Information on all SSW Graduate Student Assistantships at: https://socialwork.uw.edu/msw-funding-and-financial-aid click on “Departmental Graduate Assistantships.

Student Information Specialist: Two positions are open to start in September.  All current first year Day students can apply; second year Day and Advanced Standing students aren’t eligible since they’re graduating. Current first or second year EDP students are eligible to apply, as long as they’ll be enrolled for all three quarters next year (Fall, Winter, Spring), plus eligible EDP students must satisfy additional requirements for credits/petition for reduced enrollment.  Deadline for application: March 22, 2020.

• URL for Student Information Specialist assistantship:  http://socialwork.uw.edu/student-information-specialist

Student Computer Consultant: Update – ”We are sorry to say that we will not have an open position for a Student Computer Consultant until Fall 2021, and we will then have 3 openings for the entire 2021-2023 Academic term. We will begin accepting applications for these 3 openings April 1st of 2021, to begin work in the Fall of 2021.”

Writing tutors: Keep your eye out for 3 SSW Writing Tutor positions.  An announcement will be sent out when deadline is set, which should be in April or May.

Volunteer with Domestic Abuse Women’s Network (DAWN)

Click below to view the variety of positions available and learn how you can help this organization!

Volunteer Positions and Descriptions

If interested please contact- Kate Haas, Development Manager, at kateh@dawnrising.org

Hello,

We have 8 days left until out webinar covering the History of Hypertension. Please make sure you register with the link below or the flyer attached.

“HYPERTENSION: HISTORY, IMPACT, & INTERVENTIONS” with Dr. Jason Umans on Tuesday, February 25^th 2020 12:30pm-1:30pm PST

How and why do we measure blood pressure (BP)? Does it matter? How do we decide if BP is too high (a condition known as hypertension) and whether that is a result of aging, bad luck, or a disease? If it’s a disease, when and how should we treat it? How does hypertension interact with other diseases, and does race or ethnicity increase (or decrease) the risks of high BP? This presentation will provide a brief history of our developing understanding of hypertension’s central role in cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and stroke. In particular, it will include a selective review of the research results which have driven diagnostic and treatment guidelines and public health policies over the past century.

The presenter, Dr. Umans, is Director of the Biomarker, Biochemistry and Biorepository Core and of the Field Studies Division at MedStar Health Research Institute Over the past 14 years, his primary research focus has been on the staggering disparities in cardiovascular disease and related disorders that affect American Indian and Alaska Native populations nationwide. For Native-CHART, Dr. Umans participates in the Methods Core. In this capacity he collaborates with investigators on all three Native-CHART research projects to ensure that their work is both methodologically rigorous and clinically relevant to the provision of cutting-edge hypertension care.

Please register here.

Good Afternoon!

Please see the attached flyer for an event celebrating Black History Month with NASW and the UW School of Social Work Office of Field Education. Hear from Dr. Marian S. Harris of The University of Washington Tacoma, School of Social Work and Criminal Justice

Thursday – February 27, 2020

Samuel E Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center

3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105

5PM Reception Begins

6PM Presentation and Discussion

 

RSVP to sswfield@uw.edu by Feb. 25,2020 

Marian S. Harris, PhD, MSW, LICSW, ACSW is a Professor, University of Washington Tacoma, School of Social Work and Criminal Justice. Dr. Harris is a  national and internationally known child welfare researcher and social justice advocate.  She has dedicated her career to supporting vulnerable and oppressed populations with a major focus on children and families involved with the child welfare and other systems including the criminal justice system. Her most recent research and scholarship is focused on children of incarcerated parents. Dr. Harris is the 2020 President-Elect of Influencing Social Policy (ISP) and will begin her two year term as President of ISP in January.

¡Te invitamos! Join us at the Latino Center for Health Quarterly Student Meeting with a special guest from the NIH

Are you a Latino/a/x student or a student committed to promoting Latinx health? Are you looking for a chance to convene and connect with fellow students across different health sciences disciplines? Do you want to learn more about student opportunities at the NIH and network with one of their Project Officers?

