Research Exposed! Winter Quarter, 1-credit seminar

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Made possible by the Odegaard Undergraduate Library, the Undergraduate Research Program, and Undergraduate Academic Affairs, Research Exposed! (GEN ST 391) offers undergraduates an opportunity to learn about current, exciting research in a wide variety of disciplines, including the process of discovery, how faculty come up with an idea for research, how inquiry is structured in the different disciplines, and how students can become involved in the knowledge-making process.

Course description

Presentations by UW faculty from diverse fields focus on their own cutting-edge research and how undergraduates can get involved in the knowledge-making process at this research university. Students attend weekly, fifty-minute discussions and have the opportunity to ask the speaker questions following each presentation. This course may be repeated for credit (1 credit/quarter-3 quarters max); speakers and topics will vary.

Enroll in Research Exposed for Winter 2017!

Course: GEN ST 391D   SLN: 15083

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Scholarship for transfer students!

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The Alan R. Spence Transfer Support Fund was established to support transfer students in their educational pursuits at the University of Washington.  Dr. Spence had a long career as an educational leader at several Washington state community colleges, including 24 years at Pierce College. Valuing the community college system as a place where student can begin their journey through higher education regardless of their circumstances and backgrounds, Dr. Spence worked tirelessly to ensure that institutional barriers would not impeded a student’s ability to be successful. This year, the Spence Fund, with additional support from the Class or 2003 Gift, will award four $1000 scholarships to UW students who entered as transfer students.

Applications for 2017 are due on January 23, 2017. To learn more, please visit: http://expd.washington.edu/expo/scholarships/Spence

And to begin your application, please visit https://expo.uw.edu/expo/apply/442.

 

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Study Abroad Scholarships – available now!

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The GO! Scholarship, the Fritz Scholarship and the GO! STEMXChange Scholarship applications to financially support  undergraduate study abroad during summer, fall or early fall  are now open.

Students can apply by visiting goglobal.uw.edu.

The application deadline for all three of these programs is February 15 2017.  Students can also use the Global Opportunities homepage to sign up for an information session or writing workshop about any of these scholarship programs in addition to scheduling  individual advising appointments.

Support for applicants is available from Kiana Parker, the Global Opportunities Adviser.  kmparker@uw.edu

The UW Study Abroad Office is also happy to work with students to find a study abroad program that is the right fit, they are located in 459 Schmitz Hall and have drop in hours from 10am to 4pm during winter quarter to answer student questions.

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