Category: Opportunity

The Gilman Scholarship is now open and accepting applications.  The Gilman Scholarship awards up to $5,000 for undergraduate study abroad or internship abroad.  To be eligible students must:

• be a US citizen
•  be receiving a federal Pell grant as part of their financial aid award
• be applying to a program of at least 21 consecutive days in length in a single country
• Must receive college credit for their study abroad

Students planning a study abroad on winter/spring 2019 programs OR students who want to apply for early consideration for summer 2019 programs must apply by October 2, by 9:59pm PST. Students can still apply for early consideration for summer, even if the program application through UW study abroad for that term may not be open yet.  Students who want to explore this option are strongly encouraged to make an advising appointment with me before applying.  Appointments can be made online  by visiting:  https://uwstudyabroad.setmore.com/resourcebookingpage/reb281504803089591

Students studying a critical-need language are eligible for an additional $3,000 language grant.

A couple of helpful tips:

• The Gilman scholarship is not on the quarter system so students participating in winter 2019 programs should reference the Spring application timeline
• Official transcripts are required and must be scanned and uploaded into the student’s application. Transcripts can be unofficial for previous colleges attended. (This includes running start coursework).  Applicants should not send official transcripts directly to the Gilman.
• If a student cannot obtain an official transcript by the application deadline, students can upload an unofficial copy of their transcript, but if chosen, must submit an official transcript to the Gilman before money will be disbursed
• I will host a Gilman Scholarship writing lab for students who need last-minute help on their applications on Monday October 1^st from 4pm-5:30pm in 171 MGH.  Students are encouraged to bring their laptops to this session
• Students who are U.S. military veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans will be given preference during selection in cases where all other factors are equal. If selected for the Gilman Scholarship, students will need to provide proof of veteran status. Students with questions about the Gilman Scholarship are encouraged to get in touch with me by emailing goglobal@uw.edu.

Spring applicants will be notified of their status in November 2018, and summer applicants will be notified of their status in late February 2019. Summer applicants who are not awarded can reapply in March.

Please visit Job Listings posted on the Housing Development Consortium for job announcements in housing organizations. Current positions include:

– Residential Counselor
– Designated Crisis Manager
– Homeless Prevention and Diversion Manager
– Associate Director of Donor Engagement
– Program Supervisor at Vision House

We are currently accepting applications to join the Q Center Qrew! Undergraduate and graduate/professional students are eligible to apply for multiple positions beginning in September 2018. Open positions include:
– Graduate Student Services Assistant (1)
– Web & Social Media Designer (1)
– Education & Training Coordinator (1)
– Program & Outreach Coordinators (multiple, TBD)

Visit our online application to learn about the responsibilities, desired qualifications, and compensation. The priority deadline for submission is Monday, August 27th by midnight.

Apply to be an Undergraduate Research Leader!
Application Deadline: Sept. 7, 2018

The Undergraduate Research Program (URP) is seeking enthusiastic and experienced undergraduate researchers from all disciplines to be Undergraduate Research Leaders (URLs) for the 2018-19 academic year. Students conducting research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences are particularly encouraged to apply.

URLs serve a central role in connecting undergraduates to support services of the URP. The goal of the URL program is to increase awareness and participation of undergraduates doing research in a range of disciplines. As a URL, you can motivate future undergraduate researchers! Anticipated URL time commitment is approximately 10 hours/month and dependent on quarterly events and student availability.

More information and application available here: www.uw.edu/undergradresearch/students/urls/

Questions? Contact the URP Staff at urp@uw.edu or (206) 543-4282.

Apply for the Luce Scholars Program! UW’s deadline for applications is Sept. 5! The program also just announced some important expansions to their eligibility requirements, hopefully allowing more students to take advantage. In brief, the program is now open to both US citizens and Permanent Residents (formerly US citizens only) with no more than 18 of experience in Asia since high school (formerly 12 weeks anytime).

The Luce Scholars Program is a great opportunity for those with little or no prior experience in, or education about, Asian countries to add this valuable perspective to their future career interests! Please share widely with students in your programs (with the exception of Asian Studies – apologies!). UW is able to nominate 3 students/alumni per year to compete nationally for the opportunity to spend 12 months in Asia. The program provides stipends, language training and individualized professional placement in Asia for fifteen to eighteen young Americans each year.

