Category: Opportunity

Sophomores and juniors engaged in research still have time to apply for the Goldwater Scholarship! The Goldwater Foundation seeks to attract outstanding students into research careers in any setting (academia, industry, etc.). Students engaged in research in fields of Chemistry, Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering, Engineering, Geosciences, Life Sciences, Materials Research, Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, and Psychology may be eligible to apply. To view the eligible sub-fields, see https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/eligibility/.

Scholarships of up to $7,500 a year are provided to help cover costs associated with tuition, fees, books, room and board.

UW is able to nominate up to 4 candidates to compete for the national Goldwater Scholarships. To be considered for UW nomination, students should complete UW’s online application form at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/apply/438.

UW DEADLINE for applications: November 13, 2016.

In 2016-17, UW’s Thomas Sedlock Icon Scholarship will also be awarded in connection with UW’s Goldwater Scholarship nominations. Any UW Goldwater nominees not awarded the Goldwater Scholarship will receive a Sedlock Icon Scholarship in the range of $3,000-$6,000. Sedlock Icon Scholarship award decisions will be made in early April, after final Goldwater Scholarship national selection decisions are announced.

ELIGIBILITY:

Please find additional UW details at http://expd.uw.edu/expo/scholarships/goldwater and on the official Goldwater website at https://goldwater.scholarsapply.org/. Additional information about the Thomas Sedlock Icon Scholarship is available at http://expd.washington.edu/expo/scholarships/sedlock.

LARCH 361 | 3 credit course | VLPA | I&S

This course will explore the nature and nuances of interrelationships between people and their surroundings by examining an array of critical issues in environmental psychology. Here, the environment is broadly defined to include not only our physical surroundings (both natural and built) but also the larger socio-cultural, economic and political milieu in which we live. Starting with foundational theories on place attachment and place identity, the course will also cover classic issues that help inform urban ecological design, such as relationships to nature, landscape preferences, personal space, territoriality, density and crowding. The latter part of the course will address the emerging importance of the politics of place and social justice as manifest through the appearance, meanings and uses of place. This will include issues of affordable housing, urban public space and geographies of resistance. In addressing these issues, the course will provide a critical framework for understanding the role of the environment in our everyday lives. Through this course, students develop the ability to analyze environment-and-behavior issues, think more critically about the physical environment, and better understand the ways that we exert influence on the environment. This course will also help design students to create more effective and appropriate environments that address human needs.

Designing Landscapes in a Modern World: History of Modern Landscape Architecture
LARCH 353 | 5 credit course | VLPA | I&S | Writing

Interested in joining the ASUW? There’s plenty of ways to get involved, why not go to volunteer.asuw.org and see what’s interesting?

The University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Design will be travelling to Seattle for a meet and greet reception on Thursday evening, October 27th. The event will be posted by Mithun and sponsored by PennDesign Admissions and the PennDesign Alumni Association. Students will have the opportunity to meet and speak with PennDesign alumni, faculty, and staff about graduate programs in their six academic areas of study: