Category Archives: Student Organizations

UW Peer Health Educators volunteer application

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Hi there!  My name is Maya, and I am the Volunteer Coordinator for the Peer Health Educators, a student organization that exists under the official University of Washington Health & Wellness office. Briefly, Peer Health Educators are student volunteers who facilitate workshops, organize events, run health campaigns, and inspire passion for student health issues in groups all over campus.

I am reaching out to you because we are currently in the process of recruiting students to join our 2019 volunteer cohort. We’ve just released our application (which is due February 15th) and are hoping that you could pass on this announcement to your department. While your department may not be directly related to the work we do, we strive to involve the widest variety of backgrounds, interests, and perspectives within our program as possible because diversity is necessary for widespread outreach, education, and impact. We’d really appreciate it if you could help our efforts to reach the most amount of people we can by informing your students of this opportunity.

Here is the link to the application:

Here is a link to the Peer Health Educator website:

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EERI UW Student Chapter – Friedman Lecture with Jay Wilson (Feb 11)

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Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

University of Washington Student Chapter Meeting

Date: Monday, February 11th, 2019

Time: 5:30pm

Location: Alder Hall Auditorium, University of Washington

Join the EERI at UW student chapter for our February monthly meeting. The meeting will feature the Friedman Family Visiting Professionals Program Lecturer, Jay Wilson, the Clackamas County Resilience Coordinator with the Department of Disaster Management. He will be speaking about how emergency managers provide context for community risk management decisions. All are encouraged to attend – you do not need to be a member of EERI. More information about the presentation can be found in the attached flyer. An updated flyer with more information will be sent out soon. We are excited to have Jay Wilson visiting and we look forward to seeing you at this event!

Nepal Study Abroad Opportunity – Info Sessions

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Hi all,

Ben Spencer is a UW affiliate associate professor now based on Kathmandu, Nepal. He is running a study abroad program in Kathmandu in Fall 2019, for both undergraduate and graduate students. Details are below. Ben is trained as a landscape architect, but he’s also an inventor, and his study abroads are very much about building things.

InterAction Nepal | Design, Development, Global Health | Fall | 2019

InterAction Nepal is an immersive, interdisciplinary study abroad program offered with the support of the UW Department of Landscape Architecture, the JSIS South Asia Center Nepal Studies Initiative, the Department of Global Health and Traction | Nepal. The program will challenge you to delve into contemporary issues surrounding urban development in the Kathmandu Valley and respond to them at a local scale through community-based human centered design, project implementation and assessment. You will work with local students and residents of an underserved community to design and build a small-scale intervention in community infrastructure and evaluate project impacts on human and environmental health. You will also have the opportunity to pursue your own research interests through independent study. Program activities include lectures and discussions, organizational site visits, field trips within and outside the Kathmandu Valley, community meetings/workshops and hands-on design/fabrication/construction.

Information Sessions:

Gould Hall, Rm 102

Thursday, January 31st @ 12 noon

Friday, February 8th @ 12 noon Continue reading →

Denatured, student-led engineering journal club

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Denatured is a student-led engineering journal club started a few years ago. We write and illustrate articles relating to the interface between engineering and human health. We are seeking motivated individuals interested in becoming writers, illustrators and editors for our journal! If you are interested, please fill out this survey and check out the Denatured website!

CEE Tool Training 1 – Nov 17th

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Due to the amount of people on the signup sheet for shop tool training (Tool Training 1, Class B), a third session is being added onto the sheet for Saturday November 17th at 11:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.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. 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 →

Call for Applicants: 2018-19 Husky Experience Student Advisory Council

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HESAC directs the Husky Seed Fund. Created by students for students the program brings to life innovative ideas that are inclusive, impactful and inventive. Following on the success of last year’s winners, Nick Bolten’s UW OpenSidewalks, Molly Mollica’s Husky ADAPT, and Andrew Peppler’s and Joy Turner’s Speak Freely, the council will fund new projects and will oversee the current winners:

  • Fleur Anteau’s, Madeline Bennett’s, Audrey Immel’s, Alice Ranjan’s and Gal Snir’s Capillaries Journal– Narrative medicine journal
  • Regan Gong and Taylor Halverson’s One of Many– Promoting diverse identities through interfaith dialogues

Apply now to join the Husky Experience Student Advisory Council

Help advance the Husky Seed Fund, an award that brings to life innovative ideas by students that are inclusive, impactful, and inventive to the UW.  Gain valuable experience advancing and managing a program that will impact thousands of students at UW.

What types of student-led efforts would improve the overall Husky Experience? What would inspire students to create such a project and apply for funding?  You be the judge!

The Provost’s Office will provide the funding, basic structure and guidance for HESAC members to lead and advance the Husky Seed Fund.  In work groups, members will:  gain program management, leadership, and financial management skills; help fellow Huskies by shaping how dollars impact their ideas; and receive coaching from Provost’s Office staff on how to include this experience on a resume, talk about it in person and apply lessons learned and skills gained going forward.

Apply here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/katyd2/360613

Deadline:   5:00 p.m., October 23, 2018  Continue reading →

WTS-Puget Sound Chapter 2018/2019 Mentoring Program

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WTS-Puget Sound Chapter 2018/2019 Mentoring Program

If you’re interested in being a mentor or protégé, please sign-up!

WHAT: WTS (Women’s Transportation Seminar) is committed to developing excellence in the transportation industry.  To provide support for those who work, or are interested in working, in the transportation industry, WTS’s Puget Sound Chapter is offering a free 9 month mentoring program (open to both men and women).

Protégés: If you are looking to take your career to the next level, this is the opportunity for you. Continue reading →

Pacific Northwest Student and Young Professional Summit

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PNW Student and Young Professional Summit scheduled on September 21st in Vancouver, Washington.  Co-organized by PNCWA and the PNW Section of AWWA, the YP Summit is a daylong gathering for students and young professionals in the water and wastewater industry.  This event is an opportunity for YPs to network and see a variety of speakers covering topics pertinent to upcoming water and wastewater industry leaders.

Information about speakers can be found at https://www.pncwa.org/young-professionals-summit-2018 and registration is located at www.pncwa.org/ypsummit2018-register.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Casey Gish

Staff Engineer
Brown and Caldwell
cgish@brwncald.com
T  206.749.2282  |  C  206.617.0002

2018 Husky Help and Hope (H3) Walk

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On May 19th from 11 am – 3 pm, Huskies for Suicide Prevention and Awareness (HSPA) and Forefront: Innovations in Suicide Prevention are hosting a 2-mile walk that will start at Sylvan Grove and wind through some of the most beautiful parts of the UW Seattle campus to provide a journey of hope and strength.

 

The H3 Walk is a UW Seattle campus and community-wide annual event aiming to offer support to survivors of suicide, commemorate those we have lost to suicide, and break mental health stigma. Mental health organizations from UW and around Seattle will be tabling to provide their resources at the event.


The event is FREE and dog friendly. We will have food, inspirational speakers, musical acts, and a drawing for prizes provided by our sponsors. We hope you will join us.

 

To register for the walk, click here.

To volunteer for the walk, click here.

To view and share the Facebook event page, click here.

 

If you have any questions about the walk, please email hspa@uw.edu.