CSE Undergrad News

Are you on the UW campus over summer? Are you interested in getting tutoring experience on your resume? If so, the Allen School is looking for volunteer tutors for the 300-level CSE courses offered over the summer. The courses offered are:

• CSE 331: Software Design and Implementation
• CSE 332: Data Structures and Parallels
• CSE 333: Systems Programming
• CSE 344: Intro to Data Management

WHY TUTOR?

Tutoring is a great way to work on your communication skills, support your fellow undergrads, and get experience on your resume. Additionally, it is a low commitment way to determine if a teaching assistant position in the future is a good fit for you or to keep up with your current tutoring skills.  This is a volunteer position but tutors who meet with their group every week during the quarter will get CSE swag!

TUTORING DETAILS

REQUIREMENTS

Your knowledge of the material (you must have completed and passed the course) and your willingness to help!

To volunteer, please review these guidelines and sign up online by Thursday, June 29th:
https://www.cs.washington.edu/students/ugrad/tutoring/tutor

Tutor at an elementary, middle or high school in Seattle during Summer or Fall Quarter with the UW Pipeline Project!

The UW Pipeline Project recruits, trains and places UW students as volunteer tutors in Seattle schools and community organizations. We are recruiting tutors for Summer and Fall quarter to volunteer with about 40 different schools, and would love to have you!

Volunteer during Summer or Fall Quarter:

We’ll help you get set up tutoring in a K-12 classroom or community organization. Tutors make a minimum commitment of 2-3 hours per week for at least one quarter.

The schedule is flexible: schools need tutors Mon-Fri between 7:30 and 5pm. And we offer transportation to some of our partner schools that have the highest need for tutors. More information can be found here: http://expd.uw.edu/pipeline/volunteer/

Take an EDUC 401 Inner Pipeline Seminar Class for Credit:

Participate in a weekly Pipeline seminar and tutor for at least 2.5 hours a week at a Seattle school or community organization! All of our courses are Credit/No Credit, are I & S credits, and are listed under EDUC 401. The number of credits a student receives depends on the number of tutoring hours completed in addition to seminar attendance. 2 credits: weekly seminar and tutor 2-3 hours per week. Seminars are a fantastic opportunity to learn about issues in public education and tutoring strategies, while reflecting and learning from your tutoring site.

Take a look at our upcoming Summer and Fall seminars here: http://expd.uw.edu/pipeline/inner-pipeline-seminars/

Fall 2017 Inner Pipeline Seminar Spotlights:

Tutoring Math and Science in K-12 Education

EDUC 401C

Tuesdays 4:30-5:50pm

In this seminar, students explore the world of math and science in K-12 schools by attending seminars that focus on current educational topics and tutoring at one of Pipeline’s partner schools. A key feature of the course is the opportunity to reflect on and share tutoring experiences in order to gain advice, suggestions, and pointers. Several seminars are devoted to best practices for science and math tutoring. The seminar also includes brief readings and discussion of critical topics in K-12 science and math education. Through the lens of social justice, this course will include conversation and critique of the social, political and economic factors that affect STEM education.

If you have any questions about how to get involved with Pipeline Project feel free to email us at pipeline@uw.edu or visit us anytime M-F 9am-5pm in Mary Gates Hall Suite 171.

Hello, CSE students! On Friday 4/21 and Saturday 4/22, UW will host hundreds of middle- and high-school students for Engineering Discovery Days. We need volunteers to help lead CSE activities and help visitors find their way around the building.

Sign up now to volunteer for Engineering Discovery Days!

Volunteer shifts are available throughout Friday and Saturday, for a minimum of 1 hour. If you have questions, email jmunroe@cs.washington.edu.

Thanks!
Raven

Reminder: Join other students and Microsoft professionals on a volunteer trip to Ecuador this summer!
August 11-20, 2017
through Timmy Global health, sponsored by Microsoft

Apply online by Friday!

• The trip runs Aug 11-20, including travel days, free time, and 5 days working in clinics
• No medical skills necessary. 🙂  Participants must be enthusiastic about working with a close and diverse team in a challenging environment.
• Spanish skills are not necessary, but native and fluent Spanish speakers are highly encouraged to participate!
• The trip cost is $1,325 plus airfare (roughly $900). Microsoft will provide scholarships for some participants. Scholarship decisions will be made before you need to commit to the trip.
• Participants must commit to the trip by May 12
• Most intern hosts are flexible with requests for time off, but you should talk to your host about this now (or before committing to the trip)

More info:
Read more trip details here.
Read about the Timmy nonprofit organization here.
Talk to me (Raven)! I’ve volunteered twice with Microsoft-sponsored Timmy trips.

