We will be kicking off our first Environmental Justice group meeting this Thursday, January 23 from 2:30-3:30pm in the Research Commons 2/3 (2^nd Floor). This meeting is open to all SSW students, faculty and staff who are interested.

Please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/LzP1pHZyDiRUJJmE8

Some topics we may cover (depending on people’s areas of interest):

• What is EJ?
• Policy work around EJ – local, state, federal – Green New Deal
• Zero waste movement
• Ways to get involved in the community

What is EJ: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/environmental-justice-movement

https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice

Please note the time change for Tuesday 1/28

 

Based on billable hours at $20.00 an hour. Paid travel at $20.00 per hour with State rate mileage reimbursement at .58 per mile. Private Office and ability to perform some work from home if desired. Employee makes own schedule. Paid holidays. This is an internship with the goal of permanent employment and CDMS or CRC certification. Work hours count toward ability to sit for CDMS certification exam.

For additional details contact Bonnie Pittman at 425-385-2413 or via email at bonniep@condonnero.com.

Will work with State agencies representatives  to include DSHS, Employment Security, DVR, and WorkForce conducting interviews, teaching displaced workers and workers who have been injured on the  job with employment seeking skills, identifying barriers to employment and finding solutions to overcome barriers. May also participate in meetings with a variety of physicians, community college advisors and conduct labor market research. Will complete a variety of progress reports.

Will work primarily in Everett Office and at own discretion can work from our other regional offices for convenience. 

Basic requirements include existing Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or closely related. Ability to pass criminal background check, basic interviewing skills, research skills, basic Microsoft WORD skills and ability to work independently as well as with others. Telephone etiquette skills are required. Bilingual a plus but not required.

We are a small company contracting with the Department of Labor and Industries. Office culture is nice jeans appropriate for in office work. Outside office is business casual. 

 

Dear UW Community,

We are excited to announce that, starting this winter quarter, the Department of American Indian Studies is offering a new Graduate Certificate in American Indian and Indigenous Studies. The program requirements include: two required core classes, an elective, and a capstone project (see attached).

To learn more or enroll in the Certificate, please join us for a meet & greet on Thursday, January 30 from 1:30-2:30 pm in the AIS department (Pedelford C-514). We invite you to come, socialize, and ask questions. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Date: Thursday, January 30
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Location: Department of American Indian Studies, Padelford Hall C-514

Apply By Monday, February 10, 2020

The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies is pleased to announce the availability of funding for University of Washington faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students to develop courses or conduct research relevant to the interdisciplinary field of Labor Studies.For more information and application instructions, please visit the website of each specific program linked to below. Graduate Research Grant Up to $5000 available to graduate students for research on labor topics, broadly conceived.

Undergraduate Research Grant
Up to $350 available to undergraduate students for labor-related research or activities.

The Canadian Studies Center is currently accepting applications for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for summer 2020 and the 2020-21 academic year! Students from all UW departments and schools are encouraged to apply.  (There are other locations/languages available through the FLAS fellowship programs as well).

FLAS Fellowships are provided by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Through our Center, FLAS Fellowships allow students to receive training in French, Inuktitut or other Indigenous languages spoken in Canada, and Canadian studies. We are proud to be the first and only center in the nation awarding fellowships in these Indigenous languages.

Students who receive a fellowship to study Inuktitut are offered a unique opportunity to learn from two expert instructors: Mick Mallon, one of the foremost scholars of Inuktitut and Alexina Kublu, an Inuk native and former Official Language Commissioner of Nunavut Territory. Together, they have developed innovative learning materials for Inuktitut and give students both a thorough linguistic and cultural understanding of the Inuit language and its importance. Beginning Inuktitut students will enroll in ARCTIC 101, which will be offered in fall quarter 2020. Undergraduates are welcome to apply for a fellowship studying Inuktitut!

FLAS Fellowships are available to current and incoming UW students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Fellows receive generous tuition and living stipends:

• Academic Year(Graduate): $18,000 tuition, $15,000 living stipend
• Academic Year(Undergraduate): $10,000 tuition, $5,000 living stipend
• Summer(Graduate and Undergraduate): $5,000 tuition, $2,500 living stipend

More information regarding eligibility and application guidelines is available here. Interested students should contact flas@uw.edu with questions. Applications are due January 31, 2020.

