Social Work News

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Student Spotlight: MiLee Yu – 2025 BSW Student of the Year

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MiLee Yu is a graduate of the ҹɫÊÓÆµapp’s Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) program, and is currently pursuing a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree. In September 2025, MiLee was awarded the BSW Student of the Year award at the Biennial National Association of Social Workers (NASW) ҹɫÊÓÆµapp Chapter Conference.

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Student Spotlight: Keyshon China – Advocating for youth and underserved communities

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MSW student Keyshon China is dedicated to serving youth and underserved communities, gaining hands-on experience through UAA's School of Social Work and various extracurricular organizations.

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Social Work alumna and UAA’s newest fulbright scholar is New Zealand bound

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Ever since she was six years old, Panikaa Teeple, B.S.W. Social Work ’21, knew that spreading love was her life’s purpose. Next year, Teeple will have the opportunity to spread love internationally as UAA’s latest recipient of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant, which provides students in more than 140 countries the opportunity to pursue graduate study and research abroad.

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Growing ҹɫÊÓÆµapp's research community

 |  Michelle Saport  |  ,

UAA alumna and associate professor Holly Martinson hopes the new Biomed U-RISE program "lights a fire" in ҹɫÊÓÆµapp's research community by empowering undergraduate students with lab experience, mentorship and financial assistance. Martinson and co-PI, Professor Tracey Burke, welcomed the first cohort this academic year and will soon open applications for cohort two.

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Growing ҹɫÊÓÆµapp's Research Community

 |  Michelle Saport  |  ,

Co-principal investigators Tracey Burke, Ph.D., professor in the School of Social Work, and Holly Martinson, Ph.D., associate professor in the WWAMI School of Medical Education, hope the program empowers more ҹɫÊÓÆµappns to pursue an advanced biomedical, research-focused degree and contribute to the research community.