ATTENTION GRADUATING MSW STUDENTS

AN OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED BY

WASHINGTON STATE SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK

OUTSTANDING STUDENT PAPER AWARD

A part of our mission is to support and promote high standards of practice for those entering the profession.

To this end we offer the Outstanding Student Paper Award to Washington State masters level social work students in their graduating year.

To the strongest paper submitted we are offering a Grand Prize of $400 plus a 1 year membership to WSSCSW and 1 year free entry to all Professional Development events. For the runner up prize we are offering $200, plus a 1 year membership to WSSCSW and 1 year free entry to all Professional Development events. Both winners will be mentioned in the WSSCSW newsletter and annual dinner meeting and recognition event.

Entries must be clinical practice papers that contain both clinical case materials and discussion of theory that applies to the understanding and treatment of the case presented.  The paper or project must be presented in an integrated, cogent way that shows the practical application of theoretical ideas as well as a reflection of clear understanding of how cultural issues are reflected in the treatment approach.  Your paper or project can (and probably should) be a paper or project you wrote for a class.

Writing should be clearly and professionally written, well organized and demonstrate appropriate grammar, syntax, etc.  Paper should be in double-spaced 12 point font, no more than 10 pages long and must conform to APA formatting standards.

Entries must contain a 1-page cover page detailing ‘Why I Want to Be a Clinical Social Worker.”

Entries must be received via email by May 10, 2017

Please submitted to: admin@WSSCSW.org

The Health Sciences Service Learning and Advocacy Group is in the process of choosing next year’s common book. We would like to invite you to submit a nomination for a book title that you see fit in this program.

Submissions can be entered into this catalyst survey before April 13^th: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/davidfer/326730.

Background:

Each year, the Health Sciences Service Learning and Advocacy Group selects a common book that engages students from across the health sciences schools in substantive, interprofessional dialogue about pressing topics related to health equity and social justice. Students, staff, and faculty who participate in this series will be able to:

• Develop awareness about how personal and institutionalized bias against marginalized communities manifests in health care and social work settings.
• Understand and contextualize present-day crises related to issues of marginalized communities, especially as a as result, and continuation of, a history of colonization and racism.
• Imagine what it would take to create systems and institutions that ensure all people have access to a place they comfortably call home.
• Cultivate consciousness and skill-building regarding the roles and responsibilities of (future) health professionals to challenge structural policies and systems that create unequal health outcomes on the basis of categories such as race, gender, class, veteran’s status, drug user and other social identifiers.

Criteria to consider:

• Interprofessional relevancy
• Cost of Author Visit and whether they are local
• Length of book
• Cost of book
• Connection to social justice and health equity
• Timeliness of topic (and would funding potentially come from other sources to bring author)
• Are there ties with local organizations, groups, history
• Genre
• Readability

Process for Book Selection

• Nominations accepted via Catalyst survey; survey disseminated across the health sciences
• Common Book Subcommittee meets and Yes/Maybe/Nos the list based upon the above criteria.
• Common Book Subcommittee revises and shortens list, fills in missing information.
• Health Sciences Service Learning group reviews list and narrows down to top 3-5.
• Common Book Subcommittee reconvenes and selects book.

Past Common Books:

• 2013-2014: In the Realm of Hungry Ghostsby Gabor Mate
• 2014-2015: Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodiesby Seth Holmes
• 2015-2016: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• 2016-2017: Catching Homelessness by Josephine Ensign

Thank you,

Common Book Subcommittee

Health Sciences Service Learning and Advocacy”

“The QSC is working to revive Dear Queer, a LGBTQ question-and-answer based blog, and we need writers. We need people to answer possible questions and make blog posts as they see fit. If you are interested, please fill out this google doc: https://goo.gl/forms/PNAsDZzHj0B90ejw2

If you don’t want to write, you can still check out our blog at dearqueeruw.tumblr.com Hope to see you on there! Feel free to share with friends and get the word out there!”

Save the Date: On February 22nd, stop by the Q Center and wish us a happy 13th birthday! It wouldn’t be a party without CAKE, so we’ve got free Cupcake Royale for the first 100 guests between 11AM – 1PM!