Join us for the Latino Center for Health Quarterly Student Meeting with special guest Lynn Morin, Project Officer at the NIH!

Dinner will be provided.

Please RSVP so we have enough food for everyone. Space is limited! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/latino-center-for-health-quarterly-student-meeting-tickets-93579746541

Looking forward to seeing you all again!

Saludos,
LCH Student Advisory Committee & Natasha Ludwig-Barrón

Questions? Email Mikaela at freundm1@uw.edu.

Hello SSW Community,

Hope you all are well. I would like to share some upcoming health and safety training opportunities that the UW offers for free. You can find more information the School of Social Work Health & Safety Website under the Safety Resources section “Free Winter Quarter Trainings”. Here are some of the trainings available:

• A.D (Rape Aggression Defense) Training Feb 22^nd-23^rd, April 25^th-26^th
• Self Defense Courses
• Addressing Discrimination and Harassment (PSH00) Mar 2^nd, Mar 16^th
• Workplace Violence Prevention Training Mar 5^th
• Back Safety & Injury Prevention (Online)
• Fire Extinguisher Training
• Health & Safety at UW Introduction (Video)
• Stop the Bleed

Administrative assistant job description02.19.2020

Hi all!  Please share the information on an open Spring course below with any interested students.  Thank you!

HSERV 507: Health Communication and Marketing

Course Content: Campaign planning; audience analysis and formative re-search; cultural adaptation; persuasion and health behavior change theory; media mix; promotion and evaluation.

Course description: Discusses health communication theories and applications at the individual level (persuasion), interpersonal level (motivational) interviewing), and population level (mass media). Examines marketing principles for health promotion. Develops a health communication campaign for clients. Investigates adaptation frameworks of communication campaign cutting across cultures.

TTh 1-2:20pm, Socc 308 (Tues) & Socc 301 (Thurs)

Instructor:  Dr. Hendrika Meischke

hendrika@uw.edu

Did someone say, pesto cream cheese?!

Yes, that’s right.

We’re serving the infamous pesto cream cheese, with bagels and donuts and spiking hot coffee from Cafe Solstice ! 

Join us This Monday from 11:30am – 1:30 PM in the Social Work Gallary (1st floor) of the social work building.

Come take a minute to relax #selfcare

Are you a talented community builder and organizer?  Do you care about environmental justice, equity, and the environment?

The Trust for Public Land is hiring a Community Outreach Manager to lead work for our South King County and Tacoma park programs – working toward the goal that everyone in the Puget Sound has access to high quality parks and public spaces that help make up healthy livable communities.

The manager will lead the development of partnerships between on-the-ground community organizations, local government agencies, and other health, parks, and education stakeholders to organize neighborhood events, help activate existing outdoor spaces, and advocate for more and better parks and trails across ALL communities in the Puget Sound area.

The position is full-time with benefits, and the salary for the position is $60-65K.  Our office is based in downtown Seattle, but working schedules are flexible for candidates living in Tacoma or South King County.

Community organizing, public health, and social work backgrounds are welcome, and we are committed to hiring a diverse work force.  Please contact Cary Simmons (cary.simmons@tpl.org) with any questions.

UW alumni provide scholarships to current UW students through many different scholarship programs. Eligibility requirements do vary among them, but US citizenship is not required for any of them! The Mortar Board Alumni Scholarship is also open to graduate students.

Scholarship Overviews:

Please visit the program websites for more specific information about eligibility and links to apply online.

• Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation is now accepting applications from outstanding University of Washington students for the 2020-2021 Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation scholarships.
  • The Foundation awards over $45,000 in total scholarships at the UW each year.
  • Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation annually provides scholarships to UW students based on their demonstration of Mortar Board’s ideals of exceptional scholarship, leadership, and service on campus and in the community

Learn more about applying at http://www.mortarboardtolo.org/scholarships/. Deadline: April 6. For questions, please contact: Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation Scholarship Committee, toloscholars@gmail.com.

On Saturday, February 22nd training for any Black and Indigenous people and people of color interested in joining the global struggle for Food Sovereignty will be held 9 am to 7 pm!

