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Career Exploration Workshops

This series takes place on Tuesdays, October 13-December 1. Students are welcome to drop-in and will benefit most from attending all workshops consistently. Reflect on past experiences and identify your skills and strengths to find your path forward in geography. Alum networking and career exploration activities help students develop resilience and build community while making connections between college and career.  Learning Goals:Understand how the study of geography is beneficial to your academic and professional goals. Create meaningful connections with fellow students, alumni, faculty and staff in the Department of Geography. Envision a pathway from college to career. Identify strategies for accomplishing your goals.  Unit 1: What Is a Career? In this unit, we will start the course by becoming familiar with what is meant by “career,” and approaches to prepare for career possibilities. We will also begin to get to know each other and set up expectations for the rest of the quarter.  Unit 2: What… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 415C. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.

Geography New Student Orientation (participation required to declare the geography major)

Understand requirements in the geography major, including the data science option, plus get help with next quarter's registration! Students who attend this orientation session will complete the major declaration process. In order to attend, students must follow instructions to Declare the Major in Geography. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: SMI 415C. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Academics. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.

Geography New Student Orientation (participation required to declare the geography major)

Understand requirements in the geography major, including the data science option, plus get help with next quarter's registration! Students who attend this orientation session will complete the major declaration process. In order to attend, students must follow instructions to Declare the Major in Geography and then register for the orientation session. Note that the orientation session Zoom will lock after 10 minutes and no one will be admitted after that time. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Academics. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Thursday, October 29, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. Online via Zoom. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Geography Graduate Programs Information Session

Join us for an informational session to learn about the M.A. and Ph.D. programs in the Department of Geography. We'll discuss details about the programs, answer questions about the admissions process, and provide time to meet our faculty. Register now via Zoom. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Target Audience: Graduate Students. Thursday, October 29, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM. Online on Zoom. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Career Exploration Workshops

This series takes place on Tuesdays, October 13-December 1. Students are welcome to drop-in and will benefit most from attending all workshops consistently. Reflect on past experiences and identify your skills and strengths to find your path forward in geography. Alum networking and career exploration activities help students develop resilience and build community while making connections between college and career.  Learning Goals:Understand how the study of geography is beneficial to your academic and professional goals. Create meaningful connections with fellow students, alumni, faculty and staff in the Department of Geography. Envision a pathway from college to career. Identify strategies for accomplishing your goals.  Unit 1: What Is a Career? In this unit, we will start the course by becoming familiar with what is meant by “career,” and approaches to prepare for career possibilities. We will also begin to get to know each other and set up expectations for the rest of the quarter.  Unit 2: What… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 415C. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.

Applying for Internships & Halmo Geography Scholars Program Information Session

The Department of Geography is excited to introduce a unique funding opportunity to support undergraduate geography students' research, volunteering, or other projects that benefit a community and further their development as a geographer. In this information session, we will explain the eligibility requirements, financial details and application instructions. We will also discuss how to find or create internships, research opportunities or other community projects. Finally, we will engage in a dynamic resume review so please bring a working draft of your resume! Join us on Zoom! Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Workshops. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Thursday, November 5, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Online via Zoom. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

Geography Major Information Session

Join us virtually via Zoom to learn about opportunities and resources in the Department of Geography and how to declare the major! This information session will discuss the general geography major and the geography data science option. Register for this session! Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Public. Thursday, November 5, 2026, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM. Online via Zoom. For more info visit washington.zoom.us.

GEOGRAPHY COLLOQUIUM: Dr. Erin Goodling

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: SMI 304. Accessibility Contact: lohata@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Stop the Sweeps: An Abolition Ecology of Unhoused-Led Community Organizing & Action Research Key to an ambition ecology framework is deep historicization that unsettles taken-for-granted binaries (e.g. urban/rural, Indigenous/settler, Black/white, expert/pupil, present/Past), necessary for conceptualizing "freedom dreams across difference" (Ybarra and Heynen, 2020). In this talk, I draw on over a decade of movement-based abolition ecology scholarship undertaken in deep collaboration with homeless-led ac… Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students. Alumni. Faculty. Staff. Friday, November 6, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Career Exploration Workshops

This series takes place on Tuesdays, October 13-December 1. Students are welcome to drop-in and will benefit most from attending all workshops consistently. Reflect on past experiences and identify your skills and strengths to find your path forward in geography. Alum networking and career exploration activities help students develop resilience and build community while making connections between college and career.  Learning Goals:Understand how the study of geography is beneficial to your academic and professional goals. Create meaningful connections with fellow students, alumni, faculty and staff in the Department of Geography. Envision a pathway from college to career. Identify strategies for accomplishing your goals.  Unit 1: What Is a Career? In this unit, we will start the course by becoming familiar with what is meant by “career,” and approaches to prepare for career possibilities. We will also begin to get to know each other and set up expectations for the rest of the quarter.  Unit 2: What… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 415C. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.

