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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.
Iowa City MSW Program-Prospective Student Meetings
Wednesdays 4:00 pm
301 North Hall
Dec. 2, 16
Critical Cultural Competence Certificate
Information Sessions
Wed December 2 @ 3:00 pm
Room 301 North Hall
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
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
Elithet Silva-Martinez
When Elithet Silva-Martinez left Puerto Rico and arrived in Iowa in to begin her PhD studies, she knew no one in Iowa City.
“I never thought I would come to Iowa. My husband and I were considering several schools and we visited Iowa City. I wanted to meet people with similar interests as mine, who would be willing to mentor me in the areas of teaching and the science of conducting research. I noticed that it was a warm and friendly environment. I met several faculty and it was because of them that I came here.”...
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