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Student Day
The CalSWEC Student Day, a one-day conference held in the spring, is planned and coordinated by the Student Day Planning Team, composed of first-, second-year, and third-year Title IV-E MSW student representatives from the 18 graduate schools of social work/social welfare around California. The conference features speakers, workshops, and networking opportunities for attendees. Student Day 2008 Student Day 2007 Student Day 2006 Student Day 2005 Student Day 2003 Student Day 2002 Student Day 2001 Student Day 2000
Student Day 2008 will be held on March 28 at the Mission Inn, Riverside. The theme is "Emerging Trends: The Future of Child Welfare." Please contact your IV-E representatives for details. Student Day 2007 will be held on April 27 at the Hilton San Diego Airport/Harbor Island. The theme is "Strengthening the Many Faces of Title IV-E: Program and Practice." Please contact your IV-E representative for details. The theme of Student Day 2006 is "Keeping the Vision for Title IV-E: Promoting Strength and Well-being for Children and Families. Student Day 2005, with the theme "Fostering Fairness: Tipping the Scales of Social Justice," will be held April 1 at the Double Tree Hotel San Jose. Download the schedule of events and registration form for details.
With the theme "Creating a Vision: Gearing Up for Change in Social Work," Student Day 200 was held on April 25 at California State University, Sacramento.
View the Student Day 2002 program. More than 200 Title IV-E MSW students and alumni attended the 2002 Title IV-E Student Day Conference on April 18. With the theme "Thinking Outside the Box: Social Workers Inside and Beyond the System," the all-day event was held at the Manhattan Beach Marriott Hotel. Speakers The keynote speaker was Dr. Joseph Nunn, vice-chair of the Department of Social Work and director of Field Work at UCLA. The following panel and workshops were held:
"A New Agenda: Redefining Social Work for the New Millennium" was the theme of Student Day 2001, which attracted nearly 200 first- and second-year Title IV-E MSW students. It was held April 20 in Burlingame in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Workshop topics were:
The theme of Student Day 2000, held on April 14 in Manhattan Beach in southern California, was "Building Bridges for Social Justice: Empowering Ourselves for Practice." Keynote speaker Trinity Wallace, an advocate through the California Youth Connection for people in foster care, told her moving personal story, which included entering the foster care system at age 5. She urged the future child welfare workers "not to lose sight of the opportunity to build a relationship with the child, ... a human being, ... a life." Actor Tyne Daley spoke briefly to the luncheon crowd, expressing her appreciation and admiration for social workers. The NASW California Chapter honored Ms. Daly for her realistic portrayal of a social worker in the award-winning television drama "Judging Amy."
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Last updated: February 15, 2008