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Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management

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Managing Stormwater in Washington Conference – Seeking Student Volunteers

WA Stormwater Room Monitor Guidelines

We are seeking student volunteers for our Managing Stormwater in Washington Conference!

This is an excellent opportunity for students! Essentially, volunteers will be in a session room to ensure that things run smoothly, more details of the role are on the pdf attached. It’s easy and a great way to network with leaders in the environmental field, and have the opportunity to attend the entire conference.

(For past events, we’ve had student volunteers from the University of Washington, Washington State University, Western Washington University, Central Washington University, University of Idaho, Oregon State University, Oberlin College, and more.)

Interested volunteers should contact Natalie Werst, Program Manager, at natalie@nebc.org

 

Managing Stormwater in Washington has become the state’s premier forum for stormwater professionals seeking practical solutions, regulatory insight, and peer connection.

The conference delivers both foundational and advanced content tailored to industrial, construction, and municipal stormwater challenges. This comprehensive conference offers opportunities to:

  • Strengthen your understanding of stormwater permitting requirements and pollution control fundamentals
  • Explore emerging and proven best management practices
  • Gain insight into regulatory trends, priorities, and enforcement outlooks
  • Connect with peers, regulators, solution providers, and technical experts

 

Event Date(s) : Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026

Event Venue: Greater Tacoma Convention Center

Event Website: https://washingtonstormwater.com/

Agenda details can be found on the website. Thank you!

 Natalie Werst
Program Manager

natalie@nebc.org | LinkedIn
O: 503-914-5563

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Exploring Ireland and Italy in Search of the History and Future of Sustainable Food Systems Deadline to Apply Feb 15th (DIV)

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La Dolce Vita: Exploring Ireland and Italy in Search of the History and Future of Sustainable Food Systems is a 26-day study abroad program at University of Washington during Early Fall Start that will explore sustainable food systems across Ireland and Italy. The program is now live and accepting applications!

Important dates to learn more and apply

  • January 15, 2026 – UW Study Abroad Fair, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the HUB North Ballroom
  • January 21, 2026  – Information Session, 4 – 5:30 p.m. in Raitt Hall 229
  • February 2, 2026  – Information Session, 10-11:30 a.m. in Raitt Hall 229
  • February 15, 2026 – Deadline to apply

About the Program

La Dolce Vita: Exploring Ireland and Italy in Search of the History and Future of Sustainable Food Systems is an early fall start program exploring food in both Ireland and Italy. Through a mix of systems thinking, readings, dialogues, tours, and experiential learning to understand how factors, such as history, culture, policy, diet, lifestyle, trade, and market structure/economics, interact to drive sustainability across environmental, economic, health, and social outcomes.

Throughout the trip, the class will connect with local experts and scholars to discuss how the past and present role of history, policy, and food culture affect food systems and the important role food is playing in embracing a more sustainable future. The course will consider a variety of retail outlets, contrast production methods and policies in the E.U. and the U.S. and discuss what hinders and helps systems to learn from each other.

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Grad Chat on Tues 2/3 at 5pm: “Climate Modeling for Radiative Budgets and Arctic Change”.

Hi SEFs Undergrads!
UCo is excited to share its upcoming series of “Grad Chats”! These events will be held every-other Tuesday at 5pm and feature different UW graduate students each week. Grad students will present their research and join a student-lead discussion to answer questions related to their field of science, research, education/grad school, and more.
Our first grad chat will be next Tuesday February 3rd at 5pm in SAV 158. This event will feature ATMOS PhD students Dominik Stiller and Sky Gale on “Climate Modeling for Radiative Budgets and Arctic Change”.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about climate science, current research at UW, climate policy and justice, and graduate school/research. Please see the attached schedule and bios of our upcoming speakers.
We hope to see you there,
The UCo Leadership Team
Undergraduate Cohort (UCo)
Program on Climate Change
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Undo From Andes to Amazon – Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainability in Peru and other Interdisciplinary study abroad programs open to all undergrads!

All students, including non-Honors students, from all majors and all UW campuses are invited to apply; the courses include NSc, SSc, A&H, W, and DIV designations. The UW Honors Program is collaborating with partners from across UW and the world to offer immersive international interdisciplinary learning opportunities during summer and early fall 2026.
The below 2026 Honors study abroad programs help meet general UW requirements, fulfill experiential learning requirements, and EXPLORE!
Note that the application deadline for summer programs is 1/31/26 and for early fall programs is 2/15/26.
Upcoming info sessions: Feb 3, 12-1 pm UW1-370, UW Bothell and Feb 11 4-5 pm at MGH 211B, UW Seattle. Can be joined in person or via zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/99295213176
Summer A term:
  • Honors+Medicine London: Socializing Medicine – Comparing Concepts of Societal Safety Nets
Summer B term:
  • CHID+UWT+Honors León, Spain: Migration, Culture, and Belonging in the Mediterranean
  • Honors Sweden: Nordic Storyworlds
Early Fall (late August-mid-September):
  • Honors+Art Paris: Sacred Spaces – Paris in the Middle Ages
  • Honors Japan: Japan Narratives/Narrating Japan
  • Honors+UWB+Program on the Environment Peru: From Andes to Amazon – Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainability in Peru
Students are welcome to apply even if not in one of the UW Seattle Honors Program tracks.
Thank you for your help with this, and please let me know if you have any questions!

