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Unique and Exciting Opportunity to Serve as Peer Instructor with Program on the Environment and UW International Educational Outreach
Eight upper-level undergraduate students from diverse programs are sought to assist as Peer Instructors with students from Japan (Keio University) from August 1st-21st. 

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Make sure to get your FREE TICKETS to go see Ken Balcomb III on May 2 as he presents his research and experiences with Salish Sea orcas. To get complimentary student tickets, email Susan Bullerdick at coseeolc@uw.edu, or if not a student, purchase tickets at http://www.seattleaquarium.org/sound-conversations 

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Check on the PoE Perspective and Experiences page to find out what credits this course counts for! 

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Plastics in the Ocean - with Giora Proskurowski (UW Oceanography)

Plastics in the Ocean – with Giora Proskurowski (UW Oceanography)

On April 24, discover the impact of plastics on the world’s oceans with Giora Proskurowski from UW Oceanography.
While working on a research sailboat in the Pacific Ocean, UW Oceanography Research Scientist Giora Proskurowski observed water littered with confetti-size pieces of plastic debris, then the wind picked up and the particles disappeared.  

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A Humble Feast is a student-run “pop-up” restaurant in the Husky Den kitchen intended as an experimental laboratory for cooking whole-food affordable meals on a student budget as well as for farm-to-school food sourcing. 

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Happy Earth Day! 

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The Interactive Theater as Pedagogy Project

Join Us!
The Interactive Theater as Pedagogy ProjectApril 23, 2013(3:00-5:00, HUB Rom. 250)Reception to followFREE admissionSpace is limited RSVP todaySee ITPP Flyer for more details.
The Interactive Theater as Pedagogy Project (ITPP) is a unique kind of Learning Community. 

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Great summer quarter special topics options at PoE

Just a quick reminder that summer registration should now be open for all UW students. You can find a full list of courses for the different ‘perspectives and experiences’ requirements here. 

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[workshop]: Interviewing for Environmental Careers

[workshop]: Interviewing for Environmental Careers

Career Skills Workshop: Interviewing for Environmental Careers When: Wednesday, May 8; 5:00 – 7:00 pm Where: PoE Commons, Wallace Hall 012 What: A career skills workshop hosted by PoE, The PoE Alumni…
Short bios for several of the alumni volunteers have been updated. 

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Please join UW for this year’s Earth Day kick-off event this Friday April 19th in Red Square, as we partner with UW’s Annual HuskyFest celebration! 
The Earth Day speaker program will open with Julia Parrish, Associate Dean of College of the Environment at 12:00 PM, followed by Anne Mosness from the Go Wild Campaign and then James Rasmussen from the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition. 

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