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Category: Opportunity

Engineers Without Borders – Apply to be on the Executive Committee

The Wednesday after next, March 1st, (5:30-6:30 More Hall 220) Engineers Without Borders – UW will be holding elections for the 2017-2018 Executive Committee. We are looking for motivated EWB members to step up into these positions, which will be assumed at the end of Spring Quarter. A few simple requirements:

– You must be a UW Student enrolled at UW Seattle from March 2017-June 2018
– All Executive Committee members are required to attend weekly General and Executive Committee meetings.

The following positions will be up for election:

Voting Positions:
– President
– Vice President
– Int’l Projects Director
– Domestic Projects Director
– Treasurer
– Secretary
– Publicity Director
– Fundraising Director
– Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation Lead

Click HERE for information about each position.

Please fill out this survey regarding the positions you are interested in running for. These are not binding whatsoever- it is just a way to gauge who is interested in each position.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to email ewbuws.president@gmail.com.

Environmental Career Opportunities – Fund for the Public Interest

Fund for the Public Interest is hiring for the next class of Canvass Directors to run our campaign offices. Students who are interested in starting their environmental advocacy career with us should apply. We’re running campaigns to stop rollbacks on environmental protections just this month a member of congress drafted legislation to abolish the EPA. Fund Directors can make a big impact on our campaigns. See three reasons below!

1. Make a difference.
The Fund has a proud track record of passing legislation to restore protections to over 2 million miles of rivers and streams across the country. This victory protected the drinking water for 1.7 million Americans. We delivered over 825,000 petitions to the EPA.

2. Work on pressing environmental issues.
Our Canvass Directors are running offices nationwide to stop rollbacks on critical environmental protections. There is a lot happening in DC right now that is putting our environment at risk. We’re running a campaign with Environment America to urge our senators to stand up for the places we love and the health of the American people.

3. You’ll learn to build a team.
As a Canvass Director, your job is to build a team of committed activists who mobilize thousands of citizens to take action. You give leading groups the people power they need to win. Directors are staff managers so you’ll identify strong staff, teach them leadership skills, and promote from within.

APPLY HERE!

Our early application deadline is March 1st.

Internship Opportunity – City of Puyallup

The City of Puyallup is accepting applications for a GIS/Planning Assistant position, which is a paid part-time temporary internship of approximately 20 hours per week. The assignment will last five months with a possible three-month extension. The position provides mapping and technical support to the Planning Division, with primary technical guidance provided by the Senior Long Range Planner. This could be a good opportunity for one of your students to gain planning-related work experience in a community setting.

The City of Puyallup is situated at the foot of Mount Rainier, just east of Tacoma and approximately 35 miles south of Seattle. The city has gained prominence as a regional commercial and service center for Eastern Pierce County, and continues to serve its residents and neighbors with a strong, diversified economy.

We would appreciate it if you could share and post this job bulletin as you deem appropriate. To view the online posting, have students apply, and learn more about the city, please visit the City of Puyallup’s webpage.

For more information, click HERE.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me, or Katie Baker, Senior Planner (phone 253.435.3604).

Exploration Seminar in Quebec – Comparative Urban Planning + Urban Design

Dear Students: You are cordially invited to enroll for this summer class. A brochure and itinerary is attached which provides more detail. Please look them over. The class has been held every other year for the past 20 years or so. It has always gotten very positive reviews by those who attended. So give it some serious consideration. If questions, do not hesitate to contact me by email or cell–206-351-6749. Have a good winter and spring quarter.

For more information, click HERE.

Job Opportunity – Alta Planning + Design, Inc. Intern

Alta Planning + Design, Inc. is seeking an intern for its Seattle office. Alta specializes in creating communities that enhance a person’s ability and comfort to walk, bike, and use transit. Our key areas of focus are centered around moving and connecting people, neighborhoods, communities, and businesses through our planning, design, and implementation of bicycle, pedestrian, trail, park, greenway, wayfinding, and complete streets projects, in addition to outreach and education programs.

View more HERE.

Study Abroad in Nepal – Design + Development in Nepal

Looking to study abroad in Nepal this year? The Nepal Studies Initiative, in partnership with the Informal Urban Communities Initiative, is now accepting applications for:

JSIS/LARC Nepal: Design and Development in Nepal

Exploration Seminar – Early Fall 2017: August 22, 2017 – September 18, 2017

$3125 program fee; financial aid available

5 credits JSIS 392 or 5 credits LARC 495

Students from all majors are welcome – no pre-requisites

Applications due: March 1, 2017

The Design and Development in Nepal exploration seminar is a unique, 28-day program offered jointly by the Nepal Studies Initiative and the Informal Urban Communities Initiative. The seminar challenges students to delve into the ideas and contemporary debates surrounding development, and respond to them through community-based participatory design. Students in the seminar will explore historical and contemporary conditions as key drivers of change in the country and engage in a small scale design intervention in an underserved urban neighborhood in the Kathmandu Valley. This innovative program aims to engender humility in the face of complexity and reflective action in response to context and community.

Learn more at our upcoming information session: 

Thursday, February 16, 2017, 12-1pm Thomson 317

Visit the UW Study Abroad Website to learn more and apply!

https://www.washington.edu/studyabroad/

Feel free to contact us at uwnepal@uw.edu with any questions you might have and please share with your colleagues, classmates, and friends.

2017 Citizen University Conference – Reckoning + Repair in America

 

Hello changemakers, activists, and community catalysts!

 

We want you to attend the 2017 Citizen University taking place in Seattle on March 24th and 25th!

 

Citizen University is an annual national conference; it is a creative and vibrant gathering on the art of powerful citizenship. Hundreds of change makers, activists and catalysts from across the United States show up to learn about power, build their networks and recharge their sense of purpose. The theme for this year’s conference is Reckoning and Repair in America. As the event website states: “We face deep divisions across the country. Now more than ever, we the people have to step up: to reckon with injustice across ideological divides and to repair our frayed social fabric.”

Citizen University invites everyone–regardless of national origin or documentation status–to practice the art of citizenship and civic participation. For more information about Citizen University and to see the agenda and list of the amazing speakers and presenters, please visit their website.

Citizen University 2017 is taking place on Friday, March 24th from 5:30-9:30PM AND Saturday, March 25th from 8AM-5:30PM at Seattle Center. The University of Washington* is covering the cost for 30 UW students to attend this dynamic conference.

What is required of the UW students selected to attend Citizen University 2017?

  • Attend a pre-conference orientation on Thursday, March 9th from 5:30-7pm in Mary Gates Hall, Room 171. Complete pre-conference reflection assignments.
  • Attend and participate in the entire conference on Friday, March 24th from 5:30-9:30pm AND Saturday, March 25th from 8am-6pm at Seattle Center.

 

  • Participate in a post-conference conversation on Tuesday, March 28th from 5:30-7PM in Mary Gates Hall, Room 171, and complete post-conference reflection assignments.

 

If you are interested in one of the sponsored registrations for Citizen University, complete this questionnaire. Please recognize that if you are selected to attend the conference, your registration costs will be covered by the University of Washington. These sponsored conference registrations are limited; we ask that only those fully committed to attending complete the interest form. Deadline for consideration is Monday, 2/27 at 11:59pm. (We will confirm your spot by Friday, March 3rd.)

If you have any questions about the commitment required for the conference, please feel free to contact Nani Vishwanath at nvish@uw.edu or Kathryn Pursch Cornforth at purschk@uw.edu.

*Sponsored student registrations for Citizen University were made possible by the Husky Leadership Initiative and the Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center.