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August 4, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

In this webinar, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Program Director Larry Gant and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Assistant Director, Lauren Davis will share information about current DEI initiatives and ways incoming students can get involved in these efforts in the School of Social Work. Students are encouraged to send in questions during the session.

The session will be recorded for those who cannot attend live. RSVP for the session to receive a link to the recording.

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August 9, 2021 - 5:00pm

August 9, 2021 - 5:00pm

For all students currently enrolled in field, the Final Educational Agreement is due to the Office of Field Education.

August 10, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

This webinar will focus on providing financial aid information, including, understanding financial aid packages, student accounts and billing along with services offered by the Office of Student Services and Enrollment Management. 

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August 13, 2021

August 13, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

What's the program really like? Where is your field placement? What do social work students do for fun? Join an MSW student as well as other prospective MSW students for a live webchat about the School of Social Work.  Our MSW students are excited to answer any questions that you have and share their feedback about the program. 

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August 19, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

The Faculty Allies for Diversity Committee (FADC) is hosting a series of virtual events to support the professional development of doctoral students who identify as being members of underrepresented groups within the academic community from May through August. These monthly events throughout the Spring/Summer term will focus on topics specifically related to the job market process, with attention to navigating this process as an underrepresented student.

A zoom link will be sent out to all PhD Students the morning of the event.

August 19, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

This online session will provide the opportunity to learn more about the University of Michigan School of Social Work MSW program. Topics covered will include: Online Program, On-Campus Program, Curriculum Options, Application Process, Financial Aid, and more.

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August 19, 2021 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm

What's the program really like? Where is your field placement? What do social work students do for fun? Join an MSW student as well as other prospective MSW students for a live webchat about the School of Social Work.  Our MSW students are excited to answer any questions that you have and share their feedback about the program. 

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August 20, 2021

August 23, 2021

August 23, 2021 - 8:00am to 9:00am

Please join the Jewish Communal Leadership Program students for our annual Community Welcome Breakfast!

"Coffee, Community, and Conversation"

This annual event is a great opportunity to connect incoming and returning JCLP students with community members over breakfast and thoughtful conversation.

This year over Zoom, join us for thoughtful conversation and community. Log on and bring your own breakfast between 8 AM and 9 AM on Monday, August 23rd. 

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August 23, 2021 - 9:00am to 11:00am

Fall 2021 SSW International Student Orientation will be held in person at the School of Social Work on Monday, August 23rd and will provide information for incoming MSW international students. The orientation will consist of a two-hour synchronous session from 9AM to 11AM (EDT), as well as short videos that can be accessed and viewed independently. An option will be provided to join this live session via Zoom for those that are unable to attend in person.

Below is the agenda for the synchronous session:

Dean’s and Office of Global Activities Welcome

Ice Breaker & Student Introductions

Overview of Orientation Videos

Current Student Panel 

Group Picture

For those who would like to attend in person, please review UM’s COVID-19 & Travel FAQs (PDF version available here).

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Please note that all incoming MSW students are expected to attend Fall SEED Orientation. Various sessions will be held via Zoom each day on August 24, 25, and 26 with in-person sessions on Friday, 27.

Mandatory Check-In will be virtual.

August 23, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

The SSW Book Club will meet via Zoom to discuss My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://umich.zoom.us/j/96921685804

Be sure to use your umich email and SSO authentication.

The ebook is available through the U-M Library.

You are welcome to join our conversation, whether or not you have come before, and whether or not you finished the book.

August 24, 2021

August 24, 2021 to August 27, 2021

Share, Explore, Engage, Discover (SEED) is the School of Social Work's fall orientation experience for incoming on-campus MSW students. All incoming on-campus MSW students should plan to join SEED Orientation Week activities. Various activities are scheduled each day during Fall SEED Orientation Week.

At this time, synchronous online activities are planned for Tuesday, August 24 through Thursday, August 26 with IN-PERSON sessions scheduled for Friday, August 27. Optional virtual and in-person social events will be held during the week and hosted by current MSW students!

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August 24, 2021 - 1:00pm to 2:15pm

This Webinar is presented by the Social Work Grand Challenge to Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality, one of thirteen challenges. This Grand Challenge team is exploring the ways in which different policies and approaches can address economic inequality.

This webinar is designed to explore the nature of Basic Income policies, including such related policies as Child Allowances. Social workers need to know about, understand, and consider their support for new policies and approaches that will address economic inequality and the consequent ills of material hardship; food, housing, and income insecurity; and racial and gender income and wealth gaps. The pandemic has made even more glaringly visible the nature of economic inequality in the United States, the intersection with race and gender, and the ramifications for health, education, and access to work. Basic Income and Child Allowances are related approaches designed to address both economic inequality and the insecurities and dangers it brings.

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Laura Lein, PhD, MA; Dylan Bellisle, PhD, MSW; Luke Shaefer, PhD, AM; Michael A. Lewis, PhD, MSW; Aisha Nyandoro, PhD, MA; Leah Hamilton, MSW; & Joan Hunt, MSW

Identify key measures of economic inequality and the impact of economic inequality.

Describe ways in which income support programs can address economic inequality.

1:00 - 1:30pm | Economic inequality in the United States and key income supports

1:30 - 2:00pm | Issues and benefits in income support programs

2:00 - 2:15pm | Implications of local income support programs for social work practice

The University of Michigan School of Social Work, provider #1212, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The University of Michigan School of Social Work maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 5/15/2020-5/15/2023. Social workers participating in this course will receive 1 synchronous online continuing education contact hour.

Please see the CE Policies page for more information about continuing education.

August 25, 2021 - 1:15pm to 3:00pm

This is only for incoming MSW students who are starting their field placement in Fall 2021.

August 30, 2021