Panel: Pathways to Faculty Positions in Two-Year Colleges
This panel will feature the voices of two-year college faculty from the Seattle District Colleges who will describe their paths to these teaching-intensive institutions and offer advice to graduate students who are considering community college careers. Panelists will discuss effective approaches to the job search and application materials, the classroom experience, service expectations, and the unique rewards of working in this critically important part of the higher education sector. Panelist remarks will be followed by Q&A with the audience.
Panelists
Deepa Bhandaru, PhD (Humanities, North Seattle College)
Cristóbal A. Borges, PhD (History, North Seattle College)
Steph Hankinson, PhD (Humanities, Drama, & English, South Seattle College)
Free and open to graduate students. Accommodation requests related to a disability or health condition should be made by November 9 to the Simpson Center: 206.543.3920, schadmin@uw.edu.
Generously made possible by the Walter Chapin Simpson Center Endowment for the…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Allen Library (ALB). Campus room: Allen Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Colloquium: George Tsai
"The Aftermath of Moral Failure."
Abstract:
I explore how early Confucian thinkers and contemporary Western philosophers—especially those working within a broadly Strawsonian framework—approach the aftermath of moral failure. In Western thought, moral repair often focuses on resentment and forgiveness—an interpersonal process of moral communication and reconciliation. Early Confucian thinkers, by contrast, turn the focus inward: they emphasize self-examination and self-cultivation aimed at harmony in one’s relationships through righteousness and the fulfillment of one’s roles. The talk concludes by showing how these differing approaches involve distinct conceptions of self-respect—and, more deeply, contrasting conceptions of selfhood and the moral form of life within relationships.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: 264. Accessibility Contact: Liam Blakey. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, November 21, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:30 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: 2025. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 27, 2025.
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: 2025. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, November 28, 2025.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Departmental Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Savery Hall 408. Accessibility Contact: Liam Blakey. Event Types: Meetings.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
POE Annual Ethics Lecture
Event has been postponed. More details to come.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Liam Blakey. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, December 5, 2025, 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM.
Christmas 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: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, December 25, 2025.
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: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, January 1, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Departmental Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Savery Hall 408. Accessibility Contact: Liam Blakey. Event Types: Meetings.
Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Departmental Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Savery Hall 408. Accessibility Contact: Liam Blakey. Event Types: Meetings.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Virtual Colloquium - Jakob Norberg
More details TBA.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Liam Blakey. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, January 16, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
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: 2026. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, January 19, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Departmental Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Savery Hall 408. Accessibility Contact: Liam Blakey. Event Types: Meetings.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Greater Seattle Area Philosophy Symposium
Keynote talk: UW Professor Michael Blake “Sartre, Right-Wing Populism, and Anti-Semitism.”
The symposium will include three sessions, followed by a potluck reception on the third floor of Savery.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Savery Hall (SAV). Campus room: Room TBD. Accessibility Contact: Liam Blakey. Event Types: Conferences.
Friday, February 6, 2026, 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Departmental Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Savery Hall 408. Accessibility Contact: Liam Blakey. Event Types: Meetings.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Presidents' 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: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, February 16, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu.