Showing events starting from October 1, 2013 up to October 31, 2013

October 18, 2013 - 8:15 AM to 6:00 PM ET

The School of Social Work’s Child Welfare Learning Community collaborated with the School of Social Work’s Global Initiative and the Human Trafficking Clinic at the U-M Law School to present a daylong conference addressing issues of domestic and international sexual exploitation of girls.

The Fedele F. and Iris M. Fauri Memorial Lecture Series on child welfare is presented annually in recognition of former University of Michigan Dean and Vice President Fedele F. Fauri and his wife.

Presentations

Celia Williamson,University of Toledo
Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors

Rowena Fong, University of Texas at Austin
Child Welfare and Child Sexual Exploitation, the State of Knowledge

Peer Educators, Alternatives for Girls
Seeing & Listening to Girls

Mark Erik Hecht, Beyond Borders/ECPAT Canada
International Dimensions of Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes

Conference Video

October 18, 2013 - 10:15 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, eat delicious, locally catered food, and use the new Connector shuttle between Detroit and the University of Michigan. 

October 22, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET

Nicholas Tackett, Assistant Professor of History, University of California Berkeley

How does one account for the long-term survival of the medieval Chinese aristocratic clans despite important institutional developments, including the expanded use of the civil service examinations? How does one then explain the sudden collapse of these families at the turn of the tenth century? By exploiting a large prosopographic database, this presentation will explore how a better understanding of the geographic distribution of political power and of the Tang political elite's social networks can help resolve these questions.

Nicolas Tackett received his PhD from Columbia University in 2006. After postdoctoral fellowships at the Getty Research Institute and Stanford University, he joined the U.C. Berkeley History Department in 2009. He has just completed a monograph on The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy. He is now working on a second monograph that will look at how unusual social, political, and geopolitical factors during the eleventh century spurred Chinese intellectuals into developing a new sense of their place in the world.

October 22, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET

Fall 2013 Executive Committee meeting.

October 22, 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 & PhD programs. Topics covered will include: Curriculum, Dual Degree Programs, Application Process, Social Work Faculty & Staff, Degree Requirements, and Financial Aid. To register go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/552693874

October 22, 2013 - 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.

October 22, 2013 - 6:00 PM ET

Please consider attending the film "Where Soldiers Come From" as part of a monthly Social Justice Film & Discussion Series. The film follows the experiences of a group of friends from the Upper Peninsula who enlist in the National Guard, and are deployed to Afghanistan. The discussion to follow will be led by the film director, Heather Courtney.

October 23, 2013 - 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET

Help social workers and NASW-Michigan become an influential voice in the Michigan's political arena. Social workers have a responsibility to advocate for themselves, their agencies and their clients and LEAD will enhance your skills and provide you with amazing networking opportunities.

An admissions representative will also exhibit at NASW-MI's Legislative Education and Advocacy Day to share information about U-M's MSW and PhD programs.