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Daasha Mallory
  • Class of 2013
  • Dayville, CT

Eastern Student Daasha Mallory of Dayville is Member of Social Work Club

2012 Mar 12

Daasha Mallory '14 of Dayville, CT, is a member of the Social Work Club at Eastern Connecticut State University. Mallory is a Pre-Social Work major.

The purpose of the Social Work Club is to inform and educate students about the different aspects of social problems in society. As a student club at Eastern, the Social Work Club is providing educational engagement, community service activities, and events for all its members and the Eastern community.

This past fall, the Social Work Club co-sponsored "Education vs. Incarceration" in conjunction with Eastern's Center for Community Enrichment and the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance. They have also held a campus-wide Toiletries, Hat and Mitten/Glove Drive that benefited Holy Family Shelter, No Freeze Shelter and CCAR (Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery) all in Willimantic.

More than 30 percent of the full-time students enrolled at Eastern now participate in at least one club/organization, an increase of almost 10 percent since fall 2008. Students who participate in clubs/organizations excel in the classroom and do better academically than students who do not participate. In spring 2011, 1,345 full-time students participating in clubs had an average GPA of 3.06, much higher than the 2.84 average for those students not taking part in any of the nearly 70 clubs/organizations.

Clubs/organizations planned and implemented almost 600 events last academic year. These programs have a direct impact on the daily life of all students on Eastern's campus. The programs range from social to educational, physical to spiritual, and civic engagement programs that equally affect the community.

Eastern Connecticut State University is the state's public liberal arts university. Eastern serves approximately 5,600 students each year on its Willimantic campus and satellite locations.