SWSA Newsletter -October Issue
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Be informed on your local and presidential candidates and issues! Check out: www.votesmart.org and www.govtrack.us Social Work Student Association Issue 2:October 8, 2012 Want to work in Mental Health or with Veterans?! Meet second year MSW Will Phifer cool kids say… For anyone considering or currently going Micro, Will would be an excellent resource. Having spent his first year with Forensic Services at the South Carolina Department of Mental Health facilitating psychosocial rehabilitation group therapy to patients who were diagnosed with chronic mental illness and judicially committed to inpatient psychiatric treatment, and currently spending his second year with Primary Care Behavioral Health (BH) at the Wm. J. B. Dorn VA Hospital. At the VA, Will conducts individual BH initial intakes, follow-up BH individual therapy, healthcare management, suicide screenings and risk assessments, cognitive functioning screenings,leads a 10-session Anger Management Group and in the coming weeks will start co-leading a new primary care PTSD outpatient treatment group. Will loves his field placement because he learns something new from every interaction. His supervisors have been outstanding and the other staff and medical professionals are more helpful than he could ever have imagined. After graduation, you may see Will either working for the VA or Department of Defense in an inpatient or outpatient setting with dual diagnosis patients suffering from substance abuse disorders and combat trauma. He would love to continue his travels around the country, or even the world--like he did in the Army. Want to know more? Ask Will: [email protected] Faculty Facts: Michael Ottone Hometown? Gaithersburg, Maryland Education? Associate’s Degree in Mental Health, Montgomery County Community College, BSW, University of Maryland Baltimore County, MSW USC – Columbia What classes have you taught? SOWK 723:Advanced Social Work Practice in Groups SOWK 724: Advanced Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families SOWK 726:Supervision and Case Consultation SOWK 718: Systems Analysis of Social Work Practice Advice for graduate students? It seems like a cliché to say this, but it is very true. The benefits, strengths, and rewards you gain from this program are driven by what you put into it. Your effort and desire to gain information, to learn what you can do and what you want to do with your degree, to grow and develop as a person and as a professional are your responsibility. Yet, this is an experience you should enjoy and remember. Make friends, have fun, learn, and develop your passion! Micro and macro? This is not an easy question to answer. Realistically, as your career progresses you will encounter tasks and opportunities which are micro, macro, and mezzo. But you may never again have the time and opportunity to focus so in depth on one or the other. Where do you want to be in 3-5 years, after graduation? What is your expectation for your career path? What populations do you want to work with? What type of service provision? Focus on your short-term goals and identify what will best help you attain those goals. You will always be learning, through training and continuing education, so what you do not focus on now you may be able to pick up in the future. Favorite thing to do in Columbia? I am a huge Gamecocks fan and my family and I attend the football games, as well as many other events throughout the year. I am a passionate baseball fan and I have coached for a long time. I believe in being involved in my community. I am a member of my local school improvement council, my local recreation center park improvement committee, and I am the current President of the South Carolina chapter of NASW. True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice - Martin Luther King Jr. If you’re looking for something cool to do on a lazy weekend the Columbia Museum of Art is FREE on Sundays. Best part: you can still sleep in…they are open from 12 – 5 pm. Want to stay up-to-date on current events? There are FREE copies of the New York Times in the Russell House everyday! Columbia Native Army Veteran B.A. Psychology, The Citadel Networking 101: Include food! Part of networking is being able to build relationships with people. What better way to get to know someone than over a meal? Check out the Out-To-Lunch program where you can get a voucher to take your professor to any dining facility on campus! And guess what?! It’s FREE! Look like a cool kid and impress your prof. by checking out where you can pick up an Out-to- Lunch voucher! The website even gives suggestions for topics to talk about. You will be a networking pro in no time!http://www.housing.sc.edu/ace/otl.html
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Be informed on your local and presidential candidates and issues!
Check out: www.votesmart.org and www.govtrack.us
Social Work Student Association Issue 2:October 8, 2012
Want to work in Mental Health or with Veterans?!
