As fall kicks off, we are excited to share our October workshops & events with you.  As usual, we are offering basic information sessions and workshops focused on supporting your students in both connecting to scholarship opportunities and being competitive for them.

New this quarter, we are dedicating one full week to scholarship basics.  October 24-28^th is Getting Started with Scholarships Week. You’ll find our full calendar, which includes all info sessions and events, on our website.

Without further ado, below is our list of October Workshops!

October Workshops: All workshops in MGH Suite 171.

Date	Title	Description	Time
October 12	Scholarships 101	Introduction to searching and applying to scholarships	4:00 p.m.
October 18	Getting Great Recommendation Letters	We’ll talk about letters, how to ask for them and how to follow up.	12:00 p.m.
October 19	Scholarships 201	We’ll discuss scholarship opportunities and timelines for continuing students.	4:00 p.m.
October 20	CV for Scholarships & Applications	This workshop-information session hybrid will go through how to write a CV and offer time to work and receive feedback.	12:00 p.m.
October 20	Approaching the Personal Statement	This workshop will offer ideas on how to approach your personal statement writing and practical exercises to get you started.	4:30 p.m.
October 24-28th	Getting Started with Scholarships Week!	Visit our webpage for times and events: http://expd.uw.edu/scholarships/workshops/events/	Check times online
October 26th	Why Apply? Meet up	Meet former scholarship applicants and advisors to discuss opportunities and tips.	4:00 p.m.

 

We also meet with students individually to talk through just about any academic application they are working on—please let them know we will happily meet with them to talk about their scholarship applications as well as admissions essays and grant proposals. Thanks for sharing!

It’s time to submit your application for conference funding! In an effort to support students in learning and sharing new ideas, the MSW Program provides students with funding to attend a conference. The funding aims to support student participation in conferences that achieve the following:

• Furthers educational and professional goals
• Enhances and supplements the MSW curriculum
• Upholds the School of Social Work’s mission and values

Application rounds will be now be offered three times a year. Day and EDP students can apply using the same link. This funding enables students to attend and travel to conferences that might not otherwise be accessible or feasible for financial reasons.  The deadline is MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 at 5PM!

APPLY HERE!

Please read the application material carefully and email bilenm@uw.edu with any questions!

Best,

Bilen Million

The deadline (May 27th) is approaching for you to submit a $1,500 winning clinical paper. The Holm and Osman Awards competition, sponsored by the American Clinical Social Work Association, is open for submissions. First and second year master’s students, please take advantage of this opportunity! For more information and guidelines, please visit the ACSWA website: students.acswa.org

The Holm Award is a $1,500 prize for a final-year grad student who writes the best paper about a clinical intervention.

The Osman Award is a $1,500 prize for a first-year grad student who writes the best paper about a clinical intervention.

Please see below for information regarding the Graduate Student Travel Grants through the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS).

I am pleased to announce a new round of funding to support graduate student travel to research conferences or training courses.   These grants will support student travel between July 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016; travel outside this period will be considered with justification. Additional details and application information are provided in the attached flyer.  Applications are due April 25, 2016.

Travel Award Flyer Spring 2016

Apply now for the Husky Seed Fund

 

Pair your ideas with funds to shape the Husky Experience!

 

The brand-new Husky Seed Fund, created by students for students, is accepting proposals for innovative projects that will enhance the student experience for all. Your idea could become reality with a seed funding award of up to $5000, with average awards in the $1,000 to $3,000 range. Projects will be awarded seed funding this academic year and must be completed by May 12, 2017. Now is your chance to develop leadership and team building while creating something truly unique for your fellow Huskies!

 

Winning projects will be: Inclusive, Impactful and Practical.  What change would YOU like to see at the UW?  What could YOU do with some seed funding to make it happen?  See application (https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/seedfund/297310) for more details.

 

Who, How & When – Application details

·        Dream up your project and submit an initial application by 5 p.m. on Monday, April 11, 2016.

·        All UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students at the Seattle campus are eligible to apply.

