SAVE THE DATE: FREE WAGE NEGOTIATION WORKSHOP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON – Dinner provided!

Over the course of her working life, a woman will earn roughly $1 million less than a man – simply because she is a woman.

$tart $mart Salary Negotiation Workshops provide women, who are college juniors and seniors, with the knowledge and skills to negotiate salaries and benefits to receive fair and realistic compensation.

The Women’s Center is bringing the $tart $mart wage negotiation workshop to the University of Washington! The first 3-hour workshop will take place this quarter, Monday, March 4th from 5-8pm at the University Of Washington School of Social Work, Room 305. Read more

The Department of Bioethics and Humanities is offering a 3 credit course about critical and indigenous methodologies (B H 497A). The course will be on Wednesdays from 2:30pm-5:20pm. Please consider registering for this unique spring course! If you have any questions, contact Michelle Montgomery at montgm2@uw.edu. For more information, click here.

 

 

NASW has a scheduled itinerary as well as built in time to get educated about the advocacy process and what we are advocating for.The day will go from 8:30am-2:45pm with pre-scheduled opportunities to, meet with Eric Pettigrew, Senator Ed Murray, and a Legislative aid of Frank Chop. Contact me if you would like to see the full itinerary.
The morning meeting will include breakfast from NASW and speakers who will provide information specific to the bills we will be lobbying for. If you are planning on going I would love to see you at this meeting to build some solidarity for the day. J The address is The United Churches of Olympia, 110 11th Avenue Southeast, Olympia, WA 98501. We will meet there at 8:30 – at least come to fuel up on complimentary breakfast and to be counted for the NASW contest Read more

<strong>Work-Study Position Available!</strong>
<strong>The University of Washington Chapter of the American </strong><strong>Association of University Professors (AAUP)</strong> seeks an enthusiastic work-study student organizer.
<strong>The AAUP</strong>: The UW chapter of the American Association of University Professors works touphold faculty academic freedom, guard against the erosion of faculty status,promote faculty diversity, oppose privatization, and advocate to keep highereducation affordable and excellent in Washington State.
<strong>Duties and Responsibilities<!–more–></strong>: This is an opportunity to meet faculty from acrosscampus and work together on building solidarity in defense of higher education.The student will help us with a membership drive, website development, researchon faculty demographics, survey administration, archiving of records electronically,revising our rules of operation, and assisting the treasurer and membershipsecretary. An important aspect this year is helping to host the national AAUPsummer institute on the UW campus, attracting hundreds of faculty from acrossthe country.
<strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong>:We seek a work-study-eligible student who is literate, computer-savvy, andall-around competent. Appealing qualities include flexible and creative, withsuperior communication and interpersonal skills, strong organizational skills,and able to work independently in conditions of ambiguity. Willing to worksummer quarter, 2013. S/he should appreciate the mission of the organization (<a href=”http://depts.washington.edu/uwaaup/”>http://depts.washington.edu/uwaaup/</a>).
<strong>Educational Benefits</strong>:Gain exposure to higher education academic organizing nationally, regionallyand locally. Work with a range of faculty from a variety of disciplines onbuilding a movement to defend academic freedom and higher education in America.Develop professional, research, political and administrative skills.
<strong>How to Apply</strong>:Send your letter and resume to <a href=”mailto:hagopian@uw.edu”>hagopian@uw.edu</a> by <strong>February 28, 2013</strong>. Call 206-616-4989 with questions.

The Law Societies and Justice Program and UW School of Law are pleased to offer a unique study abroad program with both advanced undergraduate students and law students at the UW Rome Center.  Now in its eighth year, this is an academically rigorous program which provides students with many opportunities to interact with Italian experts on law and politics.

