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Graduate education helps virtually everyone through innovation, problem-solving, and enrichment of society in countless ways.
Did you know most UW graduate students remain in Washington after receiving their degrees to become business and political leaders, policy makers, scholars, researchers, teachers and artists? Their collective impact cannot be overstated.
To heighten awareness about graduate education and celebrate graduate and professional students’ accomplishments, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire and Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels have both declared March 31 – April 5, 2008 “Graduate & Professional Education Week 2008” (see proclamation scans to the left).
Schedule of Events: March 31 - April 5, 2008
(click here to download schedule of events)
Monday, March 31
Mary Ann and John Mangels Endowed Lecture:
“Expanding Science and Engineering Capacity in the United States”
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Dr.
Cora Marrett
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Tuesday, April 1
Walker-Ames Series Lecture:
“Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Psychobiological Origins of Heart Disease” http://www.grad.washington.edu/lectures/schedule.htm#KAREN_MATTHEWS
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Karen Matthews, Professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and PsychologyUniversity of PittsburghTime: 6:30 p.m.Location: Kane Hall, Rm. 110 |
Wednesday, April 2
Career Development Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdocs (free; no registration required; co-hosted by the UW Career Center and the Graduate School); http://www.grad.washington.edu/careerdev/symposium.htm
Time: 3:30 – 6:00 p.m. (see location specifics below)
Employer Panel on the Internationalization of Graduate Careers
Time: 3:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Location: HUB 106B
Three Concurrent Alumni Career Panels: each 5:10 - 6:00 p.m.
Corporate & Small Business Panel – HUB 309
Non-Profit and Government Panel – HUB 106B
Consulting & Self-Employment Panel – HUB 310
Networking Reception for Graduate and Professional Students and
Postdocs
(free; co-hosted by the UW Alumni Association, UW Career Center and
the Graduate School; registration requested at
https://go.washington.edu/uwaa/events/200804graduate_networking/details.tc/
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Location: HUB 108
Thursday, April 3
GO-MAP Prospective Graduate Student Day (http://www.grad.washington.edu/gomap/default.htm)
Welcome Breakfast
Time: 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Location: Communications Bldg., Simpson Center Conference Rm.
GO-MAP Spring 2008 Quarter Reception
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Location: UW Club
Friday, April 4
GO-MAP Prospective Graduate Student Day
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Information Luncheon; Ethnic Cultural Center and Theatre (ECC) Black Room; see campus map at http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/?ECC
Presentation - “Survival Tips for Students of Color: Hearing it From Faculty of Color” - Clarence Spigner, UW Associate Professor of Health Sciences
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Gerberding Bldg., Rm. 142
Graduate Student Research Symposium: “UW Graduate Students’ Focus on the World”
Time: 3:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Location: UW Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. NE
Diverse presentations and posters summarizing research with international dimensions and implications, ranging from German drama to orchids and algae, ballet, glacial ice quakes, HIV prevention, U.S. foreign aid, and much more; event is part of the Graduate School's ongoing year-long focus on the internationalization of graduate education
Seventh Annual Symposium of Native Scholarship at the UW: "Celebrating Indigenous Empowerment; New Directions in Graduate Research and Scholarship" (http://students.washington.edu/nasaauw/symposium.html)
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room
Saturday, April 5
Community Forum: Responsible Conduct of Research With and Within Native Communities (continuation of April 4 Symposium; priority seating to be given to Elders, Tribal Leaders and Native community members)
Time: 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. NE; see campus map at http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/?ECC