Welcome to The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work
Aloha pumehana,
Mahalo piha for your interest in the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. As one of the premier schools of social work in the Pacific-Asia region, we are dedicated to providing an educational experience that is anchored in excellence. Challenges and opportunities abound for social workers in a global community that is increasingly more culturally diverse. Our principal responsibility is the creation and transmission of knowledge reflecting the advancement of social work and the achievement of social justice as the "noble cause." Our unique focus is on resolving critical social problems that challenge s multicultural world, with specific attention to indigenous wisdom and perspectives.
The BSW, MSW and PhD programs prepare students to be educated global citizens who advance social justice. As of this year, our BSW and MSW programs have been fully reaccredited by the Council on Social Work Education for a maximum of 8 years, 2010-2018. Our faculty are highly knowledgeable, vastly experienced, and fully committed to the educational enterprise, and are well-known in endeavors of practice, policy and research. Faculty specialists in child and family, gerontology, health, and behavioral health, function as leaders in the School and the community. In broadening our educational reach beyond the Mānoa campus, our distance education option provides neighbor island residents with an opportunity to achieve their MSW degree via a blended approach of interactive television, computer-based technology, and face-to-face instruction.
I invite you to review our information and consider acquiring your education at our School in Hawaiʻi - one of the most culturally diverse communities in the world.
Me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo,
Noreen Mokuau, D.S.W.,
Interim Dean and Professor
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 Meeting with the President of Chung-Ang University L to R: Dr. Bum Jung Kim, Dr. Young Choi (Chair, Dept. Social Welfare, Chung-Ang University), Dr. Noreen Mokuau, Dr. Kookshin Ahn (President, Chung-Ang University), Dr. Yeon-Myung Kim (Dean, School of Social Welfare). |
Dean Noreen Mokuau and Dr. Bum Jung Kim visited universities and social service agencies in South Korea in early November 2011.  Meeting with the President of Korea Association of Social Workers L to R: Mr. Yong-Oh Park (Sec. General, Korea Assoc. of Social Workers), Dr. Kyu-Taik Sung (Korea Academy of Social Welfare & Gerontological Society of Korea), Dr. Sung-Chul Cho (President, Korea Association of Social Workers), Dr. Noreen Mokuau, Dr. Bum Jung Kim Click on this link to check out our Facebook page for the complete story. |
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 Dr. Seunghye Hong with Amy Shigemitsu |
MBTSSW Honors Student Wins Honorable Mention at Fall Forum 2011 Amy Shigemitsu, a BSW Honors student with the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, won honorable mention in this year’s Fall Forum 2011 with her topic of “Examining Perspectives on Online Counseling”. Dr. Seunghye Hong from the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, was Amy's faculty mentor. To see more about the Honor's Fall Form click on the this link: http://www.honors.hawaii.edu/programs/symposium_forum.html |
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 Palam Lee with Dean Noreen Mokuau |
Congratulations to Palama Lee for successfully defending his PhD dissertation titled: "An Examination of the Evolution and Implementation of Native Hawaiian Cultural Practices in the Treatment of Adult Substance Use and Co-occurring Mental Health Disorders: An organization case study" |
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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Chancellor Virginia S. Hinshaw is pleased to announce the appointment of Noreen Mokuau, D.S.W., as Dean of the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work. Mokuau is currently Interim Dean of the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work and a tenured Professor in the School. She obtained her doctorate in Social Welfare at the University of California, Los Angeles (1982), and her master’s in Social Work and bachelor’s in Psychology (High Honors) from UH Mānoa. Click on this link to read the rest of this article |
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The Council on Social Work Education's Commission on Accreditation has voted to reaffirm UH Mānoa's Myron B. Thompson's School of Social Work accreditation for the maximum eight yearsending in June 2018. Reaffirmation applies to both the school's bachelor of social work (BSW) andmaster of social work (MSW) degree programs. In their assessment, site visitors concluded that the school's programs were fundamentally sound and had strong community connections. Programs had developed effective collaborations with units and disciplines across campus, and school leadership was respected by community leaders, state lawmakers, faculty and staff. In addition, there was a recognized commitment to the school's work, including a focus on indigenization—providing an exemplary model for UH Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw's vision of the Mānoa campus being a Hawaiian place of learning. Moreover, the distance education delivery option was deemed exemplary in organization and structure, and international programs and goals were evaluated as directed and substantive. The mission of UH Mānoa's Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work is to contribute to the advancement of social work practice in its many forms for the purpose of preventing or resolving the most critical social problems. Within this general purpose, the school reaffirms social work's historic commitment to increase social justice and availability of opportunity for underrepresented and oppressed groups. |
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The Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work is pleased to announce the online publication of the first issue of The Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work (JIVSW). This issue includes papers presented at the conference entitled "Indigenous Voices in Social Work: Not Lost in Translation," which was held at the Mākaha Resort in 2007 and was sponsored by the UHM Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work (MBTSSW). Please visit the Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work for additional information about the journal and for submission guidelines. To read more about this article click on this link. |
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