Current MSW Students
MSW Calendar
Fall 2025
August:
August 25 - Fall 2025 Classes Begin
September:
September 2 - Fee goes into effect for adding/dropping classes (16-week classes); “W” in place for dropped courses on transcript (16-week classes)
September 8 - Last day to add a class (16-week classes)
September 26 - Graduation applications due for graduating Graduate students for December
October:
October 16-19 - Mid-semester break
October 30 - Last day to drop a class (16-week classes)
November:
November 3 - Incomplete grades due for August seniors/graduating students; Petition and transient forms submissions due for graduating students
November 3 - Graduate students pre-registration, 9:00pm
November 17 - Online registration for W26 opens for new/transfer students
November 17 - Last day to order regalia for December graduation
November 24-30 - Thanksgiving break
December:
December 8 - All incomplete grades for W25/S25 due
December 15-18 - Semester exams
December 18 - December Commencement
December 19-January 11 - Winter break
December 21 - Fall 2025 semester grades due by 5:00pm
August 25 - Fall 2025 Classes Begin
September:
September 2 - Fee goes into effect for adding/dropping classes (16-week classes); “W” in place for dropped courses on transcript (16-week classes)
September 8 - Last day to add a class (16-week classes)
September 26 - Graduation applications due for graduating Graduate students for December
October:
October 16-19 - Mid-semester break
October 30 - Last day to drop a class (16-week classes)
November:
November 3 - Incomplete grades due for August seniors/graduating students; Petition and transient forms submissions due for graduating students
November 3 - Graduate students pre-registration, 9:00pm
November 17 - Online registration for W26 opens for new/transfer students
November 17 - Last day to order regalia for December graduation
November 24-30 - Thanksgiving break
December:
December 8 - All incomplete grades for W25/S25 due
December 15-18 - Semester exams
December 18 - December Commencement
December 19-January 11 - Winter break
December 21 - Fall 2025 semester grades due by 5:00pm
Winter 2026
March:
March 13-22 - Spring Break
March 26 - Last day to drop a class (16-week classes)
March 29 - MSW Town Hall Meeting @ 12:30 PM, Zoom
March 29 - MSW Syncronous Classes
April:
April 6 - Graduate students pre-registration, 9:00pm
April 12 -MSW Syncronous Classes
April 13 - Incomplete grades due for August seniors/graduating students; Petition and transient forms submissions due for graduating students
April 13 - Last day to order regalia for May graduation
April 20 - Online registration for F26 opens for new/transfer students
April 26 - MSW Syncronous Classes
May:
May 4 - All incomplete grades for F25 due
May 8 - School of Social Work Pinning (Graduating Students)
May 10 - May Commencement
May 12 - Winter 2026 semester grades due by 5:00pm
Summer 2026
May:
May 17-30 - Advanced Emphasis Courses (course meeting dates and times vary)
May 17-30 - Advanced Emphasis Courses (course meeting dates and times vary)
Contact the MSW & School of Social Work Team
Stephanie Guster, LCSW, MSW
Associate Professor, MSW Program Director
423.236.2020
sguster@southern.edu
Lisye Fernandez
MSW Program Manager
423.236.2629
lisyef@southern.edu
Candy Dolcy, MSW
Assistant Professor, Director of Field Education
423.236.2630
candydolcy@southern.edu
Laura Racovita, PhD, MSW
Dean
423.236.2638
racovita@southern.edu
Evie Nogales Baker, MSSW, LCSW
Associate Professor
423.236.2640
evien@southern.edu
Nina Nelson, PhD, MSW
Associate Professor
423.236.2635
nnelson@southern.edu
Corneliu Rusu, PhD
Professor
423.236.2628
crusu@southern.edu
Kristie Wilder, JD, LMSW
Professor
423.236.2206
kwilder@southern.edu
Lunelle Bertresse, MSW
Associate Professor, BSW Program Director
423.236.2634
lunelleb@southern.edu
Katelynn Webster
Office Manager
423.236.2775
katelynnwebster@southern.edu
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Field Education
Learn More About Field Education
Field education is the signature pedagogy for social work. Signature pedagogies are
elements of instruction and socialization that teach future practitioners the fundamental
dimensions of professional work in their discipline: to think, to perform, and to
act intentionally, ethically, and with integrity.
For more information about field education requirements for MSW Foundation students, please visit the Field Education Requirements page.
For more information about field education requirements for MSW Foundation students, please visit the Field Education Requirements page.