MSW students with cats, consider this financially subsidized resource for your feline friend. Commence forwarded message:

At Seattle Area Feline Rescue, we believe in supporting cats and the humans who love them. In following this mission, we’re excited to announce that SAFe Rescue is now offering monthly wellness clinics, assisting cats owned by low-income individuals by providing low-cost care and services. These clinics are offered to help support families who need wellness services for their feline companions. Please note that at this time, we are not able to help with sick or injured animals, and we are only able to offer services and care for cats at this time.

SAFe Rescue’s monthly Community Wellness Clinics are held inside of our Community Lobby located at 20226 Ballinger Way NE, Seattle, WA 98155. Our next clinic date is scheduled for Monday, April 7th 2025. Appointments are required. Please do not show up without an appointment. If you’d like to make an appointment, please use the buttons down below to book and appointment depending on the number of cats you plan on bringing.

To receive services, Washington state guidelines require that you attest that you qualify based on your household income. If you need additional financial support, we may be able to lower the fees. Please reach out to us at clinic@seattleareafelinerescue.org if you need additional assistance.

See their website here: Seattle Area Feline Rescue: Community Wellness Clinics

MSW community- consider nominating an older adult who has made an impact in your life. Award recipients each receive a gift card. Commence forwarded message:

Do you have an older adult in your life who you’ve learned from? Who’s inspired you? Who’s changed your idea of what aging looks like? Nominate them for an Inspire Positive Aging Award!  

My name is Kaitlyn and I’m the Mission Engagement Associate with Sound Generations, a comprehensive nonprofit organization that serves older adults, adults with disabilities, and those who care for them throughout King County.   

We are currently accepting nominations for our 2025 Inspire Positive Aging Awards (IPAA), and we want to hear from you! When you nominate an older adult for an IPAA, you give them an opportunity to be recognized and celebrated for the work they do within their communities. 

Sound Generations will recognize recipients in the following six categories:  

• Advocacy + Activism – Recognize someone committed to advancing his or her community through positive change.  
• Community Service – Express your gratitude for someone who contributes time and energy to helping others.  
• Health + Wellness – Celebrate someone who promotes healthy living and inspires you to do the same.  
• Intergenerational Impact – Acknowledge the contributions of someone who works to improve the lives of people of all ages.  
• Lifelong Learning – Show your appreciation for someone who inspires you to broaden your horizons.  
• Defining Inspiration – Recognize a single person whose attributes have touched and inspired you in a unique way.   

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Researchers in the UW Industrial & Systems Engineering Department are seeking participants for paid interviews about privacy on online proctoring systems.

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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Welcome Huskies to your 2024-25 Academic Year! The UW Career and Internship Center, your one-stop shop for all your professional and vocational ventures, has announced their in-person and virtual career fair dates. See below for more details.

Fall 2024 In-Person

Fall 2024 Virtual

Date: Wednesday, October 23rd

Time: 11:30am – 3pm

Location: Virtual, on Handshake

Click Me for Winter 2025 and Spring 2025 Programming

Institute (GSRI)!

Registration: https://sites.uw.edu/libid/register/  

The Graduate Student Research Institute (GSRI) is a free and asynchronous multi-day online workshop offered by the UW Libraries with the goal of motivating new and returning UW graduate students to explore tools and strategies to research smarter, not harder. 

GSRI can help you to:

– Learn skills and strategies for effective academic research
– Become familiar with core tools and resources for research productivity
– Connect with relevant support units across the UW campuses
– Build community with other UW students and campus support staff

Students receive five days of online guidance and support from a team of Libraries volunteers as they work through key content and activities from the openly available Graduate Student Research Institute site. There are no required meeting times and learning can take place anytime within the span of the workshop session.

Additional benefits for registered students include access to:

– A GSRI-specific Slack space
– Optional special topics webinars (Zoom, live or recorded)
– Campus library tours
– Post-workshop tips about Libraries services, events, and opportunities in Autumn 2024
– Opportunity for BIPOC students to connect with one another

There are two sessions of GSRI being offered in Summer 2024:

Session A: August 19-23, 2024 (online)
Session B: September 9-14, 2024 (online)

All incoming or current UW graduate students are welcome to register for GSRI. 

