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

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

Stop by the Idealist.org Graduate School Fair to speak with an admissions representative about U-M's MSW and PhD programs. The fair is free and open to anyone considering graduate school. For more info. go to: http://www.idealist.org/view/fair/6Z2gPz2z9SsP/

October 16, 2014 - 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM ET

Join us for a live broadcast! The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) offers loan repayment assistance to support qualified health care providers who choose to take their skills where they're most needed. This broadcast session will present information specifically for social workers.

Visit the NHSC website.

October 16, 2014 - 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM ET

The School of Social Work will be hosting a broadcast of a presentation by The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) to inform students about opportunities through their program to receive up to $50,000 toward student loans.

The NHSC has loan repayment programs for many health fields, this presentation will be specifically for social workers. 
 
When: Thursday, October 16 from 5:30-6:30
Where: Educational Conference Center at SSW 

For more information about NHSC or the event, see below and the attached flyer. 

The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) offers loan repayment assistance to support qualified health care providers who choose to take their skills where they’re most needed.

The NHSC Loan Repayment Program: This program is open to licensed primary care medical, dental, and mental and behavioral health providers who are employed or have accepted an offer of employment at an NHSC-approved site and will begin working by July 15, 2015. Awardees receive up to $50,000 in exchange for two-years of service if they practice in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) of 14 and above (Tier I). Awardees can also receive up to $30,000 in exchange for two-years of service if they practice in a HPSA of 13 and below. In FY2013, all of the NHSC’s loan repayment awards were made to providers located in a Tier 1 HPSA. There were a total of 4,505 awards made (2,106 new and 2,399 continuations) totaling $169.7 million.

For more information about the program, visit:

http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/corpsexperience/corpscommunityday/index.html

October 16, 2014 - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET

An admissions representative will be coming to the University of Michigan - Flint BSW program to present on U-M's MSW program. For more information, contact ssw.msw.info@umich.edu.

October 17, 2014 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET

This course will cover the basics of starting a social work private practice including strategic planning, types of private practice, options for business structures & tips & techniques.  Participants will begin to create a draft strategic plan & make other commitments to next steps.

October 17, 2014 - 9:15 AM to 4:45 PM ET

Interested in learning more about Detroit? Come join students from across the University as we engage with the city through dialogue with community members and activists, explore city businesses and organizations on a walking tour, and eat delicious, locally catered food.

This trip involves an approximately 1 mile walking tour and involves staircases. Please let us know if you need any physical accomodations and we will do our best to meet your needs. 

* The day is sponsored by Semester in Detroit and Community Action and Social Change. All students, staff and faculty are welcome to join!*

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October 20, 2014 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Michelle Woods demystifies licensure.

October 20, 2014 - 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM ET

For some 65 years the Research Center for Group Dynamics has had a seminar series in Fall and Winter terms to examine issues of individual and group behavior from a psychological perspective.  This Fall, their faculty is focusing on social media and asking whether the widespread use of social media changes our understanding of human behavior in important ways.

The series is organized by Scott Campbell from Communication Studies, with assistance from Oscar Ybarra and Ethan Kross in Psychology.  The talks are on Mondays, 3:30 - 5 PM and the opening seminar is Monday, September 15.  The talks are open to all.

“Social Media and Violent Behavior”

Desmond Patton, School of Social Work

Rowell Huesmann, Communication Studies and Psychology