MANDEL SCHOOL
NEWS AND EVENTS

Monday, September 12 - 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Mandel School, Room 320
"Not Just Buying a Home: The meaning of home ownership as an asset building tool for low-income, minority families” (2 CEU’s)
Professor Anna Maria Santiago, Bevis / Haynam Professor of Community Development
Homeownership reflects the single most important if not sole asset for most American families. Since the onset of the foreclosure crisis, however, U.S. housing policies have retrenched support for low-income home ownership as an asset building tool. Using longitudinal data from participants in an innovative home ownership counseling and asset building program in Denver, this lecture will focus on the meaning of home ownership as a catalyst for wealth building in low-income, minority families.

Monday, September 19 – 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Mandel School, Room 320
GRACE COYLE LECTURE
Co-sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Social Work With Groups“Advancing Social Competence through Group Work:
Social Work Practice in a Pre-Group Period” (2 CEU’s)
Norma C. Lang, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto Faculty of Social Work
Persons who lack social skills sufficient to form and use group need the assistance of a specialized group work practice methodology to advance their social competence. As lack of social competence becomes prominent in schools and universities, this methodology becomes applicable in a broader way to populations previously not in need of special help to live successfully.

Saturday, October 1 – 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
NEW LOCATION: CWRU THWING CENTER
(pay parking available in the Severance Garage)
“Active Aging Symposium” (8 CEU’s)
All day symposium led by educators and professionals in the field of aging covering such topics as Advocacy, Civic Engagement, Active Aging in the Minority Community, Redefining Retirement, Management of Chronic Illness and an International Look at Aging. This event includes lunch and a closing reception in honor of the 75th birthday of Dr. Terry Hokenstad, Distinguished University Professor and international expert on aging.

Friday, October 14 – 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Mandel School, Room 320
“An Essential Addition to the Police Officer Tool Belt” (2 CEU’s)
Families in need of social-service help is what patrol officers of the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Police Department frequently find on calls within the housing estates. Professor Mark Singer, Mayo Professor in Child and Family Welfare, and Mental Health Services partnered with the police to develop a unique referral program to address these situations. This lecture is open to the entire campus community as part of CWRU’s Alumni Reunion Weekend 2011.

MSASS ALUMNI REUNION RECEPTION
(Park Free in the MSASS Garage for this event ONLY)
Saturday, October 15 – 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. MSASS Third Floor Atrium
Contact your favorite classmates and get together for the MSASS all-class alumni reception. You are invited to join MSASS Dean Cleve Gilmore, enjoy substantial appetizers and a glass of wine and participate in discussions about old times and times yet to come at MSASS. Check for all 2011 CWRU alumni reunion activities at: http://case.edu/alumni/weekend/schedule.html

Monday, October 17 – 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Mandel School, Room 320
“Dutch Euthanasia: Internal and External Developments and Pressures to Expand the Justification for Voluntary Active Euthanasia” (2 CEU’s)
Gerrit Kimsma, MD, MPh, Associate Professor in Medical Philosophy at the Center for Ethics and Philosophy at Free University in Amsterdam.