Spotlight: International Education Week Events |
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International Education Week is a week dedicated to celebrating the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. In honor International Education Week, the Office of Global Activities is hosting several activities and has collaborated to create the IEW Canvas Course. |
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International Student Alumni Panel |
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 8 - 9 AM EST / 9 - 10 PM CST
During the International Student Alumni Panel, each panelist will discuss their experience after graduating from U-M SSW with their MSW degree, their current position, and what it was like using their MSW degree either upon returning to their home country or remaining in the U.S. Attendees are encouraged to submit questions before the event.
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Date: November 16 - 20
Beginning November 16th, the Canvas course will give you access to a variety of resources to help you celebrate intercultural learning, but here are just a few examples of what's to come:
- IEW event calendar
- International book, movie, & music recommendations
- Additionally, a few U-M students have put together a few language lessons, a dance lesson, and a flag tour
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A Global Career Conversation with
Dr. Cara Alexander
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Date: Friday, November 20, 12 - 1:30 PM EST
Dr. Alexander will join us to discuss her career path, her globally focused work, as well as share lessons learned. The event will include Q&A. In her work, Dr. Alexander collaborates with multiple departments of state embassies, ministries of health leaders, and heads of non-governmental organizations to lead the global reduction in health inequities among vulnerable populations. She liaises with top-level international officials from multiple countries to increase global health security by addressing the prevention and treatment of mental illness and addictive disorders, and related health issues.
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Date: November
Brief Description: The Office of Multi-Ethnic student affairs (MESA) and the Native American Student Association (NASA) collaborate with campus partners to bring a wide range of events that celebrate Native American culture with the University of Michigan campus community. Various virtual events will celebrate the heritage, history, art, and traditions of American Indians and Alaska Natives throughout the end of October and November.
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Date: Various (see below)
Brief Description: Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 5.00-6.00pm GMT (UK time) on Zoom. Registration links are provided for each seminar below.
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Brief Description: Latinx Social Work Coalition (LSWC) wants to share that they have raised $1,005 for Movimiento Cosecha Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti. This donation will support undocumented youth access education during the pandemic. Over the course of this year, LSCW has raised over $3,700 to support social justice initiatives. As the semester comes to an end, LSCW asks that you reach out if any MSW students would like to be a part of the executive board. In addition to supporting social justice initiatives, LSCW has strived to make a community and hold space for each other. The following positions are available: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Social Chair, and Outreach Coordinator. Reach out to [email protected] and [email protected] with any questions.
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Date: Thursday November 19, 3 pm EST
Brief Description: Join PIF-MI for a free Public Charge “Train the Trainer” program that will help community leaders and service providers educate the people they serve on the new public charge rules. Our campaign has witnessed how fear and misinformation have negatively impacted Michigan’s immigrant communities, and hope that you will join our efforts to provide reliable information to the public. This training will help attendees learn in-depth about the new public charge rules and its implications for public benefits access, as well as practice sharing factual information through case study examples, so that they can provide effective and accurate information to their communities.
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Dates: Friday, November 13, 12 - 1 PM EST
Brief Description: The William Davidson Institute is hosting a discussion with Marc Levinson, an independent historian, economist, and journalist to discuss The Old Globalization and the New Globalization. Globalization isn't dead but it increasingly has to do more with trading ideas and services than with moving metal containers stuffed with manufactured goods. This talk will discuss how globalization is changing and why.
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Date: Sunday November 15 at 9:00 am EST
Brief Description: The English Language Institute (ELI) have made student to students events to create community, culture, and communication for International Students at U-M. Cookie Wars will be a hosted cookie decorating contest. Cookie decorating supplies will be provided to participants who are on campus and can pick them up (Not required!).
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Date: November 16-19
Brief Description: The International Center invites you to participate in the 2020 Global Photo Showcase! Selected photos will be revealed during International Education Week (November 16-20).