During the current application cycle for the 2019-20 program, applicants must be US citizens or Permanent Residents who, by July 1, 2019, will have received at least a bachelor’s degree and will not have reached their 30th birthday. Applicants should have a record of high achievement, outstanding leadership ability, and a clearly defined career interest with evidence of potential for professional accomplishment. Those who already have significant experience in Asia (over 18 weeks since graduating high school) or Asian studies are not eligible for the Luce Scholars Program. (Eligibility criteria are set by the Henry Luce Foundation; additional details are provided in the Program Summary below.) Students are welcome to be in touch with questions!

Campus application deadline: Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018
UW online application form: https://expo.uw.edu/expo/apply/516
UW application and nomination information: http://expd.uw.edu/expo/scholarships/luce

Luce Scholars Program Adviser at UW:
Robin Chang, robinc@uw.edu, 171 Mary Gates Hall

Program Summary:

The Luce Scholars Program represents a major effort by the Henry Luce Foundation to provide an awareness of Asia among potential leaders in American society. Launched in 1974, the Luce Scholars Program is aimed at a group of highly qualified young Americans in a variety of professional fields. It is unique among American-Asian exchanges in that it is intended for young leaders who have had limited experience of Asia and who might not otherwise have an opportunity in the normal course of their careers to come to know Asia.

Luce Scholars have backgrounds in virtually any field other than Asian studies, including but hardly limited to medicine and public health, the arts, law, science, environmental studies, international development, and journalism. Placements can be made in the following countries or regions in East and Southeast Asia: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

In spite of its name, the Luce Scholars Program is experiential rather than academic in nature. Some Scholars have been attached to Asian universities in teaching or research capacities, but none of the participants is formally enrolled as a student in a college or university and no academic credit is extended. Past placements have included an architect’s atelier in Tokyo; a public health program in Banda Aceh; a Gobi regional initiative in Ulaanbaatar; a dance theatre in Kuala Lumpur; an agricultural and environmental center in Hanoi; a human rights commission in Seoul; a pediatric hospital in Bangkok; a TV network in Beijing; a national museum in Siem Reap; an international arbitration centre in Singapore; and English-language newspapers, local governmental agencies and NGOs in diverse fields throughout East and Southeast Asia. Professional placements are arranged for each Scholar on the basis of his or her individual interest, background, qualifications, and experience.

Each Scholar spends July and August studying the language of the placement country, and the work assignments run for approximately ten months from September until July of the following year. The placements are intended primarily as learning opportunities for the Scholars. Certainly it is hoped that a Scholar will be able to make a professional contribution to the host organization, but equally important is a willingness to learn some of the many things that Asia has to teach.

UW’s recent Luce Scholars:

2017 MPA graduate Elena Swartz was selected for the 2017-18 grant and spent last year in Nepal. Elena’s focus in the Evans School was on Humanitarian Aid and Emergency Management. Read more about Elena at http://www.hluce.org/lsbios.aspx#eswartz.

2015 UW graduate Varsha Govindaraju was selected for the 2015-16 grant and spent her Luce year Cambodia. Read the UAA article about Varsha at http://www.washington.edu/uaa/2015/03/18/robinson-center-student-varsha-govindaraju-selected-for-prestigious-luce-scholarship/, and an update discussing her year in Cambodia at http://www.washington.edu/uaa/2018/04/03/my-luce-year-in-cambodia/.

2013 UW graduate Genevieve Gebhart was selected in 2013 and spent 2013-14 in Laos and Thailand as a Luce Scholar. Read the UAA article and Q&A with Gennie at http://www.washington.edu/uaa/2013/03/15/honors-student-genevieve-gebhart-selected-for-luce-scholarship/.

2010 UW graduate Jesse Burk-Rafel was selected as a Luce Scholar in 2010 and spent 2010-2011 in Mongolia under the program. Read the UW News article about Jesse at http://www.washington.edu/news/2010/03/04/bioengineering-student-first-uw-undergraduate-awarded-prestigious-luce-scholarship-since-1977/.

Upcoming keynote from Carolyn Finney – author of “Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors” – and multiple networking and career development opportunities with local agencies and NGOs pushing the field of conservation and environmental justice.

REGISTER HERE

Municipal Liaison Manager:
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Municipal Land Planner:
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If you have questions, please reach out to CEP alum, Justin McConachie at Justin.McConachie@pse.com.

TransLink’s Transit Network Management Group has posted a 4 to 8 month position for a Student Transportation Planner (September to April). Our group is responsible for guiding the implementation of transit service changes, identify where service investments should be place, undertake long term planning efforts for bus fleet and facilities and monitor the performance of the transit network. TransLink is responsible for planning and delivering all transit service in the Metro Vancouver region.

