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Ana McAbee MSW '18 brings clients and community to better connection with nature through her counseling practice and the Eugene Environmental Film Festival.
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News and Stories | social work
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Over 100 current & incoming Pacific underÂ鶹ӰÊÓs have applied for a guaranteed Â鶹ӰÊÓ school spot through Â鶹ӰÊÓ's unique admissions program, Pacific Priority.
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Balancing the workloads of a varsity sport and Â鶹ӰÊÓ school can be tough. Rob Wood '22, MBA '23 and Isaiah Pitre '22 MSW '24 took on Â鶹ӰÊÓ programs to continue their dream of playing football for the Boxers.
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The university's Master of Social Work and Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology programs will split a two-year, $1.8 million grant from the Oregon Health Authority aimed to increase the capacity and diversity in the state's mental health workforce.
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Nancy Murakami may spend most of her time in Oregon, but the Â鶹ӰÊÓ social work professor is never far from trauma’s front lines.Â
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As a social worker, Maria Vasquez-Rodriguez ’22, MSW '23 aims to straighten and shorten the path of patients who are buffeted by the health system. She was awarded the social work scholarship named for Claire Argow.
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Daniel Altamirano Hernández ’19 wants people to know that he and his colleagues at Centro Cultural are serving with purpose.
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Claire Argow was a leader in social work and prison reform long before she began teaching at Â鶹ӰÊÓ in 1960. Today, the Â鶹ӰÊÓ social work program and social work scholarships are named in her honor.
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Chascity-Mae Sarmiento ’19 designed a social work project using animals to help kids.
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Autumn Davis MBA ’19, Breanne Davis ’16, OT ’19, and Carmel Nichol ’16, MSW ’17 completed a family triple play when Breanne was awarded her doctorate in occupational therapy. She was the third triplet in the family to earn a Â鶹ӰÊÓ degree from Pacific.
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Daisy Rizo '17, MSW '18 is able to combine her passion for social work with her desire to assist other Latinos.
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In high school, Elaine Charpentier-Philippi was told she wouldn't amount to much. She turned those words upside down, returning to school for a social work degree. Today, she helps other young students find opportunity.