Tag: PREBSE Students

UW pre-major students coded pre-Bioresource Science and Engineering (PREBSE)

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Bioeconomy Career Day Sign Up Live on Handshake

Hello,
The Bioeconomy Career Day events are live on Handshake, for Wednesday 1/14/26.  There are two events listed on Handshake:
 
Intern Panel (New this year) & Company Presentations:
Students are welcome to attend both the intern panel and the company presentations—or join for whichever portion fits their schedule. The intern panel features current BSE(SBSE)/ChemE students sharing firsthand insights from their internships. The company presentations will highlight real-world sustainability initiatives across the bioeconomy, with participating companies including:
Amazon, Harris Group, Inland Empire, James Hardie, Lundberg Jansen, Nippon Dynawave, PCA, Smurfit Westrock, Solenis
Both sessions offer valuable perspectives to help you explore career pathways and opportunities in the field.
Career Fair:
After an informal lunch, you’ll have the chance to meet directly with company representatives to learn about internship/co-op opportunities, full-time roles, and what they look for in students graduating with a SBSE degree. Companies attending the career fair include:
Amazon, AxChem, Georgia Pacific, Harris Group, International Paper, Lundberg Jansen, Nalco, Nippon Dynawave, PCA, Smurfit Westrock, Solenis
This is a great opportunity to ask questions, make connections, and discover potential career paths in the bioeconomy
Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thank you!
Best,
ED

ED DRAPER

Executive Director
Washington Pulp and Paper Foundation

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Research Leadership Opportunity in Anaerobic Digestion GC-FID – Deadline Jan 9

In Spring 2025, a group of students successfully applied to the UW Student Technology Fund to purchase a GC-FID instrument for measuring the volatile chemicals that are formed during anaerobic digestion. In Winter and Spring 2026, the team is installing the instrument and verifying the methods. Starting in Fall of 2026, the instrument will be available for use by all UW students. We are currently recruiting to add additional UW students who will take on the leadership roles for this project.
This team is housed within the Applied Environmental Biotechnology lab group under the leadership of Dr. Heidi Gough, within the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. The lab group is cross-disciplinary, and includes microbiologists, environmental scientists, and engineers focused on harnessing microbial consortia to influence biotransformation of pollutants in soils, wetlands, and waste treatment systems. The successful applicant will be specifically working with our Anaerobic Digestion team.
For additional information and to submit an application, please complete the survey at the link below.
When completing the application survey, please note that you will be asked to submit a short paragraph describing your interest in the position and to upload a 1-page resume (pdf file).
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, Deadline to submit: January 9th
Application Survey
Heidi Gough
Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
University of Washington
https://washington.zoom.us/j/5862130842
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Reminder – LEED Training for Students – New Webinars

LEED Green Associate Certification: Fall Workshops

Finish your year off strongly by becoming a LEED Green Associate professional and show employers your certified knowledge in sustainability before April 2026, when the exam version is set to become more challenging. While LEED itself is a scorecard to rate Green Buildings, people can also become LEED accredited demonstrating their expertise in sustainability.

– LEED: Is the #1 Sustainability Certification and is recognized globally
– Valuable Credential: Adds an industry-recognized certification that boosts employability.
– Open to All: Available for students of all years, with no prior experience required as our workshop has helped over 13,000 pass their exam.
– Time Sensitive: Those who pass before April 2026 will not be required to take the updated and more challenging new exam.
– Affordable: Limited time student discounts are available for you!
– High Pass Rate: Our workshops focus not just on passing the test, but on providing a deep understanding of the material which significantly improves your chances of success, especially considering the exam’s historically low pass rate.


LEED Green Associate (GA) Training – Webinar and Online self-paced options:

I will be offering live webinars that can be streamed on any of the following dates:

1. December 20 2025 – 1:00PM – 5:30PM EST
2. January 17 2026 – 1:00PM – 5:30PM EST
3. February 14 2026 – 1:00PM – 5:30PM EST
4. March 14 2026 – 1:00PM – 5:30PM EST – OR –
5. On-demand recordings completed at your own pace

The above options (1-5) are all identical.

