Current Students
Newsletter 1/11/08
Happy New Year & Welcome Back!
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"Super Tuesday," February 5th is when 24 states (including Massachusetts) go to the polls for the primary.
To participate in this big decision, you have to be registered to vote.
In Massachusetts, your registration must be postmarked by Wednesday, January 16th.
MoveOn MoveOn.org built a new website that lets you easily register and/or check if your friends are registered, so you can poke them, if need be.
http://votepoke.org (click on this and it should link)
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Current students, find information on every page of the SSW website: www.bu.edu/ssw
Just click on the link in the upper right hand corner of any page on the site and it will take you to http://www.bu.edu/ssw/current/, the homepage for Current Student information.
Check it out today!
Speaking of useful BUSSW web info…
Want to BUY/SELL Used BUSSW Books?
Check out The BUSSW Online Book Sale by either going to “Current Students” and then ,on the right hand side, “Books” or, go directly to:
http://www.bu.edu/ssw/current/books/index.shtml
(Click on this to link)
TO SELL click on-top “New Topic” and then click-on “Submit”
(Please let Francois know when your books sell. Book listings will be deleted at the end of each semester)
TO BUY click the book that interests you and then “email” the seller
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SSW spring semester classes START THIS Monday
January 14th 2008. Other schools at BU start on Wednesday so don’t get confused.
Instructor changes:
SP741 Ethics
Instructors:
A1 Wed 2 Rolanda Word
A3 Thur 10 Eva Havas
(Monday classes from Feb 18 will be held on Tues Feb 19)
This changes the end dates for Monday and Tuesday classes.
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Students ENTERING Advanced Placements 2008-9
FIELD ED STUDENT PANEL
Current advanced year students present and answer questions about learning opportunities, how to tweak the placement process and expectations and challenges in their particular Field Placements.
Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Time: 12:15-1:30 PM
Place: Lowy Lounge
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Social Work Exchange (started by BUSSW grads)EE
Through social events and professional networking opportunities, SWE addresses the diverse needs and interests of early career social workers, and encourages their emerging leadership in the profession.
Back to class and field placement? Looking for a job? Want to advocate
for loan forgiveness for social workers and the professional image of early career social workers? Interested in the NASW-MA Licensing Test-Prep course and the Mentor Program?
Network, share what you’ve been up to, and talk about issues important to early-career social workers! Also, find out about the SWE Spring Forum on March 27th at the Milky Way in
Jamaica Plain and what resources are available for students and new professionals from NASW-MA!
NETWORKING NIGHT
Thursday, January 17th 6-8 pm
Our House West
1277 Commonwealth Ave., Allston, MA
MBTA Accessible
www.ourhousewest.com
Door prize drawing at 7:15!
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Psychoanalytic Educational Forum of Boston Program.
“Everything you wanted to know about psychoanalytic training and were afraid to ask.”
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
8 to 9:30 p.m.
Macht Auditorium, "Macht Building," Second Floor, Cambridge Hospital, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA
No Preregistration is required
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ADVOCACY DAY TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS’ RIGHTS
WHEN:
Monday, January 28th, 2008
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
WHERE:
Massachusetts State House
Grand Staircase & Great Hall
WH0:
Hundreds of Supporters and Sponsors of Senate 802
An Act to Protect & Advance the Rights of Child & Adult Victims & Witnesses of Crime
WHY:
To Demonstrate Support for Senate 802
The morning will include inspiring speakers, community resource information tables, and refreshments. Lead sponsors of the bill are Senator Frederick E. Berry and Representative Peter J. Koutoujian.
Please contact Christine Howard (choward@bu.edu) or Rebecca O’Connor, MOVA Coordinator of Legislative Affairs (617-727-7885) with questions about the bill or to show your support.
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The Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, Inc.
Open House
WHY CHOOSE PSYCHOANALYTIC TRAINING?
An open conversation among colleagues
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
7:30 to 10:00 p.m.
at
The Inn at Harvard
1201 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Please join candidates, faculty, and members in a lively
discussion about psychoanalytic training.
Refreshments will be served.
For further information, please contact our Institute Administrator,
Mary Loughlin, at (978) 692-4790 or email: MLoug23@aol.com.
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Other MSW programs have students doing this…
How about you @ BU?
Do a COMMUNITY PROJECT and receive a $chweitzer $2,000 Fellowship
An information session for prospective applicants will be held on Wednesday, January 16, 5:30-6:30 pm at the Schweitzer Fellowship Offices, 109 Brookline Avenue, Boston. Please RSVP by Monday, January 14 to: dreber@bidmc.harvard.edu.
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_________________________________________________________________
The Commencement Website is alive!
http://www.bu.edu/commencement/
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- Q. How many guests can I have attend my commencement ceremony?
- A. For the afternoon, SSW ceremony, we distribute up-to-four tickets per graduate. We keep a list of who wants more tickets and then divvy-up extras that we have. Also, sometimes students get extra tickets from other graduates who do not need all four. The University morning Commencement is open to all so, please invite everyone you know.
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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 & ideas.
Please send all notices for the newsletter to: csolomon@bu.edu
Cate Solomon, MSW, Ph.D.
Director of Student Services
Boston University School of Social Work
264 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
617- 353-5607
Room 117C
csolomon@bu.edu
BUSSW Student Service Web page: www.bu.edu/ssw/current
