Volume 5: Issue 14 -January 2011
In this issue:
SSW Alumni Association Executive Committee Election
Day Garrett Nominations
Dean's Reception at the AAPCSW 2011 Conference
Honorary Alumna/us Award Nominations
Summer Lecture Series by Joan Berzoff Available for CEU Event Viewing
SSW Student needs your help with thesis survey
2010 SSW Alumni Event Update
Volunteer Opportunities
Planned Giving Update
On-line Directory and Listservs
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SSW Alumni Association Executive Committee Election
The 2011 Ballot has been mailed - Please cast your vote! The deadline is March 18, 2011.
Following is a list of alumni who have submitted there applications for the open positions on the
Alumni Association Executive Committee. Please note that the candidate for Region
Representative III, Julie Stone, M.S.W.'03 does not appear on the printed ballot as it
was received after the ballot was printed. If you would like to vote for Julie, please write
her name in the alotted area on the ballot.
President Elect
Daniel Sapoznick, M.S.W.'03
Christopher Vaughan, Ph.D.'06
Region II Representative (Mid Atlantic)
Gabrielle Stevens Holder, M.S.W.'03
Emely Velez, M.S.W.'10
Region III Representative (South)
Julie Stone, M.S.W.'03
Region IV Representative (Mid West)
Fanny Gutierrez, M.S.W.'03
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Day-Garrett Award Nominations
We are seeking nominations for the annual Day-Garrett Award. Your professional contacts and
affiliations in the field make you an ideal source of nominations for this prestigious Smith
College School for Social Work award. If you would like to submit a nomination for the
Committee's consideration, please complete the on-line form available at
http://www.smith.edu/ssw/alumni/sswaa_awards.php. The deadlline for nominations is
February 15, 2011. Please nominate someone today!
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Dean's Reception at the AAPCSW 2011 Conference
Dean Carolyn Jacobs will be hosting a reception at the American Association for Psychoanalysis
in Clinical Social Work 2011 Conference in Marina del Rey, California. The reception will be
on March 18, 2011 from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. at the Marina del Rey Marriott. If you are
attending the conference or are in the area, please stop by.
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Honorary Alumna/us Award Nominations
In 1997, the alumni of Smith College School for Social Work established an award to honor
those individuals associated with the School who are not alumni. The purpose of this award is to
recognize friends and colleagues who have rendered distinguished service to the Alumni
Association and/or the School, or who have otherwise attained distinction deserving of
recognition by the Smith College School for Social Work Alumni Association. Do you know
someone who is deserving of this recognition? Submit your nomination today! For more
information about the award and to see a list of previous honorees, visit:
http://www.smith.edu/ssw/alumni/sswaa_awards.php; or go to
http://www.smith.edu/ssw/alumni/documents/HonoraryAlum-Nominationform.doc for a
nomination form.
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Summer Lecture by Dr. Joan Berzoff Available for Viewing
We have produced DVD copies of SSW resident faculty member Dr. Joan Berzoff's 2010
Summer Lecture Series presentation, "The Transformative Nature of Grief and Bereavement"
which is available to alumni who would like to host, facilitate and/or participate in small regional
alumni events throughout the country. We will provide CEUs for the event and assist with
invitations and planning. Please contact Pat Gilbert in the SSW Alumni Office if you would like to
facilitate/host an event in your city. You can contact Pat at (413) 585-4290 or
pgilbert@smith.edu
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SSW Student needs your help with thesis survey
My name is Cari Lee Merritt and I am a second year student at Smith College School for Social
Work, conducting research for my thesis. My goal in this research is to examine the relationship
that exists between training and education in human sexuality and the comfort level of Smith
graduate clinicians in addressing sexuality with clients. If you are a Smith College School for
Social Work graduate who has completed your education between the years of 2000 and 2009
and are engaged in a clinical practice with adult clients, I invite you to participate in this secure,
anonymous, web-based survey. The survey will require approximately 15 minutes of your time
for which no compensation is provided. If you would like to participate in the anonymous
survey, you may access the informed consent and the survey through the following secure
internet link: http://www.surveygizmo.com. Please feel free to pass the link along to other
Smith Graduate clinicians who may be interested in participating. If you have any questions or
concerns please feel free to contact me at cmerritt@smith.edu
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2010 SSW Alumni Event Update
We had a very active schedule of events that took place last fall. Some of the highlights
included:
- Student send-off and welcome events were held in Houston, Texas; Providence, Rhode
Island; Brooklyn, New York and Los Angeles, California.
- Faculty talks by Kathryn Basham, Ph.D., Joshua Miller, Ph.D., Joan Berzoff, Ph.D., in San
Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington and Austin, Texas respectively.
- Local alumni events which enabled new Director of Development and Alumni Affairs, David
Brown to meet SSW graduates throughout the country in Providence, Rhode Island; Houston
and Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Oakland and San Francisco, California; Seattle,
Washington and Boston, Massachusetts.
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Volunteer Opportunities - Please fill out the SSW Volunteer Form Today!
The School for Social Work relies heavily on the efforts and goodwill of our alumni to help us in
the areas of prospective student networking, mentoring current students, providing reduced
rate psychotherapy to students, hosting SSW events and participating in our
ongoing fundraising effort. Our Volunteer Opportunities Form has been updated to more easily
capture information on the areas of volunteer interest of our alumni. Please visit
http://www.smith.edu/ssw/alumni/documents/VolunteerOpportunitiesfor2010-2011.pdf
for more information. You can register to be a volunteer by completing the Volunteer
Opportunities Form or by contacting Pat Gilbert, Alumni Affairs Office, at (413) 585-4290 or
pgilbert@smith.edu
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Planned Giving Update
Please let us know if you have included SSW in your estate plans so that we may recognize you
as a member of the Smith College School for Social Work Planned Giving Society. Also, please
let us know if you are considering making a gift of stock or a related security. David Brown,
Director of Development and Alumni Affairs, would enjoy speaking with you about ways you
might consider supporting SSW through a gift of an annuity or other giving vehicle. You can
contact David at (413) 585-7964 or debrown@smith.edu
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On-line Directory & Listservs
Find classmates and search for SSW alumni in a particular geographical location! This selfservice tool is available to you now through the on-line directory. General information about
networking and navigational tips specific to SSW can be found at:
http://www.smith.edu/ssw/alumni/networking.php; to log into the on-line directory, go to:
http://alumnae.smith.edu/ where you will find the log-in box in the upper right corner of the
page. Regional listservs are also available to all alumni; to find your moderator so that you can
be invited in, go to: http://www.smith.edu/ssw/alumni/documents/Moderators-2008.doc
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