HPU School of Social Work

HPU School of Social Work BSW and MSW programs prepare our graduates to live, work, and learn as active members of a global society.

09/14/2026

CSWE's BSW Spotlight Series celebrates undergraduate social work students and recent graduates who are making a difference โ€” sharing their stories, their paths, and their passion for the profession.

If you're a BSW student or know one who has a great story to share, please let us know at [email protected]!

View the latest spotlights: https://www.cswe.org/bsw-spotlights

https://www.hpu.edu/about-us/the-ohana/article.php?nid=nc09012601
09/11/2026

https://www.hpu.edu/about-us/the-ohana/article.php?nid=nc09012601

Master of Social Work candidate Renรฉe Rivera, Marine Biology senior, President of the HPU Indigenous Student Alliance, and Vice President of the HPU Asian American and Pacific Islander Club Annalysa Dumlao, Geography and Urban Sustainability professor Serge Marek, Ph.D., Cinematic Multimedia Arts p...

โœจ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐‘. ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค, ๐Œ๐’๐–, ๐‹๐’๐– โœจWeโ€™re pleased to spotlight ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐‘. ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค, a valued member of the ...
09/09/2026

โœจ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐‘. ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค, ๐Œ๐’๐–, ๐‹๐’๐– โœจ

Weโ€™re pleased to spotlight ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐‘. ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค, a valued member of the ๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ขสป๐ข ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ! ๐ŸŒบ

Hereโ€™s a short introduction from Jessica:

๐Ÿ’ฌ โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ชสป๐˜ช ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ 2015, ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜—๐˜œ, ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ/๐˜–๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด.
๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.
๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜โ€™๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜!โ€

Weโ€™re grateful for Jessicaโ€™s years of dedication to HPU and the experience, compassion, and real-world perspective she brings to our students and the ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค. ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒบ

BSW New Academic Year Potluck & Paddling with HPU Nฤ Manล โ€˜ล Ke Kai ๐Ÿฆˆ Nฤ Manล สปO Ke Kai ๐Ÿฆˆ). ๐Ÿฆˆ ๐Ÿ›ถ ๐Ÿ’ฆ Mahalo coaches and cre...
09/06/2026

BSW New Academic Year Potluck & Paddling with HPU Nฤ Manล โ€˜ล Ke Kai ๐Ÿฆˆ Nฤ Manล สปO Ke Kai ๐Ÿฆˆ). ๐Ÿฆˆ ๐Ÿ›ถ ๐Ÿ’ฆ
Mahalo coaches and crew members for hosting us! ๐Ÿค™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ’•

โœจ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐€๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ! โœจPlease join us in welcoming ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ, ๐ƒ๐’๐–, ๐‹๐‚๐’๐–-๐’, ๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐’๐–-๐’, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ข...
09/05/2026

โœจ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐€๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ! โœจ

Please join us in welcoming ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ, ๐ƒ๐’๐–, ๐‹๐‚๐’๐–-๐’, ๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐’๐–-๐’, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ขสป๐ข ๐๐š๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค! ๐ŸŒบ

Dr. Reevey is a licensed clinical social worker in seven states and a behavioral health leader and educator. She holds a Doctorate and Master of Social Work from the University of Louisville, a Master's in Spirituality from Bellarmine University, and a Bachelor's degree from Berea College. She serves as a clinical supervisor in three of the seven states. As Founder and Clinical Director of a private practice behavioral health organization, she brings real-world practice directly into the classroom, connecting theory to what's happening in the field. Outside work, she enjoys traveling, gluten-free cuisine, bingo, and binge-watching TV series.

Weโ€™re excited to have Dr. Reevey join the HPU School of Social Work and look forward to the knowledge, experience, and passion she will share with our students! ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒบ

๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐๐”, ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐‘๐ž๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฒ! ๐Ÿค™

09/02/2026

Are you ready to build peace?

Join Ceeds of Peace for our FREE annual peacebuilding workshop series. Learn from our co-founders, Dr. Maya Soetoro and Dr. Kerrie Urosevich, as well as an impressive lineup of guest speakers from our community. Forge connections with fellow peacebuilders and work together to launch action plans.

The time is now for peacebuilding. Are you ready?

Register at bit.ly/ceeds26

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08/31/2026

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08/25/2026

ๅฐ‘ๅญ้ซ˜้ฝขๅŒ–ใ‚„ไบบๅฃๆธ›ๅฐ‘ใ€ๅฎถๆ—ใƒปๅœฐๅŸŸใ‚ณใƒŸใƒฅใƒ‹ใƒ†ใ‚ฃใฎๅค‰ๅฎนใซใ‚ˆใ‚Šใ€็ฆ็ฅ‰ใƒปๅŒป็™‚ใƒปไป‹่ญทใƒปไฟๅฅใƒปไฝใพใ„ใƒปๅฐฑๅŠดใชใฉใ‚’ๆจชๆ–ญใ—ใŸๅŒ…ๆ‹ฌ็š„ใชๆ”ฏๆดไฝ“ๅˆถ๏ผˆcomprehensive support system๏ผ‰ใฎๆง‹็ฏ‰ใฏใ€ไธ–็•Œๅ…ฑ้€šใฎ่ชฒ้กŒใจใชใฃใฆใ„ใ‚‹ใ€‚ๆ—ฅๆœฌใงใฏๅœฐๅŸŸๅŒ….....

๐ŸŽ‰Huge Congratulations to Kumu Tammy Kahalaopuna Kahoสปolemana Martin on her promotion to Associate Professor! ๐ŸŒบKumu Marti...
08/20/2026

๐ŸŽ‰Huge Congratulations to Kumu Tammy Kahalaopuna Kahoสปolemana Martin on her promotion to Associate Professor! ๐ŸŒบ

Kumu Martin's vital research centers on Native Hawaiian resiliency, post-traumatic growth, and culturally grounded healingโ€”particularly for formerly incarcerated women and youth. Driven by a profound kuleana to her kupuna and สปohana, Kumu Martin brings over two decades of grassroots experience as a practitioner, trainer, housing support specialist, and community advocate into her academic leadership.

Mahalo, Kumu Martin, for your unwavering advocacy, cultural grounding, and leadership. We are so fortunate to learn from and work alongside you! ๐ŸŽ“โœจ

Leave your congratulations and warm wishes for Dr. Martin in the comments below! ๐Ÿ‘‡

Congratulations on completing the Summer 2026 MSW Capstone presentations! A diverse range of social work topics was pres...
08/18/2026

Congratulations on completing the Summer 2026 MSW Capstone presentations! A diverse range of social work topics was presented, and our profession's future is bright.
Hoสปomaikaสปi, haumana! Well done!
Congratulations also to Dr. Lori Danielle for coordinating this online summer capstone! ๐Ÿฅณ

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