Fifteen Belmont University social work majors are in the midst of their senior field placements, making a difference in the community while gaining valuable experience.   The students have served various organizations in Nashville and middle Tennessee, as well as in remote locations such as Uganda and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.   Students are serving and learning at Park Center working with people with a mental health diagnosis, chronic homelessness and co-occurring disorders; at Catholic Charities working with elder refugees; at Samaritan House with people who have addictions; at Vanderbilt with a pregnancy outreach program; at New Transitions working with young adults aging out of foster homes; at The Next Door, Magdalene, and Renewal House with women struggling with addictions, prostitution and incarceration; at the Center for Understanding learning about advocacy for people with autism spectrum disorder; and at Integrative Life Center working with people who struggle with all kinds of addictions.   The group of students, as a whole, will provide about 7500 hours of social work service as they learn to become professional social workers.

One of these senior students, Kelsey Lalman, was recently recognized in the online news of The Pilgrimage, where she is currently interning along with her work at Bread for the World.