[workshop]: Interviewing for Environmental Careers

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Career Skills Workshop: Interviewing for Environmental Careers

When: Wednesday, May 8; 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: PoE Commons, Wallace Hall 012

What: A career skills workshop hosted by PoE, The PoE Alumni Board and the UW Career center focused on best practices before, during and after job interviews. Start with a presentation facilitated by a career counselor from the UW Career Center with a panel of PoE alumni. Split off into small groups facilitated by PoE alumni familiar with your program and the job market for environmental professionals. In small groups, practice answering common interview questions to get immediate feedback. All that, and we’ll feed you pizza!

<– Follow this link to RSVP (Deadline: May 3) –>

Follow the break for information about the volunteers

[will update as bio information comes in]

Katie Moxley

Katie Moxley graduated from PoE in 2002, along with a B.S. in Geological Sciences.  Following professional experience in environmental consulting, and new business start-up, she then received an M.P.A. from the Evans School of Public Affairs in 2006, with an emphasis in environmental policy.  Katie now works as a Geologist and Project Manager for Boeing’s Environmental Remediation organization.

Robb Schmitt

Rob is a PoE alumni (graduated 2009) whose career has progressed into graduate education since finishing the program.  He is currently pursuing a MS degree in Environmental Science (UW College of the Environment) and an MBA (Foster School of Business), with the intention of pursuing a career in sustainability strategy consulting post graduate school.  Feel free to ask him about opportunities in grad school, as well as any business-related field for your career post-graduation!

Lindsay Lawrence

Shortly after graduating SAAS in 1993, Lindsay Lawrence traveled and lived in Curitiba, Brazil.  While there he worked with World Vision creating after school programs for street kids.  When he returned to Seattle, he continued his work with kids and coached rowing and windsurfing at Mt. Baker Rowing and Sailing Center.  While working at Mt. Baker, he pursued a two year technical degree from North Seattle Community College in marine carpentry and boat building.  While coaching 40 rowers a year for over seven years, he took the team to the regional and national championships.  In 2002, Lindsay was offered the West Coast Sales and Repair Manager Position by Resolute Racing Shells an internationally recognized elite rowing shell manufacture. While working fulltime, he went back to school at the University of Washington receiving a BA degree from the Program on the Environment in resource management, graduating in 2006.  In 2010, he started Metamorphic Gear an upcycled bag and accessories manufacture located in Seattle.  Metamorphic Gear utilizes old sail, truck tarpaulin and climbing rope and morphs it into new products that he calls eco-stealth. 

Morgan Hoenig

Morgan graduated from PoE in Spring 2011. During her time at UW, she interned as the Environmental Affairs Coordinator for the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Her Capstone project with the City of Seattle focused on policy analysis related to use of the Triple Bottom Line in municipal decision making. Morgan now works for a local consulting firm, Ross Strategic, focusing on environmental and public health issues, and working for both public and private sector clients.

Duncan Clauson

Duncan graduated from the Program on the Environment Cum Laude with Distinction in the Spring of 2011. In March 2013 Duncan received his Master’s in Public Administration. His experience includes: Board of Directors Board Fellow at EarthCorps, Communication and Outreach at Seattle Public Utilities, Community Outreach and Education at King County Wastewater Treatment Division, and Junior Resource Conservation Manager at Cascade Power Group. As a recent graduate seeking a career in environmental policy and management, Duncan is currently putting to use his interview and career seeking skills.

Reminder! Spring Career Fair TOMORROW!

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WHEN:  Tuesday, April 16, 2013
TIME:  3:00 - 7:00
WHERE: HUB Ballrooms
DRESS CODE: Business Casual
Open to all majors and class levels and alumni
from all three UW campuses!

Have you been looking for that perfect career position, summer job or internship opportunity? We have great news for you! The Career Center’s annual Spring Career Fair will bring more than 130 employers to the Seattle campus to recruit and to hire talented UW students and alumni just like you!

 Registered employers will be looking to fill jobs and internships in a wide range of industries, including corporate, small business, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Please check out the list of attending employers. Make sure to research those employers you’re interested in meeting with by visiting their web sites and doing a quick review of them online and in trade magazines.

More information at:

http://careers.uw.edu/Students/Spring-Career-Fair

 

UW Freshwater Science Initiative Faculty Candidate Seminars

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We are coming up on the 3rd week of the UW Freshwater Science Initiative Faculty Candidate Seminars and encourage faculty, staff and students to attend!  The seminars will be taking place as follows:

 

Becca Barnes

Post Doc, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University (PhD, 2008 Yale University)

Tuesday, April 16

4:00 p.m., Fisheries (FSH) 102

 

David Butman

Post Doc, US Geological Survey, Yale University (PhD 2012, Yale University)

Wednesday, April 17

4:00 p.m., Fisheries (FSH) 102

 

Gordon Holtgrieve

Post Doc, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington (PhD, 2009 University of Washington)

Thursday, April 18

3:30 p.m., Fisheries (FSH) 102

Canopy Connections

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Canopy Connections

Seattle Audubon is gearing up to launch Canopy Connections, an exciting new citizen science project to map all of the trees in Seattle. Canopy Connections relies on citizen scientists to record local tree data which contributes to a city-wide, collaborative urban tree map. Our goal is to map and inventory the urban forest, taking into account overall health and size of canopy cover. Think of this as a ‘census for trees’—an exciting and engaging opportunity for anyone to directly assist with urban forest conservation.

http://www.seattleaudubon.org/sas/WhatWeDo/Conservation/CanopyConnections.aspx  to register!!

