Showing events starting from March 1, 2014 up to March 31, 2014

March 16, 2014 - 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET

Interested in learning more about dialogue? Want to explore your social identities? Join the CASC community for a student-sponsored dialogue on power, privilege, and social identity. Together we'll explore how our social identities impact the classroom and our work in the community. We'll also practice better communication skills for speaking across conflict. 

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March 17, 2014 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Network with alumnus, Ian McGregor, who has a private practice working with teens.

RSVP to Career Services Office @ ssw-cso@umich.edu

*Lunch provided: please include dietary restrictions in RSVP.

March 17, 2014 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET

The U-M Office of the Vice President for Research presents, “Market-Oriented Approaches to Social Welfare: Current Trends in Leading Development Models.” In this talk, Professor Steven G. Anderson explores the utility of social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, and other market-oriented social change strategies, both in the U.S. and in the developing world. Registration is not required, and the event is free.

March 18, 2014 ET

March 18, 2014 - 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET

Fathers, Fathering and Fatherhood: An Interdisciplinary Seminar on Research, Paradigms and Possibilities.

Speaker: Kevin Roy, Associate Professor, Family Science Department, University of Maryland

In conjuction with the speaker series, there will be a graduate seminar that will meet from 4-6 pm in Room 1794 immediately following the speaker presentation.

March 18, 2014 - 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM ET

The Student Awards Ceremony honors the talented and committed members of the community at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. Students who have received named School of Social Work Scholarships will be named and receive their award certificates from Dean Laura Lein. The event is followed by a reception for award recipients and their guests.

Please contact ssw.development@umich.edu or call (734) 763-6886 with questions.

March 20, 2014 - 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM ET

The UMHS Department of Social Work Education Committee and the UMHS Department of Social Work Staff Development Committee invite you to attend the winter term 2014 Social Justice Grand Rounds Series.  *CE availability:  1.5 CE per event.  No registration is necessary.

Please note these count as ethics CEU’s.

Event:  Social Justice Grand Rounds is the only structured event at U-M that formally unites graduate students in social work, field instructors, other social workers, and social work faculty in a collaborative effort to address social injustice through the use of an actual case illustrative of injustice in health care, as presented by a student in Field at UMHS.  The student presenter will be Larkin Lohr.

In its intent and in its content, this event is highly relevant to Social Work ethics, practice, theory, education, standards, policy, & professional development.

March 20, 2014 - 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM ET

COLC group meeting.