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Thursday, June 26
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Monday, June 30
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Thursday, June 26, 5:30 – 6:30 pm, Cutter Beau Parlor.
Major Phil Bascom heads up one of four major Air Force social work residency programs and is interested in sharing information about the program with interested students. Clinical social workers play a significant role in peace time and war in today’s Air Force. A great opportunity for specialty training in many areas, growth in the field and many other benefits.
Thursday, June 26, 7:00 pm, Leo Weinstein Auditorium - Wright Hall.
Please join us for a viewing of No Unwounded Soldiers: No Matter Where or When, War Changes Those Who Fight, followed by a facilitated discussion with Christopher Storey, Staff Social Worker, VA Puget Sound Health Center.
June 26, July 23 and August 6, 7:00 - 8:30 pm.
These follow-up discussions to the True Story Theater performance of June 16 are optional for 1st year students. All 1st year students will receive an email with their room assignment for the June 26th discussion.
Friday, June 27, Congregation B'Nai Israel.
The Jewish Students Alliance will be attending Shabbat Services at Congregation B'Nai Israel, here in Northampton. This is a special Shabbat under the Stars service and picnic, and will be led by a guitarist. The service is followed by a community potluck dinner, and the Jewish Students Alliance will provide picnic offerings from the group. Just bring yourself! Everyone is welcome to come, including those who are not Jewish or do not normally celebrate Shabbat. An RSVP to swalker@smith.edu is appreciated so we know how much food to purchase. Please meet at 5:30pm on the steps to Talbot dormitory. Shabbat Shalom!
Monday, June 30, 12:45 pm, Cutter Living Room.
Studies show that you have just 11 seconds to grab and keep your audience's attention. This workshop covering poster design, content, presentation, and supplementary materials explains how to do exactly that. Third summer students expecting to disseminate at the July 21 Poster Session should attend. The workshop is also open to anyone in the Smith SSW community. No advance sign up needed--just show up! FMI: Mary Beth Averill, writeonmba@aol.com.
Monday, June 30, 7:30 pm, Leo Weinstein Auditorium - Wright Hall.
Joanne Corbin, M.S.S., Ph.D., Hazel Augustine Series Lecturer
This lecture explores the concepts of individualism and collectivism in clinical practice. Application of these concepts will be made to the speaker's work and research in Northern Uganda. Implications for practice in the U.S. will be discussed. This lecture will aid social workers' integration of culturally syntonic practices into their work.
Joanne Corbin, M.S.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chair Research Sequence, Smith College School for Social Work. Her most recent work focuses on children in situations of armed conflict, specifically, the reintegration experiences of formerly abducted children in northern Uganda. Her prior research has focused on the application of generalist social work practice in public school systems and the effects of a pre-kindergarten program on parents. Dr. Corbin has worked extensively in the field of mental health since 1979, focusing on the psychosocial issues of children, adults, and families and systemic work with public school systems. She has also explored cross-cultural issues in mental health thorough her work at Mathari Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya and through participation in the "Health Promoting Schools" conference in Capetown, South Africa. She received her B.A. from Wellesley College, her M.S.S. from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, and her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Yale University.
Tuesday, July 1, 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Neilson Browsing Room.
Barbara Love, PhD is coming to speak about her "Critical Liberation Theory." Dr. Love has thoroughly studied how we all support oppressive systems unconsciously in our daily lives. She believes that while acknowledging oppression is important, it is also vital to put energy into what we are for, liberation. She has outlined what it means to be a liberation worker and will share what we can do in our daily lives to make liberation a reality. Dr. Love is currently on the faculty of the UMass Social Justice Education Masters program. This event is sponsored by JSA, SWAA, the Council for Students of Color, and the LGBTQQ Alliance.
Wednesday, July 9, 3:00 pm, Smith College Museum of Art.
Join installation artist Sheila Pepe for an Informal Gallery Conversation about her current installation “Red Hook at Bedford Terrace”. Free and open to the public. Space limited.
Friday, July 11, 4:00 - 8:30 pm, Smith College Museum of Art.
Come celebrate the special exhibition opening of "Sheila Pepe: Red Hook at Bedford Terrace." From 4:00 - 6:00 pm enjoy an outdoor art-making activity (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, come to the Artists on Art Lecture, in Graham Auditorium - Hillyer Hall; artist Sheila Pepe will talk about her work and new large-scale installation, "Red Hook at Bedford Terrace." From 7:00 - 8:30 pm, there will be a reception with the artist in the Museum Atrium. All galleries will be open.
Wednesdays, July 16 and 23, 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Seelye 307.
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 the workshop, just add your name to the sign-up sheet in the foyer outside Seelye 307. Please feel free to bring your lunch!
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!
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.
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.
Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7:00 pm, Ziskind Living Room.
A gathering for all students, faculty and staff of color.
Wednesday, 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, 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, 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, 7:00 – 8:00 pm, Bodman Lounge, Helen Hills Chapel basement (Enter rear doors off Chapel parking lot from 6:30 pm).
To join Donald Andrew, Smith College Fellowships Advisor, as he shares 45 years of multi-sourced consciousness creation leading to a transcendent sacred space, 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. He has distilled a common foundation of subtle-energy heart inspiration on which to transform yourself through an effective path to awakening towards a goal of world peace.
Open your inherent connection to the Universe as you harmonize body and mind through guided “deep-high” sensitization. Become the Whole of your parts to enter the Essence of your whole, which is One with the energetic whole of the All.
