UW Global "Community Conversations"
A monthly gathering for faculty who are engaged or interested in global work, UW Global is pleased to invite faculty from across the University of Washington who are engaged in or curious about global work to join a new monthly gathering: UW Global "Community Conversations"
This gathering on the first Tuesday of each month during the academic year is a welcoming and conversational space to meet colleagues, share food and drink, and connect around the many ways global perspectives show up in our work. Whether your work involves international research, global learning, visiting scholars, or exploring global issues locally, this is a place to get to know one another, exchange ideas, and build community.
This month's spotlight is on the Jackson School and we will be joined by Stephen Meyers, Associate Director of the Jackson School of International Studies.
RSVPs are appreciated to help us plan, but faculty are always welcome to stop by even if you decide at the last minute. We hope this becomes a familiar…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: UW Club. Accessibility Contact: Maddie MacMath. Event Types: Academics. Meetings. Target Audience: UW faculty.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
UW Club
4020 E. Stevens Way NE, Seattle.
The 28th Annual MPH Practicum Symposium and Reception (In-Person Event)
UW Global Month
The Annual MPH Practicum Symposium is a celebration of community-engaged learning, innovation, and impact, driven by public health graduate students. Over 100 MPH students will share the incredible work they’ve done over the past year in partnership with communities around the world.
View Program and RSVP to Attend: https://sph.washington.edu/mph-practicum/symposium.
The Practicum is an essential part of the MPH candidate experience as it enables our students to take what they’ve learned in the classroom and apply it to the real world of public health. The Practicum also exemplifies our School’s commitment to community-based learning and partnerships. MPH students work under the supervision of both academic and public health agency mentors to advance the work of Public Health. We are delighted to honor our students’ hard work as well as faculty mentors and public health practice agencies that provide our students will invaluable practice-based projects and experiences each year.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB Ballroom. Accessibility Contact: Chelsea Elkins, sphaccess@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Academics. Target Audience: Students, faculty, staff, agency leaders, donors, families, community members.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit sph.washington.edu. Teach-In on the US Imperial Wars, Past and Present: Framing America’s Attacks on Venezuela, Iran, and Beyond
UW Global Month
Please join UW faculty from American Indian Studies, Anthropology, English, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, History, International Studies, Law, Societies & Justice, and Middle East Studies as we try to make sense of US imperial violence in 2026.
Friday, April 10, 2026
12:30-3:30 p.m. (doors open at noon)
Unity Suite
Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center
3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA
University of Washington, Seattle
Panels
The Past Is Always Present, 12:30 p.m.
From Monroe to Donroe: Bad Neighbor Polices, 1:30 p.m.
The Real Terror of the “War on Terror,” 2:30 p.m.
RSVP here.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC). Campus room: ECC Unity Suite 104/106. Accessibility Contact: hbcls@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Academics.
Friday, April 10, 2026, 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
For more info visit docs.google.com. The 28th Annual MPH Practicum Symposium - Virtual Presentations
UW Global Month
In addition to the in-person event on April 8, 2026, the School of Public Health will host a series of virtual student presentations on April 13, 2025 to April 16, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM on Zoom.
View Program and RSVP to Attend: https://sph.washington.edu/mph-practicum/symposium
We will only share the virtual presenter schedule with RSVP'd attendees.
The Practicum is an essential part of the MPH candidate experience as it enables our students to take what they’ve learned in the classroom and apply it to the real world of public health. The Practicum also exemplifies our School’s commitment to community-based learning and partnerships. MPH students work under the supervision of both academic and public health agency mentors to advance the work of Public Health. We are delighted to honor our students’ hard work as well as faculty mentors and public health practice agencies that provide our students will invaluable practice-based projects and experiences each year.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus room: Zoom. Accessibility Contact: Chelsea Elkins, sphaccess@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Special Events. Target Audience: Students, faculty, staff, agency leaders, donors, families, community members.
Monday, April 13, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM.
