assembly🎉🤭

✨We’re back this August with one of our favorite annual traditions: our 2026 fall assembly!✨

This year we’ve made it EVEN better with MORE fun:

🎁more prizes
🍕more free food
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 more chances to meet faculty and peers before the start of the school year.
🔗more connections

Sounds pretty sweet to me! More info to come, keep an eye on your email over the summer, RoadRunners!☀️😎✨

Anddddd here’s our BSSW baddies👏🎉🎓

Congratulations to all our wonderful BSSW students who graduated last week! We hope to see some of y’all in our advanced standing program this summer 😉🥳

As we await more photos to come in from graduation, we wanted to share some of our amazing MSW grads that were highlighted last week at the pinning and holding ceremony🤩🎓

Learn more about our graduates’ journeys throughout the program and some of the amazing Capstone projects they came up with and implemented this year.

👏I know we sure are impressed 🎉🥳 Congratulations Grads!

We thought it would be fun to have a grad cap decorating competition!! 🎉🎓

A lot of our grads have gone all out in the past and have decorated some pretty cool caps, and we want to highlight them more this year!

HOW TO ENTER:
If you’re graduating and decorating a cap, tag us, email us or DM us a photo of your cap to be entered in a grad cap competition. Submissions will close Wednesday, May 20th!
The week after graduation, we’ll upload the different caps on social media and have our followers vote on the best! The winner gets a sweet prize🎉🎓❤️

Happy grad season and happy decorating Roadrunners!!

🎉You’re invited to come celebrate the graduating class of 2026! 🎉
If you’re planning on attending the Department of Social Work celebrations here is what you need to know! Please review this carefully & share with your guests so graduation day goes smoothly😌🎓

BSSW Program Graduation Celebration:
⭐️ When: Tuesday May 12th at 6:00 PM. Doors open at 5:00 PM
⭐️Where: The Tivoli Turnhall- 900 Auraria Parkway, Denver, CO
⭐️What else should I know?:
1️⃣RSVP is required to participate in this event and has been shared with graduating students. If you have NOT received an invitation yet please reach out to [email protected].
2️⃣Livestream link will be shared day of on our departments website
3️⃣Spanish translation devices are available for guests
4️⃣When graduates arrive, they will check in and proceed to the second floor balcony to finish getting ready and wait for the ceremony to begin!

MSW Program Pinning & Hooding Ceremony:
🎓When: Wednesday May 13th at 5:30 PM. Doors open at 4:30 PM. Grad must arrive by 4 PM, unless otherwise instructed to come earlier! Physical tickets not required for guests.
🎓Where: Ellie Caulkins Opera House at Denver Performing Arts Complex. 1385 Curtis Street, Denver,
CO 80204.
🎓What else should I know?:
1️⃣RSVP is required to participate in this event and has been shared with graduating students. If you have NOT received an invitation yet please reach out to [email protected].
2️⃣Livestream link will be shared day of on the Departments website.
‼️Please have your guests attending be aware of the Permitted and Prohibited Items Policy at the Opera House!
💼Bags must be smaller than 12” x 12” x 12” and must fit under designated seats.
❌no outside food or drinks
❌no balloons, noisemakers or confetti allowed inside Check out full policy here: https://
www.artscomplex.com/plan-your-visit/permitted-prohibited-items

We can’t wait to celebrate all of your hard work!! If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out🎊😄

🎉We have lots to celebrate at MSU Denver Department of Social Work! 🎉

Let’s all give a big round of applause to our Office of Social Work Student Services for winning the 2026 Team RoadRunner Award! (1st and 2nd photo)

We also want to congratulate, Nicole, our lead WDA for winning the Soar Award as well💐 (3rd photo)

Finally, we wanted to ALSO congratulate Dr. AT for their Faculty Soar award! ❤️ (4th photo)

We are so grateful for Nicole, Dr. AT and the entire OWSS team for making our department so amazing!