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CU-Mansfield students and faculty tour Lewisburg Prison

An interdisciplinary contingent of 11 Commonwealth University-Mansfield students toured U.S. Penitentiary (USP), Lewisburg on Thursday, Feb. 29. The students were accompanied by Dr. Justin Crowl...

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Commonwealth Students Present at Social Workers Conference

The National Association of Social Workers-Pennsylvania held its annual conference from Oct. 22-25. The conference, "Social Work Breaks Barriers," focused on social work initiatives that aim to...

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CU-Lock Haven Social Work Club Sponsors Halloween Pumpkin Painting Event

It is mid-semester for Commonwealth University-Lock Haven students and as a way to help manage stress, the Social Work Club sponsored a pumpkin painting event to bring the spirit and fun of the...

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Lock Haven Social Work Club Travels to Kidspace in Washington D.C.

Sixteen students and three faculty members from the Commonwealth University-Lock Haven social work department traveled to Washington D.C. for a service trip to the Kidspace program, part of the House of Ruth network of social service programs.

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Lock Haven Social Work Club Hosts Easter Party for Salvation Army After School Program

Dr. Steven Granich and Tulare Park, co-advisers of the Social Work Club at Commonwealth University-Lock Haven, along with five student members of the club recently conducted an Easter party for 15 children at the Salvation Army in Lock Haven.

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Social Work Alumni Lecture Series March 22

Brittany Cooley, Lock Haven 2011 social work graduate, will speak on mental health and suicide awareness on Wednesday, March 22 from 7-8 p.m. in Ulmer 211 - planetarium on the Lock Haven campus.

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Commonwealth University Students, Faculty Return from Service Trip to Rural Jamaica

After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Lock Haven faculty once again led a short-term service-learning program to Harmons, Jamaica, and for the first time, were joined by Bloomsburg students.This program has been offered through Lock Haven since 2015, where students learn and serve in the rural mountainous village of Harmons in south central Jamaica.

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Coaching students through life's transitions

To Ebony Taylor ‘12/'13M, Bloom felt like home the first time she was on campus, especially after she bumped into a former school classmate from the boarding school she had attended. It all just felt...

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Social work students hold successful toy drive for local children’s hospital

There will be some added holiday cheer for Geisinger’s Janet Weis Children’s Hospital this season courtesy of Bloomsburg University’s Social Work Club, which collected more than 85 toys this fall through its annual toy drive.

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Hiring Huskies who serve

In just the past three years, more than twenty BU grads have served with City Year...

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