PoE at the ’2011 Campus Sustainability Summit’ courtesy of Anne DeMelle! 

Applications for the Carlson Civic Fellowship and the Munro Public Service Fellowship are due on Friday, November 4th at 5PM.  Deadline Extended to Tuesday, November 8th at 5PM.  Both fellowships are administered through the Carlson Leadership and Public Service Center, and open to all undergraduate students at the UW.  

The Garden – A film screening and active discussion
“The incredible story of the L.A. South Central Farmers’ struggle to protect their urban farm, their livelihoods and their community.”
                 
Date: Thursday, 10/27 Time: 6-9pmLocation: Henry Art Gallery – Student Tech Lounge
To find out more about the USFC visit some of their pages
USFC WebsiteUSFC TumblrUSFC FacebookUSFC Twitter 

We’re fortunate to have a special ‘guest post’ today written by PoE alum Brian Hoefgen (2011). Read on to find out more about his experience at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies! 

Hello,
The Dream Project is a student-initiated, student-led program that partners UW students with first-generation and low-income students from local high schools, as they navigate through the collegeadmissions process. Our mentors work with students at weekly high school visits, while learning about issues of educational inequity and social mobility. 

[scholarship]: Boren Awards: Scholarships and Fellowships for undergraduate and graduate study abroad, language study, and international research | Boren Scholarships

Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. 

Sustainable SushiAn Evening with Mashiko’s Chef Hajime Sato
Thursday, November 176:30 – 8:30 p.m.North American Post Nagomi Tea House
Spend an evening eating the finest sustainable sushi obento available while listening to Chef Hajime Sato speak about his experiences of opening Mashiko, the first Sushi Bar and Japanese Restaurant in Seattle to serve only sustainable seafood. 

Missed the UW Study Abroad Fair this past week?  We gathered some very useful materials about different types of study abroad opportunities and information including:
– UW Programs & Exploration Seminars
– UW University Exchanges
– UW Affiliated Study Abroad Programs
– Funding Ideas
Come by the PoE front desk  to gather some materials.  

Interested in environmental education?Thinking about what to do during Spring Break?Want to work with amazing young people across the state of Washington?
Apply for Pipeline Project’s 2012 Environmental Alternative Spring Break (EASB) program! 

Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) available to undergraduate, graduate and professional students
The FLAS Fellowship is available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.  FLAS Fellowships support study of the following languages and their world regions: 
-Arabic -Bangla -Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian -Bulgarian -Burmese -Canadian First Nations -Chinese -Czech -Danish -Estonian -Filipino/Tagalog -Finnish -French -German -Hebrew -Hindi -Indonesian/Malay -Italian -Japanese -Kazakh -Khmer -Korean -Latvian -Lithuanian -Norwegian -Persian -Polish -Portuguese -Russian -Slovenian -Spanish -Swahili -Swedish -Tajik -Thai -Turkish -Uighur -Urdu -Uzbek -Vietnamese
Receive tuition and a living stipend:
 
 Academic Year Graduate:                  
 $18,000 tuition, $15,000 living stipend
Academic Year Undergraduate:
$10,000 tuition, $5,000 living stipend
Summer Graduate/Undergraduate:
$5,000 tuition, $2500 living stipend

FLAS Information Sessions, covering FLAS benefits and requirements, the application process, and the use of FLAS awards abroad, will be held at the following dates and times:

Wednesday, November 2, 3:30-4:40, Thomson Hall 317
Tuesday, November 8, 3:30-4:30, Denny 217
Wednesday November 9, 2:30-3:30, Thomson Hall 317
Tuesday, November 15, 12:30-1:30, Mary Gates Hall 171 (oriented towards undergraduates)
Thursday, November 17, 3:30-4:30 Thomson Hall 317
Tuesday, December 6, 3:30-4:30, Denny 217

Application is due January 17, 2012.