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Come to Your Senses! Foundations for Ecological Literacy
A Summer Workshop Series

In six 3-hour sessions, Foundations for Ecology Literacy workshops will provide you with a unique set of tools for observing, understanding, and interacting with the natural world. 

For more information and registration, check out: 
Six 3-hour sessions will cover:

  • Perception, Observation, Awareness (The foundation skills for pattern recognition)
  • Animate Earth/Gaia Theory (Witnessing all around us how we fit into the long story of our planet’s habitability)
  • Naturalist Knowledge and Tracking (The structure of ecological relationships in our surroundings)
  • Bird Language and other messengers (Birds extend our awareness beyond our senses if we know how to watch and listen)
  • Oral Story and Mythtelling (Story is the way we communicate: learn how ecological literacy forms our ability to perceive the stories of which we are a part)
  • Designer’s Mind and Livelihood (A designer’s mind is critical for moving from from consumer to citizen, job to livelihood, house to home, individual to community.) 
You can find an event page on Facebook by clicking the link below. Please consider sharing to help spread the word! 

https://www.facebook.com/joanna.wright.9279?ref=tn_tnmn#!/events/310400849088363/?fref=ts

Please share with anyone you know who might be interested. This series could particularly benefit graduating high school seniors, college students, young adults, parents or parents-to-be, educators/mentors, or professionals who find their careers leave little time to slow down and observe. 
Contact Robert Mellinger at (206) 486-5097 or robertmellinger@gmail.com if you have any questions.

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Job Title: Mammoth and Mono Lake Ranger District Internships

Dates: Summer/Fall 2013

Application Deadline: April 24, 2013

Internship Includes: 

  • Free barracks style housing on the Mammoth Ranger District
  • A stipend of $33.55 per day worked is provided

Work Schedule: 40 Hours/Week. Work schedule TBD. Holiday and weekend work required.

General Duties: 

  • Assist with visitor information, interpretive programs, and resource protection
  • Assist and educate the visiting public on local and regional information, history, and activities
  • Perform wildlife management, black bear education, safety, and food storage compliance
  • Wilderness patrol on backcountry trails
  • Assist Recreation officer in the recreation program
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications – Internship Requirements:

  • 18 years or older
  • A valid driver’s license
  • Ability to hike on varied terrain at high elevations
  • Outgoing and intrepid enthusiasm when communicating with forest visitors
  • Interest or education in natural sciences and/or resource or recreation management or related field is strongly desired
  • Desire to be an integral member of the Mammoth and Mono Lake Ranger Districts team and represent the USDA Forest Service
  • Ability to successfully perform duties with little or no direct supervision, often in remote environments.
  • Maintain records of duties and results

To Apply: By April 24th, Email résumé, cover letter, and a list of three references to (Please, no phone inquiries):

Lawson Reif

Mammoth Lakes Welcome Center Manager

lreif@fs.fed.us

Office: 760-924-5516

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Check out PoE’s Calendar for a list of environmental-related events on campus. We have been working hard to collect all the cool events on campus into one place, so that you can take advantage of all the UW has to offer!!

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Do you enjoy teaching and mentoring others? Do you have a passion for a subject area and want to support your peers gain that same passion? Do you want to give back to your UW community? Are you considering a career in teaching but want to gain practical experience? If you said yes to any of these questions then you need to look into CLUE.

CLUE is looking to hire qualified tutors in a variety of subjects for the 2013-2014 school year. Most positions work between 4-10 hours a week and the pay ranges from $13 to $17 dollars based on education. 

Please click here to find out if you qualify and how to apply!

Lavender Graduation 2013

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What: The Q Center and the QSC host Lavender Graduation as a time for the UW queer, trans*, two-spirit, same gender loving, and allied communities to come together and celebrate our multiple identities, our accomplishments, and sheer awesomeness. Lavender Graduation is open to any student eligible, at any level (undergraduate for graduate/professional) for a graduation in the 2012-2013 (including fall 2013) academic year. You do not have to be graduating or be of a certain sexual or gender identity/orientation/expression to participate and/or attend the Lavender Graduation year-end celebration. Everyone is welcome and wanted. 

When: Tuesday, June 11th from 6-8PM. Graduates please arrive no later than 5:15 PM. 

