When Leah Mesches (MSSW 16) started working at Camp Champions, the organization had a small scholarship program— roughly $15,000 went towards campers in need of financial help. As part of her final social work internship, Mesches set up the Champions Education Foundation in 2016, which has expanded available scholarship funds to… read more
Issues
U.S. citizen-children in mixed-status families
About 4.5 million of U.S.-born children live in “mixed-status families,” that is, they have parents and siblings who are undocumented immigrants. As in every other American home, these children experience their families as a unit that shares bloodlines, lineage, affection, and interdependence. The fact that they don’t share legal status,… read more
The sound of Texas
When professor Clay Shorkey is not busy teaching or directing the Learning Resources Center, he dedicates time to preserving the sound of Texas. He is a co-founder of the Texas Music Museum, which pays tribute to Tejano music and musicians through oral histories, recorded performances, and artifacts such as the… read more
