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Argentina 2010: Social Justice, Human Rights Social Work Challenges

Program Dates -June 6-25, 2010
• Learn a global perspective of social work, social justice and human rights
• Learn Argentine culture and basic/advanced conversational Spanish language.
• Gain a better understanding of Latin American human rights issues and challenges to social work practice, policy and education
• Study how the recent social and economic history of Argentina has informed the challenges of delivering social services.
• Visit Argentine communities, cultural and political centers and meet with leading Argentine social workers, human rights activists and educators.
• Take tours to important historical, cultural and locations in greater Buenos Aires region.

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BCA Study Abroad - Studying in Gambia

You will have the opportunity to significantly impact the communities we will be working with as a part of this program as we work in teams with Gambian students to address major challenges for these villages.

Take one or two:
Culture and Society (Social World)
African Societies (Non-Western Cultural Heritage)
Engineering Design (w/ community based project) or International Field Instruction (Social Work)

You can also arrange an international field placement in a more traditional Social Work placement : SOS Children's Villages International in Banjul, supervised by a qualified MSW equivalent degree; Student teaching placement reviewed by an Education professor from the University of The Gambia (UTG); or  Non-governmental agency (NGO) in a topic of your choice and supervised by professor at UTG.
Any other courses offered at the University
The University offers programs in Social Work and the available courses in include (varying by semester): Community Development and Leadership, Field Practice, Guidance and Counseling, Health Issues in Social Work, Introduction to Social Work, Organizational Context of Social Work Practice, Practicum, Social Welfare Policies and Services, Social Work Core Competencies, Social Work Ethics and Values, Social Work Practices and Human Rights, Social Work Research, and Violence in Society.
Mr. Robert William is the program director for this BCA program and spent many of his formative years living in Africa.  He and I would love to talk informally with you regarding the program, looking at any individual specifics.  You can contact Mr. William at rwilliam@bcaabroad.org, or me at degoedek@etown.edu. 

For more infomation, http://www.bcaabroad.org/programs/brikama-gambia

Dr. Kurt DeGoede
Kurt DeGoede, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department Chair
Physics and Engineering       
Elizabethtown College

Sustainable Human Development and Human Rights - Costa Rica

The Center for Global Education at George Mason University, is currently accepting online applications for the summer short-term program on Sustainable Human Development and Human Rights.  May 16 - 30, 2010 in Costa Rica.

http://globaled.gmu.edu/programs/facultyled/summerstudy/costaricasocialwork.html
Led by Dr. Dennis J. Ritchie, Social Work, this field-based seminar focuses on the interrelated themes of human rights, particularly women and children's rights. Students can earn 3 credits in Social Work, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, or Conflict Analysis.
Interested? Questions? Contact Denise Elles-Mdahuar at (703) 993-2155.

Deadline for online applications: March 26, 2010

Summer 2010 South Africa: SOCIAL WORK

International Center - University of Missouri

For cost information please click here.

For Application istructions, click here.

Working with Mexicans - BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

SOCWRK 494/594 will help professionals in the health, mental health, and education fields learn about
contemporary Mexican issues to improve their work with Mexicans who are newly immigrated to the United States.
The workshop will be held at the Cemanahuac Educational Community in Cuernavaca, and Buenavista de Cuellar.

For more information please click here.

Summer Program in Guatemala

There are still a few slots available in the 7-week summer program in
Guatemala (May 28-July 17).  The application is available online:
http://studyabroad.ncsu.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=1643

This 7-week program combines homestays with indigenous families, 1:1
language lessons, and service learning in a program or agency in the Lake
Atitlan area of Guatemala.  Service learning opportunities are available in
a variety of settings:
- domestic violence prevention
- senior center
- Christian Foundation for Children and Aging
- women's weaving, beading or herbal medicine cooperatives
- micro-credit
- habilitation programs for children/adults with developmental or physical
- disabilities
- medical clinics
- national hospital
- transition orphanage for children being adopted
- open door library literacy projects
- organic gardening
- reforestation project
- nature reserve
- teaching ESL in an elementary or middle school
- working with teenagers in a vocational school

We can match most student interests with opportunities to work in the
communities around the lake.

Cost is $3150, which includes all in-country expenses. Airfare is extra

Email Linda_Williams@ncsu.edu for additional information.

Linda R. Williams, ACSW
BSW Program Director and
Associate Department Head
Department of Social Work
Box 7639
NC State University
Raleigh, NC   27695-7639
(919) 513-1989 Phone
(919) 515-4403 Fax

Ecuador: An International Study in Social, Health and Human  Services

May 17-29, 2010 
Cost: $3,300.00  Includes International airfare, in-country travel, 2 meals a day, double occupancy accommodation, agency visits, guest lecturers, program fees and most excursions and cultural events.