Law, Societies and Justice Italy: Early Fall Start Exploration Seminar – Comparative Law & Politics

Dates – August 21 – September 20, 2013

• Study Abroad with Professors Anita Ramasastry and Ryan Calo from UW School of Law and Sabrina Tatta, French and Italian Studies
• Learn about comparative Italian and U.S. law and politics in the heart of historic Rome
• Study about the rights of the individual – examine topics such as the right to privacy, immigrant rights.
• Meet prominent lawyers, judges, writers and human rights advocates
• Earn 5 Credits Read more

Please join the Q CENTER in celebration of its:

9 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

Come celebrate and check out the all-day
OPEN HOUSE & RESOURCE EXHIBITION

When: Friday, February 22^nd 2013, 11:00AM-6:00PM
Where: Q Center is now located on the 3^rd floor of U.W. Husky Union Building (H.U.B.) # 315

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Raffle!! Everyone who stops by gets to put their name in for the drawing!
Dance Dance Revolution
Refreshments & Sweets

The Somali Youth and Family Club is looking for a volunteer to help with grant proposals. This can be a potential independent study (Soc 599) option.

NAME OF ORGANIZATION: Somali Youth and Family Club

DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION: Somali Youth and Family Club is dedicated to providing essential services to Somali and other underserved youth and families in King County.

NEED: Somali Youth and Family Club is seeking assistance in finding funding opportunities for Capacity Building, Community engagement consulting, Early Childhood Development, arts and culture, sports, homelessness prevention, and capital projects. Read more

Goal: To share stories “Weaving Threads of Resilience and Advocacy” that raises awareness about social work and provides general promotion of the profession during Social Work Month. This forum also expands the reach of the Chapter statewide all the while providing the next generation of social workers a voice in a compelling medium.

Basic Video Contest Rules:

• Video must be 30 seconds to 60 seconds in length,
• Highlight the profession of social work,
• Demonstrate solid representation of stories that “weave threads of resilience and advocacy,” and
• End with the statement “and, I Am a Social Worker.”
  

OFFICIAL RULES Read more

Register here:  https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/rufferl/186854
When:         Friday, March 1st, 12:30 – 2:00 pm  (90 minutes)
Where:        School of Social Work (please register for room location)
Presenter:        Patrick Chidsey, Senior Career Counselor
Who:                 MSW and BASW students

Are job interviews in your future? Want to brush up on your interviewing skills after a couple years in school?    Patrick Chidsey, career specialist with UW Career Center, will present on essential skills for a successful interview. Learn how to prepare for and conduct interviews to get that job offer! The following issues are addressed: interview formats, researching companies, answering those tough behavior-based and other interview questions, interview ethics and etiquette.

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This course is offered by the same instructor, Tim Burnett of
Mindfulness Northwest, on an ongoing basis to residents in the UW Graduate
Medical Education program and comes highly recommended as an effective practice
for their students. This is a unique opportunity for SSW students to receive
mindfulness training from a highly qualified instructor who has practiced
mindfulness for over 25 years.

Fundraise with a purpose! Learn how at this workshop!

When: Friday, March 1st from 9am-3pm
Where: UW School of Social Work, Room 305
Pricing: Professionals – $50, Students – $20, lunch included!

Registration will be capped at 40, please register early to confirm your spot!

Session 1: Fundraising for Social Change
Designed for staff, board and volunteers in the non-profit sector who have a passion for social change and want to fine-tune their fundraising mentality and strategies. This session is designed to understand both the accelerators and inhibitors for creating effective fundraising strategies, and will focus on Read more

This course offers a unique, multidisciplinary graduate-level study opportunity in Cambodia. Focusing on health and human rights of children, particularly those who have a disability, the course provides a classroom experience and an applied, skills-building practicum that explores the theoretical underpinnings and the practical applications of the rights of the child in the context of Cambodia’s health system. Child rights are studied from legal and health services perspectives, combining methodologies of research and analysis required for quality field work. Read more

Two non-clinical selective credits are available with this interesting elective exploring the role of spirituality in medicine and health care; how to respond appropriately to religious questions patients might bring to the physician; how to resolve ethical issues related to religious beliefs, how to utilize a partership with the hospital chaplaincy staff; how to talk with dying patients and how to consider questions of meaning and spirit for the health care professional’s journey as well.  Guest speakers will present on how various religious beiefs might intersect with patient care preferences. (Interdisciplinary) Course meets on Mondays-Spring Quarter-6pm-7:50pm, Room T-473 Health Sciences Bldg. For information, or to enroll, send your name and student number to BHadds@uw.edu.

