Town Hall Seattle will be hosting Paul Gilding, author of The Great Disruption. Paul will be discussing the now unavoidable consequences of climate change and the challenges humanity will face. But in the face of such great challenges Paul envisions it will bring out the best of us: compassion, innovation, resilience and adaptability. 

Saimiri Foundation is a grassroots organization based in Osa Peninsula, in southern Costa Rica.  Our organization aims to preserve primates in Osa Peninsula through science, habitat restoration, education and the promotion of alternatives for the local people.  

Please join us at Edmonds Community College where 1) their Facility Director will give us a review of the conservation measures they have implememnted at the College and 2) you will learn about all of the continuing education opportunities that various colleges offer throughout the Pacific NW. 

To inquire, please contact: Katie Gray, Assistant Program Coordinator for UW International Special Programs – kgray@pce.uw.edu. 

Happy Earth Day! 

College of Education Spring Open House and Resource Fair
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
4:30 – 7:00pm
Miller Hall
The College of Education will be hosting their Spring Open House to introduce students to the College of Education Undergraduate and Graduate programs. 

Peace Corps will be on the UW Campus Wednesday, April 27 for an information session.  If you are thinking of the Peace Corps in the future, you are encouraged to attend this information session.  

UAA Advising has a job posting up for our new Student Associates, some will start this summer and some will start in the fall. If you know of any great students that might like to become a part of The Center for Undergraduate Advising, Diversity, and Student Success, please refer them to the job posting in Husky Jobs. 

What better way to celebrate Earth Day AND the weekend by taking in a movie with your friends? Join SEED for this showing of Tapped, a documentary on the bottled water industry’s effects on climate change, health, pollution, and oil dependence. 

UW is participating in the Earth Day Network’s Billion Acts of Green University Challenge. Please submit your act of green below.
Submit your pledge today at: http://f2.washington.edu/oess/act-green