[study abroad] National Student Exchange (NSE)

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Be an exchange student at another US university!

NSE gives students the opportunity to experience a different area with its unique cultural and academic opportunities. Since NSE’s beginning in 1968, more than 96,000 students have had the opportunity to participate in NSE, giving them the opportunity to:

·     broaden their personal and educational perspectives
·     experience new cultures
·     explore new areas of study
·     learn from different professors
·     access new courses
·     experience personal growth
·     meet new people
·     make new friends
·     live in a different area
·     investigate graduate schools
·     seek future employment

Many returning UW students describe NSE as a life-changing experience which has made them more independent, self-confident and resourceful; expanded their risk-taking capabilities; and helped them better define their academic and career objectives. Students who have been on exchange return to UW with lasting friendships formed with students from all over the country.

Prior to exchange, you will develop a written agreement to ensure that the work you satisfactorily complete on exchange will count toward your degree program here. NSE operates with tuition reciprocity (tuition paid to our campus or at the in-state rates of the host campus) and federal financial aid portability. Your nomination for participation will be done by NSE @ UW, with selection by the host campus being completed in March. With placement rates of 97 percent, our students can generally find a location to meet both their academic and personal objectives.

Think about it. Visit http://www.nse.org. Talk with your parents, adviser, and professors about this exciting opportunity. Then, plan to attend one of our information sessions where we will explain the details of the program, provide brochures, outline application procedures, and answer all of your questions.

The session schedule is:
Jan. 3rd, 1:30
Jan. 6th, 12:30
Jan. 9th, 2:30
Jan. 12th, 10:30
Jan. 17th, 12:30
Jan. 18th, 10:30
Jan. 23rd, 1:30
Jan. 27th 12:30
Jan. 31st, 2:30
Feb. 2nd, 12:30
Feb. 8th, 12:30
Feb. 10th, 1:30
Feb. 13th, 2:30
Feb. 16th, 1:30

All sessions take place in Mary Gates Hall 173R (enter through 171). Applications for next year’s exchanges are due by February 3rd, with a space-available deadline until Feb. 17th.

I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. I look forward to meeting you.

Sincerely,
Clay
Clay Schwenn
Academic Counselor
UAA Advising, 141 MGH
206-543-4871

[study abroad] – Summer/2012: Rights, Governance and Culture in Sustainable Access to Water

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The UW School of Law partners with the UW Program on the Environment to present: Rights, Governance and Culture in Sustainable Access to Water, a study abroad program held in Leon, Spain!

Location: Leon, Spain
Department:School of Law; Program on the Environment
Estimated Program Dates: June 18 – July 25, 2012
Estimated Program Fee: $4,475
Credits: 6
Program Director: Gregory A. Hicks, School of Law
UW Study Abroad Advisor:Katherine R. Kroeger kroegk@uw.edu
Application Deadline: February 15, 2012

The course will be focused on water and especially on the operation of public policy, law, and customary practice as forces that shape how water is used and understood. While the course will study examples from a number of countries and focus broadly on the challenges of achieving and maintaining just, sustainable and environmentally sound water allocation, our location in Spain will offer unique opportunities for the course. Spain is a country where aridity and intense pressures for water-dependent development have combined to produce serious challenges surrounding water availability and allocation. Water issues in Spain are vivid and pressing, involving questions of fairness and sustainability, and there is a new focus on the impact of water institutions as part of the social fabric and as important structures in the country’s physical and social landscapes. We will be working in and coming to understand the Spanish countryside through the lens of the nation’s water policies and focusing, too, on globally significant questions that will help us understand the challenges of effective and just water governance

For more information, please view the Rights, Governance and Culture in Sustainable Access to Water Study Abroad Program website.

[study abroad] – Honors Program in Ecuador: International Studies in Writing and Sustainable Practices

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Honors Program in Ecuador: International Studies in Writing and Sustainable Practice

Faculty:  Chuck Henry, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (Bothell) and Elena Olsen, English

Summer A Term: June 22 – July 23, 2012

Cost: $4,100 (this includes tuition)

Credits: 15 credits (3-credit Spring prep seminar; 12-credit program in Ecuador)
Variation of credits may be available per preapproval with your department

All UW students are welcome to apply, priority given to College/Interdisciplinary and Departmental Honors students.*

*If you are not part of the Departmental Honors Program yet but are eligible, please see Joe or Stanley for details.

