Category Archives: Grad School/Career Prep

Career & Internship Center – What’s New in Handshake?

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Hello Students,

The Career & Internship Center wanted to share some resources with students to promote their new features for Handshake, UW’s career services platform:

  1. Webinars hosted by our center, including “How to Maximize Handshake”, most recent recording hyperlinked. We will have another webinar coming out in winter quarter.
  2. Handshake created a detailed resource for students about the Curated Employers feature: https://support.joinhandshake.com/hc/en-us/articles/9067686853015 [support.joinhandshake.com]
  3. Students also receive push notifications from Handshake about new product features such as Curated Employers and Video Chats, keeping students up-to-date with what the platform has to offer.

NOW HIRING: TAs in FISH 323A in Winter 2023

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Dear Grad Students,

The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS) is hiring a Teaching Assistant for duties in Winter Quarter 2023:

Course: FISH 323 Conservation & Management of Aquatic Resources

Instructor: Abigail Golden

Position Dates: December 16, 2022 – March 15, 2023

Compensation: Position is 50% FTE; salary is commensurate with academic standing
(ASE salary schedule: https://grad.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022-23-TA-RA-SA_salary_chart.pdf)

Deadline to Apply: Monday November 14. Priority consideration given to applications received by this date. Applications will be accepted after this date if the position remains unfilled

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Continue reading →

Call for Applications – Master’s in Marine Affairs

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Dear Students,

School of Marine and Environmental Affairs – Now accepting applications!

The School of Marine & Environmental Affairs (SMEA) is a two-year, in-residence graduate program that leads to the Master of Marine Affairs degree from the University of Washington. The field is a multi-disciplinary field with strong traditions in both practice and scholarship, with SMEA graduates being uniquely qualified for various marine and environmental affairs related positions upon graduation. Our alumni go on to become policy makers, analysts, administrators, consultants, nonprofit managers, activists, and researchers.

Being an interdisciplinary program by nature, we value students from diverse educational backgrounds and majors, and thus encourage students from all disciplines to apply! No specific prerequisites are required. We invite you to attend one of our upcoming info sessions to learn more. For more details and info on how to register click here. Continue reading →

LSAMP Events & Other Opportunities

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Hello Everyone,

I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend! I wanted to share with you upcoming LSAMP events, the flyers for upcoming LSAMP events, and other opportunities that were shared with me.

Upcoming LSAMP Events

        1. Grad School & You – Khoury College of Computer Science Information Session

  • Tuesday, November 1st from 3 – 4pm in the LSAMP Center | RSVP: https://bit.ly/KhouryCollege [bit.ly]
  • Learn about the Align Master’s in Computer or Data Science – a program for students who are new to computer or data science

    2. UW-LSAMP SURGE Program Presentation (Summer research program at Stanford)

  • Learn about a 8 week summer research program for undergrads

    3. Carson Cruise Information Session

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$100 gift card giveaway | Share your input on the 2023-27 Strategic Plan

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Hi All,

The UW Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is in the process of developing its new strategic plan, which will inform our shared priorities and strategies for research, teaching, culture, and more for the next five years.

Ultimately, we endeavor to create a strategic plan that strengthens the student experience—and that means your feedback is critical. We hope you will consider taking 15 – 20 minutes this week to complete the strategic planning survey and share your unique perspective with us.

When you fill out the survey, you’ll be automatically entered to win a $100 giveaway for a gift card to a local business of your choosing. 

Take the UW CEE Student Survey [surveymonkey.com]  Continue reading →

Tool Training – Sign up in More, room 33

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Tool training signup sheet is now on the door of room 33, in the basement of More Hall. Please note that there’s a limit of 25 people in each session, Sat. 10/8 at 11:30 and Sun 10/9 at 11:00.

Please sign up early to reserve your place.

Vince

There’ll be shop tool training (Tool Training 1, Class B) one session on Saturday

October 8th, at 11:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., another one on Sunday October 9th  at 11:00 a.m. until 5 p.m. Please check the signup sheet to find out which session you should attend.  Only twenty five people in each session.  Please note that there will be no tool training until spring 2023.

This tool training is required for the students and persons who will be or think that they might need to use power hand tools for their research projects.  The tools training covers the use of circular saw, table saw, drill motor etc. in and around structures lab.  Be sure to sign up before October, 4th.  Renewing is required every eight months. The signup sheet will be posted on the door room 33 (machine shop), across from the material lab, More Hall basement. Continue reading →

Save-the-dates: Burges Endowed Visiting Professors – Fall Lectures

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Dear CEE community:

Please save the dates for two lectures given by this year’s Burges Endowed Visiting Professors, Drs. Stephen Boyles and Ning Dai. Lecture flyers and further event details are forthcoming.

Burges Endowed Visiting Professor: Stephen Boyles, Professor, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022

Lecture Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm, followed by a light reception with coffee and cookies starting at 4:30pm.

Location: More Hall, Room 220

Add event to your calendar here!

Burges Endowed Visiting Professor: Ning Dai, Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, University of Buffalo

Date: Thursday, November 3

Lecture Time: 3:30pm – 4:30pm, followed by a light reception with coffee and cookies starting at 4:30pm.

Location: More Hall, Room 220

Add event to your calendar here!

The UW Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering hosts visitors from around the world, thanks to the Burges Endowed Visiting Professorship program. The program provides financial support that enables visitors from other universities to share their expertise and collaborate on research with faculty and students from UW CEE.

Thank you,

Karen

 

KAREN HEATH
she/her/hers

Assistant to the Chair and AHR Specialist

Civil & Environmental Engineering

More Hall 201, Box 352700

Seattle, WA  98195-2700

Office 206-543-8883