Women in Transportation Scholarship Event

The Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Puget Sound Chapter & UW-Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies Program (GTTL) are proud to sponsor:

“The WTS Autumn Networking/Scholarship/Pizza Student Workshop”

Tuesday, October 13th
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
University of Washington Campus
Electrical Engineering (EEB), Room 403

Please join WTS and GTTL for our Networking, Scholarship, and Pizza Workshop.

WTS is giving away $12,000 in scholarships to women studying transportation! Stop by October 13th to find out more about the scholarships and pick-up application materials. The workshop will also feature networking with WTS members and speakers from donating transportation engineering and planning organizations, PLUS high-quality PIZZA!

All students welcome! — RSVPs appreciated: gttl@u.washington.edu, 206-616-5778

Volunteers?

Volunteer Naturalists Needed for Cedar River Salmon Journey

Interested in fish?  Good with people?  Sign up to be a volunteer
naturalist on the Cedar River this fall. Naturalists will receive
training from fish, interpretative and watershed experts and in return
spend three weekend days making riverside presentations to the public
about the Cedar River and its spawning salmon. 

Training is scheduled for three weekday evenings (September 15, 22, 29)
and two Saturdays (September 26 and October 10). Training sessions
prepare volunteers to talk about the human and natural history of the
Cedar River, the Cedar River Watershed, salmon ecology, and what we can
do to protect salmon. Most of the trainings will be held in the Renton
area, with one training at the Seattle Aquarium.

Once trained, volunteers commit to work in teams at one of five sites on
the Cedar – Landsburg Park, Cavanaugh Pond, Riverview Park, Cedar River
Park and the Renton Library -- for three of the six "on duty" days:
October 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 and November 1.

Sponsors of the program, now in its twelfth year, include Brown Bear Car
Wash, City of Renton, Forum for the Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish
Watershed, Friends of the Cedar River Watershed, King Conservation
District, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle Aquarium, Wal-Mart
Foundation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Interested? Call Charlotte Spang at (206) 245-0143 or email her at
naturalists@cedarriver.org with your contact information, or to ask any
questions. You can also visit the program website at www.cedarriver.org.

(If anyone wants to teach and has not, this kind of a volunteer job can give you a bit of experience and a bit of credibility when applying for jobs that rely on teaching or public speaking.  -Kate)

Maritime & Port Security Summit in Seattle

Resiliency Planning in a Difficult Economy – held in conjunction with the 2nd Annual University of Washington Conference on Safety and Security Education & Research (SASER)

May 28 & 29, 2009 at the Bell Harbor Conference Center

http://www.rhppublishing.com/mpshome.htm

Greg Shelton says, “FYI- this event dovetails nicely with the GTTL Annual Conference on June 8^th , “Competitive Catalysts — Balancing Recovery, Infrastructure, Trade, and Sustainability.”

Environmental Management Certificate Program

This is an interdisciplinary program designed for
current UW Graduate Students who are interested in environmental management and sustainable business. The program is designed to help students in a variety of departments take advantage of the internationally acclaimed environmental and natural resource expertise at the UW.     http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/ 

Program Requirements:
-   3 core courses in environmental policy, business and the
environment, and science application
-   2-quarter Keystone Project
-   1 environmental management related elective (outside the
student’s home graduate department)

For more information and Q&A, attend the Keystone Symposium (lots of free food and opportunity to meet EM staff)!
Thursday, May 28
4:30-5:30pm Student Presentations
5:30-6:30pm Reception
258 Mary Gates Hall

Tikvah Weiner   tweiner@u.washington.edu

Communicating the Environment Conference

An Interdisciplinary graduate student conference
Friday, May 8, 2009
9:30 am to 6:00 pm
Communications Building (CMU)
http://faculty.washington.edu/poffm/Conference/Home.shtml

GTTL Conference, June 8, 2009

15th Annual Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies Conference- “Competitive Catalysts: Balancing Recovery, Infrastructure, Trade and Sustainability,” scheduled for Monday, June 8^th, at the UW’s Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room.  

Details at –  http://depts.washington.edu/gttl/.

Networking Event – May 6

The Coastal Society’s Quarterly Blue Drinks

Every quarter the UW chapter of The Coastal Society (TCS) sponsors a
“Blue Drinks” event. Blue Drinks is, like Green Drinks, “an informal
social networking event.”  Blue drinks, however, is more narrowly
focused to facilitate connections among Seattle’s marine environmental
community.

WHERE:   UW School of Aquatic Fisheries Science Lobby:
http://www.fish.washington.edu/info/find_us.html  http://www.thecoastalsociety.org/    If you are interested in membership in the UW chapter of TCS, contact us at mbrosnan@u.washington.edu.

WHO:   All are welcome. (free!)

WHEN: Wednesday, May 6th, 5:30pm-8:00pm

ABOUT THE COASTAL SOCIETY:
The Coastal Society is an organization of private sector, academic,
and government professionals and students dedicated to actively
addressing emerging coastal issues by fostering dialogue, forging
partnerships, and promoting communication and education. You can find more information on TCS at:

Free EPA Programs Coming to Seattle

 

SMA ALUMNA Lisa Macchio, now at EPA, notes that there are some interesting presentations coming to Seattle, May 27-28 right here in Seattle – free and open to the public.

The Plight of Ecosystems in a Changing Climate.

http://www.scgcorp.com/Ecosystems2009/index.htm

Marc Hershman Mentoring Award

The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the inaugural Marc J. Hershman Excellence in Mentoring Award. Professor Hershman taught at the University of Washington School of Marine Affairs and School of Law and was a recognized expert in field of ocean and coastal policy, including serving as a member of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.

Although widely respected for his work in the ocean and coastal management arena, Professor Hershman’s great devotion to mentoring and inspiring young people is the true mark of his legacy. His dedication and enthusiasm for mentoring students, as well as his continued facilitation of their professional development in their early careers, helped to cultivate the next generation of ocean and coastal managers and scientists.

In his memory, the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative has established the Marc J. Hershman Excellence in Mentoring Award, to be presented to the person who best exemplifies the legacy of Professor Hershman in educating, training, and inspiring students and young professionals to pursue careers in ocean and coastal policy and management.

http://www.jointoceancommission.org/ 

To submit a nomination, please send a completed nomination form, along with a statement of qualifications and letters of support, to Laura Cantral via email at lcantral@merid.org by April 24, 2009. For details, please read the call for nominations.

Hershman Award Call for Nominations   ( http://www.jointoceancommission.org/news-room/news-releases/Hershman_Award_call_for_nominations.pdf  )                                       Hershman Award Nomination Form

Forum on Science Ethics & Policy Discussion on Science Policy

Forum on Science Ethics & Policy is hosting a discussion on Science Policy Careers.

Date: Monday, April 6
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Location: Foege, N230

Speaker:
Brianna Blaser, PhD
Project Director of Outreach
Science Careers/AAAS

Brianna Blaser is the Project Director of the Outreach Program for Science Careers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) where she organizes career and professional development workshops for graduate students, postdocs, and early career scientists.

 Our discussion will center around careers available in science policy and skills that are important to develop for those careers.

Brianna earned her PhD in Women’s Studies at the University of Washington in 2008. Her dissertation, “More than Just Lab Partners: Women Scientists and Engineers Married to and Partnered with Other Scientists and Engineers”, examined how women scientists’ relationships with other scientists affect both their professional and personal lives.

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by Friday, April 3 so we know how many people to buy food for!

Check the website at http://www.fosep.org/ for more information, and/or join the listserv.  (Note that they also have a Climate Change Forum.)