From: Office of Connected Learning
Date: December 3, 2024
Subject: Connected Huskies Student Newsletter - December 2024


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CONNECTED HUSKIES STUDENT NEWSLETTER

December 2024

The Office of Connected Learning is dedicated to helping you discover experiential learning opportunities to enrich your education. Come meet with our advisors to explore these opportunities and learn how to get involved. Schedule an appointment now! We offer both virtual and in-person advising sessions.

WSECU Financial Lock Box Challenge

Friday, December 6, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Collaboratory, DISC-152

So you want to buy a car?
In the Financial Lock Box Challenge students help John decide if he should buy a car. However, John locked his financial documents in four boxes and lost the combinations. Anticipating this, he left clues to unlock them. You must solve these clues, review his finances, and work together to advise him on whether purchasing a car is a wise decision.
Register to let us know you're coming!
Register for the Lock Box Challenge this Friday!

EVENTS

How to Add Community Engagement to Your College Experience

Friday, December 6, 11:00am - 12:15pm
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This workshop is open to anyone who is planning on participating CELR for Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, or Autumn 2025! We will be going over all the risk management requirements to participate in community engagement so that you can be cleared for 365 and not have to worry about it next year. Find out what upcoming engagement opportunities are available with partners and share your feedback on what community partners you'd be interested in working with!
Learn more about this CELR event

Population Health in Cultural Context: India – Info Session

Saturday, December 7, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
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Interested in gaining hands-on experience while exploring global health challenges? Join us for an info session to learn more about our study abroad program in India! This unique opportunity will allow you to work with local communities and address health inequities, cultural influences, and social determinants of health. Come find out how you can be part of this transformative experience.
Learn about this India Info Session (Saturday)

Money Talks: Financing Study Abroad

Wednesday, December 11. 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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This workshop will help students better understand financial aid in relation to their plans to study abroad, especially for study abroad programs during Summer and Early Fall 2025. Most application deadlines for these programs will be in Winter Quarter.
Learn about Study Abroad Financing at this event

Population Health in Cultural Context: India – Info Session

Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Interested in gaining hands-on experience while exploring global health challenges? Join us for an info session to learn more about our study abroad program in India! This unique opportunity will allow you to work with local communities and address health inequities, cultural influences, and social determinants of health. Come find out how you can be part of this transformative experience.
Learn about this India Info Session (Jan 7)

Collaboratory - Gift Wrapping Workshop

Begins Wednesday, December 4, 11:00am - 2:00pm
Collaboratory, DH152
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Visit the Collaboratory to wrap gifts for the holidays! Join us between the hours of 11am - 2pm to have Collaboratory staff teach you special wrapping techniques.

- Wednesday 12/4/24 from 11:00am - 2:00pm
- Thursday 12/5/24 from 11:00am - 2:00pm
- Thursday 12/12/24 from 11:00am - 2:00pm
Learn more about the Gift Wrapping Sessions

Plan Ahead for Winter Quarter

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Digital Scholar, Kyle Lai, talks about his summer internship with others at the Digital Scholars Closing Presentations and Poster Session, November 2024.

Upcoming Deadlines

Southeast Asian Pasts and Futures (SEAPF)

Tuesday, December 31, 11:59pm
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Join a community of Southeast Asian/ BIPOC /first generation students to explore your identity and celebrate cultural strength and resilience. Gain hands-on experience through a community-engaged research project. Program runs in Winter and Spring Quarters. Visit the Connected Learning website and navigate to the Cohort Programs section to learn more about Southeast Asian Pasts and Futures (SEAPF). Applications are due by 11:59 PM on December 31.

Udall Undergraduate Scholarship

Wednesday, January 15, 2025, 11:59pm
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The Udall Scholarship is for full-time sophomores and juniors in any major with a strong demonstrated commitment to environmental issues OR who are Native American/Alaska Native and committed to Native American healthcare OR tribal public policy. Each year, the Udall Foundation anticipates awarding 55 scholarships of up to $7,000. Udall applicants must be nominated by the UW. 

Mary Gates Scholarship

Monday, January 27, 2025, 5:00pm
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The Mary Gates Research and Leadership scholarships provide UW undergraduates with the opportunity to enhance their leadership and research skills through hands-on experience, personal reflection, and mentorship. Open to students from all disciplines and citizenship statuses. 

Summer Faculty-led Study Abroad Programs

Friday, January 31, 2025, 11:59pm
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Explore upcoming UW Study Abroad Programs or view programs led by UW Bothell faculty on the UWB Study Abroad website. Be sure to check the Office of Connected Learning events page for details on upcoming information sessions.
 

Student News

Dang sits in a lab coat and face mask at a desk in a lab

2024-25 Levinson Emerging Scholars Award Recipient

Dang Troung, recipient of the 2024-25 Levinson Emerging Scholars Award, researched cell mechanotransduction at UW Bothell. In Dr. Nathan J. Sniadecki’s Cell Biomechanics Lab, she studied platelet hemostasis with a microfluidic device, examining how medication, disease, and blood proteins affect Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in patients with elevated von Willebrand Factor and and its influences on embolization risk. Read more aboout Dang's research. 

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Students Participate in the Seattle 48 Hour Film Project

The 48 Hour Film Project challenges teams to create a short film in just two days, with randomly assigned tasks like genre, character, and dialogue. Films are screened locally, with awards for categories like Best Film and Best Actor. Winning films may advance to international events, including the Cannes’ Short Film Corner. "Brown Pony" by Team Rain at Daybreak won the UW Bothell Intersectionality in Film Award for its sharp satire of Seattle’s coffee culture. Read more about this hands-on learning opportunity for UWB students.

Connected Huskies Database: Find High-Impact & Experiential Learning Opportunities at UW Bothell

Opportunities on Connected Huskies Database

Below are opportunities that have been recently added or have upcoming deadlines:

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