Showing events starting from June 8, 2023 up to June 29, 2023
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SSW Meeting - Graduation Committee
June 12, 2023 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Visit the SSW meeting calendar for full schedule information.
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Registration & Course Planning Info for Incoming On-Campus Fall 2023 MSW Students
June 12, 2023 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
This webinar is designed for Fall 2023 incoming On-Campus MSW students and will provide information on how to successfully register for their first term of classes. Staff from the Office of Student Services and Enrollment Management (OSS) will be available to answer questions during the session. Registration for new students will take place in July via Wolverine Access.
Students will have the opportunity to contact OSS to schedule an individual course planning appointment with a staff member, if needed, after attending this webinar or viewing a recording of the webinar.
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Tips For Successful Graduate School Writing
June 12, 2023 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Join Betsy Williams, Writing Skills Coordinator, and Darlene Nichols, Social Work Librarian, on zoom for an overview of expectations and resources for graduate-level academic writing and library research.
Short presentations will leave plenty of time for your questions.
This session will focus on our online MSW students - though all SSW students are welcome to join us.
This session will be recorded.
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For Incoming Students, Ask a Current MSW Student Webinar Series- Life as an MSW Student
June 14, 2023 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
What's the program really like? Where is your field placement? What do social work students do for fun? Join several of our MSW students for a live webchat. They're excited to answer any questions that you have and share their feedback about the program!
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Trauma-informed practices: We're all in this together
June 15, 2023 - 9:00am to 12:15pm
Social work professionals can play a critical role in promoting healing and resilience among children who have experienced trauma, but to do so, they must be trauma-informed. This course will provide an introduction to a collaborative multi-stakeholder, trauma-informed approach based in theory and concepts of system change. Participants will be encouraged to consider their role within a larger system of creating safe and healthy communities that resist retraumatization.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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DEI Juneteenth Workshop
June 19, 2023 - 11:30am to 2:00pm
Join us for our Juneteenth event!
This June 19, 2023, the School of Social Work Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is partnering up with the Association of Black Social Work Students as well as Black Radical Healing Pathways to host our annual Juneteenth celebration.
Everyone is invited to connect, break bread together, and learn with each other. Lawrielle West, MSW ’18, founder and lead creative of KwanzaaMe, will also host a workshop in celebration of Juneteenth.
The DEI Office will be presenting on the importance and significance of Juneteenth as a celebratory holiday, as well as the magnitude of the 7 Principles of Kwanzaa and the meaning that they hold.
Lawrielle West will be hosting her workshop, “The Delicious History of Soul Food,” which guides participants through exploring the history of African American cuisine, soul food and its global impact. We’ll explore the importance of community, and its relationship to fellowship and food as we make commitments to build new communal traditions of our own.
This event will take place in-person, but please refer to the RSVP link below this description if you would like information on how to attend via Zoom. The Zoom portion will begin at 11:55 AM.
We hope to see you there – food will be served at 11:30!
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For Prospective Students- Connect Virtually with Current On-campus MSW Students!
June 19, 2023 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
What's the program really like? Where is your field placement? What do social work students do for fun? Join an MSW student as well as other prospective MSW students for a live webchat about the School of Social Work. Our MSW students are excited to answer any questions that you have and share their feedback about the program.
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Registration & Course Planning Information for Incoming Online Fall 2023 MSW Students
June 19, 2023 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
This webinar is designed for Fall 2023 incoming Online MSW students and will provide information on how to successfully register for their first term of classes. Staff from the Office of Student Services and Enrollment Management (OSS) will be available to answer questions during the session. Registration for new students will take place in July via Wolverine Access.
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For Prospective Students- Connect Virtually with Current On-campus MSW Students!
June 23, 2023 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
What's the program really like? Where is your field placement? What do social work students do for fun? Join an MSW student as well as other prospective MSW students for a live webchat about the School of Social Work. Our MSW students are excited to answer any questions that you have and share their feedback about the program.
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Certificate in Sport Social Work
June 27, 2023 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Understanding and supporting athletes and their overall health and welfare has been a prominent specialty service area that social workers have formally and informally navigated for decades. And today, the need for sports social workers with advanced training has never been more requested across sport settings (youth, collegiate, professional, and geriatric). Research currently suggests that: (1) athletes engage in sport across the lifespan to foster a greater sense of belonging and social connection; (2) athlete mental health needs are increasing and licensed, mental health providers are needed to meet this growing demand; and (3) athletes are using their platform to address social injustices and bring awareness to longstanding disparities across our country. As established agents of change, social workers uphold the profession's mission and core values, while having an expansive scope of practice to improve outcomes for individuals, communities, and the larger society...
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.