Should you try to walk and type? No matter, now you can with WalkType. The iPhone app prototype was developed by a UW team, including Leah Findlater and Jacob Wobbrock, both from the iSchool. Read the full article: http://www.geekwire.com/2011/typing-walkingcool-stuff-uw-students

iSchool team works to bring technology and access to homeless youth. Jill Palzkill Woelfer, PhD student, and David Hendry, iSchool associate professor, help bridge the digital divide by providing opportunities in the University District. Read the article, http://ischool.uw.edu/news/2011/12/jill-palzkill-woelfer-and-david-hendry-featured-uw-front-porch

iSchool faculty receive grants. Alison Head, Michael Crandall and Eliza Dresang all received grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Get the details: http://www.imls.gov/news/national_leadership_grant_announcement.aspx#WA

iSchool Profiles

Most professors discourage side conversations during class . . . . Mike Eisenberg is not most professors. Eisenberg, professor and former dean of the iSchool, was the first to adopt Yarn, a new learning tool from UW Technology that allows students to participate in real-time chats during lectures. Learn about this new technology here, http://ischool.uw.edu/feature/improving-student-experience

Alumni follow unique paths to entrepreneurship. Three iSchool graduates, three different stories, http://ischool.uw.edu/feature/alumni-follow-unique-paths-entrepreneurship

MLIS alumni travels around the country to spread love of books and reading. Erin Sterling, 2010 graduate from the MLIS program, works with her mother Cora to deliver books, lessons and a fresh take on reading and learning. More: http://journalstar.com/news/local/education/article_16c6a180-ce43-5ed4-a10b-2925a1725fd5.html

Information Sessions

MSIM program – http://ischool.uw.edu/msim/prospective/infosessions

Prospective student information session webchat, Wednesday, January 4th, 12pm (PST), Webchat login, http://uwconnect.adobeconnect.com/prospectivemsim/

Informatics program – http://ischool.uw.edu/informatics/prospective/more_info

Prospective student information session, January 12th, 12:30-1:30pm (PST), UW campus, Mary Gates Hall, Room 420

Application Deadlines for Fall 2012

MLIS program – January 10, 2012, http://ischool.uw.edu/mlis/admissions/apply-now

MSIM program – January 10, 2012, http://ischool.uw.edu/msim/prospective/apply?quicktabs_4=0

Informatics – June 15, 2012 (application will open April 15, 2012), http://ischool.uw.edu/informatics/prospective/application_overview?quicktabs_1=0

Funding – MLIS and MSIM Graduate Programs

All domestic applicants are encouraged to submit the FAFSA and apply for student loans. Questions about the FAFSA can be directed to the UW Financial Aid Office. Please note, the UW priority application deadline for the FAFSA is February 28th. Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to submit the FAFSA by this date.

All applicants who submit an application by January 10th are automatically considered for a merit-based iSchool scholarship. We normally award 12-15 scholarships (for each program) a year, typically in the range of $3000-6000.

The iSchool also hires students for graduate assistantships that provide a partial tuition reimbursement. Typically, 6-10 GAs are hired each year. This hiring process occurs concurrently with the admissions process. All applicants are notified by email when these positions are posted, generally sometime in February.

Students are also able to apply for hourly student positions at the iSchool and in other UW programs/departments. Usually, students have access to these systems after registering for fall classes.

Check out additional UW Financial Aid Resources

Scholarships

Use the links below to search for scholarship opportunities by program or by population

MLIS/Library Science

MSIM/Information Management – Be sure to check out the cybersecurity scholarship opportunity!

Specific populations – GBLT, Heritage Groups, International students, People with disabilities, Women

Underrepresented groups

MLIS students study Occupy Seattle as part of a class assignment. Brent Bell, Justin Dickson and Andy Donovan were featured in Class Notes, a column in UW Today that highlights unique or interesting classes. Read more: http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/class-notes-information-school-studies-occupy-seattle

New research from Project Information Literacy. How do students manage and use technology during crunch time? Check out the new research from iSchool professors Alison Head and Michael Eisenberg, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-M5qL6HaG0&noredirect=1

Cybercrooks beware! A new $2.1 million grant to the iSchool from the National Science Foundation provides scholarships for UW students. Read the article and learn about funding opportunities: http://ischool.uw.edu/feature/cybercrooks-beware

iSchool Profiles

Law MLIS student contributes to discussion about diversity in college admissions processes. Neel Kant Agrawal responds to an article the Opinion Pages of The New York Times. Read the article and Neel’s response here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/sunday-dialogue-diversity-on-campus.html?_r=1&ref=letters

Neel is also a member of iDiversity and iEracism. Learn about diversity resources at the Information School, http://ischool.uw.edu/diversity

iSchool professor heads collarborative project interviewing Rwandan representatives. Dr. Batya Friedman works to document interviews with members of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. More: http://www.dailyuw.com/news/2011/oct/13/voices-rwanda/

PhD student is named as an Humanities, Arts, Sciences, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC) scholar. Natasha Karlova will be representing the UW at the national consortium. More: http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/news/2011/08/announcing-2011-2012-hastac-scholars

Information Sessions

MSIM program – http://ischool.uw.edu/msim/prospective/infosessions

Prospective student information session, December 7th, 6-7pm (PST), UW campus, Mary Gates Hall, Room 420

Prospective student webchat, November 16th, 12-1pm (PST)

