April 2012

Service Scholarships for GSSW Students available through AmeriCorps!

If you are a U.S. Citizen you may be eligible for an AmeriCorps service scholarship if you are involved in the following service activities:

• An unpaid internship with a non-profit or government agency

• Preventative or Primary Health Care

• Volunteering with a non-profit or government agency

• Community Work Study

• Participating in service learning activities

Earn up to $2,775 in Education Awards through DU’s AmeriCorps program! The program also offers many opportunities for professional development, a cohort of peers engaged in similar work, and access to funding for trainings.

Join us for an AmeriCorps Info Session in Craig Hall, Classroom 284 on Thursday, April 5th, from 11am to 11:50am, to learn more about this great opportunity! Please visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16MxHR1J-8J60miaw4H5rMeDmzkYGl2rDO8WzXqGF5TI/edit

If you would like to sign up to apply for the few remaining DU AmeriCorps slots, please register for a MANDATORY Enrollment Session (April 26th OR 27th, 11am -11:50am) HERE: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHFSTnE0WHhYYkZQR19xd0JkeXVMNGc6MQ#gid=0

For more information – and to see if your Field Education experience qualifies you for an AmeriCorps position – please see the attached flier!

Please contact your DU AmeriCorps Coordinator for additional questions:

Fiona Shepherd

Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning http://www.du.edu/ccesl/americorps.html

p: 303.871.3332

e: duamericorps@gmail.com

Ryan J Hanschen

Program Coordinator, Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning

University of Denver

Driscoll Student Center South

2050 East Evans Avenue, Suite 22

Denver, Colorado 80208

Direct: 303.871.4281

Facsimile: 303.871.3110

www.du.edu/ccesl

“Despair shows us the limit of our imagination. Imaginations shared create collaboration, and collaboration creates community, and community inspires social change.”

-Terry Tempest Williams

GSA’s 10 pts – 4/5/12

(okay, really just 5 plus a lot of upcoming events)

DU’s GSSW Buy, Sell, Swap Textbooks! Go to the Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/180166032135/
Attn graduating students!! Nominations of ideas for class gift, class quote and faculty speaker for the 2012 GSSW Recognition Ceremony are now being sought. Go to http://gssw.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8GGoZ52iC8uH3Vi to make your nominations.
GSSW T-Shirts – Thanks for your input on the words that you want included in the new GSSW t-shirt
Watch for more info soon about purchasing the new shirts!
The Clothesline Project at GSSW – Design a t-shirt April 9-13 in room 211 in Craig Hall

As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April, the Gender Violence Education and Support Services Office will be holding the Clothesline Project on the DU campus. The Clothesline Project is a program that helps address the issue of violence, especially sexual assault and domestic violence. It is a vehicle for survivors, family, and friends affected by gender violence to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. The shirts are hung on a clothesline to be viewed by others as testimony to the problem of violence in our community.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact GVESS at gvess@du.edu or 303-871-3853.

Upcoming Events

Faith, Religion, Spirituality & Social Work Event – April 4 CANCELLED until further notice
“Job Search Brown Bag Series: Loan Repayment” Presented by: Jennifer Quinn, Assistant Director for Graduate Student Aid, April 9th, 11:00 am – Noon, Room 448
White Privilege Conference GSSW Participant sharing – April 10^th, evening. Details are forthcoming. GSSW students who attended the White Privilege Conference in Albuquerque this past week will share their experiences and learnings.
Lecture Series – Fred M. Ssewamala, PhD speaking on “ Impact of Economic Empowerment Programs on Health and Educational Outcomes of Orphaned and Vulnerable Children: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa”– April 10, 11am-noon, Community Room. To register, visit www.du.edu/socialwork and click on “Upcoming Events”
Town Hall Meeting with the Dean and Assoc Dean– April 12^th, 11-11:50am, Room 484. Come meet with James Herbert Williams and Jean East and share your experience and concerns with GSSW.
GSSW Community BINGO Night – April 15, 5-7 pm, Community Room. Bring your partners, children, grandparents, friends . . . and have some old fashioned fun playing BINGO (with prizes!). Pizza will be served. RSVP at http://gssw.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eA8GbhxWAgDQhZq by April 14^th.
Denver Psychoanalytic Society Case Study: A daughter’s struggle with her mother’s pessimism and fears of separation. Presented by Cindy Brody. Monday April 16, 11-11:50am, room 284. FREE Pizza!!
“Job Search Brown Bag Series: Licensure A-Z” Presented by: Renee Rivera, Exec Dir, NASW -Colorado Chapter. April 17th, 11:00 am – Noon, Community Room
Government and Non-profit Career and Internship Fair – April 18, 2-5pm, Gates Field House (Ritchie Center at DU). There will be social work type jobs available. Contact the DU Career Center for details.
Through the Glass: A New Lens for Person-in-Environment Sponsored by ECO Conscious, Through the Glass is a participatory learning process and event that strives to engage GSSW students, faculty, and staff with the natural and physical environment. Students, faculty and staff may submit a photonarrative to kristi.roybal@gmail.com by Wednesday, April 11. The photograph can be old or current and should reflect your engagement with the environment. Please include a brief narrative reflection on your experience/photo and a title. The event will be held on Wednesday, April18 from 6:00-8:30pm, and it will allow students, faculty and staff to participate in a photonarrative exhibition and dialogue about the role of the natural and physical environment in social work theory and practice. RSVP: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/K9YMT9B
Clinical Society Brown Bag: “Terminating With Your Clients” Presented by: Ruth Neubauer, LCSW. Thursday April 19^th, 11-11:50, room 284, FREE pizza!
“Job Search Brown Bag Series: Interviewing for a Job” Presented by Carly Einstein, Assistant Director, Graduate Career Services. 2 Sessions – April 24th, and April 30th, (registration required), Room 484
2nd Annual Kick it for Kenya 5k Run/Walk that benefits a school for young women in Kibera, Kenya called the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy. Register for the Race – Prizes will be given out to various teams, so maybe we can have a Faculty Team and a Staff Team? Or register as an individual runner and invite friends and family! Register at: www.kickitforkenya.com. Date: Sunday May 13th, 2012. Location: Sloan’s Lake Park, Denver CO, Sheridan Blvd & W 17th Ave Denver, CO 80219
Social Justice and the Arts – May 4, 6:30, in the Craig Hall Community Room “Café”. Dinner served. Join Jeff Jenson (GSSW faculty) and his host band for an evening of music, poetry, dance and other arts, all related to social justice. To rsvp for the event and to sign up to share your social justice art, go to http://gssw.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eCHdGNdnsW2gYNC by April 27^th!