Check out the list below to see the areas the Writing Center are covering this week!

CLINICAL WRITING, the 501 ANALYSIS, and RESUMES & COVER LETTERS.

Workshop: 501 Analysis & Competing Perspectives

Date: Wednesday, 2/26/20 at 5:00pm-6:00pm in RC 2/3

Workshop: Resumes & Cover Letters

Date: Friday, 2/28/20 at 12:30pm-1:30pm in RC 2/3

Drop-In Hours

Date: Friday, 2/28/20 at 1:30pm-3pmin Room 25

Webinar: Resumes & Cover Letters

Date: Saturday, 2/29/20 at 11:00am-12:00pm

Where: PANOPTO LINK COMING SOON

Come Write With Us: Weekly Writing Group

Date: Saturday, 2/29/20 at 12:00pm-3:00pm in RC 2/3

Good Afternoon!

Please see the attached flyer for an event celebrating Black History Month with NASW and the UW School of Social Work Office of Field Education. Hear from Dr. Marian S. Harris of The University of Washington Tacoma, School of Social Work and Criminal Justice

Thursday – February 27, 2020

Samuel E Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center

3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105

5PM Reception Begins

6PM Presentation and Discussion

 

RSVP to sswfield@uw.edu by Feb. 25,2020 

Marian S. Harris, PhD, MSW, LICSW, ACSW is a Professor, University of Washington Tacoma, School of Social Work and Criminal Justice. Dr. Harris is a  national and internationally known child welfare researcher and social justice advocate.  She has dedicated her career to supporting vulnerable and oppressed populations with a major focus on children and families involved with the child welfare and other systems including the criminal justice system. Her most recent research and scholarship is focused on children of incarcerated parents. Dr. Harris is the 2020 President-Elect of Influencing Social Policy (ISP) and will begin her two year term as President of ISP in January.

On Saturday, February 22nd training for any Black and Indigenous people and people of color interested in joining the global struggle for Food Sovereignty will be held 9 am to 7 pm!

The training will include a visionary fiction workshop to imagine the world after the downfall of Big Food companies, popular education on agribusiness and its influence on our education system, and an invitation to learn more about Uprooted & Rising.

The venue is very accessible and there will be childcare for anyone that needs it. If you have questions you should not hesitate to contact estefania@realfoodchallenge.org or text/call at 210-837-3205.

If you are reading this and are interested please go ahead and register here: bit.ly/unrseattle.

Here is the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/864540720665535/874438093009131/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity&notif_id=1581467812671206

The Evans Coalition (EPOC, PCD, EISA, NOW, and OiP) are proud to present:
The Summit on Race and Equity in Public Policy
Saturday, February 15, 2020
10:30 am to 5:00 pm
UW Husky Union Building (the HUB), Room 211-A

At the Summit, we will be joined by Dr. Ben Danielson from the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, and Esther Lucero, CEO of the Seattle Indian Health Board, for our keynotes in the morning and afternoon, respectively. We will also host workshops on topics that include White Allyship; How to apply intersectional, anti-racist theory and strategies to public policy; Community Organizing & Public Policy with a racial equity lens; and How to effectively and equitably involve marginalized communities in the policy process. It is going to be an amazing day!

Lunch is included with the purchase of a ticket.
Tickets can be purchased here:
http://bit.ly/2RMNuoq

The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering a “Writing a Teaching Statement” workshop for graduate students and postdocs next Wednesday, February 19, from 3:30-5:00 p.m.

Discover what teaching statements can look like, how to develop one (even if you have never been a TA), review examples, and brainstorm with peers. (flyer attached)

Register at: bit.ly/teachingStatement

Interested participants should join and extend this conversation to explore methodologies, challenges, and opportunities through the design of workshops that may include interactive presentations, discussions, and exercises.

Suggested key themes include community engagement, participatory/community-based action research methodologies, and equitable partnerships. This call is OPEN to all who might be interested, regardless of their affiliation with UW.

Proposals should be submitted in PDF format by email to coenvdiv@uw.edu by Friday, February 28, 2020 [11.59pm Pacific Standard Time].

For more information contact Isabel Carrera Zamanillo at micz@uw.edu or visit https://environment.uw.edu/envjustice2020

The Diversity Leadership Conference (DLC), held on Friday, February 21, from 3-7 pm it is an afternoon skill-building and intergroup dialogue conference. The theme of this year’s conference is The Personal Is Political: Showing Up for Ourselves and Others in Solidarity.

Students who attend the workshops will learn how to navigate conversations regarding the upcoming election year and propel them forward towards meaningful opportunities on and off-campus.

