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The Tatoosh School has continued to build our capacity for scholarship support of exceptional students and the response has been amazing. We’ve got a great group enrolled for this summer thus far and applications are still arriving. We have yet to receive an application from a PoE student but remain eager to recruit from the program and to continue to build partnerships and increase opportunities for field study and research for UW students. 

 

ALSO, check out this video with more information on the Tatoosh School!

http://vimeo.com/62466085

 

Learn more and apply at http://tatooshschool.org/

 

Ticket Sales Manager, Fresh Film & Speaker Series

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Ticket Sales Manager, Fresh Film & Speaker Series

Volunteer Opportunity

Our super-food-powered team is looking for a Ticket Sales Manager to join us in producing a fun and inspiring dinner theater and speaker series catered by Thrive (http://www.generationthrive.com). This is an outstanding opportunity to work with seasoned professionals on a successful project that will expand your portfolio, leadership skills, and professional contacts.

The time commitment is estimated to average 5 hours per week starting immediately and going through January 2014, with increasing need of up to 10 hours per week in the July-September timeframe. Most work will be done via phone, email, and Google docs. Team calls take place on Sundays from 6:15-7pm.

Key deliverables:

  • Develop and lead a team of 2-5 volunteers who will support you in all activities related to selling tickets to the Fresh Film & Speaker Series

  • Develop and implement plan for selling event tickets

  • Manage event ticket sales and work with Marketing Manager to ensure event is promoted to meet ticket sales goals

    • This includes working with Thrive to select an online ticketing vendor and ensure streamlined processes that work with their existing systems

  • May provide support to Sponsor Leaders in procuring sponsors

Ideal candidates will have:

  • Prior successful experience generating event ticket sales or registrations

  • A high level of integrity and commitment, and exceptional communication skills.

  • Ability to work independently and collaborate with a team.

  • A passion for healthy eating and for providing educational opportunities for healthy eating to the community.

Interested candidates, please send an email describing the following to Karina Miller atkarina.mill3r@gmail.com.

1. Why you are interested in this project

2. What you want to get out of your participation in this project

3. A description of similar projects you’ve worked on or roles you’ve held and/or your resume

Event Marketing Manager, Fresh Film & Speaker Series

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Event Marketing Manager, Fresh Film & Speaker Series

Volunteer Opportunity

Our super-food-powered team is looking for an Event Marketing Manager to join us in producing a fun and inspiring dinner theater and speaker series catered by Thrive (http://www.generationthrive.com). This is an outstanding opportunity to work with seasoned professionals on a successful project that will expand your portfolio, leadership skills, and professional contacts.


The time commitment is estimated to average 5 hours per week starting immediately and going through January 2014, with increasing need of up to 10 hours per week in the July-September timeframe. Most work will be done via phone, email, and Google docs. Team calls take place on Sundays from 6:15-7pm.


Key deliverables:

    • Develop and lead a team of 2-5 volunteers who will support you in all activities related to marketing of the Fresh Film and Speaker Series

    • Develop and implement a creative event marketing plan to promote the event and our event sponsors that includes:

  • Email campaigns to existing mailing lists

  • Online and social media marketing and advertising

  • Community promotion through local businesses and organizations

  • Word-of-mouth buzz

  • Lead development and production of all collateral in conjunction with Thrive’s marketing staff

  • Work closely with Sales Manager (sponsors and ticketing) to support sales goals


Ideal candidates will have:

  • Successful experience promoting one or more events of similar size and scope (100-200 attendees per event) using similar methods (email, online, social media, community). Prior experience working with graphic designers and producing collateral. We will consider current marketing/business students, as well as entry-level and experienced professionals.

  • A high level of integrity and commitment, and exceptional communication skills.

  • Ability to work independently and collaborate with a team.

  • A passion for healthy eating and for providing educational opportunities for healthy eating to the community.


Interested candidates, please send an email describing the following to Karina Miller at karina.mill3r@gmail.com.

1. Why you are interested in this project

2. What you want to get out of your participation in this project

3. A description of similar projects you’ve worked on or roles you’ve held and/or your resume

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UW is offering Certificate Programs in several topics that UW undergraduates can take as part of their normal credit load this summer. These Certificates consist of two to four courses and will give a good foundation in the various subjects listed below. The Summer Certificate in Business Essentials may be of special interest to Program on the Environment students because it provides:

·         Opportunity to cover the major business pillars of knowledge in one summer

·         Integrated curriculum with capstone business plan project, unique among UW business courses

·         Ten, 6 of which are Individual & Society Area of Knowledge (I&S)

·         Interaction with students from diverse perspectives since it is open to any major (except business majors)

·         Tuesday/Thursday schedule which fits well with other MWF courses

·         Access to industry professionals who now have adjunct or lecturer appointments with Foster School of Business

For more information, visit website or come to information meeting Thursday, June 6, Mary Gates Hall, Room 258, 3;30 to 5:00 pm and meet the instructors and program managers for all programs. 

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Are you interested in environmental sustainability issues? Would you like to get some experience writing about these issues? Would you like to meet and talk with other students that share the same interests?

There is an upcoming talk in which you can do all of these! 

