UW RSO Global HEED seeking leaders

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Global HEED at the University of Washington is a registered student organization that aims to support the non-profit organization’s existing programs in promoting global health, education, and economic development. We are excited to announce these upcoming global health leadership opportunities!

Global HEED is hosting a Guatemala internship in conjunction with CurAmericas. A group of students will be heading to Calhuitz Village in Guatemala at the end of August to learn about non-profit work and healthcare in low-resource settings. If you are interested in gaining inter nation experience and learn about one of their ancillary projects, consider coming with us over the summer. Applications and participation forms are due May 1, 2015 and our informational sessions will be happening during April. Please email globheed@uw.edu for forms or if you have any questions. Don’t miss out!

We are also currently looking for officers to fill these following positions for the 2015-2016 school year:

  • President
  • Vice-President
  • Co-Chairs of Guatemala Committee
  • Director of Marketing
  • Secretary
  • Financial Director
  • Webmaster

Please email globheed@uw.edu for more information about the positions and application process. The deadline for application submission is April 16, 2015. We are looking forward to receiving your applications.

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Register for Husky Spring Training Leadership Conference

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Husky Spring Training

Leadership Conference

April 10, 2015 | 2-7:00 p.m.
Alder Hall
Dinner included

Student Registration

 

Whether you think of yourself as a “leader” or not, we invite you to participate in the the Husky Spring Training Leadership Conference on April 10, 2015, and meet and mingle with other Huskies who are interested in developing their leadership capacity. Take advantage of a wide variety of workshops presented by leadership practitioners from the UW community and beyond. The conference is free, and includes free dinner and raffle prizes!

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Spring quarter course – Global Perspectives on Reproductive Health

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Global Perspectives on Reproductive Health

Spring 2015, Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:20pm

Health Sciences Building, K-069 (located next to Rotunda Café)

The Global Perspectives on Reproductive Health c is a 3 credit course open to undergraduates (GH 490 C) and graduate students (GH 590 A) in Spring quarter on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00-4:20.  The course will engage students from diverse disciplines, including public health, demography, epidemiology, policy, sociology, and medicine, in topics on global reproductive health.  The course will focus on family planning and population policy, including the following topics: male and female contraception, abortion policies, human rights, HIV/STIs, access to services, and cost-effectiveness of contraception.  This landscape course is designed to give students an overview of global reproductive health, and encourage interdisciplinary learning through active participation in lectures and discussions.  It will emphasize current issues, challenges, and strategies to improve reproductive health, with a focus on resource-limited settings.  The course is designed for a broad range of students from all schools and departments who have an interest in global reproductive health.

Alison Drake and Jennifer Unger are the course co-instructors and can be contacted at adrake2@uw.edu and junger@uw.edu for more information.

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