SAVE THE DATE!  Feb. 5 from 3:30-5pm at the Wallace Hall Commons will be the PoE Study Abroad Fair.  A few select programs will be available for you to learn about that will boost your academic career significantly.   

There are five steps to become a fantastic U-DUB Bird Club Member
1. Like the outside
2. Like birds
3. Join “U-DUB Bird Club” on Facebook
4. Join out monthly bird adventures
5. 

The Daily published an article today that features a group of four partners and several UW graduate and undergraduate students who are working to develop a genetically-modified microbe that will transform methane into liquid fuel for transportation. 

Attention all PoE Students! Just a reminder that tomorrow evening, January 17th, is full of the following PoE events you won’t want to miss. 

SAGE Kick Off Meeting/Interest Session
SAGE (Student Association for Green Environments) is kicking off the year with an interest session starting at 5pm. 

For full information, click the image above. Job post originally on: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/kitsap/default.cfm 

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. 

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!  

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.  

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.