Hourly Student Assistant – Fiscal Support
Department: Aquatic and Fishery Sciences in the College of the Environment
Must be a UW student
General Duties/Description:
Provide administrative support in fiscally-related duties such as:

Assist with monthly budget reconciliation including follow-up on missing documents
Create budget and grant file folders
Copy, fax and sort various documents
Maintain records, perform electronic mail tasks
File reports, receipts, and other documents
Enter data and maintain various accounting of grant/budget logs or databases including verify and process fiscal/accounting data, perform basic computing, calculating and manual or automated posting of data; make corrections as required
Assist with travel-related accounting processes
Might occasionally deliver or pick up grant proposal/award documents between the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences department and the Office of Sponsored Programs, the Grant and Contract Accounting office, the Payroll Office or other campus departments
Serve as back-up telephone and in-person contact, receive visitors, respond to inquiries regarding office/departmental policies and procedures (requires substantial knowledge of school policies and procedures)
Sort and distribute office mail if needed
Perform other related duties as required/assigned
Experience in administrative support and office operations
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, database management software; familiarity with Access is
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to interact with a wide variety of audiences and individuals including students, donors, faculty, administrators, and students is essential
Team work orientation
Flexibility to meet changing needs
Ability to take initiative on projects, prioritize project work, and use good discretion in contact and communications with various audiences
Creative problem solving skills and ability to independently identify solutions to a variety of issues

Position is available January 15, 2015. 

Thursday, January 15, 4:30
Fishery Sciences Auditorium
Marc Mangel
Distinguished Research Professor of Mathematical Biology, Center for Stock Assessment Research and Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Whales, science, and scientific whaling in the International Court of Justice
Abstract
I will briefly describe the history that lead to Australia initiating a case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ; the Court) in 2010 challenging the legality under international law of the Japanese special permit whaling program in the Southern Ocean. 

Jose Maria (Lobo) Orensanz: 1945-2015
 
It is with profound sadness that we write to tell that our dear friend and colleague, Lobo Orensanz, died at his home in Puerto Madryn, Argentina on January 5, 2015. If any solace can be found in this tragic news it is to know that Lobo was packing a van for a field trip with his wonderful wife Ana Parma and other family to savor the natural history of their Patagonian coast….that was what Lobo loved so much, and he died anticipating another expedition of science and joy that marked his character and his life. 

4:30 pm, Fishery Sciences Auditorium
Is it easier to manage marine mammals than fisheries? Tails of successes
Abstract
Uncertainty in fisheries management is pervasive. It has often been stated that “counting fish is like counting trees, except trees don’t move and you can see them”. Managers of fisheries and commercial and aboriginal whaling both aim to achieve a balance between conservation and utilization. 

Is it easier to manage marine mammals than fisheries? Tails of successes
Thursday, 4:30 pm, Fishery Sciences Auditorium
Abstract
Uncertainty in fisheries management is pervasive. It has often been stated that “counting fish is like counting trees, except trees don’t move and you can see them”. Managers of fisheries and commercial and aboriginal whaling both aim to achieve a balance between conservation and utilization. 

Sarah will be presenting her PhD dissertation entitled:

Information transfer, heterogeneity, and local environmental effects on emergent group patterns defining fish schools: perspectives from different scales of observation. 

WHEN: Friday, January 9th at 12:00 PM
WHERE: FSH 213

All are welcome to attend. 

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ESTUARINE/NEARSHORE MARINE ECOLOGIST
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Deadline: January 20, 2015
The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS; http://fish.washington.edu) at the University of Washington (UW) seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor who will complement the diversity of research and education on aquatic systems and processes in SAFS, and enhance the work on the ecology and conservation of estuarine and nearshore marine ecosystems. 

Amy Yahnke will be presenting her dissertation entitled:
Amphibian Exposure to Aquatic Herbicides: Ecological Interactions with Invasive Plant Management

WHEN: Friday, December 5th at 1:00 PM
WHERE: FSH 213

All are welcome to attend. 

Juliana will be presenting her MS thesis entitled:
The relationship between vessel traffic and noise levels received by killer whales and an evaluation of compliance with vessel regulations

WHEN: Thursday, December 4th at 11:30 AM
WHERE: FSH 203

All are welcome to attend. 

Carl Ostberg will be presenting his PhD dissertation entitled:
Genomic Consequences of Hybridization between Rainbow and yellowstone Cutthroat Trout.

WHEN: Monday, December 1st at 3:30 PM
WHERE: FSH 203

All are welcome to attend.