Hello hello EDP 3 students!

This is a final reminder to attend our EDP3 Gathering, happening today!

We warmly invite you to an EDP 3 Gathering, hosted by Wendy Lustbader and Student Services. We’ll gather in-person on Friday, March 29th from 4:30-6pm in the Social Work Research Commons (2nd floor, IPE Classroom 254C!). This will be a wonderful chance to reconnect with one another.

You can also attend virtually from 5:30pm-6pm here: https://washington.zoom.us/j/9348854040

Meeting ID: 934 885 4040

Please see the attached GSEE Spring Quarter Events Flyer to share with graduate students impacted by racism and its intersections. For full details regarding our events, stay tuned to our social media channels (@uwgsee). Students can receive GSEE weekly graduate student newsletters by signing up via this link. 

Save the date for GSEE’s Spring Soirée on Wednesday, May 22 at the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House on UW Seattle’s campus. Spring Soirée is an annual signature event that celebrates continuing and graduating GSEE students with a reception and informal cording ceremony. Graduate students from all three campuses are welcome to attend. More details will be forthcoming. 

As you know, students are entitled to free, short-term counseling and group therapy while enrolled at UW (and one quarter post-enrollment!).  There is a new shared space for students, named the Between Cultures group- held Wednesdays from 3-4:30pm, with openings for spring quarter 2024. 

Interested students should email Lev Cunningham directly (zohlev@uw.edu) to schedule a brief intake, and be referred to the group facilitator, Saysha Clark (who is absolutely wonderful and an alum of our SSW school).

Group Description: “Between Cultures is an ongoing group for students who are connected to and identify with multiple cultures but may struggle with finding a full sense of belonging to these cultures. We will gather to support each other with our challenges, and also to celebrate our strengths.”

The D Center is hosting an event THIS THURSDAY February 7^th, with the Taskar Center. Come relax with us before finals and join in on Graphic Journaling Night from 5-6 PM at HUB 334. See the attached flyer for more information!

Husky HelpLine

UW Husky HelpLine is supported through TELUS Health Student Support (formerly My SSP) to give students access to real-time, same-day, confidential mental health and crisis intervention support, 24/7, and in multiple languages.

Phone: 206-616-7777. If calling from outside the U.S. or Canada, dial 001-416-380-6578
Online chat: Chat with a counselor on the web or on the app
App: Apple App Store| Google Play

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

The 988 Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States. We’re committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness. The 988 Lifeline website includes resources for underserved and underrepresented communities.

Phone: 988 (English and Spanish)
TTY: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711, then 988.  
Online:  Chat with a counselor remotely.

National Domestic Violence Hotline

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, the National Domestic Violence Hotline provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse. Contacts to The Hotline can expect highly trained, expert advocates to offer free, confidential, and compassionate support, crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in over 200 languages.

LiveWell Confidential Advocates – Seattle Campus

The Livewell Confidential Advocates provides a safe and confidential  space to help students, faculty and staff identify what they want or need after an incident of sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking or sexual harassment has occurred. Confidential Advocates do not report incidents to the University. We provide safe places to help individuals understand their rights and options including what options they have for reporting both on campus and in the larger community, always with the understanding that it is up to the individual to decide if they would like to report or not. Speaking with an Advocate is not reporting to the University or police

Schedule an appointment
Email: lwadvoc@uw.edu

Violence Prevention & Advocacy – Bothell campus

The Violence Prevention & Advocacy Program offers free advocacy and support for students affected by sexual assault, rape, relationship violence, domestic violence, stalking, sexual harassment, and other related experiences. Meeting with an advocate will not automatically lead to any kind of investigation by UW Bothell, Cascadia College, or the police.

