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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. The course, “Humans and the Environment in the Pacific Northwest,” will expose the visiting students to topics ranging from forest ecology and water to green building and urban food sustainability. Peer Instructors will assist in leading activities (including field trips to places like Mt. Rainier, the Cascade Mountains, and the Bullitt Center and activities like hiking and canoeing) as well as in mentoring students on topic-based research projects. Students need to be available at least part-time and preferably full-time during the course period.

Benefits include:

·         Fun field trips and learning.

·         Potential T.A. course credit or capstone credits.

·         Enhancement of resume-building skills including teaching, facilitating, and project management.

·         Practice communicating with international students and development of friendships with Japanese youth.

·         Training and mentoring from course instructor.

Comment from previous Peer Instructor:

“Not only do I now have the capability of teaching a class of non-native English speaking students, but I have an increased competence in working with a large teaching team and coordinating events amongst multiple parties to ensure the efficacy of lesson plans and safety of field trips. The Keio program gave me a taste of what I want to do and what I will always incorporate into my life…I am so proud to have been part of something so wonderful.”

Positions will be filled on a rolling basis in spring quarter 2012. Some experience in environmental studies and/or Japanese studies is preferred, but not required.
Please email course Instructor Megan Horst ASAP at horstm@uw.edu to be considered.

[internship]: Peer Instructor – Summer 2012 Keio Program

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Unique and Exciting Opportunity to Serve as Peer Instructor with
Program on the Environment and UW International Educational Outreach

Seven upper-level undergraduates (juniors and seniors) are sought to
assist as peer mentors and teachers with students from Japan (Keio
University) from August 3-23rd. The course, “Humans and the
Environment in the Pacific Northwest,” will expose the visiting
students to topics ranging from forest ecology and land
use/transportation to ecological design and urban food sustainability.
Peer Instructors will assist in leading activities (including field
trips to places like the Cascade Mountains, Puget Sound, Carkeek Park
and activities like hiking and canoeing) as well as in mentoring
students on topic-based research projects. Students need to be
available at least part-time and preferably full-time during the
course period.

Benefits include:
Potential independent study credit and Capstone credits.
Enhancement of resume-building skills including teaching,
facilitating, and project management.
Practice communicating with international students and development of
friendships with Japanese youth.
Training and mentoring from course instructor.

[Program Brochure]

Positions will be filled on a rolling basis in spring quarter 2012.
Please email course Instructor Megan Horst ASAP at horstm@uw.edu to be
considered.

[event] On the Road with Omprakash Volunteer Vance Walstra

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October 5, 2011

4:30PM-6:00PM

Program of the Environment (POE) Commons
012 John M. Wallace Hall (ACC) 
3737 Brooklyn Ave NE

On the Road with Omprakash Volunteer Vance Walstra

Monday, October 3rd, will be the first of 40 action-packed days for Omprakash Volunteer and Grant Recipient Vance Walstra. Vance will be traveling from Seattle, Washington to San Francisco, California on a highly anticipated, first-ever tour to raise awareness for Omprakash – and he’s doing it all by bicycle.  The tour will span three states and cover nearly 1000 miles to deliver over 15 presentations to colleges, universities and high schools along the route. 

 

In 2008, Vance was awarded an Omprakash Volunteer Grant to work with Helping Hands, an education and environmentally-focused Partner in Cusco, Peru. During that trip, he also traveled throughout Peru introducing new non-profit Partners to the Omprakash network. In 2010, Vance returned to Peru to act as a guide for three high-school students interested in creating adocumentary film about Omprakash Partners and the international volunteer experience. In between these trips, Vance traveled to several schools throughout the western United States, giving presentations and collaborating with classrooms and teachers to design and embellish service learning programs.


Now he’s giving back by hitting the road and sharing his volunteer experience with high schools, colleges and universities along the way. 


As Vance put it, “My own experiences through Omprakash have subjected me to an entirely new understanding of our world. I have developed a new faith in human potential that has both empowered and humbled me… Through this trip, I hope to connect the passion and potential of individuals who seek to make a difference in the world, to the people and places where those type of individuals are needed.”


Come hear Vance’s account of his life changing experiences abroad and learn more about Omprakash, the network that made it all possible. Vance will be presenting at the UW on October 5th from 4:30-6PM at the POE Commons. To learn more about the Omprakash Bicycle Outreach Tour- please visit our website or Facebook pages, or follow Vance’s trip via his Omprakashprofile. 

Omprakash is an educational community. 



We facilitate communication, collaboration, and mutual learning within a diverse international network of grassroots projects.  Our free database of global Partners can empower you to volunteer abroad, advocate at home, or enrich your school’s academic curriculum and service-learning programs. We offer volunteer grants to help qualified applicants build lasting relationships with our outstanding Partners, and we enable these Partners to receive tax-deductible donations from their dedicated supporters. The Omprakash network currently supports over 157 Partner non-profits in over 35 countries spanning the globe. In 2011 alone, our Volunteer Grant program has provided over $30,000 to qualified recipients, enabling them to build lasting relationships with our amazing Partners around the world!– 
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Omprakash: Connecting Volunteers, Classrooms, and Communities

Kelly Rula
214.995.1516
Skype: kellyrula
www.omprakash.org

[event]: Our Common Future: Sustainable Development in a Deteriorating World

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[event]: Our Common Future: Sustainable Development in a Deteriorating World

Gro Harlem BrundtlandJoin former Prime Minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland as she speaks about sustainable development, increasing environmental awareness and good health as a basic human right in Our Common Future: Sustainable Development in a Deteriorating World.

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

Sustainable Community and Regional Revitalization Symposium

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Sustainable Community and Regional Revitalization Symposium on March 8

Please join the Evergreen Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the Hyogo Administrative Policy Studies Association (HAPSA), University of Hyogo, Japan, for a day-long symposium on economic, social, and environmental sustainability in communities and regions on March 8 at the Evans School of Public Affairs.

The symposium is the fourth is a series of exchanges between the Evergreen Chapter of the ASPA and the Hyogo Administrative Policy Studies Association. The event is open to the public and the cost is $10 for students, $15 for ASPA members, and $20 for non-members. Registration includes morning refreshments and a box lunch. The registration deadline is March 3.

Three panels, comprised of academics and practitioners from Japan and the U.S., will address local government response to economic crisis and revenue shortfall regarding issues affecting community and social services; sustainability efforts including sustainable agriculture with industrial and rural/urban linkages; and use of community volunteers in response to disaster crisis and community revitalization.

Bill Stafford, president, Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle, will serve as moderator.

In the fall of 2003, the Evergreen Chapter of ASPA entered into an international Memorandum of Understanding with HAPSA. This agreement was arranged to honor a 40 year history of the State of Washington and the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan, as sister-states.

ASPA, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., is the largest organization of professionals in public administration. Founded in 1939, the organization seeks to advance excellence in public service through programs and services that foster core public service values including accountability and performance, professionalism, social equity, and ethics at the local, national and international levels. For additional information, contact Tammy Esteves, 510.995.8509.