A field internship took MSW student Christy Janiszewski to Uganda to work with the Comfort Dog Project, an intervention that pairs war trauma survivors with rescued dogs for mutual healing.
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This summer, GSSW sponsored Movimiento Poder’s annual Liberation Camp, where Latine youth leaders developed their movement organizing skills and grew as community leaders.
Laurie Albright, a 2023 graduate of IHAC’s Humane Education Practitioner Certificate (CHEP) program, wears many hats in her professional life. She is a part-time hospice social worker, a teacher-in-training, and a volunteer adoption guide at the Denver Animal Shelter. In all these roles and more, Laurie incorporates elements of humane education.
The Graduate School of Social Work’s 2023 MSW student award winners exemplify the best of social work scholarship, service and practice.
2023 Denver Campus MSW graduate Maria England will put her degree to work as a therapist treating people with eating disorders.
Becoming a social worker has helped Air Force Major Kari Wise Jukkola, MSW ’23, to be a better leader and commander.
Macie Dominique, a 2017 graduate of IHACPro’s Equine-Assisted Mental Health Practitioner Certificate (EAMH), completely shifted her professional path after realizing her passion involved integrating animals into her professional work. In both of her professional settings, her therapeutic work is supported with equine, canine, and farm animal interactions.
Recent PhD grad Danielle Littman used novel methods such as geographic interviews and gaming to probe young adults’ experiences with permanent supportive housing.
