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Thursday, July 24, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Seelye 307.
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 outside Seelye 307. Please feel free to bring your lunch!
Thursdays, July 24 and July 31, 12:35 - 1:30 pm, Cutter-Ziskind Central Courtyard.
This will be a two-part presentation by Enroue Halfkenny
on the clinical implications of Indigenous spiritual practices and traditions. What are these traditions? Who practices them? How do we work with clients who have these practices? How do we work with colleagues who have these practices? How do these traditions and practices influence our own theories and practices? The presentations will attempt to answer these and other questions.
The first presentation will focus on the practices and traditions of the Yoruba people from West Africa and their expression within the African Diaspora including: Santeria, Lucumi, Voudoun and Candomble. It will also include the practices of Native peoples within North and South America.
The second presentation will focus on clinical issues and implications for expanding our understanding of wellness, assessment and appropriate interventions.
Friday, July 25, 3:00 - 5:00 pm, Cutter Living Room.
This is an opportunity for SSW Students and Community Members to have a conversation with Dean Jacobs about any ideas or concerns regarding the School for Social Work.
Friday, July 25, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Stoddard Auditorium.
Former member of the internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock, Evelyn Harris will return by popular request for her third summer to lead this workshop for SSW community during the 2008 summer academic session. You experienced Evelyn at Convocation - don't miss joining her for this fun and inspiring workshop!
Beginning with the inspirational African-American sacred song tradition of Negro spirituals, we will bear witness to how the oral tradition keeps this music alive well into the 21st century. We will discover how the contemporary forms heard today all have their foundation in the blues - the Black secular story - and/or spirituals - the Black sacred story. The repertoire will include folk songs, rhythm & blues, rock n roll, oldies but goodies, chants, gospel, and civil rights movement material.
No need to read sheet music; all songs will be taught orally by Harris. Don't miss this chance to get together for two hours and sing for fun.
Remember, all African-American song styles live in your hips; not in your head!
Monday, July 28, 7:30 pm, Leo Weinstein Auditorium.
Cecilia Chan, B.Soc.Sc., M.Soc.Sc, Ph.D., R.S.W., J.P. -
Lydia Rapoport Lecturer.
The integrative clinical social work approach is built on the strengths of counseling in the West and Eastern philosophies of harmony from Chinese Medicine. Model building: The SMART (Strength-oriented, Meaning-focused Approach to Resilience and Transformation) Empowerment Model adopts Chinese concepts of stagnation, over-attachment, physical and emotional blockages as reasons for imbalances. Intervention Strategies: A flexible and integrative intervention of body-mind-spirit approach of empowerment is being applied to college students, patients, women of divorce and victims of loss. Creative use of expressive arts, dance and body movement, meaning reconstruction narratives, acupressure and massage are adopted. Presentation: Clinical case materials, video of the clinical process of working with a client through the SMART will be presented. Practical tips and techniques will be shared.
Professor Cecilia L. W. Chan, B.Soc.Sc., M.Soc.Sc., Ph.D., R.S.W., J.P., Si Yuan Professor in Health and Social Work, Department of Social Work and Social Administration; Director, Centre on Behavioral Health; and Associate Director, HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong. Dr. Chan is renowned for her creative innovations of integrating eastern concepts into her integrative therapy, and her work on psychosocial oncology, end-of-life and bereavement care, as well as her SMART model of empowering clients in transforming loss and trauma. She has been an invited speaker to named lectures, keynotes and plenary lectures to international conferences. She has published more than 200 articles and book chapters, and serves on the editorial boards of ten international journals. Dr. Chan will be the International Keynote Speaker to IWG Symposium in Boston, September 2008, and ADEC, April 2009.
Tuesday, July 29, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Cutter Living Room.
First year students - Come and hear about projects done last year. This is a great opportunity to get ideas for your project and to ask questions of second year students about what they did and how they did it.
Second year students - Come and tell about your project. It's a way to promote the work you've done and to help out the next class.