The training will include a visionary fiction workshop to imagine the world after the downfall of Big Food companies, popular education on agribusiness and its influence on our education system, and an invitation to learn more about Uprooted & Rising.

The venue is very accessible and there will be childcare for anyone that needs it. If you have questions you should not hesitate to contact estefania@realfoodchallenge.org or text/call at 210-837-3205.

If you are reading this and are interested please go ahead and register here: bit.ly/unrseattle.

Here is the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/864540720665535/874438093009131/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity&notif_id=1581467812671206

MODERN GREEK ONLINE SPRING QUARTER 2020

JSIS E 111 – ELEM MODERN GREEK – 5  CREDITS

• Meet language requirements.
• This is an exciting ONLINE course through the Hellenic studies program at the Jackson School of International Studies.
• Learning Greek will make you smarter; Greek is the language of science, mathematics, medicine, biology, philosophy.
• Improve your verbal skills; many of the GRE questions are about words that come from Greek.

THIS IS WHAT STUDENTS WHO TOOK GREEK HAVE SAID:

• “BEST TEACHER EVER! His class was so much fun! Super easy and overall an awesome class!”
• “Sweetest teacher ever! Cares about students, very lenient. Fun class! Same for first or second year Greek.”
• “Best professor I’ve ever had. Makes it really easy to learn the material.”

QUESTIONS? Contact: Heracles Panagiotides, PhD (hercp@uw.edu)

Hello Social Work Family,

This year’s t-shirt sale will be strictly online.

In past years, OSSW has tabled, allowing people to buy shirts in person at the school.

In order to have a variety of products and take pressure off of the students directing the sale, we have switched to online sales!

We at OSSW hope that the multiple shipping options offered will make this sale accessible for everyone. Supporters will have the choice of picking up their purchases at the School of Social Work or having them mailed directly to you!

Please click the link below to support OSSW and get some awesome new Social Work Swag! 

https://www.customink.com/fundraising/ossw-sw-swag-drive

Email us at ossw@uw.edu with any further questions 

Academic Support Programs has an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about the UW’s largest late night study center. CLUE (Center for Learning and Undergraduate Enrichment) is a multidisciplinary drop-in study and tutoring center.

We are looking for 2 students who would be interested in working at CLUE as student assistants.

Summer Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS)

APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 6, 2020

The South Asia Center will be re-opening our summer graduate and undergraduate Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowship competition, with an extended deadline of 5:00 pm PST March 6.

FLAS Fellowships support students from all UW departments and schools in acquiring modern foreign languages and area studies competencies. Summer FLAS Fellowships support intensive foreign language study (no area studies coursework is required).

Languages supported by South Asia Center FLAS are Bengali (Bangla), Hindi, Persian, and Urdu. Other South Asian languages subject to approval.

The summer FLAS award for undergraduate and graduate students is $5000 tuition plus $2500 stipend.

Eligibility: applicants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident

The South Asia Summer Language Institute (SASLI, for study at UW-Madison) is a possible option for summer language study.

The SASLI application deadline is April 1, but they ask for applications as soon as possible to ensure enrollments: https://sasli.wisc.edu/

FLAS application guidelines and more information: https://jsis.washington.edu/advise/funding/flas/

Fill out the link below if you are interested in a queer/trans winter hangout event! This could be used for networking, co-working, doing puzzles / board games, watching a movie, etc.

If that sounds like something you’d be interested in, please completed this poll by THIS THURSDAY to find a time that will work for the most people:  https://www.when2meet.com/?8767870-HvPiE  

Additionally, there has been a huge bag of makeup that has been donated from Thrive Causemetics, via Ingersoll Gender Center. This high quality vegan make-up is free for anyone who is trans, nonbinary, etc, or questioning/exploring their gender identity and present at the event!

“School Desegregation and Metropolitan Development
in Seattle and King County
in the 1960s and 70s”

EMILY LIEB

Matteo Ricci Department
Seattle University

Monday, February 24th
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm (Q&A until 2:00pm)
Social Work Building, Room 305A

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