ITE UW Chapter Transportation Trivia Night

ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) UW Student Chapter will be hosting transportation trivia night next Wednesday October 30th in More Hall 110. This is a great way to network and build camaraderie with other ITE UW members.  You may also learn a few new facts about transportation that will help you in your professional lives or studies.

This event is free and snacks and prizes will be provided. Bring a team of up to 4-6, or form a team at the event. Please add your name to the google sheet (Link :https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dEf7msDN4llmMS-vTvymzkYUXnF7c-k4TpRoxs23hoE/edit?usp=sharing) if you plan to attend the event.

Event Details:

When: Wednesday October 30th, trivia game begins at 6:30 pm

Where: More Hall 110

Cost: Free! Includes drinks, snacks, and prizes

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Meeting 10-23

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) University of Washington Student Chapter is excited to announce our first meeting for this year! The meeting will discuss what the EERI student chapter is and their goals for this coming year and future years.  Graduate students, undergraduate students, Civil Engineering majors, and non Civil Engineering majors are all welcome!

Date: Wednesday, October 23

Time: 4:30 – 5:30pm

Location: More 225

We are also planning on heading to Big Time Brewery after the meeting for a happy hour and everyone is welcome to join!

Contact Sarah Wichman at wichman@uw.edu or Andrew Makdisi at ajmakdisi@uw.edu for more information.

CoMotion I-Corps Application

CoMotion is UW’s collaborative innovation hub dedicated to expanding economic and societal impact of the UW community. CoMotion guides researchers, faculty, and students on their path to potential license, startup, or service. One of its training programs is offered to undergrads and graduates.

They are accepting applications to their I-Corps program. This program is customer and market discovery training. If you are selected, you will receive funding to help you learn if: you have customers and a method to build a strategy to bring your idea to market.

Learn more about CoMotion here.

Learn more about the I-Corps program here.

You can apply for the I-Corps Site Program here 

Application due November 8, 2019

UW ITE Kickoff 2019

The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) UW student chapter is holding its Kickoff event in STARLab (More Hall 101) tomorrow, Wednesday, October 9th, at 12pm.

You’ll have the opportunity to meet other transportation focused students, get some free pizza, and learn about professional development opportunities through ITE. You’ll also learn about opportunities to get involved in ITE student leadership.

You’ll be joined by ITE Washington President, Claudia Hirschey, members of the ITE Washington section board Daniel Lai (City of Bellevue), Darcy Keenan (City of Bellevue), Manaswini Condoor (WSP) and Sarah Kennan (Fehr and Peers), who will discuss opportunities for students through the larger ITE state, regional and national organizations. This includes potential scholarships, conference travel stipends, and professional networking events.

The Daily is hiring for Autumn 2019

If you’re interested in contributing to UW’s student-run newspaper, The Daily, see below for more information:
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The Daily is a completely student-run paper. All writers, photographers, designers, illustrators, and editors who contribute to the paper are UW students. The paper provides a professional learning environment for aspiring journalists, as well as students interested in building writing skills and learning more about the UW community. The Daily also provides unique opportunities and privileges to speak with experts and professionals in nearly every industry, including doctors and researchers at UW Medicine and across Seattle, business leaders and elected officials, and artists and authors that come to the UW. It is not affiliated with the UW Communications Department and has contributors from a variety of majors on campus. The Daily tries to host a diverse staff from a range of majors and backgrounds, so we encourage all interested students to apply. No previous journalism or professional writing experience is required to apply. (The Daily’s development class is not apart of the UW’s course registrar and is not offered for credit. The class is only for The Daily’s hiring purposes). Prospective writers are required to attend twice-weekly meetings that will be taught by the development editor, various other section editors at The Daily, and journalism professionals. In these classes, prospective writers will learn the basics of reporting, how the newsroom works, and journalism ethics.

The Daily of the UW’s fall quarter application is live and accessible here. The application deadline is Friday, September 27, by 11:59pm. If you have any questions about class requirements or the application, feel free to email Devon at development@dailyuw.com. If you are interested in becoming a photographer or illustrator for The Daily, find information on our site here.

Disney Imaginations Competition – Student Team Opportunity

A UW Student is hoping to get a team together to enter the Disney Imaginations competition – see info below:

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My name is Jenna Bellavia, and I am assembling a student team to compete in the Disney Imaginations competition hosted by Walt Disney Imagineering. This contest calls upon teams of undergrads and graduate students to design guest experiences under a given prompt, relying on artistic, technical, and communication skills to create a detailed project concept.

The top finalist teams win an all-expenses-paid trip to Walt Disney Imagineering in California, where they present their projects to Imagineering executives and compete for awards and internship opportunities. This year’s prompt is: “Create an iconic installation on your campus or city that serves as an inspiration, honors the past, and is a vision of the future”. More information can be found on the Disney Imaginations website. To learn if you are eligible to participate, please read Who Can Enter.

We are looking for team members with a range of backgrounds and skills, an enthusiasm for team problem solving, and an interest in creative project development. If you are interested in joining, please send your resume, your availability for Autumn Quarter, and a little about yourself to beljen16@uw.edu. Feel free to email if you have any questions!

AEG Puget Sound Student Night Tickets

Thursday, May 23, 2019—AEG Student Night

Deadline to RSVP is Friday, May 17th AT 4pm.*

Cost:         $40 for members; $45 for non-members; $15 for students; $10 talk-only (no meal). Non-members always welcome! Note that the pay at the door option is if you cannot use a credit card when registering for the meeting. If you are paying at the door, please pay by cash or check (check payable to AEG).

Student membership in AEG is free! Please follow this link www.aegweb.org and click on the “Join AEG” tab if you are interested in becoming a member of AEG.

*We are still looking for students to present posters at the meeting! Reply if you are interested in participating.*

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The APWA UW Student Chapter is seeking new leaders for the 2019-2020 school year!

If you are interested in being an APWA UW leader, please do the following:

  1. Fill out this survey: https://goo.gl/forms/rc6B7qWOKm8Mf13f1
  2. Attend the Officer Elections Meeting.
  • When: April 4 (Thursday) at 4:30pm
  • Where:  More Hall Room 110

Benefits of becoming an officer include: Continue reading