InBrief May 2015

In Brief May 2015 Two Alumni Appointed as Marta Sotomayor Fellows Reaching for Excellence Postgraduate Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care Professional Education Seminars Public Lecture Series in Social Work Alumni DVD Events In Memorium We Need You to Volunteer!

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Two Alumni Appointed as Marta Sotomayor Fellows Keshia Williams, MSW'08 and Dr. Tanya Greathouse, PhD'97 will be in residence this summer as Marta Sotomayor Fellows. The fellows are available for confidential consultation about any questions, issues, or concerns regarding race, racism, or any other aspects of social identity and social oppression. The fellowship was named for a Smith alumna of distinction, Marta Sotomayor, MSW'60, PhD. Read more about Dr. Sotomayor and the Marta Sotomayor Fellows at: http://www.smith.edu/ssw/summerguide_sotomayorfellows.php Back to Top Reaching for Excellence Alumni and colleagues are our best resoures. Do you know a stellar bachelor-level social worker who has worked in social work/human services a minimum of two years, demonstrates a passion for his or her work and does not yet have their masters degree in social work? If so, nominate him/her to Reaching for Excellence: The Maconda Brown O'Connor Future Leader Program. This fully subsidized three day weekend includes courses and lectures at Smith College designed to challenge and stretch bachelor-level human service workers - and to inspire future social work leaders. The nomination deadline is May 15, 2015.

For more information on the program and to make a nomination, visit:http://www.smith.edu/ssw/REX Back to Top Postgraduate Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (formerly the End of Life Care Certificate Program) Program Dates: Session I: October 15-18, 2015; Session II: April 7-10, 2016 Social Workers encounter death, dying and bereavement in every setting in which they work but few have been prepared to take leadership in changing the culture in work with the dying and with their families. This program provides social workers relational ways of learning in a community of colleagues. The Postgraduate Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care is cosponsored by Baystate Medical Center, a part of Tufts N.E. Medical Center, and it carries 57 Continuing Education Credits for social workers. The application deadline is September 1, 2015.

For more information, please visit: http://www.smith.edu/ssw/acad_cont_graduate_elc.php Back to Top Professional Education Seminars (formerly Summer Seminars) Our day-long (6 hour/6 CEU) Professional Education Seminars are designed for master-level social workers, therapists, counselors, and other human service professionals who wish to enhance their clinical skills. The Professional Education Seminar curriculum includes many courses on a wide range of topics. Courses provide participants with opportunities to increase their knowledge and skills through a concentrated period of study.

In 2015, our weekends are as follows. Save the dates!

Weekend A: June 11, 12, 13 Weekend B: June 18, 19, 20 Weekend C: July 16, 17, 18 Back to Top Public Lecture Series in Social Work (formerly the Summer Lecture Series) Information about the 2015 Public Lecture Series in Social Work is avaiable at:http://www.smith.edu/ssw/acad_cont_lectures_summer.php Back to Top Alumni DVD Events Over the past few years we have had such a fantastic response from regional alumni groups across the country that this year we are offering two Summer Lecture Series DVDs to regional groups for viewing and discussion: SSW Professor Dr. James Drisko's lecture entitled "What is Clinical Social Work in the 21st Century?" and a Smith alumni panel presentation "The Powers of Smith (and Beyond)" featuring Tomas Alvarez, MSW'06, Enroue Halfkenny, MSW'08, Keshia Williams, MSW'08 and moderated by Kenta Asakura, MSW'04. DVDs of these presentations are now available for any graduate who would like to host an event. Two Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be offered. To host a DVD event, please contact the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs at (413) 585-4290 or sswalum@smith.edu Back to Top In Memorium Ruth Riaboy Utevsky, MSS'43 Jean Chapin Smith, MSS'54 Maureen Napier Rosenfield, MSS'57 Shirley Larson Drayton, MSS'62 Susan Jacobs Reidy, 1980 Walter Leonard Hill, Jr., MSW'75 Professor Emeritus Gerry Schamess writes: "I'm saddened to report that Leonard (Lenny) Hill died unexpectedly on February 18, 2015. A graduate of the "B" program, Lenny was a gifted family therapist, supervisor and clinical administrator, as well as a highly respected practice teacher at Smith and also at the Yale University Medical Center where he directed the partial hospitalization program for many years.

His intelligence, clinical wisdom, personal warmth, and incisive humor will be sorely missed and lovingly remembered by his colleagues, students, friends, and family. A longer tribute will appear in the Fall issue of InDepth."

Back to Top We Need You to Volunteer!

The School for Social Work relies heavily on the efforts and goodwill of our alumni to help us in the areas of student recruitment, mentoring current students, providing reduced rate psychotherapy to students, and hosting SSW events. We have an urgent need for volunteers in all categories. You are the foundation of our Alumni Student Network. If you have never volunteered before, we invite you to participate in this network of professionals. If you have volunteered in the past, we invite you to join us again. (Please note: volunteer commitments are for a one-year period in recognition of the fact that interests and abilities change; a new form is needed for each new placement year.) The Volunteer Opportunities form is available online at: http://www.smith.edu/ssw/about_alumni_volunteer.php Back to Top SSW Listservs The School for Social Work offers a listserv program for the five regions which constitute the SSW community and the Alumni of Color Standing Committee. If you are interested in joining a listserv, please contact the listserv moderator in that region.

Region I (New England) Carol Fizer, MSW'72 carolfizer@aol.com Region II (Mid Atlantic) Susan Greenebaum, MSW'05 sgreenebaum@gmail.com Region III (South) David Goodman, MSW'77 mesorahwli@verizon.net Region IV (Midwest) Erin Matthews, MSW'05 erinm1@hotmail.com Region V (West) Linda Plaut, MSW'88 lplaut@comcast.net Alumni of Color Standing Committee Neriza Candelario, MSW'00 candelamsw@aol.com Back to Top Social Media at the School for Social Work The School for Social Work invites you to learn about what's going on at Lilly Hall through various communication channels. All audiences can participate through one of our official social media channels, SSW-related online groups, the Buzz, In Brief alumni e-newsletter, or In Depth alumni magazine. Learn more at:http://www.smith.edu/ssw/about_follow.php Back to Top Social Work Licensing Information Looking for social work licensing information for each state -visithttp://www.aswb.org/licensees/member-statutes-and-regulations/ Back to Top

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