After completing the 3-credit Spring Seminar, students will live and work in three distinct regions in Ecuador:  in Cuenca in the high Andes; in the Galapagos Islands, and in Ecuador’s largest city, the southern port of Guayaquil (with short stays in Quito and Cuenca).  This program is designed to give the student international experience using the concepts of sustainable practices and permaculture while also traveling, living, and working in Ecuador through the writer’s pen.  Students will spend one-third of the program in homestays with families in Cuenca. In addition to hands-on projects in sustainable practice, Intensive daily reading and writing in the fields of creative nonfiction environmental writing; Latin American travel writing, and academic texts on rural development in Ecuador and other Latin American countries.  Students will extend their experiences in sustainable practices, learn about the cultural and socioeconomic history of rural Ecuador, and study and practice writing of place via creative nonfiction and other modes of daily writing. Final product will be a portfolio and presentations.

For more information go to:  http://depts.washington.edu/uwhonors/international/ecuador/ or contact Elena Olsen at elenao@u.washington.edu.

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Do you want to travel abroad to Latin America and embrace a foreign culture?

Do you want tomake a positive impact on a family’s life in under resourced communities?

Do you wish to learn gain a deeper understanding of environmental problems that affect nature and general health?

Calling all students:
THIS IS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE THAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT.

Environmental Brigades at UW offers students a unique week-long opportunity to get directly involved with the rural communities of Eastern Panama. Participants will learn about local environmental problems while experiencing first-hand the hard work that families have to put in their farms each year.

Activities that you will particıpate in:

  • Building a small greenhouse
  • Creating a waste collection site
  • Physical labor on the farmland (clearing the land, planting seeds, making fertilizer etc.)
  • Exploring nature with experienced environmentalists
  • Play with the most adorable Panamanian babies

The trip will be during summer break: June 10 – 17

To apply, please fill out the application at: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/mzorzino/146149
before 00:01 January 1st, 2012.

Please visit us at ebatuw.webstarts.com

For more information about the trip please e-mail: mzorzino@uw.edu.

Thank you,

Milo Zorzino & Alp Asan
Co-presidents, EB 2011-2012

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[study abroad] – UW National Student Exchange

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The National Student Exchange is a consortium of U.S. colleges and universities that have joined together to provide their students with domestic exchange opportunities throughout the US and its territories. Imagine the opportunities available when accessing courses from the 180 participating NSE campuses. Think of the adventure, the untold diversity of people, the culture, and the geography among the 48 states, the District of Columbia and 3 U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Qualified University of Washington students can exchange to one of the member schools to enhance and expand their personal and academic horizons.

The University of Washington joined NSE in 1997, sending a dozen students on exchange. Since that time, the program has tripled in size. We continue to heavily recruit students to send on exchange, as each year many students request to come to UW and Seattle. If you are a current UW student with at least a 2.5 GPA, please consider the National Student Exchange as a great opportunity to explore other parts of the U.S.

The exchange program allows students to pay tuition, either: Plan A: the student pays in-state tuition at their host institution; or Plan B: the student pays their regular tuition to their home institution. We invite you to browse through our website to discover what opportunities may work for you!

More information available at: http://depts.washington.edu/nse/

[study abroad] – Sea Education Association Semester

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SEA Semester Visit to the University of Washington

An admission counselor from the Sea Education Association (SEA) will host an information table for prospective students on Tuesday, November 15th. This is a great chance to hear stories, see pictures, or ask questions about SEA Semester off-campus study programs.

SEA Semester is a unique and challenging academic experience for students of all majors. SEA students step out of the traditional classroom and actively experience the ocean in Woods Hole, a global center for ocean studies, and by sailing aboard one of SEA Semester’s sailing research vessels. SEA students earn up to 18 credits and sail thousands of miles through the Atlantic, Pacific, or Caribbean while researching the marine environment. There is truly no better way to learn about your world!

To learn more about this unique program, please visit the SEA Semester info table:

Tuesday, November 15th from 3:45-5:45 in the lobby of the Ocean Science Building

 
You can also contact Samara Haver in the SEA Admissions Office for more information or to schedule another time to talk: samarah@sea.edu, 508-540-3954 x541, www.sea.edu.

[study abroad]: Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (Israel)

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We’re fortunate to have a special ‘guest post’ today written by PoE alum Brian Hoefgen (2011). Read on to find out more about his experience at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies! Students interested in contacting Brian should first contact Joe Kobayashi at PoE by e-mail at jkob@uw.edu.

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Are you passionate about the environment or social justice? Have you ever thought about studying abroad in the Middle East? Do you want to go somewhere with sunny beaches, breathtaking views and world renowned archaeological sites?

