Voices From Around the World: A Mental Health Art Exhibit
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Mental Health Matters (MHM) is hosting a global-themed art exhibit to celebrate and acknowledge the vast intersectionalities in experiencing mental health across the globe. This will be a celebratory arts event where performers, poets, actors and just any student can share words or a prepared presentation representing important takeaways or noteworthy lived experiences regarding mental health from a culturally informed lens.
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Date:
Wednesday, November 13th
Time:
6 pm - 8 pm
Location:
SSWB ECC (1840)
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William Davidson Institute Global Impact Internship Program
Deadline: late November
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WDI provides high quality action learning opportunities for University of Michigan graduate students to work with international organizations, while at the same time providing meaningful business assistance and support to those global organizations.
Learn more
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OGA Global Conference Grant
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The Office of Global Activities (OGA) offers funding every other year to MSW and PhD students who
submit an abstract
and are
accepted to present
at either the Joint World Conference on Social Work Education and Social Development or the IFSW Global Social Work Conference. Students who apply to this grant are required to be enrolled students at SSW during the global conferences.
Learn more information including overview and eligibility here
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Global Independent Study Grant
Deadline: Dec. 3, 2019
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Global Independent Study (GIS) is a student-initiated opportunity that allows MSW students to travel abroad during the Spring/Summer term to study a topic of their choosing while working with a faculty instructor. Students will receive elective credits for the global experience. Award amounts are up to $2,000.
Learn more
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OGA Passport Grant
Deadline: Dec. 3, 2019
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The Office of Global Activities in the School of Social Work is offering a Passport Grant of $155 per person to incoming MSW students who have never held a passport before and are applying to the Global Independent Study Grant. The application is submitted via the GIS application.
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Alumni Board of Governors (BOG) Practicum Award
Deadline: late January
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The Alumni Board of Governors Award helps meet the growing needs of U-M MSW students who pursue national and global experiences. Applicant must be admitted into a SSW approved national or global field placement site or a global independent study project for which they are seeking support.
Learn more
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International Institute Individual Fellowship
Deadline: mid February
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The International Institute Individual Fellowships are designed to support University of Michigan students, regardless of citizenship, who are enrolled in a degree program and wish to participate in internships or conduct research abroad. To be eligible for this award students must spend at least 1 month abroad, with a 30-hour-per-week time commitment. Award amounts are up to $5,000.
Learn more
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Professional Opportunities
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Intake Coordinator at MIRC (Ypsilanti)
Application deadline: sooner than later
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The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center (MIRC),
a statewide division of the Michi-gan Statewide Advocacy Services (MSAS) is seeking candidates for a bilingual intake coordinator at its Ypsilanti office.
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A/PIA Heritage Month Committee
Application deadline: Friday,
November 15, 2019
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The Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA) is looking for committee people to coordinate another successful year of A/PIA Heritage month.
Learn more information here..
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Foriegn Language and Area Studies (
FLAS) Fellowship
Application deadline:
January 15, 2020
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This fellowship is offered by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies for students to learn
Nahuatl, Portuguese, Quechua, or Yoruba
languages during the summer of 2020 or the 2020-2021 Academic Year (or both!).
FLAS fellowships offer tuition support and a stipend to students studying these designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies
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Well-being for U-M Students Website
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Well-being is the journey we take, one step and one choice at a time, to care for ourselves. It’s how we appraise and feel about our lives, including success in school and all other aspects. It’s personal, family and friends, community, and beyond. Check out the
Well-being for U-M Students Website,
developed as one of the collaborative efforts of the U-M Student Life Health and Wellness Collective Impact Team.
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New American Economy
is a bipartisan research and advocacy organization fighting for smart federal, state, and local immigration policies that help grow our economy and create jobs for all Americans. Check out their
Map the Impact webpage
for U.S. immigrant data.
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Discovering Your Voice
Saturday, November 9 @ 2pm EST
Anderson Theater, Henry Ford Museum
This event will shed light on how our upbringing affects the way we handle ourselves and how we react to our surroundings. Keynote speaker, Simon Tam, will start this session by sharing his personal story, which is detailed in his memoir, “Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court” (2019).
Learn more >>
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A History of Boarding Schools
Monday, November 11 @ 12pm EST
Gallery Room, Hatcher Grad Library
NAHM offers this lecture by Heather Bruegl exploring the 1800's assimilation through government's policy to work Native Americans into mainstream society. Learn how the schools operated and what was done to help overcome the abuse.
Learn more >>
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LGBTQ+ Health & Safety Abroad
Monday, November 11 @ 5pm EST
Gallery Room, Hatcher Grad Library
This event will address health and safety concerns specific to LGBTQ+ individuals. Topics include important considerations when choosing an abroad destination, being out abroad, support services available here and abroad, navigating the TSA as a transgender/genderqueer individual, and more.
RSVP here >>
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Putting Fairness to Work: What's Required to Make Fair Labor a Reality?
Tuesday, November 12 @ 5:30pm EST
Rm B1560, Ross
Join the President's Advisory Committee for Labor Standards and Human Rights for a public talk and conversation with Fair Labor Association President, Sharon Waxman.
Learn more >>
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Culture Wars & the New Brazilian Rights
Wednesday, November 13 @ 7pm EST
International House Ann Arbor
Mauricio Meireles, literature reporter and columnist at Folha de São Paulo, will present a moderated lecture of the culture wars in Brazil and the new Brazilian Right.
Learn more >>
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Human Rights on the Brink
Thursday, November 14 @ 4pm EST
Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium
Michael Breen is president and chief executive officer of Human Rights First, one of the nation’s leading human rights advocacy organizations.
Learn more >>
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Access Internships in Asia and Europe
Thursday, November 14 @ 6pm EST
555 Weiser Hall
The International Institute will introduce their internship initiatives in China, Japan, and Europe and funding opportunities. Note that the minimum length for these internships is 6 weeks, so the opportunities are specifically for 20-month MSW students.
RSVP here>>
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Breaking the Barriers of Voluntourism
Friday, November 15 @ 4pm EST
North Quad, Space 2435
This workshop is the second installment of a two part series tackling the issues of "voluntourist" behaviors which tend to decay international community partnerships over time.
Learn more >>
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This Week's Ending Notes ...
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Landing Your First Post MSW Job, Globally
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The
SSW Career Services
(
ssw-cso@umich.edu)
offers support for all MSW students in cover letter and resume writing, preparation to job search, strategy of networking, and etc. For students who are interested in global-related social work jobs, we recommend you to make an appointment with the Career Services. They also offer advising to help global students to navigate the international job searching process!
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Email ssw.oga@umich.edu if you have any questions.
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