Info Session | Business Argentina
UW Global Month
Live in Argentina for Winter Q!
📅 Date & Time: Thursday, May 1, 2025, 12:30 – 1:15 p.m.
📍 Location: Founders Hall 293
Event Description:
The Business Argentina Program led by 3 Foster Professors will take place over Winter Q 2026 in Buenos Aires! Earn OPMGT, IS, and MGMT credit! Come learn more about this awesome chance to study abroad in the southern hemisphere...where it will be summer.
Learn more and apply here: https://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=11674
Open to Foster majors only. Apply by May 15!
Hosted by Foster's Global Business Center.
For more information and to explore all Foster Undergrad Study Abroad options, visit our website.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: tmaloney@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM.
Founders Hall 293.
Splintered Intimacies: Work and Friendship in Karachi's Service Economy
UW Global Month
Register | Campus map | Visitor parking info
This talk will draw on ethnographic fieldwork to explore the social lives of low-wage women workers in Karachi, Pakistan. Most women in stigmatized beauty salon and retail jobs are divorced, separated, unmarried or otherwise abandoned by the state and the family, and therefore, they turn to each other for social and economic support. However, status struggles in a heightened context of stigma splinter women’s emergent non-kin intimacies, which become marked by discourses of secrecy, competition, and suspicion. Labor control in the workplace and patriarchal control in the home additionally impinge upon women’s ability to forge meaningful relations. Consequently, women’s relations with each other are often truncated, antagonistic, and episodic, rather than solidaristic. Bringing together feminist framings of friendship with broader theories of worker solidarity, I argue that understanding how class-gender dynamics fracture this precarious social terrain is crucial…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Denny Hall (DEN). Campus room: DEN 313. Accessibility Contact: sascuw@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: This event is free and open to the public. Registration advised.
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Social Media Marketing Skills for Entrepreneurs ft. Molly Klein
UW Global Month
The third of 4 events in a series designed to equip entrepreneurs with advice and skills to use social media to promote their business, build a brand, and test ideas based on market feedback. Throughout the series, we are inviting leaders who’ve used platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and more, leveraging professional backgrounds in marketing, content creation, entrepreneurship, and brand strategy to effectively utilize social media as a marketing tool.
Join us to learn valuable skills to support your current (or future!) entrepreneurial ventures!
Guest Speaker:
Molly Klein is an award-winning marketing executive and the founder and CEO of Perk Events, where she builds event-led growth strategies. Molly has a deep background in strategic brand communications and will share her experience leading strategy in-house as well as for her own business.
Next in the Social Media Marketing Skills for Entrepreneurs Series: 5/9: Workshop with Sam Neukom, brand strategy expert who has led brand launches and…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Winona Kantamaneni. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, May 2, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.startuptree.co. Info Session | Foster Undergraduate Study Abroad Options
UW Global Month
Explore the World, Expand Your Horizons: Info Session about Studying Abroad with Foster!
📅 Date & Time: Monday, May 5, 2025, 3:30 – 4:15 p.m.
📍 Location: on Zoom, Event Description:
Join us for an info session to explore the diverse undergraduate study abroad programs that offer business credit through the Foster School of Business!
During this session, you'll discover various opportunities to study abroad, learn how to fund your international education, and get practical tips on how to get started. This session is open to all UW undergraduate students.
Open to all UW undergraduate students. Hosted by Foster's Global Business Center.
For more information and to explore all Foster Undergrad Study Abroad options, visit our website.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: tmaloney@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97591070345?pwd=aXdibFBMRzRGcTJ6N3JYZmQ2ZU1HUT09.
Monday, May 5, 2025, 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM.
On Zoom.
Fostering Growth Mindset and a Sense of Belonging
UW Global Month
Join a panel of faculty for a discussion of an initiative, piloted at UW Tacoma, that promotes a growth mindset and increases students’ sense of belonging in the classroom.
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/93022944395. Accessibility Contact: teaching@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Zoom.