Brook

Brook B. Kelly

Assistant Director / Director of Strategy and Operations

UW Honors Program

Undergraduate Academic Affairs

206.221.6131 / bbkelly@uw.edu / honors.uw.edu

Pronouns: she/they

 

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Upcoming Spring 2026 ENVIR 200 Course

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Students, new course announcement! This will count as DIV credit and out of major SSc for you.  

ENVIR 200 SLN 21119 Sustainability and Environmental Justice (5) SSc, DIV

M/W, 2:30 – 4:20pm in IEB G109

Explore sustainability and environmental justice as responses to social and environmental challenges. Investigate the disproportionate impacts of environmental harm, and how solutions can exacerbate inequalities. Critically evaluate synergies and tensions between sustainability and justice, considering how different perspectives inform pathways toward a more just and sustainable future. This version of the course focuses on visions of Earth’s future, and the challenges of reconciling planetary scale with lived experience.

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Seeking Environmental Educators for Grand Canyon Residency

Environmental Educator Call for Proposals 2026

We are pleased to announce the addition of a new residency tract at Grand Canyon National Park, our Environmental Educator in Residence. We wanted to be sure that you and your colleagues were aware of this unique opportunity to live and work at Grand Canyon for up to 8 weeks as an educator devoted to increasing public knowledge of Grand Canyon’s natural resources as a way of inspiring others to engage more directly with the environment. 

For more information, please visit our website (or see attached):

Applications open this Wednesday, January 28!

Please feel free to pass this along to anyone whom you think would be interested.

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National Park Service Landscape Stewardship Corps is recruiting for internships for Spring/Summer 2026

Are you a current horticulture student or recent graduate looking to gain hands-on, paid experience in the field? The National Park Service Landscape Stewardship Corps is recruiting for internships for Spring/Summer 2026.
These internships offer immersive, field-based experience caring for historic and cultural landscapes in national parks across the country. Interns work alongside National Park Service professionals on projects that may include horticultural maintenance, historic landscape preservation, landscape documentation, and stewardship of nationally significant sites.
These opportunities are a great fit for:
  • Recent graduates and alumni of horticulture or related programs, or current students with schedule flexibility
  • Those interested in public lands, historic preservation, and outdoor, career-building work
Applications will be open at parks nationwide from January through March, with positions starting between March and June, depending on the park.
Scroll to see positions with “Landscape Stewardship Corps” in the title.  Positions currently listed in Hawaii, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Washington D.C.  Check back to see additional openings.
To learn more about the Landscape Stewardship Corps program and the types of projects interns support, visit:
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1098/landscape-stewardship-corps.htm
Positions vary by park, duration, and responsibilities, so applicants are encouraged to explore multiple listings and apply early.
If you’re interested in gaining practical experience, building professional skills, and contributing to the stewardship of historic landscapes, we encourage you to apply and share this opportunity with classmates or fellow alumni who may be interested.
Thanks,
Corinna Welzenbach

Senior Historical Landscape Architect/ ISA Certified Arborist (TRAQ)

CRIS-CL National Coordinator/ PCLP Training Coordinator

Park Cultural Landscapes Program (PCLP)

WASO Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science

National Park Service

168 South Jackson Street

Seattle, WA 98104

(206) 694-9732 (c)

Subscribe to Landscape Culture Quarterly Newsletter for Cultural Landscape Stewards

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UW Early Fall Study Abroad in Peru

Hope all of you are doing well.
Our Early Fall study abroad program in Peru is active and receiving applications.  Every year, we get some of your great students to join our program, and we really enjoy having them. Please spread the word among your students, and even better if you can encourage and recommend those that you think would be good fits for our Peru program (on its 15th year!! )

Info on the application process, which is due on 15 Feb, and if you are curious, a note about it was recently published at the UWB website.

Thanks for your support, and all the best
Ursula
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Dr. Ursula Valdez
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences – Environmental Sciences
University of Washington Bothell
17927 113th Ave N
Box 358530
Bothell, WA 98011-7909