MSW students, consider your attendance with the Odegaard Writing and Research Center’s event tomorrow! Commence forwarded message:

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The OWRC will be hosting our quarterly Graduate Writer Social Hour this Friday, April 25, 2025 from 3:30-4:30 pm in the OWRC space (OUGL 121). We invite any and all UW graduate writers to come join us for this event, which connects graduate students from across the UW campus with the aim of building writing community, conversation, and resource sharing.

Light refreshments will be provided (and swag!). Registration and additional details can be found here.

MSW students, see your Writing Center’s announcements for Week 8. Commence copied message:

Hello, SSW community! Week 8 has arrived and, thankfully, it has brought a bit of sunshine and spring weather with it. We hope you find a moment to soak in the sun and reflect on how much you have already accomplished (insert your definition of ‘accomplishment’ here, it looks different for each of us!) this quarter. When you find yourself back in front of a screen, we are available for virtual or in-person writing support sessions for your end-of-quarter course projects, resume refreshes, cover letter bonanzas, and more.  Book a session with a writing tutor here! 

The 2025 Washington state legislative session is nearing a crucial turning point. This Friday, February 28th, is the deadline for proposed legislation to be voted out of policy committee. If the proposed legislature does not pass out of committee by Friday, it does not have a chance to pass this legislative session.

However, tracking legislation as it moves through various committees and checkpoints can be confusing. Thankfully, there is a free website called LegiScan that aggregates publicly available data and presents it in a straightforward manner.  While this information is freely available on the Washington State Legislature website, the website itself is not very intuitive. Consequently, LegiScan collects and organizes the information so you can view the progress of bills at a glance and easily filter by legislation type and current status. You can easily see the sponsors of the bills, next scheduled action, results of roll call votes, and more. In short, check out the LegiScan Washington State 2025 Legislative Session tracker!

Hello SSW Community!

As we navigate the new year and all that’s to come, we at the Writing Center want to remind you that writing is a powerful tool we can utilize in advocating for ourselves and our communities, calling folks in, and creating the change we want to see in the world. In the words of the great James Baldwin “You write in order to change the world … if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it”. It is an honor to be your tutors and peers in this work and we are here to support your writing journey in any way we can, including personal or community projects. Don’t hesitate to book an in-person or virtual 50-minute session with a writing tutor today!

Winter Drop-In Hours: Come visit us in room SSW 025! 

Have a quick question between classes or just need a second pair of eyes on your paper? Come visit us in SSW 025 on Thursdays and Fridays! The Writing Center is located in the SSW building next to the Student Services office on the ground floor. Drop-in hours are open for everyone, so we cannot guarantee that these sessions will be 1-on-1. This is a great chance to connect with other students around writing projects and groups are more than welcome!  

Upcoming Workshops & Events 

*Please RSVP here, Zoom link will be provided to all RSVP’s prior to the workshop.

Clinical Writing Workshop: February 15 @3:00PM PST

Join your writing tutors and peers in the School of Social Work community to discuss the ins and outs, norms, expectations and best practices for clinical writing, including minimal documentation that best safeguards your clients and patients of marginalized or vulnerable identities. RSVP here, Zoom link will be provided to all RSVP’s prior to the workshop.

Tutor Resources and Recommendations

Looking for something to do after Thursday classes? Catch the link to Pioneer Square for the First Thursday Art Walk! The Art Walk is a free and self-guided neighborhood event on the First Thursday of every month at participating art galleries, venues, and businesses. There’s free snacks and drinks in various galleries as well as free garage parking after 5!

SSW students, our friends at the Writing Center are hosting upcoming events and workshops for your learning, and community building experience. See below for their message regarding week 9 of Fall Quarter 2024.

Hello from the Writing Center!

As we work our way to the end of a long quarter, we wanted to acknowledge and extend our warm gratitude to all of you: both the students and faculty we’ve worked with, but also the peers and allies and comrades we’ve found in community over the past several weeks. For those of you looking forward to the holidays next week, we hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day or Native American Heritage Day and a moment of rest and rejuvenation, however that might look for you.

Also, it’s getting, like, really dark. Are you getting your Vitamin D?

Ya’ll finishing up class at 5:20 know what we mean.

Beyond that, we’re a brief bunch today, for a change:

 RECORDING AVAILABLE: 501 Part 2: Policy Solutions 

The recording for our last workshop of the year is now available on Zoom! You can find a collection of all our recordings for review on our Canvas Page, as well. Thank you to everyone who attended and engaged with us.

With the due date for this assignment on the horizon, we welcome you to book a writing consult with our tutors for extra support!

Saturday Body Doubling (Virtual) 

Having a hard time sitting down and focusing on that paper or discussion post? Join us for our final body doubling session on Saturday from 1:00-2:15 PM! Body doubling can improve focus, increase motivation, and help us from isolating as we shift into colder and shorter days. There will be space for folks to chat and discuss, along with a separate space for folks to work silently in community. Open to all programs and cohorts. 

• Saturdays from 1:00-2:15 PM PST: Register Here
  • November 23rd (last session of the quarter!)

Tutor Resources and Recommendations

Are you feeling drawn to action and community building but not quite sure where to start- or even what that may look like? AK Press is offering free e-books for a limited time only, to help us tangibly move towards collective liberation!

For questions or inquiries, please contact sswwrite@uw.edu

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!