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Date: Thursday November 19, at 6 - 8:00 pm EST
Brief Description: Join the U-M international community for a night of virtual trivia with a global theme! On Thursday, November 19, as a part of International Education Week (IEW), U-M will be hosting a virtual trivia event from 6-8 PM. An RSVP is required in order to choose your team before the live event. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Date: November 13 & November 19
Brief Description: At our Taste of Culture events, the International Center celebrates the culture and traditions of various holidays around the world. On Friday, November 13 join for a Diwali celebration and on Thursday, November 19 join for a Thanksgiving celebration.
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Date: November 13 -14, 2020
Brief Description: The Global Mental Health: Today and Tomorrow conference will feature keynotes, panels and design thinking workshops led by experts in the field; mentoring sessions where students can access personalized advice for progressing in their careers; and a student project showcase providing students the opportunity to present about their community work and/or research to a global audience.
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Date: Tuesday December 1, from 9 am - 1pm EST and Wednesday December 2, from 1 -5 pm EST
Brief Description: The Committee on Population (CPOP) of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine will hold a 2-day public meeting. This stakeholder meeting will bring together migration researchers and representatives of U.S. voluntary resettlement agencies to consider the role of migration research in informing programs serving refugees and migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an emphasis on bringing global learning to those on the ground working with refugees.
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Date: Monday December 7, at 11:00 am EST
Brief Description: The International Institute will be holding an informational webinar on the Master in International and Regional Studies (MIRS) program for prospective students. MIRS combines an interdisciplinary curriculum, deep regional/thematic expertise, rigorous methodological training, and international experiences to enable students to situate global issues and challenges in their cultural, historical, geographical, political, and socioeconomic contexts and to approach them in diverse ways. This session will discuss topics related to the program structure, funding and financial aid, specialization tracks, dual-degree opportunities, and admissions requirements for students interested in applying for the Fall 2021 term. RSVP required to atted: http://myumi.ch/v2jDR
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Priority Deadline: Sunday, November 15, 2020 11:59 PM EST
Brief Description: The Trotter Multicultural Center is hiring for several positions! We are looking for a Video Design Student Assistant (64618) to support Trotter in creating meaningful videos and other visual content. Our Database Administrator Student Assistant position (64619) will lead the design, construction and maintenance of databases (e.g. Salesforce). Finally, we are looking for a Building Manager Team Lead (64292) to supervise Building Managers, develop training, and perform building operations and customer service work. Candidates that apply by 11/15 (11:59pm) will have priority consideration, and 11/29 is the final deadline for application submission.
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2021 Research Assistant Opportunity (PACLSHR) - COVID-19 and Food Supply Chains
Deadline: Monday, November 30, 2020 11:59 PM EST
Funding: Students will instead be compensated on hourly rates set by the university.
Brief Description: The U-M President's Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights (PACLSHR) provides the University of Michigan President with advice concerning University policies and procedures to address labor and human rights issues in the production of licensed goods - items sold with the University of Michigan’s name, logos, or other symbols. The PACLSHR is now soliciting applications from students interested to work on a research project to explore the changing workplace practices in response to COVID-19 in the global food supply chains. Study objectives will include: (i) Understanding how COVID-19 and responses to the pandemic impacted the working conditions throughout the different stages of global food supply chains; (ii) Identifying the existing and newly exposed areas of labor and human rights risks including but not limited to workplace health and safety; (iii) Evaluating the effectiveness of any initiatives or measures to mitigate those risks; and (iv) Suggesting how the best practices could be incorporated into labor standard codes.
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Deadline: Tuesday, November 17
Brief Description: The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program offers fully-funded summer language institutes for U.S. university students and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The CLS Program offers intensive summer language institutes in critical foreign languages; Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu.
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Deadline: Rolling
Brief Description: This fund is intended to help departments and student organizations recognize the diversity of the international student population through special events and programming. We are looking to fund creative and collaborative programming that will address the following goals:
- To elevate the voices of the international student population at the University of Michigan.
