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News - Social Work
Warm and Proud: Itzel Moreno-Vega teams up with Operation Warm to provide coats for students
Social Work
Alumni
Portland Magazine
College of Arts and Sciences
June 17, 2019
When Itzel Moreno-Vega noticed that many of the students at Cesar Chavez School in North Portland were coatless during the winter months, she turned to Operation Warm to provide coats to every single student.
Teaching empathy in the age of selfies
Nursing
Theology
Awards and Rankings
Social Work
December 4, 2017
An award-winning project by three University of Portland faculty explores the question of how to train students to encounter profound pain and suffering.
Emma Martinez ’18 receives national award for work in immigration and social justice
Awards and Rankings
Social Work
October 5, 2017
The Association for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA) recently recognized University of Portland student Emma Martinez ’18 with the prestigious 2017 Outstanding Student Award, given to students majoring in social work who are making a difference in their community.
University of Portland professor Alice Gates wins 2015 Marie O. Weil Outstanding Scholarship Award
Awards and Rankings
Sociology
Social Work
October 28, 2015
Alice Gates, a faculty member of the University of Portland’s sociology and social work department, is this year’s winner of the Marie O. Weil Outstanding Scholarship Award, co-sponsored by the Association of Community Organizations and Social Administration (ACOSA) and Taylor & Francis Publisher.
