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Students honored as 2025 Outstanding Seniors, Outstanding GTAs and Eberly Scholars

Students honored as 2025 Outstanding Seniors, Outstanding GTAs and Eberly Scholars

Every year, students from across Eberly College are selected as  Outstanding Seniors and  Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants.  Eberly Scholars are also chosen annually for a monetary award to help offset the cost of their education as they work to achieve their academic goals. Read about all three groups below.

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Social work students team up with health professionals through Interprofessional Education Program

A new collaboration between the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences and the WVU Health Sciences Center Office of Interprofessional Education is giving Bachelor of Social Work students an opportunity to join future doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health professionals in active learning and simulation activities, underscoring the vital role social workers play in patient care.

West Virginia Adult Protective Service (APS) workers recently completed an online gerontology certificate program funded by the Administration for Community Living. This asynchronous course, featuring 15 modules on aging-related topics like Medicare, Alzheimer’s, and elder exploitation, allowed APS workers to gain continuing education credits during work hours. The training significantly boosted APS workers' knowledge in gerontology, and many participants recommended it be required for new hires. The program, developed by WVU’s School of Social Work in partnership with the Department of Human Services, will now be managed by DoHS to ensure ongoing support for APS workers in West Virginia.

School of Social Work, state Department of Human Services partner to offer gerontology certificate

“West Virginia has the third highest percentage of older adults in the nation. This vital collaboration with the state Department of Human Services affirms our commitment to the University’s land-grant mission in support of West Virginia families and communities,” said Deana Morrow, principal investigator.

Support system: WVU student parents offered critical programs and services through Student Family Resources

Support system: WVU student parents offered critical programs and services through Student Family Resources

Providing support to West Virginia University student parents working toward graduation is Student Family Resources, a unit within Student Life dedicated to helping students with families achieve their higher education goals.

Eighteen undergraduate students have been selected for the prestigious Resilient Communities Internship at the WVU Center for Resilient Communities. This internship provides opportunities for students to engage in community-based research and leadership development, focusing on social change in Appalachia. With a focus on Community Economies, Environmental Justice, and Food System Transformation, participants will work alongside local partners to address global and local issues.

The Center for Resilient Communities Welcomes Eighteen Students to the 2025 Resilient Communities Internship Program

WVU Center for Resilient Communities Announces 18 Interns for 6th Annual Resilient Communities Internship

4 student leaders chosen for 2024 Hazel Ruby McQuain Graduate Scholarship for strong focus on community

4 student leaders chosen for 2024 Hazel Ruby McQuain Graduate Scholarship for strong focus on community

Taylor Brown is studying for a doctoral degree in lifespan developmental psychologyRiley Klug, majored in anthropology while also completing programs in art history, Native American Studies and political scienceHannah Lamb is a graduate student in the WVU Master of Social Work program. Clara Monson is pursuing a Master of Arts degree in English at WVU with the goal of becoming an English professor.

Social Work Students Travel to Social Work Adocacy Day at the State Capitol

Social Work Students Travel to Social Work Adocacy Day at the State Capitol

Earlier this semester, a group of undergraduate and graduate students in Eberly College’s School of Social Work traveled to the West Virginia State Capitol to attend Social Work Advocacy Day, hosted by the WV chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

Tower receives Council on Social Work Education Feminist Scholar Award

Tower receives Council on Social Work Education Feminist Scholar Award

Leslie E. Tower, director of the Women’s Resource Center and professor and assessment coordinator for the School of Social Work, is the recipient of the 2023 Council on Social Work Education Feminist Scholar Award. 

WVU researchers using virtual reality gaming to address behavioral health care workforce shortage

WVU researchers using virtual reality gaming to address behavioral health care workforce shortage

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Virtual reality games are a good form of entertainment and relaxation, but for this team of West Virginia University School of Social Work researchers, virtual reality gamification is being used as a launchpad to careers in behavioral health.