Current Students
Newsletter 10/26/07
AFTER THIS WEEK CATE SOLOMON WILL RETURN AS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of the BUSSW Friday Newsletter!! Please send all news and info to csolomon@bu.edu.
GO SOX!!
Dates for Next Week
Sunday, October 2 102 Cypress St. Brookline DON’T MISS THIS!!!!
Potluck PARTY SSW Student Organization potluck dinner. Signup for food to bring with Christine Howard choward@bu.edu who is the hostess.
6 pm
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Wednesday October 31 Lowey Lng. ALANA MEETING
ALANA First meeting (new location) Lowey Lounge (upstairs - next to the kitchen)
12 noon
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Thursday November 1 Conant Lng. FIRST THURSDAY
“The Puerto Rican Experientce as a Vital Model of Social Work Training and Research Collaborations” RSVP to Rilda@bu.edu
7:00-8:30 pm
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HB721 WAIVER EXAM TIMES AND LOCATIONS:
Monday, October 29, 6:30-8:30 pm Conant Lounge, SSW
Tuesday, October 30, 12 noon-2pm Conant Lounge, SSW
Tuesday, October 30, 6:30-8:30 pm Conant Lounge, SSW
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ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS ARE YOU INTERESTED IN A
DUAL DEGREE WITH EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK?
THERE WILL BE AN INFORMATION MEETING ON
NOVEMBER 7 FROM 12:00 – 1:00
AT THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK 264 BAY STATE ROAD CONANT LOUNGE – PIZZA SERVED
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Changes to Spring Schedule that have been added this week:
SSW SR906 A1 QUAL ANA/CL DAT ADDED (PhD class) Wed 9-12
CP760 A5 (Wed 10) Differential Social Work with Groups CANCELLED
SP741 Instructors:
A1 Wed 2 Jane Lesley
A2 Wed 6 Eva Havas
A3 Thur 10 Rolanda Ward
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OTHER IMPORTANT Upcoming information:
BU is organizing an event on the BU Medical Campus On Dec. 1 for World AIDS day and would like to encourage youth in Boston to get involved by creating artwork inspired to help raise peoples awareness of HIV/AIDS.
The art work will be displayed on the day and we hoped that
social work students who are working in agencies with youth
would be willing to volunteer to bring this project to their agencies as a collaboraative effort to support World AIDS Day. Contact Liz at eltheria@bu.edu for more info.
The Boston University CAS Undergrad Honors Program and Professor Peter Yeager of Sociology have arranged a talk by Ms. Phyllis Kornfeld on "Prison Art in America" (at 5pm on Friday November 2 in CAS B-12). We think it may be of interest to the students and faculty of SSW and they are most welcome to attend.
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BUSSW PhD Project Hiring Interviewers
Interviewers needed on an exciting study of mentoring relationships between youth and adults. Interviewers will conduct face-to-face surveys and in-depth interviews with youth (11-16 years of age), mentors and parents/guardians participating in mentoring programs. Interviewers will receive either $24 or $36 for each completed survey/interview session (depending on the length of the interview). Travel to participants’ homes and evening and weekend hours needed to complete the surveys/interviews, as these times are the most convenient for some of the study participants. Next training session is 10/31. Please contact Terry Lewis at tolewis@bu.edu / (617)353-1407 to join this cutting edge research.
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REMEMBER!!! Donate Your Used Cell Phones, Support Victims of Domestic Violence (Box for Donations is near the Mailfiles in the SSW Student Lounge)
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SSW RESEARCH COURES INFO:
The required Research 2 textbook is:
Frankfort-Nach - Social Statistics for a Diverse Society with SPSS CD, 4th edition 2006 (Sage), ISBN 978-1-4-1291793-3.
This is the textbook, BUSSW used during the fall 07 semester.
IF, you purchase the textbook used—be sure it is has the SPSS CD. Also, “beware”—the SPSS CD has an internal clock and will only run for 12 months post-activation. (A book bought from a student who is taking Research II this fall is fine; however, a used book from a student who took the class last spring will not operate!)