WE Lead Student Board Application Info Session
UW Global Month
The Buerk Center’s Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership program (WE Lead) promotes the advancement of women as entrepreneurs, leaders, investors, and agents of innovation. Students wishing to invest their time and leadership skills in a more significant capacity, and be part of shaping WE Lead programming are invited to apply to join WE Lead's Student Board for the 2025-26 Academic Year.
Interested in learning more? Read the Student Board Overview and Job Descriptions and WE Lead's Community Agreements, join us for an info session, or set up office hours with WE Lead program manager Winona Kantamaneni.
Key Dates:
5/5 Application Opens
5/6 Info Session, 3-4pm (Founders Hall 490)
5/12 Info Session, 12:30-1:30pm (Virtual, register to receive Zoom link)
5/28 Info Session, 9-10am (Founders Hall 490)
5/30 Application Deadline - 12pm, WE Lead welcomes students of any gender, and features programming and events that center the experiences of women in entrepreneurship and leadership settings. Students from any…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Founders Hall (FNDR). Campus room: Founders Hall Innovation Suite, 490. Accessibility Contact: Winona Kantamaneni. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.startuptree.co. Thrive Together: WE Lead Mentoring Circle
UW Global Month
Mentorship is a key driver of success, and can support us at any stage of our professional lives. There is ample research showing that having a mentor or a sponsor can help you land raises, promotions, stretch assignments, and more. Mentoring is not only a critical source of professional and leadership development, it is key for closing the gender gap in pay equity, representation on boards and in the C-suite, and more. Join us and develop connections on and off campus, be part of a forum for group learning and conversation, and develop professional skills to support you in navigating the next steps of your career.
What to expect: Mentors are entrepreneurial women from varied industries , You'll be matched with up to 4 mentors during this event in two "circles" shared with peers from across campus , When registering, you are committing to attending the full event , Ample snacks and beverages will be provided! Who should attend?
This event is for any currently enrolled UW student looking to connect with and…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: PACCAR Hall (PCAR). Campus room: Deloitte Commons, 299. Accessibility Contact: Winona Kantamaneni. Event Types: Special Events.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.startuptree.co. Fulbright U.S. Scholar information session
Learn about Fulbright’s award opportunities and what resources are available to applicants. Speakers will include UW faculty who have previously participated in the Fulbright Program.
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers over 400 awards in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98527438834. Accessibility Contact: nataliak@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW faculty, UW staff.
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Zoom.
Social Media Marketing Skills for Entrepreneurs ft. Sam Neukom
UW Global Month
The fourth and final event in a series designed to equip entrepreneurs with advice and skills to use social media to promote their business, build a brand, and test ideas based on market feedback. Throughout the series, we are inviting leaders who’ve used platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and more, leveraging professional backgrounds in marketing, content creation, entrepreneurship, and brand strategy to effectively utilize social media as a marketing tool.
Join us to learn valuable skills to support your current (or future!) entrepreneurial ventures!
Guest Speaker & Workshop Leader:
Sam Neukom is a brand strategy expert who has led strategy, launches, and rebrands across a range of industries and clients, including Amazon, Microsoft, Tylenol, Starwood hotels, and more. Sam is CEO and founder of Northbound, a collaborative studio of experts using brand to connect the heart of your business with the hearts of employees and customers.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Founders Hall (FNDR). Campus room: Founders Hall Innovation Suite (490). Accessibility Contact: Winona Kantamaneni. Event Types: Workshops. Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, May 9, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.startuptree.co. WE Lead Student Board Application Info Session
UW Global Month
The Buerk Center’s Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership program (WE Lead) promotes the advancement of women as entrepreneurs, leaders, investors, and agents of innovation. Students wishing to invest their time and leadership skills in a more significant capacity, and be part of shaping WE Lead programming are invited to apply to join WE Lead's Student Board for the 2025-26 Academic Year.