Click here for: Student Registration  

Folks can also checkout our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/878983282563474/

And the DLC Website: https://depts.washington.edu/ecc/dlc/

If you have any questions or concerns about the conference, please do not hesitate to contact eccprgms@uw.edu . 

Do you have an idea for a product that you’d like to take to market? Discover the possibilities for your idea through the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship’s first annual series of Consumer Product Workshop events organized in partnership with Seattle Made!

The Maker’s Journey: Consumer Product Food Festival + Panel 
Friday, 2/14 – 1-4pm (Anthony’s Forum, DEM 302)

• 1-2pm – Sample Seattle-made food products and meet the business owners!
• 2-3pm – The Maker’s Journey: Panel Discussion
  • Shannon Davis, Selamet Designs
  • Phebe Rossi, Nuflours Bakery
  • Peter Keckemet, Joe Chocolate Co
• 3-4pm – Continue to enjoy Seattle-made food products!

Consumer Product Workshop – Product Design, Manufacturing, Retail Strategy + more!

Saturday, 2/15 – 9:30am – 3pm (Anthony’s Forum, DEM 302)

• 9:30am – Breakfast provided by Honest Biscuits (gluten-free options will be provided)
• 10am – Welcome + Intros
• 10:15am – Product Design 101 – bring your creative energy!
• 11:45am – Lunch provided by Healthy Creations (all food will be vegan, gluten free and very delicious!)
• 12:15pm – Bringing Your Idea to Market: Panel Discussion
• 1pm – Mini Workshops (30-min rotating sessions)
  • How to Build a Thriving Customer Community
  • Retail Strategy: Online Sales vs. Brick + Mortar Businesses
  • Manufacturing Your Product
• 3pm – Reflection + Next Steps!

Click here to RSVP!

Application work parties! Feb 3 & Feb 6

Stop by one or both as you prepare your application for the Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge and/or Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge:

Monday, February 3, Dempsey Hall 211, 1 – 4:00 pm

Thursday, February 6, Paccar Hall, Deloitte Commons, 2 – 5 pm

Come start or finish your application with us! We’ll have snacks, examples of 5-7 page business summaries, and a couple of laptops, in addition to the competition managers there to answer your questions.

RSVP Here

 

Join Us for 3 Full Days of
Community Accountability
Seattle,WA March 13th-15th

Just Practice is excited to announce three full days of workshops and strategy sessions on community accountability for grassroots organizations, collectives and activist groups.
These sessions all presume that participants share the value of prison abolition, even if their work is not explicitly focused on abolition.

Register Before It Sells Out

Announcing Our Evening Panel Discussion:

Safety, Healing, and Accountability for Communities at the Margins: A panel of local restorative and trans formative Justice Practitioners.

The UW Listening Project at the SKCC provides students the opportunity to meet and learn from members of our community in who have otherwise unmet healthcare needs. This project intends to create space for community members’ stories to be heard, and to cultivate communication skills, empathy, and a patient-centered approach for future health care professionals.

Our next opportunity is at the annual Seattle/King County Clinic, a free clinic open to all, for medical, dental, vision, and other health-related services. Students with the Listening Project will participate in one of 6 available shifts, taking place Thursday 2/13, Friday 2/14, and Saturday 2/15. Shifts are 9AM-12:00PM and 12:30PM – 3:30PM.

The Office of Fellowships and Awards is offering workshops on various aspects of applying for fellowships:

How Do I Find Fellowships?
Seattle // Allen Library Research Commons, Red A // Thursday, Nov. 21 // 1:30 p.m. (If possible, bring your laptop!)
To attend online, register in advance at: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z5aurj_yTQy6kLAoCTkDbQ

International Research & Study Fellowships
Location TBD, check website // Friday, Dec. 6 //12:30 p.m.

Writing Statements for Fellowship Applications
Savery 164 // Wednesday, December 11 // 12:30 p.m.

Can I Ask Again?: Common Questions about Recommendations
Location TBD, check website // Thursday, January 09 // 12:30 p.m.

Questions?  Contact the Graduate School Office of Fellowships & Awards at gradappt@uw.edu or 206-543-7152

Recruiting Health Science Students for The Listening Project at the Seattle Stand Down!

Millions of men and women who risked so much to protect our freedom and our country are currently having trouble navigating our health care system.  You are invited to come meet these extraordinary heroes and listen to their stories.