Tuesday Film Series at The Grand Cinema Tacoma

LOVE & SOLIDARITY: Rev. James Lawson and Nonviolence in the Search for Worker’s Rights

Tuesday, February 7, 2017 • 6:45 pm • Free Admission

LOVE & SOLIDARITY is an exploration of nonviolence and organizing through the life and teachings of Rev. James Lawson. Lawson provided crucial strategic guidance while working with Martin Luther King, Jr., in southern freedom struggles and the Memphis sanitation strike of 1968. Moving to Los Angeles in 1974, Lawson continued his nonviolence organizing in multi-racial community and worker coalitions that have helped to remake the LA labor movement. Through interviews and historical documents, acclaimed labor and civil rights historian Michael Honey and award-winning filmmaker Errol Webber put Lawson’s discourse on nonviolent direct action on the front burner of today’s struggles against economic inequality, racism and violence, and for human rights, peace, and economic justice.

There will be a 15 minute film introduction and a 30 minute post-film discussion with director Michael Honey.

Presented in partnership with Center for the Study of Community and Society at UW Tacoma, UWT Black Student Union, Meaningful Movies Tacoma, and Immanuel Presbyterian Church Tacoma.

For more information and a short preview: http://www.grandcinema.com/films/love-solidarity/

The Q Center and the Queer Faculty Staff and Allies Association invite you to our annual Q Winteruption: Valentine’s Eve Craft and Chill Social!

Date: Monday, February 13, 2017

Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM

Location: Q Center (HUB 315)

Since it’s Valentine’s Eve, we’ll provide craft supplies for you to make cards for your loved ones and friends. Plus, there will be pizza and goodies to munch on!

Please RSVP so we know how much food to bring:

http://tinyurl.com/Qwinteruption

They are starting Restorative Justice Circles at Monroe Correctional Complex and Washington Corrections Center for Women and so are offering this training for individuals interested in serving as facilitators for these circles.

The Restorative Justice Circle Facilitator Training will be held from February 16th-February 20th, 9:00AM- 5:00PM (location TBD). Attached, please find the flyer with a more detailed description of the event as well as application instructions. Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. There are also scholarships available.

If you are interested in supporting an individual who may otherwise not be able to take the time off from work and attend an intensive training, please consider donating here.

Please consider applying yourself or pass along to folks you think may be interested!

PDF of flyer: ipp-phase-i-training

Apply to be one of the Husky 100! Or Nominate another student! Deadline 23rd

The UW School of Social Work had at least 5-6 undergraduate and graduate students who were chosen as one of the Husky 100 last year. Please consider applying or nominating someone you feel fits the criteria!

Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students from Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma in all areas of study who are making the most of their time at the UW.

As part of this prestigious group, students receive:

• Recognition at a Husky 100 event in spring quarter, and individual profiles on this 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
• Invitations to events hosted by the UW president and provost

More info and application/nomination processes:

https://www.washington.edu/husky100/about/

Please join us on Saturday, December 17, 2016 for our annual Winter Arts & Crafts show.  This event allows artists from OPS to display and sell their work.  There will be a poetry reading at 3:30, along with snacks and fantastic company.  Last year this event was breathtaking, moving, and such an amazing opportunity for the artists.

​If you have any questions, please feel welcome to contact me.  There is more information and will be more updates that you can find by following our event on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/1075814525870247/?active_tab=about be sure to follow #OPSWinter2016 to see a preview of some of the items that will be available!​

Entry is free (donations are always accepted!)  Please feel welcome to share this event with friends, family and colleagues – the flyer is below and attached!

This year’s QBall is scheduled for January 13th, 2017 at the HUB Lyceum from 7-10 pm. This year, we plan on highlighting queer performers and artists. The QSC needs dancers/dance groups, singers, video makers, etc willing to showcase their skills at the QBall. We are also looking to showcase queer-themed art at the event. If you are interested, please fill out this google form before January 5th, 2017: http://tinyurl.com/uwqball. In order to perform at the QBall, you will need to attend a mandatory tech rehearsal the day of the performance from 2-4pm.  Please share the link to anyone who might be interested. Hope to see you all on January 13th!

 

This is not really social work related, but could provide some escapism over Thanksgiving week.

  Take care.

