Liberty University students in the Department of Social Work are raising thousands of dollars every year for nonprofit organizations throughout Central Virginia. Led by professors Rhonda Turner and Crystal Boyd, students in SOWK410 – Social Work Macro Practice create a fictional nonprofit each semester that operates as a fundraising organization for a real-life organization in the community. The project culminates in an end-of-semester event with silent auctions, art auctions, raffles, and more to collect donations for the chosen organization. Those are exactly the skills I’ll carry into my social work career, especially when it comes to teamwork and building real relationships in the community.”McGraw said her professors encouraged her along the way. “Social work is a professional degree, so that means once students finish their program, there are no more internships that they have to get,” she said.