If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap.

If you want happiness for a day, go fishing.

 If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune.

If you want happiness for a lifetime,

 help somebody.

old Chinese Proverb

Here at the Social Work and Gerontology Department of Shippensburg University, we follow the old Chinese proverb quoted above.  In our process of learning to help others we find happiness, meaning and fulfillment in our work and in the outcomes of our efforts. 

If you are also interested in helping others while pursuing a meaningful path in your life, social work as a profession and Shippensburg as a university may be for you. We welcome you to the "web gate" of our department.  At this site you will find information about the curriculum, our students, our faculty, our advisory group and much more about our programs.

If you need additional information, email us at socwork@ship.edu or write to:

Social Work Department
Shippensburg University
382 Shippen Hall
1871 Old Main Drive
Shippensburg, PA 17257
(717) 477-1717

Sincerely,

Dr. Deborah Franks Jacobs
Professor, Department Chair
& MU-SU MSW Co-Director