For questions, email: uwlibidteam@uw.edu

This message is being sent to all students, faculty and academic personnel across the University of Washington. Dear UW community, Earlier this year, UW President Ana Mari Cauce announced the establishment of the University Task Forces on Antisemitism and Islamophobia. The task forces were charged with assessing the extent to which students, faculty and staff are experiencing discrimination or harassment, with an emphasis on those who identify as Jewish, Muslim, Israeli, Palestinian, Arab, or of Middle Eastern/North African origin, and to what degree they feel the climate is supportive and welcoming to these affected communities. A central component of this assessment is a university-wide survey to capture the perspectives of UW community members. We are interested in learning about the experiences and perceived climate for all UW community members. Therefore, this survey is intended for all students, staff, and faculty across all three UW campuses. Participants who belong to the above-mentioned communities will be asked a series of additional questions to help us better understand their experiences over the past academic year. We expect this survey to take between 10 and 25 minutes to complete, depending on how participants identify and the number of questions they receive. Your candid responses are critical in this effort, which is why we are ensuring anonymity in your responses. To protect the integrity of this project you will be required to sign in using your UW NetID to complete the survey. However, your survey responses will in no way be linked to your NetID. Research scientists in the Office of Educational Assessment will analyze responses, presenting findings in the aggregate, but will have no way of knowing who responded to the survey. Take the survey here: Community Survey

Read below for an upcoming photography reception hosted by a local Seattle nonprofit group, Youth in Focus. Read more about their organization and event details below in the images.

Date: Monday, April 1st, 6-7:30pm

Location: SSW Gallery (2nd floor)

Hello Students!

Our programs could not exist without the large number of professional social workers that take on hosting and mentoring our students. Our Field Instructors and Task Supervisors are often already working in under-resourced systems and are taking on this role on a volunteer basis. Later this quarter we will be celebrating Field Instructor Appreciation Week, May 15^th – 19^th, and we would like to share words of gratitude as a community for their service. We truly could not do this without them!

While the Office of Field Education can provide a formal thank you, no words from us would mean as much as words from all of you! Please consider taking a moment to share a brief note reflecting your learning from your field instructor (this year or previous) and what you found most valuable about your relationship.

 We are reaching out before the quarter gets too busy and you may have a moment to reflect, especially those of you who are graduating! We are just asking for a sentence or two! Feel free to include your name or not! Please do include your year and program. While you may choose to refer to your field instructor by first name, please do not include details about the agency or field site.

Please submit to kwollem@uw.edu by May 8^th! These quotes will be complied to be shared with our Field Instructor and school community during Field Appreciation Week!

 

The Latino Social Work Organization and UW School of Social Work are co-sponsoring a Latino Social Work Conference here at UW, along with the Latino Center for Health, housed administratively at SSW.

Here is a link to the conference program with a list of speakers and presentations–LSWO Latinx Social Work Conference Program at the University of Washington SSW [lswo2022.com]

Several UW faculty are presenting, including Dr. Leo Morales from the School of Medicine, as well as Khalfani Mwamba and Dr. Gino Aisenberg both from SSW.

This conference largely focuses on practice issues impacting the Latinx communities.  We are happy to host this national conference again at our school.

The plenary presentations and many break-out sessions will take place in Alder Hall, a short 5 min. walk from SSW.  Additional break-out presentations will take place in various rooms in our SSW bldg throughout Thurs. and Fri. Exhibitors will be present in the 1^st floor gallery throughout Thurs. and Friday.

Students—if you are able to volunteer for a few hours on any day, you can register for free for the entire conference.  For more information please contact the Conference organizer and lead of the Latino Social Work Organization based in Chicago, Adrian Dominguez, at the following email address: adrianlswo.org

Naisha Inaugural Health and Wellness Event  

June 4^th 2022

10-5pm in Idylwood Park, Redmond, WA

Nashi Immigrants Health Board is a registered non-profit organization founded by people in the community in partnership with WA DOH and UWSON

Mission: We partner with Ukrainian and Russian speaking communities in WA state to meet the broad range of health and social needs of our people and advocate through community engagement, empowerment and connection to resources.

Vision: We seek to understand, support and empower our community and provide for a healthy future for “Nashi” (our community) through a lens of health equity and social justice.

Come out and support our health and wellness event for our Ukrainian and Russian speaking communities in WA state, be our guest, be a vendor or volunteer 

Contact Tamara Cyhan Cunitz for questions and details cyhant@uw.edu 

Volunteers Needed: 

 

1. Distributing Health Education materials for chronic disease management (diabetes, hypertension)
2. Distributing materials about Mental and Behavioral health education for (depression, anxiety, trauma).
3. Distributing resources about dental care
4. General booth support- set up/take down
5. Promoting mindfulness, non-pharmacological interventions for stress/anxiety
6. Russian and/or Ukrainian speaking volunteers to translate and support attendees

 

Agencies represented at the health fair will be: 

*If you are interested in hosting a table, please reach out to cyhant@uw.edu

1. Seattle King County Public Health
2. Health Point Community Clinics
3. Dept of Health Care-a-van – COVID-19 immunizations
4. Neighborhood House- health and social service agency
5. Immigration and Refugee information booth
6. Housing Support
7. University of Washington School of Nursing

 

Activities: 

1. Raffle drawing- free tickets for attendees
2. Scavenger Hunt for kids
3. Volleyball instruction
4. Vaccination van
5. Tea and socializing table
6. Yoga/mindfulness
7. Food Truck
8. Music

The Tri-Campus Job & Internship Fair will take place virtually via Handshake and will give all UW Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma students and alumni an exciting opportunity to network with dozens of employer representatives (via video/chat 1:1 and group sessions).

