Erica's Report on the Latino/a Social Work Caucus Halloween Party:
Our Caucus hosted what I can only describe as an awesome Halloween Party on October 26, 2006. We had an awesome turn out and it gave us social work students the opportunity to relax a little bit after a couple of weeks of demanding midterms. The costumes were creative and colorful, the music was good, and the people were awesome. I must say we study hard, but we can definitely put together a good party. Our annual Halloween Party fundraiser was a hit!
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Okay All,
I will be totally honest my life as a graduate student lately has been a little hectic. Due to my dual degree I have weekend intensive courses. Don't get me wrong its great going to a class only three times a semester, but having three days straight of Finance and Budgeting is challenging. However, I am now able to understand and create budgets for public sector agencies : ). My finance class is officially over and I am happy to announce that I survived the course.
I will be totally honest my life as a graduate student lately has been a little hectic. Due to my dual degree I have weekend intensive courses. Don't get me wrong its great going to a class only three times a semester, but having three days straight of Finance and Budgeting is challenging. However, I am now able to understand and create budgets for public sector agencies : ). My finance class is officially over and I am happy to announce that I survived the course.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Repost from Esteban's page
Sunday, October 22, 2006
My Introduction
I am Esteban Juarez, 24, and I am a full time student in the Master of Social Work program at the University of Southern California. I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Services from the California State University of Fullerton (2005). I was born and raised in Orange, California. I am a first generation American of Mexican descent. I am the product of two immigrant parents from Mexico. Currently, I am completing my second year concentration courses and I have declared my concentration specialty as Family and Children. With a master’s degree in social work, I want to establish a professional career treating at risk youth and their families. I am particularly passionate about this population as it relates to my own personal experiences. As a professional social worker, I want to empower at risk teens to make good decisions. In particular, I want to work with minority parents so they can better understand the American culture and appreciate the importance of structure and discipline to guide their children to achieve their goals. It was understood and expected by my parents that we obey and do right; however, structure was not enforced! My parents worked long hours and they were not available or accessible. This factor creates a lack of supervision and structure; therefore, I desire to educate Latino teenagers how to develop and practice self control and self discipline. Because I consider myself culturally sensitive and linguistically able to relate and interact with the Latino community, my goal is to show and teach my community through example. I am one of many ethnic- specific students emerging with a professional degree with the intent to go back to my community to empower my people. I have found my calling: helping others in need! Therefore, I pursue an advanced degree in the helping profession. As a professional social worker, I anticipate a fulfilling career helping others help themselves. While in the social work program, I have set a personal goal for myself. I am going to make the most of every opportunity that is presented to me. As an illustration, I am fortunate to have been elected by my peers to serve as the student representative from Orange County on the school’s student organization/government for academic year 2006-2007. I serve as the student leader for over 120 students on the Orange County campus. Within my professional organization (National Association of Social Workers), as a student member, I have been selected by the National Committee on Leadership to be one part of the Child Welfare Committee for NASW.
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My Introduction
I am Esteban Juarez, 24, and I am a full time student in the Master of Social Work program at the University of Southern California. I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Services from the California State University of Fullerton (2005). I was born and raised in Orange, California. I am a first generation American of Mexican descent. I am the product of two immigrant parents from Mexico. Currently, I am completing my second year concentration courses and I have declared my concentration specialty as Family and Children. With a master’s degree in social work, I want to establish a professional career treating at risk youth and their families. I am particularly passionate about this population as it relates to my own personal experiences. As a professional social worker, I want to empower at risk teens to make good decisions. In particular, I want to work with minority parents so they can better understand the American culture and appreciate the importance of structure and discipline to guide their children to achieve their goals. It was understood and expected by my parents that we obey and do right; however, structure was not enforced! My parents worked long hours and they were not available or accessible. This factor creates a lack of supervision and structure; therefore, I desire to educate Latino teenagers how to develop and practice self control and self discipline. Because I consider myself culturally sensitive and linguistically able to relate and interact with the Latino community, my goal is to show and teach my community through example. I am one of many ethnic- specific students emerging with a professional degree with the intent to go back to my community to empower my people. I have found my calling: helping others in need! Therefore, I pursue an advanced degree in the helping profession. As a professional social worker, I anticipate a fulfilling career helping others help themselves. While in the social work program, I have set a personal goal for myself. I am going to make the most of every opportunity that is presented to me. As an illustration, I am fortunate to have been elected by my peers to serve as the student representative from Orange County on the school’s student organization/government for academic year 2006-2007. I serve as the student leader for over 120 students on the Orange County campus. Within my professional organization (National Association of Social Workers), as a student member, I have been selected by the National Committee on Leadership to be one part of the Child Welfare Committee for NASW.
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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Recovery
again...avoiding work...just kidding, just taking a break. Amazingly, my brain did not die from midterms. Although I have to say I felt like it came quite close before my macro practice exam. The brain cells just refused to fire, and I definitely had some encoding issues. It's amazing how quickly we recover (cheers to the plasticity of the brain!) and now I am concurrently working on a law paper and my research paper...WOW. Who's going to give me a cookie...actually I just need coffee. Hello, my name is Theresa and I'm an ADDICT. I had the first free weekend in what seems like forever and I'm not even sure now what I did...and I definitely am having a difficult time getting back into the game. Honestly all I want to do right now is read for pleasure (Prof. Fertig recommends The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama...Barack Obama for President...I'm sold!) - and maybe hike. I hear the Santa Monica mountains are amazing, and if I can squeeze in a couple hours of hiking, I will be a very happy girl. ok... :-( Back to work.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Repost from her page: About Erica
Hey All, Allow me to introduce myself...... name is Erica Lizano, I'm 23, and I am a second year full-time dual degree MSW / MPA student at USC's School of Social Work & USC's School of Policy, Planning, and Development. What does that all mean? I'm concurrently working on two master's degrees in Social Work and Public Administration. I am also the Mentorship Program Coordinator for the USC's School of Social Work Latino/a Social Work Caucus. I completed my undergraduate studies in Sociology (which is a passion of mine!), and a minor in human services at Cal State Fullerton (Go TITANS!!!!, sorry I must stay true to my roots). I decided to pursue graduate degrees in Social Work and Public Administration because I have a passion for cause advocacy and social justice. Ultimately, I would like to become involved in the development and administration of public social service programs and/or agencies. That's a lot about myself as a student....as a person....I love humor (Will Farrel & Vince Vaughn are my favorites), I am very outspoken (some would say I border on being loud), and I love art (creating it & appreciating art created by others).
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Hey everyone, USC is expanding technologically...I'm sitting in Social Work and Law and probably should be paying attention because it's interesting (learning about Family law) but here I am on this blog...Classes rock this semester! Ok, so I hope this worked and I will certainly use it as a way to inform everyone about all the awesome things that us Social Work students are doing. Peace out!
-Theresa
-Theresa
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