Welcome to The Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors

We are a national professional organization dedicated to the promotion of excellence in baccalaureate social work education. Our vision is for every undergraduate social work student to graduate as competent generalist social workers. Here you will find an array of information on events and activities related to undergraduate social work education. BPD is considered the premier organization that focuses solely on meeting the needs of undergraduate social work students, faculty and others interested in undergraduate social work education. Thank you for taking time to learn about undergraduate social work education. We hope you will join us as we focus on advancing undergraduate social work education and preparing students for generalist practice.

Freddie Avant, BPD President

Stephen F. Austin State University (TX)

2010 Annual Conference

The 2010 Annual Conference will take place March 17-21, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. BPD is currently seeking proposals for presentations at the conference. For more information, please see the "Call for Proposals" under the Events tab. Submission proposals are due on June 30, 2009.

Congratulations are in order!

The following members were recently elected to the BPD Board of Directors: Cassandra Bowers, Mike Daley, Paul Dovyak, Eleanor Downey, and Peggy Pittman-Munke.

Members Mit Joyner and Harriet Cohen are newly elected members of the CSWE Board of Directors.

Leah Zellers, a recent graduate from West Chester University's social work program, was awarded a full scholarship to the University of Michigan MSW Program through BPD's Jim Wahlberg Memorial Scholarship Program.

Jordan Wildermuth was recently selected by BPD's Advocacy and Outreach Committee to serve as the 2009 BPD Summer Policy Fellow. Jordan will spend the summer working on policy issues with IASWR.

If you have any special accomplishments that you would like shared with the membership please email them to us at membership@bpdonline.org.