Book an appointment
Email:  uwbvae@uw.edu

Confidential Advocate – Tacoma campus

The University of Washington Tacoma offers free advocacy and support for students affected by sexual assault, rape, relationship violence, domestic violence, stalking, sexual harassment and other related experiences. Advocacy is a safe and confidential starting point for any student affected by these issues.  Meeting with an advocate will not automatically lead to any kind of investigation by the university or the police

Ever hold yourself to unrealistically high standards? Ever been unfairly critical of yourself as a grad student? Do you find yourself preoccupied with thoughts of perfectionism? If these questions ring true for you, below are some strategies that can support you in working through perfectionism, so you can be your whole (and best!) self. <3

Feeling Anxious

Perfectionism can go hand in hand with feeling anxious. For example, you may be preoccupied with negative thoughts like, “There’s no way I’ll write a good final paper.” This kind of thinking can be exacerbated in academia, where it can appear as though everyone else has everything figured out. To manage this, try re-focusing your anxious thoughts and instead say to yourself, “I am working on this project one task at a time, and that is more than enough.” We know this is easier said than done, and yet just like with any wellness strategy, it will take consistent, regular practice.

Fearing Failure

Ever spend too much time over-thinking the same paragraph without going further on a draft? Sometimes it’s fear of failure that keeps us stuck in a rut. As with any project, a way to move past getting stuck in writing is to set realistic and manageable goals for yourself.

For example, rather than spending a lot of time on a single paragraph, try non-stop free writing for 15 minutes. While you are free writing, notice any perfectionistic feelings or thoughts but resist internalizing them. Take a five-minute break. Do another 15-minute round of writing. Afterwards, you might have at least two paragraphs (and one or two ideas) to add to your draft. Doing manageable rounds of writing can help you see that you are making progress.

Resisting Perfection

The stakes feel high in graduate school, especially during times when feel like you are somehow “not smart enough.” In these situations, you may feel the pressure to constantly prove yourself. This is unrealistic and can negatively impact your wellbeing. While it’s important to be open to feedback and guidance from advisors and mentors to grow on intellectual and professional levels, it’s also important to practice radical acceptance to let go of the need to be perfect.

Accepting: “this is good enough, I am good enough”

There are many things that happen in life that can throw us off our schedules. Accepting “this is good enough” means honestly knowing that you dedicated the time, effort, and resources to complete a project given everything you have to balance in life — and then it is time be done with the work. You tried your very best and that is ok!

Additional resources:

• Coping with Perfectionism, University of Michigan
• How to Manage Your Perfectionism, WebMD

If you find that perfectionistic thinking is negatively impacting your wellbeing, consider reaching out for support. The HuskyHelpline provides all UW students with access to real-time, same-day, confidential mental health and crisis intervention support, 24/7, and in multiple languages. You can also contact your Bothell, Seattle, or Tacoma campus counseling center to schedule an appointment.

We hope these tips are helpful to you and let us know what has worked for you!

~UW Graduate Student Affairs

**The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Fellowship is designed to engage a curated cohort of emerging entrepreneurs at the undergraduate or graduate level. The CGI Fellowship aims to equip these social changemakers with essential resources and mentorship to develop and execute initiatives tackling pressing global challenges.  Deadline: March 15 

Center for Human Rights Scholarships – Application opens February 12th- Deadline: March 15

**Davis-Putter Scholarship – For progressive activists: Open to people active in movements for social and economic justice and who have financial need. Deadline: April 1

**The Harlan Hahn Fund 2024 –  Harlan Hahn Endowment Fund in Disability Studies call for proposals is now open for 2024. Current students, faculty, and staff from all three University of Washington campuses are invited to submit a grant proposal. Applications must describe research, writing, or activist projects that are framed within, aligned with, or informed by the academic field of Disability Studies. Harlan Hahn awards typically range between $500 and $5,000. The number and amount of the grants awarded depends on the quality of the individual projects and the overall number of eligible proposals received. Deadline: April 10

**Sea Mar Community Health Center Scholarships: Numerous scholarships for students who are of migrant or seasonal farm worker backgrounds. In addition, Sea Mar also offers a $2,500 scholarship to students who demonstrate a history of advocacy, responsibility, accountability, and perseverance. Deadline: April 15

“UW Theses and Dissertations” will be held online on Thursday, May 25, from 2-3pm. For many students, the thesis or dissertation represents one of their first forays into publicly disseminating the products of their scholarship. This webinar will give an overview of the copyright and publishing issues students should consider, and demonstrate how their decisions are reflected in the ETDAdministrator system. It will offer the opportunity for students to think through their options for how and when to share their work, and to ask questions about the process.

