Marine Geoscience Education, Oceanographic Discovery, Undergraduate Collaboration (GEODUC) is a new and unique offering from the UW College of the Environment. GEODUC is a two-week immersive experience for incoming transfer students on board our research vessel and at our marine field facilities. Students will receive hands-on training and create an independent research project to answer their own questions. All expenses are covered. In addition, students will receive a stipend of $1,400.

Banse Early Career Scientist Seminar Series (BECSSS) focuses on bringing graduate students, post doctoral scholars, and new faculty from underrepresented and historically excluded backgrounds to the UW Oceanography department to share their innovative research and to connect with our faculty on future career opportunities. Space is also reserved for renowned scholars and those who have chosen careers outside of academia. BECSSS scholars come from all over the country and the world, hosted in person and virtually, to bring their research to UW Oceanography. The BECSS series runs through winter quarter (January 5 – March 9) on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:00pm PT.

The Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries features internationally recognized experts seeking to examine current issues affecting fisheries and marine conservation, representing as many viewpoints as possible, focusing on solutions to pressing problems. All lectures are free and open to the public. This year’s theme is “Living with Marine Mammals: Changing Values, Local Lessons, and Global impacts.”

Explore the world’s oceans through the lens of a diverse cast of marine science professionals. Journey with them as they share behind-the-scenes stories from their careers and insights on how to solve today’s most challenging conservation and environmental issues. This weekly speaker series is facilitated by Dr. José Guzmán, and is open to all students and the public.

Put your naturalist skills to work in the parks and beaches of beautiful Edmonds. Ranger-Naturalists provide interpretive and environmental education to our residents, school-age children, and visitors to our parks and beaches. 

If you are interested in food systems, farm-to-table practices, sustainability, or climate change — this is the program for you! We will start our trip in Florence, head south to a private villa in Montepulciano for two weeks, and wrap up the trip at the UW Rome Center. We will take daily excursions to meet with local farmers and artisans and play an active part in the production process. 

NOW is the time to apply to the College of the Environment Undergraduate Bethel Student Support Fund and the Immersive Learning Fund for experiences happening in spring or summer quarter. Bethel is for support of work at the interface of academics and inclusion, including experiences on or off campus like capstone, senior thesis and research, which further diversity, equity and inclusion within the College. Immersive is for support of furthering students’ careers and making connections to networking opportunities afforded by on or off campus research, capstone and senior thesis experiences. 

THE FISHERIES DATA SPECIALIST (FIELD), WITHIN THE FISHERIES DATA SERVICES BRANCH (FDSB), PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE IPHC IN THE FORM OF DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING ON COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHERIES IN A KEY PORT WITHIN THE CONVENTION AREA. THE POSITION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING SAMPLING COVERAGE IN THE ASSIGNED PORT AND FOR THE COLLECTION OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES AS PRESCRIBED BY IPHC PROCEDURES FOR UNBIASED REPRESENTATION OF THE LANDED CATCH FOR THE STOCK ASSESSMENT AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC AND MANAGEMENT NEEDS.

This year’s Virtual Environmental Career Fair will be held on Wednesday, February 23rd from 2-5PM! Save the date and mark your calendars now as it will be a good opportunity to connect with employers and explore various environmentally related career paths.

The Prince William Sound Science Center (www.pwssc.org), a non-profit research and education institution located on the shores of Prince William Sound in Cordova, Alaska, is seeking to hire a laboratory/field lab technician to support ongoing oceanographic monitoring and process studies in Prince William Sound.