Note from the CASC staff: Happy Monday!
We hope you are enjoying the beginning of this semester! If you have any announcements you would like to include in the newsletter, please send them to Bri by 1 PM on Friday. If you have a flyer to include with the announcement, please attach it to the email as a PDF.
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Senior Audits
CASC has moved to an online auditing system. You should complete your major degree audit before you complete your minor degree audit. Please complete this form to help us complete your minor audit release. If you would like to discuss your senior audit with an academic advisor, or if you have questions about this process, please email Joe at [email protected].
New Drop In Hours
Want to talk with a CASC advisor? Stop by our drop in hours! Visit Joe on Mondays, 1 PM - 4 PM in room 3831. Visit Alice on Wednesdays, 10 AM - 1 PM in room 3833. If you can't make it then, feel free to email us at [email protected] to find a time to meet.
DECLARE Retreat
CASC is excited for the return of the DECLARE retreat this semester! DECLARE is a day and half retreat that will allow you to dive deeply into thinking about your identities, your social justice work, and how you can work to implement change. The retreat is open to all declared CASC minors, and students who have met with a CASC advisor and plan to declare the minor. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until spots are filled. Please complete the DECLARE application form here. Some students may be eligible to enroll in DECLARE as a one-credit mini-course. Students who are interested in this option should contact Alice prior to January 23rd.
When: March 28th, 9:30 AM - 5 PM, March 29th, 9:30 AM - 1 PM
ADDITIONAL COURSES
Special Note: The CASC office does not have the capacity to issue overrides into courses offered outside of the School of Social Work. However, the CASC faculty is an available resource for students to learn more about CASC courses offered in different schools and assist with backpacking courses.
CASC Winter 2015 Course Guide
The CASC course guide is now live for students to begin backpacking! Peruse the courses CASC offers in the winter semester.
Social Work Courses
There are numerous social work classes available for CASC students. To enroll, email Alice and she will assist you in registering. Learn more about the available courses.
SW 400
This course is considered an advanced, undergraduate elective designed to familiarize students with the profession of social work and the MSW program. The particular social problems selected for discussion is dependent on the faculty and student interest. There will be a brief overview of the social context for the kinds of roles, interventions, and fields of service that the profession generally operates from, before exploring in depth the professions response to each selected social problem. Themes include multicultural sensitivity to various diversity dimensions, empowerment, prevention, and value based intervention. Register for this course by searching under Schools and Colleges, then Social Work, on Wolverine Access. SW 400 is an elective for the context cluster of the CASC minor.
SW 620
This course will explore the origins and development of selected social variables characterizing racial, ethnic, gender, religious, class, ability, and other cultural groups in contemporary U.S. society. Social and behavioral science theories and research findings on the allocation of different roles, status, and opportunities to these populations will be studied. Students will use a multidimensional, social justice, and multicultural framework to examine power, privilege, discrimination, and oppression. This course will emphasize that effective social work practice with diverse cultural groups involves understanding professional ethics in the context of the values of both the dominant society and the ethnic community. SW 620 is an elective for the diversity cluster of the CASC minor.
PubPol 475
The Ford School is offering a course entitled, "Utopianism and Public Policy." This three-credit course will examine what goes wrong when governments or groups attempt to implement utopian policies. Meanwhile, this course will pursue another line of thinking that holds that imagining utopia, despite its risks, can be a useful exercise: it enlarges our understanding of what is possible and poses radical solutions for intractable problems. This course will also study how utopian philosophy has contributed, or might contribute, to the development of innovative policy solutions.
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AnnouncementS
MLK Symposium Event
In honor of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday "Cities Divided: The Persistence of Segregation in the American Metropolis," an open conversation to examine the causes, and explore potential solutions, to the persistence of segregation in U.S. cities. With a focus on Detroit, the event's conversation will analyze the impacts of segregation through the lens of housing, the environment, access to resources, and current revitalization efforts. The event includes a panel of speakers and a poetry reading. Light refreshments provided.
When: January 15, 7 - 9 PM
Where: Hatcher Graduate Library, room 100
MLK Children and Youth Program
Volunteers are needed for the MLK Children and Youth Program, a day of fun and enriching activities for over 400 K-12 students from Southeastern Michigan. Volunteer tasks include building preparation, registration help, hallway guides, classroom aids, safety monitors, lunch set-up/take down, building clean-up, and teacher leaders. Each volunteer is asked to work one of the four-hour shifts, but all are encouraged to help the entire day. Learn more about volunteering and registering. Volunteers must register before the event date, January 19, 2015.
