Category: Opportunity

Please join us for our environmental communications panels every Thursday (Feb 2 – Mar 2) in Wallace Hall Commons from 3:30PM-4:50PM. Each week we’ll cover a different aspect of environmental communications with local professionals: journalism, environmental advocacy, green business, online/social media, and science communication. All are welcome!

This week: what’s it like to run an initiative campaign? How do you engage the public in policy debates? What messages energize the base and encourage behavior change? We’ll discuss these topics and many others with panelists from several organizations involved in environmental advocacy work!

Meet The GREEN Hawai’i Program
​​Sustainable Community Food Systems, Energy,
& The World Youth Congress

June 13 – 26, 2017

Soc Wf 495           SLN  19373                                           

Fridays  9:30 – 12:20 pm     (3 credits)

GLOBAL TO LOCAL:

 

SUPPORTING COMMUNITY BASED REFUGEE PROGRAMMING 

 

This course will focus on collaboration with local organizations serving refugees and

delivers a “product” to the organization by the end of the quarter.  Students will

gain a strong understanding of working as a consultant and increased appreciation of

parameters of grassroots entities. 

 

For more information about the course, contact the instructor, Dr. Tracy Harachi

tharachi@uw.edu   Non-majors, BASW Juniors and others with registration questions should

email Social Work advisor Linda Ruffer, rufferL@uw.edu  Enrollment limit will be 25 students.

ESRM 320, Marketing and Management From a Sustainability Perspective
– Gives 5 credits and NW and I&S
– Has no prerequisites
– SLN 14180, view the course website HERE. This is an online course.

Overview:
In ESRM 320, we explore two of the four primary business dimensions: marketing and human resource management (* companion course ESRM 321 explores finance and accounting). Marketing refers to promoting, pricing, and distributing new and existing products and services that are aimed at satisfying consumers’ wants, needs, and objectives. Human resource management refers to developing, managing, and motivating human capital and resources.
Sustainability refers to integrating environmental, social, and financial elements in order to meet the needs of people today without compromising Earth’s capacity to provide for future generations. Integrating these three is called the triple bottom line. In business, the bottom line refers to net income or profits because it is the last (i.e., bottom) line in a company’s income statement; profits are essential because a business is unsustainable without them. Sustaining the planet over the long term depends not on one but all three bottom lines. We will explore the meaning and importance of sustainable business practices that respect and adhere to best environmental science methods and ethical social responsibility standards. The context for this exploration will be assessing data in corporate sustainability reports. Companies that trade on U.S. stock exchanges are required by law to report financial performance, but no laws exist for reporting social responsibility and environmental performance. However, in response to stakeholders many corporations voluntarily issue annual sustainability reports that provide information on the company’s environmental and social responsibility practices and performance.

Course Goals:
ESRM 320 has two goals, which are to provide a context for 1) learning business concepts (through watching the recorded business lectures and reading the Nickels textbook) AND 2) hands on experience assessing corporate sustainability performance (through assessing GRI indicators using sustainability report information). The business learning objectives below in bold are achieved through listening to the recorded business lectures and reading the Nickels textbook (both of which are covered on the exams that comprise about 55% of the course grade) while the sustainability learning objectives underlined below are achieved through assessing GRI indicators using sustainability report information and the associated SPA quizzes and SPI paper (45% of the course grade). Exams do not cover SPA, and the SPA quizzes do not cover business concepts. Note that SPA and SPI are described in detail throughout this syllabus.

(1) Design Activism Study Abroad Opportunities in Peru and Nepal
Information Session, Friday, February 10th, 2017, 12:30, Gould Hall Room 100
The Informal Urban Communities Initiative (IUCI) Design I Development Programs in Peru and Nepal are two unique, 28-day programs offered by the University of Washington’s Department of Landscape Architecture. Students in the IUCI Design I Development programs will explore the challenges of urban poverty and engage in small scale design interventions in underserved urban neighborhoods in Lima and Kathmandu. Students will learn critical skills in participatory design, implementation and project assessment.

Applications are due March 1st, 2017
Both programs will run from August 21st until September 18th, 2017.

Design – Development – Peru

Design – Development – Nepal

(2) China Design/Build – June 15th to July 15th, 2017 (Qianxi City, Guizhou Province)
Information Meetings – Friday, February 17th, 2017, 12:30 pm Gould Hall, Room 100 and Monday, February 27th, 2017, 12:30, Gould Hall, Room 312

Applications due March 1st, 2017

Application HERE.

