At a Research 1 University like UW you have over 160 majors to choose from, many in Science and Math! Are you stumped? Or not even sure what your options are? Are you looking to build an intentional back-up plan or reassess your interests? Or would you just enjoy learning about the interesting, ground-breaking, world-class research going on in UW STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) departments?
Then look no further! Join us this Spring quarter for GEN ST 297 B: Exploring Majors in Math and Science! (SLN 20398) Meeting Fridays from 10:30-11:20 in MGH 241!
Faculty from a variety of departments will give presentations about their research and disciplines. You will get to know and work with academic advisers from different units across campus. You will also have opportunities to get involved in Undergraduate Research and Career Planning! This seminar is just 1 credit and grading is CR/NC!
Marine Biology and Aquatic & Fishery Sciences Information Session
Thursday, October 25, 2012
2:30-4:15pm
*COASST Seabird Lab tour from 3:45-4:15
Fishery Sciences Building, Room 203
1122 NE Boat St.
Join us for snacks, short presentations, Q&A with advisers and faculty, and a lab tour to learn about:
- The Marine Biology minor
- Aquatic and Fishery Sciences major and minor
- Friday Harbor Labs, UW’s marine station on San Juan Island
- How to get involved in research, internships, and field courses
- Prof. Kerry Naish’s research with sea turtles
- How to get involved with COASST, our seabird lab
See you there!
Samantha Scherer, SAFS Undergrad Advising
Emily Beyer, Marine Bio Minor Advising
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Samantha Scherer, Student Services Manager and Undergrad Advising
UW School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Fishery Sciences Bldg, Suite116
1122 NE Boat Street
Seattle, WA 98195-5020
206-543-7457
SAFS Website
Upcoming UW Resume Due Dates and Events
All resume applications are through HuskyJobs www.huskyjobs.washington.edu/students/
Events are open to all. Unless noted otherwise, all events to be held on the UW Seattle campus.
UPCOMING UW RESUME DUE DATES AND CAMPUS EVENTS
ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL FOCUS
TONIGHT ** TONIGHT
RESUMES DUE MONDAY 10/8/12 11:30 PM
Groupon Engineer – Palo Alto HuskyJobs Listing # 64375 Career
Groupon Engineer – Chicago HuskyJobs Listing # 64376 Career
Groupon Engineer – Seattle HuskyJobs Listing # 64377 Career
EVENT MONDAY 10/8/12
5:00 PM The Boeing Company
Aerospace Engineering
Career/Intern Multiple opportunities
HuskyJobs RSVP Requested
Related Interviews at the MGH Career Center
Application: Bring resume to event
Location HUB, Lyceum
RESUMES DUE TUESDAY 10/9/12 11:30 PM
Eaton Corporation Power Systems Engineer HuskyJobs Listing # 63536 Career
Eaton Corporation Summer Power Systems Engineer HuskyJobs Listing # 63537 Intern
Puget Sound Naval Facility Entry Level Engineer HuskyJobs Listing # 64556 Career
Trinity Consultants Environmental Consultant HuskyJobs Listing # 63783 Career
EVENT 10/9/12
5:30 PM Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Financial Services/Engineering technical
Career All Majors Welcome Informational Event Only.
Location: Online Webinar
EVENT WEDNESDAY 10/10/12
5:30 PM Apptio, Inc.
Computer Software
Career/Intern Engineering/Technical Focus
HuskyJobs RSVP Requested
Application: Bring resume to event
Location: UW Career Center (LOBBY) 134 Mary Gates
EVENT THURSDAY 10/11/12
2:00 PM Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
Transportations Services
Career/Intern All Majors Welcome
HuskyJobs RSVP Requested
Related Interviews at the MGH Career Center
Application:
HuskyJobs Listing # 63784 Java Developer
HuskyJobs Listing # 64542 Systems Administrator
Location: HUB, Room 214
RESUME DUE SUNDAY 10/14/12 11:30 PM
Dynacraft a division of PACCAR Inc. Design Engineer HuskyJobs Listing # 64361 Career
RESUME DUE MONDAY 10/15/12 11:30 PM
Amazon Safety Specialist HuskyJobs Listing # 65082 Career
Amazon Safety Intern HuskyJobs Listing # 65083 Intern
General Electric Eng. Dev -Healthcare Software HuskyJobs Listing # 63855 Career
Georgia-Pacific Entry-Level Engineering Program HuskyJobs Listing # 64625 Career
Liberty Mutual Information Technology Opportunities HuskyJobs Listing # 64248 Career
Liberty Mutual Insurance Info Technology Internship HuskyJobs Listing # 64249 Intern
Rockwell Automation Associate Sales Engineer HuskyJobs Listing # 64246 Career
Rockwell Automation Sales Intern HuskyJobs Listing # 64247 Intern
EVENT MONDAY 10/15/12
5:30 PM Precision Castparts Corp.
