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SWEEP: Vietnamese fellows settle in for Social Work Academy in March

The College of Applied Sciences and Arts at San José State University is hosting its second Social Work Education Enhancement Project Fellows Academy, with eight Vietnamese professors visiting for three weeks in March to learn skills they will be able to bring home to their own universities in Vietnam. The 2015 fellows arrived in San José on March 1 and have been involved in lectures and workshops all week. The Fellows Academy is March 2-20.

Many SJSU social work faculty are involved in sharing knowledge about how to teach social work for the fellows, but other departments at SJSU are also providing support including the School of Information, the Center for Faculty Development, the SJSU Global Leadership Advancement Center, Academic Technology, and the University Library. The fellows will also have a chance to visit social service agencies in the Bay Area to see what types of services are provided in the United States as the field of Social Work is relatively new in Vietnam, established 10 years ago.

Interim Dean Alice Hines is the director of SWEEP, while Social Work Professor Ed Cohen serves as a co-director. SWEEP is an international consortium which includes USAID, SJSU, eight universities in Vietnam, government ministries, Cisco Systems, Inc., and community agencies and stakeholders. The purpose of SWEEP is to assist eight universities in Vietnam with improving their undergraduate social work educational programs. The project, which is funded through September, 2015, aims to improve:

  • The administration of social work programs
  • Faculty capabilities in teaching and research
  • Social work curriculum, and
  • Network communication among the universities through the use of improved technology

New website shares SWEEP collaboration

The College of Applied Sciences and Arts Social Work Education Enhancement Program launched a new website last week to keep visitors informed about past and upcoming activities of the collaborative.

Alice Hines, the interim dean for the college of Applied Sciences and Arts and director of the Social Work Education Enhancement Program, announced the launch of the website via email on Sept. 10.

The site can be found at: http://sites.google.com/a/sjsu.edu/sweep/

According to the website:

SWEEP is an international consortium which includes USAID, SJSU, eight universities in Vietnam, government Ministries, Cisco Systems, Inc., and community agencies and stakeholders. The purpose of SWEEP is to assist eight universities in Vietnam with improving their undergraduate social work educational programs. The project, which is funded through September, 2015, aims to improve:

  • The administration of social work programs
  • Faculty capabilities in teaching and research
  • Social work curriculum, and
  • Network communication among the universities through the use of improved technology

“This site includes important resources from past SWEEP activities in the areas of professional development, research, curriculum development and collaboration,” Hines said in an email. “Lists of participant names and affiliations, photographs and information about upcoming events are also available on the site.”

The site will be updated as new events and activities occur, such as the upcoming SWEEP Leadership Academy at San José State University in October.

For more on SWEEP, visit: http://sites.google.com/a/sjsu.edu/sweep

SWEEP: Vietnamese faculty visit SJSU for 3+ weeks in March

The Social Work Education Enhancement Program started its Faculty Fellows Academy at San José State University on March 3. During the three and a half week visit, the eight faculty members from SWEEP’s partner universities in Vietnam will be working closely with faculty from the College of Applied Sciences and Arts School of Social Work as well as others on and off campus. Seminars, lectures and workshops will focus on areas of faculty development including: research and scholarship, teaching, curriculum development, collaboration and global leadership skills, and the use of cutting edge technology.

SWEEP is funded by USAID and an an in-kind match by Cisco Systems, Inc.

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The Social Work Education Enhancement Project is hosting eight faculty members from Vietnam in March.

SWEEP: Ho Chi Minh City summit a success

San José State University’s Social Work Education Enhancement Program Director Alice Hines opened a two-day summit in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 9. The summit, “Bridging Vision to Practice Through Collaboration,” included meetings on Dec. 9 and 10 at Vietnam National University’s University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

The meetings included administrators from the eight partner universities as well as SWEEP IT staff who make the long-distance program work with WebEx technology from Cisco USA.

San José State University’s College of Applied Sciences and Arts is host to the Social Work Education Enhancement Program, an initiative that is working to:

  • Develop systems to strengthen higher education management and administration,
  • Devise processes to enhance faculty development opportunities and programs
  • Develop and employ relevant curriculum adaptable to Viet Nam’s changing knowledge and needs.

The program is a partnership with USAID and Cisco Systems.

 

 

SWEEP: SJSU partners attend conference in Vietnam

 

The San José State University Social Work Education Enhancement Program team was invited to attend a conference at the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences in Hanoi on “Vietnam-US Partnership: Issues and Prospects.” Sweep Director Alice Hines discussed the SWEEP project and ways in which the strategic partnerships with Vietnamese universities, government ministries, USAID and Cisco Systems Inc. are contributing to the development of social work in Vietnam. Hines is pictured third from the right, with SWEEP co-director Ed Cohen and SJSU Professor Laurie Drabble. The three will be attending conference meetings in Hanoi this week.

San José State University’s College of Applied Sciences and Arts is host to the Social Work Education Enhancement Program, an initiative that is working to:

  • Develop systems to strengthen higher education management and administration,
  • Devise processes to enhance faculty development opportunities and programs
  • Develop and employ relevant curriculum adaptable to Viet Nam’s changing knowledge and needs.

SWEEP is funded through the US Agency for International Development with a three-year grant. Visitors from Viet Nam spent a week at SJSU in September, with a group of fellows expected to stay for a month in the spring. Members of the SJSU SWEEP team will also be traveling to Viet Nam in December for an annual conference.