UW BIPOC Adoptee Collective Affinity Group, previously known as TAG (Transracial Adoptee Group), is hosting its first gathering of the academic year on October 15, 2024, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. We hope to see you there!

The UW BIPOC Adoptee Collective is hosted by the UW School of Social Work and is open to all adoptee current UW (tri-campus) students, staff, and faculty who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or a person of color. 

When: October 15, 2024, 5:30 – 7:00 pm PT

Where: SSW Room 306AB

What: Come reconnect, meet other BIPOC adoptees, and enjoy some yummy food

Feel free to invite other UW BIPOC adoptees you know and please fill out this RSVP form by October 13th at 10:00pm PT. 

If you have any questions, please contact our student leads, Grace Schamber, at gscham@uw.edu and Phoebe Suva, at psuva@uw.edu. 

We hope to see you on October 15th! 

Visit the BIPOC Makers Fair at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House, hosted by the Kelly ECC, The wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House, TRIO SSS, and EOP. Come out and support your local artists! From beadwork to clothing, soap to stickers, we’ve got you covered!

Join us at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House as we host some amazing, crafted items made by UW students, staff, faculty, and alumni at UW. We will be taking over gathering hall in the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House! There will be jewelry, designed prints and stickers, apparel, soap, crystals, art, and so much more. We will also have giveaways and raffles for students that attend!

Here are the details:

• When: Friday, October 11 from 3-7pm
• Where: wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House
  • 4249 Little Canoe Channel NE Seattle, WA 98105
  • Who’s invited: Everyone! All are welcome to attend and support our local makers

• What is being sold: Artwork, design prints, jewelry, clothing and so much more
• Why come?: To support Local Artists and Vendors who are part of the UW community and more! We also will have exclusive stickers for the first 200 attendees!

Vendors take different forms of payments but note we do not have an ATM at the Center. We hope to see you all there!

WELCOME BACK TO AUTUMN QUARTER 2024!

Please join us for some qualitea time at our SWAPI event on Thursday, October 3, 2024 from 5:30-7:00pm at Oasis Tea Zone (no-host, no purchase required to attend).

This will be our first event of AY24-25 for SWAPI members. Come socialize, reconnect, and meet new members of the SWAPI School of Social Work (SSW) community (international students who identify as API are welcome to attend).

You can meet us at Oasis Tea Zone or meet a SWAPI lead in front of the SSW (on 15th Ave NE) and walk together. Find more details below.

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New and returning first-generation graduate students are cordially invited to kick off the academic year by attending this welcome event! Build community with peers, hear insights from first-gen faculty and graduate student guest speakers, and enjoy free dinner and refreshments.

Date & Time: Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, 5 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. (Doors open at 4:45 p.m.)
Location: HUB 250, UW Seattle Campus
Google map:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/YFEVyR3tETWa4hFU7
Dinner and refreshments will be provided. 
Questions? uwgsa@uw.edu

Registration required as space is limited (log in with UW NetID):
https://forms.office.com/r/68xPDtguPB

Featuring guest speakers:

• Dr. Kristie A. Spencer, PhD, Professor & Associate Chair, Speech & Hearing Sciences, Seattle campus
• Vincent Da, Master’s student, Health Administration, Seattle campus 

This event is sponsored by the office of Graduate Student Affairs in The Graduate School.

New and Returning international graduate students, we are very excited to host this in-person welcome and welcome back event of the 2024-25 academic year for you! Featured speakers from university leadership and key student service offices will share resources critical to your success. Join us to enjoy an opportunity to connect with peers via fun activities and a dinner reception. 

Date & Time: Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Location: HUB, Room Lyceum
Google Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/67httZCPPqy5GyaS9
Campus Map: https://www.washington.edu/maps/#!/hub
Registration is required for this event: https://forms.office.com/r/6HAABQ28Bj

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for International Relations and Cultural Leadership Exchange (CIRCLE) and Office of Graduate Student Affairs in The Graduate School. Send questions to Ziyan Bai, CIRCLE Assistant Director of Graduate Programs and Operations, at baiziyan@uw.edu. 

The UW Interdisciplinary Graduate Aging Group is a graduate student research cluster that aims to foster a community of aging scholars from across the academy, who are interested in the cross-disciplinary significance of aging research. United by an interest in understanding aging as a multidimensional phenomenon, the group engages with an array of concepts, theories, and perspectives that enrich the narrative of aging and deepen our appreciation for its value and complexity.

