(Please note, the planning meeting is scheduled for 2/15/10, not 2/10 as was previously advertised)

NASW members in the Northern Panhandle area are planning a Branch Kickoff event during March 2010, which is Professional Social Work  Month.

Local NASW members, as well as social work students and faculty of the  WVU Wheeling MSW program, will meet on February 15th to discuss  potential Branch activities. Fourteen NASW members and several students  have expressed interest in participating.

A continuing education event entitled "Women and Addiction: Substances  and Gambling" will be held on Tuesday, March, 9th at Ohio Valley Medical Center's Nursing Residence from 5:00-7:30 PM.  This will be a panel presentation that open to the public, and a short presentation about NASW West Virginia Chapter and the Wheeling's MSW program. Social work students and faculty from Bethany College and staff of area social service agencies will also be invited.

For information contact Chatman Neely by email at: [log in to unmask]


Jacki Englehardt, MSW, ACSW
Coordinator of Professional and Community Education
Division of Social Work
West Virginia University
PO Box 6830
Morgantown, WV 26506

304-293-3280 (*note new phone number)
fax:  304-293-5936
cell: 304-282-0321
Summer Institute on Aging Website:  www.wvsioa.org
WVU Division of Social Work Website:  http://socialwork.wvu.edu