RAINN Day 2010

The Counseling Center is proud to host

RAINN Day 2010

Wednesday September 22nd from 10am - 2pm

Campus Green Sidewalk outside of the EAC.

Rain location: EAC Atrium (The space inside the Western ave. entrance to the EAC by athletics).

RAINN is the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network, and is one of the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organizations. RAINN Day is their annual campus outreach and activism day.

A large variety of information and handouts on topics pertaining to sexual assault will be available. Additionally, there will be a bake sale with 100% of the proceeds to be donated to the Albany County Crime Victim & Sexual Assault Center to be given to victims of sexual assault in the community who are in need of basic provisions.

We encourage all students to attend the event, and are also looking for volunteers to either help table at the event or to contribute to the bake sale. If interested in volunteering, please contact GoldbergL120@strose.edu

"Every Sole Has a Story" for Domestic Violence Awareness Week

The Stop Abuse Action Committee is holding a shoe drive to collect shoes (new and unwanted or gently used) from both males and females of any style to be used for a creative/educational display called "Every Sole Has a Story" around campus during Domestic Violence Awareness Week (October 18-22). This display will help to educate students on campus about domestic violence, while also giving voice to survivors' stories. Shoes are being collected September 20th through October 1st in a drop box in the Student Affairs office. Once the display is over, all shoes will be donated to a local domestic violence shelter.

*Click on Image to view flyer*

NEW! Experiential Advanced 3-Day Workshop

NEW! Experiential Advanced 3-Day Workshop

For: Mental Health Professionals

When: November 8-10, 2010

Where: Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, Bala Cynwyd, PA

This workshop is aimed toward people with at least a basic understanding of Cognitive Therapy and any mental health professional or doctoral level student is invited to attend.

The workshop will focus on discussing participants' cases. We will encourage you to bring DVDs of your challenging or complex patients. We will use these cases to develop, as a group, cognitive conceptualizations and treatment plans. We will do demonstration roleplays and divide into small groups to practice skills through roleplaying. You will have the chance to interact with and learn from workshop presenters Dr. Aaron Beck and Dr. Judith Beck and senior faculty of the Beck Institute. You will watch DVDs in which Dr. Aaron Beck and I are the therapists and you will attend a case conference in which Dr. Aaron Beck conducts a live therapy session with a patient.

Don't forget that through our CBT for Soldiers Initiative, if you work with soldiers, veterans, or their families, you may be able to attend the November workshop under partial scholarship, for a cost of $800 (instead of $1200).

Experiential Workshop is nearing capacity, but you still have time to apply,We routinely run wait-lists for our workshops, and applications are reviewed in the order they are received -- so, if you have not yet applied, we encourage you to do so right away.

For more information and the online application, please visit http://www.beckinstitute.org/FolderID/246/PageVars/Library/TrainingProgram/TPA_Form.htm

Graduate Assistantship Opportunity

Graduate Assistant for the Damietta Cross-Cultural Center

The Damietta Cross-Cultural Center at Siena College is seeking an energetic, resourceful individual for their Graduate Assistantship position. The successful candidate for this 9-month position must be a matriculated graduate student in Higher Education Administration/College Student Personnel Administration, Counseling, Ethnic/Multicultural Studies or related field. This position requires approximately 15 hours of work per week, including evening and some weekend, program implementation and supervision. This position provides an opportunity for a graduate student to work in a variety of areas within Student Affairs at an independent, Catholic, private institution in the Franciscan Tradition.

Position Responsibilities:

• Plan and implement Cultural Heritage Month (i.e. Latina/o/Hispanic, Native American, LGBTQ, African American, and Asian Pacific American) programming
• Assist with the supervision of student staff members
• Mentor and advise affiliated student groups of the Damietta Center
• Supervise the Multicultural Film Series
• Assist with the development and facilitation of Cross-Cultural workshops, lectures, programming
• Assist with planning and execution of the large scale programs of the Center such as: Multicultural Block Party, Annual Family Weekend Multicultural Dinner, Fall Fusion, Expose, and Social Justice Retreats
• Assist when necessary with Opening DOoRS Speaker Series
• Maintain weekly office hours
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications desired for this position include:

• Must be a matriculated graduate student in Higher Education Administration/College Student Personnel Administration, Counseling, Ethnic/Multicultural Studies, or related field.
• A strong passion for social justice related work in the Catholic tradition
• Administrative, advising, and programming background
• Communicating effectively with people from a variety of cultural backgrounds
• Interest in and awareness of college age developmental issues
• Cross cultural empathy and anti-oppression skill building
• Counseling background or related experience
• Work well in large and small group setting
• Work well in autonomous and independent setting
• Must be willing to share her/his knowledge in both formal and informal ways

Please send resume and cover letter to Siena College, Office of Human Resources, 515 Loudon Road, Loudonville, NY 12211, or email: humanresources@siena.edu

Siena College is a Franciscan and Catholic institution and expects members of its community to be knowledgeable about its mission and to make a positive contribution to that mission.

Siena College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from all qualified candidates