A Message from Dean Randy Magen

Dear Students:

We welcome you to Wurzweiler School of Social Work and to Yeshiva University. We look forward to our joint venture, and we thank you for choosing us. Our graduates have gone on to become extraordinary practitioners and leaders in many programs nationally and internationally.

Through our curriculum, our stellar faculty, and your practicum experience, you will learn social work skills. As a Wurzweiler student you will have a chance to help others, to make a difference, to meet the needs of vulnerable people, and to make social change.

All professions have a body of knowledge, a code of ethics, and a unique skill set. Through the knowledge and values considered in your classes you will transform your desire to help into professional skill at your field placements. You will develop the conscious use of self – the ability to use yourself purposefully as an instrument of help and change.

You are mandated to approach clients’ humanity, to support their dignity and worth, and to engage clients nonjudgmentally. Clients will privilege you with their truths -- realities they may never have told to anyone else. Through field supervision, you will have opportunities to help individuals and families, to facilitate and plan groups, and to support community development.

And then on another note, you will all contribute to each other’s learning through the class and practicum experience. You are all part of the shared journey.

Social work education requires you to challenge yourself, to be honest and trustworthy as you endeavor to meet the needs of your clients. This unique learning experience is transformational. On behalf of our faculty and staff, we are privileged to be part of your journey.

Wishing you all the best,
Dr. Randy Magen
Dean of Wurzweiler School of Social Work

Founded as part of Yeshiva University in 1957, the Wurzweiler School of Social Work is proud to be part of a standout, industry-leading university system. Built on YU's mission to teach a uniquely dual curriculum that emphasizes knowledge enlightened by values, Wurzweiler places similar focus on teaching the practical and clinical elements of social work while ceaselessly affirming the importance of ethics, tolerance and cultural receptivity in the profession.

Yeshiva University has continuously evolved to reach a broader and more diverse student population while still serving its primary institutional mission, the University and its individual colleges have remained rooted in the Jewish cultural traditions to serve others and provide for the needs of local and global communities. As an extension of that endeavor, the leaders at Wurzweiler have created a deeply personal program that leverages centuries-old traditions alongside a contemporary curriculum to train 21st century social work practitioners and equip them to transform the world.

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