ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dissertation Writing Groups Fall 2014
In collaboration with the Rackham Graduate School, the Sweetland Center for Writing coordinates several student-led writing groups for graduate students writing their dissertations. These interdisciplinary writing groups provide structured support in a facilitated peer-based setting to aid dissertators working through long-term projects. Dissertation Writing Groups typically consist of four members including a group leader. Participants must be in the writing phase of their dissertations and available to meet eight times per semester to workshop group members’ writing on a rotating basis. Each group will determine meeting schedules and expectations.
Those interested in becoming group leaders must provide additional information with their applications. Group leaders attend a facilitator training workshop and mentor meetings through the term.
Applications must be e-mailed to Laura Schuyler at schuyler@umich.edu by Wednesday, August 27, 2014. Groups will start meeting in mid-September. Applications are available athttp://www.lsa.umich.edu/sweetland/graduate/writinggroups
Introducing the New CAPS “Embedded Model”
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) has embarked on a new way of effectively and efficiently distributing mental health services for students across the schools and colleges by creating a community-based model - placing CAPS clinicians inside a number of the schools and colleges, known as the “embedded model.” This year CAPS will place three clinicians within the College of Engineering, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, and the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Each therapist will work exclusively with the specific student population in each of the four schools and colleges. By doing so, each therapist will address the specific and unique needs of each culture through confidential clinical service delivery and tailored outreach, education, and prevention programs, engage with faculty and staff through consultation, and develop materials specifically tailored to each school and college.
The three embedded CAPS clinicians include:
Karen Burba, Psy.D., she will work exclusively with the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. She can be reached atkaburba@umich.edu
Emily Shipman, LLMSW, she will work exclusively with the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. She can be reached at emship@umich.edu
Shivaun Nafsu, MSW, M.A., LISW-S, LMSW, LPC, she will work exclusively with the College of Engineering. She can be reached at snafsu@umich.edu.
For more information about general CAPS services, please visit www.caps.umich.edu
Download the new CAPS Stressbusters Wellness App!
The app, developed by the national Stressbusters wellness program and the CAPS Student Advisory Board, now makes it possible for students and others in the U-M community to view, share, store and use campus event announcements, news alerts, student and department videos, one-touch dial emergency buttons, health tips, surveys and other features, directly on their iOS and Android mobile devices at no cost. Simply go to your app store and search for “stressbusters wellness” to experience daily wellness messages, mindfulness and meditation audiotapes, and health rewards. Fore more information, visit www.caps.umich.edu/article/innovative-free-app-puts-wellness-your-fingertips |
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