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Billie Marchik, MSW

Billie Marchik Clinical Assistant Professor

School of Social Work
The University of Iowa
Pappajohn Higher Education Center
1200 Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50309
Phone: (515) 235-4664
Fax: (515) 235-4667
Email: bmarchik@crosspaths.net

Teaching Areas

Social Welfare Policy and Practice; Organization and Community Practice; Research; Computer Lab; Practicum

Research Interests

global economy, social change, political advocacy, building organizational and community capacity

Work Experience

International Affairs Program Director, American Friends Service Committee, Des Moines, IA, Trainer. National Resource Center for Family Based Services, University of Iowa.

Education

• 1984 M.S.W. University of Iowa, School of Social Work.
Concentration: Community Organizing

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10.22.2009

Announcing the 2009-2010 All School Reads Selection
The School of Social Work will continue its tradition of conducting a community read and discussion as part of its diversity training.
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The Middle of Everywhere: The World's Refugees Come to Our Town by Mary Pipher (2002), NY: Harcourt.
The book addresses diversity in the Heartland and covers a wide variety of cultural and religious groups who are refugees from Pakistan, Vietnam, Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Kakuma refugees from Kenya whose parents were killed in the Sudanese Civil War. The author introduces an interesting concept, the "cultural broker," the role she plays in bridging the gap between the refugees and the local culture in Nebraska. There are lots of stories of refugees mixed in with the author's stories about working with the refugees.

We encourage all faculty and students to read the book over the summer. The School will sponsor forums in fall semester to discuss the book. Dates to be announced in the early fall. The book will also be discussed in various classes because its content relates to different aspects of the curriculum including human behavior, practice, and policy.

9.24.2009

Iowa City MSW Program-Prospective Student Meetings
Wednesdays 4:00 pm
301 North Hall
Dec. 2, 16

11.2.2009

Critical Cultural Competence Certificate
Information Sessions
Wed December 2 @ 3:00 pm
Room 301 North Hall

11.16.2009

AGING 360 PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST!
Sponsored by the Aging Studies Program
Submit 1 or 2 photographs that you have taken of someone aged 65 or older.
Photos can be color or black and white. They must be 8 x 10 and mounted.
Deadline for submission is Feb. 26. Open to all students.
Photos will be judged on the basis of interest and emotional connection. The first place award is $100, second place, $50, and third place, $25. Winners will be announced in April. The top entries will be displayed in Wild Bill’s Coffeeshop in North Hall.
For complete rules and entry form, go to uiowa.edu/~socialwk/aging

01.15.2010

Celebrating Diversity in Schools
Iowa School Social Workers Association Conference
January 15, 2010
West Des Moines Marriott
1250 Jordan Creek Parkway
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Phone: 1-515-267-1500

ISSWA 09-10 Conference Brochure

Why Iowa?

Alena Vazquez
Alena Vazquez, MSW, JD student

I applied specifically to Iowa because they offered a joint degree program, which is not available in other schools. The SSW also gives me a lot of flexibility to accomplish my goal. For example, I’m in the four-year M.S.W tract and have the ability to switch down to the two-year tract once my schedule permits. There is a good community here. All the professors seemed well versed in their fields and had several publications. Overall, it seemed like a welcoming environment. The amount of diversity in terms of population, art, activities is very unique. Obviously it is an intellectual community. The city takes pride in their identity as the cultural center for Iowa.

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