Interested in learning more? Read the Student Board Overview and Job Descriptions and WE Lead's Community Agreements, join us for an info session, or set up office hours with WE Lead program manager Winona Kantamaneni.
Key Dates:
5/5 Application Opens
5/6 Info Session, 3-4pm (Founders Hall 490)
5/12 Info Session, 12:30-1:30pm (Virtual, register to receive Zoom link)
5/28 Info Session, 9-10am (Founders Hall 490)
5/30 Application Deadline - 12pm, WE Lead welcomes students of any gender, and features programming and events that center the experiences of women in entrepreneurship and leadership settings. Students from any…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Virtual (register for Zoom link). Accessibility Contact: Winona Kantamaneni. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Monday, May 12, 2025, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.startuptree.co. Fulbright U.S. Scholar information session
Learn about Fulbright’s award opportunities and what resources are available to applicants. Speakers will include UW faculty who have previously participated in the Fulbright Program.
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers over 400 awards in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/98527438834. Accessibility Contact: nataliak@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: UW faculty, UW staff.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
Zoom.
Global Sport Lab: African Women, Gender and Soccer with Martha Saavedra
UW Global Month
Join us for a retrospective reflection on the future of African women and football followed by a Q&A featuring guest speaker Martha Saavedra, faculty and associate director of the Center for African Studies at the University of California in Berkeley. This event is part of the Global Sport Lab initiative.
This event is free and open to all. About the speaker
At the Center for African Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, Martha Saavedra manages the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, and other African-focused research, fellowship and public programs. Trained in International Studies and Political Science, Martha has taught in California, Ohio, and Madrid. Her research has been on agrarian politics in Sudan, gender and development and sport in Africa.
She is a board member of Sports Africa and Soccer Without Borders. A veteran of Title IX battles in the U.S. she has been involved with soccer/football most of her life as a player, coach, scholar, and fan.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: Room 340. Accessibility Contact: Katie Sandler (ksandl@uw.edu). Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Special Events.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.
Women at the Intersection of Art + Entrepreneurship
UW Global Month
Join the Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership (WE Lead) program for a dynamic panel discussion exploring the intersection of arts and entrepreneurship. We look forward to welcoming a diverse group of visual and performing artists who have built successful careers by blending their creative passions with business acumen.
Our panelists bring unique experiences as working artists, creative entrepreneurs, and arts business founders. Each will share her journey, the challenges they’ve faced, and the entrepreneurial skills that have helped them thrive in a career in the arts. From launching independent ventures to navigating the business side of being a working artist, their insights will inspire attendees looking to carve out their own sustainable creative career pathways.
Whether you're an artist interested in the business side of a career in performing or visual arts, or you're interested in leveraging your creativity in an entrepreneurial endeavor, this conversation will offer practical advice, fresh…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB 340. Accessibility Contact: Winona Kantamaneni. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
For more info visit washington.startuptree.co. Demystifying Alternative Grading
UW Global Month
Learn how alternative grading systems can foster learning and increase student motivation.
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/96087401209. Accessibility Contact: teaching@uw.edu. Event Types: Workshops.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM.
Zoom.
For more info visit teaching.washington.edu. Film Screening: "How I Learned to Fly" ("Leto kada sam naučila da letim") with Director Radivoje Andrić
UW Global Month
Please join us for a screening and discussion of "How I Learned to Fly" ("Leto kada sam naučila da letim") with Director Radivoje Andrić on Wednesday, May 21.
The University of Washington is committed to providing access and accommodation in its services, programs, and activities. To make a request connected to a disability or health condition contact the Slavic department at slavoffice@uw.edu or 206-543-6848 by May 7.
Director Radivoje Andrić.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 210. Accessibility Contact: Slavic Department, slavoffice@uw.edu. Event Types: Screenings.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
BOOK LAUNCH | “To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States” by Dr. Karam Dana
UW Global Month
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged. Doors expected to open at 4:40pm.