For more information: contact Fred Newdom at x6918.
Tuesday, July 29, 6:00 pm, Seelye 101
Sara Wiener will present her qualitative thesis research on the experiences of undergraduate women who feel like fakes or frauds in academia and how the socialization of women (among other factors) contributes to this phenomenon. The study paid particular attention to women of color and women from working class backgrounds. Q&A and audience participation included! Rani Varghese will moderate.
Wednesday, July 30, 4:45pm, Neilson Browsing Room.
Led by Lenore Grubinger, an infant development movement educator. The presentation will offer an introduction to psychophysical aspects of developmental movement in the first year of life. Lenore will explain flexion and extension, discuss reflexes and their relation to stress, recovery and confidence. Examples will be given as well as demonstrations through movement and with dolls. Participants will be guided in an exercise to integrate the material through the body.
Wednesday, July 30, 6:00 – 8:30 pm, Stoddard Hall G2.
A presentation of inquiries grounded in what it is possible to know, rather than what is known and familiar.
Sarah Bereczki, 6:00 – 6:30 pm.
An Exploration of Possibilities for Clinical Work with Transracial Adoptive Family Members: Employing Narrative Therapy and Attachment Theory in Ways That Are Consistent with the Rights of Transracial Adoptees.
Lauren McEvoy, 6:30 – 7:00 pm.
An Investigation Into What "Best Practice" Entails with Adolescent Survivors of Prolonged Childhood Abuse with Complex PTSD Symptomatology: Comparing Narrative and Family Contextual Approaches.
Shannon Sennott, 7:00 – 7:30 pm.
Double Bind Theory and Gender Non-Conforming Identity Development.
Rebecca Ross, 7:30 – 8:00 pm.
Music and Memory: An Exploratory Study on the Connection Between Music and Evocative Memory in the Bereaved.
Reflecting Team, 8:00 – 8:30 pm.
Wednesday, July 30, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, SSW Dorms.
To all on-campus SSW residents, please be advised that fire drills will occur in various SSW Dorms on Wednesday evening. Please review fire safety and escape routes. For questions, contact ext. 2490.
Wednesday, July 30, 7:00 pm, Neilson Browsing Room.
All first year students who may be considering applying for a second year field placement in Northern Thailand for the 2009-2010 placement year should plan to attend this important informational session.
Carolyn du Bois, Director of Field Work and Catherine Nye, Resident Faculty member and advisor for the Thailand project, will describe the placement opportunities in Chiang Mai, discuss the application process, and answer your questions. You will also have an opportunity to schedule an individual interview as part of the exploration and application process. Please come and talk with us about this exciting opportunity!
(note: if you are interested but unable to attend this meeting, please contact Catherine Nye directly at cnye@email.smith.edu. In-person interviews are a required part of the application process and Catherine will make arrangements to meet with you individually if need be). We hope to see you there!
Wednesday, July 30, 7:15 - 9:00 pm, Hillyer Hall, Graham Auditorium.
Our Agency and Community Practice course faculty will participate in a panel discussion on the various approaches to community organization practice that they use - from agency administration to legislative advocacy to grassroots organizing to policy analysis and education. They're all part of social work practice and they all contribute to social change. For more information, contact Fred Newdom at x6918.
Thursday, July 31, 7:00 pm, Dewey Common Room.
Professors Yoosun Park and Josh Miller invite you to join an informal conversation about Obama's speech on race. They will be facilitating a discussion on the contents of the speech and their implications for understanding the dynamics of race and racism in the United States. Please read the speech before you come. You can find the full text at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/us/politics/18text-obama.html
Saturday, August 3, 1:00 - 4:00 pm, Seelye Lawn.
Do you need to have more fun? Are you tired of acting like an adult? Then the "Regression Study Break" is for you! The Students with Kids group is putting together an afternoon of games, art projects, and food. Bring any kids you know or just come and enjoy some favorite childhood activities. We are also looking for adults and/or kids to lead activities; if you would like to do so, please contact Carmel (cdrewes@email.smith.edu) or Malikkah (mrollins@email.smith.edu).