Lin

From the movie distribution company:

We are excited to announce a new movie MISS SLOANE is coming out on December 9th! This is a movie about a brilliant and ruthless lobbyist, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain), who is notorious for her unparalleled talent and her desire to win at all costs, even when it puts her own career at risk.

We are doing a free advanced screening of MISS SLOANE! The screening will take place on Tuesday 22^nd at Regal Thornton Place at 7PM. Here is the link to the google forum where you can sign up: https://goo.gl/forms/bzi1aAERVnh2Hv2a2.

Synopsis: In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. Known equally for her cunning and her track record of success, she has always done whatever is required to win. However, when she takes on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds that winning might cost her too much.

Trailer: http://misssloanemovie.com/#/trailer/

Official Website: http://misssloanemovie.com/

It’s that time of year again, looking for all writers, radicals, and people who just want to share a story! It is open calls for The __________ Monologues.

The __________ Monologues is an entirely student written and organized production featuring UW students. Cast members will share personal stories of survival, identity and resistance through a range of performances. As a challenge to the widely-known Vagina Monologues, The ___________ Monologues asserts that people can tell their own stories in their own voices. It is always a powerful evening of truth telling. The ________ Monologues was previously known as The Vagina Monologues (changed in 2012).

Students of all races, classes, sexual orientations, minds, bodies, ages and religions are encouraged to perform. Monologues are written on any topic that we believe should be part of the conversation that the Monologues is intended to spark. Topics encouraged include gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, bodies, minds, activism, relationships, families. Individuals write truths that need be shared to discuss and deconstruct the identity of “woman”.

Be sure to sign up for the The _______ Monologues Open Calls @ tinyurl.com.com/blankopencalls17 !!!!

For more information email: asuwomn@uw.edu

Facebook Event Here: http://tinyurl.com/wacopencallsfbevent17

GO-MAP Real Talk Tuesdays
Tuesday, November 8, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Center for Communication, Difference and Equity (across from CMU 126), UW Seattle
RSVP if you would like lunch

A safe space for graduate students of color to discuss campus, regional and national issues impacting people of color: the frustration of being the only person of color in your graduate school classes; the injustice of our criminal justice system; the latest controversy sparked by Kanye and Kim. Get real about any and all of it with your fellow graduate students of color at Real Talk Tuesdays.

Please join me on December 5 & 6, 2016, for a two-day training, How to Navigate Amidst Overwhelming Times, offered by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky of the Trauma Stewardship Institute. SSW students receive a special registration rate of $70 when you use the promo code TSI-Partner-UW at www.traumastwerdship.com. Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky is the founder and director of The Trauma Stewardship Institute and author of Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others. Widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of trauma exposure, she has worked locally, nationally, and internationally for more than three decades. She is also a 1994 MSW graduate of the UW School of Social Work. Check her out in this recent TED Talk and I strongly encourage you to attend this informative and powerful training that raises awareness of trauma, vicarious trauma and systematic oppression.

Queer Sex Ed Panel
HUB 238
6-7:30pm
11/10/2016

Let’s talk about sex, identity, relationships, consent, and intimacy! Do you have questions that weren’t covered in heteronormative high school sex ed classes?

Come learn what sex-ed never taught queer students in high school! This peer-led panel will talk about topics such as identity, labels, sexual experiences, and more with a specific focus on challenging heteronormative assumptions about sex and identity.

Be prepared with questions to ask, or email AdvoQTs with anonymous questions at advoqts@uw.edu. We do ask you to please be respectful of our panelists and don’t ask prying questions.

Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1867548436802022/

To request disability accommodation, please contact the Disability Services Office at (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206)685-7264/Fax, or email DSO@uw.edu.

Halloween is drawing near and we hope you are ready for a truly spooky (but safe) season! We are cordially inviting your organization to an event hosted by Alpha Phi Omega at the University of Washington, Husky Hallows! 

What exactly is Husky Hallows?

A safe & family-friendly event for the local members of the Husky community to bring their families to a fun night of crafts, trick-or-treating, face painting, and many many more activities! The event is free and open for all to enjoy, and we will have plenty of candy to go around!

All of the event details are as follows:

Event Date: On Halloween (10/31/2016)

Event Time: Runs from 4:00pm to 7:00pm

Event Location: HUB South Ballroom on UW Seattle’s campus

(maps can be provided if needed)

Who are we? 