Please join MSASS as we take an integrated approach to the study of social and health services in urban Quito, Ecuador and the surrounding rural areas. Participants will travel to Ecuador May 17-29.  Site visits and study include:  HIV-Aids, gerontology, child welfare, prisons, disaster interventions related to the volcanic eruption of Tunguragua, Trafficking in Human Person and USAID policy, substance abuse services, disability services, analysis of native Quichua families, an examination of traditional and modern medicine and the local religious influences, time with an Afro Ecuadorian Community of Chota, education policy, and a firsthand view of a progressive labor policy at a flower farm in the Andes Mountains.   Participants will be given opportunities for hiking, biking, and exploring rural villages, and other outdoor activities such as white water rafting, and time to experience Ecuadorian music, music, dance and cooking. The hot springs at Baños near RioBamba, the Otavalo Market, the San Antonio de Ibarra Woodcarving, the Museo de la Ciudad San Francisco, the Museo Guayasamin, and other places of cultural interest are on the itinerary.
 
Graduate/Undergraduate Students from all Universities and Interested Professionals please apply. 

Our courses carry 3 credits for CWRU students.  We  ask that students from other universities also take the course for academic credit.  However, we do not charge the student for tuition at CWRU.  Instead, we ask that the student register for an Independent Study (or the equivalent) at their home university. The student is expected to complete all of the assignments given to CWRU students.  We will give the home university instructor information on the student's performance in the course and recommend a letter grade.   The student pays the standard travel fees plus an administrative fee of $400.  The latter fee covers some of the administrative costs of the program that would ordinarily be covered by the tuition.  The $3,300 fee quoted above includes the fee.
 
We offer this opportunity in the spirit of sharing our international programs with other social work schools.  We recognize that our tuition would be a barrier so we have significantly reduced that fee.  Our interest is in sharing the international study course with students who will bring new perspectives that will enrich the experience for all participants.

International study program offered by the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.
See http://msass.case.edu/international/index.html  
 
Contact information: Deborah R. Jacobson, Ph.D., LISW-S, ACSW Assistant Professor and Director of International Education Programs MSASS/Case Western Reserve University,   dxj@po.cwru.edu , 216- 368-6014

SOUTHERN  ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT CARBONDALE

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
STUDY ABROAD: HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL WORK
MUNICH AND COBURG, GERMANY
May 29- June 10, 2010
 
http://socialwork.siuc.edu/germany/may.htm

The School of Social Work at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale is offering a Study Abroad based in Munich and Coburg, Germany beginning on May 29, 2010,  and ending on June 10, 2010.
This course examines human rights within a social work framework, from both European and US perspectives. Field visits and course instruction focuses on economic, social and political human rights, with an emphasis on defining human rights principles as they apply to social work.
The first location of the course will be Munich, Germany. This part of the course highlights the importance of human rights within our current environment, as contemporary human rights arose from the recent history of this part of the world. After four days in Munich, participants will travel to the small university town of Coburg, where they will be staying with German students from the University of Coburg. Together, course participants and the German students will visit a concentration camp and a town that had been divided with barriers between East and West Germany. They will also visit the city of Nuremberg, where they will explore human rights history. Participants in the course have the opportunity to explore concepts of human rights that apply to their own experiences, as well as historical events.
This course is ideal for undergraduate or graduate students and professionals interested in learning about different approaches to social problems within a human rights context.
The program fee is $2,000, not including airfare from the US to Germany. The program fee includes all necessary transportation relating to the course within Germany, accommodation, and some meals. Participants must arrange and pay for their own airfare or other transportation to Munich. Three hours of course credit is available from Southern Illinois University, which is then transferred to the participant's home university for credit. Tuition is charged in addition to the program fee. At current rates, three hours of graduate level tuition costs $984, with three hours of undergraduate tuition costing $729. This course credit Scholarships may be available for SIUC undergraduate students.
 
If you wish to apply for the above study abroad course in Germany, you will need to do the following:
 
1. Email Saundra Cawthon at saundra@siu.edu to request an application form. Saundra works with the SIUC International Programs office and handles applications for the program.
2. Complete the application form and send it back to our International Programs office, along with a $250 deposit by check or money order. If you decide not to participate in the course after submitting the application and deposit, please let us know by March 31, 2010, and the deposit will be fully refundable. After March 31, 2010, any refund of the deposit will be at the discretion of the program.
3. Mail the application and deposit to the address on the application form. Once SIUC receives these items, we will place you on the course list. Also, please inform Saundra whether you wish to take the course for credit. If you do, you will need to complete additional documents for payment of tuition, a cost which is in addition to the program fee of $2,000. The payment of tuition is treated separately from payment of the program fee.
4.The initial $250 deposit will be applied toward the program fee, leaving you with a balance due of $1,750. This balance must be paid in full by the end of April, 2010. We will send you a payment schedule after you have sent in the application and initial deposit.

