Showing events starting from April 1, 2016 up to April 30, 2016
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Poverty Workshop- Poverty and mental health: Untangling the causation-selection issue
April 8, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET
During this talk, Prof. Marilyn Sinkewicz, Assistant Professor of Social Work, will discuss findings from her current paper, which explores two different theories, with very different policy implications, that have emerged to explain the reciprocal and reinforcing relation between psychopathology and socioeconomic status: social causation (poverty leads to mental illness) and social selection (mental illness leads to poverty). The study she will discuss uses nationally representative longitudinal data to examine causation and selection processes and their relative predictive value over the adult life course.
Lunch will be provided. Please note any dietary needs in the RSVP comments
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Strengthening the Huddle: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion on Athletes and Mental Health
April 8, 2016 - 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET
The Social Work & Sport Association (SWSA) is holding a Mental Health and Sports Panel. Panelists inlcude Barb Hansen, Will Heininger, Tom George and Kent Bernard.
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Service Day in Flint
April 9, 2016 - 1:00 PM to 6:30 PM ET
As a follow up to the conversation on environmental racism, members of the CASC Student Board, The Center for Engaged Academic Learning, The Ginsberg Center, and Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc. organized a service trip to Flint. All are welcome to join. The bus will leave from East Quad at 1PM.
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CASC Senior Brunch
April 10, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET
All CASC seniors are welcome to attend this final networking brunch event before graduating! Learn where other students are planning to go in the world, what they are doing after graduation, and how they will continue to CASC in various communities.
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SSW Dean's TBLG Matters Initiative: “Christiani[TEA] and Talkback”
April 11, 2016 - 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM ET
In response to positive feedback following our last two TBLG + Christianity Lunches, the TBLG Matters Dean’s Initiative is excited to announce a third event, bringing back MSW student and seminarian Jonathan Vanderbeck to host an informal “Christiani[TEA] and Talkback” event.
This event will be a chance for students and faculty to come and learn more about the intersection between Christianity and TBLG identities, as well as a chance to hear from Jonathan about his perspectives on how this topic is (or isn’t) handled within the School of Social Work. We’ll provide the tea, cups, and light snacks. Feel free to bring a bag-supper and to come and go as you are able. -
Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting
April 12, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM ET
Organizations, institutions, and individuals are at their best when gratitude, mindfulness, positivity, and strengths are valued. A special interest group (SIG) is interested in meeting to explore ways to create a more positive, transformative, hopeful, and empowered environment for all SSW community members - students, faculty, and staff. We are interested in meeting with like-minded individuals to work toward this goal!
Are you interested in getting involved in the SSW?
Do you enjoy talking about the culture, climate, and narratives of the spaces you find yourself in?
Do you appreciate strengths-based projects, initiatives, and environments?
Do you wish to create intentional learning spaces?
Are you interested in strengthening community within the SSW?
Join this new special interest group at the U-M SSW! This SIG was formed in response to students, faculty, and staff voicing vibrant ideas for making the SSW a more strengths-based, resilient, compassionate, and connected space. A place where we focus on deficits AND strengths; challenging realities AND hope; ideas AND action.
Click here to view the meeting agenda.
Lunch will be provided! Please RSVP so that we may have an accurate count for lunch.
This SIG is co-sponsored by the Office of Student Services, the Office of the Associate Dean for Educational Programs, and the Leadership in Community Benefit Organizations program.
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Careers in Aging - Panel Presentation
April 12, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
You are invited to join the Geriatric Learning Community and Sigma Phi Omega (geriatric honor society) at the SSW to learn more about our aging world. Professionals who share the common goal of serving older adults will discuss ageism and how it manifests in our society. Specific topics include: working with TGLBQI elders, elder abuse & neglect, and more. Lunch will be provided.
For more information, please contact Ling Lin (linling@umich.edu) or Ani Grigorian (anigrig@umich.edu).
As a bonus, take the online quiz to test your knowledge on gerontology. Students who take this quiz and attend one Careers in Aging event will be entered to win a prize. Winners will be picked at the panel event on 4/12.
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Field Placement Info Session/Webinar
April 12, 2016 - 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM ET
This session will walk admitted students through the process of applying for a field placement. All students should plan to attend one of these sessions. Presenters will also discuss how to effectively utilize the Career Center in preparing field application materials. The last 30 minutes of the session will discuss specific information for students planning to apply for a school placement.
This is a web-based session and you may attend from any computer via an Internet connection.Click to Register for the Field Placement Info Session Webinar
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SSW Instructional Technology Open House
April 13, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
Join us at the Instructional Technology Open House to learn about new and tried and true technology enhancements for teaching your classes. Now is the time to think about creative approaches to your fall classes! Sample different technologies, ask questions of current users, learn about best practices, and consider what you may want to use in the future.
This open house will consist of nine stations displaying an approach to classroom teaching using some form of instructional technology.
Station 1: Creating Mindmaps & Timelines (Sue Wortman)
Station 2: Using Maps in Assignments (Nicole Scholtz)
Station 3: Using Canvas in the Classroom (Rob LaRoe and Diane Perpich)
Station 4: Data Visualization (Brian Perron)
Station 5: Video Production in the Classroom (Jerome Rork)
Station 6: Video Annotation and Good teaching practices (Mieko Yoshihama)
Station 7: Using Video and Media Gallery in the Classroom (Adrienne Lapidos)
Station 8: Using the Studio to make Classroom Presentations (Jerome Rork)
Station 9: Blue Jeans and On Site/Off site classroom interactions (Jerome Rork and Mary Ruffolo)
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Are we there yet?: The promise, perils, and politics of prison reform
April 13, 2016 - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM ET
In her presentation, Dr. Marie Gottschalk, a professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, will examine why the carceral state, with its growing number of outcasts, remains so tenacious in the United States. Dr. Gottschalk specializes in American politics, with a focus on criminal justice, health policy, race, the development of the welfare state, and business-labor relations.