Manufacturing
Career/Intern Engineering/Technical Focus
HuskyJobs RSVP Requested
Application: Bring resume to event
Location: UW Career Center (LOBBY) 134 Mary Gates
RESUME DUE TUESDAY 10/16/12 11:30 PM
Schlumberger Technology Field Engineer HuskyJobs Listing # 63173 Career
EVENTS TUESDAY 10/16/12
2:00 PM Business Career Fair http://careers.uw.edu/Students/Business-Career-Fair
Location: The HUB Ballrooms
5:30 PM The Boeing Company
Aerospace Engineering
Career/Intern Engineering/Technical Focus
Career/Intern Multiple opportunities
HuskyJobs RSVP Requested
Application: Bring resume to event
Location: UW Career Center (LOBBY) 134 Mary Gates
RESUME DUE WEDNESDAY 10/17/12 11:30 PM
Applied Predictive Technologies Database Analyst HuskyJobs Listing # 63394 Career
RESUMES DUE THURSDAY 10/18/12 11:30 PM
Expeditors International Java Developer HuskyJobs Listing # 63784 Career
Indeed.com Software Development Engineer HuskyJobs Listing # 63842 Career
Indeed.com Software Development Engineer Intern HuskyJobs Listing # 63843 Intern
EVENT THURSDAY 10/18/12
5:30 PMThe Boeing Company UW Career Center (LOBBY) 134 Mary Gates
Career/Intern Multiple opportunities Informational Event Only.
Career/Intern Engineering/Technical Focus
HuskyJobs RSVP Requested
Application: Bring resume to event
Food & the Environment Autumn Course
Introduction to Food and the Environment
C ENV 110 (5)
Instructor: Ray Hilborn, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
Meets both Natural World and Individuals and Societies Requirements
(I&S/NW)
SLN# 11640
No prerequisites. Great for Freshmen!
Everyone eats, and all food production has environmental consequences.
· Discover environmental science through food production.
· Explore the link between the decline of civilizations and current farmer efforts to cope with changing water supply, topsoil loss, and technology.
· Create a food diary and find out the environmental consequences of your diet.
· Understand what climate change, politics, culture, biodiversity, and geography have to do with food.
See: http://coenv.washington.edu/students_new/files/food_and_the_environment.pdf
College of the Environment
UNIVERSITY of WASHINGTON
Dear Students,
Final notice. We still have places open for Fall term in Friday Harbor.
WHY COME?
1. The Marine Station: the place is to-die-for beautiful. It could pass for a summer camp. Beaches, forest, seascapes, etc. Boats. Row into town after dinner. Jog forest paths. Watch orcas. Duck eagles.
2. Creative Writing: this is the one place you can study it without being accepted into the Creative Writing track. No experience or “talent” is presumed. If you’re interested in applying to the Creative Writing Track, this is a perfect place to learn fast, refine your work, and improve your chances. If you’re already in the CW Track, no better place for it than Friday Harbor.
3. User-Friendly Science: the Marine Biology and Fish classes are open at the introductory level. Would you rather do science in the classroom or in the field? Imagine exploring tidal flats under the full moon. These classes are taught by distinguished scientists who love what they do, and want you to, too.
4. Student-Faculty Ratio: nowhere lower. Not in Honors, not in the Ivy League. This is a chance to work with people who know their stuff, under very personal conditions.
5. “Foreign Study” Without the Air Fare: the experience is intensive and potentially transformative in the way that foreign study can be, but it’s available close to home.
FALSE REASONS NOT TO COME:
1. It looks expensive. Wrong. The reason it looks expensive is that food— full board, three squares a day— is included in the advertised price. Dining hall is a 100 year old lodge with huge fireplace, piano, pool and ping-pong tables, French doors opening to a deck with picnic tables and a view of the water. Resident chef: the food is good. In fact, the program costs exactly what tuition, room and board would cost at the UW campus in Seattle.
2. I have to apply. Yes, but that will take fifteen minutes. Applications accepted through August.
3. It’s a scary gamble. Can’t help you there. That’s adventure for you.
CONCLUSION:
1. Make a few calls.
2. Apply.
3. Congratulations. You’ll make new friends and trade stories with them for the rest of your lives.
It’s up to you, now. I look forward to meeting those of you who step up. We’ll have a grand time next fall. Best of the summer to all, meanwhile.
