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[course] ESRM 401
Last chance to apply!
The Campus Sustainability Fund (CSF) is a student-run organization at the UW that distributes grants to sustainability projects on campus. In the past the CSF has funded solar panels, green walls, bike repair stations, and many more projects related to energy, biodiversity, transportation, education, food, waste, and water.
The last chance to apply for CSF funding for the 2014-2015 academic year is March 3rd.
Students will gain valuable project management, grant writing, and leadership skills. Change is more than just an idea, so submit your project summaries and apply for CSF funding this March!
Please email uwcsf@uw.edu with questions and visit csf.washington.edu to find out more.”
[seminar] Interested in Exploring New York City?
Come find out about CHID’s Early Fall Exploration Seminar, Urban Change in the City That Never Sleeps.
Info session tomorrow, Thursday, Jan. 29th at 1:30pm in the CHID Lounge (Padelford C101).
This program looks at gentrification and urban change, charting New York’s growth over the last 150 years and asking how urban planners and residents are grappling with social and economic inequality, sustainability, and the everyday experience of the city.
Meet the Program Directors, find out about the planned academics and activities, and ask any questions you might have.
[job] A Year With Green Corps
Winter Application Deadline: Feb. 10th
Click here to learn more about Green Corps’ paid environmental organizing fellowship.
Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.
In Green Corps’ yearlong paid program, you’ll get intensive training in the skills you 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, factory farming and many others — with groups like Sierra Club and Food & 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 on or visit http://www.greencorps.org.
[course] Summer field courses and research in Alaska!
The Tatoosh School is a nonprofit, university-level field school with a beachfront base camp on Prince of Wales Island and lecture halls in the towns, oceans, and forests of Alaska’s Inside Passage. It is the school’s mission to foster first-hand learning about the ecology and environmental policy of southern Southeast Alaska.
Learn more and apply at http://tatooshschool.org
Questions? peter@tatooshschool.org or 503.347.2599
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[course] Spring Quarter: ESRM 320
ESRM 320: Marketing and Management From a Sustainability Perspective
ESRM 320 is an introductory business course designed for non-business majors. It has NO prerequisites, offers NW and I&S, and is 5 credits.
We cover the basics of marketing and human resource management with sustainability (environmental and social responsibility) woven throughout the course.
THIS IS AN ONLINE COURSE that meets in person only three times: 4:30-6:50 pm, on Tuesday, March 31 (course introduction),Tuesday, May 5 (midterm exam), and Tuesday June 2, (final exam), in 223 Anderson Hall.
For more information: https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/965259/assignments/syllabus
First Year Programs is Currently Recruiting
The FIG program is looking for students from all departments who are UW-Seattle undergraduates with strong organizational skills (i.e., not over-committed), and a genuine interest in working with freshmen as they face the challenges and opportunities presented to them as new students. For more information please attend one of our information sessions listed below or email figs@uw.edu
Orientation Leaders play a vital role in the orientation process, working closely with new students and their families on a wide variety of topics including academics, student involvement, housing options, and more. Orientation Leaders work during summer quarter and are paid 30-40/hrs per week. Please email us at uwao@uw.edu or come to one of the information sessions below with any questions.
Leadership in FYP Workshops:
- Friday 1/30 – 1:30pm in MGH 120
Applications are available online at fyp.washington.edu/apply. The application deadline is Monday, February 2nd by 8:00am.
[job] Washington Conservation Corps
Job title: Snohomish County Marine Resources Program Assistant
Start: April 1, 2015. Full-time position (40 hours per week) through September 17, 2015 with the possibility of an additional 1 year term.
Primary duties include assisting SWM staff with project planning and implementation, targeted public education, and volunteer outreach, recruiting and coordination. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with the Marine Resources Steward, Marine Resources Committee members, Communication Specialists, Salmon Recovery staff, project partners, citizens and student volunteers. The position requires a combination of office and field work.
For more information about the Washington Conservation Corps Individual Placement (IP) Program, visit: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/wcc/memberpositions.html
For other information, contact Kathleen Herrmann, Marine Resources Steward at 425-388-6414 or kathleen.herrmann@snoco.org .
[course] Spring Break in Yosemite National Park
Are you interested in traveling to Yellowstone National Park over spring break? Want to see wolves, explore US National Park Service management, put your GIS and wildlife skills to work, or catch a bald eagle? If so, then you may be interested in taking ESRM 459 with Professors John Marzluff, Aaron Wirsing, and Monica Moskal.
To be considered for the class, please email Dr. Marzluff (corvid@uw.edu) the following information before Feb. 20:
1. Your name, major, and class standing.
2. A 5 sentence (or less) paragraph stating your motivation to join the class and what you hope to learn/experience in the class.
Upon our review we will issue add codes for the class, which can be taken for either 3 or 5 credits. Previous trip schedules, which will be similar this year but during the current break dates (March 21-28), can be found at: