Social Work fundraiser at UI's Pappajohn Education Center benefits Des Moines nonprofit

Thursday, October 22, 2015

University of Iowa Social Work students Marva Bailey, Melissa Chapman, and Doug Griffith held a fundraiser in a class project that benefited Primary Health Care, Inc. Outreach Project in Des Moines.

The group collected more than 1600 food, clothing, and toiletry items for donation to the community health center, in an effort to help HIV/AIDS and homeless communities in central Iowa.

The students worked under the supervision of Sandra McGee, a clinical assistant professor in the School of Social Work, part of the UI College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. She teaches at the University of Iowa’s Pappajohn Education Center in Des Moines, where Bailey, Chapman, and Griffith are all undergraduate students in the School of Social Work.

Students with items from fundraiser
UI Social Work students pose with items collected during a fundraiser for Primary Health Care in Des Moines.

 

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.