Register for a live online seminar or start today with our on-demand recorded workshop completed anytime at your own pace here – https://leadinggreen.com/online

Both options offer comprehensive training, practice exams, valuable tips, and required textbooks – all led by a USGBC Faculty member. It’s the most efficient and affordable way to master the material without breaking the bank!

Cost: $200 with the coupon code ‘green’ for $100 off! (Non-students $300)

Please contact the instructor Lorne directly with any questions at info@leadinggreen.com

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AI and the Environment Panel Discussion 11/17

Climate Collaboratory is organizing a panel discussion on AI and the environment. Join us to learn about how various AI tools and infrastructure are impacting our environment. Our panelists are:
  • Tamara Kneese, Director, Data & Society Research Institute’s Climate, Technology, and Justice program
  • Holly Alpine, Cofounder, Enabled Emissions Campaign
  • Will Alpine, Cofounder, Enabled Emissions Campaign
This event will be held on November 17 (Monday) at 5 PM in Smith Hall 305. 
 
Feel free to reach out to us (ccollaboratory@gmail.com) if you have any questions.
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Water and Infrastructure Professionals NEW RSO

My name is Mya Schlepp, and I am a junior studying environmental engineering. I am the president of a new club on campus called Water & Infrastructure Professionals (WIPs), affiliated with three professional organizations, including Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association, American Water Works Association, and American Public Works Association.

These organizations are comprised of leading scientists, engineers, policy makers and more, seeking to better the water quality around us.

WIPs will be hosting our kickoff event Nov. 24th from 5:00 to 6:30 PM at Loew 205 and we want to extend the invitation to SEFS students. We will be serving dinner and playing water-themed trivia with industry professionals.

Attached is a flyer for the event. Students can RSVP via this link

To stay connected, students can follow our Instagram

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Undergraduate Assistant Needed in the UW Program on Climate Change Office

PCC Undergrad Job Ad 2025

Undergraduate Assistant Needed in the UW Program on Climate Change Office!

This position is best suited to someone interested in learning more climate science and in interacting with the UW and affiliated climate community. We are looking for someone who would like to work 4-6 hours a week, and is able to work additional hours supporting events. Student applicants should be available for a minimum of two years and able to start work by March 2026. Start date as early as mid January is possible.

Please visit the Program on Climate Change website to learn about the program.

Candidates should:

  • Have a genuine interest in the program’s focus on connecting departments, faculty, students, and staff around climate related issues and skills

  • Physical climate system

  • Have an interest in climate change opportunities after graduating

  • Have excellent written and oral communication skills, attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to prioritize several competing tasks and projects

  • Exercise good judgment, be open to learning new skills, and meet deadlines

  • Be comfortable with digital software, have significant experience with MS Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Google Docs, Sheets, Canva, and similar

More detail is below. If you are interested in the position and have questions, or want to meet, email Miriam at uwpcc@uw.edu and include “undergraduate assistant” in the subject line.

Additional Detail:

Employer: Program on Climate Change (PCC)

Primary Contact: Miriam Bertram, Assistant Director of the Program on Climate Change

Contact: uwpcc@uw.edu

Position Type: On-Campus Student Employment

Title: Program on Climate Change (PCC) Undergraduate Assistant

Division: College of the Environment – Program on Climate Change (PCC)

Location:  PCC Office in the Ocean Sciences Building (OCN) Room 335A, Box 355351 Seattle, WA 98195

Work Schedule: The first month will be spent learning systems and processes, which will require 2-4 hours per week. By spring quarter 2026 the student should be available to work 4-6 hours/week on 2 non-consecutive weekdays each week with occasional afternoon/evening events. Scheduling is flexible to accommodate class schedule each quarter.

Duties Include:

  • Identifying climate-minor courses and instructors; organizing course information and distributing quarterly emails to advertise the climate minor

  • Identifying climate-related courses and education pathways for a variety of UW students

  • Bi-yearly updates to the “People” section of the PCC website and other sections of the website as needed, using WordPress and/or HTML

  • Creation of PCC participant directory profiles that populate the “People” section.

