Student NASW dues are offered at a significantly reduced rate. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies. Phi Alpha, a National Social Work Honor Society, was chartered at Baylor University in 1998. The purpose of this organization is to provide a closer bond among students of social work and promote humanitarian goals and ideals. Phi Alpha fosters high standards of education for social workers and invites into membership those who have attained excellence in scholarship and achievement in social work.
Membership is by application.
The Graduate Student Association is an organization of individuals interested in the intellectual and social growth of graduate students. The organization sponsors activities that facilitate exchange of ideas, promotion of scholarly development, cultivation of social support systems, and dissemination of relevant living information. Departments and programs often have similar organizations.