First of all, congrats to all the presenters at this year’s Capstone Conference. Great job!
Our award winners this year – to be forever immortalized with gold stars on the PoE Website – are:

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Best Oral Presentation:Marie CuratoloApplying Current Knowledge to Change Consumption Behavior

Honorable Mention:Cara AppelWildlife Conservation in a Changing World: Case Studies of Pacific Northwest Species 
POSTERS

Best Poster Presentation:Duncan ClausonThe Effect of Policy on the Economic Feasibility of Combined Heat and Power in Washington State

Honorable Mention:Katherine GameShifting the Impact of Food Production Through Urban Agriculture and Beekeeping  

AUTUMN QUARTER SEMINAR, 2011
PSYCHOLOGY 563
Students across the university are welcomed.  Contact instructor for an add code, if necessary.
INSTRUCTOR: Peter Kahn
Associate Professor
http://faculty.washington.edu/pkahn/
HINTS Lab Website: http://depts.washington.edu/hints
MEETING TIME: Friday, 1:30-4:20.  

PoE Senior Capstone Symposium!
Wednesday, June 1, 2pm-6:30pm
Thursday, June 2, 2pm-6:30pm
Locations: PoE Commons and FSH 102
Event Schedule: http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/students/capstone/capstone_conference.html
Light Refreshments will be served!
Come listen to awesome presentations and look at lovely posters from your fellow PoE students next week!  

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Are you a student looking for ways to get involved but don’t know what to do? 

Marie Curatolo – Peer TA in ENVIR 100
Recently I emailed our Peer TAs to learn more about their work as Teaching Assistants leading their own sections in ENVIR 100. This is Marie Curatolo’s response is after the jump. 

Full job post here

Job Announcement 
Parks, Recreation & Community ServicesParks Planning and DevelopmentTemporary Employment Opportunity
Green Kent Partnership Temporary (1 Position Available)
Hours:        30 hours per week
Salary:       $12.00 – $15.00 per hour depending on experience
Open:         May 16, 2011       
Closes:       May 27, 2011 
Duties:
Assist staff and volunteers in environmental restoration including, but not limited to, recognizing invasive weeds and demonstrating the proper removal.  

The Program on the Environment Student Success Fund provides funding to Environmental Studies majors to support student learning.  Typically, these funds are awarded towards transportation expenses, equipment or conference attendance fees associated with an environmentally related project.  

The application to be a 2011 Dawg Daze Volunteer is now live. Help welcome the freshmen class at the University of Washington’s official welcome week for new students! 
Benefits include a free t-shirt, free food, access to all Dawg Daze events, and easy volunteer hours for your resume!