Royal University of Phnom Penh and University of Washington Social Work Partnership

Updates

Students Participating in the December Study Abroad Program

BASW Students Travel to Cambodia for Spring Quarter Practicum Opportunities

News Release Educational Partnership Will Enhance Cambodia’s Social Welfare Services (PDF)

Partnering for Social Change in Cambodia: Establishment of the First College Level Social Work Department in Cambodia (PDF)

Students Participating in the December Study Abroad Program

Back row, from left: Bopha Phay, Katie Engeln, Trang Tran, Katherine Revello, Dalin Meng (RUPP Social Work faculty), Julia Aronow-Frieden. Front row: Abe Penas (left) and Tracey Ward.

Students participating in the December study abroad program, “After the Genocide: Rebuilding a Civil Society,” said that they learned a tremendous amount about Cambodia, challenges facing a developing country, the impact of U.S. foreign policies, and perhaps most importantly, about themselves.

7 BASW Students Travel to Cambodia for Spring Quarter Practicum Opportunities

(back row: Nicole Aguilar, Pauline Cooper, Samantha Haskell, Sasha Botos front row: Emily Bandy, Chau Nguyen, Uyen Nguyen)

Seven seniors from the Bachelor's of Social Work program traveled at the end of March to begin their month long practicum placements in Cambodia. Agency sites include the Cambodia Confederation of Apparel Worker Democratic Unions, Lutheran World Federation, Help Cambodia, and the Shalom School. Students will learn about workers rights within the garment industry, rights based community organizing in villages, and the life circumstances of Vietnamese living in Cambodia. Stay posted for updates from the students.

"I'm enjoying my time here more than I could have ever imagined, The people I am working with have been truly kind and welcoming. I feel as though I have stumbled upon a completely different way of living life and don't know if I will ever be ever to look at mine the same way again." Emily Bandy.

Kick-off Event to Introduce the New RUPP Social Work Deparment, January 10th 2008 in Phnom Penh

Kick-off Event to Introduce the New RUPP Social Work Deparment

The 1st photo is of Dr. Barom Neth making the welcome address for the workshop. The 2nd photo of Mr. Seng Phon, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. The 3rd photo is of Ms. Dalin Meng, who will be graduating this June 2008 with a MSW and returning as the first Social Work faculty at RUPP. The meeting was well attended with approximately fifty representatives of NGOs, Ministry of Women's Affairs, and other RUPP departmental faculty. There was enthusiastic support of the new Social Work Department. All necessary documents have been submitted to the Ministry of Education and approval is pending in order to enroll the first cohort of students next Fall 2008.

UW/RUPP Partnership 2007 Open House

Approximately 100 persons helped kick off the 2nd year of the UW / RUPP Social Work Partnership by attending the 2007 Open House. The RUPP future faculty members shared information about their areas of expertise and about the situation in Cambodia.

Open House Photos