Medical volunteer trip to Ecuador!
August 11-20, 2017
through Timmy Global health, sponsored by Microsoft

Hello CSE students! I’m working with Microsoft and Timmy Global Health to coordinate a student volunteer trip to Ecuador this summer, providing medical outreach to rural communities in the Amazon. The goals of the trip are to engage students in volunteer work and to increase access to basic healthcare. Microsoft is sponsoring the trip through scholarships, coordination, and volunteers.

• The trip runs Aug 11-20, including travel days, free time, and 5 days working in clinics
• No medical skills necessary. 🙂  Participants must be enthusiastic about working with a close and diverse team in a challenging environment.
• Spanish skills are not necessary, but native and fluent Spanish speakers are highly encouraged to participate!
• The trip cost is $1,325 plus airfare (roughly $900). Microsoft will provide scholarships for some participants. Scholarship decisions will be made before you need to commit to the trip.
• Participants must commit to the trip by May 12; if you have a summer internship, you should talk to your host about taking this time off now, or before committing to the trip.

About Timmy Global Health and Microsoft:
Timmy Global Health is a non-profit bringing basic medical care to communities in Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala. Timmy works closely with local organizations and professionals to ensure their work supports local services in appropriately and sustainably. Microsoft employees have supported Timmy for more than 15 years, through annual volunteer trips and fundraising.

More info:
Read more trip details here.
Read about the Timmy nonprofit organization here.
Talk to me (Raven)! I’ve volunteered twice with Microsoft-sponsored Timmy trips.

To participate:
Apply online here.

Attention, Juniors & Seniors! Be a Tutor-Mentor: EDUC 401 F & G

UW’s Academic Support Programs is offering a service-learning seminar titled “EDUC 401: Higher Education Tutoring and Mentorship” in Winter Quarter 2017. This weekly seminar introduces juniors and seniors to tutoring, mentoring, and teaching methodologies. Students apply what they learn in class through tutoring and mentoring new transfer, freshman, and sophomore students who are transitioning socially, culturally, and academically to the UW. This is a great opportunity for seasoned students to give back to the UW by sharing their knowledge and experience. We have a special need for students with knowledge of CSE.

• Seminar meets on Mondays from 3:30-4:50 PM or from 6:00-7:20 PM
• Tutoring takes place on campus
• Receive 2 credits for working with one student, or 3 credits for working with two students
• A letter of recommendation will be available upon request after completion of the seminar

For more information, visit our website at:
http://depts.washington.edu/aspuw/tutor-mentor/

For registration information, please contact Ahnya Redman at:
aredman@uw.edu

Hello, CSE students! CSE is getting ready for our K-12 Open House, on Saturday 12/3 from 1-5pm. Hundreds of middle and high school students will visit the CSE building to learn about CS and related fields.  We need your help as volunteers to host all of these young students.

If you can volunteer for part of Saturday afternoon, sign up here. You do not need to attend the full event. After signing up, we’ll email you to get your availability.

More details on CS Education Week:

12/9 is Grace Hopper’s birthday and 12/5 is the beginning of the nationally-recognized Computer Science Education Week.  In celebration of these events, we’ll host our fourth Computing Open House on Saturday, December 3rd from 1-5pm.  Middle and high school students from around the Puget Sound will visit us to see computer science in action.  Last year’s event drew over 500 participants!

Welcome back folks, it’s almost time to kick off the new year!

To do that effectively, we need veteran CSE majors (you have completed at least one quarter in the major) to mentor our new students, and we have a LOT of new majors.  Just over 300 to put things in perspective.  Ideally we’d have at least 75 mentors.  Even with 75, that means everyone will have a small group of mentees, 4-5 each.

Welcome night will be Wednesday, Sept. 28th from 430-630 approximately.  If you can help us out, please fill out the catalyst survey to volunteer. 

There will be burritos for those who participate, but the REAL reason to volunteer, is to help all of our new majors learn how welcoming and inclusive this community of undergraduates are here in UW CSE.

WSDOT and the College of Engineering are collaborating to host an event on Thursday, March 24th (8am-1:30pm) for 200 high school students to learn about the SR 520 bridge construction and hear about engineering majors at UW. We are trying to recruit as many engineering students as possible to act as mentors to the high schoolers during this one day event.

As a thank you, all volunteers will be given first priority consideration for internships with WSDOT and other engineering companies involved in the SR 520 construction. All event detail such as event date and time are listed in the linked sign up form.

Sign up form: