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

Join SWAPI for their annual Fall Quarter potluck! RSVP here: https://partiful.com/e/cysB7DinVjKAa3lxiNEk 

PLEASE JOIN US AND RSVP HERE: https://partiful.com/e/cysB7DinVjKAa3lxiNEk 

SSW students, our friends at the Writing Center are hosting upcoming events and workshops for your learning, and community building experience. See below their message regarding week 8 of Fall Quarter 2024.

Hello from the Writing Center!

Week 8 already!  We hope you all were able to enjoy an extra day of rest and reflection as we move into the final stretch. The end of the quarter is sneaking up on us fast so don’t miss out on booking an in-person or virtual 50-minute session with a writing tutor while spots are still available!

Upcoming 501 (Poverty & Inequality) Workshop This Saturday!

Open to all students (including those enrolled in fee-based programs, such as EDP students). MSW students, consider applying to this scholarship opportunity. See details, eligibility, and application materials below.

The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, is pleased to fund scholarships for UW students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Students should have completed the first year of their program by the time they submit an application. Five awards of $4,000 each were made in Spring Quarter 2024 to students selected for their demonstrated promise and financial need. The application for Spring 2025 awards is due by 4 pm on February 5.

Up to five awards of $4,000 will be made. The scholarship is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at any UW campus (including fee-based students). Awards are applied to spring 2025 student accounts. Find the link & criteria details below.

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Join us for a research webinar on the Where’s the Evidence for Evidence Based Suicide Prevention? presented by Larry D. Pruitt, Ph.D., Derek J Smolenski, PhD, MPH, and Daniel P. Evatt, Ph.D. They will talk about Suicide Prevention’s research “Bigfoot” problem, review the challenges of developing evidence-based practices when outcomes are difficult to measure, and discuss different approaches that can help address the problem.

Registration is free. RSVP Here

This event is presented by Forefront Suicide Prevention in partnership with the Washington State Department of Health.

This event has been approved for 1 CEUs by the Washington Chapter, National Association of Social Workers (NASW) for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. The Provider number is #1975-473

SSW students- did you recently lose or have misplaced something in the Social Work Building?

If so, come by room 220A’s Lost & Found by Friday, 11/15/24 to see if the mailroom staff can support you in reconnecting.

Note that the mailroom will send any unclaimed items to the HUB Lost & Found, room 117, which serves as the central lost & found for the UW Seattle campus. You may also search for lost items on the HUB Lost & Found Database.

For questions or inquiries, contact sswadmin@uw.edu, phone line at 206-221-7441 or visit 220A Monday-Friday from 8AM-6PM.

This Tuesday, Nov 19th, join Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work, in a critical feminist social work roundtable on, “The Morning After: Context, Politics and Critical Feminism.” Find more details below.

Register at bit.ly/AffiliaRoundTableNov2024

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SSW students, consider this travel fellowship opportunity as an enhancement of your educational, vocational, and personal development.

The Bonderman Fellowship offers University of Washington graduate, professional, and graduating senior undergraduate students an opportunity to engage in independent exploration and international travel. Bonderman Fellowships give students the chance to explore, be open to the unexpected, and come to know the world in new ways. Open to all fields of study. Students with limited/no international experience and those from low-income backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply. 

The Bonderman Fellowship offers University of Washington graduate, professional, and graduating senior undergraduate students an opportunity to engage in independent exploration and international travel. Bonderman Fellowships give students the chance to explore, be open to the unexpected, and come to know the world in new ways. Open to all fields of study. Students with limited/no international experience and those from low-income backgrounds are particularly encouraged to apply. 

Learn more about the Bonderman fellowship and eligibility requirements here. 🔗 

Each November (and beyond!), we recognize National Native American Heritage Month. It is a time dedicated to celebrating the traditions, cultures, languages and stories of Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and affiliated Island communities and ensure their rich histories and contributions continue to thrive with each passing generation.

As well as being a time for reflection, Native American Heritage Month offers an opportunity to act: many Indigenous and community leaders invite people to learn more about their culture and the issues that affect their communities today, including climate change, tribal sovereignty and land rights.

Please the UW Combined Fund Drive’s website on resources, both on and off-campus, on where and how you may contribute your time, energy, and capital: Celebrate our nation’s Indigenous cultures this Native American Heritage Month.

