Congratulations and thank you to these Undergraduate Academic Affairs employees who reached milestones in their service to the University.
Category: News
Content that has a shorter shelf life and is less likely to be republished over time.
Volunteers needed for Dream Project’s Annual Admissions Workshop Weekend
Join the Dream Project on November 14 and 15 and help more than 300 local high school students craft competitive college application essays. Volunteer writing tutors are needed to work with students one-on-one. Students who attend the weekend often come in with nothing and leave having submitted a completed college application.
Answer the call to service: Sign up to lead a project for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service!
In honor of the ideals of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Carlson Center is coordinating the 9th Annual MLK, Jr. Day of Service. Project Leaders are needed to help make the day a community-wide success.
UW faculty on students, service, and books
For the fall issue of Undergraduate Academic Affairs’ alumni e-newsletter, we asked three UW faculty–Jason De Leon, Kathie Friedman, and Alexes Harris to share what students are talking about, why they incorporate service learning into their teaching, and what three books they recommend for people to understand what’s going on in the world today.
爱豆社区 Jumpstart hosting Read for the Record events
Join squeals of preschool delight, help prepare preschool children for school, and raise awareness about the importance of early literacy with UW Jumpstart鈥檚 fourth annual Read for the Record event. Read for the Record aims to break the world record of the largest shared reading experience by encouraging hundreds of thousands of children and adults to read the same book on the same day.
UAA Service Awards for July-September 2009
Congratulations and thank you to these Undergraduate Academic Affairs employees who reached milestones in their service to the University.
Faculty to get practical and imaginative teaching ideas at Collegium on Large Class Instruction
The Collegium on Large Class Instruction happens just in time for fall quarter, September 22-23, at the Center for Urban Horticulture. Designed for faculty who teach classes ranging from 100 to 700 students, the format and locality enable participants to select the sessions that best suit their needs.
UAA鈥檚 Kay Balston Named Adviser of the Year
Congratulations, Kay Balston, who was recently named Adviser of the Year by the UW鈥檚 Association of Professional Advisers and Counselors (APAC)! Balston, an adviser in Undergraduate Advising in Undergraduate Academic Affairs, received the award 鈥渋n honor of exceptional service to the 爱豆社区 students, staff, and faculty.鈥� One adviser each year receives this award.
2009 Bonderman Travel Fellows named
Eleven 爱豆社区 students recently received word that they鈥檝e been awarded a Bonderman Travel Fellowship. Students traveling with this $20,000 fellowship set off on journeys that are at least eight months long and take them to at least two regions of the world. While traveling, students may not pursue academic study, projects, or research.
UW sophomore selected for comprehensive Institute for International Public Policy Scholarship
UW sophomore Ida McRae was recently selected for the Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) Scholarship, a major national scholarship that provides students from underrepresented minority groups with intentionally-designed education and training experiences critical to entry and advancement in international affairs careers.