  • Bi-yearly updates to the Philanthropic Impact, PNW Ambassadors, and Undergraduate Opportunities

  • Assisting with PCC-related events, including the Summer Institute at Friday Harbor in mid-September and the Winter Welcome on campus in the winter quarter

  • Arranging carpool logistics for the PCC Summer Institute

  • Developing digital and printed communications/flyers for events and educational programming

  • Developing and posting news and blogs for the PCC website

  • Editing and uploading news and blog content written by other PCC members

  • Occasionally monitoring mailman listservs and UW PCC email

  • Using wordpress and html

  • Creation and data processing of intake and event-related forms

  • Monthly updates to PCC homepage postings and featured events

  • Manage linkedin etc.

Once familiar with the PCC and UW climate research, additional duties may include:

  • Presenting the Climate Science Minor to undergraduate students

  • Assisting the Undergraduate Cohort in logistics, planning, advertising, and broader PCC relations

  • Attending board meetings to stay familiar with PCC activities

This position is expected to renew each year until graduation, with pay increases as assistants take on more roles and learn more skills.

Salary: Starts at $22.65/hr

To Apply: Email three pdf’s: (1) statement of interest (no more than 1 page, state why you would like to work for the PCC-please show that you understand the mission of the PCC and the expected role of the undergraduate assistant) (2) tentative winter schedule with unavailable times blocked out, and (3) resume to Miriam Bertram uwpcc@uw.edu, include “undergrad assistant application” in the subject line.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2025

Questions: Email Miriam Bertram (uwpcc@uw.edu)

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WIN ’26 Landscape Architecture Courses – Open to all students!

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
L ARCH 211 Design Justice

Julie Johnson
5 credits, BA EDS requirement

MW 12:30-2:20
 
Social, environmental, and climate injustices manifest in the landscapes we inhabit, impacting both human and more-than- human communities. Focusing on a series of case studies, we will explore equitable design processes and places that catalyze more just futures. With guest speakers, in-class exercises and discussions, projects, fieldwork, and readings, we will examine
meaningful design principles for change; how impacted communities give voice and action in collaborative design processes; what roles environmental designers and others may play; and what is needed to foster systemic change.
L ARCH 300 Introduction to Landscape Architecture Studio

Shaunta Butler
6 credits A&H, BLA prerequisite, BA EDS requirement
Period I registration limited to BA EDS majors, UED Minors, and BLA applicants*
MWF 1:30-5:20

*BLA applicants may reach out to jencyli@uw.edu for registration priority

LARCH300 is an overview of the broad spectrum of the landscape architecture profession. Students will be introduced to the creative design process via contemporary methods, applications, and practices of landscape design. They will develop the basic skills and fundamental concepts of landscape architectural design and explore site design through projects that require them to draw, research, build, analyze, collaborate, and present ideas that encompass various facets of the field. Students will have a portfolio by the end of the course, and be prepared to apply for the BLA program if desired.

L ARCH 353 Modern Landscape Architecture Histories
Elizabeth Umbanhowar
5 Credits A&H/SSc+Writing, BLA  and BA EDS requirement

TTh 11:30–2:20
 
This course explores landscape sites, systems, and symbols from the early 19th century until the present moment, stressing the intersections and entanglements of people and place in history with current politics, experiences, and ecologies. Through creative “lab” exercises, diverse media, and collaborative processes, we will critically examine the writing, production, and performance of landscape and its histories thematically through the diverse lenses of: power and ownership; memory and representation; knowledge and experience; labor and production; materiality and technological innovation; climate disruption and social change; identity and emotion; and race, class, and gender.
L ARCH 361 Experience of Place
Lynne Manzo
3 credits A&H/SSc+Div, BLA requirement, can apply towards BA EDS major
TTh 10:00-11:20
This course is designed to help us think deeply about place and our role and responsibilities in caring for the world around us. We shape our environments in increasing impactful ways, altering the trajectory of the globe with climate change and continued social injustices. We need to understand people-place relationships better if we are to alter that trajectory for the greater good. Using a multidisciplinary lens, this class will examine a range of place-based
issues and placemaking efforts including:
· Place meanings + attachments
· Relationships to nature
· Multispecies transitions and design
· Urban change + the right to the city
· The politics of public space
· Design activism
Through in-class activities, lectures, writing reflections, and simple field exercises, this course will help you think more critically about the physical world around you and your relationship to it.
GRADUATE COURSES
L ARCH 553 Modern Landscape Architecture Histories
Elizabeth Umbanhowar

