Our Mission

BSW Program Mission

The BSW program mission is to educate students from diverse backgrounds to become ethical, competent, culturally responsive, and community-engaged generalist social work practitioners equipped to practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels to promote social, racial, economic and environmental justice in partnership with the diverse population of the U.S.-Mexico border region and beyond; and engage in high-impact, interprofessional practices and advance research-informed practice to strengthen community well-being and enhance social and health equity.

MSW Program Mission

The MSW program mission is to educate students from diverse backgrounds to become ethical, competent, culturally responsive, and community-engaged social work practitioners equipped to provide advanced practice with an emphasis on the border region, at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels to promote social, racial, economic and environmental justice in partnership with the diverse population of the U.S.-Mexico border region and beyond; and produce and disseminate high-impact, interprofessional, and transformative research to strengthen community well-being and enhance social and health equity.