Community Engagement Summit
This interdisciplinary summit is for students who have plans to participate in student-led community engagement work in the U.S. or abroad. Students from all schools, majors, or areas of involvement are encouraged to participate. This is a great opportunity to make connections with other students involved in service, build your skills, and learn about the resources available in planning purposeful and impactful community engagement work. Learn more and RSVP.
When: January 23, 3 - 7:30 PM
Where: East Hall, room 4448
Summer Study Abroad Opportunities
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Scholarships and Funding Opportunities
Davis Projects for Peace
The Davis Projects for Peace were made possible by Kathryn Davis, an accomplished internationalist and philanthropist. Projects for Peace are summer-long projects designed and implemented by undergraduate students passionate about peace in their communities and around the globe. The initiative hopes to prepare students as ethical global leaders by providing the resources to execute innovative grassroots project ideas. The selected project proposal will be funded at $10,000 and implemented during the summer of 2015. Proposal deadline is midnight, January 26, 2015.
Ginsberg Center Grants and Funding
The Ginsberg Center offers various grant, scholarship, fellowship, and internship opportunities. Learn more about available funding opportunities!
Funding for Student Organizations
CASC students are involved in many activities around campus and we receive multiple requests for funding. CASC has a limited pool of money that CASC students are eligible to apply for. In order to apply for a CASC grant, you must be part of a registered student org and have an SOAS account. There are four funding deadlines throughout the year- October 1, December 1, January 15, and March 15. To apply for funding, students must submit a funding proposal that includes the following information: student org name, contact info, SOAS account number, event name, summary of event, date of event, complete budget. Email questions to [email protected].
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Jobs and Internships
Green Corps Fellowship
Detroit Community Based Research Program
Students in this program are paired with community based organizations in Detroit to conduct key research on community-designed projects focused on issues like urban development, environmental justice, food security, community assessment, and sustainability. Students will work full-time for ten weeks with their organization while participating in weekly seminars. Learn more about this program. Application Part I deadline is January 16, 2015.
Coro Fellowship
The Coro Fellowship uses the city as a classroom to train the next generation of change makers. There is an increasing need for versatile leaders with the ability to forge connections and lead across the non-profit, business, and government sectors. Coro fellows are emerging innovators in business, policy, and government brought together by a common interest in creative leadership and civic engagement, and building strong connections that will support them as they impact their cities and organizations. Application deadline is January 23, 2015.
Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice
The Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice is a year-long, full-time, salaried position in Washington, DC. Fellows work on Medicaid and enrollment policy issues and develop an understanding of the federal legislative and regulatory process. They will also be exposed to different advocacy strategies, including producing analytic reports, disseminating effective messages through the media, successful coalition building, and e-advocacy techniques. Fellows must also commit to mentoring at least one person over the course of their careers. Application deadline is January 23, 2015.
Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship
For students interested in putting their math or science knowledge to work, the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship Program offers a $30,000 stipend toward completion of a master's degree program at a Woodrow Wilson partner institution in Georgia, Indiana, or New Jersey. Fellows undergo a year-long clinical experience in a high-need school, along with rigorous subject matter courses, then commit to teach for three years in urban or secondary schools, with mentoring throughout the process. The application deadline is January 31, 2015.
Wellstone Fellowship
Through the Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice, Families USA hopes to expand the pool of talented social justice advocates from underrepresented economic, racial, and ethnic minority groups. Wellstone fellows primary responsibilities include drafting talking points, blogs, fact sheets, and other publications as well as developing content for the Families USA website and email lists that promotes health equity and the reduction and elimination of disparities in health and health care. Fellows learn about health reform implementation, health equity, the private insurance market, health system transformation, and other important health policy issues. Application deadline is February 6, 2015.
Americorps VISTA Position
There is an available job position at Americorps VISTA. Job responsibilities include working with Focus HOPE's Center for Children and Neighborhood Network, connecting parents to resources in the Neighborhood Network program, planning volunteer projects for the Center for Children, working with partners and recruiting new partners, and increasing volunteerism at Focus: HOPE. Apply online.
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University of MichiganSchool of Social Work1080 South University AvenueAnn Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Phone: (734) 763-5733
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