MSW students, consider this Winter 2025 course for your Out-Of-Department Electives.

Urban Storytelling

URBDP 598 G, SLN 21914, 3 credits

Mondays & Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:50pm, Gould 322

Instructor: Helen Pineo, hspineo@uw.edu

Short description: Examines the ways in which stories and storytelling function to shape urban futures through policy and the built environment. Uses theory and case studies to explore contemporary uses of urban storytelling to open possibilities and as forms of resistance. Surveys multiple methods for learning and sharing urban stories, underpinned by considerations of ethical storytelling. In Winter 2025, students will examine community stories in Redmond with our community-based partner Eastside for All. The course assignment is a project that will explore how these stories informed emerging urban policy.

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Join the Q Center for an evening of snacks, art supplies, and low-stress vibes to meet + connect with your graduate student peers!

Thursday, November 14th from 5:45-7:15pm

Location: Q Center at the Husky Union Building

MSW DAY students, consider applying to this fellowship. See details, eligibility, and application materials below.

The Graduate School is pleased to announce a competition for a fellowship for the 2025–26 academic year made possible through the generosity of the University of Washington Retirement Association (UWRA).

The UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging is a one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns. The fellowship will provide a monthly stipend equivalent to the standard TA II level (currently $3,291/month), GAIP health insurance, and a waiver of state tuition for up to 18 credits (excluding U-PASS and international student fee) in the quarter when the student takes the fellowship. The choice of the quarter will be left to the discretion of the graduate student in consultation with his or her department.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 4 p.m. (Pacific Time) 

See more details and Apply Here: https://grad.uw.edu/funding_posts/uwra-patricia-dougherty-fellowship-in-aging/

Eligibility

At the time of application, students must be matriculated in a UW graduate degree tuition program (fee-based programs are not eligible) and not in their last year of study. The recipient of the award must be enrolled in full-time credits (at least 10) during the fellowship quarter. Students in fee-based programs are not eligible to apply.

Application Materials

1. Academic/research statement (maximum of two double-spaced pages) describing the applicant’s academic/research interests in aging-related issues and concerns.
2. Personal statement (maximum of two double-spaced pages) describing the applicant’s personal interests and background in aging-related issues and concerns—e.g. personal experience, community service, work experience or other involvement.
3. Curriculum vitae (maximum of two-pages)
4. Unofficial UW transcript showing graduate coursework (available as a PDF from MyUW). Undergraduate transcripts are not required but can be submitted if they show evidence of relevant coursework in aging studies.
5. Letter of recommendation from the applicant’s faculty advisor, addressing the applicant’s academic and personal commitment to aging-related issues and concerns. The letter of recommendation should be submitted directly by the writer. Students will send out recommendation requests via the application in MyGrad.

Please see the invitation and flyer below from the BIPOC Affinity Group’s leadership team.

Our first gathering will be held on Thursday, November 14^th at the SSW from 4:30-6PM in room 305B! Please RSVP so we can ensure we have enough paint supplies . Some snacks provided, shareables are welcomed but not required!

About us: This affinity group holds space for SSW students, staff, and faculty who self-identify as BIPOC, including Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Brown, Asian & Pacific Islander, Mixed & Multiracial folks. 

This is an informal, student-centered group, voluntarily supported by staff and faculty at the School of Social Work – if you’d like to learn more, join us! To stay connected sign up for our listserv today!

COM 200 Introduction to Communication.

COM 200 Introduction to Communication (5) A&H/SSc. Introduces theories and research in communication. Explores the myriad ways scholars’ approach fundamental issues of contemporary human communication. Focuses on theories and research of communication (e.g. relational, group, political, cultural, and international). Acts as a gateway to knowledge about the communication discipline.  

Qualifications/Hiring Criteria: Candidates with a background in communication, or communication-related degrees (e.g., media studies, advertising, PR, film, cultural studies, journalism, information science,) or relevant industry experience are preferred.

Classification and job description: Academic Student Employee (ASE) UAW Teaching Assistant position open Winter 2025 for COM 200, supporting Prof. Anis Rahman

COM 200 TAs are provided with all necessary class materials. Their primary responsibilities include facilitating class activities for the quiz section, grading written work, holding office hours to meet with students, and attending six teaching team meetings throughout the quarter.

