[course] – Winter Quarter 2012 Academic Support Courses

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON’S ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAM is offering three different sections Winter Quarter 2012 titled, “Immigration and Higher Education: What is an American?”, “Genetic Engineering: Moral and Ethical Issues” and “Race, Class and Gender in Sports Media”. These courses are great for freshmen, sophomore, and transfer students who are interested in improving their academic performance. Through these courses, students will be presented with interesting course material and will learn strategies to improve their note-taking, essay writing, reading, and study skills. As a part of the course, students will meet with a tutor-mentor three hours per week to work on class assignments and learn about university resources.

General Studies 101 B: Immigration and Higher Education: What is an American?

  • SLN 13980
  • 3 credits, numerically graded
  • Class meets on Tuesdays from 2:30PM-4:20PM
  • Meet with a tutor-mentor for 3 hours/week

General Studies 101 C: Genetic Engineering: Moral and Ethical Issues

  • SLN 13981
  • 3 credits, numerically graded
  • Class meets on Wednesdays 11:30AM – 1:20PM
  • Meet with a tutor-mentor for 3 hours/week

General Studies 101 C: Race, Class and Gender in Sports Media

  • SLN 19850
  • 3 credits, numerically graded
  • Class meets on Wednesdays 7:00PM – 8:50PM
  • Meet with a tutor-mentor for 3 hours/week

[job] – Green Corps

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Celebrating 20 Years:  Green Corps, Field School for Environmental Organizing

Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.

In Green Corps’ year-long paid program, you’ll get intensive training in the skills you’ll need to make a difference in the world. You’ll get hands-on experience fighting to solve urgent environmental problems — global warming, deforestation, water pollution and many others — with groups such as Sierra Club and Food and Water Watch. And, when you graduate from Green Corps, we’ll help you find a career with one of the nation’s leading environmental and social change groups.

For more information, read below or visit our web site: www.greencorps.org.
In your year with Green Corps:
You’ll get great training with some of the most experienced organizers in the field: Green Corps organizers take part in trainings with leading figures in the environmental and social change movements: people such as Adam Ruben, political director of MoveOn.org, and Bill McKibben, author and organizer of the “350.org” rallies for climate action.

You’ll get amazing experience working on environmental issues across the country: Green Corps sends organizers to jumpstart campaigns for groups such as Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Food and Water Watch and Environment America in San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and dozens of other places in between.

You’ll have a real impact on some of the biggest environmental problems we’re facing today: Green Corps organizers have built the campaigns that helped keep the Arctic safe from drilling, that led to new laws that support clean, renewable energy, that convinced major corporations to stop dumping in our oceans and much, much more.

You’ll even get paid: Green Corps Organizers earn a salary of $23,750. Organizers also have a chance to opt into our health care program with a pre-tax monthly salary deferral. We offer paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation and a student loan repayment program for those who qualify.

And when you graduate from the program, you’ll be ready for what comes next: Green Corps will help connect you to environmental and progressive groups that are looking for full-time staff to build their organizations and help them create social change and protect our environment.

In the next few months, we‘ll invite 35 college graduates to join Green Corps in 2012-2013. We’re looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, people who have taken initiative on their campus or community, and people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work for change over the long haul.

If you think you’re one of those people, visit http://www.greencorps.org/apply to submit your application to join the 2012-2013 class of Green Corps’ Field School for Environmental Organizing.

Green Corps’ year-long program begins in August 2012 with Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. Candidates must be willing to relocate.

For more information, visit http://www.greencorps.org or contact Aaron Myran, Green Corps Field Recruitment Director, at aaron@greencorps.org or 617-747-4302.

[study abroad] – UW National Student Exchange

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The National Student Exchange is a consortium of U.S. colleges and universities that have joined together to provide their students with domestic exchange opportunities throughout the US and its territories. Imagine the opportunities available when accessing courses from the 180 participating NSE campuses. Think of the adventure, the untold diversity of people, the culture, and the geography among the 48 states, the District of Columbia and 3 U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Qualified University of Washington students can exchange to one of the member schools to enhance and expand their personal and academic horizons.

The University of Washington joined NSE in 1997, sending a dozen students on exchange. Since that time, the program has tripled in size. We continue to heavily recruit students to send on exchange, as each year many students request to come to UW and Seattle. If you are a current UW student with at least a 2.5 GPA, please consider the National Student Exchange as a great opportunity to explore other parts of the U.S.

The exchange program allows students to pay tuition, either: Plan A: the student pays in-state tuition at their host institution; or Plan B: the student pays their regular tuition to their home institution. We invite you to browse through our website to discover what opportunities may work for you!

More information available at: http://depts.washington.edu/nse/

Films at Aljoya

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 Presented by The Mercer Island Arts Council

ECONOMIES OF SCALE – A documentary series continued.
If you missed the showing of Food Inc. last week or any of the other films that have been showing all month, fear not! There are still two showings left. (Click the title links to see what the documentaries are all about!)

                               

The Gleaners & I
Date & Time: Friday, Nov. 4th @ 7:30PM
Get there early for the Pre-function @ 6:30PM to join in on a French wine and cheese tasting.

Waste Land
Date & Time: Friday, Nov. 18th @ 7:30PM

*Films are held in the Aljoya Theatre or Conference Center (2430 76th Ave SE, Mercer Island, WA). FREE admission, parking and popcorn!*

[information session] – Global Health Info Session / Monthly Mixer

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Global Health Minor Information Session

Join us Monday, November 7th from 12:30p-1:30p in Mary Gates, room 258

This is your opportunity to learn more about the minor’s requirements and get any questions you may have answered. We will provide you with useful handouts and talk you through the requirements of the minor for the first part of the meeting, and will have time to talk to individual students at the end of the session.


