Undergrad Admissions Reviewers Needed

Note: These positions COME WITH A TUITION WAIVER for Winter Quarter 2010.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is seeking graduate students for graduate student service appointments during Winter Quarter 2010. These positions offer a valuable hands-on opportunity to participate with admissions professionals in the review of undergraduate applications for Autumn Quarter 2010. Multiple positions available!

DATES OF EMPLOYMENT: December 16-February 28 (five pay periods). Must be available for weekday training December 16-18 and December 28-31–no exceptions. Please note: The first three days of mandatory training overlap with the final three days of exam period in Autumn Quarter. On December 16, training will run for approx. 5 hours.

HOURS: 183 hours over 5 pay periods; approximately 19 hours per week. Available work hours—8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. weekdays; extended in-office reading hours offered—5:00-8:00 p.m. 3 nights each week; weekly Saturday hours provided. All files must be read in the Office of Admissions during regular office hours or during the (optional) extended evening hours and Saturdays. No files will be taken home.

CREDIT LOAD: Must be formally enrolled in a tuition-based program (not fee-based or self-sustaining) in the UW Graduate School for at least 10 credits during Winter Quarter 2010.

APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE:
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is seeking graduate students for graduate student service appointments during Winter Quarter 2010. These positions offer a valuable hands-on opportunity to participate with admissions professionals in the review of undergraduate applications for Autumn Quarter 2010.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Readers will assess freshman applications, using a combination of personal and academic factors. Applications are assessed by two Readers separately, and final admission decisions are made by Admissions administrators, based on Reader assessments.

APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: October 21, 2009

NOTIFICATION/ACCEPTANCE DATES: We will notify those accepted for the positions by November 4, 2009.

CONTACT IN UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS: Robin Hennes, Assistant Director: rchennes@uw.edu; 206.616.3862

SALARY:
Tuition plus standard salary – salary is commensurate with student standing.
http://www.grad.washington.edu/fellow/salaryschedule.htm
Requirements:
Must be formally enrolled in a tuition-based program (not fee-based or self-sustaining) in the UW Graduate School for at least 10 credits during Winter Quarter 2010.

Ability to do the following: read and evaluate applications, considering both academic and personal factors; learn quickly and apply complicated assessment guidelines; apply assessment principles without personal bias; read rapidly and accurately and work independently for hours at a time; be sensitive to diversity/multicultural issues and educational disadvantage.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
Condition of Employment:
APPLY: You may apply by selecting “apply for this job” (below). In addition to a resume, you must submit a cover letter that should address the following questions in a total of 450 words or less:

Question 1: Your assignment is to select a strong and diverse class of freshmen for the University of Washington. What is the meaning of “strong and diverse?” What academic and personal factors would you choose to consider in reviewing applications and why?

Question 2: How will you objectively evaluate an applicant whose views conflict with yours? Is it ever appropriate to use judgment based on personal opinions in reviewing for admission to a public university? Regardless of your answer, whether yes or no, please give an example to illustrate your decision.

Please note that your application will not be reviewed and you will not be considered for this position until the cover letter assessment is complete.

Job With ASUW

The Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) has some exciting employment opportunities available right now! We are currently hiring two positions: the Elections Administration Committee Chair and our Office of Government Relations Director.

Applications are online at jobs.asuw.org.

The Elections Administration Committee Chair is in charge of planning, supervising and coordinating the ASUW elections in the Spring.

The Director of Government Relations researches legislative issues of relevance to the students of the University of Washington and communicates the findings of this research to the local government, the Washington State Legislature, and the United States Congress for the purpose of advocating in the interest of the ASUW.

The Director will work to coordinate the ASUW lobbying efforts and student involvement in Seattle, Olympia, and Washington D.C., coinciding with state, UW (Seattle, Bothell, and Tacoma), Washington Student Lobby, where the agendas agree, and ASUW guidelines. The Director will spend Winter quarter living in Olympia and coordinating ASUW lobbying efforts.

For additional information and full job descriptions, please visit jobs.asuw.org. If you have any further questions, please e-mail Jon Solomon, the ASUW Personnel Director, at asuwpd@uw.edu, or visit the ASUW Office in HUB 104C.

(Yeah, I know, this is a stretch for an SMA student, but just in case the situation is right for the right person….. – Kate)

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

Local CSDE Fellowship Program Open

CSDE Fellowship Program: Advanced Graduate Training in Demography

Applications welcome now!

This is to announce this year’s round of applications for the CSDE Fellowship Program for Advanced Graduate Training in Demography. Applications to become a CSDE Fellow are now open, until end of day on Friday, October 9th.

Participation in the CSDE Fellows program is open to any graduate student at the University of Washington.

The idea behind this program is to create a group of graduate students who are affiliated with CSDE, and a training program for students interested in demography. Many students regularly attend CSDE Seminars, and are linked to CSDE through advisers or mentors who are CSDE Faculty Affiliates; CSDE wants to offer the support of CSDE core services to these students; limited financial support for conference attendance is also available. Otherwise, these Fellowships are not funded.

For more details on Fellowship requirements, instructions and an application form, please visit the CSDE Fellowships page at http://csde.washington.edu/training/fellowships.shtml

HOW TO APPLY:

1. Applicants should register for CSDE 502 (Population Proseminar) in Autumn quarter right away. In CSDE 502 they will be introduced to the core services offered by CSDE.