Please register here to receive an invitation with the zoom information.

For those students who are unable to attend this session, we do have two asynchronous resources:

• A recorded version of the quarterly UW Theses and Dissertations Workshop, and
• A self-guided canvas course, Electronic Theses and Dissertations with UW Libraries

As always, my department is also very happy to answer individual questions from students; they can contact me directly or email uwlib-etds@uw.edu.

Students attending a King County college campus with a Benefits Hub office are eligible to apply for the Blake Nordstrom Scholarship! This is a $5,000 scholarship that will be awarded to 20 students for the 2023-2024 school year. The funds will be divided and disbursed over Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters!

If you attend one of the following schools you are eligible to apply:

• Bellevue College
• Green River College
• Highline College
• Renton Technical College
• Shoreline College
• South Seattle College
• Seattle Central College
• North Seattle College
• Cascadia College
• UW Bothell

Requirements:

• Must be 18 or older.
• Have at lease 1 quarter remaining in your academic/certificate program at the time of submitting your application.
• Registered for 6 credits or more OR enrolled in a degree or certificate program.
• No GPA requirements!

Issue No. 168                                                                                  May 9, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

Dr. Susan Barkan Retiring
Dr. Susan Barkan, Principal Research Scientist and the Director of Research at Partners for Our Children (P4C) has recently retired from the UW. She worked with P4C for the past 15 years as a Research Scientist and was Affiliate Faculty with the UW School of Social Work. Congratulations, Susan!

Zipline downtime on June 5
On Monday, June 5, Zipline will be down for an upgrade. Please plan ahead, as the system is expected to be down for 48 hours. During this downtime, researchers will not be able to submit applications, respond to requests from HSD or the IRB, or access documents.

National Institute of Mental Health Call for Nominations
The NIMH seeks nominations for the James S. Jackson Award, given to exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach. Nominations are due May 22, 2023.

Changes coming to ClinicalTrials.gov Website
The National Library of Medicine has been working to modernize the ClinicalTrials.gov website, and have incorporated user feedback to improve how visitors search, view, and download information about clinical trials. These changes will take place in June, 2023.

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We’ll be meeting via Zoom on Thursday, May 18^th, at 6pm. All students, staff, faculty, and administrators of color are welcome to join.

You can access (using UW zoom credentials) the recording here.

Issue No. 167                                                                                  May 2, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

Zipline downtime on June 5
On Monday, June 5, Zipline will be down for an upgrade. Please plan ahead, as the system is expected to be down for 48 hours. During this downtime, researchers will not be able to submit applications, respond to requests from HSD or the IRB, or access documents.

National Institute of Mental Health Call for Nominations
The NIMH seeks nominations for the James S. Jackson Award, given to exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach. Nominations are due May 10, 2023.

New Publications

Crosby, S. D., Day, A., Somers, C., Baroni, B., Patterson, D., Jones, K., & Hong, J. S. (2023) Exploring trauma-informed teaching through the voices of female youth. Journal of Trauma Studies in Education, 2(1), 62–78.

Kniffley, S., Crosby, S. D., Jones, K. V., Middleton, J., & Caine, A. (2023, April 3). Bridging the Gap: Evaluating the Efficacy of Racial Trauma Therapy Training for Community Mental Health Clinicians. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication.

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Issue No. 166                                                                               April 25, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

Resilience Lab Seed Grants
In partnership with the Campus Sustainability Fund, the Resilience Lab is awarding seed grants that support efforts to promote resilience, compassion and sustainability and to foster connection and community at the UW. These grants, ranging from $500 to $5,000, support impactful activities, programs, projects, and/or applied research. The application period will close on April 30.

NIH Resource for Applications
The Center for Scientific Review at NIH has developed a new resource to clarify the process of submitting an NIH grant application for both investigators and institutions.

NIMH James S. Jackson Award Nominations
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is seeking nominations for the 2023 James S. Jackson Award. Nominees should include exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach.