Meet second year MSW Will Phifer cool kids say…
For anyone considering or currently
going Micro, Will would be an excellent
resource. Having spent his first year with Forensic Services at the South
Carolina Department of Mental
Health facilitating psychosocial
rehabilitation group therapy to patients
who were diagnosed with chronic
mental illness and judicially committed
to inpatient psychiatric treatment, and
currently spending his second year with Primary Care Behavioral Health (BH)
at the Wm. J. B. Dorn VA Hospital. At
the VA, Will conducts individual BH
initial intakes, follow-up BH individual
therapy, healthcare management,
suicide screenings and risk
assessments, cognitive functioning
screenings,leads a 10-session Anger
Management Group and in the
coming weeks will start co-leading a
new primary care PTSD outpatient
treatment group. Will loves his field
placement because he learns
something new from every
interaction. His supervisors have
been outstanding and the other staff
and medical professionals are more
helpful than he could ever have
imagined. After graduation, you
may see Will either working for the
VA or Department of Defense in an
inpatient or outpatient setting with
dual diagnosis patients suffering
from substance abuse disorders and
combat trauma. He would love to
continue his travels around the
country, or even the world--like he
did in the Army. Want to know
more? Ask Will:
Faculty Facts: Michael Ottone Hometown?
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Education?
Associate’s Degree in Mental Health,
Montgomery County Community College,
BSW, University of Maryland Baltimore
County, MSW USC – Columbia
What classes have you taught?
SOWK 723:Advanced Social Work Practice in Groups
SOWK 724: Advanced Social Work Practice with Individuals and
Families
SOWK 726:Supervision and Case Consultation
SOWK 718: Systems Analysis of Social Work Practice
Advice for graduate students?
It seems like a cliché to say this, but it is very true. The benefits,
strengths, and rewards you gain from this program are driven
by what you put into it. Your effort and desire to gain
information, to learn what you can do and what you want to do
with your degree, to grow and develop as a person and as
a professional are your responsibility. Yet, this is an
experience you should enjoy and remember. Make
friends, have fun, learn, and develop your passion!
Micro and macro?
This is not an easy question to answer. Realistically, as
your career progresses you will encounter tasks and
opportunities which are micro, macro, and mezzo. But
you may never again have the time and opportunity to
focus so in depth on one or the other. Where do you want
to be in 3-5 years, after graduation? What is your
expectation for your career path? What populations do
you want to work with? What type of service provision?
Focus on your short-term goals and identify what will best
help you attain those goals. You will always be learning,
through training and continuing education, so what you do
not focus on now you may be able to pick up in the future.
Favorite thing to do in Columbia?
I am a huge Gamecocks fan and my family and I attend the
football games, as well as many other events throughout
the year. I am a passionate baseball fan and I have
coached for a long time. I believe in being involved in my
community. I am a member of my local school improvement council, my local recreation center park
improvement committee, and I am the current President
of the South Carolina chapter of NASW.
True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of
justice - Martin Luther King Jr.
If you’re looking for something cool to do
on a lazy weekend the Columbia Museum of Art is FREE on Sundays. Best part: you
can still sleep in…they are open from 12 – 5
pm.
Want to stay up-to-date on current events?
There are FREE copies of the New York
Times in the Russell House everyday! Columbia Native
Army Veteran
B.A. Psychology,
The Citadel
Networking 101: Include food!
Part of networking is being able to build
relationships with people. What better way to
get to know someone than over a meal? Check
out the Out-To-Lunch program where you can
get a voucher to take your professor to any
dining facility on campus! And guess what?! It’s FREE!
Look like a cool kid and impress your prof. by
checking out where you can pick up an Out-to-
Lunch voucher! The website even gives
suggestions for topics to talk about. You will be
a networking pro in no
time!http://www.housing.sc.edu/ace/otl.html
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Important Dates 10/8- SWSA Meeting
4:30pm @ SUM 339
5:30pm @ SUM 339
10/9-Register for Human
Trafficking Conference
Visit NASW Site or see below
10/15-BSWSA Meeting
4:15pm @ SUM 330
10/22-Diversity
Dialogue
10/28 – The Buddy Walk
The Buddy Walk is a fun event for all! It celebrates
individuals with Down Syndrome and is sponsored
by Family Connection of South Carolina. There will
be games, food, live music, zumba, & much more!