·        Projects can be submitted by individuals or teams based on the project scope.

·        The Husky Seed Fund is a pilot program starting at the Seattle campus and was developed by the Husky Experience Student Advisory Council (HESAC), a group sponsored by the UW Provost’s Office. HESAC will select semi-finalists and awardees.

·        Projects will be awarded seed funding this academic year and must be completed by Friday, May 12, 2017.

·        Semi-finalists will be contacted on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 and invited to submit additional information and interview with HESAC members in consideration of an award.

·        Note: This is not a scholarship.  Funding goes to bringing your project idea to life.

 

Apply here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/seedfund/297310

Deadline: 5pm, Monday, April 11, 2016

 

Questions? Contact HESAC members at seedfund@uw.edu

More information is at (https://www.facebook.com/huskyseedfund/)

Tax Classes for Students run by UW Fiscal Services – Learn how to deal with tax credits, money received from scholarships, fellowships, and grants, etc.

For Graduate Students – April 5th

For US residents – March 17th or April 13th

For International Students – March 16th, 30th or April 7th

See below for detailed descriptions and information.

Student Fiscal Services Student Tax website:

https://f2.washington.edu/fm/sfs/tax

 

Student Tax class for Graduate and Professional Students Join us to learn about student taxes including information on the 1098-T form and how it relates to education tax credits plus tax issues regarding scholarships and grants. Other information regarding student tax issues may also be addressed. This workshop is jointly presented by the UW Low Income Taxpayer Clinic and UW Student Fiscal Services.

April 5, 2016

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Location: Odegaard Library room 220

 

Student Tax class for US Residents:

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 plus tax issues regarding scholarships and grants. Class is appropriate for undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

March 17, 2016

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Location: Odegaard Library room 220

April 13, 2016

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Location: Odegaard Library room 220

 

Student Tax class for International Students UW non-resident students may receive tax forms related to US source funds they receive. The information contained in these forms can be confusing. Student Fiscal Services sponsors tax classes with student tax information for UW non-resident / International students. The session focuses on helping students understand the 1042S forms sent out by the UW Payroll Office. This class is co-sponsored by International Student Services Office. Class is appropriate for undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

March 16, 2016

3:30pm- 4:30pm

Location: Odegaard Library room 220

March 30, 2016

1:30pm- 2:30pm

Location: Odegaard Library room 220

April 7, 2016

1:30pm – 2:30pm

Location: Odegaard Library room 220

 

Student Fiscal Services Student Tax website:

https://f2.washington.edu/fm/sfs/tax

Application due 5pm Friday, 2/19!

The School of Social Work is hiring a new Admissions Director, and SAC needs your help to incorporate student voice in this process! The Admissions Director’s duty is to attract prospective students and coordinate the admissions process to ensure a diverse, talented student body.

With the support of SAC, this Student Representative will be responsible in coordinating engagement opportunities for students in the BASW, MSW Day, EDP evening, EDP weekend and Advance Standing cohorts to interact with final candidates for the Admissions Director position, and gather feedback to help inform their decision in the final interview and selection process.

This role will require 15-20 hours of interviews and Hiring Committee meetings, and, depending on the level of engagement, likely another 10 hours organizing student candidate engagement opportunities and collecting feedback. This role will include an honorarium.

If you are interested in this position, please complete the application and submit it via email to Hana at hanam@uw.edu.       If you have any more questions about this role or the process, please email Dimitri at dimitrigroce@gmail.com.

https://www.dropbox.com/l/s/DLIFg2FcaLvE6URzvlXgkp

STF funding is a great way for students to bring more technology to the School of Social Work!  Want more laptops for checkout?  A camera for filming practice client sessions?  Technology for skyping?  See below.

My name is Alton Lu. I am the Coordinator for the Student Technology Fee Committee on campus.

We recently opened up our funding round for proposals. The STF Committee has over $5 million dollars available in grants to fund technology projects on campus for student use and benefit. Deadline for proposals is currently on January 22nd, but they are relatively simple to submit.

