The mission of the Whitney M. Young, Jr., School of Social Work, congruent with the University’s mission, is to prepare social work professionals, practitioners and leaders with the knowledge, skills and abilities to address culturally diverse human and social issues locally, nationally and globally.
The School’s mission reaffirms the mission and the cultural creed of the University. The mission preserves and disseminates the heritage of African American people and seeks to produce diverse graduates who are productive and responsible citizens who advance the purposes of social work education and address social, economic, and racial disparity issues that prevail on a global level.
Our vision is to advance a just and compassionate society that promotes health and well-being and the empowerment of all oppressed groups, especially those affected by racial, social, and economic inequities.
The Afrocentric Perspective is a culturally grounded social work practice-based model that affirms, codifies, and integrates common cultural experiences, values, and interpretations that cut across people of African descent. The Perspective encompasses the intersectionality of race, and other societal factors such as gender, ethnicity, social class, ability status and sexual orientation.
Further, the Perspective acknowledges African cultural resiliency as a foundation to help social work practitioners solve pressing social problems that diminish human potential and preclude positive social change. Thus, Afrocentric social work practice as a pedagogy imbedded within the Whitney M. Young Jr. School of Social Work Programs, endeavors to prepare our students to address specific psychological, social, spiritual, and economic problems experienced by people of African descent and to address problems confronted by all people.
Culturally Grounded: The combination and utilization of cultural sensitivity and cultural competence in social work practice.
Intersectionality: The examination of how two or more social constructions of oppression and/or privilege intersect to shape people’s social environment and cumulative lived experiences.
Spiritual: In social work practice this area of assessment and intervention seeks to understand a client’s sense of self, sense of meaning, and purpose, in an attempt to offer solutions to better manage life challenges.
The Clark Atlanta University School of Business Administration Alumni Advisory Council (SBAAAC) aims to enhance relationships between the School of Business Administration (SBA) and its alumni to serve as a source of continued support to current students and graduates in academic and professional endeavors. Additionally, the SBAAAC provides advice and counsel to the SBA dean regarding alumni initiatives as well as priorities identified in alumni feedback. Its members serve as ambassadors in their spheres of influence, and encourage alumni engagement with SBA faculty, staff, and students, and with one another.
Alumni Career Services
For more than six decades, the School of Business Administration has produced some of the best business professionals and managers in the world. With approximately 10,000 alumni, the School has been able to remain on the cutting edge. The MBA Program has produced more than 3,000 graduates and continues to produce one of the largest classes of African-American MBA professionals in the world. Our alumni continue to play a vital role in our success.
Class Captains Listing
The School of Business Administration is currently accepting volunteers or nominations for Class Captains for both the undergraduate and MBA programs. Class Captains serve as a crucial link between the school and alumni. They act as liaisons who assist in spreading the word about important initiatives at the School. Class Captains reengage alumni through volunteerism, annual gifts, recruitment, and student mentoring.
If you are interested in serving as a Class Captain for your class, please forward your interest, including program, class, and contact information by e-mail at AlumniUpdate@cau.edu
Undergraduate Program
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredits the Baccalaureate Social Work (BSW) Program, which prepares generalist social work practitioners with a broad range of knowledge and skills to advocate on behalf of culturally diverse at-risk populations in a global setting.
Graduate Programs
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredits the Master of Social Work (MSW) program and the Doctoral (PhD) program is a member of The Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE).
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