West Coast Poverty Center (WCPC) Seminar:

“The Spatial Context of Food Security, Assistance, and Shopping: When Might Access Matter and Why?”

Scott Allard

Evans School – UW

Monday, March 5th

School of Social Work, Room 305A

12:30 – 1:30 pm

*Q&A until 2:00 pm*

Abstract: Rising rates of food insecurity over the past decade have fueled concern about whether households, particularly low-income households, have adequate access to food retailers. As a result, there has been significant interest in the presence and impact of food deserts. Dr. Allard will present findings from several different projects to assess spatial variation in food resource infrastructure and the role of food resource access plays (or does not play) in shaping household food outcomes.

 

Great opportunity for students who will be enrolled all next year!  Our current MSW student, Rachel Alger, is doing it this year and is willing to answer questions, algerr@uw.edu.

Board Fellows Program Info Sessions

Interested in serving on a local non-profit organization’s Board of Directors for the 2018-2019 academic year? Come to one of the Board Fellows Program Info Sessions and learn more about how to apply your course work and professional experience to a great local non-profit organization! Students sit as non-voting members of local non-profit organizations and complete a consulting project for course credit.

All MSW, MBA and MPA students are welcome to attend any of the info sessions. Note: students must be enrolled for the duration of the 2018-2019 academic year in order to be eligible to apply for the Board Fellows Program.  They are particularly interested in MSW student participation.

• Tuesday, March 6, 12:30-1:15pm (Paccar Hall, classroom 294)

• Monday, March 26, 5:00-5:45pm (UW Foster Classroom TBD)
• Wednesday, March 28, 12:30-1:15pm (UW Foster Classroom TBD)

Apply online: https://tinyurl.com/BFP2018

The student online application will be open February 26-April 2, 2018.

The Q Center is seeking volunteers to be part of the 2018 Lavender Graduation Planning Committee!  We hope you will share your ideas and energy with us in order to make June 5^th a special day for our graduates.

If you are interested, please complete this poll to indicate your meeting availability by March 15th. 

Feel free to email Jaimée Marsh jaimeem@uw.edu or call 206-897-1430 if you have any questions.

Are you considering a public health graduate degree? The Department of Health Services trains students for influential careers in public health practice and research, health administration, health promotion, and health policy. Would you like to learn more about the types of graduate degrees we offer and what makes them unique?

The Department of Health Services invites you to attend “Which Public Health Degree is Right For Me?” –

What: Join us for a panel led by graduate students in our COPHP, MPH, MS, MHA, MHIHIM, and Online Executive MPH programs, followed by small group break-out sessions. Pizza and beverages will be served!

When: Thursday May 3, 2018; 5:30-7:30pm

Where: UW Seattle campus, South Campus Center, Room 303

Please RSVP here by Sunday April 29 to reserve your spot!

Facebook event page here.

 

Student Tax class for US Citizen/Resident Students:

Date: Monday, March 5, 2018 2:00pm – 3:00pm

This class is held in Odegaard Library, room 220

You’ve received your 1098T tax form! Student Fiscal Services is presenting this workshop to help US Resident students understand the information on the 1098T tax form and how it relates to education tax credits and tax issues regarding scholarships and grants. This class is appropriate for undergraduate, graduate and professional students. The class is free of charge and you do not have to register to attend.

Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets – PSKS is looking for volunteers within their emergency overnight shelter program. PSKS is located in Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA. This is a great opportunity for students to gain experience. More information regarding the opportunities here. Questions? Contact Crystal Byfield, MSW at crystal@psks.org, 206-726-8500 ext. 101

 

 

Join us as we greet Nadine Strossen, the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School. She has written, taught, and advocated extensively in the areas of constitutional law and civil liberties, including through frequent media interviews. From 1991 through 2008, she served as President of the American Civil Liberties Union, the first woman to head the nation’s largest and oldest civil liberties organization. 

