Article Contributor: Ian Oates, Program Coordinator, Taiwan Studies
The second iteration of the UW Taiwan Studies Program and UW Program on the Environment summer study abroad course, Exploring Environmental and Social Resilience, concluded two weeks ago. 

In the final week of Program on the Environment’s Taiwan study Abroad Program, we went to Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, to explore topics of eco-tourism and indigenous communities. We were greeted by our partners in the Geography Department of National Kaohsiung Normal University. 

UW TSP and UW Program on the Environment Professor Yen-Chu Weng‘s study abroad program just completed its second week!  The theme of Week 2 was Food and Agriculture.

“We started off the week with Professor Po-Yi Hung’s insightful lecture on Food and Society Issues in Taiwan. 

Washington Sea Grant has an outstanding opportunity for a Community Engagement Specialist with a focus on the West Coast of Washington State. Priority consideration will be given to applications received by July 14.  

UW PoE faculty member Dr. Yen-Chu Weng and her colleague Po-Yi Hung, a faculty member in the Department of Geography at National Taiwan University, co-teach an exploration of environmental and social resilience in Taiwan this summer 2023 on UW’s Study Abroad Program on the Environment Taiwan: Exploring Environmental and Social Resilience. 

 
Professor Eli Wheat, a faculty member in the Program on the Environment and Food Systems Nutrition and Health Program, alongside UW Farm manager and class co-instructor, Perry Acworth, will co-teach a Seattle Promise Academic Introduction Seminar titled Soil to Seed to Snack! 

Corey Garza to serve as Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Corey Garza will serve as the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Corey Garza has agreed to serve as the UW College of the Environment’s Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, effective September 1. 

Program on the Environment will host Day 2 of our Spring 2023 Capstone Symposium Wednesday, May 31, in person at the UW School of Aquatic Fisheries & Sciences.  All are welcome to attend and support students as they present on the culmination of their hard work over three quarters. 

‘WILDCAT,’ a documentary featuring our UW PoE alumni Samantha Zwicker, focuses on her ecological wild cat conservation work in the Amazon rainforest. ‘WILDCAT’ has won multiple documentary awards including Best Documentary (San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2023; Iowa Film Critics Awards 2023; National Board of Review Top Five Documentaries 2022; Utah Film Critics Association Awards) and Audience Award (Montclair Film Festival 2022; Santa Fe International Film Festival 2022) and includes numerous nominations. 

Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Public Lecture: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge & the Teaching of Plants available to listen until May 30th