Showing events starting from October 18, 2018 up to October 30, 2018
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Telling Our Own Stories: A Visual Storytelling Workshop on Disability Life at U-M
October 18, 2018 - 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Panelists: Victor Strecher, Ph.D., Professor, Health Behavior & Health Education and Director for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship; and Patricia F. Anderson, Emerging Technologies Informationist for the Health Sciences; with surprise special guests
Comics allow us to explain feelings and events in ways that bridge time and space and identity in unexpected ways. Comics can give us a way to tell stories we might not tell in other ways, or which might not be heard if we did. In this two part workshop, we’ll first hear from people about why and how comics worked for their stories, followed by a workshop activity for artists and storytellers to collaborate on telling stories about life with disabilities.
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Field Placement Application Due for 16-month students
October 18, 2018 (all day)
Field Placement Application due for 16-month students starting field in January 2019
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Atlanta University Center Consortium - Graduate School Fair
October 18, 2018 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
An admissions representative will be coming to the Atlanta Univerity Center Consortium Graduate School Fair to share information on U-M's MSW & PhD programs.
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Celebration of Life for Clarita Mays
October 18, 2018 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
The School of Social Work will host a Celebration of Life for Clarita Mays to honor her and the wonderful contributions that she made to School and the social work profession. All members of the SSW community are welcome to attend.
Parking information: https://ssw.umich.edu/student-life/maps-parking
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Idealist.org Denver Graduate School Fair
October 18, 2018 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
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.
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Educational Opportunity Association: 27th Annual National Ronald E. McNair Research Conference & Graduate School Recruitment Fair
October 19, 2018 - 12:00pm to 6:30pm
An admissions representative will be coming to the 27th Annual National Ronald E. McNair Research Conference & Graduate School Fair to share information on U-M's MSW & PhD programs.
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Adventure/Experiential-Based Therapy
October 20, 2018 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
This class will focus on the use of adventure-based activities in therapy with individuals, groups and families. Students will be introduced to adventure through readings, discussions, guest speakers and experiences. This one credit mini-course is designed to provide the student with a theoretical, philosophical and experiential understanding of adventure and experiential learning and its application to therapy. Course content includes the theoretical and philosophical foundations of adventure based practice, a discourse on the safe and appropriate use of adventure activities with different client groups, a demonstration on facilitating adventure activities, and use of adventure activities in assessment and intervention.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Immigration Enforcement, Human Rights, and Social Justice
October 20, 2018 - 9:00am to 5:00pm
This mini-course focuses on the real community and personal impact of a public policy with sweeping national controversy, many deaths, and significant questions about social justice, racial discrimination, and even intent in the constitution. Because it is a mini-course, rather than a full course, this course will concentrate on one aspect of immigration policy? undocumented immigrants and the public policy strategy of enforcement for undocumented immigrants at the border and in the interior of the country. Along with discussion of the policies and practices of enforcement, we will bring local enforcement activities to the table and examine their impact on people, families, and Michigan communities. The discussion will have a global, national, state, and a local component. Students in this course will acquire the skills to critically analyze this aspect of immigration policy and its controversies. and about community and organization responses and activism.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Keeping Our Door Open - A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Refugee Resettlement
October 22, 2018 - 8:00am to October 23, 2018 3:00pm
This two-day symposium on refugee resettlement features keynote speakers U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12th District) and Mark Hetfield, President and CEO of HIAS (founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society). HIAS is the global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees. School of Social Work presenters includes Associate Professor Sherrie Kossoudji and Assistant Professor Odessa Gonzalez Benson. Benson, received funding from the U-M Office of Research Faculty Grants and Awards to support this symposium.
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The Impact of Episodes: Lunch & Discuss
October 22, 2018 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The Impact of Episodes: Lunch & Discuss will use profound television shows and visual media as a catalyst for discussion as it pertains to the School of Social Work and social work profession. This event features an episode from the hit television series HBO's Insecure.
In this episode, Issa Dee struggles to find value in her position at a nonprofit organization while also seeking guidance for her financial struggles. Join the students of the DEI office as we unpack and discuss key elements of this episode and relate it back to the social work program. Click here to review the episode's trailer.
*Lunch will be provided. Please include any dietary restrictions and/or accommodations in the RSVP form.