REU program in Ocean Sciences, Monterey Bay

Available new programs in REU

– Marine Biology and Ecology

– Ocean Engineering

– Oceanography

– Marine Geology

In addition to electing to work with mentors at CSU Monterey Bay, students can also elect to work with mentors from partner institutions, including:

Eikhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Moss Landing Marine Labs

Naval Postgraduate School

Students will be provided with a stipend in addition to support for travel, room and board. Students will also receive post REU support to attend conferences and support subsequent REU programs or graduate programs. The application portal for the program will close on March 14th. The summer program will run from June 9th to August 15th.

For more information about the program, check out the website 

Contact Corey Garza at cogarza@csumb.edu with questions


Currently accepting applications for our Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Arava Institute semester program! We seek applicants who are passionate about environmental studies, coexistence, and reaching across borders to change the world for the better.

The Arava Institute Study Abroad Program is an accredited university-level program for undergraduate and graduate students. Over the course of one or two semesters, students engage in an interdisciplinary program comprised of courses in diverse environmental fields, a Peace-building and Environmental Leadership Seminar, and educational field trips.

Questions? Email Sarah Rubin: Sarah@friendsofarava.org


SAVE THE DATE!  

What: PoE Study Abroad Fair!

When: February 5th, 3:30-5:00PM

Where: Wallace Hall Commons

Why: Environment related programs will be available for you to learn about that will boost your academic career significantly.   The study abroad office will also be present to answer any questions about the logistics of studying abroad such as finances, immunizations and other concerns.   

Questions?  Email Julie at poeadv@uw.edu.  See you there!


NEW Social Enterprise Leadership Certificate Program

Using Business to Solve Social and Environmental Challenges

Ready to launch a career in solving social or environmental challenges? UW Bothell has recruited leading Directors and CEOs of international nonprofit organizations to create a cutting edge curriculum that empowers students to develop market-based business ideas to solve social and environmental challenges. The UWB Certificate is an evolution of nonprofit management courses that teaches students how to go beyond fundraising to create more sustainable revenue streams for their social cause. In a collaborative entrepreneurial environment, students are provided the practical tools and marketing methodology to develop and lead their own initiatives.  

Open to all majors in all three UW campuses!

To apply and/or learn more please visit the website or email the program manager at satamian@uwb.edu with questions

Read more below to see the dates, information about the instructors, and testimonials from current students

Dates: Building off the success of this summer’s cohort, this year’s fall program will run from  October 16  – January 15 (No class from Dec 19-Jan 2), on Tuesday and Thursdays evenings, from 6:30-8:30pm (with optional one hour labs after each class).  Students will have the choice to attend classes at either UWB or the HUB in downtown Seattle (a space for social enterprise collaboration). 

About the instructors: Steve Atamian is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Global Brigades, the world’s largest student-led health and sustainable development organization. Under Steve’s leadership of Global Brigades, more than 10,000 university students and professionals have mobilized to support communities in Central America and Ghana through nine skill-based service programs. Starting with just one student chapter in 2004, it has organically institutionalized on more than 400 university chapters across North America and Europe. 

Cole is the co-founder and Director of Programs at Lumana, an organization that works to reduce poverty and increase opportunity for rural Africans through the provision of better financial services. In addition to the design of better tools for the rural poor to save, borrow and receive business education. Cole began his career as an organizer and educator by helping to found the start up Your Revolution which created applications for online voter registration during the 2008 election. Since then he has worked with a team building a social network for renewable energy coalitions, as the VP of business development for a tech start up and as a volunteer coordinator for Real Change magazine’s Initiative 100. Cole has also worked as a guest lecturer, mentor and curriculum creator in Universities all over the world focusing on poverty alleviation and the millennial generation’s role in global change. Cole currently lives between Seattle and Ghana.

Testimonials: Click here to read what current students have to say about the course


NEW Leadership Puget Sound @ UW Women’s Center…

is recruiting undergraduate applicants for June 2012 Institute!

                                 

NEW Leadership™ Puget Sound is a partner in the national award-winning program to educate and empower the next generation of women leaders. By offering political and civic leadership training to undergraduates, NEW Leadership™ teaches women the value of civic engagement and encourages them to see themselves as empowered leaders who can effectively participate in politics and public policy.

  • WHO: Open to all female undergraduate students who attend four-year or two-year institutions
  • WHAT: Consists of an intensive six-day training institute held at the UW Women’s Center from June 11-16, 2012.
  • COST: $150 (we will provide financial assistance to those in need)
  • Applications are due April 1, 2012.

*Click below for links!*

NEW Leadership Online Application Form: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/newlead/141358

NEW Leadership Online Nomination Form: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/newlead/149772

NEW Leadership website: http://depts.washington.edu/newlead