Student Services Office

SWS 023 | Located on the ground floor of the School of Social Work building

Think of Student Services as the office that keeps the trains running on time. We schedule courses, confirm instructors, reserve classrooms, and manage registration. We also support MSW students with the following types of questions:

What classes to take and when
How to take a leave of absence or revise your program of study
UW and School of Social Work policies and procedures

We offer in-person and virtual advising for MSW students.

BASW and PhD students: Please contact the following advisors for support:

BASW Assistant Director Nicole Guenther at npg324@uw.edu.
PhD Assistant Director Shirley Chu at sctorres@uw.edu.

For questions regarding field education (such as practicum policies and placement), please see the Office of Field Education Canvas page or email sswfield@uw.edu.

Student Services Staff

Have a question for us? Email us at mswadvising@uw.edu. From there, we’ll direct your question to the appropriate person. In addition to our MSW office staff pictured below, our Student Services team includes a mental health specialist and peer support writing tutors who offer support to all social work students.


Jennae Carpio (she/her)	June Parra (she/her)	Julian Falgout (he/they)
Assistant Director of Student Services	MSW Advisor for part-time students	MSW Advisor for full-time students
jpcarpio@uw.edu	mswadvising@uw.edu	mswadvising@uw.edu
SW Advising for full-time specialized, concurrent, veteran, and international students Student life Student lifecycle events (Orientation, Graduation etc.)	MSW Advising for part-time students Student engagement and programming	MSW Advising for full-time students (incoming) Manager of communications and data for student services


	Lin Murdock (she/her)	Nancy Tran (she/her)
	Director of Student Services	Program Support Supervisor
	linm@uw.edu	ntran08@uw.edu
	Oversight of Student Services Office Policy interpretation Immunization requirements MSW advising for complex situations	Administrative oversight Time schedule creation and course management Front desk supervision