University Archives and Records Management is excited to announce that we now have three new online help pages (you can also find links to these pages on our Help Guides and Training page). These guides are meant to answer common questions we’ve gotten since we’ve all been working from home:
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Upcoming internal and external grant application deadlines
Refer to the RSP website for additional information, guidelines, and application forms.
Keck Foundation Scientific Research Grants
Concept paper due to Vice Provost for Research: Feb. 1 (extended deadline)
Did you know the Career Services Center is here to support all students and alumni of Western?
Find out how you can access resources to connect virtual classroom learning, work/internship and volunteer experience to Alumni Success through the new series of Wednesday Workshops.
Presenters will be offering virtual workshops beginning Jan. 13, specifically customized for students and alumni. Attend the sessions of interest to you!
WWU Faculty and Staff are encouraged to participate in the new “Building Career Connections” workshop series presented by the staff at the Career Services Center. Participants will:
WWU’s Career Services Center will offer evening hours for Career Counseling appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-7 p.m. during winter quarter. This service is available to both current students and alumni of WWU.
Next Wednesday the AS Office of Civic Engagement (OCE) will be hosting an informational meeting and Q & A with a few of Bellingham's city planners on local housing issues. Specifically, the planning department is discussing changes to zoning and residency laws, including the current definition of 'family' that restricts the number of unrelated people living together in a house or unit to three.
The event will be on Wednesday, Jan 13 from 3-4 p.m. on Zoom.
Western continues to offer free COVID testing to all Western students living on or off campus for Winter Quarter 2021. Make sure you and your friends/housemates are protected.
Western’s COVID-19 testing clinic, Fraser Hall, still has many appointments available this week but openings are filling up fast! Make your online appointment now at studenthealth.wwu.edu/mywesternhealth. No walk-ins accepted. Appointments are first-come, first-served.
The Student Technology Fee (STF) Committee is accepting Tech Initiatives abstracts for the current academic year. All Western employees and students may apply.
Abstracts from employees are due January 13. Abstracts from students are due January 21. A link to the abstract form to be used by everyone is here: Tech Initiatives Abstract Form.
Western’s faculty and students are engaged in exciting research across a variety of fields. Periodically, Western Today will share short summaries of the latest developments in grants and research at Western Washington University.
American Chemical Society
Students and graduates looking jobs and internships are invited to participate in Western Washington University’s Virtual Winter Career Fair featuring STEM, which will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb.