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Thursday, July 19
Friday, July 20
Sat. & Sun., July 21 & July 22
Monday, July 16
Tuesday, July 17
Wednesday, July 18
After July 22
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Thursday, July 19, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Cutter/Ziskind Dining Hall.
It's time to write a budget for your student group's upcoming financial year. Bring last year's budget, if your group has it, to the information session and we will go over the forms that you will need to complete a funds request for your group.
Budgets are due by Wednesday 7/25; and can be given to Griffin Street in person or put in her campus mailbox (#8583). Group representatives will be given a time to come to the Budget Meeting on Sunday 7/29. Checks will be given out Monday 7/30 between 12:30 and 1:30 pm at the Campus Center near the PO Boxes.
Thursday, July 19, 5:00 - 6:30 pm, Cutter Lobby.
The ARTF is composed of faculty, students and other member of the SSW community. It's purpose is to take action on anti-racism initiatives raised within the School community. This includes, but is not limited to, campus-wide activities, exhibits, awareness-raising and coalition building. The Task Force will also facilitate the referral of concerns around racialized incidents. The group is open to all members of the Smith community and works with other organizations on campus to coordinate anti-racism initiatives. Jim Drisko and Fred Newdom are faculty conveners.
Thursday, July 19, 6:30 pm, Smith College Museum of Art Atrium.
The entire SSW community is cordially invited to a faculty book celebration in honor of faculty members who have had books published this past year. Honorees include Professor Josh Miller and Adjunct Assistant Professor Ann Marie Garran, (Racism in the United States: Implications for the Helping Professions) and Adjunct Associate Professor Joan Lessor, (Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Theory and Practice and Clinical Social Work Practice: An Integrated Approach). Dessert will be served and the authors' signed books will be available for purchase at a discount.
Thursday July 19, 7:00 pm, Smith College, Seelye 101.
Sponsored by: Social Welfare Action Alliance, International Student Organization, Council for Students of Color and Jewish Student Alliance.
Nancy Murray is the Director of Education at the ACLU of Massachusetts. Holding a BA from Harvard University, and a B.Phil. and Ph.D. in Modern History from Oxford University, she has considerable experience as a teacher, scholar and social activist in Great Britain and Kenya as well as the United States.
Friday, July 20, 12:30 pm, Cutter/Ziskind Courtyard.
We're having a dance committee meeting for planning the end-of-the-year-name-to-be-determined-later -dance. If you don't like the current multi-hyphenated name for the dance, then you should join us for lunch to help change it. Please come with any ideas you might have.
Friday, July 20, 12:30 pm, Cutter Beau Parlor.
Please join us for a poetic presentation of a qualitative research project examining being homeless on the streets of Canada. Presentation by visiting professor Juanne Nancarrow Clarke with her daughter, current student, Lauren Clarke.
Friday, July 20, 3:45 - 4:30 pm, Seelye Hall.
These meetings are designed to provide students and SCSSW supervisors, or other agency representatives, an opportunity to make initial introductions and to begin planning for the training year ahead. You will receive an email from the field office with more detailed information.
Friday, July 20, 4:30 - 5:30 pm, Tyler Lawn (rain location - Campus Center).
Reception for Supervisors, Directors of Training, Faculty Field Advisors, and all students.
Friday, July 20, 7:30 pm, Leo Weinstein Auditorium – Wright Hall.
Annual Conference Lecturers: Laurie Anne Pearlman, Ph.D., and Kay Saakvitne, Ph.D.
Professionals who work in mental health and social service fields face daily challenges to their work, their efficacy and their optimism. Yet, this work is premised on our capacity to offer hope to our clients. This talk addresses how helpers can sustain their own hope and passion for their work in the face of economic, social, political and clinical obstacles. Drawing on the construct of vicarious traumatization and their years as clinicians, supervisors and administrators, Drs. Pearlman and Saakvitne will offer a model for sustaining oneself and passing hope on to colleagues and trainees.
Laurie Anne Pearlman, Ph.D., co-founded the Traumatic Stress Institute in 1986 and the Trauma Research, Education, and Training Institute (TREATI) in 1996. Dr. Pearlman serves as president of TREATI, directs the clinical associates program for the Headington Institute, and serves on the practice committee of the American Psychological Association’s trauma division and the complex trauma task force of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She has collaborated with Professor Ervin Staub on peace-building and trauma recovery in Rwanda since 1999.
Kay Saakvitne, Ph.D., (Sock-quit-knee) is a clinical psychologist and former clinical director of the Traumatic Stress Institute. With Laurie Anne Pearlman, she wrote two original books on vicarious traumatization (Trauma and the Therapist, and Transforming the Pain). She is the primary author of Risking Connection, a training curriculum for working with survivors of childhood trauma, and its teaching manual (Relational Teaching, Experiential Learning). She has taught hundreds of professional workshops and trainings on trauma and the effects on the helper of trauma work. She has recently written a parenting resource handbook for survivor parents. She is currently in private practice in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Saturday, July 21, 9:00 - 10:00 am, Leo Weinstein Auditorium - Wright Hall.
This is a MANDATORY orientation for all A09 students.
Saturday, July 21, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Wright Hall - Various Classrooms.
An opportunity for A09 students to meet their Community Practice Project Advisors before field placement begins.
Saturday, July 21, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Leo Weinstein Auditorium - Wright Hall.
This is a MANDATORY meeting for all A08 students.
Saturday, July 21, 12:00 pm, Cutter/Ziskind Dining Hall.
Community box lunch for all students, supervisors, directors of training and FFA's.
Monday, July 23, 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Smith College Museum of Art Atrium.
All are invited to attend the Smith College School For Social Work class of 2007 thesis poster session. Come and view students' poster displays of their thesis projects. See and hear about cutting edge research on a variety of current social work related issues. Refreshments will be served.
Tuesday, July 24, 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Cutter Living Room.
To all second-year students:
Chad Kordt-Thomas will present his theoretical thesis titled: “Nature and Quality of Care: Two Measures Partially Addressing Impediments to Adequate Childcare for Vulnerable Children.” Followed by a discussion of the format and process for theoretical theses.
Tuesday, July 24, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Neilson Browsing Room.
A dissemination of theses dealing with issues of oppression moderated by Fred Newdom. Students presenting and their theses titles are:
A Question of Culture for Overweight Individuals. By Heather A. MacDonald.
From Consciousness to Action: Are there identifiable life experiences among people who organize against oppression? By Nikita Pion-Klockner.
Nowhere to Nap: How Service Providers and Homeless Adult Males View the Influence Criminalizing Survival Activities Has on Support Service Use, an Exploratory Study By Brion I. Phipps.
Wednesday, July 25, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Seelye 313.
This two-session workshop will focus on editing techniques for making social work writing more powerful and effective. Included will be discussion of active and passive voice, sexist language and word choice. Each participant should try to attend both sessions. To register for this workshop, just add your name to the sign-up sheet in the foyer of Seelye 307. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Wednesday, July 25, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Cutter Living Room.
First Year Students- Come and hear about Community Practice Projects done last year. Get some ideas, contacts and hear the experiences of other students. Second Year Students- Use this opportunity to talk about your project, show products you developed and inspire your fellow students. Contact Fred Newdom at x4450 if you have questions and/or are willing to present your project.
Tuesday, July 24, 5:45 pm, Ziskind Living Room.
Come join Leanne Lemire and Lisa Favorite as they discuss their theses on various aspects of therapists experiences with personal therapy. Moderated by Dr. David Burton. Please feel free to bring dinner, beverages will be provided.
Wednesday, July 25, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Seelye 101.
Discussion about the issue of diversity while teaching in classrooms. Brenda Robinson & Joshua Miller will co-facilitate the first of two discussions to take place during Term 2. This is open to all faculty and doctoral students who are teaching. You are encouraged to attend what should be a lively and meaningful discussion.
Thursday, July 26, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Seelye 313.
This workshop will provide second year students with helpful tips for writing their theses. The format will be an informal discussion of successful strategies as well as a question and answer period. To Register for the workshop, just add your name to the sign-up sheet in the foyer of Seelye 307. Please feel free to bring a lunch.
Monday, July 30, Dinner, Cutter Head Resident Suite.
Dinner meeting with Dean Jacobs. Dean Jacobs invites students to join her for a planning session over dinner to discuss possible lectures for Summer 2008 with a religious perspective: how we handle religion (our own and our clients') in clinical practice work. Please join the dean for this special planning session.
Mondays, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Ziskind Head Resident Suite.
Mondays, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Cutter Head Resident Room.
Mondays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Ziskind Living Room and Thursdays, 12:20 - 1:30 pm, Ziskind Head Resident Suite.
Mondays, 5:45 pm, Cutter Living Room.
Mondays, Dinner time, Ziskind Head Resident Suite.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:10 - 7:40 am, and Wednesdays, 5:40 - 6:15 pm, Lamont Living Room.
Please come join the non-denominational mediation group! If you have questions, would like to be added to the mailing list regarding other events,or would like instruction, contact lisapauline@gmail.com.
Tuesdays 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Ziskind Head Resident Suite.
Tuesdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm-ish, Ziskind Head Resident Suite.
Wednesdays, 12:30 pm, Ziskind Living Room.
Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Ziskind Living Room.
Wednesdays, 9:00 - 10:30 pm, Northrop Living Room.
Come join other students for a relaxed hour or so of knitting, chatting, relaxing, and general good times. Whether you're a seasoned knitting pro or novice hoping to learn, come join us for a laid-back study break!
Thursdays, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Ziskind Living Room.
Thursdays, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Cutter Head Resident Suite.
Thursdays, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Cutter Beau Parlor.
Thursdays, 9:00 pm, Lamont Parlor Living Room.
Saturdays, 10:15 am - music starts, 10:30 am - group circle, Climbing Wall Room - Ainsworth Gym.
Come dance and move this weekend, freeing your mind and body to connect again. Please wear comfortable clothes, bring water and be ready to move your body to your inner beat. No experience necessary. This is a facilitated self-expressive movement group that encourages freedom, exploration, creativity and joy. For more info or to be put on the email reminder list, please contact Lauren Clarke at (413) 320-2928 or riseupdansing@gmail.com.
Sundays, 1:00 pm, The Garden Behind Capen, rain location: Capen Living Room.
Christian @ Smith? and looking for a community of other Christians to talk about your faith and how it affects your life here at Smith. Please come and join us!
Sundays, 6:30 pm, Leeds Dance Studio - Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts.
Prepare for the upcoming week in ways other than reading! Come join us for lots of breathing, stretching, strengthening and movement. We can help each other let go of some stress and start the week fresh. All levels are welcome, please bring your own mat. Contact Zpora at zperry@email.smith.edu for more information.
Kathryn Basham, a professor in the School for Social Work, has served in recent years on a government committee charged with exploring the psychological effects of deployment-related stress on soldiers in the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan. The committee is slated to present a report to Congress this September. Meanwhile, Basham responded to questions for The Gate about her research on war trauma.
The Senate is currently considering important legislation that would make it easier for students to afford a college education, thereby directly assisting the social work workforce through loan forgiveness and other incentives.
The Higher Education Access Act of 2007 would allow social workers in a public child or family service agency to take advantage of loan forgiveness programs because it would cancel their obligation to repay federal loans after 25 years if they earn less than $65,000 annually and have worked full-time for 10 years in a "public sector job" without defaulting on their loan. Other "public sector jobs" eligible for loan forgiveness are:
* Public Emergency Management
* Public Law Enforcement
* Public Early Childhood Education
* Public Services for the Elderly
* Public library sciences
* Public interest legal services (including prosecution or public defense)
* Public services for individuals with disabilities
* Public Safety
* Public Law Enforcement
* Public Education
* Public school library sciences
* Other public school-based services
* Government
* Public Health
* Public Child Care
In addition to loan forgiveness, the bill reduces interest rates on subsidized student loans from 2008 until 2013. Although this legislation would grant loan forgiveness to certain social workers in the public sector, it does not extend to social workers in the private sector. We see this as a shortcoming of the bill. However, this legislation is
crucial for all college students, but especially for social workers who are among the least paid professionals; almost 45% of social workers make under $40,000 annually. In addition, the average social worker has between $25,000 and $33,000 in debt, depending on whether they earned a Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate degree.
Action Needed
Please call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to support the Higher Education Access Act of 2007. Let your Senators know that you are a constituent and a social worker requesting their support for loan forgiveness provisions for social workers in the public and private sector.
Contact Nancy McFall Jean, Lobbyist, Government Relations Department at
202-408-8600 x440 for more information.
Final summer students exit interview materials are at the campus mailboxes for you to pick up. Notices are in your campus boxes to pick up your packets. Please follow the directions and return the proper signed copies to SSW Financial Aid Office in Lilly Hall. This is a requirement of graduation. You can not graduate until this is done. Thank you, Gina Zaikowski.
A message to the members of the Class of 2007 who are required and have yet to complete their thesis dissemination from Laurie Wyman: To begin, congratulations to all on a successful first term. Just a reminder that the Dissemination of Knowledge deadline is Friday, August 3rd. Please make sure you turn in your Dissemination Form to me in Lilly 218 by that date. Thanks to those of you who have already done so. Please contact me if you need a Dissemination Confirmation form. Thank you.
Four $500 thesis grants are currently being offered by the Alumni Association. The following grants are designed to support excellence in student research and are awarded on the basis of merit.
- Thesis Grant for Students of Color: This grant will be awarded for the most outstanding thesis proposal submitted by a student of color. The grant was established to support the academic striving for excellence of students of color, and as a statement of the Committee's interest in the retention of students of color.
- Thesis Research Grant: This grant was established to underscore the Association's interest in documenting the historical experience of students of color at the Smith College School for Social Work. All students are encouraged to apply. The grant will be awarded to the student whose thesis proposal best explores the history of alumni/students of color at the School. Proposal foci can include but are not limited to: alumni of color as a whole; specific groups of alumni of color; alumni of color by graduation year; the formal and informal organization of alumni/students of color; individual contributions of alumni of color (including oral histories); etc. For example, a thesis title may be, “A Comparative Analysis of Theoretical Orientation of Alumni of Color from 1970-1980” or “Community-Based Practice vs. Private Practice among Alumni of Color: Meeting the Needs of African American Families.”
- Alumni Association Thesis Grant: This grant was established to support outstanding student research on at-risk populations. All students are encouraged to apply.
- 90th Anniversary Thesis Award: In recognition of Smith’s origins as a response to returning veterans, this $500 grant will be awarded to the most outstanding thesis related to social work practice with a focus on military issues, military experience, and its impact.
Submission Criteria for each of the above grant applications:
- Introduction to the purpose of the project.
- Expected contribution to the field as well as limitations of the project.
- Methodology: This might include the setting, plans for a questionnaire, and number of subjects (if applicable).
- A brief statement should summarize a review of the literature.
- The above should be no more than six to eight pages using APA guidelines for formatting and presentation.
All submissions must have received approval from the Human Subjects Review Committee in order to be considered.
Evaluation Criteria for each of the above grant applications:
- Originality of thought and relevance to the field
- Strength and relevance of argument
- Research or study design plan
- Clarity and organization
Application deadline: The application deadline is February 18, 2008. Please contact Pat Gilbert at pgilbert@email.smith.edu to obtain an application cover page. Materials should be mailed to Smith College School for Social Work, Office of Alumni Affairs, Lilly Hall, Northampton, MA 01063, Attn. Roxanne Pin, Director.
Here are the results from the Student Org Elections during Week 4:
Co-Presidents A08 - Nola Rae Cronan and Lindsay Davidson
Co-Vice Presidents A08 - Lauren Rothwell and Pamela Rich
Curriculum Committee VPs A08 - Arden O'Donnell and David Ganapol
Curriculum Committee Vice President A09 - Sarah Rigney
Co-Class Representative A08 - Karen Nelson
Co-Class Representatives A09 - Eugene Canotal and Jillian Goldstein
Campus Life Representative - Annie Bachrach and Julia Barker
Field Placement Committee Rep - Sarah Weiner and Meghan Dwyer
Off Campus Rep - Maureen Sweeney
Curriculum Rep for Research A08 - Brianne Goodman
Curriculum Rep for Research A09 - Omer Mendelson
Curriculum Rep for Policy A09 - Jenni Wiech
Curriculum Rep for Practice A08 - Sarah Bereczki
Curriculum Rep for Practice A09 - Serena Wong
Curriculum Rep for HBSE A08 - Saralyn Masselink
Curriculum Rep for HBSE A09 - Linsday Jamieson
Field Placement Committee Rep A09 - Rebecca Strachan
Admission Representative A09 - Alex French
Diversity Rep to the Curriculum Committee - Maisha Peterson
Additionally, both amendments were approved by the larger student body.
Open Positions:
Co-Secretaries of Student Org
Co-Class Rep A08
Treasurer A09
Historian
Curriculum Rep for Policy A08
Academic Support Services Rep
Curriculum Committee Secretary
Financial Aid Rep
Social Action Rep
Any overlapping or open positions will be voted into office in Term II. Thank you to everyone who voted and to everyone who ran for Org positions. Congratulations to the new Org Officers!
The AFWPSC is looking for an A09 student who is interested in serving the Smith SSW community during their time in the program. The A09 student would meet, along with the rest of the committee, to hear and determine next steps for any Master's student issues related to performance (academic or field) and conduct (personal or professional). If interested, please nominate yourself this week. For more information about the position or the nomination process, please see the recruitment flyer or contact the current AFWPSC reps. All nominations should be submitted to Claretta Daniels at cdaniels@email.smith.edu by 3:30 p.m. on Friday, July 20, 2007 (Early submissions are appreciated). If you have any questions whatsoever, please do not hesitate to contact the current AFWPSC student reps via Smith e-mail or by phone: Claretta Daniels, A07 (301-346-5614) or Sheela Joshi, A08 (617-275-3982). They would love to talk with you.
Special Exhibitions on View: Medea and Her Sisters: Leonard Baskin’s Images of Women (through September 9); Aesthetics of the Sacred: The Buddhist Art of Tibet (through August 4); Ansel Adams (through September 30); The Coronation of the Virgin: A Major Acquisition of a Northern Renaissance Altarpiece (through October 2007); Javanese Buddha (through Fall 2008).
The library is previewing a new database, Primary Sources in Counseling and Psychology, and we'd like feedback from SSW students and faculty. This full-text database contains transcripts of therapy & counseling sessions plus first-person narratives. You can search for specific symptoms, therapies, counselor or patient characteristics, etc. The trial access ends on August 22. Connect to the database and also send us your feedback from this webpage:
http://www.smith.edu/libraries/fyi/443.htm
While engaged with a psychosocial capacity building project in Northern Uganda, initiated by Professor Joanne Corbin in collaboration with Professor Joshua Miller, both professors visited the Latigi Orphan Care Center, which is run by one of their students. The Latigi Orphan Care Center is home to more than 900 orphans in Gulu, Uganda. For over 20 years Uganda has endured armed conflict, which has resulted in an increase in the number of orphans and child headed households. One of many needs articulated by workers at the orphanage is for clothing. Summertime is the perfect opportunity to finalize some unfinished Spring cleaning for a good cause. Collection boxes will be located in various locations on campus from Thursday, June 21 - Friday, July 20:
- Seelye - First Floor
- Near Campus Center Mail Room
- Lilly Hall - Entrance
- Cutter/Ziskind - Dinning Hall (Cutter entryway)
All sizes are welcome as the recipients will range in age. New and “gently used” shirts are acceptable; please ensure that used shirts are washed. For questions or more information please contact Shadé Brown at (413) 585-4208 or sbrown2@email.smith.edu thanks!
A document listing information regarding Loan Forgiveness Programs can be found on the School website http://www.smith.edu/ssw/oas/forstudents.php. If your state is not listed, it's a good opportunity for you to contact your state NASW Chapter and engage in advocacy toward this end.
Notice to third year students. The licensing requirements for all states are listed on the ASWB web site located at http://www.aswb.org.
We want your photos of life at Smith. The Photo of the Day column on the Grecourt Gate (www.smith.edu/gate) features a new photo of Smith places and people every day. If you have photographs of your time at Smith, please visit the Gate, click on Submit a Photo and upload your photo (there is no size limit).
Linda Jacque has left the SSW Financial Aid Office effective July 9, 2007. She has taken a position elsewhere in the College. Please send all e-mail correspondence regarding finacial aid matters to either sswfa@email.smith.edu or gzaikows@email.smith.edu.
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