The Department of History is now accepting nominations from UW students for the prestigious Pressly Prize!

The Pressly Prize, named for University of Washington Professor Emeritus of History Thomas Pressly and his wife, Cameron, recognizes outstanding history or social studies teaching at the secondary level in the state of Washington. The Department of History relies entirely on nominations from UW students to bring worthy candidates to our attention. Nominations are accepted from any current University of Washington undergraduate or graduate student from any major or department.

Please nominate a teacher who shows a significant devotion to their field. Nominations are due by 5pm on Friday, March 16. The Google Form is available at the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/R5oxCYDBuR5YDJHZ2

Each year, Thought Experiments on the Question of Being Human examines the impact of a different field on that question. Conversations between scientists and playwrights lead to a festival of original short plays examining how current developments in that field may impact how we answer the question of what it means to be human. This year’s theme is The Science of Changing Your Mind. Performances will be held at the Ethnic Cultural Center, October 13-15. More information can be found here.

Each year, the Pipeline Project recruits a group of UW undergraduates to volunteer on a literacy arts project with elementary, middle, or high school kids in rural Washington during spring break. UW students are sent out in groups of 5 to 10-12 sites to help young students come up with an idea for a book, write a rough draft, edit the draft, and print and bind a single-signature book. The young students illustrate their published book and present it to the community at the end of the week. At a few sites, Pipeline tutors will be working with middle school and high school students doing college prep mentoring. For more information visit https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/pipeline/317427

The Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of Washington (DDCSP@UW) is now accepting applications for the next cohort of scholars. DDCSP@UW is a paid, multi-summer, undergraduate experiential learning program that explores conservation across climate, water, food and ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest. The first year experience begins in Seattle and travels through various cultural and ecological landscapes in Washington, from the Olympic Peninsula to the Salish Sea and across the Cascade Mountains into the Yakima Valley, learning about emerging and ongoing issues in conservation along the way. Doris Duke Conservation Scholars will have all travel, food and lodging paid during their 8-week summer experience and will receive a stipend of $4,000 ($500/week). Freshmen and sophomore students are encouraged to apply. For more information see the attached flyer and visit: http://uwconservationscholars.org/program/apply/

This winter, the Career & Internship Center is offering two classes designed to meet the needs of undergraduate students seeking information and inspiration about academic majors and career options. See the attached flyer and course descriptions for more information.

Every year, we like to use pictures of real undergraduates doing real research to promote our Undergraduate Research Symposium!

Submit a picture that best captures your research experience, and not only will you have an opportunity to display your work in a new way, you will also be entered to win a prize for “Best Pictures”.

You can enter by simply uploading your high resolution picture (220 dpi or more) to our Catalyst Dropbox.

In order to be considered for a prize, you must upload it by Friday, November 18 at 11:59 pm.

To see an example of how student photographs are used, look at last year’s poster below.