The UW Listening Project<https://collaborate.uw.edu/in-the-community/>, in partnership with the Seattle Stand Down<https://theseattlestanddown.org/index.html>, provides students the opportunity to meet and learn from veterans who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness in the Seattle/King County area. The project intends to create space for community members? stories to be heard, and to cultivate communication skills, empathy, and a patient-centered approach for future health care professionals.

Who: UW Health Science Graduate Students (and undergraduate BSN students)
When: Thursday December 12 & Friday December 13, 2019; half day shifts available

12/12: 9am-12pm
12/12: 12:30pm-3:30pm
12/13: 8am-11am
12/13: 11am-2pm

Where: Georgetown Campus of South Seattle College

Space is limited!

Sign up today by visiting: https://tinyurl.com/yyc5p8zg

Hear the Stand Down board president, Jaime Yslas, talk about the event<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QChKJTK6VbY&feature=youtu.be>.

We hope you can join us!

With October coming to a close, the Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards is turning our attention to supporting students and alumni in applying for upcoming scholarships with deadlines this winter, as well as supporting applications for admission to majors, graduate school, summer research programs, and other similar kinds of programs that typically have deadlines falling November-January. Most of these applications will ask for resumes or CVs, personal statements, recommendation letters, and more so we have a schedule of workshops for students to get a head start! Please share with your students as applicable:

CV & Resumes for Scholarships, Fellowships and Admission Applications

Tuesday, October 29 | 4pm | MGH 171

Let us know you’re planning to attend

Getting Started with Scholarships

Friday, November 1 | 1:30pm | Allen Library Auditorium

Let us know you’re planning to attend

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Title: Grieving, Angry and Scared: Clinical Implications of Climate Change

When: November 20, 2019, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Who: Andrew Bryant, MPH, LICSW

Where: UW School of Social Work, Rm 305 A/B
(Map: https://goo.gl/maps/fvbEBWLfqUxVmFad8)

Link to Registration: https://www.wsscsw.org/event-3509768

Description: As climate change becomes more evident, we, and our clients, face the possibility of an unknown and unstable future. In response to increased awareness and concern, clients may present with a range of existential, climate-specific responses involving anxiety, depression, trauma, guilt, and despair.

Mental health professionals are called upon to assist clients in coping with very reasonable fears and fear responses; and to help them find meaning and purpose in the face of a frightening future. In this clinical evening, we will explore research and interventions related to climate psychology; and we will have a dialogue about the challenges clinicians face in working with these themes.

Continuing Education: 1.5 credits

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the ways in which climate change impacts mental health and community health.
2. Identify the ways in which vulnerable populations are most likely to suffer from climate-related mental health issues.
3. Identify therapeutic techniques for helping clients deal with climate-induced anxiety, depression and grief.

Are you a current PhD or MFA student? Perhaps a Post-Doc? Join GO-MAP for a special event with the Rochester Institute of Technology!

Come to the Communications Building in Room 302 on October 18th from 1 pm-2pm or 2:30pm-3:30pm to hear from the wonderful Dr. Donathan Brown, Assistant Provost, Assistant Vice President and Associate Professor in the Office of Faculty Diversity and Recruitment at Rochester Institute of Technology.

We will be discussing tips and advice on applying for faculty roles, ways to enhance your cover letter for search committees, faculty job opportunities at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and more!

There will be two separate sessions:

1. 1PM-2PM
2. 2:30-3:30PM

Make sure you sign up for either session when reserving your spot
by clicking on the button below!
RSVP for the RIT event here >

 

Don’t miss out on the first Power Hour this quarter with Dr. Clarence Spigner.

Dr. Spigner, who studies race and society, will facilitate an interactive discussion entitled: Thriving in Graduate School- 10 Tips for Graduate Students of Color. The presentation will focus on the following tips:

• Less obsessing on grades
• Staying within program requirements
• Not changing career paths
• Reading everything even if it doesn’t always stick
• Increasing writing skills
• Acknowledging the staff
• Reaching beyond the program
• Not getting side-tracked
• Maintaining physical/social/emotional health
• Always looking-out for each other.

RSVP for Power Hour here >

Come chat & let’s get real at the first Real Talk Tuesday of the quarter!
Join us on October 22 in CMU 129 from 12:30PM-2:00PM.

GO-MAP and the Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity (CCDE) join together to organize Real Talk Tuesdays (RTT) — a safe space to engage in real talk about issues that impact graduate students of color.

