UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life - Making the impossible possible - and better
UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life - Making the impossible possible - and better
UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life - Making the impossible possible - and better
6/2/2026
In 1988, I accompanied Dr. Vivian Dames, founder of the University of Guam's Bachelor of Social Work program, to a meeting with the late Dr. Patricia Ewalt, then dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Hawaiʻi. We were told plainly that offering a Master of Social Work degree in Guam for UOG graduates would be impossible.
Several years later, during the University of Guam's first national accreditation
review for social work, we heard a similar message. Accreditation leaders told us
that an accredited Master of Social Work program connected to Guam was simply not
feasible.
Read the full story at The Guam Daily Post