Showing events starting from September 1, 2013 up to September 30, 2013
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Justice Before Charity: Everyone Has the Right to Eat
September 17, 2013 - 7:00 PM ET
A longtime advocate for systemic social and political change, Sister Simone Campbell is the executive Director of NETWORK in Washington DC, an attorney and poet. Her “Nuns on the Bus” tour challenged economic injustice during the 2012 presidential campaign, and she appears regularly in national media outlets. Most recently she has been recognized for her work on healthcare reform as it affects the working poor. Sister Simone will speak about poverty in the United States, the effect on women and children and the path for progressive change.
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Faculty Meeting
September 18, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
Strategic Planning meeting.
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Global Special Studies Information Session
September 18, 2013 - 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET
Come learn about Global Special Students Opportunities
Global special studies are courses where students travel to a foreign country to study a topic of their choice. Students are required to find a faculty sponsor to work with to create their special studies project. Students receive 1-6 elective credits for these experiences.
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Multicultural & Gender Affairs Committee Meeting
September 19, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
Fall 2013 Multicultural & Gender Affairs Committee meeting.
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Social Work and Social Development in Singapore with Visiting Professor Irene Ng
September 19, 2013 - 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM ET
Irene Ng, Associate Professor at the University of Singapore, and a graduate of our joint doctoral program, will be visiting the School during the week of September 16 - 20. Professor Ng is teaching at the School of Social Work in Singapore her research includes a longitudinal study of low-income families, intergenerational mobility, sentencing of juvenile offenders and other social work professional issues. The Global Social Work Learning Community and the Learning Community on Poverty and Inequality have arranged an informal session on social work and social development in Singapore.
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Joint PhD Supervisory Committee Meeting
September 20, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
Fall 2013 Joint PhD Supervisory Committee meeting.
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MSW Prospective Student Webinar
September 20, 2013 - 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's MSW program. Topics covered will include: MSW Curriculum, Dual Degree Programs, Application Process, Social Work Faculty & Staff, Degree Requirements, and Financial Aid.
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Alumni Day of Service - Grand Rapids
September 21, 2013 - 9:45 AM to 12:00 PM ET
Help relieve childhood hunger with your fellow SSW alumni in a day of service at Kids' Food Basket. We will be preparing sandwiches which will be placed in the sack dinners that 5,000 Grand Rapids area children take home from school each day. Friends and family (high school age and older) are welcome.
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JCLP Annual Community Welcome Breakfast
September 23, 2013 - 7:45 AM ET
The Jewish Communal Leadership Program hosted Jewish leaders in Ann Arbor/metro Detroit for our annual Community Welcome Breakfast. This event began our year-long Community Conversations theme exploring new directions in Jewish education.
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CSS Noon Lecture Series - Successful Aging in Transitional China: Accomplishment and Challenges
September 24, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
Lydia Li, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
Successful aging is a very relevant topic for China, given that it has the largest elderly population in the world, and one of the fastest rates of population aging in human history. In this talk, Professor Li will address three questions. First, has there been more success in successful aging since China began the economic reform in the late 1970s? Second, who among those living in contemporary China are more and less likely to age successfully and why? Third, how would the trend of successful aging in China be affected by rapid industrialization and urbanization? She will review the literature, especially empirical studies, to draw answers to the questions. Challenges to realizing successful aging in China will be discussed.
Lydia Li is Associate Professor at the School of Social Work, University of Michigan. Her research areas include social support in later life, stress and coping of family caregivers, dynamics of formal and informal care, health trajectories of home care elders, and late-life depression and suicide. She is interested in cross-cultural research. Her most recent work involves community-based interventions for and epidemiological studies of late-life depression in China. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar. Currently, she serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal Gerontological Social Work and as Associate Editor of BMC Geriatrics. She is the adviser of the specialist in Aging Certificate and the lead faculty for the Gerontology Learning Community at the U-M School of Social Work. She is affiliated with the Center for Chinese Studies and Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan.
Coffee, tea and light refreshments will be served. Please come about 10 minutes early to get a good seat ~ all are welcome to attend (free and open to the public).