School of Social Work Events Calendar
February 24
"Treating Borderline Personality Disorder"
10 a.m. - 1p.m.
"Helping Children Develop Secure Relationships"
3:00 -5:00 p.m.
Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA
Friday Center
Chapel Hill
March 8
Dinner with the Dean
6:00-8:00 p.m.
La Paz
10 Biltmore Plaza
Asheville, N.C.
March 26
Clinical Lecture Series
"Inside Ethics Violations "
Ravita T. Omabu Okafor, LCSW
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg.
Chapel Hill
March 31
Clinical Lecture Series
"A New and Exciting Approach to Diagnosis"
Nancy McWilliams, PhD
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Auditorium
Tate-Turner-Kuralt Bldg.
Chapel Hill
School Seeks Alumni Participation in March Workshop and April Career Day
Job Preparation Workshop
The School of Social Work will sponsor a “Before, During and After the Interview” job preparation workshop for current SSW students on Monday, March 5 from 12:15-1:45 p.m. in Room 300 of the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building. We would like to have a panel of alumni present at the workshop to discuss their interviewing experiences, share tips for the interviewing process, and respond to student questions. If you might be able to participate in this workshop, please contact Sarah Naylor at 919-962-6444 or smnaylor@email.unc.edu.
Invitation to Recruit Students and Attend Continuing Education Workshop
The School of Social Work will host its annual Career Day/Job Fair on April 2 from 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. We welcome all potential employers to take advantage of this free opportunity to recruit well-qualified MSW and BSW graduates. Following Career Day, the School has planned an afternoon continuing education workshop for recruiters. The workshop, “Courting Ethics: Legal Precedents and Decisions Involving Ethical Issues,” will be facilitated by Clinical Assistant Professor Joanne Caye. For more information about how to register for Career Day and the continuing education workshop, please visit http://ssw.unc.edu/News/careerday2007.htm or contact Beth Sauer at 919-962-6443 or bhsauer@email.unc.edu.
Gary Shaffer has been named the Advocate of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers - North Carolina Chapter (NASW-NC). Shaffer received the honor for his leadership in school social work and as a social work educator.
Anna Scheyett has been named the 2007 Social Worker of the Year by the North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Social Work (NASW-NC). Scheyett’s social work career spans almost 20 years, during which she has focused her teaching, research and service in the areas of substance abuse, mental health and social justice.
The NASW-NC Social Worker of the Year Award is an annual award that is given to a distinguished NASW member who has demonstrated commendable social work practice, and commitment and involvement with NASW.
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Tiffany Christian PhD ’05 is an assistant professor at the Appalachian State
University. She, her husband, Raymond, and children, Rayanna and RJ,
welcomed twins, Rayna and Raylen to their family in March 2006.
Call for Nominations: Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award
The School is currently accepting nominations for the 2007 award. Please e-mail or mail your nominations to Kristen Huffman at kristen_huffman@unc.edu (CB#3550, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-3550) by April 1, 2007. Please be sure to include a letter or paragraph about the person you are nominating which explains why you are making the nomination. To qualify, the nominee must be a graduate of the School and meet some of the following criteria:
1. Demonstrate outstanding leadership and make significant contributions to the field of social work.
2. Demonstrate a deep commitment to high ethical social work standards.
3. Develop and/or implement major innovations that have improved the quality of life for members in her/his community.
4. Benefit her/his clients, the professional community and the social work profession through special contributions, advocacy and involvement in professional, civic or community organizations.
5. Be an effective advocate for social work issues.
If you have received an award, promotion, taken a new job, gotten married, added a new member to the family, let us know. We would love to share your news with other alumni and the School of Social Work community. Please e-mail your alumni news to sswalumni@unc.edu.
The School of Social Work has launched a new online job forum for its alumni. If you are looking for a job or have a job opportunity to share, please visit the new forum at: http://ssw.unc.edu/alumni/job_forum.htm. (This forum is also linked from the School of Social Work Alumni Home Page).
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
NC Psychoanalytic Foundation Event
Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA, will present a morning session for mental health professionals on “Treating Borderline Personality Disorder” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. He will present an afternoon public lecture on “Helping Children Develop Secure Relationships” from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The School of Social Work is a sponsor of this North Carolina Psychoanalytic Foundation event, held at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. For more information and to register, please visit http://www.ncpsychoanalysis.org.
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Dinner with the Dean
Dean Jack Richman will be in Asheville, N.C., to have dinner with area alumni on Thursday, March 8 at La Paz Restaurant, 10 Biltmore Plaza. To attend this event, please RSVP by March 5 to Kristen Huffman at kristen_huffman@unc.edu or 919-843-7285.
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Clinical Lecture Series
Ravita T. Omabu Okafor, LCSW, will present "Inside Ethics Violations " in the auditorium of the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus. For more information, please visit http://ssw.unc.edu/jif/cls.
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Clinical Lecture Series
Nancy McWilliams, PhD, will present “A New and Exciting Approach to Diagnosis” in the auditorium of the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus. For more information, please visit http://ssw.unc.edu/jif/cls.