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ASP Steering Comm. Members at Sept 09 Mtg: (Lto R) Mercedes Bern-Klug, Howard Butcher, Lisa Skemp, Sara Sanders & Rich MacNeil.

To get announcements related to the Aging Studies Program and student learning opportunities in aging at UI, please sign up for the ASPstudent Listserv (please use your UI email address): Mercedes-bern-klug@uiowa.edu

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• Resources on Aging (state, federal, and international)
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Aging Studies Program

The Aging Studies Program at The University of Iowa is designed to provide undergraduate and graduate students with a multidisciplinary approach to gerontology. The program consists of courses that have been coordinated and sequenced to provide a broad background in aging for students from various disciplines. All students plan their course of study with their academic advisers in close cooperation with the Aging Studies Program.

The Aging Studies Program was featured in an article about certificate programs in the Spring 2007 edition of the University's publication "Parent Times."

Aging Studies Program
Director: Mercedes Bern-Klug, PhD, MSW
Room 308 North Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City IA 52242

FAX: (319) 335-1711
Phone: (319) 335-1265

Announcements

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009, 12-2 pm
Iowa City Public Library, 123 South Linn St, Iowa City, Iowa
The Alzheimer’s Project documentary:

The Memory Loss Tapes provides an up-close and personal look at seven individuals living with Alzheimer’s, each in an advancing state of dementia across the full spectrum of the progression of the disease.

Discussion moderator: Jane Dohrmann, MSW, LISW,
Professional Outreach Coordinator, Iowa City Hospice.
You are invited to bring a brown bag lunch.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009, 12-1:30 pm
Iowa City Public Library, 123 South Linn St, Iowa City, Iowa
The Alzheimer’s Project documentary:

Caregivers highlight the sacrifices and success of people who experience their loved ones’ descent into dementia.

Discussion moderator: Jane Dohrmann, MSW, LISW,
Professional Outreach Coordinator, Iowa City Hospice.
You are invited to bring a brown bag lunch.

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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.
Show Story

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
-Nov. 4, 18
-Dec. 2, 16

11.2.2009

Critical Cultural Competence Certificate Information Sessions
Wednesdays, 3:00 pm Room 301 North Hall
November 11, 18, December 2

11.13.2009

Social Justice Meet Up
@ University of Iowa (University Housing/Office of Residence Life)
on Friday, November 13, 2-5 p.m.
Flyer here

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

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Wild Bill’s Coffeeshop Renovation
Beginning in September 2009, Wild Bill’s Coffeeshop will receive a much needed makeover. The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has approved funding to make several needed upgrades to the space that has been home to the Coffeeshop for over 30 years.
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Donations can be made to the Wild Bill’s Coffeeshop Development Fund through the Alumni Foundation.
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