Sunday, 10/28: 1 – 5 PM at Saluda Shoals Park
11/3 – Steps for PASOS Fundraiser
PASOS is currently looking for volunteers for their
first fundraiser. There will be salsa lessons, dancing,
awesome food and drinks. Fun for all!
Contact Carrie Draper at [email protected]
Saturday, 11/3: 7 – 11 PM at Capital Senior Center
Ballroom
11/16 – Hammer It Home Gala & Auction
The Columbia Habitat Young Professionals invite you
to an evening of southern hospitality and charm!
Come enjoy great food, cocktails, and a one of kind
auction as we continue our efforts to eliminate
poverty housing across the Midlands.
Tickets cost: $75 per individual; $100 per couple.
Attire: Cocktail. If you volunteer/work the event you
can receive compensated tickets.
Friday, 11/16: 7PM at 701 Whaley St. Cola, SC 29201
“A little boy wearing pink is just fruity, weird, and
gay,” a fellow student in my Human Behavior class
said. “I mean boys don’t normally like pink so it’s
kind of strange.” The impact of the statement was
immediate, but the shock took a few moments to set
in. The classroom grew silent and uncomfortable as I
waited for the professor or another student to
challenge this judgmental comment. I spent a few
moments trying to collect my thoughts so that I could
respond without it coming off as angry or
condescending. After a few moments, I worked up
the courage to say something. Nobody else held a
hand up, so I raised mine, only to discover that the
moment had passed, the subject had changed and
we were discussing a new topic. I sat in my seat
frustrated yet again. Why didn’t anybody say
anything? Why couldn’t I respond faster?
These conversations are inherently difficult
for all of us…to continue reading visit http://embracelifefully.tumblr.com/ or see below…
A Student’s Prospective on
Cultural Competence
by: Kiesha Webb
Get out in the community! …and build your resume….
4:30pm @ SUM 339
10/25-Suicide Prevention
Prevention Training
Visit Student Health services
services site or see below
10/29-NASW Government
Government Affairs
Meeting
Contact
[email protected] We hope you enjoy the
newsletter! Please feel free
to submit YOUR thoughts, for
the next issue! -Stephanie
Clone, Dan Krantz, Kiesha
Webb, Teresa Chimienti &
Amber Schrenkel
Students Speak!
SWSA Peer Mentoring Program Want to meet some new people in the MSW
program? Join the peer-mentoring program to be matched
up with a first or second year student.
Contact Lauren Williams [email protected]
October is LGBTQ History Month
USC will host an array of activities throughout the
month – to find out what’s going visit
http://www.sa.sc.edu/omsa/files/2012/09/LGBTQ-History-
Month.pdf or see below to connect to site
Paper Product Drive for Christ Central
Donate now until 11/9 The Christ Central provides meals and shelters for
the homeless population living in Columbia. They
are now having a paper product drive to help
support meals that help to ensure that everyone in
Columbia has the opportunity to enjoy a warm,
nutritious meal.
Contact Christina Cobb at [email protected]
11/12-11/16 – Student Veterans Week
Green Zone Trainings: The purpose of the Green
Zone Program is to train faculty, staff, and students
on the potential issues Student Veterans and Active
Service Members (ASMs) might face on college
campuses and who then in turn identify themselves
as a Green Zone Ally by displaying a Green Zone
sticker.
o Monday, 11/12: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM in
Russell House room 315
o Wednesday, 11/14: 2:00 – 4:30 PM in
Russell House room 315
o Thursday, 11/15: 5:00 – 7:00 PM in the
Thomas Cooper Library room 204
Soldier Girl Screening followed by discussion
Tuesday, 11/13: 5:30 – 8 PM in Sumwalt 213
Yellow Ribbon Pins & Sign The Remember Wall
Monday, 11/12: 11AM – 1PM on Greene Street