The required textbook for Research I (SR 743) is:
Rubin and Babbie - Research Methods for Social Work, 6th edition 2008 (Cengage L), ISBN 978-0-4-9509515-6
The 6th edition of the textbook was used during Fall 07 semester—you may be able to buy used copies for BUSSW students or online in addition to the BU bookstore.
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TODAY’s TIP – Links for Social Workers
NASW Social Work Blog www.socialworkblog.org
Social Work Portal http://www.socialworkers.org/swportal/
The New Social Worker http://www.socialworker.com/home/index.php
The Fried Social Worker Web Site http://www.friedsocialworker.com/
Fried Social Worker® Blog http://www.friedsocialworker.net/blog/
Social Work World Blog, The Clinical Social Work Federation www.cswf.org
National Association of Social Workers www.nasw.org
National Association of Forensic Social Workers www.naswdc.org
North American Association of Christians in Social Work
http://www.nacsw.org/index.shtml
Global Social Work: An Internet-based International Social Work Community http://hometown.aol.com/egeratylsw/globalsw.html
International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) http://www.ifsw.org/home
The Clinical Social Work Association
http://www.associationsites.com/main-pub.cfm?usr=CSWA
Society for Social Work and Research http://www.sswr.org/
Social Work World Blog http://socialworkworld.org
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES & SPEAKERS:
October 27, 2007 - Newton, MA: The Boston Institute for the Development of Infants and Parents (BIDIP) "What Does Media Exposure Do to Infant's and Children's Learning, Imagination, and Relationships?"
http://www.bidip.org/conferences/nextevent.htm
Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change, Fenway Community Health Collective Voices for Life: An event for women and their supporters, Paresky Conference Center Free, but space is limited RSVP required before Oct 23 to mailto:diane.hammer@simmons.edu..
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007, registration starts @ 8:30 am workshop from 9 – 5 Chinese Cultural Workshop sponsored by FCC/NE and CAWLI
Who: Anyone interested in Chinese Culture, Prospective, Pre-adoptive, Post-Adoptive Parents
What: Workshop led by Ann Frechette, PhD, Associate in Research, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University. Topics include Chinese History, Language, Family Life, Festivals and Art. Breakfast, lunch and handouts included.
Where: Coast Guard Base, 427 Commercial Street, Boston
Cost: $30/FCC member or CAWLI Parent $35/Non-FCC or CAWLI Parent
November 8, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. Wheelock College Activities Building, 180 The Riverway, Larsen Alumni Room, Activities East, 1st Floor, Pagan Kennedy, “The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and a Twentieth-Century Medical Revolution”
Please RSVP to e-mail mailto:diane.hammer@simmons.edu
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Want to help a child? Like to finger paint? It’s not too late to submit your Jumpstart application! (This is a work-study job.)
NEXT STEPS:
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Check your schedule. Ideally, you should have one of the following time slots available:
Monday & Wednesday (1-3PM)
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Monday & Friday (3-5PM)
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Wednesday & Friday (3-5PM)
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Tuesday & Thursday (3-5PM)
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APPLY ONLINE (www.jstart.org/apply) as soon as possible.
JUMPSTART Corps Members will teach in yearlong one-to-one relationships, inspiring at at-risk preschoolers in the Boston area to learn. All Jumpstart Work-Study students will attend SED ED 206 Working with At-Risk Preschoolers (Thurs. 5:30-8:30pm). In class, Jumpstart Corps Members will benefit from the expertise of Dr. Schickedanz and reflect upon their individual experiences in the classroom.
For more information about Jumpstart, visit www.jstart.org Contact Marina Peterson at marinaep@bu.edu or 617-358-6010.
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United for Peace and Justice: This Saturday, October 27th, you can take a stand. UPJ is coordinating over 150 peace groups across the country for demonstrations in 11 cities.
Boston, Chicago, Jonesborough Tennessee, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Seattle.
There are also events in Fairbanks, Tucson, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Denver, Kapaa Hawaii, Des Moines, Smithfield NC, and Oklahoma City.
We made a video to help get the word out. Watch it here and recruit your friends to come:
