August 21, 2025
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s first cohort of students seeking a Master of Social Work degree met with department faculty and staff prior to the start of the fall semester. The MSW was approved last year and is offered completely online with students from all over the state enrolled. On the front row from left are Taywana Williams of DeRidder, Coree Nash of Jena, Kylee Barker and Christian Lawson of Natchitoches, Jaclyn Brooks of Florien and Megan Goff of Natchitoches. On the back row are Dr. Mary Edith Stacy, dean of the Graduate School; Dr. MaryAnne Candley, MSW program director and head of the Department of Social Work; Dr. Andrew Fultz, assistant professor and MSW field director; Associate Professor Denise Bailey and Trina Gibson, Title IV E coordinator. Not pictured are students Anniya’ Platt of Plain Dealing, Kristina Wozniak of Prairieville, Dr. Delana Prudhomme of Crowley, Ragini Brooke Delasalle of Baton Rouge and Elizabeth Malveaux of New Iberia. The mission of NSU’s MSW is to develop clinically trained social work professionals to meet the growing need for practitioners in the regional and national work force, with particular emphasis on providing trauma-informed services in rural central and western Louisiana. Information on the MSW and other degree programs offered through NSU’s Department of Social Work is available at https://www.nsula.edu/socialwork/.
