[Econmaj] Announcements

[Ahna Kotila]

This email contains information on the following:
*FIG leader application due Monday!
*UW Amgen Scholars Program Application deadline Monday
*UW Retirement Assoc. scholarship deadline Monday
*Tax 101 Workshops
*Mortor Board Honors Society
*Qolors Reception
*Form a UW Environmental Innovation Challenge Team!
*Social Science Learning Link - SLink



Become a FIG Leader!
 
Applications are completed online and you can access the application on the following website: http://depts.washington.edu/fyp/work/figleaders/
 
The program is looking for students from all departments who are UW-Seattle undergraduates with strong organizational skills (i.e., not over-committed), and a genuine interest in working with freshmen as they face the challenges and opportunities presented to them as new students. Having been in a FIG as a freshman is not required.
 
As a FIG Leader, students will develop a deeper connection to the University while also developing transferable skills in public speaking, discussion facilitation, lesson plan development, and principles of instructional leadership. All of these skills will be utilized while instructing a class of 15-25 freshmen enrolled in General Studies 199.
 
Training will take place during spring quarter 2009. Special arrangements for summer training can be made for students who will be studying abroad during spring quarter. FIG Leaders are eligible to receive up to six credits for their commitments to the program, which includes bother training for and teaching the General Studies 199 course in autumn quarter. 
The application deadline is Monday, February 2nd by 5:00pm. For more information, and for information session days/times, please visit our website at: http://depts.washington.edu/fyp/work/figleaders/
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UW AMGEN SCHOLARS SUMMER PROGRAM APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Interested in learning more about science and biotechnology research as a career? The deadline for the UW Amgen Scholars Program is fast approaching!  The UW Amgen Scholars Summer Program provides an opportunity for undergraduates to explore and prepare for careers in science and biotechnology. For more information, visit: http://www.washington.edu/research/urp/amgen. 
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Reminder:  Applications for the University of Washington Retirement Association scholarships are due on February 2, 2009. 
 
The University of Washington Retirement Association will offer up to four scholarships of at least $3,000 for UW students (undergraduate or graduate) studying toward careers that focus on aging-related research or provision of services to older adults. 
 
Awards are based on demonstrated promise and financial need.
Awards are credited to student accounts in Spring 2009.
 
Applications are available on-line, at 
http://depts.washington.edu/retiremt/uwra. Click on 'Scholarships and Fellowships' under What We Offer on the left side of the home page. Scroll down to find the link to the downloadable PDF application form. Print the application form.
 
Applications, including additional information requested, must be complete to be considered. 
Deadline for receipt of applications is February 2, 2009. 
Submit complete applications to Scholarship Services Office, Room 172 Schmitz Hall. 
 
Questions? Contact the UWRA office by emailing retiremt at u.washington.edu or by calling 206-543-8600.
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Student Fiscal Services will be offering two different types of tax classes to students over the next couple of months. Please forward the schedule listed below to your students or to any departmental staff who are interesting in learning about student tax issues.
 
Tax 101 workshops for U.S Resident Students:
You've received your 1098T tax form! Are you confused about the information it contains? Student Fiscal Services offers workshops to help students understand the 1098T tax form, the Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits, and student account or scholarship issues in relation to taxes. This class is offered free of charge.
 
Below are the class schedules:
February 18, 2009
12:30pm - 1:30pm
2:00pm - 3:00pm
HUB 310
 
March 3, 2009
11:00am - 12:00pm
12:30pm - 1:30pm
HUB 209A
 
March 12, 2009
2:30pm - 3:30pm
4:00pm - 5:00pm
HUB 209A
 
April 9, 2009
1:30pm - 2:30pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm
HUB 309
 
Tax 101 for Non US Resident and International Students:
Student Fiscal Services offers workshops to help Non Us Resident and international students understand the tuition accounts or scholarship issues in relation to taxes. This class is offered free of charge.
 
Below are the class schedules:
 
February 18, 2009
3:30pm - 4:30pm
HUB 310
 
March 10, 2009
1:30pm - 2:30pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm
HUB 209A
 
April 8, 2009
1:30pm - 2:30pm
3:00pm - 4:00pm
HUB 309
 
Questions about the classes:  Please call 206-221-2621 or 206-221-5950.  
Any tax questions:  Please call 206-221-2609  or e mail  taxquest at u.washington.edu
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The application for Mortar Board honors society is now open!

New members are selected on the basis of achievement in scholarship, leadership and service; and serve as active members during their senior year. The application and further information is available online at http://uwmortarboard.org/application.aspx. The deadline for the application is February 13th, 2009. 

Mortar Board is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for outstanding achievement in scholarship, leadership and service. Founded in 1918, it is currently the oldest honor society on the University of Washington campus. Mortar Board provides opportunities for continued leadership development, promotes service to universities, and encourages lifelong contributions to the global community.

To learn more about Mortar Board visit our website at http://uwmortarboard.org/default.aspx.
Please email us at mortarbd at u.washington.edu if you have any questions, comments or concerns and we will respond as quickly as possible.
Laura Jackson and Danielle Mills
Membership Co-Chairs
Mortar Board, Tolo Chapter
University of Washington, Seattle 
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YOU (students, faculty, staff, alum) are invited to the 4th Anuual Qolors Reception!  This event is to celebrate our multiple identities as queer people of color.  
Come for an evening of discussion, food, celebration, and good company with each other and our allies.  
Hope to see you there!

