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Show I As an institution striving to serve and help restore, maintain or enhance man's social functioning, the Graduate School of Social Work is expanding rapidly as demands exceed supplies of social workers. A new Social Work Building will soon accommodate 300 students and eight additional faculty members, uniting scattered and disparate social work programs under a single set of shingles. With the installation of a larger staff now being recruited, student-faculty ratio will be reduced to a personal level vital to the teaching work. Only one student is accepted from every five applicants; and, once accepted, these students must dedicate their lives to service of their fellow man. Preparation follows dedication, and each scholar masters a core of skills before going on to depth and emphasis study in casework, group work or community service methods. Just half of the social worker's learning experience is academic; the other consists of applying book principles in practical situations in the field by working in Salt Lake area hospitals, prisons, Community Action programs, counseling services, and juvenile courts. Although the college now deals with both clinical and community programs it is moving toward the community level with programs such as Community Services Council. Because of the growing need for administrators, educators and researchers in the field of social work, preparations are under way and applications are being accepted for a doctorate program that will begin in September of 1970. The Graduate School of Social Work prepares men and women for active participation in preventing, treating and controlling today's social ills. o o CO Admits only one of five Rex A. Skidmore-Dean |