Daily Archives: March 29, 2016

CLUE is now Hiring!

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CLUE is looking for students who would enjoy teaching/tutoring their fellow students! Please continue reading for more information: 

The Center for Learning and Undergraduate Engagement (CLUE) is hiring many positions for the 2016-2017 school year. Please visit their website and look under the Work With Us tab for more information and descriptions/qualifications. There is a Frequently Asked Questions section to help as well.

CLUE is looking for undergraduate students interested in supporting their peers in becoming independent learners. At CLUE they use active learning and skill based teaching in order to help students better understand how to succeed, not just know the content.

They are hiring for Front Desk Managers as well as a variety of Drop-in tutor positions (Chemistry, Math, Physics, Writing, French, Korean, and Computer Science). They do not have a GPA requirement, but there are certain courses you have to complete for the drop-in tutor positions. Go to the website and consider joining their wonderful team!

Deloitte Consulting Case Competition

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Deloitte is proactively seeking talented Engineering students to participate in its upcoming case challenge! Read on to learn more:

Deloitte personnel will also be holding an open “office hour” in the CC@E (Loew 014) from 3:00 – 4:30 PM this Friday (04/01), and students may stop by to learn more & ask questions about the case challenge itself.
This year Deloitte Consulting would like to invite you to participate in the 9th Annual Deloitte Consulting Case Challenge. This is a great opportunity for students to learn more about management consulting, develop critical-thinking and presentation skills, and engage with senior Deloitte leadership! They’re also offering a $1,000 cash prize to the 1st place team as well as a variety of other prizes to teams and individuals that perform well in the competition.

  • Who: Teams of 4 undergraduate students majoring in Business, Informatics, Engineering, or Computer Science
  • When: Thursday, April 7th (Kick-off Event) and Friday, April 15th (Presentations)
  • Where: UW Campus – PACCAR & Dempsey Halls
  • Prizes: 1st Place: $1,000 cash prize to distribute amongst team members. Runner up prizes TBD. Past prizes have included an invitation to join Deloitte Consulting practitioners in a Sounders private suit
  • How: Register your team today at http://uwcasecomp.com/
  • Contact: uwcasechallenge@deloitte.com
  • Want more Information? See Flyer for More Details

New Course: URBDP 498A Environmental Planning

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Read on to learn about this exciting new course! 

URBDP 498A/598F: Environmental Planning: Regime Shifts, Resilience, and Transformation in Urban Ecosystems

Contact: Marina Alberti (malberti@u.washington.edu) or 206-616-8667

Description: This course focuses on the integration of principles of ecosystem dynamics and resilience into planning and decision-making. It is structured in 4 modules:

  1. Theories of environmental plannin
  2. Methods of environmental assessment
  3. Scenarios and models of coupled human- natural systems
  4. Collaborative adaptive management and planning

Together these modules are used to frame and address critical transitions and resilience in urban ecosystems in the Puget Sound region. The course builds on complex systems theory and its application to coupled human-ecological systems. Students learn techniques for developing scenarios, building models, assessing resilience and devising management strategies. The course builds on a broad range of approaches including strategic environmental assessment, place-based, life cycle, and risk assessment, and adaptive collaborative planning.

Objectives: Continue reading →