Field Education

Interning with intention: Inside CWRU students’ summer internships This summer, Case Western Reserve University students are stepping far beyond the classroom—into hospitals and research labs, startups and advocacy organizations, engineering firms and art studios. What unites their experiences is n...

More than 100 students at Case Western Reserve University—most of them social workers in training—have been learning how to help meet a growing need in communities starved for behavioral health workers, thanks to a $1.9 million federal grant to the university’s interdisciplinary Behavioral Health Wo...

Class Year: May 2025 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: School Social Work Field Education Organization: Rise Together in Cleveland, Ohio Hometown: Dayton, Ohio Give a brief overview of your field education experience. Rise Together Cleveland works to expand and strengthen the resour...

At Case Western Reserve University, students arrive with ambition and learn to turn it into impact. Throughout their time on campus, they engage deeply with their studies, contribute meaningfully to the community, and prepare to lead in their respective fields. As the Class of 2025 prepares to rece...

Class Year: May 2025 Degree Program: MSW Online Concentration: Children, Youth and Families Field Education Organization: Allwell Behavioral Health Hometown: Zanesville, Ohio Give a brief overview of your field education experience. My field education experience has focused on working with you...

Class Year: May 2025 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Community Practice for Social Change Hometown: Nigeria Field Education Organization: Environmental Health Watch in Cleveland, Ohio Before beginning at Case Western Reserve University, what were you doing? Back in Nigeria after m...

Class Year: May 2025 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Health Field Education Organizations: VA Medical Center & Murtis Taylor Human Services System | Cleveland, Ohio Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria Give a brief overview of your field education experience. Through my transformative journey...

Ndidiamaka Ani’s studies and work in social work are rooted in personal experience. Growing up as one of five children born to a single mother in Nigeria, Ani faced numerous adverse childhood experiences that negatively impacted her mental health. She is determined to make a change for those who fin...

Social workers play a vital role in supporting those in need and addressing challenges to foster stronger, more resilient communities. In recognition of their impact and to celebrate the invaluable contributions of social workers in our communities and beyond, the National Association of Social Work...

Class Year: May 2025 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Mental Health with Children and Adolescents Field Education Organization: Center on Poverty and Community Development Hometown: Kumasi, Ghana Give a brief overview of your field education experience. I went into the Poverty Cent...