[student job]: Student Assistant, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences

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For those who haven’t been there, the SAFS offices are located steps away from Environmental Studies – just across the parking lot. This could be a very convenient location for a student job if you are in this major. -joe

Hourly Student Assistant – Fiscal Support

 Department: Aquatic and Fishery Sciences in the College of the Environment

 General Duties/Description: Provide administrative support in fiscally-related duties such as:

  • Assist with monthly budget reconciliation including follow-up on missing documents
  • Create budget and grant file folders
  • Copy, fax and sort various documents
  • Maintain records, perform electronic mail tasks
  • File reports, receipts, and other documents
  • Enter data and maintain various accounting of grant/budget logs or databases including verify and process fiscal/accounting data, perform basic computing, calculating and manual or automated posting of data; make corrections as required
  • Assist with travel-related accounting processes
  • Might occasionally deliver or pick up grant proposal/award documents between the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences department and the Office of Sponsored Programs, the Grant and Contract Accounting office, the Payroll Office or other campus departments
  • Serve as back-up telephone and in-person contact, receive visitors, respond to inquiries regarding office/departmental policies and procedures (requires substantial knowledge of school policies and procedures)
  • Sort and distribute office mail if needed
  • Perform other related duties as required/assigned

Requirements: 

  • Experience in administrative support and office operations
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, database management software; familiarity with Access is desirable 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
  • Ability to interact with a wide variety of audiences and individuals including students, donors, faculty, administrators, and students is essential
  • Team work orientation 
  • Flexibility to meet changing needs 
  • Ability to take initiative on projects, prioritize project work, and use good discretion in contact and communications with various audiences
  • Creative problem solving skills and ability to independently identify solutions to a variety of issues
  • Detail-oriented
  • Must be a UW student

Position is available January 15, 2015. Hourly wage based on experience. Send your resume to Jessica Roshan at jroshan@uw.edu

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Looking for a cool study abroad course for summer or thinking about a Capstone project?  Check out this Design, Health and Environment experience in Lima, Peru. Deadline is January 31st. 

[internship] Summer Transportation Internship Program

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NHTSA’s Region 10 Office in Seattle, Washington, is offering multiple
paid summer internships positions this year. The focus of each public
health related internship will be variable, involving bicycle and
pedestrian traffic safety, a program evaluation of the Federal
Bike-To-Work Challenge, or another highway safety focus area of mutual
interest agreed upon between NHTSA and each intern. Graduate and
undergraduate students should complete the brief application found
here:  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/education/stipdg.cfm

The 2015 Summer Transportation Internship Program for Diverse Groups
(STIPDG) Program will run from June 8, 2015 to August 14, 2015.
Applications are still being accepted, but only through January 16,
2015. Apply now and don’t miss out.

More information about NHTSA’s Regional Office efforts can be found
here: http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Highway+Safety+Grant+Programs

[student job]: UW Admissions tour guide (deadline Monday, January 12)

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Friendly reminder: The application for Admissions Office student tour guides is open until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, January 12.

 Please share this opportunity with students whom you feel would be excellent representatives of the University and your department. We are keenly interested in students who are fluent in more than one language.

 The position pays $10/hour and is open to all undergraduate students. Tour guides usually work two to four hours per week, except during the spring rush in March and April, where they can work upwards of 19.5 hours per week.

 Please refer students to the following contacts:

 ·         Brent Nagamine, ’13, Admissions Counselor, bnaga@uw.edu |206.221.2304

  • ·         Matt Sekijima, ’14, Student Director, mattsek@uw.edu
  • ·         Philip Arbaugh, ’15, Student Director, pca5@uw.edu

[event]: Thriving in American Universities

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Thriving in American Universities

Time: Tuesday, January 13th , 5-7p.m.

Location: Odegaard Room 220

Sign-up link: https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/484  (limited space, RSVP)

Studying in an American university as an international student can be very challenging. How do you find scholarships and engage in undergraduate research? How do you communicate with American classmates and professors? How do you respond to personal and academic challenges? This free public lecture will address these questions and present strategies for thriving in American Universities.

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click the image above for more details about this study abroad program for summer 2015. No language requirement.

info session:

January 13, 2015: 4-5 pm, Padelford C 242

Friday Harbor Labs courses for Spring, Summer, Autumn 2015

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Friday Harbor Labs courses for Spring, Summer, Autumn 2015

Click the above link for information about studying up at Friday Harbor Labs on San Juan Island. For those not familiar with FHL: the College of the Environment maintains a full facility about a 15 minute walk from the ferry terminal at Friday Harbor. There is not only an opportunity to participate in world-class research, but also a change to take a full quarter of marine-science related courses.

It’s common for Envir. Studies majors to look closer at Autumn quarter. There are a lot of course options which count for our major requirements, and you can even participate in an Environmental Writing class up there (ENGL 365).

Questions about how this works for you major? ask joe or julie!

*Job* Youth Garden Educator at Interagency Academy for Seattle Tilth

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*Job* Youth Garden Educator at Interagency Academy for Seattle Tilth

cepmakinithappen:

The Youth Garden Educator will be responsible for providing and creating garden lesson plans and tasks for a crew of approximately 8 high school students. In addition to supervising and guiding the garden program sessions, the Educator will provide garden maintenance schedules, basic landscape maintenance techniques, harvesting, and possibly a program to market and sell the produce at a local farmer’s market. The Educator will work alongside YouthCare’s Interagency Career Coordinator, who will help provide supervision, training, direction, and ensure youth’s school retention. The Educator and the Coordinator will have time to plan together once per week.

*Job* Solar Sales Rockstar with SolTerra Systems

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*Job* Solar Sales Rockstar with SolTerra Systems

cepmakinithappen:

SolTerra Systems is a progressive, growing, youthful, disruptive, detail oriented, adventurous group of talented individuals who want to be involved in the most sustainable, livable, and innovative buildings in the world. We are a design + build firm with a growing portfolio of some of the most innovative and forward thinking solar solutions in the PNW.

And we’re looking for a Salesperson with a solid real world understanding and an incredible ‘can-do’ attitude. Someone who wants to put their own mark on the world, and tell their story with us.

What will you be doing?

-Effectively take leads throughout entire sales process
-Help generate leads (i.e. networking events, trade shows, etc)
-Represent SolTerra at industry events
-Assist in developing and identifying growth opportunities
-Work amongst an incredible team
-Be a part of real change and innovation
-Make your mark on Seattle!