Proposals for funds originate from both students and faculty. STF has funded proposals such as:

• Burke Museum Tissue Sample Preserves
• Microscopes for Astronautics
• Waterjets for Engineering
• Cameras and Computers for the Daily
• Hyak Remote Computing Cluster in UW-IT
• CLUE Advising Equipment
• CoMotion Makerspace
• and so many much more.

There are very little restrictions on what proposals are considered by STF. The funds available are meant to supplement technology needs of UW Students.

If you see some place in your department where additional technology can impact a student’s educational experience, research opportunities that expand the capabilities of students, or student groups that would really benefit from technology funding, please consider forwarding this information or considering a proposal yourself.

Please visit uwstf.org if you are interested or are looking for more information. I can answer any questions you might have. I believed that this might be something you or your department would be interested in.

QUEER I AM: An LGBTQ+ Student Summit Exploring Culture & Pride

Call for WORKSHOP proposals

WORKSHOP proposal Priority Deadline December 18^th, 2015

ACCEPTING PROPOSALS Through January 10^th, 2016

$100 Honorarium per Workshop

The 2^nd Annual Queer I Am LGBTQ+ Student Summit Exploring Culture & Pride is now seeking workshop proposals. Queer I Am aims to create a liberating space that engages Queer individuals and their many communities in developing a sense of belonging and pride in Queer culture.

The workshop committee encourages proposals featuring a wide variety of topics that align with our values, goals, and intended outcomes. We welcome proposals from faculty, administrators, staff, students, community members, and other professional educators. We are looking for presenters of all experience levels and co-facilitation is encouraged. Workshops will be 75 minutes in length and are scheduled for Day 2 (March 26^th). A $100 honorarium will be provided per workshop, which may be donated back to the summit at the presenter’s request.

We especially encourage topics connected to Queer Culture & History, Skill Building, Intersecting Identities, Self-Preservation, and Community Healing.

Previous workshop titles include:

• Trans 101
• LGBTQ 101
• Our Stories, Our Voices: Insights into lives of lesbians 70 and older
• Building a Better Masculinity for Our Movement
• Queer Performance, Theatre, and Abjection
• So You Want to Be An Ally
• Effecting Positive Change Using Established Systems
• Poetry for the Revolution
• When the World Asks You to be Either Queer or Asian American, Do You Choose Only One?
• Shifting the Paradigm: How We Influence and Change Our Places of Work and Education
• Self-Preservation in Times of Oppression
• Butches, Femmes, Daddies, Bois, Tops, Bottoms, Bulldaggers, & Lipstick Lesbians: Queering Gender & Sexuality, Historical & Contemporary “Queer”ies

SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL

Proposals must be submitted in electronic format (send as a Microsoft Word document or as a PDF file) with the following document title format: Last Name First Initial (Coordinating Presenter) Workshop Title (first 2-3 words only) (e.g., JohnsonRBeforeStonewall.pdf). The proposal form is attached as a fillable .pdf and as a .docx for your convenience—please choose the format that works best for you. We encourage all proposals be sent on or before the December  18th, 2015 priority deadline for fullest consideration. We will continue to accept proposals until January 10th, 2016. You are strongly encouraged to submit proposals as soon as possible. Send to the QIA Committee at queeriamsummit@gmail.com.  Notifications will be emailed on or before January 31^st, 2016. Students seeking coaching or advice as they craft a workshop proposal are encouraged to contact Mimi Alcantar (alcantam@evergreen.edu). For general information about the summit, please contact Karama Blackhorn (kblackhorn@spscc.edu).

While we will offer a $100 honorarium per workshop (not per presenter), it is not possible to waive registration fees for workshop presenters given our budget restrictions. If you are not planning on attending on the summit other than to present your workshop, please contact the summit coordinators to request a registration waiver. Presenters not registered by the presenter registration deadline (February 15^th) will have their presentation removed from the conference workshop.

When two or more people are presenting, the contact presenter is responsible for notifying all co-presenters of the status of the proposal. Sessions selected for the conference should not have the content significantly changed once accepted. Presenters are responsible for providing session handouts.