Yours truly,
Richard Kenney
S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Professor of Creative Writing
University of Washington
Open non-major ESS Courses for Autumn Quarter!
ESS has a fabulous assortment of courses designed for non-science majors (but still of interest to science majors!) who are are looking for fun, engaging courses to fulfill their NW credits, or to balance out a heavy schedule! These courses are taught by engaging faculty who enjoy working with students in 100-level course settings. Please share these with your students as appropriate:
ESS 101: Introduction to Geological Sciences (NW)
After taking this course students will never look at the Earth the same! Students will learn about how the Earth evolved from primordial dust to form the compositionally zoned planet upon which life now exists. Students will learn about the unifying concept of plate tectonics, which will provide them with a framework to understand the why and where of earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain belts, ocean basins and rock types in their surrounding world. Students will become amateur geologists and drive their friends and families crazy with their new-found knowledge. Students will also learn about time and its importance to the geologic record. Students will learn that geologists pay more for their dates than Hollywood’s most elite stars! This course will provide students with important information about geologic hazards, which will perhaps one day save lives or personal property. If students love the outdoors, this course will give them many opportunities to visit spectacular geologic sites around Washington state through the ESS 101 optional weekend field trip program. The entire class will be invited to attend a special IMAX viewing of a geologic film at the Seattle Center.
ESS 102: Space and Space Travel (NW)
Explores powering the sun, making of space weather conditions, observations from space and from Earth, Earth’ s space environment, radiation belts and hazards, plasma storms and auroras, electron beams, spacecraft requirements, tooling up for manned exploration. This course includes rocket launches and other hands-on activities! Open to non-science majors.
ESS 103: Minerals and Gems (NW)
Introduction to the nature of minerals: their composition, structure, physical properties, and origins, with emphasis on gem minerals. Focuses on topics of particular interest in gemology, such as mechanisms of color, history and lore of gems, and uses of gems. Hands-on laboratories using about one hundred representative gems and minerals.
ESS 106: Living with Volcanoes (NW/IS)
Explores volcanoes and volcanic eruptions on Earth and in the solar system. Examines how volcanoes work and how they affect the environment, life, and human societies. Illustrates principles using local examples of recent volcanism and ancient examples of mega-eruptions. Evaluates the possibility of predicting future eruptions.
ESS 105: Astrobiology: Live in the Universe (NW)
Introduction to the new science of astrobiology, study of the origin and evolution of life on Earth, and the search for microbial and intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe. Designed for non-science, liberal arts majors. Offered: jointly with ASTBIO 115/ASTR 115/OCEAN 115/BIOL 114.
And for any student who has taken ESS 101, a great class with Dr. Terry Swanson is available (despite being numbered at the 300-level, it is appropriate for anyone who has taken ESS 101)
ESS 302: Great Ice Age (NW)
Growth of mile-thick ice sheets, worldwide lowering of sea level, and other geological and paleoclimatological changes that accompany the harsh environments of a global glaciation. Geology of the last three million years, focusing on the causes and effects of global glaciation and future climate change
BSE 190A: “Renewable Energy and Bioenergy” Prof. Renata Bura
I&S/NW Internet Course
B term only SLN 10552 (5 credits)
Have you ever wondered…Whether fuel ethanol is sustainable?
If you can run your car on vegetable oil?
If you can make ethanol to fuel your car from trees?
What kind of research on biofuels is happening at the UW?
BSE 190B: “Renewable Energy and Bioenergy” Prof. Kevin Hodgson
I&S/NW Internet Course
A term only SLN 10553 (5 credits)
Are you interested in learning about
bioenergy, solar, wind, geothermal,
hydro, and tidal power?
BSE 211: Creativity and Society
I&S/VLPA Internet Course
Full-term SLN 10554 (5 credits)
Explores the nature of creativity and innovation in U.S. and other societies. Investigates the processes of thinking and techniques of idea generation in fields such as art, music, science, engineering and medicine.
Lisa Nordlund
Undergraduate Adviser
School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
College of the Environment
University of Washington
Box 352100, Seattle, WA 98195-2100
206-543-3077 VM 206-685-0790 FAX
BSE 190B Poster Sum ’12.pdf
Summer_BSE 190A_2.pdf
Creativity and Society Flyer SUMMER 2012.pdf
