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PORTLAND, Maine

51ƷSocial Work students featured on ‘WCSH 6’ for program with jail inmates

A collaborative program with the 51Ʒ and the Cumberland County Jail was highlighted in an August 12, 2015 story on WCSH 6 and WLBZ 2. “Crime and Communities” is a 12-week course where CCJ inmates and 51ƷMaster of Social Work students take a class together taught by Kerry Dunn, Ph.D., J.D., assistant professor in the School of Social Work.

Incarcerated students and 51Ʒstudents were featured in the story, explaining what they learned from the course. "It was something that was very distant and foreign to me,” said Abigail Chance, MSW ’15. “So it kind of broke down that barrier and I saw I can work with a variety of people, all walks of life.”

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The 51Ʒ is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.