Social work program celebrated
03/02/2020
Social Work faculty in 1994
75th anniversary celebrated
This event is no longer open to the public.
At 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, the Bluffton University Forum presentation will honor Bluffton’s 75th anniversary of the social work program in Yoder Recital Hall.
During the presentation, alumni and faculty from the program will present stories from the earliest graduates, those who came back to teach in the program and others who used their degrees in creative ways.
Since being established as a major in 1944, nearly 700 alumni have graduated from Bluffton with a social work degree. The program started with just two classes: Child Welfare and Public Welfare. Lead by 1934 Bluffton education graduate Carl Smucker, the first social work graduates, three in total, received their diplomas in 1948.
This event is free and open to the public.
- Aubrey Bartel, public relations student assistant