Host:    Q Center and ECC-T   Change Organizer
Location:    ECC-T Black Room
NE 40th Street & Brooklyn Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105 US 
When:    Tuesday, February 3, 4:00PM    Add to my Outlook Calendar
Phone:    206-897-1430

The reception is a part of a week long series of events during Ally Week, Feb 2nd-5th. Check out the other week's events:

Monday, Feb 2nd: 
Safe Zone Training
HUB Rm 309
9am-12pm

Learn tools to address power, privilege, and prejudice and work towards social justice within an anti-oppresive framework.

Tuesday, Feb 3rd:
4th Annual Qolors Reception
Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC), Black Room
4pm-6pm

This event is to celebrate the multiple identities of queer people of color. Come for an evening of discussion, food, and good company with one another and our allies.

Wednesday, Feb 4th:
Brown Bag: What is Allyship?
Q Center, Schmitz 450
1230pm-2pm

Learn what Allyship is, how to think critically about it, and how to be an Ally within and across many communities.

Thursday, Feb 5th:
Bridging Voices: Queer Allyship Building Throught Art
Parnassus Cafe (UW Art building, basement)
6-730pm

Featuring: THEE Satisfaction, Dino Jamz, Slam poets from BENT...and MORE!!!

There will be a sign-up for open mic during the event, BRING YOURS TO PERFORM!

FREE ADMISSION. FREE FOOD.

-- jennifer self, ph.c.q center coordinatoruniversity of washington
www.qcenter.washington.edu
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UW Environmental Innovation Challenge
Innovation in Clean-Tech + Market Opportunity = Solutions for the Planet
 
If you've got a passion for clean-tech, the smarts to play in the emerging "green economy," and the desire to leverage your engineering or business background to make an impact, the new UW Environmental Innovation Challenge can provide just the platform you've been looking for. 
 
How It Works
For the UW EIC, interdisciplinary student teams will define a clean-tech problem, design and develop the solution, and work together to produce both a prototype (or proof of concept/computer simulation) and an executive summary that outlines the market opportunity.  Industry mentors are available to help students indentify potential customers and work through the process of getting their technology application to market. In the challenge itself on April 1, students will pitch their concepts and demonstrate their product/idea to a group of judges that includes technologists, entrepreneurs, and investors. The judging is based on the potential for impact, and team that wins will receive a $10,000 grand prize.  
 
Form a Team
Sounds great!  Now what?  Get involved by forming a team around an idea that interests you.  This can be anything:  something you're working on in the lab, an idea you've read about, or a collaboration with industry.  Whether you have a great idea and need some teammates to round out your skills (ie. you're an engineer in need of a business student-or vice versa), or you just want to join an existing team, read through the EIC Classifieds where potential teammates are posting information about their projects.  Check it out and then submit your own post!
 
Key Dates
February 11-Intent to Submit due
March 5-Executive Summary due
March 29-1 Page Executive Summary and 1 PowerPoint Slide due
April 1-DEMODay Pitches and Presentations, Dinner and Awards Ceremony 
($10,000 Grand Prize, $5,000 Second Prize, and three $2,500 Honorable Mention Prizes awarded!)
 
Frequently Asked Questions
Still have questions?  Get in touch!
Pam Tufts
Manager, UW Environmental Innovation Challenge
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ptufts at u.washington.edu
206.685.3813
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Dear Social Science Learning Community,
 
A group of students and advisers has launched a Social Science learning community, aka affinity group, called S-Link. This collaboration is envisioned as a kind of social network, intended to
 
1)      help current social science majors interact,  collaborate on outreach, community work and research projects, meet social science faculty, and share info


2)      explain what  the social sciences are all about  to potential new majors, and
 
3)      act as a kind of public face for the social sciences
 
We're moving down several roads at once, but the most visible early signs of our existence are:
 
1)      our ever-changing blog: 

http://socialsciencelink.wordpress.com
 
2)      the attached brochures highlighting social science-related panels at next week's campus-wide Career Discovery Week, and
 
3)      a growing list of study abroad opportunities focusing on social science-related issues, themes, topics. etc. This list will soon be up on our blog and will be available at the Study Abroad Fair next Tuesday afternoon in Gould Court.
 
Coming attraction:  The inaugural social science faculty smackdown-what we call SlinkSlam-- on March 2. We're putting together a lineup of lively and contentious faculty members from many SS departments who will be debating  something along the lines of "The Economic Meltdown: Whose Fault & Which Way Out"?
 
Thanks
 
Liz, Rick & Jim
 
Liz Copland
SLink and Arts Link Coordinator
lizziecopland at gmail.com
 
Rick Roth
Academic Adviser, geography
rroth at u
 
Jim Donnen
Academic Adviser, the Jackson School
jdonnen at u


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Ahna Kotila
Academic Counselor, Lead
Department of Economics
University of Washington
413 Condon Hall, Box 353330
Seattle, WA  98195-3330
akotila at u.washington.edu
(206) 685-2026
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