Where: The UW Tower, Mezzanine Level Cafeteria

How: IF YOU ARE GRADUATING; please register here. If you are not graduating but wish to attend, we encourage you to come!

Dress: You can wear whatever you want! This is your graduation and as queer and trans* folks we are often “required” by work, school, family, culture etc. to dress in ways that do not necessarily fit our tastes. If you wish to wear the cap and gown, wear it. If you want to appear in drag, do it. If you have cultural regalia you wish to wear, please do so! If you want to dress up, go for it. You want to be comfy, have at it. This is your night. All of your identities are celebrated as is the awesomeness that is you and our UW queer communities. 

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Looking for an adventure? The Anthropology Department will be offering a Study Abroad Program in Rome on The Culture and Politics of Food in Italy for Autumn Quarter 2013.

Information Session: Thursday, March 11th, 4:30-6:00PM in Denny 401

Program Director: Professor Ann Anagnost (anagnost@u.washington.edu)

Website: UW Study Abroad Site

Discover Food Traditions

  • Artisanal Food Production
  • Cooking and Cuisine
  • Food and Regional Identity

Learn about Contemporary Food Politics

  • Farmer’s Markets
  • Community Supported Agriculture
  • Urban Farming
  • The Slow Food Movement
  • Anti-GMO Activism
  • Global Food Policy

Earn Anthropology Credit

  • Anth 411: The Culture and Politics of Food in Italy (12 credits)
  • Anth 499: Independent Study (optional 3 credit)

Thinking about Capstone?!

PoE Student Sophie Hart began her Capstone project with the Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) during this study abroad. Her Capstone is now featured not only on the PoE blog, but on the PoE website front page! To read more about her experiences in Rome and her project, go to http://poeposts.tumblr.com/post/45197203477/capstone-profile-sustainability-in-prisons-project

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All environmental studies majors graduating Autumn 2012, Winter 2013, Spring 2013 and Summer 2013* and their family & friends, are invited to the the Program on the Environment Graduation Ceremony held:

Thursday, June 13, 2013
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Mary Gates Hall Commons
http://www.washington.edu/maps/?l=MGH

Cap and gown welcomed, but not required.  Business casual requested.

Invite your family & friends to celebrate all your hard work and wonderful accomplishments!  You will get your name read, receive a certificate of accomplishment, and hear some words of wisdom from an environmental speaker.  Dessert and coffee will be served at the beginning of the event.

*If you are graduating in Summer 2013, you must have a graduation application on file in order to participate.

The University of Washington Commencement is a separate event and is held Saturday, June 15, 2012 1:30 p.m. at CenturyLink Field (formerly Qwest Field).  More information about that event is available at:  http://www.washington.edu/graduation/

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SAVE THE DATE!  May 8th at 5pm!!

Interested in learning how to better interview and present the best version of yourself during a job interview?  Come get some good practice with this important life skill by attending the PoE Career Skills workshop presented by PoE Staff, Alumni and the Career Center.  Enjoy free pizza and practice your interviewing skills in a friendly setting!  

Event will be in the PoE Commons, Wallace Hall 012.

RSVP for your ticket here:  http://www.eventbrite.com/edit?eid=6049178255

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The available internships are listed below, pay varies. Make sure to check out the bolded opportunities that would be of interest to PoE students!

  • Accounting Intern
  • Arts & Cultural Affairs Intern
  • City Council (work study)
  • Civil Service Commission Intern
  • Corporate Communications Intern
  • Customer Care Municipal Intern
  • Data Project Intern
  • Ecology Intern
  • Enterprise Architecture Municipal Intern
  • Environmental Studies Intern
  • Facilities Capital Project Intern
  • Fire Department Technical Services Intern
  • GIS Intern
  • Human Resource/Law Intern
  • Procurement and Contracting Intern
  • Project Controls Intern
  • Public Space Management Program Graduate Intern
  • Risk Management Intern
  • Seattle reLeaf Program Graduate Intern
  • Signal Operations Intern
  • Street Maintenance Student Engineer Intern
  • Systems Operations Planning and Analysis (SOPA) flow Monitoring Intern
  • Urban Design Intern
  • Vegetation Management Intern

For job descriptions and applications, go to http://www.seattle.gov/personnel/employment/default_TemporaryAndInternship.asp