Showing events starting from February 1, 2024 up to February 29, 2024
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Visiting Speaker Nev Jones Discusses Mental Illness, Disability and the Grand Challenges for Social Work: Disability Invisibility as Two Steps Forward or Two Steps Back?
February 20, 2024 - 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET
Jones' presentation focuses on the Grand Challenges for Social Work, raising concerns and questions about the de-centering and, where named, positioning of both disability and, more specifically, mental illness / psychiatric disability, across the original Grand Challenges. Highlighting the ironies of a field that trains more public sector mental health providers than any other and yet largely fails to meaningfully engage with critical disability studies, mad studies and service user/survivor led critiques of the status quo, the speaker will reflect on structural, epistemic and hermeneutic injustices buried in the Grand Challenges. The talk will conclude with ideas for potentially transformative but ‘non-reformist’ reforms.
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Winkelman Memorial Lecture Part 2: Redefining Healthy Brain Aging to Reveal Pathways to Equity in Later Life Cognition and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)
February 20, 2024 - 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM ET
Jennifer J. Manly, Ph.D. is a Professor of Neuropsychology in the Department of Neurology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Her research focuses on mechanisms of disparities in cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s Disease, specifically investigations of social forces across the lifecourse, such as educational opportunities, racism and discrimination, and socioeconomic status, and how these factors relate to cognition and brain health later in life. Dr. Manly’s research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Alzheimer’s Association. She has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications and 10 chapters. She was the 2014 recipient of the Tony Wong Diversity Award for Outstanding Mentorship, and was the recipient of the Paul Satz-International Neuropsychological Society Career Mentoring Award in 2020. Dr. Manly was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2021.
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For Admitted Students - Connect Virtually with Current MSW Students!
February 21, 2024 - 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM ET
Congratulations! Newly admitted MSW Students can connect virtually with Current MSW students regarding the MSW program!
What's the program really like? Where is your field placement? What do social work students do for fun? What is Ann Arbor like in the Winter? Join an MSW student as well as other admitted 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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MSW Prospective Student Information Session - In Person
February 21, 2024 - 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET
This in-person session at the School of Social Work will provide the opportunity to learn more about the University of Michigan School of Social Work MSW program. Topics covered will include: On Campus Program, Online Program, Curriculum Options, Application Process, Financial Aid, and more!
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Black Excellence Celebration
February 22, 2024 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET
Join us for the Black Excellence Celebration! Members of the Social Work community will be recognized for the work they have done that uplifts the Black Community. KwanzaaMe will join us to share about the historical context of Soul Food. A Cuppys soul food dinner will be provided!
Nominate a member of our community! We encourage you to submit the names of students, staff, faculty, alumni and/or organizations of the School of Social Work who are exemplifying this work along with a brief description of their demonstrated commitment. Self nominations are welcome. Submissions are due by Monday, February 20, 2024.
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Subpoenas: What Social Workers Need To Know
February 23, 2024 - 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET
This ethics-focused webinar looks at the following:
1. What subpoenas are and are not
2. What kinds of cases and settings where subpoenas may be used
2. Releases of information, which are outside of a subpoena but require social workers to respond ethically
3. How the NASW Code of Ethics guides us
4. When and how to respond to subpoenas
In addition, we will discuss several ethical dilemmas related to subpoenas and requests for information.Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Building Power: Resistance Against Political Injustice
February 23, 2024 - 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET
Building Power Conference (BP) is an annual student-organized conference designed to build collaboration within the University of Michigan and larger communities’ anti-racism and social justice work. BP aims to center community knowledge in the fight against white extremism by challenging ourselves to explore how we have internalized the culture of white extremism so that we can overcome it and instead share love and power in our communities. By spending an interactive and introspective day learning together through breakout sessions on special topics, affinity group meetings to connect individuals with shared identities, and wisdom shared by our guest speakers, we can grow and Build Power together.
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Non-profit Human Service Organizational Finance 101
February 23, 2024 - 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET
This two-day webinar will present the basic knowledge and skills needed to understand the financial statements and budget of a nonprofit human service organization and its programs. The workshop will cover (1) the conceptual bases of human service organizations (HSOs) and organizational finance/accounting/budgeting, (2) brief introductions on commonly used financial statements at nonprofit HSOs, (3) how to make sense of the information on the financial statements (e.g., ratio calculation), and (4) ways to use information from financial statements in organizational decision-making processes. This workshop will use multiple instructional methods including but not limited to lectures, case studies, discussions, and group exercises.
Registration for this course is closed. Visit the CE Course Catalog for more offerings.
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Spring Break - No Classes
February 24, 2024 to March 3, 2024
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SSW Meeting - Community Action and Social Change (CASC) Undergraduate Minor Advisory Committee
February 27, 2024 - 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM ET
Visit the SSW meeting calendar for full schedule information.