Welcome to SSA fellow Students!
Earlier this evening, Sophia Chang and Marianne Goldin, two past SSA presidents, sat down and spent 3 hours telling the story of the SSA over the past two years.
Read the history of the Sociology Student Association.
If you want to get involved in the 2009-10 year, please email our new president Lidia Jozefowicz.
Sociology Undergraduate Symposium
The inaugural Sociology Undergraduate Symposium is take place on TODAY, May 20 in the HUB West Ballroom from 3:30PM to 6:30PM.
Sociology undergraduate students’ work will be on display in the form of a poster or presentation on their research and practica experience. Come to network with students, faculty, staff, and alumni; learn more about Sociology; get ideas for next year’s symposium; and support your fellow undergraduates! Please go to our website for more information.
We all hope to see you there
Best Regards
SSA !
PS: “you go east you go west, SSA is da BEST!” , overheard in the Red Square
The SSA was very well received at the Carlson Center Spring Celebration of service yesterday. We presented a poster entitled “Creating Community and Invigorating the Undergraduate Experience in Sociology”.
We had visits from the vice provost/dean of undergraduate affairs; Ed Taylor, the director of the undergraduate scholarship office; Mona Pitre-Collins, and associate director of the undergraduate research program; and Jennifer Harris — among many others, including friends and family.
Marianne Goldin, Jonathan Wagner and Sophia Chang were proudly listed in the program for this presentation - though we have so many people to credit for SSA’s success this year.
If you’re on campus today, check out the SSA poster at the Carlson Center Spring Celebration of Service.
Time: Tues 5/6 4:30-6:30
Place: UW HUB - 1st Floor
Refreshments will be served!
Officers Marianne Goldin and Jonathan Wagner will be on hand to chat about the project. This year, the president Marianne Goldin received a Mary Gates Leadership scholarship for her work with the SSA.
Dear SSA’ers -
Come and help a good cause this weekend. The Tent City in Seattle needs to move to its new location and they need helping hands to help pack up and then unload the moving vans. This happens Sat 4/26 9am-3pm - give as much time as you have. You can help in Ballard or Capitol Hill. Directions are below.
See you Saturday!
Marianne
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The next Tent City Move will be Saturday, April 26th. People can help out at the site the camp is leaving or help set up at the site the camp is moving to. Probably the best use of volunteers will be at the site they will be leaving in Ballard. People can show up any time after 9:00 am until about 3 pm. Volunteers on move day do the same work that Tent City residents do: load bags of personal belongings, tents, tarps, wooden pallets, milk crates, etc. onto moving trucks (and then off the trucks at the new site.) So, to recap:
What: Volunteers needed to help Tent City 3 move to new site.
When: Saturday, April 26th, anytime between 9:00am - 3 pm
Where (there will be work crews at both sites):
Leaving Our Redeemers Lutheran Church (Ballard)
2400 NW 85th Street
www.ourredeemers.net
Setting up at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral (Capitol Hill)
1245 10th Ave E.
www.saintmarks.org
Recommended:
Bring work gloves.
Not many food options nearby in Cap Hill or Ballard, so you might plan on packing a lunch.
Bus to Ballard: 48 bus picks up on the campus side of 15th Ave NE and drops off right in front of the Ballard church.
Bus to Capitol Hill: 49 bus from U-District - get off on 10th and Galer (near GAGE Academy)
Volunteers are welcome to simply show up. Talk to anyone in camp and they will direct you to the “Move Master” or person in camp supervising the move. He will assign tasks to volunteers.
If anyone has questions, they are welcome to email Heather E.
Due to popular demand, we are expanding Soc Cafe hours.
Hours: During the Spring Quarter 2008 our schedule is:
Location: Condon 2nd Floor, outside of Sociology Advising (Condon223J).
We offer:
Suggested donation: $0.50 for each food/drink item
Thanks much to Jonathan, Sophia, Marianne, Carolyn and Sarah for your help and manpower!! Those of you who want to post a “Soc Theory of the Week” at the cafe, please send the text to: socassoc@u.washington.edu.
Unique opportunity! Deadline = 4/28/08
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Mayor Greg Nickels is looking for people aged 18-29 interested in making a difference through public service. As part of the YMCA’s Get Engaged program, the Mayor will appoint people in this age group to 13 of the city’s boards and commissions, with service beginning in the fall. Applications are due April 28, 2008.
There are over 20 groups to choose from.
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Congrats to SSA member (and associate) Jonathan Wagner who, in addition to pretty much ruling the roost at Soc, has just won the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) Counseling Center Merit Award. Earlier today the Office of Minority Affairs sponsored a Winter Recognition 2008 ceremony @ Kane Hall, honoring Jonathan and other students who achieved high standing last quarter.
Congrats Jonathan! Remember us when you’re in the big leagues…
Dear officers, please remember that you are all able and encouraged to add to the website and edit any existing pages. Log ons were sent to you (your login is the first initial of your first name, and then your last name, eg: jsmith for Joe Smith) but if you’ve lost them just email me and I’ll remind you.
Very soon the website will be moving to the sociologystudent.org main domain and away from the subdomain wordpress.sociologystudent.org, where it lives for development purposes only.
I am looking for a good theme to apply to the site: you can suggest themes to me after browsing all Wordpress Themes.
Furthermore, keep checking back to this site. I am documenting and posting lots and lots of new things everyday. I am excited and you should be too!
Oh and if you’re not an officer but you are reading this and want to contribute to the site - shoot me a line and I’ll set you up with a contributor account.
Best,
Marianne Goldin
SSA President