Category: Opportunity

Applications are now being accepted for Grand Challenge Impact Lab (GCIL): India Study Abroad

*Apply Now!*

Do you want to work on developing solutions that can make a difference, with the real world as your classroom? 

In Winter Quarter 2018, UW Study Abroad will be offering “Grand Challenge Impact Lab (GCIL): India” as a 15-credit course.

• Study global GRAND CHALLENGES
• Collaborate on INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS
• Work hands-on to learn IMPACT INNOVATION
• Design impact VENTURE SOLUTIONS
• Pitch your idea for SEED FUNDING

 

Grand Challenges are the big problems facing humanity – things like food security, clean water, and climate change. The Grand Challenge Impact Lab (GCIL): India is a new UW study abroad experience that empowers students to learn about Grand Challenges and propose and test solutions to them. The program offers an active, hands-on learning laboratory and is open to graduate and undergraduate junior and senior students from any department.

 

Apply now!  Application Deadline is May 15.

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For more information about GCIL India, visit www.courses.washington.edu/gcil/.

Job Opening and Description

MAKERS architecture and urban design, LLP is an award-winning planning and urban design

firm providing services to clients throughout the Pacific Northwest and the United States. Since

1972, MAKERS has built a reputation for plans that facilitate smart decision making by federal,

state, and local governments. MAKERS uses a strategic approach aimed at the fundamental

community, economic, functional, and design challenges inherent in each project. We enjoy

structuring effective implementation strategies that help our clients achieve their objectives.

MAKERS is a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) and Disadvantaged Business

Enterprise (DBE).

 

Position Description

We are currently seeking team members to support our facility planning projects with the US

Navy and Marine Corps, including facility audits and assessments. These audits require team

members to document utilization, identify deficiencies, and collect and compile a variety of

data elements related to each facility. The successful candidate MUST be organized,

resourceful, and detail oriented. This is a contract position through September 2017 with

potential to become a full time position based on future workload and job performance.

 

Job responsibilities include:

• Updating facility floor plans to illustrate utilization

• Filling in checklists based on findings from field investigations

• Compiling multiple 1-5 page documents into a single pdf

• Using historic aerial imagery to determine when facilities were constructed

• Reviewing government facility records to determine when facilities were constructed

and how much the government paid

• Must work well with teams in a fast paced environment.

• Moderate proficiency in MS Office and in particular Excel. Basic experience with

Adobe Creative Suite and AutoCAD is desirable.

 

Please send a cover letter and resume to Brent Huizingh at brenth@makersarch.com. No

phone calls please.

See flier below!

Every year, The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports thirty New Americans, immigrants or the children of immigrants, who are pursuing graduate school in the United States. Full eligibility requirements can be found here.

The 2018 application is now live. 

Each Fellowship supports one to two years of graduate study in any field and in any advanced degree-granting program in the United States. Each award is for up to $25,000 in stipend support, as well as 50 percent of required tuition and fees, up to $20,000 per year, for one to two years. The first year of Fellowship funding cannot be deferred.

Most importantly, new Fellows join a strong community of current and past Fellows who all share the New American experience. There is an alumni association, The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows Association (PDSFA), which actively engages current and past Fellows in events held across the country. For example, in 2015 the PDSFA held events with US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy (1998 Fellow) in both New York City and Washington, DC. In 2016, the PDSFA hosted events with Congressman Keith Ellison, Prabhjot Singh (2005 Fellow), Sachin Jain (2004 Fellow), Abdul El-Sayed (2012 Fellow), and Aarti Shahani (2010 Fellow) among others. They kicked 2017 off with an event in New York City co-hosted by the Marshall Scholars, which featured Thomas Friedman.

The competition is merit-based. Selection criteria emphasize creativity, originality, initiative, and sustained accomplishment. The program values a commitment to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The program does not have any quotas for types of degrees, universities or programs, countries of origin, or gender, etc. Unsuccessful applicants are welcome to reapply in subsequent years if they are still eligible.

Data Intern

                    

Closes:         Open until filled with applications reviewed beginning May 3, 2017    

Status:         Two positions; 12 months part-time (12-16 hours/week) or full-time during summer; non-exempt FLSA status

Salary:         $17 per hour with no benefits

Timeline:         Positions to begin June 2017

Location:      Puget Sound Regional Council, Downtown Seattle, Washington

 

ABOUT PSRC:

The Puget Sound Regional Council is the regional transportation, growth management and economic development planning agency serving the central Puget Sound region.  The thriving region is home to 4 million people and is one of the nation’s fastest growing metropolitan areas.  PSRC brings together the region’s counties, cities and towns, native tribes, ports, the state of Washington and civic interests to understand the challenges facing the region’s future and make plans for the region to continue to succeed.  It is the region’s Metropolitan Planning Organization and also plays the leading regional role in growth management and economic development under state and federal laws.  Visit www.psrc.org to find out more.  PSRC is an equal opportunity employer.

 

THE POSITION:

The Intern positions will support PSRC’s Data division with a range of data, analysis, modeling and planning projects that may include general data development and maintenance, geocoding, support for PSRC’s land use and travel models development program, web mapping, research and testing of visualization tools, support for PSRC’s VISION 2040 Performance Trends program, and other duties as assigned.  Candidates should have a firm understanding of data analysis techniques, spreadsheets, relational databases, and GIS.  Tasks include data processing and quality control, database assembly, data analysis, and preparation of data products, graphics, and written communications.