New Resources for Meaningfully Engated Lived Expertise in Child Welfare Research
For the past several years, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, and the William T. Grant Foundation have developed a 21st Century Research Agenda for a Child and Family Well-Being System. A new brief and checklist describe the partnership and provide recommendations from lived experience experts on how they experience research, and recommendations for researchers and funders about how to proceed with respect and rigor.

National Institute of Mental Health Call for Nominations
The NIMH seeks nominations for the James S. Jackson Award, given to exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach. Nominations are due May 10, 2023.

Read more

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

Please save the Date for our next SWAPI meeting Thursday, May 4 from 5:30-6:30pm in the UW SSW building room 306. This will be vision boarding and hanging out so there’s no zoom for this meeting.

SWAPI Graduation Party Friday, May 19, around 4-6pm, location TBD

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to SWAPI Student Leads and Faculty Leads:

Rio Hindami rhinda@uw.edu

katt Purington cmpurr33@uw.edu

Jennifer Brower jjb2@uw.edu

Saul Tran Cornwall saultran@uw.edu

See you Thursday, May 4, 5:30-6:30pm!

Are you interested in becoming a Community Leadership Institute fellow?

Puget Sound Sage and Sage Leaders’ Community Leadership Institute (CLI) is a fellowship program that resources, educates, and places emerging leaders from communities of color and low-income communities to serve on strategic municipal boards and commissions.

Launched in 2015, the six-month fellowship trains emerging leaders in issues such as housing, land use, transit, climate, and economic development. Graduates learn the nuts and bolts of local government processes, such as municipal budgeting, parliamentary procedures, and lawmaking, as well as advocacy, storytelling, and communication skills.

After graduation, the fellows apply for and are placed on strategic boards, commissions, and task forces at the city and county level. Through participation, CLI alums have the opportunity to move forward a racial equity agenda at a government level by asking critical questions about who benefits and who is burdened by policy decisions and offering solutions that integrate community participation and perspectives as part of the decision-making process.

WHICH COHORT WILL YOU BE APPLYING TO? King and Pierce Counties or Clark County

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Issue No. 165                                                                               April 18, 2023

Highlighted News and Announcements

UW Neurodiversity Employment Center Opportunity
Dr. Hala Annabi, Associate Professor in the Information School, is leading an initiative to create a UW center focused on improving employment outcomes for neurodivergent people. Dr. Annabi is interested in creating a transdisciplinary proposal for private funders. If you are interested in participating in this effort, please email Dr. Annabi at hpannabi@uw.edu or Tasha Murphy (tbmurphy@uw.edu) for more information.

Margaret Kuklinski, John Briney, and J. David Hawkins News Brief
In last week’s newsletter, we shared a recent paper co-authored by Margaret Kuklinski, John Briney, and J. David Hawkins at SDRG about a gun violence prevention program. This study is making national news! Click here to read about the study, reported by ABC News. Congratulations to all co-authors!

Resilience Lab Seed Grants
In partnership with the Campus Sustainability Fund, the Resilience Lab is awarding seed grants that support efforts to promote resilience, compassion and sustainability and to foster connection and community at the UW. These grants, ranging from $500 to $5,000, support impactful activities, programs, projects, and/or applied research. The application period will close on April 30.

SSWR Needs Volunteer Abstract Reviewers
The Society for Social Work and Research seeks volunteer abstract reviewers for the 28th Annual conference. If you are interested in applying, click here for additional information.

National Institute of Mental Health Call for Nominations
The NIMH seeks nominations for the James S. Jackson Award, given to exceptional intramural and extramural minority mental health and mental health disparities researchers who exemplify and demonstrate excellence in scholarship, mentorship and learning environment, and community, inclusivity, and outreach. Nominations are due May 10, 2023.

Read more

Hello,

On behalf of the Odegaard Writing and Research Center (OWRC), we hope you are having a successful start to Spring Quarter!

We know that Spring is a writing-heavy time for many graduate students and so we are reaching out to publicize one of our graduate-oriented programs – Open Writing Circles. Could you kindly circulate this writing support opportunity? We have included a blurb below to share with graduate students.

