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In celebration of Women’s History Month, the College of Engineering is holding the 22nd annual Women in Science & Engineering (WiSE) Conference.
When: Saturday, March 2nd, 2013, 8:30am-5:00pm
Where: The Husky Union Building (HUB)
Register Online at www.engr.washington.edu/wiseconf or contact uwwise@uw.edu for more information.
The Oceanography summer study abroad program in Pohnpei, Micronesia will take place June 22-July 20, 2013. The class will focus on coastal ecosystems in a changing climate, and will provide students with field experience studying coral reefs, mangrove forests, estuaries, and atolls, and the ways that human activities affect those ecosystems.
The application deadline is February 15th, 2013. Foundation in the natural sciences is useful, but students from a wide range of backgrounds and majors are encouraged to apply. More information and the online application is available at http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11114
To learn more about this opportunity, attend one of the following information sessions: Thursday, January 17th at 5pm or Wednesday, February 6th at 5pm, both in Ocean Sciences Building 425. If you are unable to attend either of the information sessions, please contact Nemiah Ladd (snladd@uw.edu) with questions about the course.
Come support Friends of Cedar River Watershed by volunteering at one of their upcoming restoration events. ** Many of these events are supported by two interns who are PoE students!
Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service Planting at Madrona Woods
Monday, January 21 ~ 10am-2pm
Madrona Woods, Seattle
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service by planting trees to improve your local watershed! Madrona Woods is a 9-acre urban forest across the street from the west shore of Lake Washington, home to bald eagles, hummingbirds, and salamanders. Help restore this beautiful neighborhood treasure to a more natural and sustainable state while creating places for both people and wildlife in our cities.
Contact amy@cedarriver.org / 206.297.8141 to register
Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service Planting at Cavanaugh Pond
Monday, January 21 ~ 10am-2pm
Cavanaugh Pond Natural Area, Renton
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service by planting trees to improve your local watershed! Noted for populations of spawning sockeye salmon, the Cavanaugh Pond Natural Area includes a series of ponds nestled along the banks of the Cedar River. This site is a restoration success due to the work of thousands of volunteers. Come be a part of the story. A Cedar River Salmon Journey Naturalist will be onsite giving interpretive tours.
Contact amy@cedarriver.org / 206.297.8141 to register
Planting at Taylor Mountain Forest
Saturday, February 2 ~ 10am-2pm
Taylor Mountain Forest, Hobart
Taylor Mountain Forest is a critical wildlife corridor that connects Tiger Mountain and the protected Cedar River Watershed, the direct source of clean drinking water for over one million residents in King County. The forest contains hiking and equestrian trails, wetlands, and streams, and is also home to wildlife such as bear, elk, cougars, cutthroat trout, and western toads! Volunteers will be re-vegetating a newly acquired area of the forest with native trees and shrubs.
Contact amy@cedarriver.org / 206.297.8141 to register
Winter quarter community drinks this Thursday!
Nothing says Happy New Year like sharing a pint with an “auld acquaintance”. So come kick start your new year with the PoE Community at our quarterly PoE Community Drinks event at Urban Family Public House in Ballard (now open to all ages) on January 17th from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. Urban Family is open to all ages, and this event is for anyone in the broader ‘PoE Community’: students, alumni, teachers, staff, family and friends.
Below are the links to the Urban Family website and the event Evite.
We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Happy New Year!
The PoE Alumni Board
This Summer ‘A’ term 2013, the Department of Anthropology is holding a field study school taught in Colorado and New Mexico. The 5 course involves experiential learning on the topics of agroecology, restoration ecology, and permaculture methods and materials at historic acequia farms, which are sustainable, equitable, and resilient farming systems. This summer, students will work on projects at the following acequia farms:
- Almunyah de la Junta de Los Ríos in Embudo, New Mexico. Edible landscape feature of heirloom wine grape trellises.
- Rancho Dos Acequias in San Acacio, Colorado. Contour swale to control water flows and trap sedimentation associated with flood irrigation.
- Rancho de los Martínez in San Francisco, Colorado. A raised-bed polyculture milpa and a seed savers’ hutch.
- Rancho Vialpando in San Francisco, Colorado. A dispensa, storage building of locally harvested wood (aspen and fir) built entirely without nails.
For more information, attend the information session on January 25 at 1:30 pm in Denny Hall 401, and/or contact dpena@uw.edu.
What: Ocean Career Day
When: Saturday, February 2nd, 2013 from 9am to 2pm
Where: The Seattle Aquarium
Description: The goal of Ocean Career Day is to educate young people about career, education and volunteer opportunities available in the field of marine science. With students from over 200 local schools invited to attend, Ocean Career Day is a great way to recruit and inspire the next generation of marine scientists, conservationists and marine educators. We invite you to share your school’s programs with those interested in careers in marine science, biology and more. Science-, research-, educational-, recreational-, and tourism-oriented organizations will be in attendance as well as volunteer organizations, colleges and universities.
The events include presentations throughout the day about career paths and current work, along with Education Panels and small organization table presentations to explore!
If you are interested in participating in Ocean Career Day, please register via the webpage https://www.seattleaquarium.org/OCD/edu-rsvp as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact Dave Glenn at d.glenn@seattleaquarium.org or (206)386-4351.
Come check out PoE’s lost and found! We currently have the following items:
1. A pair of leopard print, bejeweled glasses.
2. A paisley pashmina.
3. Lab coat (size small) with accompanying goggles.
4. A navy blue Puma jacket.
5. Disk two of Sex and the City.
6. A CD With Windows 7 on it.
7. A phone charger.
8. Black iPod with headphones.
9. Missing keys (found February 2012).
10. Two water bottles: a silver Camelback and a black canteen.
If you recognize any of these items, stop by Wallace Hall and pick them up! Items still without a home at the end of winter quarter will be donated.
Program Directors: Ursula Valdez and Tim Billo
Dates of instruction: August 28th-September 20th, 2013
The eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes ranges from altitudes of over 20,000 feet among rugged, glacier-clad peaks, to altitudes of under 500 feet in the hot, humid forests of the Amazon Basin, one of the most biologically diverse place on Earth. This region is also known for a diverse array of indigenous and modernized cultures, with an expanding population that threatens to alter the ecology and sheer beauty of this landscape forever. In this seminar, we will explore the fascinating diversity of organisms and ecosystems from the Andes to the Amazon of southeastern Peru, while studying the conservation challenges confronting this region. Through surveys of the biodiversity itself, and meetings with indigenous people, land-use managers, conservationists, and other stakeholders, we will analyze sustainable alternatives for the conservation of this world biodiversity hotspot.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2013
For detailed information click here!
Journalist and senior environmental reporter, Glen Martin will discuss his book, Game Changer: Animal Rights and the Fate of Africa’s Wildlife, on Thursday, January 17 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the Smith Room (room 324) of Suzzallo Library.
Glen Martin’s presentation will focus on the idea of incorporating the input of indigenous people in ambitious conservation schemes. He will discuss issues involving African native communities, as well as native interests and conservation dynamics in North America. There will be a reception following Martin’s presentation.
To read more about Glen Martin’s book, go to: http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520266261