Below is a email describing a exciting opportunity for those interested in connecting the environment with writing!

“Dear Students,

I am a research scientist in the laboratory of Prof. Anastas (Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale University).  I am working on an outreach project in conjunction with the US EPA (Region 1) and am looking for potential volunteers to assist in blogging and website design activities to raise awareness of environmental sustainability issues in chemistry and connected fields.  There are opportunities for both technical and non-technical writing.  For undergraduate students, this could help with American Chemical Society "green chemistry” accreditation for student chapters.  I will be on campus May 9th and would be eager to meet with any interested students; I would also be happy to get in touch by e-mail.

Thank you,

Evan Beach, Program Manager
Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale University"

 

He will be on campus May 9th for those who are interested. 

Conversations on Defining Diversity: Transfer Rights

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A Public Forum in the College of the Environment

Click Below to register:

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Fishery Sciences Building, Room 203

Please RSVP by Monday, May 13.  Coffee and sweets will be served.

Panelists:

  • Ali Albrecht – Program Manager, First Year Programs
  • Benjamin Cram –  Junior, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
  • Daniel Poux – Director, Ready, Set, Transfer! Program, Seattle Community Colleges
  • Mika Usher – Senior, Earth & Space Sciences

About CoDD: Diversity, equality, engagement, opportunity – these are words laden with value and individual meaning.  The College of the Environment is committed to creating and supporting a diverse academic community representing a full range of cultural, ethnic and disciplinary sectors. 

One way to achieve that goal is by talking.

Conversations on Defining Diversity is a public forum within the College where we – all of us – can explore the issues, roadblocks, challenges, and opportunities our College faces, as the first step towards brainstorming solutions.

Each conversation will focus on a particular aspect of diversity, and will feature our own faculty, staff, and students speaking about their experiences, often from very different points of view.  Come listen, share, and learn.

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PoE has a great opportunity for graduating seniors in that we are looking for a student graduation speaker.  The graduation speaker will prepare a few remarks to deliver to the graduating seniors as well as their family and friends on June 13th at 5pm at the graduation ceremony. The speaker should talk for no longer than 10 minutes.  

If you are interested or know of someone that would be a good speaker, please let us know.  To apply please prepare a paragraph of no more than 400 words in response to the following question:

Why are you interested in being the speaker for PoE Graduation 2013? 

Please let us know you are interested by May 15 at 5pm by submitting your paragraph to  Academic Adviser, Julie Johnston at juljohn@uw.edu.  The PoE Teaching Team and Advisers will make the final selection of the speaker. 

Let us know if you have any questions and congratulations on graduation!

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Date: Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

Time: Starts at 2:00PM (you are welcome to arrive at 2:30 if needed)

Place: Thomson Hall 317, UW Campus

Description: Learn about this great opportunity to study abroad during Autumn 2013 on the program International Studies India: Environment & Development in the India Himalayas. The program is a twelve week opportunity for UW students to stay and live in the Kumaun Himalaya in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The academic focus of the program examines the political economy of development in India and considers the dynamics of formal and informal labor, environmental change, and integrated rural development. The Kumaun Himalayan region provides a unique perspective to examine accelerated economic and environmental change in relation to the regional, national and international contexts driving this change. Students draw on this academic framework to immerse themselves in an internship with our host organization, the Central Himalayan Rural Action Group (CHIRAG).

For complete information about the program, click here. Or attend the upcoming information session!

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PoE offering multiple new summer courses in 2013!

Registration open NOW

Checkout opportunities to explore the impacts of global change on the Olympic Peninsula, discover Pacific Northwest writers while traveling through the North Cascades, learn about the state of ‘green’ business and much more!

ENVIR 459: CULTURAL ECOLOGY AND POLITICS

This course will focus on the intersection of culture, ecology, and politics in the Seattle metropolitan area. We will explore the four cornerstones of Seattle’s economy – coffee, aerospace, the outdoor industry, and technologies. 

ENVIR 495A: NATURE WRITING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Using literary texts as primary guides, this experiential learning course will explore a variety of relationships between humans and the natural world in the Pacific Northwest over the last 200 years. Fieldtrips to the North Cascades and the Olympic Peninsula.

ENVIR 495B: BUSINESS AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Examine whether, how, and why companies should go “green” from Business Professor Tim Hargrave. Profits and the environment: tradeoff or win-win?

ENVIR 495C: ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATION

Hands-on training in environmental interpretation for students interested in natural history, tourism and recreation. Includes a trip to Mt. Saint Helens NVM Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center. Option to earn NAI “Certified Interpretive Guide”through this course for an additional fee.

ENVIR 495D: GLOBAL CHANGE

Take a philosophical and scientific look at how the environment has changed in the distant and recent past, and what recent human imposed changes to the landscape mean for our future. The course format is an 8-day wilderness backpacking trip in the Olympic National Park.

ENVIR 500: SCIENCE WRITING FOR IMPACT

This class is designed to teach environmental scientists how to write about their field of study using broadly appealing prose. Class will include several guest appearances by leading national scientists who prioritize writing and communicating. **Open to undergraduate seniors and graduate students only.