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Thursday, June 12
Friday, June 13
Sat. & Sun., June 14 & June 15
Monday, June 16
Tuesday, June 17
Wednesday, June 18
After June 18
Ongoing Events
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Thursday, June 12, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Seelye 307.
This workshop will provide tips for how to manage a lot of coursework in a very short semester. Specifically, we will offer strategies for prioritizing your assignments, reading more efficiently, planning your time, and writing more easily and effectively. Feel free to bring your lunch!
Thursdays, 12:30 pm, Ziskind Head Resident Suite.
The Social Welfare Action Alliance, or SWAA, will have its first meeting this Thursday (6/12). All future meetings will be at this time and location as well. We are 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!)
Thursday, June 12, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Nielson Browsing Room.
Council for Students of Color Symposium 2008: Eli Painted Crow, A Native Woman Veteran's perspective on Women of Color in the Military. Eli Painted Crow is a Native American woman from the Yaqui Nation who served in the U.S. Army for 22 years and is retired as SFC Sergeant First Class, after serving her last tour of duty in Iraq. She is working with the Women of Color Resource Center on an initiative to build the leadership of military women and veterans of color. She has also worked with Iraq Vets Against the War and Code Pink, and is the co-founder of SWAN- the Service Women's Action Network. Eli is the mother of two sons who served in the military and a grandmother of eight. Eli currently lives in Merced, CA and has traveled around the U.S. speaking for peace.
Friday, June 13, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, Cutter Living Room.
The dean has invited faculty, administrators and staff to meet for an informal conversation with Eli Painted Crow on Friday from 2 to 4 pm in Cutter Living Room. The dean hopes that you are able to join Eli Painted Crow for what should be an interesting and stimulating conversation.
Eli Painted Crow is this summer's speaker for the Council for Students of Color Symposium on Thursday. You can read more about Eli Painted Crow in the luncheon notice for the Council symposium.
Staff are reminded that they will need to clear attendance at this event with their supervisors as all offices need to be staffed.
Friday, June 13, Seelye B2.
From 1:30 - 2:30 pm there will be a workshop for Students enrolled in 380/81 and 382/82 on using a useful Writing Template. From 3:00 - 4:00 pm there will be an SSW exclusive workshop on using Microsoft Office Word 2007. (See announcement below for more information.)
Friday, June 13, 4:00 pm, Mwangi House.
Join us for light refreshments at Mwangi and get to know or reconnect with fellow students of color.
Friday, June 13, 4:00 - 8:30 pm, Smith College Museum of Art.
Come celebrate the special exhibition opening of "Jerome Liebling: Seeing Real Things" at the Museum’s Special Second Friday. From 4:00 - 6:00 pm learn about the photography process by making your own “slide” transparency, inspired by Jerome Liebling’s work on view (Ages 4+ with adult). Also from 4:00 - 6:00 pm, The Cunningham Center will be open so please stop by. At 6:00 pm is the Artists on Art Lecture at Leo Weinstein Auditorium in Wright Hall. Influential photographer and filmmaker Jerome Liebling will speak about his work, as seen in the exhibition "Jerome Liebling: Seeing Real Things". From 7:00 - 8:30 pm attend the opening reception in the Museum Atrium. All galleries open. Everyone welcome. Free to all.
Monday, June 16, Dinnertime, Cutter-Ziskind Dining Hall.
Second year and final summer students: the Student Org Field representatives will be at a marked table in the cafeteria to hear from you about your field experience. Stop by and tell us what worked, what didn't, and what you want to see change. If you are unable to stop by on Monday at dinner, the field reps will also be available at Town Hall. Your feedback helps strengthen the field experience! Questions? swiener@email.smith.edu.
Monday, June 16, 7:00 - 9:30 pm, Sweeney Concert Hall.
This summer's Anti-Racism Symposium will consist of multiple components, with various presentations, workshops, and meetings scheduled throughout the summer. The central component of the symposium will be an interactive performance by the True Story Theater. The mission of True Story Theater is to promote social healing by listening deeply to people's stories and transforming them spontaneously into theater, making use of a wide range of improvisational theater, music, and dance forms. True Story Theater comes out of the Playback Theatre tradition, an improvisational theater model influenced by Moreno's psychodrama and the power of traditional forms of storytelling, which is used around the world to reach disenfranchised people, and used to build understanding where conflict had driven people apart.
There will be small-group discussions the night of the presentation as well as three other follow up discussions on June 26, July 23, and August 6th from 7:00-8:30pm. Attendance at this performance and the first discussion group is required for first year students, and is open to all in the SSW community. Returning students are welcome to also participate in the discussions groups immediately following the performance. The discussion groups after June 16th are for entering students only.
Tuesday, June 17, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Cutter Living Room.
All SSW students are invited to a Career Development Office workshop,"Writing Effective Resumes and Cover Letters for Social Workers." No advance sign-up needed; feel free to bring your lunch!
