Featured Educator Program: CityU of Seattle Startalk Teacher Certification July 5 – July 23, 2021 This year’s Starttalk program aims to recruit 13 fluent speakers of Chinese and Korean at the novice teaching level (pre-service) to take 12 undergraduate quarter credits towards a Washington State Residency Teaching certificate. The face-to-face portion of the program runs 16 days

Inspired by his time at the University of British Columbia, UW Corbett Exchange alum, Owen Oliver, created an indigenous walking tour of campus. Stops include the Burke Museum, Indigenous artworks, the Medicinal Herb Garden, the Ethnic Cultural Center, the Husky Union Building (HUB), and Union Bay Natural Area. Read more and explore the tour!   

Please join the Center for Global Studies and Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies for a discussion about indignity, music, and indigenous resistance. Details: Date: Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 Time: 1:30-2:45 pm. Zoom link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/99210467468   Guest Speakers: Geralda (Gêra) Chaves Soares is specialized in Public Politics of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity. Gêra has worked

Friday, June 4, 2021, 1:30 – 3 p.m. Email Bree Bang-Jensen at uwisc@uw.edu for a Zoom invitation. Join UWISC for a talk by Dr. Elena Shih on “The Humanitarian Development Nexus: Anti-Trafficking in the Asia Pacific.” Elena Shih is the Manning Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University, where she directs a human trafficking research cluster through the Center

Tuesday, June 1, 4:00 -5:00 pm PST via Zoom | More information | Zoom link Navigating Global Careers Speaker Series | Featuring Darius Izad, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Air Force Moderated by Paul Carrington, Managing Director, East Asia Center Free and open to all UW students. Faculty and staff also welcome. No registration required. Darius

UW’s College of Arts & Sciences Perspectives newsletter recently featured Marcy Migdal Fellow, Ishira Parikh, in “Inclusive Biology Lessons with a Global Reach.” Ishira is a major in both biology and disability studies and was a 2020 recipient of the Center for Global Studies’ Marcy MigdalFellowship for Educational Equality. The award supports exceptional students engaged in activities aimed

Thursday, May 27, 1:00 -2:00 pm PST via Zoom | More information | Zoom link Drawing from her experience as Executive Director of the nonprofit organization PeaceTrees Vietnam, Claire Yunker will provide an informative overview of nonprofit career pathways, including interfacing with foundations, embassies, and international NGOs. Claire has over a decade of experience working in nonprofit

The European Union has set impressive standards on gender equality, providing legal frameworks for equal pay, investing in work/life balance and childcare, and allowing for positive action to advance equal treatment of women across member states. At the same time, Europe witnesses considerable backlash from anti-gender activists and rightwing reactionary movements, calling into question gender

The Global Business Forum (GBF) is an engaging MBA class and discussion forum where professionals from around the world share their insights into the complexities of doing business globally. The GBF is designed to connect students directly with global business leaders, and this is accomplished in part by inviting such leaders for panel discussions around

Applications are now closed. We will notify all applicants by June 22, 2021 if they have been accepted into the program Into the abyss or taking flight – What’s the ‘new normal’ in our post-pandemic world?  And are we really ‘post-pandemic’? Please join us for this curriculum development workshop focused on The New Normal? and how to respond as