Co-led by Nicolai Wohns (PhD student, Philosophy) and Sarah McKiddy (PhD student, Nursing), the group is primarily composed of graduate students from both the humanities and the sciences, but is open to post-docs and faculty as well. We will meet twice monthly starting in autumn quarter, alternating a journal club session with a guest faculty lecture from various fields. The first meeting will be at 5pm on September 26th in the The Hans Rosling Center, Room 101.

If interested, please fill out this form to indicate your interest and availability. You can also contact Nicolai at nwohns@uw.edu for more information.

Photo Booth available (May 27-31 and June 3-4)

Brooks, the SSW Media Services guy, and Student Services will be setting up a self-serve photo booth with an SSW theme in the first floor gallery.  There will be a backdrop, lighting, a tripod to attach your phone and some props to use during that time period.  We encourage you to bring family/friends to take photos or come with other SSW students.  Please leave the area neat – props in container, lights turned off. 

The Graduate and Professional Student Senate is hosting another drag show on Friday, May 17th at 5:30 pm at the the Kelly Ethnic Cultural Theatre (3930 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105).

Tickets are free — the show starts at 6:00 pm featuring Kylie Mooncakes, Sid Seedy, Clara Voyance, and Viper Fengz. Please bring your government-issued ID as this is a 21+ event. We will be serving alcohol from 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm. 

We have limited tickets (75 total) for this event — you will receive an email confirmation at least 3 days before the event, if not, you will be placed on a waitlist: https://forms.office.com/r/hUW449FB14

PLEASE ONLY SIGN UP IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN ATTEND.

Are you a graduating student? Join us for a month-long festivities just for you!

• May 13 & 14 | 9 a.m.–2 p.m.: UWAA’s Grad Week on Red Square (food, giveaways & quiz cart)
• May 16 | 6–8 p.m.: Hops & Headshots at Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider Taproom (social event & free headshots on a first-come, first-serve basis)
• May 17 | Sign up for free thank-you cards by May 17
• June 4 | 4–8 p.m.: Class of 2024 Grad-B-Q at Sylvan Grove (free event; requires advance registration)

The Office of Graduate Student Equity and Excellence (GSEE) invites you to celebrate with your fellow graduate students, your milestones, your achievements, and all the big things yet to come at GSEE’s Spring Soirée 2024! Our theme this year is Renaissance (GSEE’s Version): Looking Toward the Future. We are astonished by the GSEE graduates who have crossed boundaries, overcome adversity, and balanced the weighty and real things of life and academia. Yet here you are, chasing and accomplishing your dreams! We will have student speakers, an informal cording ceremony, a photobooth to capture all your memories, music by DJ Kewl WIP, catered cuisine, swag and treats!  

The event will be held at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House. Doors will open at 5:00 pm and the program will begin at 5:30 pm. Closing remarks will be at 8:30 pm. Please be sure to RSVP here

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Join us for a Happy Hour for associate therapists and upcoming masters-level graduates, at Halcyon Brewing Company (8564 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103) on April 25^th at 6pm. Food and drinks will be provided, along with live music. There will be opportunities to connect with other associates, as well as with experienced supervisors from our group who regularly mentor associate clinicians. We will also take some time to talk about our Supervised Associate Program and discuss potential opportunities available with our group. 

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The Mixed/Multiracial Student, Faculty, and Staff Affinity group is organizing a time to gather at the School of Social Work for folx who identify as Mixed and/or Multiracial. Bring your lunch and join us Friday, April 26th Noon – 1 pm @ SSW RM 116 (near the Gallery). We hope the time spent in shared community fills your cup with connection and belonging here at the School of Social Work. 

We look forward to seeing you soon!

SSW Mixed is a UW School of Social Work Mix/Multiracial Affinity Group for all students, faculty, and staff who identify as Mixed or Multiracial. 

Faculty Advisor: 

Shawnti Johnson  shawnti@uw.edu

Are you a UW graduate student in the final stages of your capstone, thesis, or dissertation project? Submit a proposal to present at the online preliminary round in early May. Successful presenters from the preliminary round will move forward to compete at the 2024 UW Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, with an opportunity to win First Place, Runner Up, or People’s Choice Awards. More information: https://grad.uw.edu/current-students/student-success/3mt/

The competition is open to all eligible graduate students from Bothell, Tacoma, and Seattle campuses.

