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  1. Yes if you have the web reader on your home computer or laptop then it uses an internet connection to load the pages. If you have the app on any of the other devices it's made for like tablets and phones then the books save to the device and are accessible offline as well.
  2. yikes, *than* I'm describing.. shoulda looked that over before I posted it. I'm in Kno right now taking a look at one of my books and I also forgot to mention a feature I was convinced by is that when you highlight you can give the highlight tags, one of which is "for assignment" so that way when we're reading and see something for a specific assignment or paper, etc. we can categorize it. I'm sure this will be extremely helpful for us.
  3. I always thought that I would never try an e-Textbook because of my love for physically highlighting, taking notes, and turning pages. I recently found this website (and app/download for iPad, Mac, PC, Android Tablet) called Kno. I just went all in after watching tutorial and trial videos of it. You can take notes and highlight easily via Kno in the textbook and even make them into flashcards, quick notes, etc. It then saves all of these notes to each book so you can easily find them and organize them more generally or more detailed then I'm describing here. I haven't played around with it in its entirety yet but I think this is finally my solution to keeping my notes, highlights, and "Etc"s + staying light as I will likely be using public transportation and my bike 4/5 days of the week. I use Kno on my netbook.
  4. I think it's just going to continue to be a good idea to revisit what the long-term goals are and have updates and reminders and just a genuine love of what each other is doing and how they're making themselves better. I had a panic when I realized (At the end of my SO and I applying to and hearing back from schools) that we were going to be apart and it was a reality now. At first everything was just hectic enough waiting for answers and making decisions on grad schools but once things started to settle it hits you hard. We have been living together since 08 and are in our 5th year of marriage with him going back to a nursing program in his native country of Sweden and me going to graduate school back to my hometown in San Jose, CA. Luckily he doesn't start until Spring so we have a few months of being in San Jose together before 3 years of separation. The hardest part is figuring out how to visit because the first year I can go there (Summer 2014) but the summer after that I'll be tied up graduating from my MSW program as well as having to find a job so I can pay-back the stipend I will be receiving during my school time. So we just remind ourselves about why we're doing what we need to and how 3 years isn't long to wait to have our educations in order and ready to jump-start a new phase when we're back in the same place again! I think in a lot of ways we've also been-there-done-that because before we lived together we had met online and dated and were only able to see each other in person once in a 2 year span so we've gone through the waiting and skyping and snail mail before. Snail mail really does help. It's fun to see handwriting or get a package from your SO. I'm also mostly just hoping that graduate school keeps us both really busy.
  5. The interviews we were referring to are for the Title IV-E Stipend
  6. Hi there Earl, We are the same concentration You're the only other CYF concentration I know of that's been accepted too. I sent you a PM
  7. San Jose State University CYF concentration
  8. Thanks! I found this on the CalSWEC website, but I don't know how many are being interviewed so as far as odds/chances I'm not sure what they are: Q: How many stipends are available? A: Each of the current 21 graduate schools of social work with a Title IV-E MSW program may award up to 20 stipends per class of full-time students. Participating schools that have a part-time program may award up to 15 slots of student support per class of part-time students, to a maximum of 30 students.
  9. Mine is May 14th, but like Sass said they are either April 22nd or May 14th so some people will have interviewed in the next couple of weeks before the date I go in.
  10. Heard from the Title IV-E program to let me know I'd have an interview today! Jackie says that we should get emails from Pnina on Monday to confirm if we've been given an interview so we can confirm the time. I found out by phone today only because she was very kind and courteous to give me a heads up so I could book the flight out to SJ Any other CYF acceptees to SJSU? Did you apply to the stipend program as well?
  11. Does anyone know the etiquette for asking who are reviewers are/were? I think I'm just so excited about being accepted to the program that knowing who reviewed my application means a lot to me. Are reviewers kept confidential?
  12. Also from the same socialworkhelper.com website was a handout about Macro Social Work Practice that I liked. I closed the tab but found it again because it came from UT Austin and there's a couple of other PDF handouts that go more in-depth about community organization, public policy, etc. I've printed them out to keep them handy. Here's the link: http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/dccs/career-exploration/macro-social-work/ They are the PDFs that are linked in the first paragraph.
  13. So I thought on this as well because I'm pretty shy to begin with and in such a short time span of 2 years for a masters, even losing out on 1 semester because I'm shy would be a critical time loss in networking. From what I understand about any MSW program is that connecting with our adviser and our field liaisons are going to be where our first networking opportunities will arise. I'm just going to be up-front about my career goals and program needs and hope that they have some good first advice to guide me because I'm counting on not being the first MSW student to not be interested in clinical work for them. I assume we'll get a general dose of clinical experience anyways just as a general well-rounded part of any MSW program, but maybe there's a way to create some sort of social media networking via our respective departments for those looking to enter non-traditional roles after we complete the program? and connect with those classmates? A forum? A facebook page? I also wish this forum had more topics on general MSW networking even between students in other schools, but the majority of anything like talking about career goals-writing/research/MSW life, seems to be in other topics on GradCafe but it's never easy to find ones that are for MSW students. I've also started looking up internships in organizations I'd be interested in getting experience from even if they're out of the realm of "Traditional" social services settings because I know I want to garner a lot of experience in international issues like you; so, for example: International Rescue Committee and the Department of State. It's hard to just sit back and figure that field placements will help us get the experience we need for our career goals when it's still at least 4 months from even beginning the program, let alone being placed anywhere.... so I'm just biding my time being proactive about looking up internships myself. Not sure that I'd hold one DURING the school year, but for summer absolutely.
  14. I wonder this, too. Recently I had noticed that all front-line administrative staff (and were MSWs) at a local psych facility of the University hospital were men.
  15. Here's a link to an article and video that I found helpful. I also had a fit of doubt the last couple of days because I realized that I didn't want to limit myself to just non-profits (though I love working for one and would love to continue in others) BUT I want to be marketable in an administrative/managerial way. When looking at job prospects, there are many but I found that most seemed to want an LCSW or some other license. I'm not interested in clinical work so marketing macro/non-traditional social work in your set of skills takes some creativity but I don't think that will be so difficult we can't get where we'd like to go. The video is 2 hrs long but I liked hearing from those with MSWs who are using them in non-traditional work settings. Maybe there is something in there that you can pick up on http://www.socialworkhelper.com/2012/12/29/macro-social-workers-forging-new-opportunities-in-non-traditional-social-work/
  16. Thanks all!! I have these recommendations on a Goodreads shelf now to get to them
  17. Of course we're all going to be inundated with way more reading while IN the program than we'll ever get around to (even if we valiantly try and maybe even sometimes succeed in), but I was wondering if anyone has some social work-related reading suggestions OR even movie/documentary suggestions? I'm attending San Jose State University in the Fall and I found it interesting that in one snippet of a link on their wesbite talking about orientation, they assign some reading to do prior and one was "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down". I found it used for very cheap and will read it far in advance only because not only do I love reading but I love social work/anthropology/sociology books that aren't just textbooks and aren't just mounds of articles. Have you really enjoyed anything lately? A while back? In your program? To start off, I recently watched a screening of Girl Rising which was PHENOMENAL. Here is a link to the documentary's page: http://girlrising.com/ I love stories about youth, wymyn's empowerment, and resilience and this had it all. I just found out today that Kind-Hearted Woman is free to watch and here's the link to that: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kind-hearted-woman/ "FRONTLINE follows a single mother as she tries to heal after years of abuse" As for books, I've had one stand out for me in the last year called Our Guys about a developmentally disabled young womyn who was gang-raped by a group of her high school peers who were also athletes. Themes involve oppression, marginalization, male dominance, criminal justice system, etc. etc. etc. Heart-breaking but also eye-opening. I found myself really questioning how I felt about what a legal adult who is developmentally disabled can or can't consent to. It made me quite uncomfortable in a good way though opening up some inner-dialogue. Side note: no, I didn't spell those words wrong, I just refuse to use the word "wo-men"
  18. I wish I had better input than just "I like San Francisco" so don't thank me on that account LOL In seriousness, what's really the school you're just feeling the right vibe towards? I mean, it might sound very "helping professional" cliche but what's feeling right? I notice on this forum that others wanting to get into social work also take a practical approach to the numbers (cost), location, etc. but it's definitely a gut feeling as to program. Would I have loved going to Sweden for the anthropology program? HELL YEAH! But my gut said stick with SJSU and fortunately my "practicals" list stood on the same side as my gut feeling. SFSU seems VERY social justice oriented which is what drew me to their program though I didn't apply. My thoughts though are that if I really want to be up in SF more (did a service learning trip to SF that has me begging to do field placements there) I can still do that with SJSU if they're willing to place me in one of there few placements up in the City. I wanted SJSU also because of location; being closer to SJSU I knew I'd be able to spend more time on campus being involved and taking advantage of that rather than spending lots of time just on transportation to and from SF (because I'd still live in San Jose). How about for you? Do you live close to SFSU? Maybe location is something to consider. Good luck either way. You most definitely deserve either spot
  19. Not gonna lie, while checking out both programs I'm still super excited to be at SJSU-- but SFSU just seems like such a neat program and I'm a huge fan of the City. Going to school there would be awesome.
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