Friday, August 8, 4:00 - 8:00 pm, Museum of Art.
Come have some fun at the Museum, free to all. From 4:00 - 6:00 pm enjoy a self-guided gallery activity: Children and adults are invited to explore the Museum! Meet in the lobby (ages 4+ with adult). From 4:00 - 6:00 pm The Cunningham Center will be open so please stop by. At 6:00 pm Author Pamela Thompson will speak about the painting that inspired her latest novel, "Every Past Thing."
Tuesday, August 12, 6:00 - 7:00, Cutter Living Room.
This a meeting for all 2nd years who will be working on the thesis project during the 08-09 academic year. The thesis advising assignments will be distributed. The schedule for those local advisors who want to meet their new advisees during lunch either Wednesday, August 13th or Thursday, August 14th will be announced and posted. Jean LaTerz, Thesis Coordinator, will briefly review some “tips” for surviving the thesis process.
Mondays, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Cutter Head Resident Suite.
Come connect with other Jewish students and allies. JSA meetings and events are open to anyone interested in participating in or learning about Jewish religion and culture.
Mondays, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Cutter-Ziskind.
Come talk about fat acceptance and size-positivity here at Smith SSW. Look for signs regarding specific location. Please contact Polly with any questions: lhanson@smith.edu
Mondays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Ziskind Head Resident Suite.
Opportunities for hope beyond stigma and social inequality. Read our mission statement here.
Mondays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Ziskind Living Room, Tuesdays, 12:30 pm, outside the Ziskind Living Room.
The Smith College SSW Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Alliance holds two weekly meetings open to LGBTQQ students, staff, and faculty and their allies. The Monday evening meetings are a time for community building, support, and discussions about issues related to LGBTQQ identity and intersecting issues. The Task Force group meets on Tuesdays to plan social action and events in and around the Smith Community. Please join us!
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 - 8:00 am, Wednesdays 5:40 - 6:15 pm, Chase House Living Room.
We are a non-denominational group that meets to practice mindfulness-awareness meditation together. Please join us! If you have any questions, would like to be added to our email list, or would like meditation instruction, please email Simone at: simonelichty@gmail.com.
Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 pm, Ziskind Beau Parlor.
If you are responsible for children during your time at Smith SSW, join us for lunch to chat and eat.
Tuesdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Ziskind Living Room.
The ARTF is composed of faculty, students and other members of the SSW community. The purpose of the ARTF is to propose initiatives and take action to further the anti-racism mission of the SSW. This includes, but is not limited to, campus-wide activities, exhibits, awareness-raising, training, dialogues and coalition building. The group is open to all members of the Smith community and works with other organizations on campus to coordinate anti-racism initiatives. Fred Newdom, Joan Lesser and Josh Miller are the faculty conveners, but leadership of the ARTF is shared with students. This is an open group and all are welcome to attend.
Tuesdays, 5:30 pm, Cutter Beau Parlor.
Please join the Students Aging Gracefully through Education for relaxing, informative, witty, wise conversation and support.
Tuesdays, July 29, August 5 and August 12, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
Note: Room change to Seelye 110
This year, pedagogy and diversity will offer some didactic content as well as providing the usual space to process what is going on in the classroom. Some of the possible areas of discussion are working with social identity in the classroom, microaggressions and how to respond to them, managing intragroup processes, use of self to further issues of diversity and ways of centralizing issues of diversity in all classes. Participants and the facilitators will together determine which topics will be covered. The series will build on this year's Spring Faculty Meeting and the on-line course offered about successful teaching at an anti-racism school for social work, although it is not necessary to have participated in these events. The second semester seminars will be taught by Dr. Joshua Miller and Senior Bertha Reynolds Fellow Dr. Ann Marie Garran.
Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Ziskind Living Room.
A gathering for all students, faculty and staff of color.
Thursdays, 12:30 pm, Ziskind Head Resident Suite.