– Virtual preliminary round: Early May 2024
– Competition day (In person): May 23, 2024, 3–4:30 p.m., Seattle campus

Call for Proposals – For Virtual Preliminary Round
Submit your proposal by April 23, 2024 by 11:59 p.m. (PT)
Questions? Contact: uw3mt@uw.edu

Are you a graduate student, faculty, or staff member at the University of Washington? Are you curious about showcasing your scholarly story or research to a broader audience? Are you interested in making a digital story–basically a short video—that will dazzle viewers?  

The UW Libraries are offering a fun, community based, 4-week online workshop focused on the process of digital storytelling. This totally free, online program will take you through the start-to-finish process of brainstorming your idea with others, writing a script for narration and production, recording your narration, creating and collecting digital materials for your video, putting everything together with easy-to-use beginner video editors like Clipchamp and iMovie, and, finally, getting feedback and recognition from supportive peers in an accepting learning environment. 

In this workshop, you can expect to: 

– Interact, exchange ideas, and give feedback to fellow UW digital storytellers in an interdisciplinary, relaxed, and empathetic learning environment. 
– Write a script for a short video. 
– Collect, create, and organize digital materials to realize that script—like recorded narrative, images, video, sound effects, and music.  
– Learn about Creative Commons, fair use, and copyright in media making. 
– Learn how to use beginners’ video editors like Clipchamp and iMovie. 
– Learn about making accessible media complete with captions and transcripts. 

Workshop Details: 

– The course will run from April 16 to May 7. 
– There will be four live Tuesday sessions hosted via zoom from 10:00am-12:00pm on April 16, April 23, April 30, and May 7. These sessions will not be recorded: please plan on attending all of them.  
– The amount of time you can spend on your digital stories is definitely open ended, but we believe that over the course of four weeks, you’ll probably spend 15-20 hours going through the process of attending classes, coming up with an idea, writing a script, collecting digital materials, putting everything together with a video editor, sharing your work with others, and finalizing and celebrating your finished digital story!  

Register by April 9, 2024: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=W9229i_wGkSZoBYqxQYL0mR5pLSFtApDpgnFtM_jygRUNldUSkhUOEZUMkkyOFlPVTlQRzVQVzMwRC4u

Send questions to libstory@uw.edu. Learn more here: https://sites.uw.edu/libstory/

UW School of Social Work Community – SWAPI Members (SWAPI is a UW School of Social Work AANHPI Affinity Group for MSW, BASW, and PhD students, staff, and faculty who identify as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander)

Please save the dates for the Spring Quarter SWAPI Events:

Thursday, 4/18, 5:30-7pm – SWAPI Dumpling Making Party, Room TBD in the SSW, RSVP by Monday, 4/15 so we can get food count for meat and vegetarian dumplings: https://forms.gle/86unwMVo7dXUgHnR7

Saturday, 4/20, 4:30-5:45pm Dinner, 6-8pm – Book Event ““Where I Belong: Healing Trauma and Embracing Asian American Identity,” published by Tarcher Perigee discussion with Yellow Chairs co directors at Mam’s Bookstore in the CID (Chinatown International District). You can RSVP here and read more details here. SWAPI dinner before the event at 4:30pm in the CID. Dinner RSVP by emailing Saul (saultran@uw.edu) or Shannon McKinney (smckin@uw.edu).

Thursday, May 9, 5:30-7:30pm,– UW School of Social Work AANHPI “Telling Our Stories” – digital stories and other AANHPI student, faculty, and staff stories, poems, and art. School wide event (open to the whole school and those outside of SWAPI are welcome) – Location tbd within SSW location. RSVP to come out later. Food provided.

Thursday, May 23, 5:30-7:30pm, SWAPI Graduation party. Location and details to come out later.

Summer Quarter!

Saturday, June 29, 9-1pm, UW SSW and SWAPI – Walk for Rice at Seward Park, ACRS (Asian Counseling and Referral Service’s) fundraiser for their food bank. Open to everyone in the school! Join our team or donate! https://give.acrs.org/team/575717

Hope to see you all soon!