Global Health Undergraduate Monthly Mixer

Join us Wednesday, November 9 from 12:30p – 1:30p in Bioengineering (Foege North) Building, Room N-303.

Our guest speakers for this month’s mixer, feature Post-Bachelor Fellows from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). We will be joined by Ruben Conner and Spencer James, talent fellows working in the fields of costing and mortality. This will be both a social mixer and information session about the IHME Post-Bachelor Fellowship (PBF) program. Learn more about the PBF program here: http://www.healthmetricsandevaluation.org/education-training/post-bachelor-fellowship. *PBF applications are due January 15, 2012. Get all of your questions answered at this mixer/information session!

[career] – UW Career Center Services

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The UW Career Center in-person workshops are opportunities to build skills, ask questions, network with other students and alumni, plus get exposed to the breadth of services we offer.  Workshops offered at different times, Monday-Friday.  No need to RSVP, just show up.  Dates & times found via our online calendar: http://careers.uw.edu/Calendar

Regularly offered in-person workshops include:

–          Finding Jobs & Internships

–          Successful Interviews

–          Job Offer & Salary Negotiation

–          Resumes and Cover Letters

–          Networking for Shy People [and everyone else!]

–          Career Fair Success

–          Internships: What, Why and Where

–          Applying to Graduate School

–          Job Search for International Students

–          Federal Jobs: Find and Apply

Workshops specific to graduate students and to alumni, are also offered quite often.  Check our online calendar for more details.

[internship] – The Washington Center Internship Program

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Are you interested in doing an internship in Washington, D.C.?

If yes, please join us for information meetings about The Washington Center Internship Program at the following times:

 Monday, November 7
 1030-1120 GWN 1A (ground floor of Gowen Hall)
 1230-120  SMI 311
 130-220   MEB 237
 330-420   CMU 228

 Tuesday, November 8
 1230-120  SMI 311
 130-220   MEB 237
 330-420   CMU 228
The Washington Center (TWC) runs a full-time internship program in Washington, D.C. that is open to all UW students and provides comprehensive service, including internship placement and housing. Placements include government agencies, corporations, nonprofits and international organizations. Hundreds of UW students have participated in this program since UW’s affiliation in 1977, and many have made connections that led to post-degree employment.

At the informational meetings, a Washington Center representative and I will discuss the program, scholarships and the application process.

For 2012 the quarterly program cost is $5,850 and the housing cost is $3,790. In addition, students pay UW registration, transportation, and personal expenses. Students may use financial aid for this program, UW tuition is charged at a reduced rate (because of this, the cost for nonresidents is comparable to a quarter at UW), and students may apply for scholarships (many UW students receive scholarships of $1-3000).

Upcoming application deadlines are:
 Spring Quarter 2012, Regular: 1/13/12
 Summer Quarter 2012, Competitive*: 2/17/12, Regular: 3/16/12
 Autumn Quarter 2012, Early**: 1/20/12, Competitive*: 5/4/12, Regular: 6/15/12
 Spring Quarter 2013, Early**: 5/21/12, Competitive*: 10/12/12, Regular: 1/11/13
 * Deadline for eligibility for most scholarships (some scholarships available with regular deadline)
 ** See http://www.twc.edu/internships/dates-and-deadlines/early-deadlines for the list of organizations that require applications by the early deadline

Note that some established internship programs, such as the Congressional Black Caucus, may require earlier application submissions than the deadlines noted above.

Regardless of your major, there is an internship position for you. If you would like to know more, please come to an information session or contact me for an appointment. Information is also available online at www.twc.edu

[study abroad] – Sea Education Association Semester

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SEA Semester Visit to the University of Washington

An admission counselor from the Sea Education Association (SEA) will host an information table for prospective students on Tuesday, November 15th. This is a great chance to hear stories, see pictures, or ask questions about SEA Semester off-campus study programs.

SEA Semester is a unique and challenging academic experience for students of all majors. SEA students step out of the traditional classroom and actively experience the ocean in Woods Hole, a global center for ocean studies, and by sailing aboard one of SEA Semester’s sailing research vessels. SEA students earn up to 18 credits and sail thousands of miles through the Atlantic, Pacific, or Caribbean while researching the marine environment. There is truly no better way to learn about your world!

To learn more about this unique program, please visit the SEA Semester info table:

Tuesday, November 15th from 3:45-5:45 in the lobby of the Ocean Science Building

 
You can also contact Samara Haver in the SEA Admissions Office for more information or to schedule another time to talk: samarah@sea.edu, 508-540-3954 x541, www.sea.edu.

[course] – ENVIR 480: Water and Sustainability on Campus

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ENVIR 480
SUSTAINABILITY STUDIO:
Water & Sustainability on Campus

Sustainability Studio is an exciting Program on the Environment course in applied sustainability, teaching analytical skills and tools for making change related to sustainability on the UW campus.

For Winter 2012, we will focus on water on campus and how it relates to sustainability – exploring how this institution uses water and creates stormwater, and how it might become more sustainable in its relationship to water.

The heart of the course is a quarter-long team project, developed and led by students, giving you the opportunity to practice your applied research and communication skills to make change on our campus.

Time & Location
Tu/Th 1:30-2:50
Fr 1:30-3:20
Wallace Hall 120