Much pertinent information regarding graduation, both the School of Social Work’s Graduation Celebration and UW Commencement, is below. Please review this email and the SSW Graduation Celebration FAQ page for all information regarding graduation.

*School of Social Work Graduation Celebration is specific to the School of Social Work. UW Commencement is for the entire Seattle campus*

All information pertaining to UW Commencement can be found here:

http://www.washington.edu/graduation/

Best,

UW-SSW Student Services Staff

Deadline to apply for graduation

• BASW students’ deadline to apply is April 16^th. Students should meet with Nicole Guenther. If you have not met with her yet, please do so ASAP.
• MSW students should have submitted a master’s degree request already at: https://www.grad.washington.edu/student/mastapp.aspx per Lin Murdock’s email sent on Monday, March 27^th. If not, do ASAP.
• PhD students should follow directions sent by the PhD Program Office
• Students who are graduating Autumn 2017 through Summer 2018 are eligible to walk in the School of Social Work Graduation Celebration and have their names appear in the SSW Graduation Celebration program
• Students who are graduating Autumn 2017 through Summer 2018 are eligible to walk in UW Commencement. Students who request their degree by 4/13 will appear in the UW Commencement Program (Summer grads will be in next year’s UW program)

Starting today: RSVP for SSW Graduation Celebration – due May 4^th

• School of Social Work Graduation Celebration RSVP at https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/sswstsrv/343432
• Due Friday, May 4th at 11:45 PM.
• RSVP is used to determine how many people are expected to attend for purpose of dessert reception as well as for disability accommodations.

April – Student performances in the SSW graduation celebration event

• In addition to having the opportunity to submit photos/slides for display during the celebration (more info on this coming soon), there is an opportunity to have 2-3 student presentations/performances take place during the program for SSW Graduation Celebration. These presentations can be singing a song, performing a spoken work piece, a poem, or similar live performance. If you are interested or know someone else who would be great, please let us know the name and type of performance ASAP by emailing sswstsrv@uw.edu and we’ll follow up with you/them. Even if you’re not sure about wanting to do it, please let us know now if you want to be contacted.
• Students will need to video record (phone video is okay) and submit their performance/presentation by April 23rd to sswstsrv@uw.edu. The video submission should be between 2-4 minutes and should include the full piece, as if you would perform it at the graduation celebration. Selections will be made to ensure a variety of the types of performances and cohort representation.

April 26^th

• School of Social Work Graduation Celebration general announcements available for pick-up in the Student Services office (Room 23, Office hours 9:00-5:00pm, Wednesdays until 6:00pm)
  • 5 announcements per student
  • If you are an EDP student and cannot pick up announcements during office hours, we can leave them in your mail file but you must request them by emailing sswstdnt@uw.edu.

May 3^rd:

• The SSW Office of Student Services has a limited number of donated caps and gowns for undergrads and graduate students (as well as a few degree-colored hoods) available for graduating students to borrow who are facing financial constraints. Starting on May 3^rd, please visit our office in room 23 to pick up a cap and gown. We have various sizes available. This is on a first come, first served basis.
• If there are extra announcements available, students can pick up 5 additional announcements on a first come, first served basis.

May 2nd-May 20th:

• All orders for caps and gowns, class rings, and parking passes must be ordered through the Registration/Order form found on the UW Commencement website – regardless if you are attending UW Commencement or not.
• Register on the Registration/Order form to participate in UW Commencement through UW Commencement website
• http://www.washington.edu/graduation/

June 7^th: School of Social Work Graduation Celebration 7:00-9:30 PM (Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmudson Pavillion)

• Students should arrive by 6:00 PM
• Dessert reception will follow the graduation celebration
• More information found here: http://socialwork.uw.edu/students/graduation

June 9^th: University of Washington Commencement Ceremony at Husky Stadium 1:30-4:30 PM

• Students should check in at 12:30pm.
• For more information related to registering for UW Commencement and ordering caps and gowns, UW Commencement announcements, and class rings visit: http://www.washington.edu/graduation/graduation-checklist/
• For general information visit: http://www.washington.edu/graduation/

ALSO – a reminder to save copies of your syllabi from CANVAS and your practicum evaluations from STAR BEFORE you graduate.  Those both become unavailable to you after graduation.

The Department of Bioethics & Humanities at the UW School of Medicine is introducing a new online Advanced Training in Healthcare Ethics program.  We are now accepting rolling applications for admission in Autumn 2018.

http://depts.washington.edu/bhdept/conedu/AdvancedTrainingHE.html

In Autumn quarter, we provided opportunities for you all to attend gatherings of each of the concentrations to facilitate your decision as to which concentration will work best for you. It is now time to choose your concentration and the process for declaring your concentration is relatively simple – you’ll log into STAR and answer 3 questions about how you are envisioning your advanced practicum – then we ask you which concentration you’d like to declare.