TransLink is undertaking the largest service expansion in its history and there is many ways the student transportation planner will be involved in transformative projects that forever shape our transit system.

To apply please go to: https://www.translink.ca/About-Us/Careers.aspx

Intergenerational Workshop Series
For students, teachers, experts, managers, advocates, policymakers

Climate Science > Impacts > Solutions
An independent project facilitated by Sustainability Ambassadors to explore and advance local climate action aligned with measurable performance goals.

3 Workshops | 3 Communities | 3 Action Areas
For local government staff and elected officials, community champions and nonprofit allies, local businesses, school teachers, student leaders, administrators and school board members… anyone ready to take stewardship action towards a more sustainable future.

Climate Justice | August 8, Kent City Hall
Kent City Hall | 220 4th Ave S, Kent, WA 98032
Students begin at 9:00 – Develop foundation knowledge
Adults join at 1:00 – Add expertise and prioritize next step actions
Adjourn at 4:00 with personal and collective commitments
FOCUS: Front and Centered Principles of Climate Justice, Puget Sound Sage and Got Green’s Community-Led Research, “Our People, Our Planet, Our Power,” King County Environment and Social Justice Initiative, Seattle Environment and Equity Agenda, Duwamish Valley Action Plan, King County Cities Climate Collaborative

Green Building | August 9, Bellevue School District
Bennett Elementary | 17900 NE 16th St, Bellevue
Students begin at 9:00 – Develop foundation knowledge
Adults join at 12:30 – Guided Tour of Greenest School (so far!) in Bellevue
Adjourn at 4:00 with personal and collective commitments
FOCUS: Upgrading Green Building Codes towards Net Zero Buildings, (including schools!), Green Portables, City by City Green Building Inventory, Built Green Homes, Affordable Housing, LEED, Living Building Challenge, King County Cities Climate Collaborative

Transportation | August 10, Kirkland City Hall
Kirkland City Hall | 123 5th Ave, Kirkland, WA 98033
Students begin at 9:00 – Develop foundation knowledge
Adults join at 1:00 – Add expertise and prioritize next step actions
Adjourn at 4:00 with personal and collective commitments
FOCUS: EV Revolution (cars, school busses, bikes!), Light Rail, Transit Oriented Development, City Commute Trip Reduction Plans, Carpool Apps, City Bike Plans, King County Cities Climate Collaborative

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Intergenerational Learning – Inspired Voices of the Future!

Climate champions from local government, community partners, local businesses, schools, and other organizations participate along with impassioned student leaders. Goals, stories and data provided by local governments and community-based organizations will be an important foundation for shared learning.

Workshop Goals:
1. Understand the science of climate change (local impacts and solutions)
2. Identify mutually reinforcing actions (home, school, business, city government)
3. Learn about the intersection between climate change and equity
4. Improve your public speaking skills

About Sustainability Ambassadors

Sustainability Ambassadors is a professional development program for student leaders, teacher leaders and community leaders committed to educating for sustainability by aligning classroom rigor with community relevance for real world impact. Our work uses real-world performance measures as both entry point and outcome for problem-based, place-based curriculum design. This approach motivates students to apply academic excellence in context of community impact. Our professional development programs for teacher leaders support district-wide, systems change aligned with the National Action Plan for Educating for Sustainability. Our coaching support for community and local government leaders is organized around the goals and performance measures of the national STAR Community Rating System. Our home geography is King County with the goal to build learning partnerships with at least 50% of the County’s 19 school districts and 39 cities.

Learn more about Sustainability Ambassadors

AAS 370 A—Japanese America: History, Culture, Politics
FALL 2018
SLN: 10101
I&S / DIV
TTh 10:30 am—12:20 pm
Prof. Vince Schleitwiler

When does the story of Japanese America begin?

With the arrival of immigrants on US shores—laborers, students, farmers, and “picture brides”—beginning over 130 years ago?

With the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II in US concentration camps?

With the new radical identity forged by the 1960s Asian American movement?

With the rediscovery of Japanese American identity—after 9/11 and the 2016 election—as the basis for a politics of solidarity with movements for Black lives, American Muslims, refugees, & the undocumented?

In this course, we’ll explore the lost worlds of Japanese America through a combination of historical and cultural approaches, recognizing that the means and ends of Japanese American identity have always been a matter of politics.