In these biweekly conversations, you bring the topic and we’ll talk about it. The discussions are organic and nurturing for the participants.
Also, come hungry- there will be pizza!
RSVP for RTT here >
 

Hello all,

Our Southern Lushootseed Language Table is back and will begin today (Thursday, October 10^th) 4:30-6:00pm in Thomson Hall 335. The table is open to all, including members of the community, you don’t have to be affiliated with the UW to attend. Anyone can drop in for the language table any time. No previous experience necessary. You can come for just one meeting or every week through the end of the quarter. We guarantee you’ll leave with basic pronunciation principles, useful everyday phrases, and some new friends.

You can find the event on Facebook as well. Please share as you see fit and let me know if you have any questions.

All the best,

Kai Wise

Academic Adviser
Department of American Indian Studies | Phone 206.543.9082 |  kaiwise@uw.edu  |  www.ais.washington.edu

 

 

Dear Students,

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 one of our “Which Public Health Degree is Right For Me?” sessions –

Which Public Health Degree Is Right for Me?
Date/Time: October 10, 2019; 5:30-7:30pm
Location: UW Seattle campus, SOCC 303
Event Description: Join us for a panel led by graduate students in our COPHP, MPH, and MS programs, followed by small group break-out sessions. Pizza and beverages will be served!
RSVP link: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/hservask/375334

Which Public Health Degree Is Right for Me?
Date/Time: November 21, 2019; 5:30-7:30pm
Location: UW Bothell campus, UW1-280
Event Description: Join us for a panel led by graduate students in our COPHP, MPH, and MS programs, followed by small group break-out sessions. Pizza and beverages will be served!
RSVP link: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/hservask/375391
We hope to see you there!

Dear students,

As part of its Student Engagement Initiative, the Latino Center for Health has an outstanding opportunity to sponsor up to three graduate students in the Health Sciences to attend the 14th Annual Latino Health Forum presented by Sea Mar Community Health Centers on Wednesday, October 30th, 2019. This year’s theme is Resilience in the Latino Community: Uniting Our Voice to Improve Latino Wellbeing.

The Latino Center for Health provides leadership to promote the health and wellbeing of Latinxs. We do this by building capacity to support culturally responsive research and shaping the next generation of leaders equipped to respond to current and emerging health issues facing diverse Latinx communities in the state and region.

Specifically with this effort, we aim to offer graduate students in the Health Sciences the opportunity to join us at this year’s Latino Health Forum to participate in open dialogue on current topics affecting the health of Latinxs; to network with practitioners, researchers, and community activists; and to gain valuable resources and skills towards shaping health policy and greater health equity for Latinx communities in the Pacific Northwest region.

If you are interested in being sponsored to attend the forum, please fill out the attached short application and send it to latcntr@uw.edu by Monday, October 14th. The application includes an information sheet and a 250-word-or-less essay. We will announce the sponsorship recipients by Wednesday, October 23rd.

For more information on the Latino Health Forum, please visit their website: https://www.seamar.org/latinohealthforum/

LHF Student Sponsorship Application

Cool opportunity from UW Libraries!

Podcasting Workshop Call for Applicants

Are you a graduate student engaged in academic or professional work that you wish you could communicate to a broader audience? Interested in building your resume while learning how to tell compelling stories about meaningful topics? Curious about what you can do with a podcast?

If YES: the UW Libraries invites you to apply for Storytelling Fellows! This is an innovative, hands-on program designed to highlight the interests and accomplishments of UW graduate students, using digital-storytelling skills and technologies. This totally free, three-week online program will take approximately 10 accepted fellows through the start-to-finish process of envisioning and creating a podcast suitable for an online portfolio, professional presentation, or academic project.

Folks who have participated in past Storytelling Fellows programs have created digital stories for the following reasons:

• To make digital streaming content for websites
• To communicate their work either to professional or public audiences
• To learn a creative, emergent form they’ll use in their teaching
• To learn a skill they can highlight on the job market and employ in their careers
• To tell stories that have never been told and never will be unless they do it
• To have pure fun

Storytelling Fellows Course Details:

• The course will run from  October 23rd to November 17th.
• There will be three live Sunday sessions hosted via web conference from 7:00pm-9:00pm on October 27th, November 3rd, and November 10th. These sessions are mandatory.
• Finishing a 2-5 minute podcast is mandatory.

Take a look at the syllabus for more information.

No previous experience with media-making is necessary. 

Really, the only requirement is a desire to be creative, to finish a project of your own design,  and to interact with other graduate students across disciplines.

To apply, please fill out this application by October 11th.

The contact for the podcasting workshop:

Elliott Stevens (he/him), MFA, MLIS

English Studies & Research Commons Librarian

University of Washington, Seattle

res22@uw.edu

206-543-3175

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