TTh 11:30–2:20
 
This course explores landscape sites, systems, and symbols from the early 19th century until the present moment, stressing the intersections and entanglements of people and place in history with current politics, experiences, and ecologies. Through creative “lab” exercises, diverse media, and collaborative processes, we will critically examine the writing, production, and performance of landscape and its histories thematically through the diverse lenses of: power and ownership; memory and representation; knowledge and experience; labor and production; materiality and technological innovation; climate disruption and social change; identity and emotion; and race, class, and gender.
L ARCH 561 Experience of Place
Lynne Manzo
TTh 10:00-11:20
Open to all students in Period II registration
This course is designed to help us think deeply about place and our role and responsibilities in caring for the world around us. We shape our environments in increasing impactful ways, altering the trajectory of the globe with climate change and continued social injustices. We need to understand people-place relationships better if we are to alter that trajectory for the greater good. Using a multidisciplinary lens, this class will examine a range of place-based
issues and placemaking efforts including:
· Place meanings + attachments
· Relationships to nature
· Multispecies transitions and design
· Urban change + the right to the city
· The politics of public space
· Design activism
Through in-class activities, lectures, writing reflections, and simple field exercises, this course will help you think more critically about the physical world around you and your relationship to it.
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UCo Climate Career Panel

Hi Environmental Undergrads!
Join UCo next Tuesday, November 4th for a Climate Career Panel. This panel will start at 5pm in Ocean Sciences Building room 425. This panel will feature Seattle professionals working on climate and adjacent fields. This is a great opportunity to hear about diverse career options and how to apply you interests and education in climate to practical careers including research, business, engineering, and more.
Our panel includes Sam Shugart (Business and Climate Risk), Taryn Black (Cryosphere Sciences Laboratory), and Steffen Coenen (Transportation Engineering and Decarbonization). This will be a moderated panel with time for Q&A after. Panelists will share their educational experiences, career path, and advice. Snacks will be provided!
Best,
The UCo Leadership Team
Undergraduate Cohort (UCo) RSO
Program on Climate Change
University of Washington
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Spring Study Abroad Info Session 10/29 + 11/6 Fwd: InterAction Nepal, Spring 2026

InterAction | Nepal is an immersive, interdisciplinary study abroad program offered
during the spring quarter with the support of the UW Dept. of Landscape Architecture,
UW Dept. of Global Health and UW Nepal Studies Initiative. It is open to both graduate and undergraduate students from any discipline.

This year’s program will focus on two rivers – the Bagmati, an urban river in the Kathmandu Valley, and the West Seti, a pristine, free flowing river in far western Nepal. We will explore the impacts of contemporary development on river ecologies and communities, support river conservation efforts, and work to improve human health / well-being at a local scale through community-based participatory design and project implementation. The Nepal River Conservation Trust and students / faculty from Kathmandu University will serve as key collaborators.

Program activities will include lectures and discussions, organizational site visits, independent study, language instruction, community workshops, hands-on project implementation and extended trekking and rafting excursions.

Online Information Sessions – Zoom
Wednesday, October 29th @ 7pm PDT
Thursday, November 6th @ 7pm PST

Applications Due November 15th, 2025

Contact
Ben Spencer | Landscape Architecture + Global Health | bspen@uw.edu

* Applications submitted by November 15th will be eligible for potential Study Abroad Scholarships
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You’re Invited to the 2025 Global Challenges, Interdisciplinary Thinking event: Public Trust in Science and Why it Matters

The event is free and open to all, but registration is required.