If you answered yes to these questions, you should consider enrolling in the premier environmental studies program in the Middle East. My name is Brian Hoefgen and I had an incredible experience at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (AIES)! AIES is located on Kibbutz Ketura in the Southern Arava Valley of Israel, just 30 miles north of the Red Sea.

The living arrangements at the Arava Institute create the perfect environment for building networks and understanding through cultural exchange. Affiliated with Ben-Gurion University, the program at AIES is designed to offer students with different backgrounds a unique opportunity to live together for an extended period of time.

Here is the general breakdown of the student population at AIES: One third of the students are from North America, Europe and other countries outside the Middle East, a third from Israel (Arabs and Jews), and a third from Jordan, Palestine and other Middle Eastern countries. With students from all over the world bringing a diverse range of opinions, customs and knowledge to AIES, there is much to learn from each other and professors alike. The campus is open to the desert environment and is surrounded by inspiring landscapes. Field trips are part of the curriculum, and PoE Capstone projects can be designed and conducted through an independent study course. For my PoE capstone project, I had an Arabic translator travel with me to Jordan to interview people about water.

Israel has some of the highest levels of solar radiation in the world. Members of Kibbutz Ketura recently decided to harness this energy by building a solar field that generates 4.95 MW of electricity from photovoltaic panels!  Ketura Sun was inaugurated on June 5th, 2011 and it is the first solar field in the Middle East.

For more information about the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, please check out the website at www.arava.org  or e-mail jkob@uw.edu.

UW Study Abroad Programs!

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Missed the UW Study Abroad Fair this past week?  We gathered some very useful materials about different types of study abroad opportunities and information including:

– UW Programs & Exploration Seminars

– UW University Exchanges

– UW Affiliated Study Abroad Programs

– Funding Ideas

Come by the PoE front desk  to gather some materials.  You can even make an appointment so we can tell you about how study abroad programs can fit into your studies!  For non-resident students, it may even be economical/cheaper to study abroad as you would not pay non-resident tuition.

More information on the UW Study Abroad website:

http://studyabroad.washington.edu/

[study abroad]: UW Tacoma program in Kenya (WIN/2012)

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Looks like there are some last-minute spots available in a study abroad program for winter quarter 2012 that looks *extremely* relevant to the interests of PoE students. Have the ability to make some last-minute adjustments in your schedule? Go get ‘em!

What are your plans for this winter? Studying hard at UW? How about studying
hard at UW in KENYA!

The UW Tacoma Office of International Programs is offering students the
opportunity of a lifetime: A 12-credit course, winter quarter 2012, centered
around a month-long stay in Kenya.

Environmental Science Professors John Banks and Jim Gawel will lead *15*
students on the field studies course, Sustainable Development in East
Africa. Highlights include:

. Homestays in communities active in Green Belt Movement’s tree restoration
and food security projects.
. Safari in the savanna of the famous Masai Mara game reserve, with lectures
from wildlife managers on reserve design and challenges.
. Visit the Arabuko-Sokoke forest reserve on the coast north of Mombasa,
participating in an ongoing research effort to link declining bird
populations with arthropod resources.
. Work with local efforts on the coast to improve urban planning and
sustainable water management.

If you’re interested, don’t wait: check out the program and apply
now.priority consideration will be given to student applications received by
October 31st.

www.tacoma.washington.edu/travel/upcoming/kenya

[study abroad] – WIN/2012 – Sustainable Development in East Kenya

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What are your plans for this winter? Studying hard at UW? How about studying hard at UW in KENYA!

The UW Tacoma Office of International Programs is offering students the opportunity of a lifetime: A 12-credit course, winter quarter 2012, centered around a month-long stay in Kenya.

Environmental Science Professors John Banks and Jim Gawel will lead *15*
students on the field studies course, Sustainable Development in East Africa. Highlights include:

. Homestays in communities active in Green Belt Movement’s tree restoration and food security projects.

. Safari in the savanna of the famous Masai Mara game reserve, with lectures from wildlife managers on reserve design and challenges.

. Visit the Arabuko-Sokoke forest reserve on the coast north of Mombasa, participating in an ongoing research effort to link declining bird populations with arthropod resources.

. Work with local efforts on the coast to improve urban planning and sustainable water management.

If you’re interested, don’t wait: check out the program and apply now. Priority consideration will be given to student applications received by October 31st.

www.tacoma.washington.edu/travel/upcoming/kenya

**If interested, please come talk to Joe or Stanley to see how credits can apply to the environmental studies major**