Are you looking to place more interns within your organization? Connect with the field placement faculty members at the schools listed below to learn more about the internship placement requirements and needs of their students studying within the behavioral health field.

Contact: Lissa Schwander
Social Work Program Field Director
Email: schwa1l@cmich.edu

Contact: Misty Smith
Practicum & Internship Coordinator
Email: smith262@cmich.edu

Contact: Katie Scheuerle
Field Education Coordinator
Email: scheuerk@gvsu.edu

Contact: Holly Cole
Academic Community Liaison
Email: coleho@gvsu.edu

Contact: Julie Navarre
Director of Field Education
Email: navarre@msu.edu

Contact: Caroline Cheng or Elissa Kent
MSW and BSW Field Directors
Email: ccheng@nmu.edu or ekent@nmu.edu

Contact: Rebecca Salvner
Field Education Coordinator
Email: rasalvne@svsu.edu

Contact: Sandra Stephenson
Social Work Field & Student Support Specialist
Email: sandra.stephenson@arbor.edu

Contact: Yatesha Robinson
Assistant Director of Field Education
Email: yatesha@umich.edu

Contact: Joanie Hazelton
Northern Region MSW and BSW Field Director
Email: joaniehazelton@ferris.edu
The Northwest Michigan Community Health Innovation Region (CHIR) Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) was launched in June, 2021 to respond to the spiraling behavioral health crisis in the region. Across all 10 counties in the region, children, youth and families experience significant barriers when attempting to access services and too few equitable opportunities exist for enhancing well-being and resiliency.
This website is the work of the Recruit Behavioral Health Providers Action Team, one of the 12 Northwest CHIR’s BHI Action Teams that are working to increase access to quality behavioral health services and enhance well-being and resiliency across the region.