All registered employers are actively recruiting UW students and alumni for full-time, part-time, internship and seasonal opportunities.

We have over 55 employers currently registered with more signing up every day, and students can preview that list of employers here. All majors are welcome to register and participate.

Student and Alumni registration opens next Thursday, June 2^nd.  Sessions are first come, first serve, and employer schedules change daily. Student/alumni registrants are strongly encouraged to revisit the schedule frequently.

The Career & Internship Center is offering a Virtual Career Fair 101 workshop on June 2nd also.

• Register here for the Virtual Career Fair 101 workshop to optimize your career fair experience.

Next steps: 

1. June 2^nd: Students and alumni invited to attend the Virtual 2022 Summer Job & Internship fair next week on 6/2,
2. June 2^nd – June 23:

1. • Students and alumni register for the fair
   • Students and alumni will sign up for 1:1 and group sessions.
   • Check the schedule often as employers add and update offerings up-to the day of the fair.

Questions? Email : cicevents@uw.edu

WHEN	Thursday, May 19, 2022, 1 – 2 p.m.
WHERE	Online

Learn more about how you can fund your graduate education. Join the Graduate Funding Information Service for an overview of funding types, search tools, and search strategies.

RSVP here: https://lib.washington.edu/about/news/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D159472036&mkt_tok=NTI3LUFIUi0yNjUAAAGELiKGO-aW3_xzFhKPDUes-fla87QI6Lj1ZMtpxCDsHOHpy2SIPeuBv6gHpU-Q2O4wIAyueYcl7_mNsL0bS1JANm_QW4koykn8jz8ZgDsC

Read here: SSW Writing Center Status Report-Fall_Winter 2022

Inclusive. Impactful. Inventive.

Calling all UW students from all campuses!

 Do you have an innovative idea that would enhance the UW student experience? The Husky Seed Fund has the resources to make your idea a reality! Created by students for students, the Husky Seed Fund provides up to $5,000 for you, or a small team, to pursue your passions and bring your projects to life.

Awardees develop project management and leadership skills while they execute impactful and inventive strategies to elevate the Husky Experience. This is a truly unique opportunity to strengthen the entire Husky community by promoting inclusivity and helping to make all students feel that they have a home at the UW. A previously funded project which has received statewide and nationwide recognition is the Indigenous Walking Tour.

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The FEMA Bus has open volunteer shifts every day until February 28^th either from 11:30-3:30pm or 3:00-7:00pm.

 Location: Auburn General Services Administration Complex at 2701 C St SW Auburn, WA 98001.

 Here is the link to sign-up FEMA COVID-19 Vaccination Bus Volunteer Shifts (office365.com).

Questions: email CovidVaccinationVolunteers@kingcounty.gov

The Leadership Development Newsletter                                                                                                      Issue 12.25.21

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Leadership Development Advising

The Q Center offers Leadership Development Advising and Coaching on a variety of support topics. Visit our website to learn more and schedule an appointment. This offering is available to students, faculty, staff, and community.
Q Center

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Greetings!

Do you know a faculty member or graduate student TA/instructor who goes above and beyond to help students learn and succeed? The Center for Teaching and Learning invites you to recognize outstanding teaching by nominating a faculty member for the Distinguished Teaching Award or a graduate student instructor/TA for the Excellence in Teaching Award.

Submit your nomination by November 30. Visit our Teaching Awards descriptions page to learn more about award criteria.

 

Sincerely,

Center for Teaching and Learning

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The Center for Teaching and Learning

http://teaching.washington.edu

The 2021-22 admissions is now open for UW graduate students interested in the Evans Schools two graduate certificate programs:

• The International Development Certificate Program (ICDP)

• The Nonprofit Management Certificate Program (NMCP)

Please feel free to share with any of your graduate students who you think may be interested.  A general overview of the certificate programs may be found on our website here.

Admissions for both certificates will be on a rolling basis, but students who are interested in completing the certificate this academic year are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible. We apologize that when we migrated our email to a new platform, we lost the previous emails sent to the email addresses, so your grad students may need to resend any emails that may have been sent earlier this fall.

Students are also welcome to contact the certificate faculty coordinator, Professor Mary Kay Gugerty, directly at gugerty@uw.edu, with any questions.

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