News & Events

News & Events

The PoE alumni board cordially invites all members of the PoE community: students, alumni, staff and faculty to the quarterly ‘Community Drinks’ event. Autumn drinks will be held on Thursday, October 4 from 6:30 ~ 8:00 at Cafe Solstice on the Ave (all ages). 

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Check out this great video put together by PoE student Angela Herr while on Ken Yocom’s ‘Reading the Elwah’ class last summer.
(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/) 

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Get Involved with Environmental Education & Sustainable Agriculture!

Volunteer & Internship Opportunities with Seattle Tilth
Seattle Tilth volunteers gain work experience in nonprofit administration,education, volunteer coordination, garden and farm stewardship and more. They have fun working in the community and contribute greatly to Seattle Tilth.  

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Food First Delegation Explores Oaxaca’s Vibrant Food and Agricultural Heritage
TOUR DATE: December 22 – 30, 2012REGISTER BY: September 22 2012 
“Sin maíz, no hay país!” (“Without corn, we have no country!”) is a popular battle cry in Oaxaca, Mexico. 

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PoE Students in The Daily: Check out what Environmental Studies majors Cole Zuckerman and Tom Jenkins have been doing with the Husky United Military Veterans (HUMV). 

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[course]: ESRM 320 Marketing and Human Resources from a Sustainability Perspective

Hello!
 
My name is Robb Schmitt, and I’m the TA for Dr. Dorothy Paun’s autumn quarter ESRM 320 course, Marketing and Human Resources From a Sustainability Perspective.
 
ABOUT ESRM 320…
For-profit companies and non-profit organizations use marketing and human resources management to create and deliver products, services, and ideas. 

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[paid internship]: Northwest Fisheries Science Center

The Undergraduate Research Program (URP) is offering 2 new Paid Internship Opportunities for undergraduates to research with NOAA scientists at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) starting autumn quarter. Please pass along these internship opportunities to undergraduates in the sciences who might be interested in Fisheries and Marine Biology-related lab and field work research.
  

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Course Annoucement

Join this student-designed seminar on advanced topics in conservation.  The course focus will be on multiple-disciplinary approaches to conserving biodiversity.
ENVIR 500A: Seminar in Conservation 3 creditsTTh 8:30-9:50Upper division undergraduate students by permission (email envirmgt@u.washington.edu) 

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[course]: Green Labs and Sustainability on Campus

Still plenty of space open in this unique field oriented course!

ENVIR 480 Sustainability Studio
Autumn 2012: Green Laboratories and Sustainability on Campus
TTH 10:30-12:20SLN 13799
Help make UW’s laboratory spaces more environmentally-friendly!   

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This course is already approved as a ‘natural science’ perspectives course for the Environmental Studies major or minor. Please note that the course has recently changed from 2 to 3 credits, so it will now complete a full category requirement! 

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