NOTE TO MSW STUDENTS – Because of the difficulties of schedule conflicts between the language requirement and practicum, MSW students generally only find they can do the summer program unless they are EDP students available during weekday hours to take the language classes 3-5 days/week.

UW Libraries provides a variety of services to UW graduate students across the disciplines.
Our Consultation Studio in Allen Library offers several services! We have drop-in hours and depending on the service, we can also schedule appointments.

Citation Tools Management: By appointment, and possible drop-ins later this quarter (stayed tuned!)

Design Help Desk: Drop-ins Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00pm-3:00pm

Digital Scholarship: Drop-ins Mondays 2:00pm-3:30pm

Graduate Funding: Drop-ins Mondays 12:00pm-1:00pm, Thursdays 1:00pm-2:00pm, and by appointment M, T, Th, & F

Graduate Writing: Drop-ins Fridays 12:00pm-3:00pm

Text Mining: Drop-ins Tuesdays 1:00pm-4:00pm

A complete list of services, drop-in hours, and contact information can be found here, and we hope to have this link fully updated by the end of the week: https://www.lib.washington.edu/commons/services

Scholarship opportunity:

Phase I of the HSF Scholarship Application is now open!

The application takes 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete with no essays or recommendations for Phase I.

Deadline: February 15, 2020, 5:00 PM PT

Visit https://www.hsf.net and create a profile.

Please let us know what you want for computing resources!  Deadline Jan 21^st!

The School of Social Work, in collaboration with the UW Student Technology Fee (STF) https://uwstf.org/, endeavor to provide computing resources for student needs. The time has come to replace this equipment once again.

In order to ensure we are meeting your needs effectively, we need your feedback! Please take a few minutes to let us know how we may best serve your student technology needs here at the School of Social by completing the following, short Survey

Attend the NASW-WA Student Policy Conference on February 17th in Olympia, which has been previously called “Lobby Day.”

In an effort to provide more breadth and education on this day, there are now CEUs being offered.

All faculty, staff, BSW students and MSW students are invited to attend. For the CEUs, registration is required at https://nasw-wa.org/event-registration/?ee=243.

We are excited to provide you with the first issue (please find attached) of our School’s OFFER newsletter (perfect timing for SSWR!), crammed with information on research related topics for you, including ssw communty recent publications, funding opportunities, upcoming events of interest, etc.

Find the Link Below!

UW SSW Research Newsletter_Inaugural Issue_1.14.20

Join us for inspiring conversations on local and global civic engagement with visiting student leaders from

Angola, Botswana, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe!

Date: Wednesday, January 22

Time: The discussions will be ongoing throughout the evening, so arrive any time between 5:30-7:30pm to join the conversation and meet the students!

Location: Odegaard Library, Room 220

Refreshments will be served.

RSVP: https://roundtable-winter-2020.eventbrite.com

This event is free and open to the public. Please share with students and others who might be interested!

Meet participants in the FIUTS Study of the U.S. Institute on Civic Engagement! Engage in conversations to learn about their successes, hopes, and challenges as they create initiatives to improve their home communities, and share your own experiences and ideas for resources that would be useful or inspiring to them.

Join us for the opening reception for Recovery Café’s exhibit in the SSW Gallery Tuesday, January 21 from 4:30-6pm.

Artists will be reading some of their written pieces from the Safe Place Writers’ Circle class at the reception.

Light food and drink will be served. See you there!

We will be kicking off our first Environmental Justice group meeting on Thursday, January 23 from 2:30-3:30pm in the Research Commons 2/3 (2^nd Floor). This meeting is open to all SSW students, faculty and staff who are interested.

Please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/LzP1pHZyDiRUJJmE8

Some topics we may cover (depending on people’s areas of interest):

• What is EJ?
• Policy work around EJ – local, state, federal – Green New Deal
• Zero waste movement
• Ways to get involved in the community

What is EJ: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/environmental-justice-movement

https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice

Hello health sciences students!

You are invited for an evening of theatre and discussion on campus. This event aims to provide space for students to engage with each other across health professions, about the challenges and grief that can accompany or arise from the very human work of being a healthcare provider.  A short play will be performed live by professional actors, with discussion to follow.

February 19, 2020, 5:30-7:30pm
South Campus Center
Dinner will be served!