Open Writing Circles are a flexible writing group facilitated by OWRC graduate staff for graduate students and UW-affiliated postdocs. Motivated by a low-pressure approach to writing accountability and productivity, Open Writing Circles are a great option for writers who benefit from working in communal writing spaces.

Open Writing Circles are highly mobile and require no regular commitment to attendance. Meeting weekly on Tuesday afternoons (1:30-3:00pm PDT) via Zoom, Open Writing Circles are accessible wherever you have an internet connection and video participation isn’t required. Writers are welcome to join in as frequently or infrequently as they wish, but are asked to join within 15 minutes of the scheduled start time if they plan to attend the session.

Finally, Open Writing Circles are open to writers from all programs and all stages of graduate and post-graduate study. Any and all genres of writing are welcome!

For weekly reminders and schedule updates, writers are encouraged to subscribe to the Writing Circles mailing list or to check out the OWRC website. We hope to see you there!

–Odegaard Writing and Research Center (OWRC)

Thank you in advance, and please distribute as relevant.

Best,

OWRC Staff

Greetings from the Social Workers for Environmental Justice student group!

Please see the information below about an Earth Day rally/march on April 22nd starting at noon.

As social workers, we know that marginalized communities are hit first and hardest by the impacts of climate change.  Please join us in encouraging Seattle to set large building decarbonization standards that align with the urgency of the climate crisis.  Electrification of large buildings will include schools, libraries, and large apartment buildings that will benefit many of those most at risk of climate impacts.  Plus, electrification will often involve moving to heat pumps which can provide air conditioning during our increasing summer heat!

The event will be family friendly and include some great theater, dance, and art!

Philosophy for Children Graduate Fellowships

Philosophy for Children Graduate Fellowships, established in 2013, are offered by the Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) (formerly the Center for Philosophy for Children), through an affiliation with the UW Department of Philosophy. Two fellowships are available each year for graduate students in any University of Washington department or college. 

Fellows are involved primarily in the “Philosophers in the Schools” program, which sends UW graduate and undergraduate students into Seattle K-12 schools to lead philosophy sessions, as well as the Washington State High School Ethics Bowl and other related activities.

For the 2022–2023 academic year, each Philosophy for Children fellowship is $5,000.

Previous Philosophy for Children fellows who have served less than two years are welcome to apply.

Fellow Responsibilities

1. Enrollment in our fall quarter course (PHIL 205, Philosophy for Children, taken as PHIL 584), and our winter quarter graduate seminar (PHIL 595, Philosophical Inquiry in Schools).

2. Involvement in the “Philosophers in the Schools” program, including facilitating philosophy sessions in K-12 classrooms and mentoring undergraduate students involved in the program.

3. Participation in the Washington State High School Ethics Bowl, including attendance at and involvement in the competition. 

Total time commitment is expected to be an average of 4-5 hours per week (not including the philosophy courses) for the three quarters of the academic year. Each fellow is assigned a mentor to help guide and support their fellowship work.

Application Process

The application process involves the following, to be submitted online no later than May 26, 2023:

1. A one-page statement describing your interest in the “Philosophers in the Schools” program. Please include complete and current contact information. Experience in philosophy, K-12 teaching, or philosophy for children is not required for this fellowship.

2.  One letter of support from a faculty member in the applicant’s department who can speak to the student’s suitability for this fellowship. If you are not yet at UW, please submit a letter of support from a faculty member at another institution.

 For more information about PLATO see https://www.plato-philosophy.org

 Questions about the fellowships? Contact PLATO Executive Director Jana Mohr Lone at mohrlone@uw.edu

Hello!

We are excited to announce that the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies scholarship applications for 2023-2024 are open now! We have seven scholarships and fellowships that are open to undergraduate and graduate students, with funding that ranges from $5,000 to $10,000 depending on the award. On top of that, students only need to fill out ONE online application to apply for all of our awards! We will do the work on our end to determine which awards you qualify for. The scholarships and fellowships application is due on Monday, May 22nd at 11:59PM. Please visit https://labor.washington.edu/scholarships-and-prizes for more information on each of our scholarships and to access the online application.

For any questions, please reach out to Sai Ahmed at ypahmed@uw.edu!

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