University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Fall Semester: August 23 - December 10 (grades due Dec 21 by noon)
Spring Semester: January 14 – May 6 (grades due May 17 by noon)

MO	Day	Time	EVENT
Aug	14	9-3	Internship Orientation for Field Instructors-Pulaski United Methodist Church- Wesley Hall
Aug	20	9-4	New MSW Student Orientation
Aug	23	a.m.	Concentration year students start internship at agency
	23	9-4	Foundation Yr. Internship OrientationRoss Hall, Room 119 (Arkla Room)
Aug	24	a.m.	Foundation year students start internship at agency
Sept	3		Holiday, no classes—Labor Day
Oct	11		Approximate mid-term date
Nov	22-23		Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec	7		Last day of internship
Dec	21	12p.m.	Final grades due, by 12 p.m.
Dec	21	8 a.m.	UALR offices close for holiday break
Jan	3	8 a.m.	UALR offices reopen
Jan	14		Spring classes begin
Jan	16		Concentration year students return to internship
Jan	17		Foundation year students return to internship
Jan	21		Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, no classes, University closed
Mar	6		Approximate mid-term date
Mar	14	10 a.m.	Career Fair
Mar	14	1 p.m.	Internship Fair
Mar	25-31		Spring Break
May	6		Last day of internship
May	17	12 p.m.	Grades due by 12 noon
May	17	2:00	Social work convocation, graduates-be backstage at University Theatre by 1 p.m. for pictures and lining up!
May	18	10:00	UALR commencement

UALR School of Social Work
2011 Annual Career & Internship Fair
Thursday, March 17^th
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Career Fair Display
1p.m. – 3 p.m. Internship Fair Display
Located in the Field House on the UALR campus

ABOUT THE EVENT:  All students planning on graduating in May are required to attend.  If you need an exemption from attending, you have to present a request in writing to either Amy Angel or Greg Smith.  All students planning on completing a foundation year or advanced standing internship in the summer and all students planning on doing a foundation or concentration year internship in the fall are required to attend.  Plan on dressing professionally and bringing your resumes.
VOLUNTEER OPPURTUNITY:  Student volunteers will be needed in order for this event to run smoothly. If you are interested in getting involved with the 2011 Career and Internship Fair, please email socialwork@ualr.edu by Monday, March 14^th.

Career/Internship Fair 2011 Flyer

The Foundations 1 class (SOWK 7301) and their instructor, Dr. Rosalie Otters, recently visited two different community sites as part of learning about generalist social work and the “fit” between the person and the environment. On September 22 we visited the downtown Clinton School for Public Service program, the Quest to End Hunger. While hunger continues to be a worldwide problem, some things we are doing right here in Arkansas can be duplicated to alleviate hunger beyond our borders. On September 29 we toured the Lions World Services for the Blind, located at Fair Park and 28th St, across the street from our campus. Here we visited a training program for those with mostly limited vision and learned that they have a lot to teach us, especially using the interactive computer program, JAWS (Job Access with Speech). JAWS reads aloud both what is on the computer screen and what is added to it. We discovered that those with vision impairment can often process information much faster than the rest of us, as JAWS can be adjusted to talk faster and faster. The “fit” between the person and the environment is one of interdependence as well as resource adequacy.