A brief description of the 15-minute play, Untold:

When Faith Morgan comes to the hospital to deliver her baby, she knows he is stillborn, but does not know the full-extent of what “giving birth to death” means. With the assistance of Dr. Audrey Armstrong and Nurse Paul George, Faith goes through the physical pain of childbirth and rides out her conflicted emotions while Dr. Armstrong and Nurse George relive their own stories of child loss.  Together they come to a determination of how best to honor this child.

Warning:  The play contains scenes of childbirth and may trigger feelings of depression and grief especially among those who have suffered miscarriage, still birth, failed IVF and unsuccessful adoption.

Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Please register by February 10, 2020, by clicking here.

Questions? You can contact Tracy Brazg: tbrazg@uw.edu.

This interprofessional education (IPE) event is co-sponsored and developed by The Grief Dialogues, the Center for Integrative Oncology and Palliative Care Social Work, and the Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education, Research and Practice.

Dates: 1/14, 1/28, 2/11, 2/25, 3/10

Time: 3:30-5pm

Location: ECC (Resource Room – 2nd floor)

For questions about the Womxn of Color Healing Circle, contact:
Andrea Salazar-Nuñez, Ph.D.
Licensed Staff Psychologist
University of Washington Counseling Center
Phone: 206-543-1240
salazar6@uw.edu

Criteria for referral:

1. Self-identifies as a womxn
2. Identifies as a BIPOC (ex. Latinx, African American/Black, Filipino/Pacific Islander/South East Asian, Native or Indigenous)

Good fit:

-Someone looking for community

-Someone needing to connect with other WOC

-Need a validating space that doesn’t require code switching

-Is feeling disconnected from the campus community

-Feels like people don’t understand them

-Experienced a specific sexist/racist/oppressive event that they need to process

-Wants a self-care activity that addresses their identity as a WOC

 

Description of the group:
The healing circle will support healing, understanding, learning from each other’s shared common experiences, identifying personal issues which help us to understand and grow while building community amongst each other. This group is for those who are seeking a decolonized, therapeutic, and healing space.

The Womxn of Color Healing Circle is a great way for any self-identified Black and Brown women to connect and heal. The circle is based on indigenous and traditional therapy practices but most importantly its a safe space for women to heal, build community, and tap into their resilience. Leticia Nieto, a psychologist and author in Olympia describes spaces like this as “target only space” and these spaces are critical for healing and resisting oppression. She describes “Target” identities as those identities holding less power and “Agent” identities are the identities holding more power. When we are in “target only” spaces we can bring our whole selves and not have to use energy to code switch, contend with racial fatigue, or microaggressions. It can be re-energizing and incredibly powerful when those of us with target identities can come together and intentionally utilize “target only spaces” as a means of healing and self-care. It can help not only resist but begin to liberate and undo the negative effects of oppression.

 

Aga Khan University

Through a partnership with UW’s Population Health Initiative, Aga Khan University (AKU) makes international internships available to UW students.  Applications for internships that start in Spring 2020 are being accepted until January 17, 2020.

Applicants must complete TWO separate applications as part of this process. They should be submitted at the same time:

1. Internship application directly to AKU (apply here) including the $30 non-refundable application fee
2. Internships application to UW Study Abroad (apply here) to maintain enrollment at UW during the internship

Interview dates: January 27 to February 7
Final intern selection: February 10 (if selected you must follow the UW’s Student International Travel Policy)
Placement start date: May 18, 2020 (but there is some flexibility around that date for students who need to complete Spring quarter)

Details of all internships can be found here.

Questions about the specifics of individual internships should be directed to the AKU Programme Coordinator at aku.iip@aku.edu.

Questions about UW policies and procedures related to Independent Learning or the Student International Travel Policy should be directed to studyabroad@uw.edu.

Open to all majors from all campuses and has no prerequisites. Deadline is January 31st, 2020.

You can read about the impact of one of Dr. Ezeonwu’s previous study abroad programs in this story: https://www.uwb.edu/news/november-2019/alumni-bradley-budrow.

Questions can be directed to uwbworld@uw.edu or mezeo@uw.edu.

You are invited to join us for appetizers and drinks during the annual Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) conference.

Friday, January 17

8:15 – 9:45 p.m. 
Liberty Salon L
Marriott Marquis hotel in Washington, D.C

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