In her book, “Hate:  Why We should Resist it with Free Speech, Not Censorship”, she argues that our political and campus discourse are increasingly filled with charges and counter-charges of “hate speech” to stigmatize and suppress seemingly any speech whose ideas are viewed as hated and hateful.  Speech as disparate – and important in our democracy – as campaigning for Donald Trump and advocating for Black Lives Matter, has been denounced as “hate speech.”  Moreover, too many political and other leaders make erroneous statements about the legal status of such speech, declaring either that “hate speech is not free speech” or that it is absolutely protected.  To the contrary, U.S. law appropriately takes a more nuanced approach, protecting some, but not all, speech that conveys hateful or discriminatory messages.

This lecture will explain why the U.S. approach not only is consistent with core principles of liberty and democracy, but also is the most effective strategy for advancing equality, societal harmony, and individual dignity and psychic well-being.  It cites the many past and present social justice advocates, both in the U.S. and worldwide, who concur that these essential goals are thwarted by censorship, but effectively promoted through non-censorial strategies, including counter-speech. 

We would like to rent our house out from end April (around 4/20) to early August. If you know of anyone that needs temporary furnished housing –perhaps on a long visit to Seattle, someone in transition, etc., please give them this information:

3 bed 2 bath house in Maple Leaf/Victory Heights neighborhood with large lot (7000 sf)

– average rental for 3 bed 2 bath house is $2000/mo, BUT  our ideal would be 1-3 people that could pay negotiable low rent in exchange for gardening

Questions?  Contact Jeanie at murphyjeanie@hotmail.com.

Unite UW application for spring quarter is open now! We would really appreciate your help to spread the word, so our students get to distress in spring while making some close friends. We are accepting graduate student applications too!  

A flyer is attached and here is a blurb you can forward:

Unite UW Spring 2018 application is open now! It is that time of the year to smell the tulips at Skagit Tulip Town, lie on the beach at Golden Gardens at our annual BBQ, and enjoy Seattle’s nature by hiking up Rattlesnake. Unite UW is great opportunity to find a tight-knit community with caring friends from diverse cultural backgrounds and rich life experiences. This quarterly program is complimentary and offers food plus 2-night retreat at Pack Forest and seeks to connect international students with US students for fun activities.

• Apply by March 14^th at: https://goo.gl/forms/LTyJwM5H6Q9nFERD2 (Spring schedule is included in this application form)
• Learn more at uw.edu

RA Announcement

The Center for Education Data & Research (CEDR) on the UW Bothell campus is seeking a qualified Research Assistant to join our team. The position could begin in Spring 2018 or Summer 2018, with guaranteed funding (20 hours per week plus tuition waiver during Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters and up to 40 hours per week during Summer quarter) for one academic year and one additional year of funding potentially available.

The successful applicant will work on two projects focused on teacher education in Washington State. The projects will be overseen by Dr. Dan Goldhaber, a leading researcher in education productivity and the teacher labor market.

We are looking for applicants with experience in a statistical programming language, preferably Stata, though other programs (e.g., R and SAS) are a plus.

Please send a cover letter, CV, and three professional references to cedr@uw.edu.

The work schedule in the CEDR office is flexible. Our office is off-site in Wallingford, but easily accessed from the UW via the Burke Gilman trail or bus route 31 or 32.

Application deadline is March 8.

The Evans School is now accepting applications for the International Development and Nonprofit Management Certificate programs. All current UW graduate students from any campus are welcome to apply, to complete the program during the 2018-19 academic year. Please share this information with any interested students!

The application deadline for both programs is Sunday, April 15, 2018.

The International Development Policy and Management Certificate program (IDCP) offers students a foundation for addressing complex questions of poverty and development. The certificate requires that students complete 9 credits of core course material and two electives that cover areas or methods focused on international development. Each student creates a portfolio and short analytic paper reflecting upon the key learning experiences of the program.

Contact: devcert@uw.edu

The Nonprofit Management Certificate program (NMCP) gives students the tools and framework needed to meet the increasing challenges facing the nonprofit sector today. The program provides students with fundamental knowledge of the nonprofit sector through one core course and four elective courses.  Each student creates a portfolio and short analytic paper reflecting upon the key learning experiences of the program.

Contact: nmcp@uw.edu

← Previous Page