In recent years, attitudes in the United States toward the Palestinian cause have shifted dramatically. Although Palestinians have long been demonized in U.S. media and politics, their struggle, often portrayed as illegitimate, is now increasingly supported by emergent progressive voices challenging the status quo on Israel and Palestine. What accounts for this change and its evolution? This book explores how Palestinian identity is strengthened by the absence of a defined home nation and how a coalition rooted in exile continues to resist and advocate for a distant homeland. It examines the social, political, economic, and technological forces that have amplified Palestinian voices globally, particularly in the United States, fostering new forms of activism and solidarity.
Dr. Karam Dana is Professor of Middle East Studies and the Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professor of Excellence & Transformative…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Kane Hall (KNE). Campus room: 110. Accessibility Contact: Katie Sandler, ksandl@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:45 PM.
Public Lecture Series: Strangers Within: The Muslim Question in German Identity and Intellectual History. With Pardis Dabashi (Bryn Mawr) and Mohammed Rafi (UC Irvine)
UW Global Month
Dr. Mohammad Rafi (UC Irvine)
"Muslims in Germany: A Permanent Threat to German National Identity?"
This paper traces how Islam has been construed as a threat to German national identity and its declared values. It explores how Muslims are perceived to be a danger to social order since the arrival of Turkish guest workers in the 1960s, by persistently being depicted as prone to violence without the ability to assimilate to German society. The media in Germany continues to play a crucial role in propagating a misleading narrative that connects Muslims to political Islam, especially after 9/11. The status of (Muslim) Iranians in Germany and the (Im)possibility of integration into a society–hostile to those perceived to be Muslim—puts in question Germany’s stated ideals and its identity
Pardis Dabashi (Bryn Mawr College)
"On Revelation and the Limits of Critical Argument"
In what precise ways do divine revelation and the interpretation of art differ from one another, and in what ways do they converge? This…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Denny Hall (DEN). Campus room: 359. Accessibility Contact: uwgerman@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics. Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, May 23, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
WE Lead Wednesday
UW Global Month
Looking for community? WE Lead Wednesday is a gathering of innovative, creative, and entrepreneurial minds from across campus who come together to discuss ideas, share challenges and suggestions, offer opportunities, and connect with likeminded students.
Bring your lunch and let's connect - we'll provide snacks and tea to share. Please RSVP so we have an accurate count for snacks!
Whether you have a business plan and need help with next steps, are thinking about how to turn your passion into action, or are just entre-curious, this is a great place to find resources and inclusive, welcoming community and connections to support your journey. WE Lead is committed to elevating women into leadership roles, helping them launch new ventures, and colliding entrepreneurial resources for changemakers of all kinds - need help? This is a great place to start.
What is WE Lead? WE Lead is a program of the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship in Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership that promotes the advancement of women* as…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Founders Hall (FNDR). Campus room: Founders Hall Innovation Suite (490). Accessibility Contact: Winona Kantamaneni. Event Types: Meetings.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.startuptree.co. Lecture | Militant Mothers of Kurdistan: Mothering the Dead and Care Beyond Life
UW Global Month
This event is free and open to the public.
This talk discusses the unconventional forms of care that emerge out of Kurdish resistance in
Turkey, where mothering becomes a powerful response against necropolitical state violence. By centering
the stories of two Kurdish mothers who had to care for their dead children and mother beyond life under
the violent state of emergency regime declared in 2015; the talk examines the ways in which Kurdish
mothers “rescue the dead” (Antoon, 2021) from the necropolitical state and create their own
necropolitical power through a radical embrace of death and decoupling of mothering from the corporeal
link between the mother and the child. It is a critical intervention into conventional humanitarian care
frameworks that prioritize human survival and calls for a re-imagination of humanitarianism as
something that extends to the non-human and the dead and for the discovery of sites where humanitarian care
is not passively received but is politically reconstructed as a site of…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: 337. Accessibility Contact: Katie Sandler, ksandl@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, June 2, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM.