Social Work Student Advisory committee
Department of Social Work
Austin Peay State University
The Committee has recently acquired several new members. We welcome those new members: Lori Roney, Kim Terry, Laurie Otto, Denise Rose, Michelle Sutton, and Jessica Broadnax. Veddah Irizarry, and Debbie Aquino continue as members from last semester.
Veddah has been working on bylaws. We will
be meeting soon to formalize those bylaws, elect officers, and develop an agenda for this
semester. This page will be used to share information about the work of
the committee. You may address comments to any Committee member. The
following are email addresses of several members of the Committee:
Veddah v_e_irizarry@yahoo.com
Laurie jaleotto@earthlink.net
Jessica cookie_apsu@hotmail.com
Kim kicincolbert@hotmail.com
Also feel free to email me if you have questions or comments: joblinb@apsu.edu
News
The Committee met January 31, 2002. Laurie, Veddah, Jessica
and Debbie were present for the meeting. Bylaws were reviewed and a
general discussion evolved about a number of issues students are concerned
about. The Committee decided to meet weekly at noon on Wednesdays. I
will post minutes of the meeting as soon as possible. We are investigating
setting up a home page just for student organizations as a way of facilitating
communication. So look for that home page in the future.
News
As of March 27, 2002, the Committee has
been meeting weekly except when the Social Work Club meets. Bylaws are in
the final stage of approval. The Committee is also working on revising the
Social Work Student Handbook. This is a major undertaking and all social
work majors are invited to share input. Information about the work of the
Committee is posted regularly on the bulletin board in Marks--first floor across
from the drink machines. Current members of the Committee include:
Kim Terry, Laurie Otto, Jessica Broadnax, Debra Aquino, Cathy Artis, Veddah
Irizarry, Tri Taylor. If you know these students, please feel free to
share any suggestions you might have.
P.S. Jose Castro has also
been recruited to serve on the Committee.
News
On April 8, 2002 social work majors attended a meeting
with faculty to discuss reaccreditation and to focus on any issues students
wanted to raise. Veddah Irizarry, President of the social work club
moderated the meeting. Issues raised included: 1) recommendations to
explore changes regarding the requirement of (8 hrs) Human Anatomy and
Physiology; 2) concern toward including more of a woman's perspective in the
Human Sexuality course as well as making it more clinically focused to enable
students to develop knowledge and skills for exploring sexuality issues with
clients (students' perception seems to be that it is mainly focused on
desensitization); 3) suggestions to have each class reviewed at the end of the
semester by another faculty member or the dean; 4) concern about the relevancy
of content in Law and Social Work and Human Sexuality to social work practice;
and, 5) concern about the Fall, 2002 Introduction to Social Work in terms of
level at which it is being taught.
A final recommendation was made to hold another meeting to continue the discussion.
News
The Advisory Committee met on April 10,
2002. New officers who were elected in a previous meeting include:
Kim Terry, Moderator; Jessica Broadnax, Co-Moderator and Cathy Artis,
Recorder. Discussion focused on topics from the April 8 meeting of social
work majors and the concerns/issues which were raised during that meeting.
The Committee also continued its discussion of changes to be recommended for the
social work application form as well as the application process. The
Committee would like to formalize the set of bylaws and have
recommendations for changing the social work application by the end of the
semester.
Last updated
04/12/2002