Veterans Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics. Wednesday, November 11, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

Career Exploration Workshops

This series takes place on Tuesdays, October 13-December 1. Students are welcome to drop-in and will benefit most from attending all workshops consistently. Reflect on past experiences and identify your skills and strengths to find your path forward in geography. Alum networking and career exploration activities help students develop resilience and build community while making connections between college and career.  Learning Goals:Understand how the study of geography is beneficial to your academic and professional goals. Create meaningful connections with fellow students, alumni, faculty and staff in the Department of Geography. Envision a pathway from college to career. Identify strategies for accomplishing your goals.  Unit 1: What Is a Career? In this unit, we will start the course by becoming familiar with what is meant by “career,” and approaches to prepare for career possibilities. We will also begin to get to know each other and set up expectations for the rest of the quarter.  Unit 2: What… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 415C. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Tuesday, November 17, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.

Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series

Save the Date! Thursday, November 19th, 5:00-7:30pm at wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House The Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington hosts an annual literary and storytelling series. Sacred Breath features Indigenous writers and storytellers sharing their craft at the beautiful wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ Intellectual House on the UW Seattle campus. Storytelling offers a spiritual connection, a sharing of sacred breath. Literature, similarly, preserves human experience and ideals. Both forms are durable and transmit power that teaches us how to live. Both storytelling and reading aloud can impact audiences through the power of presence, allowing for the experience of the transfer of sacred breath as audiences are immersed in the experience of being inside stories and works of literature. Free and open to the public. Doors open at 4:30pm with light refreshments. Event begins at 5pm with readings from Simon Ortiz and Sara Marie Ortiz, followed by audience Q&A.  ABOUT THE ARTISTS SIMON J. ORTIZ… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Intellectual House (INT). Campus room: Gathering Hall. Accessibility Contact: jedge18@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Performances. Special Events. Event sponsors: Sacred Breath is sponsored by the Department of American Indian Studies, the Mellon Foundation, the Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies, the UW Department of English, the Banks Center for Educational Justice, the Squaxin Island Tribe, the Suquamish Tribe, and the Muckleshoot Tribe. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AIS.department. Thursday, November 19, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM. For more info visit ais.washington.edu.

Geographers in Practice

Join the Department of Geography community for our annual event featuring three alumni sharing their experiences as geographers in practice! From inspiration to impact, these stories highlight their ongoing professional activities, public service and activism. This event is virtual via Zoom and registration is required. Registration coming soon! Geographers in Practice Panel Discussion Archive. Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students. Alumni. Faculty. Staff. Thursday, November 19, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM. Online via Zoom.

GEOGRAPHY COLLOQUIUM: Dr. Sofia Zaragocin

Decolonial Feminist Geographies in Praxis: Galápagos and the Latin American Pacific This talk explores what decolonial feminist geography looks like in praxis from the Galápagos Islands. Drawing on collaborative work with feminist and gender-diverse groups, I bring island feminism into conversation with Latin American feminist political ecology to examine and challenge patriarchal forms of conservation. I focus particularly on community peer review as a feminist practice that questions who produces, validates, and circulates knowledge about islands and conservation. Through feminist organizing and collaborative knowledge production in Galápagos, I consider how decolonial feminist geographical praxis can unsettle dominant conservation practices and contribute to feminist geographies of the Latin American Pacific. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: SMI 304. Accessibility Contact: lohata@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students. Faculty. Friday, November 20, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Thanksgiving Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics. Thursday, November 26, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

Native American Heritage Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics. Friday, November 27, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

Career Exploration Workshops

This series takes place on Tuesdays, October 13-December 1. Students are welcome to drop-in and will benefit most from attending all workshops consistently. Reflect on past experiences and identify your skills and strengths to find your path forward in geography. Alum networking and career exploration activities help students develop resilience and build community while making connections between college and career.  Learning Goals:Understand how the study of geography is beneficial to your academic and professional goals. Create meaningful connections with fellow students, alumni, faculty and staff in the Department of Geography. Envision a pathway from college to career. Identify strategies for accomplishing your goals.  Unit 1: What Is a Career? In this unit, we will start the course by becoming familiar with what is meant by “career,” and approaches to prepare for career possibilities. We will also begin to get to know each other and set up expectations for the rest of the quarter.  Unit 2: What… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 415C. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Tuesday, December 1, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.

Career Exploration Workshops

This series takes place on Tuesdays, October 13-December 1. Students are welcome to drop-in and will benefit most from attending all workshops consistently. Reflect on past experiences and identify your skills and strengths to find your path forward in geography. Alum networking and career exploration activities help students develop resilience and build community while making connections between college and career.  Learning Goals:Understand how the study of geography is beneficial to your academic and professional goals. Create meaningful connections with fellow students, alumni, faculty and staff in the Department of Geography. Envision a pathway from college to career. Identify strategies for accomplishing your goals.  Unit 1: What Is a Career? In this unit, we will start the course by becoming familiar with what is meant by “career,” and approaches to prepare for career possibilities. We will also begin to get to know each other and set up expectations for the rest of the quarter.  Unit 2: What… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Smith Hall (SMI). Campus room: 415C. Accessibility Contact: Nell Gross, ngross@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Undergraduate Students. Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM.

Christmas Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics. Friday, December 25, 2026. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

New Year's Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics. Friday, January 1, 2027. For more info visit www.washington.edu.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Holidays No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm. Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics. Monday, January 18, 2027. For more info visit www.washington.edu.