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News & Events

[internship] Watershed Planning Intern

Watershed Planning Intern – City of Bellevue 

The student intern is expected to perform tasks related to utility storm and surface water system analysis, including hydrology, environmental studies, biology and environmental engineering.  

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Serve as a Peer Facilitator!

The course, “Humans and the Environment in the Pacific Northwest,”will introduce about 35 visiting students from Keio University inJapan to topics ranging from forest ecology, water quality, and wasteto green building, restoration ecology and urban food sustainability.Peer Facilitators will assist in leading activities (including fieldtrips to places like Mt. 

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Special Seminar!

“Pine plantation forestry and wildlife conservation in Chile”
The mid-1970s marked the start of the boom in plantation forestry in Chile. These long extensions of monocultural forests harbored very little biodiversity and were depicted as “green deserts”. 

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[workshop]: Integrative Knowledge E-Portfolio Workshops

Integrative Knowledge E-Portfolio Workshops
What’s an integrative knowledge e-portfolio and why should I make one? During this interactive workshop, you will answer these questions and gain an overview of building an online integrative knowledge portfolio, demonstrating your learning in and outside the classroom. 

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Summer Course: Reading the Elwha

READING THE ELWHA: Tracing the Dynamics of Landscape ChangeL ARCH 498A (SLN# 11964); L ARCH 598A (SLN# 11968); 4 credits
Planning Meeting July 24th, 2014, 5:00-7:00 pm, GLD 312Camping Trip:  July 28th – August 1st, 2014
Located on the Olympic Peninsula, the Elwha Rivers flows north out of the Olympic Mountains in Olympic National Park before emptying into the Straits of Juan de Fuca. 

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[internship]: King County Wastewater Treatment Division Community Relations Intern (paid)

King County Invites Applications for the Position of:Intern-Community Relations Apply online at http://www.kingcounty.gov/jobs
King County is committed to equity and diversity in the workplace. In addition, the county is committed to recruiting and maintaining a quality workforce that shares our guiding principles: collaborative, service-oriented, results-focused, accountable, innovative, professional and fair and just. 

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Steps to a Great Commencement Day

Husky Stadium – June 14, 2014
Visit www.uwgraduation.com for complete ceremony information.
 1.      Eligibility:
Bachelor Candidates:  Students who earned a degree in Summer 2013, Autumn 2013, or Winter 2014, or have applied to graduate with a departmental advisor for Spring 2014 or Summer 2014 are eligible. 

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Student Experience in the Research University (SERU)

There’s an important student survey called the SERU underway at the UW. Participate in it and you will help improve the undergraduate experience. The Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) covers a broad range of topics, from the amount of time undergraduates spend studying to the type of research experiences they enjoy. 

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Nonprofit Fundraising Study

A group of researchers in the School of Forest and Environmental Sciences and the Department of Economics at the University of Washington is conducting a study to learn more about mechanisms used by nonprofit organizations to raise funds for providing public goods and services. 

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Great thought for Juniors that are starting to think about what they want to do after graduation. This could be a great opportunity to learn about how you can apply to depart for Peace Corps service in the summer of 2015. 

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