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MSW student launches new career as Air Force officer

by Claudia Bustamante

For six years, Joshua Borer saw first-hand the kind of care people in the military needed.

“Over my time as a medic, I would meet up with people who needed mental health and wouldn’t be able to get it,” said Borer, who spent six years in the Army Reserves. “It was partly because of stigma and partly because of long wait times.”

That experience influenced Borer’s career path.

Now, Borer is not only pursuing a Master of Social Work at the USC School of Social Work, but he is doing it as a second lieutenant with the U.S. Air Force.

Last month, […]

By |February 21st, 2014|News|0 Comments

CIR director travels to Washington, D.C. to promote research, programs

by Adam Renteria and Ailin Dayani

A contingent from the University of Southern California, including Anthony Hassan, director of the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families, held a series of meetings in Washington, D.C. earlier this month to discuss existing and planned USC activities in support of service members, veterans, and their families.

CIR’s mission is to strengthen the support network of veterans and military families through education and training, innovation, research and partnerships, and Hassan’s Feb. 3-7 trip helped cement that role.

He met with officials from Congress, including Rep. Steve Daines of Montana and staff for California […]

By |February 18th, 2014|News|0 Comments