Applying for the FLAS Fellowship over break?  Have questions?  Join the FLAS Web Chat on Wed Dec 17, 3:30-4:30 PM PST!

Sign in as a guest here: https://uofw.adobeconnect.com/jsis/

For more information and to apply, visit http://www.jsis.washington.edu/advise/flas/

Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) available to undergraduate, graduate and professional students FLAS fellowships award tuition and a living stipend as follows:

Academic Year Graduate: $18,000 tuition, $15,000 living stipend Academic Year Undergraduate: $10,000 tuition, $5,000 living stipend Summer Graduate/Undergraduate: $5,000 tuition, $2,500 living stipend

The FLAS Fellowship is available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. FLAS Fellowships support study of the following languages and their world regions:

-Arabic -Bangla -Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian -Bulgarian -Burmese -Canadian First Nations -Chinese -Czech -Danish -Estonian -Filipino/Tagalog -Finnish -French -German -Hebrew -Hindi -Indonesian/Malay -Italian -Japanese -Kazakh -Khmer -Korean -Latvian -Lithuanian -Norwegian -Persian -Polish -Portuguese -Russian -Slovenian -Spanish -Swahili -Swedish -Tajik -Thai-Turkish -Uighur -Urdu -Uzbek -Vietnamese

 

Questions?   Email rldavis@uw.edu

Greetings all,

Thank you very much for the opportunity to share a couple of Street Yoga‘s upcoming opportunities with the UW School of Social Work.

(1) Yoga for Trauma: Mind/Body Resources for Working with Marginalized Communities

Note: DECEMBER IS THE LAST MONTH FOR EARLY-BIRD PRICING!

Yoga for Trauma is a training for care professionals who want yoga-based tools to help people manage symptoms of trauma. Street Yoga and Yoga Behind Bars are thrilled to host Hala Khouri in Seattle.

Deepen your understanding of the physiology of trauma and how trauma propels behavior in youth and adults labeled “at risk” due to poverty, racism, violence, abuse, accidents, and other factors. Learn effective tools to help facilitate the release of trauma and enhance your classes for those “at risk”.

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The West Coast Poverty Center is pleased to announce the WCPC Winter seminar series with exciting speakers from Michigan, Oregon State, Georgia State and – of course – UW.

As a reminder, graduate students and advanced undergraduate students (with instructor approval) can sign up to take seminars as a class (SOC WL 556, 1 credit on a credit/no-credit basis).  Enrolled students participate in seminars, meet with speakers,  network with students from other departments, and complete a brief professional development activity.  Students can take the seminar in multiple quarters.

Student Session
Monday, January 5
School of Social Work, Room 116
12:30-1:30 p.m. Read more

SSW T-SHIRTS AND SWEATSHIRTS ARE NOW ON SALE!!

www.kotisdesign.com/UWSocialWork

*To view the back of each garment, select the item you are interested and underneath the picture, there is a “This item has more printing not shown here” link. This will show you the full view of each item.

Items will be distributed at the beginning of Winter Quarter.

Please email: pacoh@uw.edu if you have any questions.

-Harisa Paco-

Sr. Fundraising Chair

Organization of Student Social Workers

Greetings!

Please forward the following Winter 2015 Health Services course announcements to your graduate students as appropriate. These courses are relevant for students with interests in public health, health services, health policy, advanced methods, health promotion, health behavior, behavior change theory, and health economics.

Many thanks,
Lauren

 

Click MORE for info on the following courses:

HSERV 513: Health Policy Research (16 spaces currently available!)

HSERV 524: Advanced Health Services Research Methods II: Hierarchical and Incomplete Data (9 spaces currently available!)

HSERV 581: Strategies of Health Promotion (14 spaces currently available!)

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CEDI WINTER COURSES for 2015
Email NormaAlicia Pino at pinon@uw.edu for more information. Add codes required.

CONJ 570 Clinical Management of TRANS* Health
Tuesdays, Jan.6th – March 3rd, 2015 (9 Sessions – 1 credit)
5:30pm to 6:50pm
ROOM T739
Open to UW Medical Students or Graduate Students in the Health Sciences

FAMED 556 Spanish for the Health Professional
Tuesdays, Jan.6th – March 3rd, 2015 (9 Sessions – 1 credit)
5:30pm to 7:20pm
ROOM T 747
Open to UW Medical Students or Graduate Students in the Health Sciences with Intermediate level in Spanish
Language.

UCONJ 530 Indian Health Issues: Past, Present and Future
Thursdays, Jan. 8th – March 5th, 2015 (9 Sessions – 2 credits)
5:30pm to 7:20pm
ROOM TBA
Open to UW Medical Students or Graduate Students in the Health Sciences.

Did you know that your student fees cover free counseling sessions at the UW Counseling Center?

For more information about that as well as a list of other counseling resources locally (agencies and private practitioners with sliding scales), please see the Low Cost Counseling Resources link in the very bottom section of the MSW Reference Page at:

http://socialwork.uw.edu/students/services/msw-program-reference-area

UW Retirement Association Fellowship in Aging
The UWRA Graduate Student Fellowship is a one-quarter fellowship to support graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.
Eligibility:

• Open to graduate students who are currently enrolled and not in their last year of study at the time of application; must be enrolled in full-time credits (at least 10) during the fellowship quarter.

Criteria:

• Demonstrated academic focus on aging-related concerns or issues as evidenced through the academic/research statement, curriculum vitae, letter of recommendation;
• Personal commitment to aging-related concerns and issues as evidenced through the personal statement, letter of recommendation, curriculum vitae, etc.;
• Academic merit as evidenced through GPA, letter of recommendation, transcript, curriculum vitae.

Requirements:

• Cover sheet, available at www.grad.washington.edu/students/fa/uwra/index.shtml
• Application including academic/research statement, personal statement, curriculum vitae
• Letter of recommendation from faculty advisor
• Unofficial UW transcript

All materials DUE by 12:00 noon, Friday, February 6, 2015

SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT for Spring Quarter 2015
Up to four scholarships of $4,000 each will be awarded to UW students studying toward a career in aging-related research or provision of services to older adults.
Who is eligible:

• Currently enrolled UW undergraduate, graduate or professional students with a career emphasis on aging, regardless of major
• UW Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma students are welcome to apply
• International students are welcome to apply

What to submit: Read more

Hall Health is offering a FREE group on Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP).

The group is Thursdays, 3-4:30pm and runs from January 22- March 12.

We are seeking participants!!!!

We are interested in participants who are dealing with recovery from any addiction as well as compulsive eating or other compulsive behaviors.

If you or others are interested in the group, please contact us directly for a brief screening at 206-543-5030.

Please see the attached flyer.

Thank you!

Ryli Webster, MSW, LICSW
Mental Health Therapist
Hall Health Center
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-4410
Front Desk: 206-543-5030
Fax: 206-543-4716
ryliw@uw.edu