The article outlines the process whereby a graduate school of social work made its program comprehensively international, using Healy's criteria. The four goals were: raising awareness and making connections; student recruitment, support and advising; curriculum development; and international eld placements. The work of the Local Inter-National Konnections Committee is described, in particular the development of the Emphasis in International Social Work course.
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