Wednesdays, June 18, 25 and July 2, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Seelye 307.
This three-session workshop will review common errors and stylistic dilemmas encountered by graduate-level writers through discussion and exercises. Each participant should try to attend all three sessions. Feel free to bring your lunch!
Wednesday, June 18, 12:40 - 1:30, Seelye 110.
Join several 3rd years in an informal Q&A conversation about the thesis. Fears will be allayed and all your questions are fair game. Questions? swiener@email.smith.edu
Friday, June 20, 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.
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, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Ziskind Head Resident Suite.
Opportunities for hope beyond stigma and social inequality. Read our mission statement here.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30 - 8:30 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, Beau Ziskind 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, 5:45 - 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.
Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Ziskind Living Room.
A gathering for all students, faculty and staff of color.
Wednesdays, June 18, June 25 and July 2, 7:00-9:00 pm, Seelye 101.
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 first semester seminars will be taught by Dr. Joshua Miller and Senior Bertha Reynolds Fellow Dr. Edith Fraser.
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, 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.
Yoga class for this Sunday, June 15 will not be happening. Join us in the Chase Living Room the following Sunday, June 22 at 5:15pm (note new, earlier time). On the 22nd, we will be doing a more vigorous flow class, followed by a more gentle class on the 29th. E-mail zperry@email.smith.edu with any questions.
Rev. H. Ryumon Gutiérrez Baldoquín is a Cuban-born and Harlem-raised Soto Zen priest in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. She is the founder of the People of Color Sitting Group at the San Francisco Zen Center and co-founder of the Buddhist Meditation Group for the LGBTQ community at The Center, also in San Francisco.
Rev. Ryumon will be joining the Student Meditation Group for the following:
Four morning Sitting Meditations to be held in Chase House Living Room from 6:30 to 7:30 am on Monday, June 16th through Thursday, June 19th. No sign-up required.
An evening Meditation & Talk on Wednesday, June 18th from 6:45 to 8:15 pm in the Neilson Browsing Room; no sign-up required.
Formal Spiritual Exchanges with students- 1/2 hour times available between 10 am to Noon and 2 to 4 pm on Monday, June 16th through Thursday, June 19th. Please contact Jensey at ext. 7977 to sign up for a time to speak with Rev. Ryumon.
Announcement from Grecourt Bookshop to all graduating SSW Students and all Faculty:
All graduating students and faculty must order their regalia no later than Tuesday, July 1. (Any orders received after July 1 may incur additional shipping fees, and Jostens, the vendor, cannot guarantee availability.)
Orders can be placed at the Grecourt Bookshop, located in the Campus Center; summer hours are M-F, 9-4 pm.
Master's regalia can be purchased for $61.00 for the entire outfit (cap, tassel, hood and gown). The rental fee for a Doctorate outfit is $44.00. Any rentals must be returned to the Grecourt Bookshop in their entirety within one week of graduation.
Regalia orders will arrive by August 8th and may be picked up at the Grecourt Bookshop anytime before graduation.
Faculty please note: the School covers the cost of faculty regalia rental if you do not own your own outfit. When you make your order at the Bookshop, please indicate to them that you are SSW Faculty.
For information on how to order graduation announcements and invitations, visit the Josten's website: www.jostens.com/graduation/college/announcements/index.asp.
Due to other appointments, on Monday, June 16th, the Financial Aid Office Hours will be from 1:00 - 3:30 pm and not from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you, Gina Zaikowski.
Second Year Students: Worried about conducting the lit. review for your thesis? Sign up for one of the required thesis research sessions offered by the Libraries. (Sign-up sheets are located in Neilson Library, behind the reference desk). Dates/times:
Thurs 6/12/08 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Tues 6/17/08 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Wed 6/18/08 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Thurs 6/19/08 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Questions? Contact Neilson Reference staff, x2960 or neilref@email.smith.edu.
Liane Hartman (with ITS) is holding several workshops to help SSW students with new software they may not be familiar with.
For those students enrolled in 380/81 and 382/83 Liane is holding workshops on using her Writing Template, which incorporates many of the same styles (special formatting commands) you will later employ if you use the Thesis Template to format your thesis.
By using this specific Writing Template for classroom assignments, it will be much easier to translate past work into your thesis when the time comes. These one hour workshops will be held on Friday, June 13 from 1:30 - 2:30 pm and Friday, June 20 from 3:00 - 4:00 pm and 4:00 – 5:00 pm. In addition, Liane is conducting workshops on how to navigate the new Word 2007 programs that are being installed on campus computers. Students will be using this program if they bought a new computer through the computer center. An SSW exclusive workshop is being held on
Friday, June 13 from 3:00 - 4:00 pm, the workshop will also be offered in July to a general Smith audience. All workshops will be held in Seelye B2, for more information go to: http://www.smith.edu/its/tara/training/spring08/essentials2.html.