Graduate student classification from any of the below are eligible to apply:

Teaching Assistant	Premaster
Predoctoral Teaching Associate I	Postmaster or equivalent
Predoctoral Teaching Associate II	Candidate

Job requirements: This position requires eight hours of in-person meetings each week. In addition to running three sections on Fridays from 9:30 AM to 12:20 PM, TAs are expected to attend two class lectures on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 to 4:20 PM and hold one in-person office hour. On-campus grading responsibilities will continue until March 21.

Application procedure: Please submit a CV and brief cover letter to Whitney, Bennett, wbennett@uw.edu, Graduate Program Manager, Communication Dept. via email as soon as possible and no later than November 13, 12:00pm Pacific.

Due Dates for application, acceptance, and notification: Applications close November 13, 2025, 12:00pm Pacific. Interview notifications will be made by November 15, 12:00pm Pacific and job offers will be made by November 25, 12:00pm Pacific. Acceptance of the COM 200 ASE TA offer must be made by November 22nd, 12:00pm; classes begin January 6, 2025.

Employment non-discrimination statement: UW UAW Article 20 – Non-discrimination and Harassment Section 1. Neither the Employer nor the Union shall discriminate against any employee by reason of the following status: age, sex (except where age or sex is a bona fide occupational qualification), race or ethnic origin, color, creed, national origin, religion, disability, disabled or Vietnam era veteran status, political affiliation, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, pregnancy status, HIV status, immigration status, citizenship, or membership or non-membership in a union. The University prohibits retaliation against any ASE who reports concerns regarding discrimination or harassment, who cooperates with or participates in any investigation of allegations of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation, or any individual who is perceived to have engaged in any of these actions. Executive Order No 31 (EO 31) is the University’s policy that applies to discrimination and harassment. The University’s definitions for discrimination, harassment, and sexual harassment under EO 31 can be found here: https://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/PO/EO31.html.

Doctors For America UWSOM Chapter is hosting the second episode of our three-part zoom series on advocacy as a healthcare professional student a week from now, on Tuesday 11/12 from 5-6pm PST. This episode is on federal-level advocacy. Please see more details below, or through their webpage: https://doctorsforamerica.org/event/electoral-advocacy-panel-discussion-federal-level-advocacy/.

Advocacy Panel Discussion: Federal Level Advocacy

For inquiries as such as access needs, please contact somserve@uw.edu.

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

The UW BIPOC Adoptee Collective and AIRE Roots are sponsoring a workshop by Dr. JaeRan Kim on the Adoptee Consciousness Model.

Please join us if you identify as a BIPOC Adoptee. This event is open to the public. This event is intentionally designed as a space for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Adoptees. We appreciate your understanding and respect for maintaining this as a BIPOC Adoptee affinity space.

Please RSVP for this event.

The Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) which is a Department of Defense funded center based at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland, is offering a free 3-day virtual program in January and an in-person program in July each year. This is an opportunity for social work students interested in serving military-connected populations. 

Please see the website, Pathways to Military Behavioral Health Careers: The Winter Institute | Center for Deployment Psychology with further information, such as application materials and course of study. Applications are considered on a rolling basis and will close once the program is full.

To learn more about this opportunity, please reach out to April (she/her), april.thimpson.ctr@usuhs.edu

Find the flyer attached below.

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The University District Street Medicine currently has leadership openings for several outreach manger roles and a program administrative role (remote). If you are a current volunteer and are interested in leadership, we strongly encourage you to apply! Current openings are:

• Tent City 3 outreach manager (2 openings)
• Mobile Health Van outreach manager (1 opening)
• Preceptor coordinator (1 opening)

If you are interested in any of the leadership positions (you can select more than one!), please apply by November 15th: https://forms.office.com/r/NwK08p2mKk

Questions? Please do not hesitate to contact the co-director team-

• Christina Tran (ctran17@uw.edu)

• Karissa Yamaguchi (kyama8@uw.edu)

• Tiffany Childs (tcapri@uw.edu)

• Natalie Thiel (thieln@uw.edu)

For descriptions of available roles, please see below.