Please do this by Sunday, January 7th in order to allow us to start planning for next academic year.  It should take 10-15 minutes to complete, at the most.

STAR is found at:  https://star.ssw.washington.edu/secure/

• Click the “STAR” link in the “Get Access” box.  You will sign in using your UWNetID.
• You may go in and work on your learning plan and “SAVE” it as many times as you like until January 7^th, but please remember to “SUBMIT” before the 7^th.

IF YOU STILL CAN’T DECIDE —

If you’re still having difficulty deciding, please speak again with your field faculty member or contact the faculty associated with the concentrations you are considering asap – that contact info may be found in the “MSW Day/Advanced Standing|Overview of Concentrations” at: http://socialwork.uw.edu/students/msw/msw-dayadvanced-standing-overview-concentrations

You can also contact our Assistant Director of the MSW Program Aliyah Vinikoor at 206-543-3416 or aliyahv@uw.edu.

If you change your mind after you submit, you still may be able to change for another month or two, but switches will be approved on a space available basis and we will need to receive an email from your field faculty member, approving the change, before we could reopen your learning plan for you to edit.

ASSIGNMENT OF FACULTY ADVISORS

Around the beginning of February, you will all be assigned permanent faculty advisors from within your concentration.  We will let you know when these assignments have been done. We will be facilitating setting up meetings with your faculty advisors shortly thereafter.

WHEN DOES CONCENTRATION CHOICE TAKE EFFECT?

Once you declare your concentration in STAR, it will be reviewed by the field faculty and approved or they’ll ask for more clarification if anything is unclear.  You actually won’t be coded into your new concentrations until after Spring registration and your new concentration will take effect in early May for registration for Autumn Quarter 2018.

Any questions?  Please email Student Services, sswstsrv@uw.edu.

Best wishes and let us know if you have any questions!  Please have a wonderful, restful and stress-free break and come back refreshed in 2018!

Best,

Student Services

On behalf of the Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation, we are pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications from outstanding University of Washington students for the 2017-2018 Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation scholarships.

Students from all fields of study are invited to apply. Scholarship applicants do not need to be members of Mortar Board.

The Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation awards more than $40,000 in total scholarships to University of Washington students annually.

Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation is the alumni branch of Mortar Board at the University of Washington. Mortar Board Alumni/Tolo Foundation, active at the UW since 1909, is the nation’s largest alumni group of Mortar Board National Honor Society. Each year, the Foundation provides scholarships to UW sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students based on their demonstration of Mortar Board’s ideals of exceptional scholarship, leadership, and service on campus and in the community.

Mortar Board is the oldest continuing national honor society of the University of Washington campus. Membership in active Mortar Board undergraduate chapters is conferred upon senior undergraduate students who exhibit outstanding scholarship, leadership, and service. Information about the undergraduate chapter of Mortar Board at the University of Washington can be found at http://uwmortarboard.dreamhosters.com .

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR 2017-18 AWARDS 

Application Deadline: March 3, 2017

Applications & Info:

http://www.mortarboardtolo.org

Questions about this scholarship and application process can be directed to toloscholars@gmail.com.

Office of Merit Scholarships: http://expd.uw.edu/scholarships/

We would appreciate your sharing the attached application and 2017-18 merit scholars announcement with your contacts in the broader University of Washington community, and we thank you for taking the time to spread the word about this scholarship opportunity.

Deadline for proposals and registration has been EXTENDED to April 7th.

Please use this form: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/hdevans/294811

-We request that you register by April 7th for any parts of the symposium you wish to attend.
-Lunch will be provided on Sat May 14th to those who register.
-We are accepting proposals for manuscripts on all DS-related topics, as well as for posters and art pieces.

Free public events will take place May 12-14, 2016, on the Seattle and Bothell campuses of the University of Washington.  The theme of this year’s Pacific & Western Disability Studies Symposium is MAKING DISABILITY PUBLIC: ARTS, SCHOLARSHIP, AND ACTIVISM.  Featured speakers include artist Riva Lehrer and novelist Nicola Griffith!