If you have any further questions regarding the application procedures, please contact me. Thank you for your interest in the course.
Dr. Elisabeth Reichert (reichert@siu.edu)
Professor of Social Work
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
(618) 687-1798

Two Education Abroad Field Opportunities for Social Work Students in BSW and MSW Programs:

First Opportunity:
The College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky is pleased to offer a faculty-led, field-based course in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico from May 11 – June 11, 2010.  The course is entitled, “Social Work Practice in Mexico,” and is offered in partnership with our associated university in Mexico, La Universidad Latina de America.  This course is open to both graduate and undergraduate (jr/sr) students in social work and related disciplines.
 
This course presents an opportunity for students with Spanish language abilities to gain direct experience working with Mexican social workers in various social service and mental health programs and organizations.
Students live with families to experience the central core of Mexican culture and to support related language enhancement.

2nd Opportunity:
The College of Social Work at the University of Kentucky is pleased to again offer a faculty-led education abroad course next summer (June 18 – July 27, 2010) in Uganda.  This course is open to both graduate and undergraduate (jr/sr) students in social work and related disciplines.
 
This is a field-based course, called “Social Development in Developing Countries: Uganda,” that offers an opportunity to work in a variety of programs that utilize an “wholistic” social development approach to service delivery with respect to HIV prevention and related work with orphaned and vulnerable children, substance abuse, government-based work with child protection/juvenile justice including a residential offender setting, and urban and rural community schools.  Students can learn how the social development model is employed in a developing country to eradicate poverty and to develop communities.  The course is located in Kampala, Uganda and surrounding areas.

If any students are interested in taking either course, please contact:
 
Richard D. Sutphen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
College of Social Work
University of Kentucky
Phone (cell): 859-312-9475
Email: sutphen@uky.edu

Global Health Unite For Sight: High Impact Volunteer Abroad Opportunities

Unite For Sight supports eye clinics by investing human and financial resources in their social ventures to eliminate patient barriers to eye care. Volunteers work with local ophthamic nurses, optometrists, and ophthalmologists to support and assist the clinic in outreach programs that reduce barriers to health care, including financial, transportation, and education barriers. With the assistance of volunteers like you, Unite for Sight has restoreed sight to 19,549 patients and provided eyecare to 600,000. For more information contact volunteers@uniteforsight.org or visit the Unite For Sight Volunteer website.

Three International Short-Term Immersion Programs

Southern Illinois Carbondale (SIUC) School of Social Work and The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (MSASS) at Case Western Reserve University are once again teaming up to offer 3 international short-term immersion programs. Important to global learning is an understanding of how culture, values and history influence how societies address social issues, and the design of social interventions and policies. In December 2009, we travel to Bangladesh and in March 2010, to Isreal and May 2010 to Ecuador. All programs are open to undergraduate and graduate students (3-6 hours credit), faculty, alumni, and interested professionals (CEUs available). Students may take for course credit from SIUC, MSASS or Special Arrangements may be made with students' university to offer as an independent study course.

Bangladesh:  December 26-January 10
Isreal:  March 4-March 14
Ecuador: May 17-May 29

Approximate fee is $3900.00 (not including cost of course credit or professional development/CEUs). Costs includes international airfare, in-country travel, three meals a day, double occupancy accommodations as well as instructional materials, agency visits, guest lectures, program fees, as a non-refundable deposit of $250 is required to hold your spot.

For more information, visit the SIUC Study Abroad Website or the MSASS Study Abroad Website.

University of Southern Mississippi - Carribean

The University of Southern Mississippi invites your students to participate in the 2009-2010 Caribbean Studies program in Jamaica.  Southern Miss has been teaching and learning in Jamaica since 1986, we invite your undergraduate and graduate students to join us in a variety of courses being taught in this wonderful setting.  Welcome in the New Year in the Caribbean, and learn about this fascinating island nation and its people.  

For more information please visit our website: 
http://www.usm.edu/internationaledu/ip_1/jamaica.htm

If you have specific questions please feel free to contact me:
Tom Osowski PhD, MSW
University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast Campus
School of Social Work
730 East Beach Boulevard
Long Beach MS 39560
228-214-3297 Voice
228-214-3272 Fax