2. Applications can be submitted online by visiting http://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/latsch/83761 (NetID required). The application is in the form of an online WebQ survey. Applications are due by end of day on Friday, October 9th.

Questions? Send an email to Wolfram Latsch at latsch@u.washington.edu

Next Cycle of Presidential Management Fellows Announced

Here's a flyer about the wonderful two-year federal opportunity
open to individuals completing a graduate degree this coming academic
year.  SMA has a great history of PMFs. You can also find more information by:

Attending an Information Session:
http://careers.washington.edu/Calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D8569
9432

Downloading an Informative PowerPoint Presentation:
https://www.pmf.opm.gov/Documents/AcadPresent.pdf

Checking the PMF website:
https://www.pmf.opm.gov/index.aspx

In Case You’re Not on the GPSS Mailing List….

The UW Graduate and Professional Student Senate currently has several open
positions for UW students.  For more information on each of the positions
follow the links below.

Legislative Assistant:
http://www.meme-hazard.org/gpss-staging/content/employmentlegislative-assistant
Policy Analyst:
http://www.meme-hazard.org/gpss-staging/content/employment-policy-analyst
Publications Assistant:
http://www.meme-hazard.org/gpss-staging/content/employment-publications-assistan
t
Resource Assistant:
http://www.meme-hazard.org/gpss-staging/content/employment-resource-assistant

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you!

Lindsay Alane Morse, Secretary
Graduate and Professional Student Senate
University of Washington, Seattle
Doctoral Candidate, Classics

email: gpsssec@u.washington.edu
http://www.gpss.washington.edu
phone: (206) 543-8576

FYI About Work at the UW

This came in from Briana Keller, UW Career Advisor for Grad Students and I thought you might want to see it.

Think No One Is Hiring? Think UW

Be a part of President Obama's economic stimulus plan by applying for
ARRA grant-funded positions that are becoming available at the UW. As of
August 2009, the UW has received almost $42 million in ARRA funding. The
bulk of the funding is expected to be received by the end of September.
While many of the awards continue to be for science and engineering
projects, a few fund arts and the humanities.

Curious about how your skill set fits with these jobs? Then visit with
the ARRA Employment Team at our next virtual career fair on:

Wednesday, September 16, 2009
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Register now

http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/jobs/arra/

In the meantime, check out a series of virtual career fairs that the ARRA
Employment Team hosted for UW's graduating seniors, graduate students,
and recent grads. The transcripts may answer questions you have about the
broad range of research-related positions expected from the ARRA funding.
The web chats have been archived on our archive page.

Here's Briana's contact info. Since I'm no longer at the UW, you may want to check with her if you need free career help.
Cheers,
Kate 

Briana K Keller, PhD
(206) 685-4139 direct
kellerb@uw.edu

UW Career Center
University of Washington
main: (206) 543-0535 fax: (206) 616-4863
http://careers.washington.edu

Federal Hiring Promises To Be Up This Year

Note the following article in the Washington Post today.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/02/AR2009090203571.html?

I’ve seen an enormous number of contract positions filled in government while I was at SMA, but predictions are that the Obama administration intends to replace many of the contractors with government workers, so the cycle may reverse in the near-term future. (But it does take time to change the course of a very large ship of state.) Be aware of the changing potential for more policy positions.

For Updates on Student Loans

IBRinfo (http://www.ibrinfo.org/)is an initiative of the Institute for College Access & Success,
which also runs the Project on Student Debt. If you don’t already receive
email updates from the Project on Student Debt, we encourage you to sign
up (https://projectonstudentdebt.org/join.php) to get occasional policy and advocacy updates about student loans and
related issues, such as the following message:

Alarming Private Loan Trends

Our new analysis of federal data from 2007-08 reveals that two-thirds of
private loan borrowers did not take out all they could in safer, more
affordable federal loans. Private Loans: Facts and Trends also found that
a majority of private loan borrowers in 2007-08 attended schools with
tuition and fees of $10,000 or less, and that African-American students
were the most likely to take out private student loans.

See the analysis, Private Loans: Facts and Trends
(http://projectonstudentdebt.org/files/pub/Aug09_private_loan_NR.pdf)

Student Office Ast., Dept. Biostatistics

Immediate opening for a student office assistant in the Department of
Biostatistics (in the School of Public Health). Duties include:

* Assist the Student Services Counselor with data entry, word processing,
filing, on campus errands, and photocopying

* Event preparation

* Answer phones

* Provide clerical support to other Biostatistics staff members as requested

* May need to work additional hours during the month of June to assist with our
annual “Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics” event.

* Other miscellaneous duties as required.

This position requires approx 12 – 15 hours per week.

Hourly rate: $10.00/hour (depending on qualifications).

Qualifications:

* MUST BE PROFICIENT IN MS OFFICE (Access, Excel, MS Word and PowerPoint)
* Superior web skills
* Thorough, responsible; close attention to detail
* Strong organizational skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Requirements:

* Matriculated UW student

To apply, send resume to Renee Albert, Student Services Counselor, rca@uw.edu.
Contact Renee at 616-6734 with questions.

* * * * * * * * *

Renee Albert
Student Services Counselor

Graduate Program Office
Department of Biostatistics, UW
Box 357232
Seattle, WA 98195

p. (206) 616-6734
f. (206) 543-3286