We are Alpha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity on campus at the University of Washington founded on the principles of Leadership, Friendship, and Service. It is within our values to develop leadership, promote friendship, and provide service, not only to our campus here at UW, but to our local community and to our nation!

All in all, this event is open for all to attend and we would love for you to share this event with families in your local community! We have attached a flyer below, but if you would like us to drop off copies, go ahead and reply to this email to let us know how many and we can drop those by your location. If you have any further questions, feel free to reply to this email as well!

Parking Information -The nearest parking garage is located on Pend Oreille Road, off of 25th Avenue Northeast, behind Padelford Hall and near University Village Shopping Center and is a flat rate of $5 for parking starting at 4pm and can be paid with cash or Visa/Mastercard.

Here is the website link: https://www.washington.edu/facilities/transportation/parking-daily-visitor

Also, taking the 372 (UDistrict Lake City) or 67 (Northgate/Roosevelt) drops you off right in front of the HUB (Stop: Stevens Way & Pend Oreille Rd) for anyone taking the bus!

We are very excited to have you attend Husky Hallows! 

All the Best,

Alpha Phi Omega

The Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work gives 2 awards to Masters level Social Work students for “Oustanding Student Paper.” The clinical practice paper submitted MAY be one that was submitted for a course.  Entries must be received by May 10^th.

For more info:

http://www.wsscsw.org/StudentPaperAward

Dear Members of the University of Washington Community,

We are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Awards.  We are especially interested in generating a diverse group of nominations, including nominations of faculty members who are women, or from underrepresented minority groups, or with disabilities.

Please consider nominating one of your stellar faculty or graduate student colleagues.

The Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA) honors five UW Seattle instructors who have demonstrated extensive knowledge and mastery of their subject matter; displayed the ability to inspire, guide and mentor students through independent and creative thinking; and served as mentors, collaborators, and consultants to other faculty members and teaching assistants within or beyond their departments.

The Distinguished Teaching Award for Innovation with Technology (DTA-I) recognizes a faculty member or team from one of the three University of Washington campuses who has designed and implemented an original project that has had a significant impact on student learning; demonstrated potential for effectiveness on a larger scale; and shown potential for effectiveness in different courses, with different student demographics, and in different instructional settings.  Like the DTA, the DTA-I can only be received once by an individual faculty member or member of a faculty team.

Those who have already received a DTA are ineligible to a receive a DTA-I and visa versa.

The Excellence in Teaching Award (ETA) is given to graduate students who demonstrate extraordinary effectiveness as UW instructors.  Finalists and recipients show remarkable skill at engaging students, closing gaps between teaching and learning, and supporting student success.  They often mentor or lead other graduate instructors.  All Seattle campus graduate instructors and teaching assistants are eligible.

To begin the nomination process, please submit your online form at http://tinyurl.com/htrhr8u.

Deadline for all submissions is Friday, November 18, 2016, 5:00 p.m

The names of all eligible nominees will be posted on the Center for Teaching and Learning web site by Friday, November 28 at 5:00 p.m.  Nominees will also be contacted via email regarding their nomination and instructions for how to submit a complete file, should they choose to do proceed.

Please consider nominating one your exemplary colleagues – faculty, graduate student, or both – for DTA, DTA-I, or ETA.  They deserve it.  For questions, please email dta@uw.edu.

You are invited to the fifth annual Husky Leadership Initiative kick-off event:

U Lead We Lead: For a Better Tomorrow

October 20, 6 – 8 p.m.
HUB Ballroom
Dinner provided

Register today!

U Lead We Lead is a cross-campus collaboration of faculty, staff and students that uses the art of storytelling to motivate leaders of today and tomorrow. As a community, we will dive into timely and relevant questions about leadership for a better tomorrow. No lectures here; this event is all about stories, experiences and learning from one another.

Three local luminaries will each share their story and perspectives and call you to action. At U Lead We Lead, you get to hear from inspiring people and meet other Huskies for enriching conversation. U Lead We Lead: For a Better Tomorrow will inspire you for what’s ahead.

This event is free and includes dinner as well as fun opportunities such as a photo booth, a Dubs appearance, and special giveaways.

Learn more about our fantastic speakers and about the event on the U Lead We Lead website. Register today!

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