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ASCE Officer Applications

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Hello!

The American Society of Civil Engineers is creating two more officer positions for Winter and Spring Quarter! We are looking for sophomores/juniors for these positions who wish to become integrated with the officer board of UW-ASCE for this and future years. This is a great opportunity to gain leadership and team skills, and you will have the opportunity to possibly take over my role as next year’s ASCE president.

The following two positions are listed below:

Communications Chair: You will be our direct link with the Department of Civil Engineering. You will reach out to companies and agencies for possible engagement. This engagement can come in the form of Lunch & Learns, site tours, or anything else that engineering firms have to offer.

Fundraising Chair: Any opportunities for either direct donations or fundraising events will be directed by you. You will work along side our treasurer to track the current finances of the club.

If you are interested, please fill out the form via the link below. And if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out.

https://forms.office.com/r/1XDTUMi6hq

Apply Now! One-Year MS Hydrogeology at UArizona

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Dear CEE students,

Please see information below about a new MS in Hydrogeology at UArizona beginning Fall 2025:

The new one-year, in-person MS Hydrogeology program at UArizona will prepare you for immediate entry and success in the hydrogeologic profession, which offers numerous job opportunities and competitive starting salaries.  Upon completion, you would also have potential to complete a Master’s thesis or continue on to a doctoral degree.

The program is uniquely designed to take a holistic approach to understanding and characterizing water beneath the ground.  The curriculum merges hydrogeologic concepts with analysis, measurement, and communication skills to address professionally-designed, hands-on projects integrated across all courses.

Spring 2024 End-of-Quarter Reminders

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Dear University of Washington students,

Spring quarter 2024 is coming to an end on Friday, June 7, and we want to remind you of the deadlines associated with the Current Quarter Drop and the S/NS Grading Option Change Process.

Current Quarter Drop Process

Use the Current Quarter Drop by the last day of instruction each quarter to drop one class or, to drop more than one class or withdraw from the quarter entirely, use the Adviser Assisted Drop Request Process.

S/NS Grading Option Change Process

Use the S/NS Grading Option Change Process by the last day of the quarter to set your grade mode for eligible classes to S/NS or numeric grading

  • Last day to change to or from S/NS grade option with a $20 fee
  • Deadline: Friday, June 7, 2024

Graduating spring 2024?

For those of you graduating at the end of the quarter, congratulations!

While spring quarter grades are due at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11, and posted to transcripts the following day, it may take several weeks once the quarter has ended for your degree to be granted and posted to your transcript.

Students who have completed all requirements to graduate will get an email confirming their official graduation status once their degree is granted. This email will have the subject “University of Washington Notification of Degree Posting: Next Steps.” It will be sent from registra@uw.edu to your uw.edu email address. If you haven’t already done so, be sure to set up email forwarding from your UW email account, as you will lose access to your UW email in the months following your last quarter of registration. Continue reading →

It’s Time to Register for Winter 2024

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Dear University of Washington students,

Winter 2024 registration begins Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

This notice is emailed to all UW students registered for the current quarter at the UW’s Seattle campus, with a copy sent to the advising communities on all three campuses.

To get started with registration, review your academic plan for autumn 2023 and seek guidance from an adviser if you need assistance. Then, sign into MyUW and complete your pre-registration steps before your estimated priority registration date

Prepare for Registration

Critical: Required Husky Prevention & Response (Title IX) Student Course Continue reading →

It’s Time to Register for Winter Quarter 2023

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Dear University of Washington Students,

Winter quarter 2023 registration begins Friday, November 4.

To get started with registration, review your academic plan for winter quarter 2023 and seek guidance from an adviser if you need assistance. Then, sign into MyUW and complete your pre-registration steps before your estimated priority registration date.

Important Reminder: Set up and opt in to 2FA before winter registration

Before winter quarter 2023 registration begins, the UW will require two-factor authentication (2FA) for your UW NetID account to protect both your and the University’s information. With 2FA, you sign in first with your UW NetID and password, then use a 2FA device (such as your smartphone) to confirm your identity. If you have not set 2FA up before registration for winter 2023 begins November 4th, you will not be able to register or access UW online systems. Graduating autumn quarter and/or not planning on registering for winter 2023? You still need to set up your 2FA to use any UW online system after November 2nd.

Don’t wait — “lock down your login” today with the Duo Mobile app for 2FA Continue reading →

$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 →

Looking forward to in-person instruction beginning 1/31/22

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Hello CEE Students,

We look forward to welcoming you back to largely in-person instruction next week. As messages from UW President Cauce and Provost Richards have said, we realize that on-going impacts of COVID may make it necessary for you to miss class at times during the remainder of the quarter. Faculty will accommodate these absences, but please reach out to advising staff or to me, earlier rather than later, if you need additional support once we shift to largely in-person instruction.

President Cauce and Provost Richards have encouraged you also to “level-up” your COVID protection with KN95, KF94, N95 or surgical mask, and the university is making these available to you (details will be posted to uw.edu/coronavirus this week). Double masking with a surgical mask beneath a cloth mask is considered a good approach to improving COVID protection. CEE will provide you with a reusable cloth mask and with surgical masks, as needed; both are available in More 201.

We look forward to seeing you, in person, next week.

Covid Crisis in India

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President Cauce’s most recent blog post is about the importance of caring for the UW community through the current Covid crisis in India.
The current Covid situation in India is terrible. Death rates are high, medical care and supplies are in short supply, and many cities and states are under lockdown. Like many crises, Covid’s impacts reflect existing inequalities. While Covid has hit low-income communities especially hard, it is impacting everyone.
Many people in the CEE community are from India or have close personal or family ties. So many families have lost loved ones. The human toll is heartbreaking and scary.
For those in our community impacted directly: you are in our thoughts. You have our support.
President Cauce’s blog lists resources.
If you are interested in giving money, UW provided a list of organizations working on Covid relief in India.
CEE’s institutional connections with India include that dozens of CEE students have spent their Winter Quarter studying and working with organizations in Bangalore, via the Grand Challenges Impact Lab (GCIL). Professor Hossain works with marginal farmers in North India and I (Julian) work on indoor and outdoor air pollution in India. As a further opportunity to provide on-the-ground financial support, an outstanding organization CEE GCIL students have worked with in Bangalore, Hasiru Dala, is fundraising for their Covid relief work.
Our department invites everyone to be mindful of how the current crisis in India is impacting members of our community. We hope everyone will be there for each other.
If we can help, please reach out.
– Jessica Kaminsky, Laura Lowes, and Julian MarshallCovid crisis in India

Earth Day Fundraiser for UW Food Pantry

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This Earth Day, watch UW faculty and staff answer sustainability questions, with a twist: Wrong answers get a pie in the face!

Faculty Kristi Straus of Environmental Studies and Rebecca Neumann of Civil & Environmental Engineering are joined by UW Sustainability Director Claudia Frere-Anderson to take on the challenge. The event will be on Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, at 12 p.m on on Zoom.

This event is a fundraiser for the UW Campus Food Pantry. We’ll be competing with UW Tacoma’s event to see who can raise more! Donate to the UW Food Pantry here.