Showing events on May 24, 2021
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Reflecting Back on Their MSW Experience and Looking Towards Community Change Employment
May 24, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The Community Change Pathway Team and the SSW's Career Services are proud to be co-hosting "Reflecting Back on Their MSW Experience and Looking To Community Change Employment". This event focuses on entering the workforce as a community change/macro social work practitioner upon graduation. Four MSW alumni from the School of Social Work who graduated within the Community Organization and/or Communities and Social Systems Pathways will be sharing their experiences as young community organizing/macro social work practitioners. All of the panelists are within five years of MSW graduation.
The panelists are:
Though this event focuses on community change & macro social work, all SSW students are welcome to attend. Community organizing is a key element of our social work practice. This event can be utilized to support a Field Education Agreement competency and one hour of field education, if approved by your field supervisor prior.
Please RSVP here by Friday, May 21
If you have any questions, please email elebrown@umich.edu.
Thank you, and we hope you will join us!
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Social Workers’ Role in Addressing Current Social Justice Issues and the MasterTrack™ Certificate
May 24, 2021 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Learn more about the Social Work: Practice, Policy, and Research MasterTrack™ Certificate from the University of Michigan School of Social Work on Coursera. During this session, you will hear from Dr. Jamie Mitchell who will discuss the role that social workers can play in addressing current social justice and diversity related issues in society. Barb Hiltz, MSW Program Director will provide an overview of the MasterTrack™ Certificate and Tim Colenback, Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management will discuss the application process for the Master of Social Work program.
*Please note: This session is informational only and does not provide a certificate of completion.