Limited seats are available for free to students and adjunct faculty interested in attending morning lectures, but you MUST reserve tickets, which are available now, in order to attend. Lectures include: The Deployment Cycle: Expectations and Implications (Thurs 6/26); The Trials of Homecoming: Odysseus Returns from Iraq/Afghanistan (Fri. 6/27); and Secondary Trauma and Caregivers (Sat. 6/28). For tickets and more information, see the flyer in your mailbox or contact Bevely Maldonado at x7976 or swstaff@email.smith.edu. (See http://www.smith.edu/ssw/admin/academics_combat_conference_2008.php for full conference details.)
To the Class of 2008 with Thesis Submissions from Laurie Wyman, Research Sequence Administrative Assistant. For the week beginning Monday, June 9th, I will be available to receive your submissions, Thursday, (6/12) from 1:30-4:00 p.m. and Friday (6/13), 8:30 – 12:30 pm. For the week beginning Monday, June 16th, I will be available on Monday from 1:30-4:00 p.m. (the schedule for the remainder of this week will be listed in the Monday, 6/16th Luncheon Notices.) Please contact me at x7974 or lwyman@email.smith.edu if there is a conflict with these times. Please contact me if you did not receive a packet in your mailbox containing information from Dr. LaTerz on Dissemination Plans and Research Advisor On-Line Evaluations.
We will be hiring student workers to help out with the 90th anniversary celebration. The pay is $10/hour and the jobs include videotaping sessions (training provided), assisting older alumni with their needs, assisting at registration, etc. If you would like to be considered for these opportunities, please fill out an application and submit it to Tonya Dixon in Lilly Hall Room 202.
As part of an overall college policy emphasizing sustainability, Smith has moved away from purchasing plastic water bottles and is encouraging all students, faculty and staff to bring a refillable water bottle to campus. In keeping with these efforts SSW has purchased stainless steel water bottles for the community, which were distributed at check in day. They are imprinted with the School’s name and the logo for our 90th anniversary celebration. Please use these bottles around campus to support this effort.
The exhibition “African Beaded Art: Power and Adornment”, on view through June 15 at the Smith College Museum of Art, features 140 exquisite objects from West, Central, and Southeast Africa. This exhibition is one of the first to survey beaded art work across a spectrum of African cultures and includes apparel and furniture for kings and rulers, clothing and costumes for dancers and ritual use, necklaces, sculpture, tools and more!
Smith has formed a partnership with Zipcar, Inc. that gives program members the use of two cars located on campus. Members can have access to a car 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and can rent by the hour or the day. Reservations can be made online. To enroll or obtain more information go to http://www.zipcar.com/smith/
Notice to all students and faculty with children- the school has prepared a list of Area/local summer camps, summer schools, and day care centers for anyone intrested in this information. To receive a copy, please email Doreen Kelly at dkelly@email.smith.edu, or stop by the main office to view the list.
The following health care resources are available to students this summer.
The Neilson Library heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems (HVAC) are undergoing a major upgrade and/or replacement this year. Unlike the first phase where most of the work was concentrated in the basement mechanical room and Alumnae Gym, the Phase 2 work is concentrated in the core building (the original building). Consequently the amount of noise and disruption will be much more apparent to the building occupants. Temperature control will also be affected and many spaces will run warm. Some tasks have been and will be scheduled off hours but for the most part the contractors will be working from 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM Monday through Friday until the project is complete in January of 2009. Until then please be patient with the disruption this project will bring. When finished, occupants will experience improved indoor air quality, better temperature control, improved archival materials storage conditions and better lighting. The building performance in terms of energy consumption and maintenance frequency will also improve.
Here is a calendar of SSW events this summer. Please check this calendar for periodic updates.
The Smith College Public Phones are located on the first floor of Seelye, first floor of College Hall, and in the basement of Lilly Hall.
The SSW Alumni Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2008 Thesis Grants. The Alumni Association Thesis Grant has been awarded to Brianne Goodman for her thesis entitled: The Strength of Muslim Couples in the Face of Heightened Discrimination from September 11 and the Iraq War. The Thesis Grant for Students of Color has been awarded to Anastasia McRae for her thesis entitled: A Survey of Clinicians’ Use of Touch and Body Awareness in Psychotherapy. The Thesis Research Grant has been awarded to Joanna Vaughn for her thesis entitled: What were the Changes that Occurred in the Establishment of the Smith College School for Social Work’s Adoption of the Anti-racism Commitment? The 90th Anniversary Thesis Grant has been awarded to Mary Fisher for her thesis entitled: The Use of Psychoeducation in the Treatment of PTSD with Military Personnel and their Family Members: An Exploratory Study from a Clinician’s Perspective. Congratulations to the recipients and thank you to all those who submitted their work. Each recipient will be presenting their thesis during the 90th Anniversary Celebration.
There is a lost and found bin in the SSW main office, Lilly Hall Room 101. Items can be retrieve from, or contributed to, the bin from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, M-F.
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