Learn a new language for free!

Our amazing Tami Hohn is back and ready for a new year of language learning – are you? Southern Lushootseed Language Table will begin next week (Thursday, January 16^th) from 4:30-6:00pm in Smith Hall 311. The table is open to all, including members of the community, you don’t have to be affiliated with the university to attend and no previous language experience is necessary. Join us for just one meeting or every week through the end of the quarter. We guarantee you’ll leave with basic pronunciation principles, useful everyday phrases, and some new friends.

Health Insurance Webinar for Graduate Students
Wednesday, January 22, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Webinar link will be e-mailed to the first 100 RSVPs
Send questions to Core Programs.

Health insurance can be one of the most confusing parts of life as a graduate student. During this webinar, you’ll learn about:

– International Student Health Insurance Plan (ISHIP) or Graduate Appointee Insurance Plan (GAIP)
– health insurance options if you’re not eligible for ISHIP or GAIP (UW does not offer other types of graduate student insurance)
– resources on understanding your insurance benefits
– ways to access health services on and off campus
– services provided by UW Hall Health, UW HR and Public Health-Seattle King County

Note: The webinar will also be recorded and accessible online at a later date.

This webinar is hosted by Core Programs—Office of Graduate Student Affairs in The Graduate School, facilitated by Health Promotion at UW Hall Health, and supported by UW Hall Health, UW HR and Public Health-Seattle & King County.

 

The UW Counseling Center is offering the following drop-in groups and workshops for Winter Quarter 2020. Registration is not required and all sessions are FREE. Please visit the Counseling Center’s Eventplore Page for more information.

 

VALUES IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION WORKSHOP
An interactive workshop where graduate students will engage in small group activities to identify their highest values and to learn how these values may be applied to their professional pathways

When: Tuesday, January 14, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Where: Mary Gates Hall, Room 136 – Career & Internship Center Conference Room
Who: Appropriate for graduate students

 

TRANQUIL TUESDAYS

A drop-in stress reduction and mindfulness group for those affiliated with the military to de-stress, relax, and learn tools for taming stress.

When: Tuesdays, January 14, 21, 28, February 18, 25, and March 3

Where: HUB 337, Student Veteran Life

Who: Appropriate for all military affiliated students

WOMXN OF COLOR HEALING CIRCLE

Designed for Brown and Black womxn of color, including gender non-conforming. The group will focus on building a decolonized therapeutic space addressing any and all issues pertaining to being a womxn of color.

When: Tuesdays, January 14, 28, February 11, 25 and March 10, 3:00 – 5:00pm
Where: Ethnic Cultural Center – Resource Room
Who: Appropriate for Womxn of Color students

MINDFULNESS FOR STRESS & ANXIETY

Help manage stress and anxiety using mindfulness meditation and gentle yoga postures. No prior experience needed. Because sessions build upon each other students need to attend the first and/or second session of either round in order to proceed with the final two sessions.

When: Thursdays, Round 1 – January 16 through February 6. Round 2 – February 20 through March 11. 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Where: Schmitz Hall 401, Counseling Center
Who: Appropriate for all students

 

COPING SKILLS WORKSHOPS

These 5 drop-in workshops focus on learning skills to help you feel better fast.

January 24^th – Mindfulness for Stress Relief

January 31^st – Mindfulness for Self-Compassion

February 7^th – How to Get What You Need in Relationships

February 14^th – Changing Difficult Thoughts

February 21^st – Sleep Better Tonight

When: Fridays, January 25 through February 21 11:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m
Where:  Schmitz Hall 401,Counseling Center
Who: Appropriate for all students

MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PEOPLE

Mental Health for the People is a quarterly workshop series focused on mental health topics from a social justice perspective. Specifically, addressing issues such as racial fatigue, navigating mental health as a person of color, mindfulness and social justice work, and non-western healing practices. Each 90 minute drop-in workshop will be a different topic and will include time for a discussion and questions. Some topics may be focused on certain populations whereas others may be broad topics that impact a variety of marginalized identities.

When: Friday, February 14, 3:30 – 5:00pm
Where: Ethnic Cultural Center
Who: Appropriate for all students

LET’S TALK

Counselors—from the Counseling Center and Hall Health—provide informal consultations to help provide insight, solutions and information about other resources at various sites on campus.  Let’s Talk it is not a substitute for regular therapy, counseling or psychiatric care.

