Make sure to donate if you can in the PUB Quiet Dining Room on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. with the Puget Sound Blood Center!

There will be a short break from 12-1 p.m. for lunch.

To sign up, please click!

Join the Global Affairs Center on Thursday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. in the PUB quiet dining room for a symposium on African Identities and Worldviews.

Guests Onum Abbey Esonu (Department of Planning and Development, City of Seattle) and Dr. Omara Bejamin Abe (Anthropology Dept., North Seattle Community College, emeritus) will discuss the many cultures and worldviews found in the more than 40 countries that comprise Africa, with particular focus on Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya.

Cosponsor: African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific NW

The Women’s Center is co-sponsoring an event aiming to raise awareness on sexual exploitation and human trafficking in the PUB room 9208 at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Hear speakers from The League of Women Voters of Snohomish County and the Edmonds/SnoKing Branch of The American Association of University Women as they address this vicious problem and how you can get involved. The Seattle area sits along a west coast track from Vancouver, BC to Mexico where teens are being trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation. Learn what these two local organizations are doing to raise awareness.

Contact Lynette Peters for more information

Here is a look at what is happening this week on and around campus!

Tuesday, Feb. 18:

Celebrate the success of the MLK Day of service food drive with a volunteer appreciation tea! 2-4 p.m. in the quiet dining room.

The Global Affairs Center hosts Lisa Libassi (Nursing faculty at Shoreline) at 11: 30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in PUB room 9298 for a discussion on volunteer experience in Haiti and Africa.

Thursday, Feb. 20:

A conversation about the many cultures and worldviews found in the more than 40 countries that comprise Africa, with particular focus on Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya. Guests Onum Abbey Esonu (Department of Planning and Development, City of Seattle) and Dr. Omara Bejamin Abe (Anthropology Dept., North Seattle Community College, emeritus) will join the GAC at 7 p.m. in the PUB quiet dining room.

Friday, Feb. 21:

Tutto Mozart begins! 7:30 p.m. in the theater.

Canvas workshop on Tegrity. 11:30-1 p.m. in 1308.

Fresh cut grass, birds chirping, short sleeves (well…almost) and commencement – the signs of spring.

Whether it’s the culmination of years of effort or the beginning of an educational journey, in either case it’s our time to celebrate our students’ accomplishments and our work together as a campus community.

Please take a moment and nominate a student and/or a faculty member to speak at our 50th commencement.  The forms are attached and also located at the information desk or in the Dean of Student’s Office

Make sure to fill out the form and submit it to Jennifer Mahern by email or intercampus mail at room 5202A in FOSS by March 5!