Apply for the part-time position at the U District Food Bank: https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit-job/f125c3254a6d4cce9084499e6428a164-pantry-coordinator-university-district-food-bank-seattle

Job Type: Part Time

Start Date: September 15, 2024

Application Deadline: August 18, 2024

Experience Level: Entry level

Compensation:At least USD $34 / hour

The expected work schedule is 20-25 hours per week including some Saturday shifts (morning to early afternoon).

The Department of Bioengineering is seeking an hourly Graduate student assistant to support our undergraduate accreditation. Qualified students could come a variety of backgrounds, including engineering, science and education.  

Job Title:  Graduate Student Assistant

Start and End dates:  Sept 16 2024 – Sept 15 2025

Pay Rate:  $24 to $28 per hour depending on experience

Job details: The position entails providing both administrative support and educational data analysis for a self-study document and/or an educational publication). Specifically, the student assistant will collect and/or analyze data from faculty, staff and/or UW databases, and prepare figures and text summarizing the data. The position also entails collecting and editing text, figures and tables from faculty and staff for the self-study.

Hours:  Maximum 110 hours per quarter during the academic year. Work can be done remotely.

You must be a current student that is enrolled in at minimum 6 credits (undergraduate) or 4 credits (graduate) or 2 credits (PhD) in Autumn 2024

Apply Here: https://forms.gle/ra8sELYmqf74T3VK6.

LSJ is hiring a student communications assistant to help work in the LSJ Advising Office during the 2024-2025 academic year.

The student communications assistant is primarily responsible for cultivating and sharing LSJ stories throughout the year, curating our social media content, and sending out the Weekly Announcements. 

For more information about the position and expectations, please see below for full job description.

If you are interested, please apply here – priority deadline is September 6, 2024 

For questions about the position, please email Kat Eli at kateli@uw.edu. 

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We are happy to report that full scholarships are now available for any who wish to attend the Women Center’s upcoming anti-human trafficking conference!

To receive the scholarship please submit the registration form below, including your food preferences and sensitivities.

Thank you in advance and we look forward to seeing you at the conference!

Conference information:

The UW Women’s Center formally invites you to the 2024 International Conference: Ending Human Trafficking in an Era of Globalization: Problems, Perspectives, and Progress

September 5th, 2024

Full Scholarships Available via Link or QR Code

Conversations to Remember, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, dedicated towards combating loneliness and isolation felt by senior citizens, is interested in working with students! Their virtual visit program matches 2-3 college students with residents of long-term care, assisted living, and memory care communities for virtual video visits. These residents have been suffering from isolation, and are in need of kindred spirits to brighten their days just by speaking with them. They provide training to the students in the program about the best ways to interact with the seniors, as well as additional support throughout their service. Since these visits are virtual, students can do it without needing travel. This program is free of charge to seniors across the country. See more details below.

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Hello students!

Looking for out-of-department electives? This fall 2024, the UWSOM Service Learning department is offering a one credit, online interprofessional Introduction to Advocacy course:

Quarter:  Autumn 2024

Course:  UCONJ 646

Credit/Grading:  1 credit (CR/NC)

Dates:  10/1/2024 – 12/3/2024  (eight Tuesdays; no class on 10/29 And 11/26)

Time:  5:30 – 6:50pm (Pacific Time)

Venue:  Online

Course Description and Overview

As a health sciences student in the 21st century you have a unique standpoint from which to witness the effects and impacts of social inequalities on health. In this course, students will learn from advocacy and topic specific experts about the fundamental elements of health advocacy and the most pressing issues facing health care today.  Possible topics include racial health disparities, reproductive health justice, gun violence, climate justice and more. Students will interact with health advocacy experts and engage in small group discussion groups to deepen their understanding of key topics and they might engage in advocacy efforts.  Small groups will be intentionally balanced for representation of health sciences professions and advocacy experience. 

Course Learning Objectives      

Upon completion of this elective course, students will be able to:

·         Examine the roles and responsibilities of students and future health science professionals as advocates and community leaders

·         Interpret disparities witnessed in clinical settings as connected to broader structural determinants of health that can be acted upon and changed

·         Discuss core concepts and approaches to effective advocacy

·         Engage in interprofessional small group discussions on a range of health advocacy topics

Interested?

