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Growing up in East Los Angeles, Master of Social Work student Ronnie Fernandez didn’t see many positive role models, specifically young, educated Latino men and women.
So last year, he started a mentorship program called Sons of Troy with the goal of teaching students what he wishes he could have learned from successful Latinos in his own community.
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The Military Acceptance Project, a USC School of Social Work student initiative-turned-nonprofit organization that promotes understanding, acceptance and equality for military servicemembers, veterans and their families, has received perhaps the highest recognition a group of its kind could: it has been honored as a Champion of Change by the White House.
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Mental health disorders in active-duty servicemembers have increased 65 percent since 2000, according to the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center. While federal agencies have dedicated more resources to screen and treat combat troops in recent years, incidents such as the U.S. Army sergeant allegedly murdering 16 civilians in Afghanistan raise serious questions if it is enough.
USC School of Social Work student Sarah Duncan doesn’t think so.
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MSW student David Curry is all too familiar with the struggles veterans face once their service ends and they must return to civilian life.
Curry, a U.S. Marine with two tours of duty in Iraq behind him, worked as an outreach liaison for veterans at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, Calif., assisting them with the transition to college life. So when his social welfare class was given the assignment to advocate on behalf of a piece of state or federal legislation for a semester-long project, the choice was clear.
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Omar López, a clinical assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work, has been elected by Mexican community leaders to a three-year term as an advisor for Consejo Consultivo del Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior (CCIME), a consultative body within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico that analyzes problems, challenges and opportunities facing Mexican communities abroad.
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The USC School of Social Work will begin offering advanced standing this fall in its Master of Social Work program for exceptional first-year applicants who already have a bachelor’s degree in social work.
The competitive 35-unit program, which will have both full-time and part-time options, allows students to complete their degrees in less time than the traditional MSW program by waiving first-year foundation course requirements.