In addition to workshop alignment with summit mission, values, goals, and intended outcomes, the Workshop Committee will consider balance in the range of topics, level of expertise, interests covered, and professional and geographic distribution of the workshop presenters when accepting proposals.

SUBMISSION TIMELINE:

• November 15^th, 2015  Call for proposals
  • December 18^th, 2015    Proposals are due
  • January 31^st, 2016  Presenters notified of proposal status
  • February 15^th, 2016  Deadline for presenters to accept and confirm summit registration

Please direct workshop questions mae stephenson (mstephenson@tacomacc.edu)

For more information about the summit, please contact Karama Blackhorn (kblackhorn@spscc.edu)

Are you interested in public health and/or social justice? If so, check out the UW Tobacco Studies Program (TSP), which is offering educational and scholarship opportunities to graduate and doctoral students for the fourteenth consecutive year. The attached fact sheet has more information. Please note that the deadline for scholarship applications is October 30.

• Tobacco Studies Career Development Award
  • Award: $500 (up to four per year)
  • Eligibility: Graduate or doctoral students in any UW program
  • Requirements: Enroll in HSERV 558 + lead one Tobacco Studies Journal Club (TSJC) session + attend two more TSJC sessions + present a tobacco-related project to department, school, agency, or at a conference
• Tobacco Studies Fellowship
  • Award: $1,000 (up to four per year)
  • Eligibility: Graduate students in any UW program
  • Requirements: Career Development Award requirements + complete a 120-hour tobacco-related practicum/internship + complete a tobacco-related Masters thesis or capstone

Application information:

http://depts.washington.edu/tobacco/scholarships/how-to-apply/

        à 2015-16 application deadline: October 30, 2015

FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS: 

WEBSITE: http://depts.washington.edu/tobacco/ | EMAIL: tobacco@uw.edu 

Interested in exploring China and its role in the world through a Master’s program at Peking University? Join John Holden, Associate Dean at Yenching Academy, to learn more about this new international graduate program at Peking University offering a Master’s in China Studies with scholarship support. Students who will have a bachelor’s degree in any field by Aug. 31, 2016 are eligible to apply this year. With some exceptions, applicants must be aged 26 or younger on August 31, 2016 (see below for complete eligibility requirements).

UW Information Session: Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 from 4:30-5:30pm, Mary Gates Hall room 224 | RSVP to attend | Free food is provided!

Brief Program Information:

The Yenching Academy offers an intensive program of interdisciplinary classroom and field study of Chinese history and culture, as well as real-time issues in China’s development.  As a college integrated within Peking University (PKU), the Yenching Academy prepares a diverse group of exceptional international and Chinese students with the knowledge of China that they need to fulfill their potential as global citizens and leaders. Yenching Academy offers courses in English. Concentration options include:

• Philosophy and Religion
• Economics and Management
• Law and Society
• Politics and International Relations
• History and Archaeology
• Literature and Culture

Scholarship Support:

The Yenching Academy provides a competitive postgraduate financial package. All students receive a fellowship that covers tuition, accommodation and living costs, as well as round trip airfare from their home country. The fellowship for international students ends after twelve months; they may complete and defend their thesis within one year after they have completed their Yenching Academy residence. Additional funding, in the form of research or teaching assistantships, will be available for international students in good standing who choose to complete their thesis at PKU during their second year. Mainland Chinese students will be supported on campus for two years.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Foreign Students & Students from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan
  • Bachelor’s degree in any field
  • 25 years old or younger on August 31, 2016; students from countries with mandatory military service for college graduates must be 27 years old or younger on August 31, 2016
• Chinese Mainland Students
  • Chinese students will be admitted according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education. They must be qualified to be exempt from the examination based on their mainland Chinese university’s recommendations.  This process differs from that for foreign students and students from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Learn more at http://yenchingacademy.org/, and join us on Oct. 1! Please RSVP to attend the information session at https://expo.uw.edu/expo/rsvp/event/560.

