TU Schweitzer fellows deliver literacy and academic enrichment programming for children in transitional housing

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Gabrielle Cozart and Emily Gore, Schweitzer Fellows 2019-2020 and TU speech-language pathology students at their Schweitzer project site St. Elizabeth Lodge.

By: University of Tulsa

Housed at The University of Tulsa, the Tulsa Schweitzer Fellowship is a 12-month health leadership and service program for graduate and professional degree students who want to address unmet health needs in the community while sharpening their leadership skills. In the 2019-20 cohort are two dynamic speech-language pathology master’s students from TU: Gabrielle Cozart and Emily Gore (BS ’18).

After hearing a presentation by Tulsa Schweitzer Fellowship Director Rachel Gold, Cozart and Gore decided to team up and design a project. “Both of us have tutored kids in various subjects since high school,” Gore noted, “and we share a strong passion for literacy… Read more and watch video here.