For more info visit sph.washington.edu. The 28th Annual MPH Practicum Symposium - Virtual Presentations
UW Global Month
In addition to the in-person event on April 8, 2026, the School of Public Health will host a series of virtual student presentations on April 13, 2025 to April 16, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM on Zoom.
View Program and RSVP to Attend: https://sph.washington.edu/mph-practicum/symposium
We will only share the virtual presenter schedule with RSVP'd attendees.
The Practicum is an essential part of the MPH candidate experience as it enables our students to take what they’ve learned in the classroom and apply it to the real world of public health. The Practicum also exemplifies our School’s commitment to community-based learning and partnerships. MPH students work under the supervision of both academic and public health agency mentors to advance the work of Public Health. We are delighted to honor our students’ hard work as well as faculty mentors and public health practice agencies that provide our students will invaluable practice-based projects and experiences each year.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus room: Zoom. Accessibility Contact: Chelsea Elkins, sphaccess@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Special Events. Target Audience: Students, faculty, staff, agency leaders, donors, families, community members.
Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM.
For more info visit sph.washington.edu. The 28th Annual MPH Practicum Symposium - Virtual Presentations
UW Global Month
In addition to the in-person event on April 8, 2026, the School of Public Health will host a series of virtual student presentations on April 13, 2025 to April 16, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM on Zoom.
View Program and RSVP to Attend: https://sph.washington.edu/mph-practicum/symposium
We will only share the virtual presenter schedule with RSVP'd attendees.
The Practicum is an essential part of the MPH candidate experience as it enables our students to take what they’ve learned in the classroom and apply it to the real world of public health. The Practicum also exemplifies our School’s commitment to community-based learning and partnerships. MPH students work under the supervision of both academic and public health agency mentors to advance the work of Public Health. We are delighted to honor our students’ hard work as well as faculty mentors and public health practice agencies that provide our students will invaluable practice-based projects and experiences each year.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus room: Zoom. Accessibility Contact: Chelsea Elkins, sphaccess@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Special Events. Target Audience: Students, faculty, staff, agency leaders, donors, families, community members.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM.
For more info visit sph.washington.edu. Growth-oriented teaching
UW Global Month
This conversation is designed to introduce the core element of growth-oriented teaching (see Faculty Code Section 24-32) and showcase instructors who have integrated growth-oriented practices into their teaching.
The University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. This event will include live-captioning services. If you need additional disability accommodations, please reach out to the UW Disability Services Office (DSO). When contacting DSO at dso@uw.edu, please share the event details listed in the event registration form.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/96146192050. Accessibility Contact: teaching@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Zoom.
The 28th Annual MPH Practicum Symposium - Virtual Presentations
UW Global Month
In addition to the in-person event on April 8, 2026, the School of Public Health will host a series of virtual student presentations on April 13, 2025 to April 16, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM on Zoom.
View Program and RSVP to Attend: https://sph.washington.edu/mph-practicum/symposium
We will only share the virtual presenter schedule with RSVP'd attendees.
The Practicum is an essential part of the MPH candidate experience as it enables our students to take what they’ve learned in the classroom and apply it to the real world of public health. The Practicum also exemplifies our School’s commitment to community-based learning and partnerships. MPH students work under the supervision of both academic and public health agency mentors to advance the work of Public Health. We are delighted to honor our students’ hard work as well as faculty mentors and public health practice agencies that provide our students will invaluable practice-based projects and experiences each year.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus room: Zoom. Accessibility Contact: Chelsea Elkins, sphaccess@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Special Events. Target Audience: Students, faculty, staff, agency leaders, donors, families, community members.
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM.
For more info visit sph.washington.edu. Info Session | Foster Undergraduate Study Abroad 101
UW Global Month
Foster Study Abroad 101 Info Session, April 16 @ 3:30 PM in Founders Hall 293
We will focus on the programs with May 15, 2026 deadline, but can review all the ways you can earn business credit by studying abroad through the Global Business Center at Foster!
