Description
The theme for the 2019 conference is “Building Bridges in a Polarized World”. We invite you come and share in this educational experience with social work educators, students, and professionals from both Alabama and Mississippi.
2019 Tentative Conference Schedule: (Full Conference Schedule to Follow)
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
5:30 pm Field Instructors Pre-Conference
Thursday, October 3, 2019
8:30 – 9:45 Opening and Keynote
9:45 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:00 Concurrent Sessions
11:15 – 12 Concurrent Sessions
12-1:30 Lunch with or without speaker
1:30 – 2:15 Concurrent Sessions
2:15 – 2:30 Break
2:30 – 3:15 Concurrent Sessions
3:15 – 3:30 Break with Refreshments
3:30 – 4:30 Concurrent Sessions
Friday, October 4, 2019
7:30 – 8:30 – Business Meeting
9-10:30 Concurrent Sessions
1:30 -11:45 Awards and Closing
OUR HISTORY:
From 1969 to 1971, social work faculty from the southern states met four times a year as part of a faculty development project of the Southern Regional Education Board. When the project ended, faculty from Alabama and Mississippi schools decided to form a conference so they could further the bonds they had developed.
Objectives of the conference were: to promote transfer of information among schools providing social welfare education courses in the states of Alabama and Mississippi; to provide a forum for issues and problems of regional importance for the two states; and to enable individual schools and faculty members to be sensitive and responsive to the changing demands of social work education. The first three conferences were hosted by the University of Alabama, and starting in 1975 the conference was rotated among social work programs in the two states.
Today, representatives from all 27-CSWE accredited social work programs in Alabama and Mississippi, as well as programs from surrounding states participate in the annual conference. Many of these programs bring their students who participate in programming and seek out employment and further educational opportunities.
LODGING INFORMATION:
A block of rooms is reserved at the Inn at Ole Miss located on the campus of the University of Mississippi. The discountd rate for this property is $109. – 159.00 depending on room type selected. plus applicable taxes. SImply follow the link listed below to book your room directly with the Inn at Ole MIss: (Deadline for discount is September 13, 2019)
- Click on this group URL: https://reservations.megasyshms.com/rez.aspx?Hotel=73304&_ga=2.97582367.1879000891.1566488901-164513490.1565903672&_gac=1.142346758.1566488901.EAIaIQobChMIpdvE6uWF5AIVyJ6zCh2cNwlFEAAYAiAAEgLJcvD_BwE GROUP CODE is: 4631
- Rooms can also be booked by calling 1-888-486-7666 and reference “Alabama-Mississippi Social Work Education Conference Group”