- To provide programming to support international students.
- To hold events or offer initiatives of particular interest to the international student population, at large or subsets of it (cultural, vocational, etc).
The application process is currently rolling. Departments and organizations are encouraged to apply at least 14 days in advance of their planned event.
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The new COVID-19 Emergency Funding Application is now available. Students can apply for support to address unexpected COVID-19-related costs such as medical expenses, travel costs, or computing/technology expenses required to study remotely. A FAQ page about this funding can be found by clicking the link above, go to section, "Cost & Aid" and check the question, "Can I access CARES Act Emergency Funding?" to learn more.
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Please contact the SSW Office of Student Services ([email protected]) if you are in financial hardship due to COVID-19. OSS staff will assist you to find funding to support you.
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If you are facing financial hardship due to COVID-19 or any other unforeseen situation, the Dean of Students Office stands ready to assist you. Students must contact the Dean of Students Office by phone (734-764-7420) or email ([email protected]).
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CEW+ is able to offer small emergency grants to current U-M Ann Arbor graduate students. These grants are for unexpected financial emergencies that threaten to derail degree progress including funding issues that are a result of COVID-19.
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All around the world, thousands of children are travelling across and between borders as unaccompanied and separated children. Different countries may respond to the needs of these children in different ways, but the concern for children on the m ove is a global one. More than 20 organisations, including IFSW, ISS, UNICEF, and UNHCR, have come together to design a course for social workers and others concerned with the welfare of children. The course is free of charge, can be studied on one’s own pace and is available in four languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish. More information can be found here: http://www.childrenonthemovemooc.com/
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The University of North Carolina Office of Ethics and Policy. recently hosted a book talk with Dr. Yoosun Park, faculty at Smith College of Social Work, on her book and research titled: Facilitating Injustice: The Complicity of Social Workers in the Forced Removal and Incarceration of Japanese Americans. Dr. Yoosun Park's book helps to understand the ways in which the Social Work profession has and continues to perpetuate racism.
Park’s scholarship, framed within the broad substantive area of immigration, pursues two overlapping lines of inquiry: social work’s history with immigrants and the issue of immigration.
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Fall Term 2020 FAQs for New & Continuing Students |
The International Center Fall 2020 FAQs for the International Center's COVID-19 Updates page. The webpage will be updated with new information as it becomes available. If you have other questions and concerns, please email the International Center at [email protected].
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"This document was initially directed at ways for how to turn fieldwork that was initially planned as using face-to-face methods into a more ‘hands-off’ mode. However, people have added useful material about ‘born digital’ research (content already generated on the internet by online interactions), which provides an alternative source of social research materials if researchers decide to go down that path."
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This three session video workshop will focus on understanding anxiety, learning strategies to manage anxiety, and developing a plan to apply the strategies on a daily basis wherever you are during the Pandemic. |
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SSW has listed resources and information on this web page related to tuition costs, financial aid, employment, health insurance and general questions and support. |
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Global Impact: News Stories of the Week |
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*All news stories presented are likely to include bias. Please be aware of this as you read the article. If interested, we encourage you to read further about the topic at your own discretion. |
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Philip Reeves
"Evo Morales, Bolivia's first Indigenous president and one of Latin America's most prominent leftists, has made a triumphant return to his home country after being controversially driven from power one year ago.
The socialist leader crossed the border from Argentina on Monday to begin a 625-mile odyssey through the heartland of his support, accompanied by a festive, flag-flourishing convoy of vehicles..."
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Ashley Westerman
"Aung San Suu Kyi and her ruling National League for Democracy appear set for another five years in power, and analysts expect to see few changes in her second term.
Myanmar's general election, held on Sunday, was the Southeast Asian nation's second since the military relinquished absolute power in 2011. It was largely seen as a referendum on Suu Kyi's first term as state counsellor, which began after her party's landslide electoral victory in 2015..."
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