This event is open to all UW undergraduate students.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Founders Hall (FNDR). Campus room: Room 293. Accessibility Contact: goabroad@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, April 16, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM.
For more info visit foster.uw.edu. Strategies for facilitating dialogue
UW Global Month
A tri-campus panel of faculty members from across the UW will share strategies for empowering students to engage in skilled and productive dialogue across differences.
Zoom auto-captions will be enabled at this workshop.
The University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. If you need disability accommodations, please reach out to the UW Disability Services Office (DSO): dso@uw.edu.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98567909562. Accessibility Contact: teaching@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Thursday, April 23, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Zoom.
Brazil Delegation to Starbucks Teach-In
UW Global Month
A delegation of 8 Brazilian workers who experienced slave-like conditions at coffee plantations throughout Brazil that directly supplied Starbucks will come to speak to the UW community about their experience and to share their demand that Starbucks respect Brazilian worker's rights, as well as the rights of all employees across the world.
Location TBD.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: hbcls@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Thursday, April 23, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Info Session | ALBA Barcelona: Foster Partner Program
UW Global Month
ALBA Barcelona Info Session, April 30 @ 10:30 AM in PACCAR Hall, Deloitte Commons (299)
Hear from a staff member visiting from Barcelona, Spain about Foster's quarterly partner study abroad program offering business credit! Applications for Winter or Spring Quarter 2027 are due May 15, 2026.
This event is open to all UW undergraduate students.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: PACCAR Hall (PCAR). Campus room: Deloitte Commons (299). Accessibility Contact: goabroad@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, April 30, 2026, 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM.
For more info visit foster.uw.edu. TYZEN HSIAO 蕭泰然 - Memorial Concert & Conversation
UW Global Month
Please join the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program and Mrs. Mei-Yuan Hsiao (蕭美媛老師) for an afternoon of performance, discussion, and reflection honoring the legacy of Taiwan’s musical icon, Tyzen Hsiao (蕭泰然).
Tyzen Hsiao (1938–2015) was one of Taiwan’s most influential composers, whose works bridge Western classical traditions and Taiwanese musical idioms. Composing during a time of political repression, his music is deeply intertwined with Taiwan’s cultural identity, democratic movement, and diasporic experience. His compositions—ranging from symphonies and concertos to choral and sacred works—are widely celebrated for their lyrical expressiveness and emotional depth, and continue to resonate across generations. Date: May 2, 2026 , Time: 1:00 PM, followed by a reception , Location: Brechemin Auditorium, UW School of Music / Fishbowl for Reception , RSVP Here: https://tinyurl.com/TyzenMemorial , This is a family-friendly event—families with young children are warmly welcome, and guests are free to come…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Music Building (MUS). Campus room: Brechemin Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Taiwan Studies (taiwanst@uw.edu). Event Types: Special Events. Performances.
Saturday, May 2, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
Info Session | Foster Undergraduate Study Abroad 101
UW Global Month
Foster Study Abroad 101 Info Session, May 4 @ 12:30 PM in Founders Hall 293
We will focus on the programs with May 15, 2026 deadline, but can review all the ways you can earn business credit by studying abroad through the Global Business Center at Foster!
This event is open to all UW undergraduate students.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Founders Hall (FNDR). Campus room: Room 293. Accessibility Contact: goabroad@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Monday, May 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM.
For more info visit foster.uw.edu. Annual UW Global "Community Celebration"
An annual gathering of UW faculty, staff, and friends to announce the winner of the Excellence in Global Engagement Award, recognize the nominees, and celebrate the work of globally-engaged faculty and staff at the UW. , This is a welcoming and conversational space to meet colleagues, share food and drink, and connect around the many ways global perspectives show up in our teaching, research, and engagement. Whether your work involves international research, global learning, study abroad, visiting scholars, or exploring global issues locally, this is a place to get to know one another, exchange ideas, and build community. Light food/snacks and beverages will be provided. Please RSVP by April 21 to help us plan, but you are welcome to stop by even if you decide at the last minute.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: UW Club. Accessibility Contact: Maddie MacMath. Event Types: Information Sessions. Meetings. Academics. Target Audience: UW faculty.
Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
UW Club
4020 E. Stevens Way NE, Seattle.
Building social connection in large classes
UW Global Month
This session introduces UW’s Five for Flourishing Initiative, a project designed to foster social connection and belonging among students in large enrollment courses.
The University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. This event will include live-captioning services. If you need additional disability accommodations, please reach out to the UW Disability Services Office (DSO). When contacting DSO at dso@uw.edu, please share the event details listed in the event registration form.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94230953994. Accessibility Contact: teaching@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Thursday, May 7, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Zoom.
Firearms and Public Health in Seattle’s East African Heritage Communities
UW Global Month
Free and open to all. At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, sex or other identity.
The greater Seattle metropolitan area is home to a large, thriving population of people of East African heritage, including local Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Somali Americans. While these communities have much to celebrate, they also face a variety of common American social and economic problems, including gun violence. In this panel, two University of Washington graduate students, Hiwot Weldemariam and Meron Girma, will speak about their research conducted in association with the University of Washington’s Center for Firearm Injury Prevention, which is part of UW Medicine. The panel, organized by UW African Studies and the UW Horn of Africa Initiative, is free and open to the public; anyone interested in these communities is welcome to attend.
About the panelists
Hiwot Weldemariam is a PhD student in Epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Accessibility Contact: sameerai@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Free and open to the public.
Monday, May 11, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
EXHIBIT:The Deep Time of Korean Literature
UW Global Month
The Deep Time of Korean Literature, Korean literature has evolved over five thousand years, shaped by nature, history, and everyday life. Sensibilities rooted in wind, water, and the cycle of life and death continue to resonate in stories today. This exhibition traces that enduring flow—from Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) and traditional beliefs to contemporary culture—showing how the past lives on in modern Korean literature. These layered histories form a living tradition that continues to grow and speak to the present.
* OPENING DAY: May 14th (Thursday) 4pm - 5:30pm (RSVP here)
Enjoy live music performances, light refreshments, and a gift bag—including K-pop merchandise—for all registered attendees.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Campus location: Gowen Hall (GWN). Campus room: Tateuchi East Asia Library, George Beckmann Reading Room (Gowen 3rd). Accessibility Contact: hkyi@uw.edu. Event Types: Exhibits. Performances. Special Events.
Thursday, May 14, 2026 – Wednesday, July 22, 2026.
Relevant teaching
UW Global Month
This conversation is designed to introduce the core element of relevance (see Faculty Code Section 24-32) and showcase instructors who have helped students understand the relevance of what they are learning to future learning at and beyond the UW.
The University is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education, and employment for individuals with disabilities. This event will include live-captioning services. If you need additional disability accommodations, please reach out to the UW Disability Services Office (DSO). When contacting DSO at dso@uw.edu, please share the event details listed in the event registration form.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/95198620687. Accessibility Contact: teaching@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Zoom.
UW Global "Community Conversations"
UW Global is pleased to invite faculty from across the University of Washington who are engaged in or curious about global work to join: UW Global "Community Conversations" First Tuesday of each month during the academic year, 3:00-5:00 p.m. UW Club, 4020 E Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA 98195, This gathering on the first Tuesday of each month during the academic year is a welcoming and conversational space to meet colleagues, share food and drink, and connect around the many ways global perspectives show up in our work. Whether your work involves international research, global learning, visiting scholars, or exploring global issues locally, this is a place to get to know one another, exchange ideas, and build community. Each month, there will be a spotlight topic or guest. The heart of the gathering, however, is the conversation itself: time to talk, listen, make connections, and learn what others across campus are doing. Light food/snacks and beverages will be provided. RSVPs are appreciated to help us…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: UW Club. Accessibility Contact: Maddie MacMath. Event Types: Academics. Meetings. Target Audience: UW faculty.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
UW Club
4020 E. Stevens Way NE, Seattle.