Showing events starting from February 28, 2019

December 17, 2020 ET

December 17, 2020 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

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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December 17, 2020 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

Join us to build community collaboration and continue the conversation about anti-racist practice and actions. A Zoom link will be sent out to those who RSVP.

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December 17, 2020 - 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET

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, Residential Program, Curriculum Options, Application Process, Financial Aid, and more.

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December 18, 2020 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

This course is the sixth session in a new webinar series - The Nuts and Bolts of Evaluation for Community Organizations. Each session will focus on a practical aspect of conducting evaluation in community based organizations. The sixth session will focus on data visualization basics. Participants will learn 1) basic design principles such as color, size, and adjusting images, and 2) how to choose the right graph for the data. We will have a live demonstration on using Excel to create data visualizations.

Presenter

Kate Helegda, MSW

Agenda

12:00 - 12:30pm | Data Visualization Basics

12:30 - 1:00pm | Choosing the Right Graph/Live Demonstration

Learning Objective

Describe how to best visualize data using Excel.

CE Approval Statement

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.

Presentation Slides

December 19, 2020 - 11:00 AM ET

The School of Social Work Winter Commencement ceremony will be a live ceremony which students join through Zoom. Staff, faculty, students' families, etc. will be able to view the ceremony via live streaming on the School of Social Work site. The ceremony will also be recorded and posted on the SSW site for those who need to watch at another time. More information will be shared as the date approaches.

See the Winter 2020 Commencement Page for more details.

Graduates were emailed a form to submit photos, name pronunciation, and mailing addresses to receive caps, tassels and hoods. This form must be submitted by November 20, 2020.

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December 20, 2020 ET

December 21, 2020 ET

The School of Social Work is Proud to Announce: Read, Watch, Connect: Winter Read Series!

Please join the U-M Social Work community this winter in exploring the books: How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi and Towards Humanity Shifting the Culture of Anti-Racism Organizing by Tawana Petty. 

Please join us in asynchronous learning over the break. Watch your email for details, and for more resources. We will meet online to discuss both books after MLK day. 

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