Are you interested in helping to plan, facilitate, or participate in some Earth Day/Week (April 22-26) events as a demonstration of your attention to Environmentalism/Environmental Justice?  Here are a few ways and who to connect with…

🌱 Plant Exchange (TBD) – SSW Community shares plant clippings/starts, pots, soil, green thumbs to increase plant life in our surroundings.  

🌱 Community Service Projects (TBD) – SSW Community participates in community service projects like clean ups, day of service, etc.

🌱 Swap N’ Meet (April 25^th & 26^th) – SSW Community donates new/like new clothing and accessories to swap while socializing over treats & beverages in the newly remodeled RC Open Area.  Then SSW Community donates what is not swapped to a local social service program. 

If interested in helping with planning or facilitating any of these events, come to the Planning Meeting on April 10^th at 1pm in room 238F (Charlotte’s office, just knock at the hallway door) or contact Charlotte at carlotat@uw.edu to be directed to the leads of those events.

More info to come for those who are interested in coming to the events. Stay tuned!

Highlighting some upcoming wellbeing opportunities available to our students this Spring 2024. Prioritizing wellness is crucial, especially during busy academic periods, and these offerings aim to support our collective wellbeing. For inquiries, please contact stuwellb@uw.edu

1. **Psychoeducation Workshops**: Throughout this quarter, we’re hosting various workshops facilitated by our clinicians on various topics. These sessions will cover various techniques on healthy communication, stress management, intuitive eating, enhance focus, and many others. Or seeking to deepen your practice, these workshops offer valuable tools for self-care. Other workshops around relaxation and tarot for intuition to come later. Please see flyer below on information on these workshops and visit the Workshops and Groups Webpage for more information.

2. **Group Therapy** Sometimes one of the most effective ways to engage in therapy is in community, especially when loneliness is so prevalent. Group therapy can be an opportunity for students to work on a similar goal or take on a challenge, alongside a facilitating mental health therapist. Please see flyer below on information on these workshops and visit the Workshops and Groups Webpage for more information.

3. **Let’s Talk** Students may not be sure whether they want to seek out counseling or may not need counseling. There are times that students just want to connect and talk with someone. The UW Counseling Center is here to provide drop-in support for students from a therapist to talk about resources, or provide some insights. Students can drop in for in person Let’s Talk or a scheduled drop-in time. Learn more about Let’s Talk.

3.**Individual Counseling**: Our counseling center remains available to provide confidential support for students. Whether individuals are facing academic stress, personal challenges, or simply need someone to talk to, our licensed counselors are here to help. Encourage anyone in need of support to utilize this valuable resource at One to One Mental Health Support Webpage. Students can also schedule online on the UWCC Student Portal.

4.**Husky HelpLine – Urgent Support** There are times that things get hard, frustrating, or overwhelming and you need to talk to someone. Know that same-day support (operates 24/7) is available for our students through Husky HelpLine at 206.616.7777.  Another option is to call 988 for 24/7 access when in distress and for American Sign Language (ASL) support.

Hello hello EDP 3 students!

This is a final reminder to attend our EDP3 Gathering, happening today!

We warmly invite you to an EDP 3 Gathering, hosted by Wendy Lustbader and Student Services. We’ll gather in-person on Friday, March 29th from 4:30-6pm in the Social Work Research Commons (2nd floor, IPE Classroom 254C!). This will be a wonderful chance to reconnect with one another.

You can also attend virtually from 5:30pm-6pm here: https://washington.zoom.us/j/9348854040

Meeting ID: 934 885 4040

Please see the attached GSEE Spring Quarter Events Flyer to share with graduate students impacted by racism and its intersections. For full details regarding our events, stay tuned to our social media channels (@uwgsee). Students can receive GSEE weekly graduate student newsletters by signing up via this link. 

Save the date for GSEE’s Spring Soirée on Wednesday, May 22 at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on UW Seattle’s campus. Spring Soirée is an annual signature event that celebrates continuing and graduating GSEE students with a reception and informal cording ceremony. Graduate students from all three campuses are welcome to attend. More details will be forthcoming. 

The D Center is hosting an event THIS THURSDAY February 7^th, with the Taskar Center. Come relax with us before finals and join in on Graphic Journaling Night from 5-6 PM at HUB 334. See the attached flyer for more information!

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