Special GIS:
Interprofessional Experience in Uganda
Application Deadline: Tuesday, December 3rd
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In the Global Independent Study
Interprofessional Experience in Uganda program
, U-M social work, nursing, and medical students will travel to Uganda for six (6) weeks after attend lectures focused on Ugandan community health at U-M. Students will be placed in a rural Ugandan community and participate in a training on leadership and management at the
Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST)
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LSA African Studies Center: Conference Travel Grants
Application Deadline: October 15, 2019
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This grant offers up to $500 for domestic and $1,000 for international travel to support Africa-focused conference participation. Subject to availability of funding, awards will be made to students who will present Africa-focused papers or serve as chairs or discussants for Africa-focused sessions at regional, national, or international conferences. These awards are intended to supplement other University of Michigan conference participation grants.
For more information and other grant opportunities, visit the LSA African Studies Center here
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Community Engagement Grants
Application Deadline:
October 16, 2019
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The Ginsberg Center provides multiple forms of financial resources for student groups and organizations to engage in positive change through social justice education, leadership development, and meaningful service experiences with community. The Community Engagement Grant program allows us to deepen our partnerships with student organizations and support community-based initiatives. Community Engagement Grants are offered on a rolling basis until funds are depleted.
For more information, visit the Ginsberg Center website here
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William Davidson Institute Global Impact Internship Program
Application 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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MESA Student Org Grants
Large Grant Application Deadline: 6 weeks prior to the date of event
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The Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs
strives to promote student development and empower the campus community around issues of diversity and social justice through the lens of race and ethnicity. MESA also provides small grant funding up to $5,000 per academic year and large funding for at least $5,000 for registered student organizations.
Learn more about MESA grants here.
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Professional Opportunities
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Volunteer at the National Immigrant Integration Conference (NIIC)
*Volunteering registration extended*
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NIIC
is looking for Conference Volunteers to
assist with: welcoming attendees, helping attendees navigate spaces, preparing materials, setting up & closing down, social media, and more. The conference takes place during October 19-22, 2019 at the
TFC (Cobo) Center in downtown Detroit.
**Volunteers who help out for a minimum # of hours are provided with a 1-day pass to attend and free entry to
Las Cafeteras
concert on 10/21.
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Careers in Community Organizing in Minority & Immigrant Communities
Online Info Session:
Thursday, October 10, 2019 @ 7pm EDT
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Direct Action and Research Training Center (DART) will hold an online info session to discuss careers in community organizing. All U-M students and alumni are welcome, particularly those graduating before August 2020. DART organizations are largely made up of low- and moderate-income, minority and immigrant communities.
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German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Application deadline:
Monday, November 14, 2019
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German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD) is a funding organization for the international exchange of students and researchers. DAAD grants are available to students of all academic disciplines and at each academic degree level.
If you are interested in earning a Master's degree in Germany, or studying in Germany as part of your Master's/post-grad degree plan in the U.S., DAAD is now accepting applications for the
DAAD Study Scholarship
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Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program
Application Deadline: November 15, 2019
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The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program offers young professionals the opportunity to work in Japan as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) or Coordinators for International Relations (CIRs).
Since 1987, more than 60,000 JET Program participants from over 40 countries have lived and worked in cities, towns, and villages throughout Japan. Join JET and become part of this exclusive network of like-minded international enthusiasts!
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Our School will host Deb Schild, who is the SSW liaison for the Health Sciences and Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board (HSBS IRB), on the first and third Tuesdays monthly starting on October 15th at 1pm - 2:30 pm in SSWB Rm 4736.
Click here for more IRB resources.
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Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
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Your Road to Fulbright Workshop
Wednesday, October 16 @ 5:30pm EDT
1010 Weiser Hall
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Join the LSA International Institute as Fulbright Outreach and Recruitment Specialist Michelle Bolourchi leads a workshop on the 2021-2022 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Come learn about the application process and grant opportunities in over 140 countries around the world!
Visit event page
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Panel Discussion: Chicana Movidas
Friday, October 11 @ 3pm EDT
This panel discussion features co-editors and contributors Maylei Blackell, María Eugenia Cotera, Elena Gutierrez, and Virginia Martinez.
This groundbreaking anthology is the first collection of scholarly essays and testimonies that focuses on Chicana organizing, activism, feminism, and leadership in the movement years.
Learn more here
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Panel Discussion: Crisis in the Alliance?
Friday, October 11 @ 4pm EDT
1010 Weiser Hall
This panel discussion is cosponsored by the U-M Center for Japanese Studies, U-M International Institute, and U-M Nam Center for Korean Studies. The panelists will discuss the tensions in the Japan-South Korea Relationship and their implications for U.S. foreign policy.
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U-M History of Art Symposium Keynote with Jean-Louis Cohen: Moscow x Detroit: Transnational Modernity in the Built Environment
Friday, October 11 @ 5pm EDT
Helmut Stern Auditorium
This event will bring together distinguished historians of art, architecture, urbanism, and social history, to consider a critical moment in twentieth-century history, one that branches outward from the late 1920s to the later industrialization of the US and the USSR, focus on infrastructure development, and the impact of built environment (factories, housing, green zones) on cities built to serve industry.
Learn more here
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Design Jams
Wednesday, October 16 @ 1-5pm EDT
Hatcher Library Gallery
Design Jams: are action-packed, high-energy events in which participants go from exploring a problem to brainstorming solutions to designing prototypes in a short period of time. Students will work in small interdisciplinary teams to help solve a real-world challenge for stakeholders who will be in the room to offer context and give quick feedback.
RSVP here
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Our Voices from the Past Carry Us into the Future
Thursday, October 17 @ 10am EDT
1430 ISR Thompson
Eric Hemenway is the Director of Repatriation, Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indian, a federally recognized tribe in northern Michigan. He will discuss Odawa geography, history, and his work with repatriation of human remains and sacred objects.
Visit the event page here
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Community + Students = High Impact Collaborations
Thursday, October 17 @ 3pm EDT
2435 North Quadrangle
This event is hosted by the Center for Socially Engaged Design. The speaker Nido de Vida will speak about what it means to be both community member
of La Union Bolivarense, Ecuador and community partner to the University of Michigan.
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Against Hungry Listening
Thursday, October 17 @ 4pm EDT
Rm 3512, Haven Hall
Dylan Robinson is a xwélméxw artist and writer (Stó:lō Nation, Sqwa), and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts at Queen’s University. This presentation provides an overview of forms of extractive or “hungry” perception, and alternatives to these that emerge from Indigenous sensory engagement.
Visit event page.
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Makuyeika Colectivo Teatral's ANDARES
October 17 & 18 @ 8pm EDT
Walgreen Drama Center, Newman Studio
Center for World Performance Studies presents Makuyeika: Colectivo Teatral, founded by U-M alumnus Héctor Flores Komatsu, for a one week artist residency that will include class visits, workshops and two performances of their devised-work Andares.
Visit event page
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Wish you a wonderful Fall Break!
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Travel Tip:
as you prepare for your fall break traveling,
don't forget to notify bank(s)
your out-of-country destinations and dates by phone calls or online banking!
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Email ssw.oga@umich.edu if you have any questions.
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