Showing events starting from October 19, 2017 up to October 30, 2017

October 19, 2017 (all day)

Field Placement Application materials due for 16-month students starting field in January 2018

October 19, 2017 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Katharine Ball is a professional singer and graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. She has performed locally and around the U.S, including Alaska. Ball was a semifinalist in the Elizabeth Connell Prize for Dramatic Sopranos’ international competition. Her accompanist Andrew Meagher, a Michigan graduate in Organ Performance, plays for various churches in the area. Look for live stream video and event subscriptions on Michigan Medicine's Gifts of Art Facebook page.

October 19, 2017 - 3:00pm to 6:00pm

The International Opportunities Fair is a great way to connect with organizations with an international focus right here on campus! We expect 50-60 organizations and 400+ students to participate in the event.

The Fair includes:

Internships/Short-term Work Abroad Programs/Organizations

Study-Internship Programs/Organizations

Volunteer/Teaching Abroad Programs/Organizations

Graduate School Programs

Organizations with full-time positions (eg: government organizations with international focus)

Please see here for more information, tips, and expectations.

October 19, 2017 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Join us in a panel discussion on race, food sovereignty, and sustainability within the food justice movement. Panelists engaged in food justice efforts including organizers, activists, and advocates, will share their experiences, challenges, and strategies toward action, namely in urban neighborhoods.  Light refreshments will be provided.

Panelists:

Jack Griffin is a graduate from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business with a Community Action and Social Change minor. He is the founded of Food Finders, a web-based app that helps users find free food resources that are closest to their home, school, or current location.

Food Gatherers, an organization that works to alleviate hunger in the Ann Arbor community. They distribute more than 1,000,000 pounds of food to 150 non-profits in the Ann Arbor area.

Annie Grech is a University of Michigan student pursuing a BS in Biochemistry. She is the President of the University of Michigan chapter of the Food Recovery Network, an organization that works to fight food waste and hunger by recovering perishable food that would otherwise go to waste.

Naim Edwards works in the city of Detroit as an Evnironmental Specialist. Along many other forms of environmental activism, Naim works with Voices for Earth Justice to engage the local community at an urban garden.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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October 19, 2017 - 7:30pm to October 22, 2017 12:00pm

Admissions representatives will be available in the conference exhibit hall to share information on U-M's MSW and PhD programs.

October 20, 2017 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

Change it Up! brings bystander intervention skills to the University of Michigan community for the purpose of building inclusive, respectful and safe communities. It is based on a nationally recognized four-stage bystander intervention model that helps individuals intervene in situations that negatively impact individuals, organizations, and the campus community.

You will learn to:

Identify self-awareness and social responsibility as qualities of strong personal leadership

Discuss your own and others' identities and experiences

Determine the various options for effectively intervening during a negative situation

Develop your ability to assess which intervention option is based on the situation

Discuss and practice how to leverage bystander intervention skills within their campus communities

You will benefit by:

Receiving high impact learning through educational theater

Increasing your motivation to intervene in harmful situations

Gaining ability to assess the effectiveness of multiple options for intervention

Expanding your skills and confidence to successfully intervene in harmful situations

October 21, 2017 - 9:00am to 5:00pm

This course will focus on developing the group work skills necessary to implement evidence-based family psychoeducation interventions in work with adults, adolescents, children and their families. Special emphasis will be given to the family psychoeducation approach using multiple family groups in the treatment of severe psychiatric disorders. This course will examine the theoretical and empirical foundations for family psychoeducation, as well as, the practice of multifamily group treatment in schizophrenia, bi-polar illness, major depressive disorder, borderline personality disorder and with children and adolescents with serious mental illnesses.

Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.

October 22, 2017 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Join CASC for a relaxing yoga session with certificed yoga instructor and CASC student, Carly Noah. Take of your mental and physical health with CASC. Check out our event on Facebook.

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