For more information or to request an add code, contact the UWSOM Service Learning Department at somserve@uw.edu.

Please find other Autumn 2024 out-of-department courses here: https://canvas.uw.edu/courses/1387757

The Campus Sustainability Fund is currently searching for an Associate Program Director position serving throughout the 2024-25 Academic Year. More details and application link below.

Apply Here: https://forms.gle/3eEzxuALYkZgqepL9

UW Campus Sustainability Fund Website

Handshake Job #9188871

This application closes on September 2nd at 11:59pm. If you have any questions, feel free to contact CSF Program Director Danny Arguetty or CSF Associate Program Director Tatiana Brown. 

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CIRCLE Graduate Student Program Coordinator (2024 – 2025)
UW Seattle campus
Apply by August 18, 2024
Send questions to Ziyan Bai: baiziyan@uw.edu

The UW Center for International Relations and Cultural Leadership Exchange (CIRCLE) has a great opportunity for one Graduate Student Program Coordinator for 2024-25 (see position description attached). This would be a great position for someone who is interested in engaging with students from diverse cultural backgrounds and supporting their success at the UW.

Interested graduate students from all departments are encouraged to apply by Sunday, August 18^th. Please send application materials (cover letter and resume) to Ziyan Bai, CIRCLE Assistant Director of Graduate Programs and Operations at baiziyan@uw.edu.

See more information below.

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UW’s violence prevention & response program, SafeCampus, is hiring for the 2024-25 school year! We are looking for 2 graduate students to support our program’s Case Management efforts, as well as one graduate student who will assist us in our Prevention efforts this year. 

SafeCampus provides consultation with employees and students who have safety or wellbeing concerns. We work to get folks connected to the best resources to meet their needs. This is a unique opportunity for those interested in violence prevention & threat assessment work in higher education. Please apply through Handshake here: https://uw.joinhandshake.com/jobs/9110040

The UW Women’s Center formally invites you to the 2024 International Conference: Ending Human Trafficking in an Era of Globalization: Problems, Perspectives, and Progress.

Date & Time: September 5th, 2024, from 9 AM – 7PM

Location: The wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – UW Intellectual House (4249 Little Canoe Channel NE, Seattle, WA 98105)

Register Below:

Click Here for the New $125 Registration Fee

Click Here for the $25 Student Fee

For more information please see enclosed flyer below! 🙂

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Join the UW Libraries this summer for the annual Graduate Student Research Institute (GSRI)!

Registration: https://sites.uw.edu/libid/register/  

The Graduate Student Research Institute (GSRI) is a free and asynchronous multi-day online workshop offered by the UW Libraries with the goal of motivating new and returning UW graduate students to explore tools and strategies to research smarter, not harder. 

GSRI can help you to:

• Learn skills and strategies for effective academic research
• Become familiar with core tools and resources for research productivity
• Connect with relevant support units across the UW campuses
• Build community with other UW students and campus support staff

Students receive five days of online guidance and support from a team of Libraries volunteers as they work through key content and activities from the openly available Graduate Student Research Institute site. There are no required meeting times and learning can take place anytime within the span of the workshop session.

Additional benefits for registered students include access to:

• A GSRI-specific Slack space
• Optional special topics webinars (Zoom, live or recorded)
• Campus library tours
• Post-workshop tips about Libraries services, events, and opportunities in Autumn 2024
• Opportunity for BIPOC students to connect with one another

There are two sessions of GSRI being offered in Summer 2024:Session A: August 19-23, 2024 (online)

Session B: September 9-14, 2024 (online)

All incoming or current UW graduate students are welcome to register for GSRI. 

For questions, email: uwlibidteam@uw.edu

The UW CELE Center’s Community-Engaged Courses program has an available opportunity for one undergraduate or graduate student. Our team is looking for an hourly communications assistant (position description attached). This would be a great position for someone who may be interested in gaining experience working with our nonprofit, governmental organization, and school community partners.

Students from all departments and fields of study are encouraged to apply. Applicants should please submit all materials via email by Monday, August 19 to engage@uw.edu.  More information below.

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