The Harrington House transitional site in Bellevue is openly looking for volunteers who are willing to donate an hour of their time on a weekly basis, to start up a one to two hour life skills class with the topic being cultural diversity and understanding within a basic life skills context. This opportunity is open to students and professionals. For more information, please contact Angela Bascomb (253) 217-0459 or angiebascomb@aol.com

Paid Public Policy Internship Opportunity

Application Now Available for Summer Policy Internships Read more

The Q Center offers two peer advisers with unique styles. Read more

Pride Foundation and the Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) are proud to announce that the 2013 Scholarship Application is now available!  More than $500,000 will be awarded from 50 different scholarships during this cycle. Pride Foundation provides post-secondary educational scholarships to current and future leaders in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ), and straight ally community from or studying in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. GSBA scholarships are specifically for students in Washington.  Read more

Please see the following website for more information about School Social Work:

http://socialwork.uw.edu/programs/ce/k12/school-social-worker-k-12-certification-program

Be sure to click on additional links in left column.

A research group at the University of Washington at Tacoma is going to be conducting focus groups this fall with high school students in public high schools in Tacoma and at Oasis, the local LGBTQ youth drop-in facility.  The focus groups will discuss the process of intervening in bullying/dating violence as a bystander.  We are looking for some people in their 20’s who might be interested in facilitating some of these focus groups.  Sadly, we do not have $$ to pay for anyone, but we can offer course credit, if that would be an incentive.  The person would need to have transportation to Tacoma or live down here. Read more

The Boren Undergraduate Scholarship Program provides up to $20,000 for US undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to US interests and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The countries of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are excluded. Read more

Whether you’re a current student looking to jump-start your post-graduate job search or one of our outstanding alumni seeking information for life-long career development, the resources listed here are tailored for today’s social work professional. Read more

Did you know that as a UW student you get Microsoft Office for FREE?! For more information please visit https://www.washington.edu/itconnect/wares/uware/microsoft/stupg.html.

There are also tons of other no-cost and low-cost software programs available for students so be sure to take a look around their website!

On behalf of the SSW Writing Team, welcome to the 2012-2013 academic year!

Who We Are –The SSW Writing Team is composed of Erica Williams, MSW Day Writing Tutor; Peter Sun, MSW Day SW 500/501 Subject Tutor; and Catherine Williams, EDP Writing Tutor and EDP SW 500/501 Subject Tutor. Read more

Solid Ground has created this critical transportation service to help folks get to their health and human service appointments downtown. 2 buses will drive a fixed-route, stopping at each of the 7 stops about every 30 minutes. The first bus will depart Stop #1 (Harborview) Mon.-Fri. at 7am. The last bus will depart Stop #1 at 4pm.  Hours of service and location of stops are subject to change. For the latest information call 206.753.4801, TTY 7.1.1, or visit solid-ground.org/circulator