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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh have
established a Collaborative MSW Program that prepares social workers for advanced practice as
facilitators, partners and leaders in planned change activities with service users and community
service providers. The program’s goal is to educate professionals ready to assume administrative
and direct practice leadership roles within this region’s increasingly diverse and transforming
rural and metropolitan environments. The mission statement of the Collaborative MSW Program
is stated as follows:
The advanced professional Master of Social Work degree is a joint effort by the University of
Wisconsin-Green Bay and Oshkosh to prepare social workers for advanced practice as
facilitators, partners and leaders in planned change activities with service users and community
service providers in the region. The program’s goal is to educate professionals ready to assume
administrative and direct practice leadership roles within this region’s increasingly diverse and
transforming rural environments. It aims to prepare practitioners who can work to strengthen
families through programs, services, and policies supportive of family and community well
being, with special emphasis on family needs in rural and tribal settings. Concomitantly, the
program aims to promote interdisciplinary learning and coordinated inter-professional practice to
actively address social issues. Additional emphasis is placed on professional acceptance of
responsibility to participate in civic life and to provide leadership in the community and to
encourage the inclusion and representation of Native Americans and members of other cultures
and diverse groups in the region. Finally, the advanced program strives to address adult learner
expectations for ease of access and user-friendly content delivery.
Embedded in this mission statement are six program themes:
•Public Sector Practice—improving the quality of life of people and communities served by
publicly funded agencies (including private sector programs receiving public funds) and
encouraging democratic participation in community decision making in order to influence
quality of life concerns.
•Leadership Roles—assuming leadership roles in direct practice, administration and policy
development in order to strengthen communities, organizations, and families.
•Family Focus—enhancing family functioning, improving community and agencies supports for
families, and enhancing the quality of life for families within the region.
•Diversity—promoting advocacy and interventions to enhance the well being of vulnerable and
oppressed people within the region.
•Rural Emphasis—reflecting the inclusion of the unique needs and circumstances of rural
people, agencies, and communities in the region.
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