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Student Spotlight: Ron Eo, MSW student and COBI Fellow in Social Innovation

Ron Eo is a graduate student at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and COBI Fellow in Social Innovation. He spent a semester placed at the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families full-time. Here, he talks with Nathan Graser, CIR’s community program administrator, about military life, his decision to attend USC, and the importance of innovation for creating change.

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NG: Can you say your name?

RE: Ronnie Eo

NG: What did you do in the military?

RE: I was a helicopter pilot

NG: And what do you do now?

RE: I’m a change agent. I’m a social work […]

Second MSW alum appointed to California Veterans Board

by Lilledeshan Bose

Carla J. Thornton had always been involved in community work, but it took being part of a class on community organizing to change her life. The light bulb moment came while she was obtaining her master’s in social work at the University of Southern California. “I realized I could do social work at the macro level and directly impact individuals,” she said.

On Feb. 11, Thornton MSW ’12 — who is the associate director of development for the University of California Riverside College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences — was appointed to the California Veterans Board, which advocates […]

Student Spotlight: Ron Eo, MSW student and COBI Fellow in Social Innovation

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Second MSW alum appointed to California Veterans Board

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