2017 Annual Program Meeting
CSWE Offers New Sponsorship Opportunities at APM
This year CSWE is branching out from traditional sponsorships to provide more innovative promotional opportunities, including the WiFi network/password, Twitter flat-screen monitors, and the APM Awards Luncheon! We hope you’ll join us and the 2017 APM sponsors as we work to evolve the APM experience. Learn more about becoming an APM sponsor here.
APM Poster Presentations are Now Digital!
This year we are transitioning to a digital format for our poster presentations. Presenters will be using ePosters instead of the traditional posterboard format. Information on how this new format will be used and how to create an ePoster is available here.
Katherine A. Kendall Institute
Advisory Board Update
The Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education, chaired by Lynne M. Healy, welcomes three new members to its Advisory Board: Rosemary Link, Peter Szto (University of Nebraska Omaha), and Shirley Gatenio-Gabel (Fordham University). Carol Cohen (Adelphi University) will also serve on the Advisory Board as the chair of the Commission for Global Social Work Education.
Center for Diversity and Social & Economic Justice
JECDSW Call for Papers: Multicultural Practice
The Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work (JECDSW), in collaboration with CSWE’s Center for Diversity and Social & Economic Justice, invites you to submit an article for a special issue titled Advances in Social Work Practice With Multicultural Communities. The deadline is December 15, 2017.
SocialWorkCAS
Free Informational Webinar
On August 8 at 2:00 pm ET, Kate Owen, Liaison’s senior customer solutions manager, will demonstrate how SocialWorkCAS provides insight into the diversity of your applicants and enrollees, tracks your progress toward meeting enrollment goals, and helps you strategize to meet other admissions goals with data-driven resource allocation. Register for this free webinar now!
Opportunities for Members
CLASS Leadership Program
The Community Leadership Academy for the Social Sector (CLASS) is a 1-year leadership program for graduate students and early career professionals. This program is designed to equip participants with skills in program management and support them in creating local change on social issues that will prepare them for future leadership roles.
HRSA Behavorial Health Workforce Virtual Conference
On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Bureau of Health Workforce, Division of Nursing and Public Health, will convene a behavioral health workforce virtual conference. For more information on the conference and to register, please click here.
Resources for Members
2017–2018 Assessment Academy Open for Registration
The 2017–2018 CSWE Assessment Academy will present new ideas and techniques for influencing an assessment culture, increasing capacity to assess student learning, and using assessment data to improve student learning through post-APM workshops and online webinars. You can save $25 on registration by registering before October 2017 with code “AAEarlyBird".
UNESCO Launches Inclusive Policy Lab
UNESCO has announced the launch of its Inclusive Policy Lab, which works on the emerging issues of knowledge crowdsourcing and its translation into inclusive and equity-weighted policies. The Lab serves all those working on inclusive policies (i.e., policy-makers and practitioners, data and knowledge producers, and development and international actors); click here to register.
Program Members in the News
The University of Denver Hacks for Homelessness
The University of Denver's Graduate School of Social Work recently hosted its first annual homelessness hackathon to generate innovative solutions to homelessness through a rapid design process. Learn more by reading this blog post that doctoral student Jennifer Hope Wilson wrote for the National Center for Excellence in Homeless Services.
Submission Guidelines
External submissions for the Members in the News, Resources, Opportunities for Members, and Events Calendar sections are welcome! View the editorial guidelines for more information. CSWE reserves the right to edit or decide not to publish any item. The content deadline for the next issue is Tuesday, August 8, 2017.
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