Current Students
Newsletter 12/07/07
“Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.”
- Margaret Cho –
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THE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE INVITES YOU TO CELEBRATE
HolidayTraditions Across Cultures
- Thoughts from visiting International Scholars
- Reflections from a Peace Corp Volunteer
- Surprise Dance Performance
TREATS from various cultures…
This WEDNESDAY, December 12, 2007, 12-1:45PM - Student Lounge - SSW faculty, Staff & Students Invited to Attend
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Wrapping Up With ALANA
When: Thursday, December 13, 2007, 5:30-8:00 PM
Where: Student Lounge
Everyone come out to wrap up the semester
& gifts for children!
While we celebrate the holidays we remmber that for some of our clients this is a difficult time!
If you cannot make the event, there is a toy drop box in the Social Work Lounge.
Thanks to SO we have refreshments & toys to wrap !
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Note the changes in the SSW calendar for spring 2008.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Last Day of Classes
Friday, December 21, 2007 Last Day of Field Education
Week of January 7, 2008 Field Education Begins
SSW spring semester classes START Monday January 14, 2008.
(The University doesn’t start classes until Wednesday, January 16.)
Monday classes from Feb 18 will be held on Tues Feb 19.
This will change the end dates for Monday and Tuesday classes.
See the NEW SSW calendar (a copy is attached with the newsletter)
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REMINDER:
All students in the field should be evaluated by their field instructor. The forms were mailed to the agency and are due in the Field Ed office TODAY, Dec. 7.
If the agency did not receive the form, the student can pick up a copy from the Field Ed office or print a form from the Field Ed web page. Although they are due this week, we ask that the form not be faxed since they are often incomplete or illegible.
Final date at which we should receive the form is Dec. 20th.
Please remember to make a copy for yourself and your faculty advisor as well.
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The University uses 1-617-353-SNOW to alert the community about a school closure due to weather
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BU RideShare for those who are traveling and are interested in sharing a ride. If you'd like to post or find an offer go to: www.bu.edu/rideshare/
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FIELD PREPARATION SEMINAR
1rst YEAR
PART-TIME, SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS
STUDENT PANEL PRESENTATION
A Panel of BUSSW students will speak and answer questions about their particular Field Placements, their experience with the placement process, and how they balance the difficult demands of a field placement with work, school, and family obligations.
Pizza will be served!!!!!
Date: Monday, December 10, 2007
Time: 12-1:30 PM
Place: Room 121
For this session, both sections will meet together.
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Limit your personal environmental impact: http://www.catalogchoice.org
National Wildlife Federation and National Resources Defense Council and others have started a new on-line consumer service called Catalog Choice giving people the choice of which catalogs you will receive
(and which catalogs you wish to stop).
Paper use has a huge impact on the environment - and catalog printing and mailing is a huge part of that. Each year, 19 billion catalogs are mailed to American consumers. This uses 53 million trees (between 300,000 and 500,000 acres of land cleared or thinned) and comprises 7.2 billion pounds of paper. Processing and transporting this paper results in 5.2 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions which equals the annual emissions of two million cars. It also requires 53 billion gallons of fresh water.
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NETWORK over coffee and hot chocolate and some of the best baked goods around!
A Students and Early Career Social Workers professional networking opportunity
Tues. Dec.11th 6-8PM Athan’s Bakery
1621 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA
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You're Invited to the
NASW LGBT Issues Committee
HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
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Monday, December 17 at 6:00pm at Laurel Grill and Bar
142 Berkeley St., Boston (corner of Columbus Ave.)
RSVP to melindastrauss@ gmail.com
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Support Community Health & eat pie!
I am a first year student here at BUSSW. This spring I am running the Boston Marathon for Team Brigham. My goal is to earn at least $3000 all of which will go towards community health programs in the greater Boston area. In order to raise money I am selling homemade pies. How it works, you make a tax-deductible donation to Team Brigham and in return I give you a delicious pie made from scratch (my specialties are pumpkin, pecan, and chocolate cream)! Please check out my fundraising page
( http://www.firstgiving.com/sarahhauke ) and email me at sehauke@gmail.com if you have any questions or are interested. I can't wait to cook for all of you!!!
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Join us for a presentation and discussion of strategies to achieve dialogue with youth about sex, sexuality and EC. Amber Madison, author of Hooking Up: a Girl's All-Out Guide to Sex & Sexuality, will discuss:
- Questions she receives from young people and the concerns they have
- How to discuss specific sexual topics and why
- Using the web and new media to reach youth
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Monday, December 10, 2007 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
EC Network Winter Meeting, Northeastern University
The ballroom at the Curry Student Center, 346 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
(Ruggles T station on the Orange line. http://www.neu.edu/campusmap/ - building #50 on the map.) Please RSVP to ecrsvp@prochoicemass.org. If you have any questions, call Stacie at 617-556-8800 x15.
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COMBAT SPEAKS:
THE GENDERING OF WAR & WAR RESISTANCE
THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, Inc.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2007
9:30 AM-12:30 PM
AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, ROOM 426, 595 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE, BOSTON, MA
(Underground parking will be available in the SMG Garage at 595 Commonwealth Ave.)
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The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights thanks you for the Donations of winter coats in very good condition & new shoes, hats, gloves, or scarves (especially needed are larger sizes for both men and women).
Donation box in the SSW Student Lounge
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The Wendy Byers Scholarship is available to students with disabilities.
Students need to fill out an application which is reviewed by a committee of alumna. Ina Frye (ifrye@bu.edu) , the Director of Financial Aid, has more specific information about the process which takes place in March. If you are interested, I would recommend that you speak with Ina right after the semester break, and she can give you the details.
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Massachusetts Immigrant Rights Association Summit
this Saturday Dec 8th
Tilton Hall,Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610
9:00AM-3:30PM
Register Now!
The summit will be an unprecedented opportunity for immigrant rights organizations from all across Massachusetts to unite around common goals and coordinate efforts across the state. MIRA members, partners, and allies will network, learn, and strategize about the issues affecting our communities.
Please read more through MIRA's website and download your registration and survey. ($10 MIRA member, $15 Non Member). Contact Elena Blanco at 617-350-5480 x217 for more information.
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Have a COMMUNITY PROJECT you’d like to do? 2008-2009 Albert $chweitzer Fellowship
Open to all students enrolled in a degree program through March 2009
- 200 Hour Community Service Project
- Fellowship Retreat in NH April 5-6, 2008
- Multidisciplinary Monthly Fellowship Meetings
- $2,000 Stipend
Applications due February 1, 2008
Apply online at www.schweitzerfellowship.org Click on “U.S. Programs” then “Boston”
For more information, contact: Devon Reber, MSW Program Coordinator (617) 667-1526 dreber@bidmc.harvard.edu
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SSW Q & A
- Q. Can I audit a course at SSW?
- A. Yes, first register for the course and then get permission from the instructor to audit. You can request to audit a class anytime before the 5th week of class. You will not get credit for an audited class but will be charged for it (FT students pay the normal tuition fee). To audit fill out a Course Adjustment form that can be found on the Student Services’ rack outside room 117A or, go to our webpage http://www.bu.edu/ssw/ , look under ‘current students’, then, “Student Handbook.” At the end of the handbook you will find this and various other forms.
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E-mail Cate at csolomon@bu.edu, call: 617-353-5607 or, come by SSW 117A, BUSSW Student Services, to talk, ask questions, get information and/or share your perceptions and ideas.
Please send all notices for the newsletter to: csolomon@bu.edu