(3)Croatia Design/Build – August 14th to September 14th, 2017
Information Meetings – Friday, February 24th, 2017, 12:30, Gould Hall, Room 312 and Monday, March 3rd, 2017, 12:30, Gould Hall, Room 312

Applications due March 1st, 2017

Application HERE.

(4) Tokyo/Taipei – August 15th to September 5th, 2017
Information Meetings – Friday, February 3rd, 2017, 12:30 – 1:30, Gould Hall, Room 100 and Monday, February 13th, 2017, 12:00-1:00, Gould Hall, Room 104

Applications due March 1, 2017

Application HERE.

(5) Quebec, Canada (Montreal & Quebec City) – June 13th to June 20th, 2017
3-6 credits of URBDP 498C/598C or LARCH 495A
Please register by June 1, 2017. Contact Prof. Fritz Wagner, fwagner@uw.edu

The estimated cost of the trip is $1,200. There is $200 scholarship abailable for the first 10 students. Students pay $100 for Global Affairs support, airfare, meals, lodging and ground transportation in addition to tuition. We will examine differences and similarities between U.S. and Quebec cities. We will look at current urban issues, layout of cities, urban design, urban growth, problems related to the environment, governmental institution as well as historical, social & cultural factors.

Spring Course List:

– L ARCH 362/598H Design of Cities, 3 credits, VLPA
– L ARCH 322 Intro. to Planting Design – 3 credits, VLPA
– L ARCH 363 Ecological Design and Planning – 3 credits, NW
– L ARCH 300 Intro. to Landscape Architecture Studio – 6 credits, VLPA
– L ARCH 498A Reading the Elwha: Exploring Social, Cultural and Biophysical Transitions in the Elwha Watershed, on the Olympic Peninsula, 4 credits, NW/I&S

The Pat Tillman Foundation offers an annual scholarship open to active duty military, veterans, and spouses pursuing a full-time bachelor’s, master’s, or professional degree at a US-based accredited institution. Each individual scholarship award is based on the applicant’s unique financial need, the average award in 2017 is expected to be ~$10,000 per academic year (renewable for the duration of the student’s program of study).

Founded in 2008, the Tillman Scholars program supports our nation’s active-duty service members, veterans and military spouses by investing in their higher education. Since the program’s inception, the Foundation has named over 450 Tillman Scholars at more than 100 institutions nationwide.

Applications to become a 2017 Tillman Scholar will close on March 1, 2017 at 11:59pm PT. Details and the online application are available at http://pattillmanfoundation.org/apply-to-be-a-scholar/.

We’re accepting scholarship applications for the 2017 fall semester. February 13 is the deadline.

– We’re awarding up to $65,000 in scholarships this year.
– $2,500 scholarships are available for four-year college programs and graduate studies.
– $1,500 scholarships are available for two-year college programs and vocational studies.

Want to apply? Head on over to our ONLINE APPLICATION to get started.

The City of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is embarking on two mobility studies in the Georgetown neighborhood and the Judkins Park light rail station area. SDOT is making a concerted effort to engage racially, ethnically, and socially diverse residents and business community members who have often been underrepresented in traditional planning processes. The studies will propose, analyze, and develop concepts for neighborhood access improvements (i.e., safe and comfortable walking paths and bicycle facilities). Of particular interest is ensuring that proposed mobility projects will benefit local communities and not be seen as gentrification/displacement projects that only benefit newcomers.

To help with this effort, we are seeking 6 to 20 volunteers, depending on people’s availability.

What would the volunteers do?
– Survey locals at groceries, bus stops, businesses, or other points of interest in the two neighborhoods
– Potentially be paired with a local high school student during the surveys; act as a mentor (to build a younger generation of people who actively take part in public affairs and potentially consider urban planning for their career)
– Potentially flyer for upcoming community meetings

What would volunteers get out of this?
– Build skills by participating in survey design, testing, training, and processing
– See how public engagement efforts are used in the planning process and feel ownership over the project by participating in a charrette
– Connect with City and consultant planners
– Gain experience in planning for racial and social equity
– The consultant team will work to make sure that this is a useful augmentation to coursework.

What is the time commitment?
– Depends on the number of volunteers, but we expect about 130 hours total of surveying time split amongst the volunteers and survey locations
– Surveys will likely take place on weekends and evenings, but this depends on your availability and the peak hours at the intercept points

What is the time frame?
– Mid-February through early March or over spring break and early spring quarter, depending on student availability

If you are interested, please email rachelm@makersarch.com by Sunday, February 12. Once we have a group of volunteers, we can hone timing and strategy.