The Social Welfare Action Alliance, or SWAA, is a group of excitable and passionate folks who want to organize for social justice and change in the world outside of Smith. If you're interested, come and check us out! (No activist or organizing experience needed - Just bring yourself!)
Thursdays, 12:30 pm, Cutter Lobby.
Are you interested in exploring alternative ways of healing? Maybe you’re a healer yourself or looking to gain new skills? Come join the new Holistic Healing Group as we explore holistic healing and ways we can integrate it into clinical social work practice. We’re an open group looking for passionate students who are committed to embracing healing in all of its forms.
We’re looking for a core group of students to join the Holistic Healing Council and help develop the group’s mission and goals for the summer. We’re also seeking students with specific skills who want to facilitate Experiential Healing Groups (no need to be an expert). These separate, practice-oriented groups will give students an opportunity to learn about different holistic healing modalities and how to put them into action. Contact Ashley at asitkin@email.smith.edu with any questions.
Thursdays, 5:45 - 7:00 pm, Ziskind Beau Parlor.
Join us, Tuesdays at dinner, for the Unlearning Racism Group. Bring your dinner– and it’s OK to be late! The Unlearning Racism Group is an informal student group where we come willing to listen to any story, testimony, trouble or concern about racism, white privilege or racial identity development. As we speak and hear about what is difficult, painful, hidden, or challenging today with regards to racism, we have the potential to take the next step towards unlearning racism. All students are welcome.
Thursdays, 7 - 8 pm, Bodman Lounge, Helen Hills Chapel basement (Enter rear doors off Chapel parking lot from 6:30 pm).
Nourish yourself spiritually. Join Donald Andrew, Smith College Fellowships Advisor, as he shares 45 years of multi-sourced consciousness creation leading to a transcendent sacred space. First-timers please email dandrew@email.smith.edu.
Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, South African-born former anti-apartheid activist, Donald Andrew, has been initiated into, and or practiced in, many meditation traditions and spiritual systems on four continents.
Open your inherent connection to the Universe as you harmonize body and mind through guided inner Source sensitization. Awaken with transforming subtle-energy heart inspiration. Become the Whole of your parts to enter the Essence of your whole, which is One with the energetic whole of the All.
Thursdays, 7:30 - 9:00 pm, Seelye 102.
A 5-week Seminar Forming a Learning Community to Explore Research in the United States and Internationally Facilitated by: Dr. Joanne Corbin and Dr. Andrew Jilani
In the second term this seminar will explore challenges and opportunities of conducting research. It is not a regular class but an opportunity both for students and the faculty to come together and form a learning community and reflect and learn from each other’s prior research experience or their current research work. In our first session we will assess our needs and interests around research. Topics may include forming research questions, design, methodology and field challenges in conducting research both in the United States and overseas. We may also explore different research paradigms and explore challenges and strategies of conducting research in individualist and collectivist societies. There will be opportunities for participants to share their current or past research and seek feed back from others. We anticipate a vibrant learning community and encourage you to participate. If you have questions, please email; Dr. Joanne Corbin jcorbin@email.smith.edu or Dr. Andrew Jilani ajilani@email.smith.edu
Thursdays, 8:00 - 9:00 pm, Berenson Dance Studio 2.
Come learn salsa in a relaxed and friendly environment. No partner or previous experience required.
Thursdays, 8:00 - 9:30 pm and Saturdays, 10:00 - 11:30 am, Davis Ballroom.
Come play Capoeira Angola, an Afro-Brazilian martial art form incorporating music, movement, and social consciousness. As in the beginning of any journey, no experience is necessary!!! Please come dressed comfortably in a t-shirt, pants, and shoes. YouTube "Capoeira Angola Ypirangha de Pastinha" if you're curious. See you there when you're ready. All student, faculty, staff and community members are welcome.
Thursdays, 9:00 pm, Chase House Piano Living Room.
No agenda, just men- talking, listening, and supporting one another. All SSW men (msw, phd, faculty and staff) are invited and welcome.
