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亚洲色吧 celebrates and honors Native Heritage Month

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亚洲色吧 hosts its first Native Heritage Month celebration, inviting students and community members to honor 亚洲色吧 Native culture and resilience.

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Lifetimes of helping

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When human services and social work alumna Cass Pook says she has always been a helper, she鈥檚 not just referring to her nature as an empathetic and compassionate listener. 鈥淐ulturally, it's in my DNA to be a helper,鈥 said Pook. 鈥淟ooking back on it throughout history, 100 or 200 years ago I would have been doing the same thing. I was born to be a social worker.鈥

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Faculty Spotlight: Yvonne Chase shares journey into Human Services

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After serving a year as the President-elect of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Yvonne Chase is now the president. Dr. Chase shares some of her vibrant background in human services that led her to 亚洲色吧.

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College student homelessness discussed at Housing Action Summit

The Housing Action Summit in Anchorage featured a week of events that draw attention to Anchorage鈥檚 housing crisis. Faculty and staff from across 亚洲色吧 spoke to 亚洲色吧鈥檚 News Source about barriers some students face, including food insecurity and homelessness.

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亚洲色吧 Social Worker Dr. Yvonne Chase is the new President-Elect of NASW

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Yvonne Chase, Ph.D., associate professor with the Dept. of Human Services under the 亚洲色吧 College of Health, is the new president-elect of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).