When: Weekdays; times vary, visit the website for current schedule
Where:  Locations vary, visit the website for current schedule
Who: Appropriate for all students

Again visit our Eventplore Page for the latest Groups and Workshops!

In partnership with YouthCare, the Kaiser Permanente Family Medicine Residency Program provides clinical care and outreach to homeless youth at sites in downtown Seattle and Columbia City. This program has a paid, part-time position open to provide logistical support for clinical operations and help coordinate communication and outreach with patients.

We are hoping to find someone for this role who is passionate about providing care to the underserved, adaptable, independent, and able to partner with providers and administrators to evolve their work. The position is currently half-time, requiring a presence at our Columbia City site on Thursday afternoons and our downtown site on Monday and Friday afternoons.

For more information, please contact Paul Ford at Paul.M.Ford@kp.org.

Please join 2016/17 Common Book Author, Josephine Ensign on Sunday, January 26^th at 2pm for a lecture at Town Hall

She will be speaking on her Catching Homelessness book, but this is just a starting point. She will also include content and ideas from her 2018 UCSF Medical Humanities book, Soul Stories: Voices from the Margins and her soon-to-be published Johns Hopkins University book provisionally titled Skid Road: The Intersection of Health and Homelessness in an American Frontier City--about the history and current situation of homelessness in Seattle-King County. That book includes her oral history interviews of many social workers, nurses, physicians, clergy, and activists in Seattle. This Town Hall event will counter the “Seattle is Dying” narrative and will focus on what works and how people can become better informed and involved.

https://townhallseattle.org/event/josephine-ensign/

Trans Intracommunity Support: a Scoping Literature Review

Intracommunity support and knowledge sharing is used in trans communities as they continue to navigate systems of oppression. Even for individuals with access to accepting families and service providers, connecting with other trans individuals can provide useful insight and resources.

Study Abroad in Bangalore, India offering a hands-on, project-based learning about Grand Challenges and social innovation ( Grand Challenges Impact Lab (GCIL)

Read about past team projects and watch video summaries here: https://www.gcil.uw.edu/projects.

Come to an information sessions on:

Wednesday, Jan 15 from 3:30-4:30 pm. Wilcox Hall room 264

Monday, Feb 10 from 3:30-4:30 pm More Hall room 110

Monday, March 2 from 3:30-4:30 pm More Hall room 110

Applications will open at the beginning of Spring quarter with a priority application deadline of May 15th. Applications will be available here.  

Sign up for our interest email list to receive notifications about upcoming information sessions and application deadlines. You can also email questions to: gcil@uw.edu

There is an opening at FamilyWorks for a Community Connector to connect food bank participants to services that will help stabilize their families.

Job Opportunities

Wednesday, 1/8/20, 4:00-5:00 pm, Mary Gates Hall 171 Multipurpose Room

Each Fellowship carries a $23,000 award to be used only for extended solo international travel. Fellows may not conduct research, pursue an academic project, or participate in a formal program or organization.

More information and the application can be found at bonderman.uw.edu, but please review the eligibility requirements to see if you may apply.

 

The UW Listening Project at the SKCC provides students the opportunity to meet and learn from members of our community in who have otherwise unmet healthcare needs. This project intends to create space for community members’ stories to be heard, and to cultivate communication skills, empathy, and a patient-centered approach for future health care professionals.

Our next opportunity is at the annual Seattle/King County Clinic, a free clinic open to all, for medical, dental, vision, and other health-related services. Students with the Listening Project will participate in one of 6 available shifts, taking place Thursday 2/13, Friday 2/14, and Saturday 2/15. Shifts are 9AM-12:00PM and 12:30PM – 3:30PM.

The Office of Fellowships and Awards is  offering the following workshops on various aspects of applying for fellowships:

1. Bonderman Travel Fellowship Information Session (application due January 13!)
Mary Gates Hall Room 171 // Wednesday, January 08 //4-5 PM
If you plan to attend online, register at: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2P0Du-GkQaqtmCeY-L1y7Q

2. Can I Ask Again?: Common Questions about Recommendations Allen Library Research Commons Red C // Thursday, January 09 // 12:30 p.m
If you plan to attend online, register at: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K_nM5VOhQ3qLGfzPOpTCCw

3. Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Information Session
Online // Thursday, January 09 // 5:30 p.m.
Register for this webinar: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Bq3_lQUOTKmfZGib9hjW7g
In collaboration with the Graduate Funding Information Service:

4. How Do I Find Fellowships?
Allen Library Research Commons Red C // Thursday, January 23 // 5:30-6:30 p.m.
If you plan to attend online, register at: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K_nM5VOhQ3qLGfzPOpTCCw

Upcoming Fellowship Application Deadlines:

January 13: Bonderman Fellowship

January 15: Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

January 27: UW Graduate School International Research & Study Fellowships

January 29: UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging

January 31: Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships

February 10: UW Campus Deadline for Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

February 28: Tillman Military Scholarship

April 01: Bullitt Foundation Environmental Fellowship

 

Questions?  Contact the Graduate School Office of Fellowships & Awards at gradappt@uw.edu or 206-543-7152

 

The Application: Due by 12:00 pm (noon) January 13, 2020. In person and online information session information can be seen here.

Where would you go if you had eight months to travel solo? Which two continents and six countries would you visit? What experiences would you seek out? How would you be transformed?
Each year a handful of lucky University of Washington students get to make those decisions as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime with the support of a Bonderman Fellowship. The 2020 application is open and you may be eligible to apply for this $23,000 fellowship that supports independent exploration and travel abroad.

Each Fellowship carries a $23,000 award to be used only for extended solo international travel. Fellows may not conduct research, pursue an academic project, or participate in a formal program or organization.

More information and the application can be found at bonderman.uw.edu, but please review the eligibility requirements to see if you may apply.

Eligibility:
All applicants must be enrolled (for graduate students: “on leave” status is not considered enrolled) and in good standing at the UW during the quarter the application is due (Winter 2020) and must hold US citizenship or permanent resident status. Good standing in this regard refers not only to academic but also disciplinary and conduct standing. Additionally:

GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS: All students in graduate or professional degree programs are eligible to apply.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: All undergraduate students with senior credit standing AND who also meet ONE of the following criteria are eligible to apply:

• at least a 3.50 cumulative UW GPA by the start of Winter 2020; OR
• participation and good standing in the University Honors Program (Interdisciplinary, Departmental, or College Honors) or in UW Tacoma’s Global Honors Program, by the start of Winter 2020. Undergraduates in one of these honors programs DO NOT need to have 3.50 UW GPA or higher to apply, but must be in good standing in their respective programs, whatever that might mean.

There are five spaces available in JSIS 578 A, Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy, for winter 2020.

Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy
JSIS 578 A (SLN 16031)
5cr; Mondays 11:30a-2:20p
Chris Seiple

Finding solutions to global challenges demands different perspectives, as well as partnerships among individuals and institutions who do not share the same values. How does one build unity without uniformity across sectors—each of which possess believers and faith-based actors—in order to effectively lead in complicated times? Through theory, case study and the practical experience of both the instructor and the students, this course understands and wrestles with the role of religion in context—at least as an underexamined analytic factor, and perhaps even as tremendous force for the common good – and seeks to teach the skill sets of evaluation (self & contextual), communication, and negotiation as a means to mutual literacy and respect across cultures and countries.

You’re invited to our annual Lobby Day for Health Equity! 

What is Lobby Day?

Every year on President’s Day (February 17, 2020), Health Equity Circle brings 50+ students (from schools of public health, nursing, medicine, law, social work, and more) to Olympia to voice support for or against the passage of specific bills that are critical to health equity in Washington State.

During Lobby Day, small teams will meet with individual policymakers to tell their stories and influence votes.  Lobby Day a chance to advance policy around social justice issues as well as a great opportunity to gain lobbying skills, become familiar with the legislative process in Washington, and meet and collaborate  with students from across UW.

When is Lobby Day?

Monday, February 17, 2020 from 9am – 3pm (meet at 6:30am to carpool to Olympia)

Training dates: 2 options provided and TBD –  will be held 2-3 weeks prior to February 17th

SIGN UP

Click this link to fill out a survey and sign up to participate in Lobby Day 2020: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7XighqvHmOkHNDj-rgXeXI6vsdcWsqN2pZDjatgKT3MFRkw/viewform?usp=sf_link

You do not need to be affiliated with Health Equity Circle to attend. Please spread the word to your classmates and colleagues! If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Health Equity Circle, Lobby Day Planning Committee at: hec.lobbyday@gmail.com

Hello Everyone!

Hope you had a great break!

Just wanted to remind you all of our Welcome back first generation student celebration event!

January 10th from 3-5pm in Room 306!

This event was created to continue to foster community among first generation students in the school of social work.

Please forward this flyer to anyone else who might be interested!

Thank you all so much!

Marleisha Cox

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