Sundays, 5:15 pm, Chase Living Room.
Come to unwind from the week and weekend, and get ready for the upcoming week. Please bring your own mat or a towel if you don't own a mat. Contact zperry@email.smith.edu if you have any questions.
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 the SSW Financial Aid Office in Lilly Hall. This is a requirement to graduate and receive your diploma. You will not be able to graduate until this is done.
Thank you, Gina Zaikowski.
Baccalaureate is a spiritual ceremony that occurs the Sunday before graduation. It is ecumenical in that it is totally and entirely inclusive of every and all spiritual tradition. There will be music, dance, singing, readings of poetry and verse, some contemplative practice, and more. As this is a ceremony we plan, baccalaureate is as diverse as our class. It can be whatever we want it to be. Please contact Emily at efischer@email.smith.edu and let her know how you would like to participate!
SWAA presents..."Soldiers of Conscience" a documentary film about our soldiers in Iraq facing the most difficult moral decision in their lives: to kill or not to kill. 8 soldiers, torn between the demands of duty and the call of conscience, including four who decide not to kill. Made with official permission from the US Army, "Soldiers of Conscience" is a realistic yet optimistic look at war, peace, and the power of the human conscience. Please join us for a screening of this important film and stay for the discussion to follow. Date and location to be announced soon. Look for flyers!
Please remember that space requests should be submited electronically; this helps ensure that details are filed correctly.
Thursday, July 31, 7:00 - 9:00 pm and Saturday, August 2, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Neilson Browsing Room.
Evening Discussion and Day-long Retreat led by Robert A. Jonas, Ed.D., M.T.S. Free and open to SSW Community.
In the Judeo-Christian tradition, meditation is a practice of cultivating mindfulness and an open heart. Recently, ancient meditation texts from the period of the Christian Desert Fathers and Mothers (3rd to the 6th centuries) have become available. These texts describe detailed experiences of monks and nuns who reverently and artfully faced the cacophony of images, thoughts and emotions in their minds and hearts as they sat in silence. Their goal was to find a place of inward peace, purity of heart, clarity of intention, and open availability to the Other — whether that Other be God, nature or another person. In a day-long retreat Dr. Jonas will highlight a few passages from these texts that are resources for psychologists and clinical social workers who rely on disciplines of mind and heart in their work.
The day-long retreat on Saturday (8/2) will include brief presentations by Dr. Jonas, several periods of silent meditation, and discussion. The evening discussion on Thursday (7/31) will be an introduction to these Christian practices and their relevance for today’s clinical social work practitioners.
RSVP to Jensey Graham @ jgraham@email.smith.edu.
Senior Bertha Reynolds Fellow Dr. Sarita Bhalotra will hold scheduled office
hours in Wright Hall 105 (see below) and by appointment. (Please contact her via email at sbhalotr@email.smith.edu or by phone: (508) 982-6619 to schedule an appointment). Dr. Bhalotra invites students, staff and faculty to contact her for discussions pertaining to research, issues, or concerns about race, gender, and class. Scheduled office hours:
Thursday, July 24, 9:00am - 12:00 pm
Thursday, July 31, 9:00am - 12:00 pm.
First-Summer Students:
For those of you attending the Human Biology lectures (HBSE 0135) in Term 2, please note the dates (as they appear on the SSW website and via your current BannerWeb schedule):
Wednesday, July 30, 1:40 pm
Friday, August 1, 1:40 pm
The lectures are two hours in length and will take place in Graham Hall in Hillyer. Note: the lecture on August 1 will focus on psychopharmacology and is required of all first-summer students.
Please let us know if you or someone in your party attending Commencement will need special accommodations. Provide as much information as possible in an email, by Friday, August 1, to Valerie Abrahamsen at vabraham@email.smith.edu. Some of the information that is helpful may include the following: the name/s of the person/s with the disability or medical condition (if different from yours); your relationship to the guest (if applicable); description of the person’s limitations; what type of assistive device the person uses (wheelchair, crutches, etc.); whether you need a Sign Language interpreter; whether you need parking close to ITT and/or the Campus Center. Meeting the August 1 deadline will assist us in meeting your needs – thank you!
