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The mission of the Pacific Union College Department of Psychology & Social Work is to be a Christian community of liberal learning that explores the insights into human nature and activity distinctive to psychology, social work and related disciplines. Faithful pursuit of truth in these disciplines has taught us to affirm the core values of free inquiry, diversity, responsible citizenship, and service to God and humanity.
Courses in our department are designed to develop in students the commitment both to critical thinking and the culture of science characteristic of psychology and to social justice and community service characteristic of social work.
Our psychology majors are prepared to enter into a wide range of careers that involve working with people. Graduates are also prepared to study at the most distinguished and popular graduate programs in the field of psychology. Our social work majors are prepared for immediate employment as professional social workers and for accelerated graduate study at the most distinguished Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) programs in the country.
Fast Facts
- Encourages purposeful living in the service of God and humanity by helping students understand and apply principles of human behavior in personal and professional relationships.
- Provides a general background for a wide range of careers that involve working with people, such as law, medicine, nursing, education, business, and the ministry.
- Trains students in the generalist framework for employment in the profession of social work.
- Prepares students adequately for graduate study in psychology and social work.
Psychology & Social Work
Pacific Union College
One Angwin Avenue
Angwin, CA 94508
Phone: (707) 965-6537
Fax: (707) 965-6538
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- Students Apply Theory with the Angwin Food Pantry The
consolidation of the food pantry occurred simultaneously with a food study also
conducted by the social work department. The study purposed to discover whether
the Angwin community suffered from lack of food. Surveys were administered
door-to-door and available in the market, gas station, and laundromat.
- Department Update On May 2, Greg Schneider, alumnus Zach Dunn, and alumna Elisabeth Reeves teamed up to bring to life by way of readers' theater an historical dialogue among the founders of St. Helena Hospital: Dr. Merritt G. Kellogg (Greg), William A. Pratt (Zach),and Ellen G. White (Elisabeth). The occasion was the hospital's "Vineyard Mission Day," an event that welcomed the new SHHC CEO and that aimed to remind hospital personnel of the heritage and mission of their institution. "It was a pleasure to be of use to our colleagues at the hospital, and especially a pleasure for the Red Books veterans to work together again," says Greg.
- Psychology Professors and Students Present at WPA On April 10-13 in Irvine, California, thousands of people attended the Western Psychological Association’s 88th annual convention. Twenty-three of the attendees were from PUC.