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Social Work
Social Work
Celebrated Philadelphia group taps Alvernia grad to be its first full-time medical social worker
As Daria Podell ’24, MSW ’25 was wrapping up her internship at the Black Doctors Consortium during her accelerated master’s in social work, she sought out recommendations for her job search. Podell, 25, was met with puzzlement from Dr. Ala Stanfor...
'Giving-back seed' sprouts into lifelong pursuit helping others
For as long as she can remember, helping others has been part of her life, said Kacie Walters '25. The Bachelor of Social Work grad was certainly influenced by her mother’s helping heart. The family’s matriarch introduced Walters and her siblings ...
Transfer student driven to help commuters feel at home on campus
Chelsea Burke '25 admits that when she set to transfer from Montgomery County Community College to Alvernia University after earning an associate degree, she was putting all of her eggs into one basket, so to speak. But that’s because it was the p...
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