Welcome Back To Everyone!
Here are a few requests from me:
If you have not handed in your yellow dissemination presentation plan form to me, please send them to me in Lilly Hall or bring them by.
For those who have completed their dissemination, and have the required sign-off's please forward the "Dissemination Confirmation" form to me. Please remember that the Dissemination of Knowledge deadline is Friday, August 8th
All students going into Field: In your student mail boxes are bright pink ticket cards explaining how to sign up for, or waive out of, health insurance for the period of September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2009. This process must be done online through the Gallagher Koster Insurance website before August 1, 2008, even if you completed this process in the spring, or your student account will be billed for the School’s health insurance plan. Again, all students entering Field Placement in September must complete either the waiver or the enrollment process online. Direct questions to: mbala@email.smith.edu.
Due to problems with the carabiner placement on the lid of the SSW water bottle, the bottle supplier has sent a plastic ring for securing the carabiner to the bottle, as demonstrated here. If you would like to retrofit your bottle with one of these rings, please stop by the Lilly Hall main office to pick one up.
Film screenings with panelists, filmmakers and pizza! Co-Sponsored by the LGBTQQ Alliance and Council for Students of Color.
Against a Trans Narrative - Thursday, 7/24, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
A cross-genre, cross-racial, cross-generational look at transmasculine communities. Jules Rosskam, the film's director, will facilitate a discussion following the screening.
All screenings will be in Seelye 201. Council "I see color." shirts on-sale $15 cash only.
For those of us who are planning to disseminate our theses by colloquiums, and actually want to be able to check when other folks' colloquiums are when we schedule our own, SSW has agreed to let us post our colloquium information on the online calendar of summer events. The calendar is accessible through a direct link on Luncheon Notices or by clicking here: http://www.smith.edu/ssw/admin/summer_2008.php. Check the calendar when you schedule your event in order to make sure you don't schedule yourself for the same time as your friend whose colloquium you promised to attend (if you can help it)! When you've reserved a room (which you do by contacting Michele Bala for Cutter Ziskind or Tonya Dixon for all other reservations), email Luncheon Notices your event information and it will be posted in both the online Summer Calendar and Luncheon Notices.
Lindsay D.
Saturday, August 02, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Location: TBA.
Register for this information-packed course which will include lecture, review book, effective test-taking strategies, and practice questions specifically designed to prepare you to pass the ASWB Social Work Licensing Examinations. The cost of this course is $100 for NASW Members; $150 for Non-Members. You must pre-register for this course- all registrations must be received at least 5 working days in advance of the selected course date. There will be no registration at the door. Registrations received online or postmarked 10 days or less prior to the program date are at the regular rate- add $25 to the above early bird fees. No refunds can be given. Registrants can receive a program voucher for another scheduled NASW-MA Licensing Test Prep course upon written request. Only email acknowledgements (with directions) are sent. Please print out your email acknowledgement and bring with you on the day of the course. This will serve as your “ticket” into the course. If you require special accommodations, please submit a written statement at least 30 days prior to the program. Lunch will not be provided. Feel free to bring your own lunch or pick something up close-by. Information about local eateries will be provided on the day of the program. Register online at www.naswma.org or Mail with payment to: NASW-MA, 14 Beacon Street, Suite 409, Boston, MA 02108.
Minutes for the Student Org Meeting on 7/23/08 are now online.
Here is a calendar of SSW events this summer. Please check this calendar for periodic updates.
We have a black laptop bag that says George Warren Brown School of Social Work on it, three pairs of glasses, one in a pink paisley case, and a black sports watch all found on the porch of Sessions Annex, and small gold heart locket with two pictures inside and the engraving on the back says "Love David 12-24-81". These items can be found in SSW main office.
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