The SSW Bulletin is a bulletin that includes all relevant notices and deadlines from SSW. The bulletin is distributed weekly during the summer and monthly during the academic year.
Students are welcome and encouraged to use the SSW Bulletin as a vehicle to post items that are relevant to their class or to the entire student body. See posting rules.
lectures/symposia
Summer Lecture Series - The Problem of Thinking in Black and White: Race in the Clinical Dyad
Yvette Esprey, M.A.
This lecture looks at the manifestations of race in psychotherapeutic relationships, highlighting the paucity of 'experience-near' discussion in clinical, supervisory (more...)
Administrative Announcements
Returning Library Books at the End of the SSW Term - NEW
GRADUATING STUDENTS - Please remember to return all library books by 4:00pm on Wednesday, August 15. This includes Smith books, Five College books, and books (more...)
Field Placement PACs - All Students Going on Field Placement in the Fall - NEW
Attention students going on field placement in the fall - please check your campus mail box for a letter from the SSW Alumni Association telling you the name and contact (more...)
Obtaining Library Materials While You Are Away (For Returning Students) - NEW
The Libraries have created a series of web pages to help you access library materials while on placement or while working on your thesis or dissertation: (more...)
Access to Library Databases for Graduating Students - NEW
After graduation, SSW students lose access to most of Smith's library databases. There are a few notable exceptions (more...)
Course Evaluations
Student evaluation of courses is a program requirement (see Master's Program Handbook, section 200.7C). Failure to complete a course evaluation by the deadline will (more...)
Casebook Shredding
Students in Practice 101/102 and 301/302 and in doctoral courses that use casebooks: please plan to place your casebooks in shredding bins during the last week of (more...)
Close of School Notice
By now you should have received via Smith email an important notice listing dates, deadlines and responsibilities for the end of the summer. We urge you to read these materials (more...)
A Request from the Writing Center
If you wanted to meet with a writing counselor this summer but were unable to get an appointment, would you send a brief mail to Debra Carney (dcarney@smith.edu) letting her (more...)
Writing Counseling Appointment Wait List
If you are unable to get an appointment with a writing counselor, please add your name and contact information to our wait list (posted right next to our appointment (more...)
official school meetings/workshops
Commencement Ceremony - NEW
Friday, August 17, 4:00-5:30pm, John M. Greene Hall
Congratulations to the Class of 2012!
APA 6th Edition Thesis Template Training - 2nd year Students - NEW
Tuesday, August 14 and Wednesday, August 15, 12:45-1:30pm, Stoddard G2 Auditorium
Liane Hartman from the college's Instuctional Technology Services (ITS) will facilitate trainings on how to use the APA 6th Edition Thesis Template. We strongly urge you to (more...)
Restoring Justice, Recovering Hope: A Contemplative Service - NEW
Wednesday, August 15, 12:30-1:30pm, King Living Room
Restoring Justice, Recovering Hope: A contemplative service to mark our commitment to religious freedom and anti-racism
The incidents in Aurora, Colorado and the shootings in the Sikh temple in Wisconsin this summer have brought to our immedite consciousness the ways our society struggles with (more...)
Anti-racism Task Force Meeting
Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30pm, King Study Room
Come be a part of the ongoing work of the Anti-racism Task Force. The Task Force has been the enging for may of the changes brought about at Smith SSW as we have (more...)
Pedagogy and Diversity Workshops - For Faculty
Tuesdays, 7:00-9pm, Seelye 101
The goal of this workshop is to provide summer teaching faculty ongoing support and space to reflect on classroom transactions in connection with diversity content. Participants and (more...)
student-planned events
SKITS!!! - NEW
Thursday, August 16, 7:00-9:00pm, John M. Greene Hall
Join A'12 and AS'12 for the annual Skits night. It will be a night of songs, videos, and movement/spoken performance. You will be among the SSW community, and their family and friends. Hope to see you there!
Group Meditation and Yoga Classes
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Bodman Lounge
We will be offering group meditation in Bodman Lounge in the basement of Helen Hills Hills Chapel at the following (more...)
Free Yoga for Students
Tuesdays, 8:00am-9:15am, Ainsworth 151 (gym)
The Tuesday morning yoga class will have a focus on grounding postures and breathing practices, and creating mindfulness of the subtle experience of yoga. All levels welcome. (more...)
Free Yoga for Students
Fridays, 1:00-2:00pm, Bodman Lounge (chapel)
Friday afternoon yoga classes will be an uplifting and energizing hour of linking movement to breath to create opennes and flexibility in the body. All levels and body shapes/sizes (more...)
Thesis Information & colloquia
Thesis Prize Announcements for 2012 - NEW
Each year the School for Social Work has the pleasure of administering the Eleanor Clark Thesis Prize and the Amith Ben-David Memorial Thesis Prize. The school (more...)
general notices/student announcements
PsycTests - New Full-Text Database Now Live - NEW
The Libraries have just started to subscribe to a new database, PsycTests. It includes over 4,000 full-text psychological tests or test items, plus profiles of additional tests and (more...)
Lost and Found
Current lost and found items (more...)
Student org & student group meetings
Also see the SSW events calendar for all regularly scheduled weekly events: http://www.smith.edu/ssw/about_news_calendar.php
Anti-racism Task Force Meeting
Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30pm, King Study Room
Council for Students of Color EBoard Meeting
Mondays, 5:45-6:45pm, Scales Study Room
Council for Students of Color Meeting
Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00pm, Scales Living Room
Curriculum Committee Open Meeting
Thursdays, 12:40-1:20pm, King Living Room (more...)
Disability Awareness Group
Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30pm, Scales Living Room (more...)
DSO Weekly Meetings
Wednesdays, 12:15-1:30pm, Campus Center 003 (CC003)
LGBTQQIAF Alliance General Meeting
Tuesdays, 5:45pm, Scales Living Room
LGBTQQIAF Alliance - Task Force Meeting
Mondays, 12:30-1:25pm, in front of Campus Center (campus side)
Social Welfare Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA) Meetings
Wednesdays, 12:40-1:20pm, King Lounge, Lower Level
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Student Org Executive Meeting
Mondays, 12:30-1:30pm, Scales Study Room
Student Org General Meeting
Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30pm, Scales Living Room
Unlearning Racism Group
Wednesdays, 5:45-6:45pm, King Study (more...)
