Office of Global Activities News
Larry Root and Katie Lopez Receive the CGE Education Abroad Resource GrantKatie Lopez and Larry Root received a CGE Education Abroad Resource Grant funded by the Provost of Global and Engaged Education for their work titled "Before, During and After: Enhancing Resilience in Students Engaging in International Experiences."
Each year thousands of University of Michigan graduate and undergraduate students take part in various international experiences. While abroad, students are likely to encounter various types of psychological stressors including challenges of acculturation and, in some settings, examples of serious human suffering. These stressors can impact the student’s time abroad and their re-entry home. Through a partnership of the School of Social Work, the Psychological Clinic, the School of Information, and the School of Art & Design, online informational/instructional modules will be developed to assist students in improving protective factors and enhancing psychosocial resilience. These materials that incorporate evidence-based approaches will seek to deliver a preventative intervention before students leave, help them cope with stressors while abroad, and direct them to campus resources upon their return. This project should have substantial impact by providing a shared resource that can be accessed by undergraduate and graduate students taking part in various types of international experiences.
- December 12, 2013
- Kathleen Lopez Receives U-M Provost Award
Congratulations to Kathleen Lopez who has just received an award from the University of Michigan Provost.
The goal of the proposal is to fund a trip to Hong Kong that will enable her to learn about social work in an international context. During this trip, she will visit the University of Hong Kong Department of Social Work and Social Administration, the Hong Kong Social Workers Association, as well as local social work agencies.
- November 13, 2013
- Assistant Professor Reuben Miller Lectures in Glasgow, Scotland and Bratislava, Slovakia
Reuben Miller will lecture at the University of Glasgow on Devolving the Carceral State: Race, Reentry and the Micro-politics of Urban Poverty Management. Later in the month he is in Bratislava, Slovakia presenting at a Desistance Research Work Group.
- October 18, 2013
- MSW Student Sandra Bowers reflects on Peace Corps
Sandra Bowers, MSW student shares her reflections on Peace Corp with Ann Arbor.com.
- July 9, 2013
Associate Clinical Professor/Director of Field Instruction, Betsy Voshel and Office of Global Activities Program Manager, Katie Lopez present at the 2013 Global Internship ConferenceAssociate Clinical Professor/Director of Field Instruction, Betsy Voshel and Office of Global Activities Program Manager, Katie Lopez presented, "Global Engagement: Developing Best Practices for Social Work Graduate Internships" at the 2013 Global Internship Conference.
- June 21, 2013
- Professors Jorge Delva, Tom Powell, Larry Root and Mieko Yoshihama presenting papers at the Global Health and Well-Being Conference
Professors Jorge Delva, Tom Powell, Larry Root and Mieko Yoshihama are presenting papers at the Global Health and Well-Being Conference. Through presentation of strong international research and examinations of social programs designed to understand and ameliorate the world's most pressing health and social problems, the conference will contribute to better understanding of the social work profession's contributions to human well-being around the world.
- June 19, 2013