Symposium program: https://depts.washington.edu/disstud/pacific-western-ds-symposium
FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/205542253141341/

Questions? Please write to: uwdisabilitystudies@gmail.com

The Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students who are making the most of their time at the UW. Starting in 2015-16, 100 juniors, seniors and graduate students will be named each year to the Husky 100. One of them could be you! Applications are due Feb 2, 2016. For more information and to apply, visit https://www.washington.edu/studentlife/husky100/

As part of this awesome group, students will receive:

• Recognition at a Husky 100 event in spring quarter, and individual profiles on a Husky 100 website
• Opportunities throughout the following academic year to expand networks with UW students, alumni, faculty, staff and business leaders
• Membership in an exclusive LinkedIn group that will help build connections with employers
• Customized career counseling from the UW Career Center

For many of you it will be your last!  If you’re thinking you’re graduating in June or August, please read below, carefully, and save this for future reference.

REQUEST FOR DEGREE (only for students completing ALL requirements by June):

That link is located at:  https://www.grad.washington.edu/student/mastapp.aspx

This request for degree should be filled out by April 11^th, but please do so ASAP and it only takes a couple of minutes.  After you apply, I will check your degree requirements to make sure everything will be done by the end of this quarter (and will let you know if I see any problems).  I can’t actually recommend graduation until grades are posted after June 17^th. At that point you’ll get an email that I have recommended your graduation.  If you don’t file a masters degree request, you won’t be able to graduate and will have to either register for 2 credits in summer quarter or pay a $250 graduate registration waiver fee and graduate the following quarter.

 

If you’re completing your degree requirements in Summer (August) you will still be able to walk in both the UW and SSW celebrations, but you should file your request for your degree during the week of June 23^rd.  If you’re planning on finishing your requirements in summer rather than spring, please send me (do not reply all) a quick email letting me know that so I can mark you down on my list as a summer graduating student instead of spring.

FINAL PRACTICUM EVAL AND SELF-ASSESSMENT

Before you can graduate, you also must complete both your final practicum evaluation (always done your last quarter of practicum) AS WELL AS your “Self-Assessment” through STAR.   You’ll get an email toward the end of the quarter regarding the self-assessment, once it is set up.  Students graduating in Spring AND Summer will both have their self-assessment to do this quarter.  This is an assessment that you do about yourself at the end of the complete MSW program.  I am unable to recommend graduation until it is completed.  PLEASE NOTE: this means there are 2 things in STAR to fill out, which can be confusing to students who do one and think they are finished. Read more

Here are the dates and locations of the Competitive practicum meeting for students:

·         Wed, Feb 5, 4:30-5:30, 305A – VA Advanced Practicum and Stipend meeting – for BOTH Foundation and EDP evening and weekend students (the EDP weekend schedule does not permit a meeting in on January 24^th since they have a planned meeting that day at noon already. The information will be sent by email but also summarized in Feb 21 meeting).

·         Friday, Feb 21, 12:30-1:30 305A – All Competitive Practicums  for  EDP Weekend Students

·         Wed, Feb 26, 12:30-1:30, 305A – All  Competitive Practicums for Foundation Day Students

·         Wed, Feb 26, 4:30-5:30, 306 – All  Competitive Practicums, info on stipends and scholarships for EDP Evening Students

UPDATED Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Time: 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Room 305

*LUNCH PROVIDED*

Are you frustrated about drug and alcohol use, youth violence and suicide impacting our communities? Did you know that through community empowerment, coalition building, and advocacy through policy change, social workers have played a critical role in prevention?  If any of this sounds interesting to you, please come to our information session.

Certificate Program in Prevention Science

In this program, students will learn about: Read more

The H/MH Concentration will hold a brownbag especially for first year students who may be considering one of those concentrations for their advanced year.

Wednesday, 1/30 at 12:30-1:30 in 305A.

Community Chai and Chat

An information session for first-year MSW students with current Community-Centered Integrative Practice (CCIP) Concentration Faculty, Students and PIs

Wednesday, Jan 30, 4:30-5:30 in 306

Light refreshments provided.

 

Human Bio/Stats Pre-Req Info & Approved Course Suggestions

Statistics
* Timeline – MSW DAY students should complete before classes start their 1st Autumn quarter. MSW EDP students
must complete before their 2nd Autumn quarter.
* Must be a course taken for academic credit at a regionally accredited institution.
* No time limit for how long ago the course was taken and no grade requirement as long as the student got credit for the course (may be taken S/NS or Pass/Fail.)
* Any course with “statistics” in the title will automatically be approved.
* A research methods course in another discipline with significant statistics content may also meet this requirement, but must include basic training in critical thinking via statistical concepts including: ideas of chance variation, probability, techniques in statistical design, sampling, inferences about major population characteristics and interpretation of data and report conclusions. Read more