News & Events

News & Events

TA for ENVIR 100 FALL QUARTER

PoE is currently hiring for a TA for ENVIR 100 for Fall quarter.
ENVIR 100 is the gateway course to the Environmental Studies major and is the first in a 4-quarter series of classes required of all ENVIR majors and minors.  

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Interested in sustainability? Campus habitat for wildlife? Check out the above photos from PoE Alumni Jessica Kang (2012) who was able to make her team project from ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio into a reality thanks to the Campus Sustainability Fund and SAGE. 

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Summer Perspectives and Experiences classes are now ready for your viewing pleasure!  Please feel free to check it out here!  As always, with any advising questions, please email poeadv@uw.edu as this is not an exhaustive list.   

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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. 

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Make sure to get your FREE TICKETS to go see Ken Balcomb III on May 2 as he presents his research and experiences with Salish Sea orcas. To get complimentary student tickets, email Susan Bullerdick at coseeolc@uw.edu, or if not a student, purchase tickets at http://www.seattleaquarium.org/sound-conversations 

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Check on the PoE Perspective and Experiences page to find out what credits this course counts for! 

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Plastics in the Ocean - with Giora Proskurowski (UW Oceanography)

Plastics in the Ocean – with Giora Proskurowski (UW Oceanography)

On April 24, discover the impact of plastics on the world’s oceans with Giora Proskurowski from UW Oceanography.
While working on a research sailboat in the Pacific Ocean, UW Oceanography Research Scientist Giora Proskurowski observed water littered with confetti-size pieces of plastic debris, then the wind picked up and the particles disappeared.  

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A Humble Feast is a student-run “pop-up” restaurant in the Husky Den kitchen intended as an experimental laboratory for cooking whole-food affordable meals on a student budget as well as for farm-to-school food sourcing. 

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Happy Earth Day! 

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The Interactive Theater as Pedagogy Project

Join Us!
The Interactive Theater as Pedagogy ProjectApril 23, 2013(3:00-5:00, HUB Rom. 250)Reception to followFREE admissionSpace is limited RSVP todaySee ITPP Flyer for more details.
The Interactive Theater as Pedagogy Project (ITPP) is a unique kind of Learning Community. 

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