2017 SUMMER VISIT OF INDIAN MSW STUDENTS: Want to be involved?

ANNOUNCING SUMMER 2017 VISIT of INDIAN MSW STUDENTS* to the SSW What: Four Rajagiri College MSW students and a faculty member, Professor M.P. Antoni, from Kochi, India will be visiting the SSW and will sit in on classes, visit field agencies, and tour local cultural and social services sites. When: July 1-15, 2017 Why: The Social Work Department at Rajagiri College and the SSW have partnered for over a decade in a number of ways. In particular, groups of SSW students have lived at Rajagiri and completed field placements and coursework; other SSW students have visited Rajagiri and participated in conferences. Now we have an opportunity to reciprocate Rajagiri’s generous hospitality by hosting this visit. How You Can Participate: · We are looking for meal providers, who will be contacted and then scheduled to provide bag lunches to our 5 Rajagiri visitors on one of the days of their visit. To volunteer, please email us (see below). · We are accepting tax-deductible donations to support the group’s visit. · We are also looking for site visit opportunities. If you work/volunteer/have a contact at an agency with an organization which would be a good site for the Rajagiri group to visit, please email us (see below). · And we welcome offers for other fun/cultural opportunities. If you can provide tickets to an event or activity, such as a museum, Orioles game, etc. please email us (see below). • To volunteer to provide meals/tickets/ site visits, please email Annie Waller awaller@umaryland.edu • To donate, please mail your check to Dr. Caroline Long Burry at Box 154, SSW, University of Maryland, 525 W. Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Tax-deductible donations can be made by check only, made out to UMBF/SSW/International Study Program-India. · Questions? Contact Dr. Burry at cburry@ssw.umaryland.edu