M.S.W. Check-In & Orientation Schedule
M.S.W. Students
Friday, June 1, 2018
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Friday, June 1, 2018
Mandatory attendance for all first year students
| 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. |
Central Check-In for all first summer M.S.W. and Ph.D. students (Mandatory for all first year students) |
| 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Campus Tours and Lawn Games On the lawn outside King/Scales dorm After checking in, be sure to stop by the King/Scales lawn for Campus Tours led by current students and lawn games, board games, and other stress-relieving, get-to-know-you activities with other incoming students to start meetings your classmates in a relaxing atmosphere. |
| 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. | Student Group Fair Hallways leading to King/Scales Dining Hall On your way into the dining hall for lunch, be sure to stop by the Student Group Fair to learn more about the different student groups on campus! |
| 12 – 1 p.m. |
Lunch |
Orientation Part 1
Building Community—In Service to Others
An Orientation to the Smith College School for Social Work
Friday, June 1, 2018
Weinstein Auditorium—Wright Hall [Map]
Mandatory attendance for all first year students
| 1:15 – 1:25 p.m. |
Welcome and Inspirational Message |
| 1:25 – 1:45 p.m. |
Case Presentation: The Integration of Clinical Social Work and an Anti-Racism Commitment |
| 1:45 – 2:30 p.m. |
Faculty Panel Response and Facilitated Q & A |
| 2:30 – 2:45 p.m. |
Cultivating Trans GNC Competency at Smith |
| 2:45 – 3:15 p.m. | Introduction of Student Leaders and Community Supports: Sotomayor Fellows, David Carellon Bradley, Amy Hunter, Laura Rauscher |
| 3:15 – 3:30 p.m. |
Break and Transition to Small Groups |
| 3:30 – 4:10 p.m. |
Small Group Discussions |
| 4:10 – 5:30 p.m. | Free Time |
| 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Advanced Standing Student Meet and Greet Chapin Lawn This is a chance for Advanced Standing students to meet each other and ask questions/get advice from 2nd Summer Advanced Standing student Brian Mai, BS’18. |
| 5:30 – 7 p.m. |
Dinner |
| 7:15 – 8 p.m. | Intention Setting Ritual Lanning Fountain Beginning a new graduate program can bring many overwhelming feelings. Start your summer off with some important grounding, reflection, and intention setting. |
Student-to-Student Activities
The following activities are optional and sponsored by Student Org.
Saturday, June 2, 2018
| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | Yoga Chapin Lawn Bring your yoga mats and join Hannah Tosi, a current Smith SSW student and Registered Yoga Teacher, for some yoga on the lawn! |
| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | Riverside Walk/Run King/Scales Lawn Enjoy a leisurely stroll or a run as you explore the riverside trail by Smith’s Campus! |
Toolbox Day
The following sessions were designed to give you vital tools for navigating the Smith classroom and your practice in the field, based on extensive feedback from current students.
| 9 – 10:30 a.m. | Toolbox Introduction & Intention-Setting with Council for Students of Color (Open to all incoming students) Campus Center Carroll Room This portion of Toolbox Day will focus on contextualizing toolbox day as a resource for incoming students to learn about anti-oppressive practices. ideally, learning these skills at the beginning of the summer will allow all students to put these skills into practice throughout the summer. This will also be an opportunity to get to know each other as Toolbox Day co-participants. |
| 10:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. | Trans and Gender Nonconforming (TGNC) Workshop and Student Panel Campus Center Carroll Room Davey Shlasko, one of the Sotomayor Fellows, will provide an overview of key concepts around gender diversity (understood intersectionally), cissexism, and identities and experiences falling under the broad category of “transgender and gender-nonconforming” (TGNC). Davey will facilitate a discussion, along with several student leaders, about trans inclusion in SSW and students’ roles in allyship and solidarity for gender justice. Following the workshop there will be a student panel in which TGNC students can answer questions and share their experiences at Smith and in the field. FRAGRANCE-FREE: As you know SSW is striving to be a fragrance-free campus. This is especially important for this workshop, because fragrances make Davey sick. Please arrive to the workshop with no manufactured fragrances on your hair, skin or clothing. If you have questions about how to do this, feel free to contact Davey in advance: dshlasko@smith.edu. |
| 12:05 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch King/Scales Dining Room - King House/Scales House At every meal during orientation, Orientation Leaders will be at each table to answer all your questions about what to expect during your first Smith summer. |
| 1:40 – 3:40 p.m. | DisOrientation (Facilitated by the Unlearning Racism group) Meet at King/Scales Lawn The DisOrientation portion of the day is intended to provide resources for white-identifying students, by white-identifying students, but anyone is welcome to attend. Our aim is to introduce skills and concepts to confront racism in the Smith SSW context. DisOrientation is presented by the campus group Unlearning Racism, which meets weekly, and dives more in depth with these skills and concepts throughout the summer. We ask that those attending place themselves in one of two groups, which will have parallel discussions based on your personal experiences: Group 1: “New to this concept/material” group: I have not yet deeply explored concepts of racism and white supremacy. Group 2: “More familiar with this concept/material” group: I have more actively engaged with these concepts through conversations, reading, and/or learning. |
| 3:45 – 4:30 p.m. | Toolbox Day Closing Session Campus Center Carroll Room |
Evening Activities
| 5:15 – 7 p.m. | Dinner King/Scales Dining Hall At every meal during orientation, Orientation Leaders will be at each table to answer all your questions about what to expect during your first Smith summer. |
| 7:30 p.m. | Walking to Herrell’s Ice Cream Meet in front of Seelye Hall |
| 7:30 p.m. | Walking to Ye Ol’ Watering Hole Meet in front of Seelye Hall |
| 7:30 p.m. | Drive to Target Meet on King/Scales Lawn A group of students will be driving to Target for those who still need some last-minute school and dorm supplies. |
| 7:30 p.m. | Game Night King/Scales Dining Hall |
| 7:30 p.m. | Movie Night Scales Lounge |
Orientation Part II
Building Community-In Service to Others
An Orientation to the Smith College School for Social Work
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Mandatory attendance for all first year students
| 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. |
Orientation to Smith Technology
Library Orientation |
| 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. |
Library Orientation
Orientation to Smith Technology |
| 3:30 – 4 p.m. |
Writing Center Resources
Last Names beginning with M-Z |
Convocation
Sunday, June 3, 2018
4:15 p.m.
Weinstein Auditorium - Wright Hall [Map]
Open to all students
Mandatory attendance for all first year students
| 4:15 – 5:30 p.m. | Convocation Guest Lecturer Lenelle Moïse Followed by Q & A |
| 5:45 p.m. | All Campus BBQ King/Scales Dining Room - King House/Scales House [Map] |