Well, Well, Well: Self-Care at Smith
Self-care is an essential component of learning at Smith. We provide a range of supports for students to help them during their summer-time learning.
ADHD and LD Motivational Group forming now
The Smith College School for Social Work and the Office of Disability Services invites all SSW students to join the ADHD and LD Motivational Group. The first meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 9th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Lounge of King House. Meetings will then take place each Thursd...Read Moreabout ADHD and LD Motivational Group forming now
Additional Administrative Notices:
Ramadan Dining AccomodationsReminder about Elective Structure Requirements 3-2-2Introducing 2016 Chairs and CoordinatorsIntroduction of New Faculty MembersSSW is becoming fragrance-freeA Retirement Party for Three Esteemed Colleagues (8/4)
This summer the Smith College School For Social Work will be holding a celebration to honor the many years of service dedicated to our School and the Social Work profession by our retiring faculty members Professor Joan Berzoff, Adjunct Associate Professor Fred Newdom, and Associate Professor Cat...Read Moreabout A Retirement Party for Three Esteemed Colleagues (8/4)
Grief and Bereavement Group (Tuesdays)
Tuesdays (see dates below)
6-7:00 p.m.
Bodman Lounge, Helen Hills Hills Chapel
This is an open space for students who have experienced loss in the recent or not so recent past and are trying to manage the demands of academics and life at the SSW. We will create a comfort...Read Moreabout Grief and Bereavement Group (Tuesdays)
Additional Events & Sessions:
International Scholars Dinner2016 Public Lecture Series in Social WorkFREE - Second Friday at the Smith College Museum of ArtSCMA Exhibit: Dislocation/Negotiating Identity: Contemporary Photographs from South and Southeast AsiaSCMA Exhibit: The Lay of the Land: Contemporary Landscapes from the CollectionZumba for POC (alternating Sat/Sun)ZumbaChair MassageCouncil For Students of Color Meetings (Wednesdays)
The Council for Students of Color meets weekly on Wednesdays at 5:45 pm-6:45 pm in the Scales living. The Council for Students of Color invites anyone who self identifies as a person of color to attend. If you identify as a POC, you are welcome to come to any meeting. The agenda changes weekly, but ...Read Moreabout Council For Students of Color Meetings (Wednesdays)
Unlearning Racism
A dialogue for white students centered around unlearning racism and deconstructing white privilege
Wednesdays 5:30-6:30pm
King Study Room
Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics Review (6/29)
Wednesdays, June 15, 22 and 29 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Jacobson Center office located in Seelye 307. (please feel free to bring your lunch)
Surviving Your Thesis: A Strategies Workshop for Second Year Students
This workshop, offered by writing counselors from the Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching, and Learning, will provide second year students with helpful tips for writing their theses, from refining a topic to producing a f...Read Moreabout Surviving Your Thesis: A Strategies Workshop for Second Year Students
Additional Workshops and Colloquia:
Writing Clearly and Concisely WorkshopCare of the Soul: Spiritual Direction
SSW students encounter much this summer. They learn about the psyche, and are immersed in a deep empathy with the suffering of others. They are asked by others and they ask themselves to question so many places within. Students are challenged on all levels to stretch and grow.
A tool ...Read Moreabout Care of the Soul: Spiritual Direction
Ramadan at Smith
Ramadan Mubarak! This year the holy month of Ramadan runs June 6 - July 5. It is a time of fasting, spiritual renewal and deep reflection for Muslims worldwide. Alternative dining arrangement are available for students who are fasting (see Buzz post: Read Moreabout Ramadan at Smith
Additional Spiritual and Religious Life:
Washburn Prayer SpaceSSW Announces DBT Training Collaboration
Smith College School for Social Work is pleased to cosponsor a new Dialectical Behavior Therapy training collaboration with Cutchins Programs for Children and Families!
Critical Conversations Model Training for Faculty (7/27 & 7/28)
The School for Social Work has embarked on training faculty to facilitate critical conversations, a model developed by Professors Hye-Kyung Kang and Peggy O'Neill in 2015. Our larger goal is to build the capacity of faculty, staff and students to facilitate critical conversations. This is a multi-ye...Read Moreabout Critical Conversations Model Training for Faculty (7/27 & 7/28)
Adjunct Faculty & Deans Chat Hour
Come to grab a cup of coffee, brew some tea, ask questions, voice concerns, and build community in the SSW program.
Additional For Faculty:
Critical ConversationsCommencement Speaker: CarmenLeah Ascencio
We are pleased to announce that our 2016 Commencement Speaker is CarmenLeah Ascencio, LICSW, MPH, CPC, RYT.
CarmenLeah Ascencio is a public health social worker, therapist, radical life coach, trauma-sensitive yoga instructor and educator, who specializes in working with survivors of ...Read Moreabout Commencement Speaker: CarmenLeah Ascencio
Research Participant Opportunity!
Can You Help Us Reach Our Research Goal?
We need 46 more participants by the end of June 2016 (gulp!)
Earn a $10 Smith College campus gift card as our thanks.
Complete a 1-hour in-person study about postures - located in Bass Hall!
You may ...Read Moreabout Research Participant Opportunity!
2nd and 3rd year M.S.W. research sequence
There are no changes that will affect your research education at SSW. Second summer students will take the foundation research course and will write a thesis over the fall-spring terms. The thesis can be a faculty-sponsored empirical project conducted individually or as a group, as the project is de...Read Moreabout 2nd and 3rd year M.S.W. research sequence
Additional SSW Research:
1st year changes to the M.S.W. research sequenceUpcoming SSW Thesis Poster Session, Monday, July 18 from 7-8:30 p.m.
All are invited to attend the Smith College School for Social Work Class of 2016 Thesis Poster Session. Come and view students' poster displays of their thesis project, and see and hear about students' current research on a variety of social work-related issues.
Presenters include Ama...Read Moreabout Upcoming SSW Thesis Poster Session, Monday, July 18 from 7-8:30 p.m.