UW students and alumni must apply for UW nomination to be considered. Details about UW’s application and nomination process are at http://expd.washington.edu/scholarships/search/search-results.html?page_stub=yenching. UW’s deadline for applications is Dec. 21, 2015.

Applications accepted Oct. 16–Nov. 13
We invite proposals from graduate students to undertake projects in public scholarship in summer 2016. Awards in this new program are in the amount of $6,500 with an additional research budget of $2,000.
More information and registration →

Thursday, Oct. 8, noon–1 p.m.
Seattle campus, Research Commons, Green A
Same content as above, but geared specifically toward international students.
More information →

Thursday, Oct. 1, noon–1 p.m.

Seattle campus, Research Commons, Green A 
Learn the resources for finding fellowships, scholarships, grants, and employment to help finance graduate education, research, and travel. Don’t let fall funding application deadlines pass you by!
More information → 

2015-2016 Labor Studies Scholarships & Research Grants
Full information: http://depts.washington.edu/pcls/

Are you a University of Washington student studying labor and workers rights? Working for social justice outside the classroom? Pursuing a career in the labor movement, law, public service or the non-profit sector? Apply for a scholarship or grant!

Each year, the Harry Bridges Center awards thousands of dollars to top students in Labor Studies. This year, over $35,000 will be awarded. Deadlines for this year’s awards are approaching. Apply now!

Deadline to apply: Monday, June 15, 2015

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Marcy Migdal Fund

The Marcy Migdal Fund supports exceptional students engaged in activities aimed at enhancing access to education for vulnerable students, either locally or throughout the world, and helping them succeed in their education. The Marcy Migdal Scholarship provides two cash awards of $1,000 each per academic year.

Deadlines:

• Application available: April 1, 2015
• Application due: May 1, 2015
• Notification: Applicants will be notified on or about May 15, 2015

More information →

The ACAvengers are back! Have you ever heard about “tax penalties” for those without health insurance, and wondered how they work? Or what about those nice-sounding “tax credits”?? We’ve got the perfect event for you!

ACA Tax Credits and Penalties Workshop

Wednesday, April 22nd from 6-7pm

Health Sciences Building Room TBA

Speaker: Ian Nelson, VITA Program Consultant

This event is for you if you’d like to learn more about the ACA’s tax credits and penalties, from a basic introduction to a more in-depth discussion so that you are comfortable discussing them with peers and potential patients/clients. If you haven’t attended our previous events and have no idea what we mean by the “Affordable Care Act”, you might find it helpful to watch this super-short video first just to get a basic overview.

ALL STUDENTS WELCOME and there will be food! 🙂

PLEASE RSVP HERE: http://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/ebzus

If you have any questions about the event, or specific ACA-related questions you’d like the panel to address, please direct them to Stephanie at sevenine@uw.edu. 

We will also be talking about more fun opportunities to volunteer with us, including a great collaboration with the upcoming UW Sextravaganza event.

UW S.E.E.D Scholarship
Success, Education and Empowerment for all DREAMers

Applications for the UW S.E.E.D Scholarship Program are currently being accepted. Please submit all materials by May 1, 2015 by 5pm.
The S.E.E.D Scholarship aims to positively acknowledge the contributions of undocumented students enrolled at the University of Washington. This award recognizes UW students for their academic excellence, involvement in the community and demonstrated leadership. The award is open to all undocumented students who will be registered full-time enrolled students at the UW during the 2015-2016 academic year.

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Invitation to be part of working group of a GPSS Ad-Hoc committee for Fee-Based Programs

A lot of programs are fee based programs, or are being transitioned into fee based programs. As this is a unique graduate school experience,­ there has been interest in talking about issues of fee base program. A couple years ago there was a trend to turn state base programs to fee based programs, and programs would just transition to fee base without any specific criteria. There should be criteria for creating fee base programs and the task of this committee is to draw up guidelines for this.

If you are in a fee-based program and are interested in joining the committee, please email me: meixi@uw.edu

Thank you,

Meixi Ng and your GPSS Senators

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