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Graduates of ENC’s Social Work program go on to hold a range of positions in social service agencies and to pursue further education from a variety of esteemed institutions. The following are a sampling of these graduates.
Christie Everett Chapman, Class of 2005
After leaving ENC, Christie Everett Chapman worked for Lutheran Social Services
in Concord, NH, in their Therapeutic Foster Care program. As a Behavior
Intervention Specialist and Family Support Specialist, she did case work for
children in long term foster care, for families reunifying after a separation,
or for families at risk of being separated. After doing this job for a year,
Christie moved to Cleveland, OH where she received her MSW from Case Western
Reserve University. With a concentration in Child and Adolescent Mental Health,
she fulfilled her internship at The Achievement Centers for Children, a
multi-disciplinary agency for children and adults with disabilities. There she
worked in the Early Childhood Mental Health program, doing relationship-based
counseling with parents and children ages birth to five. Christie is now back
in New England, working in the Home-Based Family Services Program at New
Opportunities, Inc. in Waterbury, CT. Once again, she is working with foster
families and biological families who are reunifying or at risk of separating.
She is also currently working towards earning her clinical social work license.
When that is completed, she hopes to work at a community mental health agency as
an individual or family therapist. Christie hopes to one day earn her doctorate
and be able to teach social work classes.
Sarah Rushing, Class of 2006
Soon after graduating from ENC, Sarah Rushing joined the Peace Corps, serving at
a non-governmental organization called Ecomission 21st Century in Lovech,
Bulgaria. Her work has provided her with many opportunities to use the social
work knowledge and skills that she acquired during her years at ENC. Much of
her time is spent writing and implementing grant proposals for projects that
provide assistance to disadvantaged groups such as children in orphanages,
children with disabilities, people living in nursing homes, and racial and
ethnic minorities. Sarah also helps to run weekly meeting of local teenage
volunteers. They organize community service projects including health
education, concerts in the nursing homes, activities for children with
disabilities, and community clean-up programs. In addition, Sarah hopes to
begin a life skills training series with the volunteers, focusing on sexual
education, a topic that is not taught in the public schools. While adapting to
the language and culture of Bulgaria has been a struggle, Sarah feels that her
social work education provided her with the necessary skills to be an effective
Peace Corps volunteer in Bulgaria.
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Social Work Department
Eastern Nazarene College | 23 East Elm Avenue
Quincy, Massachusetts 02170
Phone: 617-745-3564 | Email: Social Work Department Head
Counselor