Confronting Institutional Racism: A Public Health Priority – Panel Discussion

When: Thursday, February 21st

Where: Health Sciences, T-739
More than two million people, disproportionate numbers of them
Black and Hispanic, are locked up in America’s prisons, giving the U.S. a
staggering incarceration rate of 750 per 100,000 people.

Join distinguished guests from the Department of Corrections,
the City of Seattle, the NAACP and Seattle’s No New Jim Crow Campaign-Coalition
for an eye-opening discussion of the intersections between mass incarceration,
racism and public health. Michael Ramos, director or the Church Council
of Greater Seattle’s Social Justice Ministries, will moderate. Read more

On Thursday, February 14th, from 12:20-1:30pm please join us for a lecture on Behavioral Health EBPs in the Primary Care Setting. We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Fred Rivara from UW Department of Pediatrics and Seattle Children’s Hospital. The lecture will take place in the usual location: School of Social Work (Rm. 305 A/B), and we will continue offering Certificates of Completion for attendees who wish to use these lectures for Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Dr. Fred Rivara, M.D., M.P.H. is the Division Chief of General Pediatrics at The University of Washington, Vice Chair for Academic Affairs for the UW Department of Pediatrics, Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology. He is the Editor in Chief of JAMA Pediatrics. His research interests have included childhood injury and injury prevention, prevention of pedestrian injuries, youth violence, the epidemiology of firearm injuries, intimate partner violence, interventions for alcohol abuse in trauma patients and the effectiveness of trauma systems in the care of pediatric and adult trauma patients. He continues as an active clinician, teacher, investigator, and advocate at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Check out some recent updates to the blog made this week. As always, more details at: http://asksoc.wordpress.com

The Washington Bus Fellowship Program

by asksoc

The Washington Bus is a youth-driven non-profit that empowers leaders through
education, civic and cultural engagement and hands-on democracy. They are
currently searching for the next generation of young leaders to participate in
the Washington Bus Fellowship Program this summer. Fellows participate… Read more

The UW Speech & Hearing Clinic offers evaluations in spring quarter with
individual and group treatment sessions summer quarter for adults and children
with speech, language, and social communication challenges. Our spring/summer
program is designed to help individuals strengthen their communication skills
for participation in their everyday lives.

Application Due:
March 15, 2013

Evaluation Dates:
April – June, 2013

Treatment Dates:
Late June – Early August, 2013
For more information, call the Speech and Hearing Clinic at 206 543-5440 or go to our website: http://depts.washington.edu/sphsc/clinicalservices/

 

 

Concerned about your alcohol use? What is BASICS?

Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) is a service for students who want to explore their alcohol use. It is designed to assist students in examining their own substance use behaviors in a non-judgmental and non-confrontational environment.
The goal of BASICS is to help students reduce risky behaviors and harmful effects from drinking.

Why participate in BASICS?
• BASICS provides personalized feedback about your alcohol use and compares your alcohol use to other college students.
• BASICS gives you an opportunity to explore your level of risk, identify possible changes, and help you to reduce your risk in developing future problems.
• BASICS can serve as a “check-up” on your drinking. Read more

NEW PARTNERSHIP: AAUW
The University of Washington Women’s Center Partners with the American Association of University Women!
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) empowers women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. Our nonpartisan, nonprofit organization has more than 150,000 members and supporters across the United States, as well as 1,000 local branches and 700 college and university partners. Since AAUW’s founding in 1881, our members have examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day — educational, social, economic, and political.
PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL UW SELF-IDENTIFYING WOMEN Read more

Trainings in Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk will be offered in the SSW this Spring, 2013!

The UW School of Social work is beginning a process to phase in mandatory training for
all MSW, EDP, and Advanced Standing students in suicide assessment, and
management. This is an important area of social work practice that is
currently not taught in the curriculum, and will soon be a legal requirement
for initial license and renewal. We are the first accredited school of Social
Work in the nation seeking to meet the needs of all social work students in this
critical practice area. Read more

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