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A reminder that winter registration is happening:

• Thursday, Oct. 31st at 6am: Registration for students with disability accommodation for priority registration and Veterans, Active Service, dependents, etc. has already started.
• Monday, Nov. 4th at 6am: All other MSW Students

Please see below for updates and clarifications regarding registration:

Soc W 506/574 – A specialized research course is required regardless of your specialization. To hopefully clear up some confusion about the specialized research requirement for DAY 2 students – We’re offering different classes this winter and spring that meet the 506/574 requirements.

Some of those offerings are priority for EDP students on the evening or weekend schedule. Some are priority for DAY students that are offered during the day-time. And some will be jointly offered on varied schedules. For more info about the options, please see this canvas page.

For Winter Quarter

• DAY students – 506A: Qualitative Methods (policy) course is on Thursdays at 8:30am, 506C: Community-Based Participatory research class on Fridays at 11:30am, and 574 class on Thursdays at 8:30.
• EDP students, 506 on Tuesday evening and 574 on Saturdays.

For Spring Quarter

• DAY students in spring, we are planning day-time sections of 506: Qualitative Methods and 574 Program Evaluation.
• EDP and Day students, we are planning joint sections of 506 Community-based Participatory Research and 574 Program Evaluation on evening and weekend schedules.

Soc W 571 – we seem to be very close to confirming an instructor and anticipate the weekly remote synchronous sessions (which includes 4 mandatory sessions) will be on Monday evenings, 6-8:50pm. We are hoping to schedule makeup sessions for the 4 mandatory sessions during the day on either Thursdays or Fridays, to make up for the delayed scheduling of this course.

Soc W 588 – Priority is for students in their specialized (525) practicum in a K-12 setting serving students and those who were in K-12 placements last year in 524. We have emailed those students and that group should be able to register when registration opens on the above dates.  Any remaining spots will be opened up to DAY students graduating this year when period 2 registration begins on 11/18.  There will be another section in spring that will be accessible to both graduating EDP and DAY students. First year students who are in K-12 placements this year will be prioritized next year for the course.

Spring Electives – We have created a canvas page that includes the Spring electives that we PROJECT to offer.  We’re still confirming some instructors and classes, but this will give you an idea of what we’ll likely offer.  

Additional Updates:

• CCIP students – 534 will meet on Fridays at 11:30 instead of Thursdays at 11:30. Please do not register for that class until the day/time has changed. We’ll send out a notification to let you know when the course is updated. Additionally, Soc W 527 will now be offered in spring quarter.
• Electives for Day 1 students, although not templated for an elective in winter quarter, may register for Soc W 576 and Soc W 596I during period 1 on 11/4. Add codes are required for 596I (see time schedule for who to contact). Descriptions on this canvas page. Students taking Soc W 504, 511, 512, and 524 are registered for a full-time load, so there is no expectation of taking an elective in winter (and we actually discourage it).

As usual for registration, we’ll be staffing the mswadvising@uw.edu inbox beginning at 6am on Monday if you have any questions. Any emails sent to the mswadvising email over the weekend, will receive a response as soon as we are able to.

Lev (our SSW mental health specialist) has prepared events for the SSW community. Please see their message below:

Please consider coming by the SSW Gallery next Wednesday, November 6th, from 11:30-2:30 to Connect and Decompress with puzzles, crafts, food, and community.  Students, come eat!  There will be a dog to pet, plenty of space to chat or co-work, and any way you are feeling is fully welcome.  

The UW Counseling Center and our wider UW campus have ample election-focused resources available for students, faculty, and staff.  Scroll down for images and links.

On Tuesday, November 5th, election day, I will be in the building all day with my dog Max Josephine.  Please email me if you’d like to drop by my office for tea, go out for a walk, connect for a quick hello, or turn 305 into a karaoke room after 3pm.

SSW students, we are excited to invite you to the SSW First-Generation College Student Social next Friday, November 8th. This is in unison with the campus-wide National First-Generation College Student Celebration. 

Join us for a space of celebration, games, prizes, and opportunities for networking. Snacks and lunch will be included! Registration is welcomed, but not required: RSVP Form. More details below.

What: A celebratory gathering for our first-generation college students at the SSW community

Where: SSW Gallery, 1st floor

When: November 8th from 11am-12:30pm

Who: All SSW Students, Faculty, and Staff

Please see the flyer attached, and share with your peers, students, and colleagues.

Inquiries regarding access needs and accommodations can be routed directly to sswstdnt@uw.edu.

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