<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/03-25/lifting-lives.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>03/25/2025 05:30:00 AM</pubDate><title>Lifting Lives, Changing Futures—Celebrating Our Social Workers!</title><sub-title/><description>What does it take to be a social worker? A heart full of compassion, a problem-solving mindset, and a relentless spirit ready to take on life’s toughest challenges. This Social Work Month, we celebrate the everyday heroes who uplift individuals, strengthen families, and transform communities—one act of kindness, one fight for justice, one life-changing moment at a time.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="https://www.downstate.edu/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/03-25/_images/social-works-month-1.jpg" alt="Social Workers Month"/></image><tags><tag>Commemorative Months</tag><tag>Social Work</tag></tags><categories/></item>