Dates:
Wednesday April 17th 10 am-11:30 am OR   2 pm-3:30pm

Wednesday April 24th 10 am-11:30 am OR  2 pm-3:30 pm

Saturday April 27th 10 am-11:30 am

Wednesday May 1st 10 am-11:30 am OR 2 pm-3:30 pm


Saturday May 11th 10 am-11:30 am


Wednesday May 15th 10 am-11:30 am OR 2 pm-3:30 pm

Wednesday May 29th 10 am-11:30 am OR 2 pm-3:30 pm

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Upcoming Event: Public Forum on The Duwamish River Cleanup!!

When: Thurs, April 18 5:30-7:30pm
Where: Portage Bay Café, 391 Terry Ave N, South Lake Union

The Public Forum is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
What does the cleanliness and health of Seattle’s “invisible river,” the Duwamish, have to do with the health and well-being of residents of Seattle and the Puget Sound? Come learn about the on-going cleanup of this waterway that runs through the heavily industrialized areas south of Elliott Bay. 
For more information and to reserve a space go to: http://www.ecogenetix.org/2013/03/upcoming-event-public-forum-on-duwamish.html

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UPDATE: trip POSTPONED [event]: PoE field trip to Rattlesnake Ridge

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Rattlesnake Ledge.jpg

UPDATE: This trip will be postponed to a weekend date later in May (TBA).
Interested in learning more about what it takes to become an interpretive field guide? Celese Spencer and Suzy Karl (PoE alumna, class of ‘01!) will be teaching a course this summer A term about ‘Environmental Interpretation’. It is currently listed here as ’ENVIR 495 C’.
Suzy and Celese have offered to take PoE students on a short trip a short, guided nature walk at the nearby Rattlesnake Ridge (pictured above). This is a great chance to meet potential instructors, get outside, and learn more about environmental interpretation.

Joe Kobayashi

Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Program on the Environment
University of Washington
Wallace Hall 012 [map]
E: jkob@uw.edu T: 206.616.2461
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Unique and Exciting Opportunity to Serve as Peer Instructor with Program on the Environment and UW International Educational Outreach

Eight upper-level undergraduate students from diverse programs are sought to assist as Peer Instructors with students from Japan (Keio University) from August 1st-21st. The course, “Humans and the Environment in the Pacific Northwest,” will expose the visiting students to topics ranging from forest ecology and water to green building and urban food sustainability. Peer Instructors will assist in leading activities (including field trips to places like Mt. Rainier, the Cascade Mountains, and the Bullitt Center and activities like hiking and canoeing) as well as in mentoring students on topic-based research projects. Students need to be available at least part-time and preferably full-time during the course period.

Benefits include:

·         Fun field trips and learning.

·         Potential T.A. course credit or capstone credits.

·         Enhancement of resume-building skills including teaching, facilitating, and project management.

·         Practice communicating with international students and development of friendships with Japanese youth.

·         Training and mentoring from course instructor.

Comment from previous Peer Instructor:

“Not only do I now have the capability of teaching a class of non-native English speaking students, but I have an increased competence in working with a large teaching team and coordinating events amongst multiple parties to ensure the efficacy of lesson plans and safety of field trips. The Keio program gave me a taste of what I want to do and what I will always incorporate into my life…I am so proud to have been part of something so wonderful.”

Positions will be filled on a rolling basis in spring quarter 2012. Some experience in environmental studies and/or Japanese studies is preferred, but not required.
Please email course Instructor Megan Horst ASAP at horstm@uw.edu to be considered.

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Be a part of SAGEs big Earth Day event!  

When: April 25th 7-9pm
Where: Bagley Hall Rm 131

For UWs Earth Day/week this year S.A.G.E. is planning a really great event!  SAGE will be hosting a presentation on climate change featuring a diverse mix of UW faculty, scientists, and researchers, followed by a question and answer session with the audience!

This is a great opportunity to hear interesting and up-to-date climate science, how it may impact the Pacific Northwest, and about some of the research that is currently being done on campus. This event is FREE and open to the PUBLIC, and LOCAL.

Check out the link for more information:  Facebook event page. If you have any questions about the event, feel free to email sagepoe@uw.edu.