 

THE CANDIDATE:

The ideal candidate will have:

• Knowledge of common statistical concepts and data analysis techniques.
• Technical proficiency at working with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, and ArcGIS database and mapping functions including geospatial analysis and cartographic design. Experience with web mapping, JavaScript, ArcGIS Portal, and ArcGIS Online is a plus.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and performing quality control measures on datasets. Facility handling and managing multiple, large electronic data files.  Sharp attention to detail.  Familiarity with commonly used demographic, land use, and other planning datasets is a plus.
• Excellent technical, analytical, organizational, and oral and written communication skills. Interest in clear and innovative data visualization is a plus.
• Ability to organize and coordinate between multiple and diverse work tasks and projects. Ability to communicate and work effectively with a project team, as well as complete tasks independently in a timely manner with limited supervision.
• Familiarity with the local and regional planning context in the central Puget Sound region is welcomed but not required.
• Knowledge of SQL, Python, or R programming languages, visualization software packages (e.g. Tableau, Google Charts), or land use and travel modeling is welcomed but not required.

 

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

• Enrollment in a Bachelor’s degree program in urban planning, geography, or related field;
• Or, at least one year of planning and GIS experience;
• Or, any combination of education and experience that would provide the applicant with the desired skills, knowledge, and ability required to perform the job.

 

 

TO APPLY:

• To be considered, applicants must submit a cover letter, resume, and completed, signed PSRC application.
• The voluntary, confidential Equal Employment Opportunity, Applicant’s Invitation to Self-Identify – Veteran Status, and Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability forms are appreciated for applicant tracking purposes.
• For application materials, visit http://www.psrc.org/about/careers.
• Completed materials can be emailed to hrdept@psrc.org, faxed to 206-587-4825, or mailed to: Puget Sound Regional Council, Attn: HR 1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500 Seattle, Washington 98104.

 

Join Jumpstart and teach low income preschoolers this summer! Provide language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities in the Seattle area. Help us as we strive to promote quality early learning for all children.

Be A Jumpstart Summer Intern!

• Help Prepare our youngest learners for lifelong success!
• Work with preschool children on language, literacy, and social-emotional skills
• Earn a $540 bi-weekly stipend
• Receive professional training in early education
• Serve 30 hours per week for 11 weeks with a team of your peers
• Receive a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, $1221 following your service
• Join a diverse service network, including over 36,000 alumni

 

Apply here!

 

For more information, come to an information session:

 

Date/Time	Location
Wednesday, April 20th 10:00 am – 11:00 am	MGH 173R
Thursday, April 21st  4:00 pm – 5:00 pm	MGH 370H
Thursday, May 4th 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm	MGH 136
Tuesday, May 9th  3:00 pm – 4:00pm	MGH 173R
Wednesday, May 10th 2:30 – 3:30	MGH 173R

 

Check out this informational video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxQy32Msmz0#action=share

 

If you have any further questions please contact Meghan Robinson atmeghanr7@uw.edu or Sala Sataraka at salas@uw.edu.

SUMMER 2017

RESEARCH POSITION

Center for Preservation and Adaptive Reuse (CPAR)

Unreinforced Masonry (URM) Buildings

Research Assistant

There are well over 1,150 unreinforced masonry buildings in Seattle that would likely pose a serious hazard

in the case of a major seismic event. The City of Seattle has assembled a policy committee to study the

issue and make recommendations about how to retrofit these buildings, and how to pay for the retrofits

and bring them about in a way that minimizes burden on property owners, small businesses, residents,

and neighborhood advocates while also mitigating hazard. This is a complex challenge with many

dimensions, including aspects related to policy, architecture, real estate, planning, engineering,

emergency management / hazard mitigation, preservation, economic development, equity, and social

justice. The Preservation Green Lab and University of Washington Center for Preservation and Adaptive

Reuse seek a graduate student in a field related to this issue for a research assistantship position.

The research assistant will:

• Conduct windshield surveys of potential URM buildings

• Tabulate, map, and analyze data related to the context, typology, and market characteristics of

URM buildings

• Collaborate with faculty, students, and external researchers on developing recommendations and

solutions for seismic retrofits

Student applicants must be proficient with multiple GIS platforms; have an understanding, working

knowledge, and appreciation of architecture and development in Seattle; and be willing to work across

disciplines and in the field. Since site visits are a portion of the responsibility, access to personal

transportation is helpful.

Start and end dates for this assistantship are flexible and open to negotiation, but in the best case, the

student would begin in June and complete the project by September 15, 2017. Position is for 20

hours/week over the summer, but can be negotiated.

If interested, please email a cover letter and Kathryn Rogers Merlino, (krm@uw.edu) and Manish Chalana,

(chalana@uw.edu) Associate Professors in the College of Built Environments and Mike Powe at the

Preservation Green Lab (mpowe@savingplaces.org).

Rough midterm? Bad breakup? No idea what your passion is supposed to be? Feel like you’re never going to get that coveted internship? Are you pretty sure that your thesis adviser would rather have a colonoscopy than read through yet another draft of your dissertation proposal? Convinced that you will fall short of your parents’ expectations even if you get into that fancy sounding major?

You are not alone.
Join the UW Resilience Lab for Fail Forward, an evening of storytelling where some of our outstanding UW leaders will share their experiences of success and failure, risk and redemption in a panel discussion moderated by Undergraduate Academic Affairs’ Dr. Anne Browning and Dean Ed Taylor.
Wednesday, April 26^th
5 p.m. – Doors open & dinner
5:30 – 7 p.m. – Main event
Welcome by President Cauce
Intellectual House  – UW Seattle campus