Capstone Project Updates

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With many students’ capstone internships currently wrapping
up, I would like to share some information about what are students have been up
to the last couple of months!

Jesse Barr– Jesse has been working with the City of
Vancouver’s Water Resources Education Center and high school students to build
a recycled soda bottle greenhouse. Jesse is trying to demonstrate some
innovative ways to deal with pollution, and to educate the public about the
unbelievable amount of plastic that enters landfills and our oceans.

Aaron Elefson – Aaron is working at the EPA Region 10
offices with a team focused on the remediation of the Black Butte Superfund
Site. The site is in Oregon and is home to an abandoned mercury mine that
continues to be a source of contamination for the downstream reservoir where
methyl mercury is absorbed by the resident fish. Aaron has been working with
his site supervisor to narrow down the potential areas the methylating bacteria
could be found.

Ryan Cun – Ryan has been working with the Wilderness Inner-city
Leadership Development (WILD) youth program. WILD is a non-profit organization
that is aimed to build youth leadership qualities like self-confidence, team
building skills, within the context of environmental education and civic
involvement. In a nutshell this program is all about educating youth and
equipping them with the tools they need for their future!

Thanks for all of your hard work! Great job PoE

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Looking for a cool study abroad course for summer or thinking about a Capstone project?  Check out this Design, Health and Environment experience in Lima, Peru. Deadline is January 31st. 

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[scholarship]: Jackson Munro Public Service Fellowship

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awards range from 2500-4500 dollars for two quarters of engagement with projects with government or nonprofit organizations in winter and spring 2015 (remind you of anything? hmm…?) -joe

The Jackson Munro Public Service Fellowship (formerly the Sterling and Gene Munro Public Service Fellowship) encourages a life-long commitment to public service by providing outstanding undergraduates with the opportunity to explore their potential through service and leadership in the community.

Jackson Munro Public Service Fellows are selected based on the strength of a public service project proposed in collaboration with a public sector (non-profit or governmental) organization.

Factors influencing the selection of Munro Public Service Fellows include:

· Historical commitment to and involvement with community engagement activities
· Depth of partnership/relationship with proposed public sector partner
· Scope and impact of proposed work during the Fellowship
· Potentially sustainability of proposed project, how will the organization sustain this work at the end of your Fellowship?
· Connection between proposed project, academic studies, and professional/educational goals and objectives

Made possible through the support of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, the Fellowship is named for late Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson, S. Sterling Munro, Jr., the former top aide to Senator Jackson and Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, and Gene Munro, a lifelong advocate for public service and the wife of S. Sterling Munro Jr.

The application deadline for the 2015 Fellowship is 11:59PM on Friday, October 31st. Application instructions and Fellowship expectations can be found at http://www.washington.edu/carlson/jackson-munro-public-service-fellowship/
Questions? Contact Rachel Vaughn, Director, Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center at engage@uw.edu.

The Design Help Desk is Open!

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The Design Help Desk is a tutoring service offered by the Division of Design in the UW School of Art. The Design Help Desk offers free advice to both undergraduate and graduate students seeking to improve their visuals for presentation and publication. Students will be able to get help on their figures, diagrams, data plots, presentations, posters, etc. 

This Autumn Quarter, the Design Help Desk operates every Wednesday from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm in the Consultation Studio of the UW Libraries Research Commons, Allen Library South

For more information:http://depts.washington.edu/deshelp/

Environmental Studies Majors in the News

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We have some pretty amazing students in this major. Two of them have recently been in the news!
 
Angela Feng is a senior major in Environmental Studies and an active leader in both the SAGE club and the UW Earth Club. She is at the moment literally the ‘poster child’ of the College of the Environment with a front page profile. Read more about her, and what she shares in common with Macklemore here.
Alexa Ramos is another senior in our major who worked on wetlands mitigation at Paine Field in Mukilteo over the summer for her Capstone project. Read her profile in the latest newsletter from Paine Field here.
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​Congrats to Angela and Alexa for profile on your great work!

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Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a bird? 

2014 Environmental Leadership Scholarship recipient Sophia Winkler-Schor traveled to the Peruvian Amazon for her Capstone Project this past summer. Check out her work with The Wild Forests and Fauna (WFF). In the video you will experience our journey deep into the jungle, and see incredible, ‘drone’s-eye views’ soaring 300ft above the tropical rainforest!

To see more awesome adventures Like WFF on Facebook! www.facebook.com/Wildff

The Environmental Leadership Scholarships are two, merit-based based scholarships awarded annually to Environmental Studies majors at the UW Program on the Environment. Applications are accepted once a year in May for the following Autumn quarter. Contact Joe Kobayashi at jkob@uw.edu for more information.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Capstone Results Summary – Spring 2014

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In case you missed our awards ceremony last night, the results are below. This symposium featured 15 oral presentations and 21 poster presentations. All oral and poster presentations were judged on content, style, and delivery by a panel of anonymous judges. 
Best Oral Presentation
Protecting Our Local Water Bodies: Waterkeepers and Citizen Enforcement of the Clean Water Act
Amy Hersh
Site Supervisor: Katelyn Kinn | Faculty Advisor: Beth Bryant
Best Oral Presentation – Honorable Mention
Tree Mortality in the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot
Brian Moe
Site Supervisor: James A. Lutz | Faculty Advisor: James A. Lutz
Best Poster Presentation
The Future of Climate Action Planning in Higher Education: Understanding the Differences Between Universities and Community Colleges
Brian Rucci
Site Supervisor: Christian Rusby | Faculty Advisor: Megan Horst
Best Poster Presentation – Honorable Mention 
How Much Buffer Is Enough? Finding Common Ground Between Conservation and Agriculture
Jacob Schiffler
Site Supervisor: Christy Carr | Faculty Advisor: Tim Billo

Questions About Capstone Projects?

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When: Monday, Feb 3, 12:30PM-1:30PM in the PoE Commons.
About The Session: An overview of Capstone requirements and options, meet current/former Capstoners as well! 
It will be “everything they ever wanted to know about Capstone but were afraid to ask”.
Questions you can expect to be answered:
Can I do my Capstone as a study abroad?
How should I prepare for my Capstone?
Can I choose where/when I do my Capstone?
Can I get paid to do my internship?
What sort of internship can I expect?

These questions and many more will be answered!

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Make sure to stop by and support your fellow PoE students at the Autumn 2013 Capstone Symposium! For more information on the specific events and presenters, click here