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 (note new, earlier time), Chase Living Room.
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.
Let's get together and plan some weekly rides together. Moderate pace and distance to start. Please email Andy Sussman at asussman11@gmail.com with your available times for rides and if you have any rides/itineraries up your sleeve.
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.
All Students: Mandatory BannerWeb Course Evaluations will begin on Friday, June 27, at 8 am and end on Thursday, July 3, at 11 pm. Student evaluations of courses is a course requirement and neither grade nor credit shall be recorded until this requirement is met. Additional information and instructions have been sent to you via your Smith email account. If you did not receive them, please contact Valerie Abrahamsen, Registrar and Director of Academic Support Services, at vabraham@email.smith.edu. You can preview the form here.
Would you like to serve on the Academic and Field Work Performance Standing Committee (AFWPSC)? The AFWPSC serves in situations pertaining to Master's students personal and professional conduct requiring a formal review. (For more detailed information about the AFWPSC, please refer to the Smith College School for Social Work Master’s Program Handbook).
The appointed A10 member of the AFWPSC:
Will serve a two-year term
May not hold another position on Student Org.
Attends weekly Student Org meetings
Maintains strict confidentiality about all information discussed in committee meetings
Is available on an ad-hoc basis to attend meetings during the academic year and summer semesters
Is a student in good-standing
Interested students should nominate themselves by submitting a statement outlining their interest, qualifications and any relevant information by 12pm on Thursday, July 17, 2008 to Sheela Joshi, Box 6276. Selected nominees will be interviewed by a selection committee. If the number of nominees exceeds the interviewing capacity, an election will be held to narrow the applicant pool by the general student body.
The Joan Laird Thesis Prize for Excellence in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender Studies will be awarded to the author of a thesis in the area of lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender studies that best advances social work theory, knowledge and practice. If you are interested in being considered for this prize, please submit a copy of your thesis by 3:30pm on July 3, 2008 to the office of Associate Dean Susan Donner, Room 205 Lilly Hall. An announcement of the award winner will be included in the Luncheon Notices by the last week of school. Second year students considering a thesis on one of these topics should keep this award in mind and watch for an announcement next summer about due dates.
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.
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.
Anyone who is still interested in joining a mentor group, please email your Campus Life Rep, Annie Bachrach, with your availability. The times that mentors are available are T/W/R evenings and Wed 4-5. Thanks!
Campus Life has purchased the following games for your enjoyment: yahtzee, cranium, mancala, jenga, pass the pigs, dice, and cards. There are also some others floating around that you may request to borrow - catchphrase, scrabble, boggle, and taboo. Games are currently located in Chase 301. Please feel free to email (Annie Bachrach) or stop by whenever you feel up for some healthy competition (Note: this does not mean that you have to play with me to use the games although I wouldn't mind). Also, look for posters for the next Chase game night!
Go to http://www.psychiatryonline.com/ for the full text of all editions of the DSM, plus related guides; also includes selected psychiatry textbooks and full-text journals. Trial ends July 9. Brought to you by the Smith College Libraries.
Would you like to explore your strengths and weaknesses as a writer? Writing counseling is available to all SSW students this summer. To schedule an appointment with a writing counselor, please sign up on the schedules located outside the door to Seelye Hall, Room 307. Questions?? Call or email Debra Carney at 3035 or Mary Koncel at x 3036.
To the Class of 2008 with Thesis Submissions from Laurie Wyman, Research Sequence Administrative Assistant. For the week beginning Monday, June 23rd, I will be available to receive your submissions on Thursday, 6/26 in Ziskind Living Room from 12:30 - 4:00 pm. This is a location change from the last Luncheon Notice. On Friday THESIS DEADLINE DAY I will be in Cutter Living Room from 8:30 am - NOON.
Please contact me at x7974 or lwyman@email.smith.edu if there is a conflict with any of the times listed above.
I Will Not Be Receiving Thesis Submissions In Lilly Hall This Week.
Thank You and Congratulations On A Job Well Done.
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.
This is to remind you that Residential Housekeeping Services will be doing random room checks during Term Break. They WILL confiscate any items that are prohibited in dorm rooms: candles, incense, microwaves, halogen lamps, etc. Bikes, boxes, suitcases, etc. found in the hallways will also be removed, as per fire safety regulations. Also, please remember that students will be billed for the removal of any furniture that was “borrowed” from a public area or another room.
'08 student Anastasia McRae's thesis, with a slightly different title ("Clinicians' Use of Touch and Body Awareness in Psychotherapy: Trained vs. Untrained") has been selected for publication of the upcoming Fall and Spring editions of the USA Body Psychotherapy Journal.
Study carrels are now available for sign up at the Neilson Library. If you are interested in signing up for a carrel, please check in with the staff at the main circulation desk. For more information, check the following link. http://www.smith.edu/libraries/services/facilities/carrels.htm
Please note, items left in carrels that are not assigned may be periodically cleared. If you are using a carrel, please make sure you sign up at the circulation desk. Also, public tables used for study must be cleared at the end of each day. They should not be used as if they are study carrels. Items left on tables will be cleared on a regular basis. Please direct all questions to the Neilson Circulation staff at 413-585-2910.
The following health care resources are available to students this summer.
Here is a calendar of SSW events this summer. Please check this calendar for periodic updates.
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.
We have a black laptop bag that says George Warren Brown School of Social Work on it, two 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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