MLIS program – http://ischool.uw.edu/mlis/admissions/information-sessions

Prospective student information session, December 5th, 5:30-6:30pm (PST), UW campus, Mary Gates Hall, Room 420

Prospective student webchat, November 16th, 6-7pm (PST)

Informatics program – http://ischool.uw.edu/informatics/prospective/more_info

Prospective student information session, November 18th, 1:30-2:30pm (PST), UW campus, Mary Gates Hall, Room TBD

Application Deadlines for Fall 2012

PhD program – December 1, 2011, http://ischool.uw.edu/phd/admissions

MLIS program – January 10, 2012, http://ischool.uw.edu/mlis/admissions/apply-now

MSIM program – January 10, 2012, http://ischool.uw.edu/msim/prospective/apply?quicktabs_4=0

Informatics – June 15, 2012 (application will open April 15, 2012), http://ischool.uw.edu/informatics/prospective/application_overview?quicktabs_1=0

Taking touch beyond the touch screen. UW iSchool professor Jake Wobbrock works to develop alternative ways to use interactive space. More: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38662/?p1=A1

University of Washington ranked 16th in the world. More: http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/uw-ranked-16th-in-world-in-recent-study-1

UW research, led by iSchool faculty member Eliza Dresang, finds better-prepared care providers give children literacy advantage. More: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/09/06/1811181/kids-get-leg-up-on-literacy.html

iSchool Profiles

iSchool PhD student Ian King tracks down elusive computers for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. More: http://ow.ly/6bttJ

iSchool staff member to receive diversity award. Cynthia del Rosario, Diversity Program Advisor, receives the 2011 Diversity Award for Community Building. More: http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/cynthia-del-rosario-to-receive-2011-diversity-award-for-community-building

Distinguished alumni named by Dean Bruce. More: http://ischool.uw.edu/feature/arlene-kairoff-cohen-mlib-1973-awarded-2011-distinguished-alumni-award-deans-club-dinner

Information Sessions

All Graduate programs

Preview Day, Saturday, November 5th, 9-12pm (PST), RSVP and more info, https://ischool.uw.edu/event/2011/11/information-school-preview-day

• Presentations on all graduate programs and admissions process
• Meet the academic advisors
• Hear a mock lecture
• Current student panel

PhD program - http://ischool.uw.edu/phd/infosessions

Prospective student webchat, October 13th, 3-4pm (PST),

MSIM program – http://ischool.uw.edu/msim/prospective/infosessions

Prospective student information session, October 12th, 6-7pm (PST)

Prospective student webchat, October 19th, 12-1pm (PST)

MLIS program – http://ischool.uw.edu/mlis/admissions/information-sessions

Prospective student information session, October 5th, 5:30-6:30pm (PST)

Prospective student webchat, October 20th, 7-8pm (PST)

Informatics program – http://ischool.uw.edu/informatics/prospective/more_info

Prospective student information session, October 20th, 2:30-3:30pm (PST)

Recruiting activities – https://ischool.uw.edu/events/recruitment

Illinois

Oct. 4th, University of Chicago, https://caps.uchicago.edu/programs/fairs

Oct. 5th, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, http://www.careercenter.illinois.edu/events/fairs/gpfair

Oct. 6th, University of Illinois, Chicago, http://www.uic.edu/depts/ocs/event_graduate_schoolfair.shtml

Minnesota

Oct. 5th, Idealist Fair – Minnesota, http://www.idealist.org/view/fair/TN7JTCKC7nH4/

Pacific Northwest (OR and WA)

Oct. 17th, Idealist Fair – Portland, http://www.idealist.org/view/fair/Np49jPgZ8Pw4/

Oct. 18th, Idealist Fair – Seattle, http://www.idealist.org/view/fair/n5TN7PW7kfXd/

Oct. 19th, Evergreen State College, http://www.evergreen.edu/career/

iSchool Faculty Mike Eisenberg and Alison Head champion Information Literacy. “Our research tells us information literacy is a critical component of the larger concerns facing higher-education institutions today.” More: http://tinyurl.com/3gmswxk

Does life online give you ‘popcorn brain’? iSchool Professor David Levy contributes to an article  about the effects of constant stimulation of electronic multitasking  on our lives and brains.  http://tinyurl.com/62c4bq4

iSchool faculty member Nancy Pearl on how to keep kids reading over the summer. The kids are out of school. How can you keep them interested in reading over the summer vacation? Nancy Pearl joins us with book titles to keep them hooked. More: http://www.kuow.org/program.php?id=23915

King County Library System wins library of the year. For decades, the King County Library System (KCLS) has earned a reputation as a model for libraries throughout the nation and the world, and this year won the Gale/Library Journal Library of the Year Award. More:  http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/890760-264/library_of_the_year_2011.html.csp

iSchool Profiles

iSchool faculty member wins Harvard fellowship. Alison J. Head, a research scientist in the Information School, has been awarded a joint fellowship for next year at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard and the Harvard Libraries Innovation Laboratory. More: http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/etc.-campus-news-notes-12

MSIM students compete in business competition. This March, first-year Master of Science in Information Management (MSIM) students Priyanvada Barve, Smritilekha Das and Deborah Schumacher participated in the 2011 Strategic Uses of Information Technology (SUIT) Showdown, a business case competition held in Bloomington, Indiana. More: http://ischool.uw.edu/feature/biz-competition-proving-ground-msim-team

Information’s first responders. New fieldwork from iSchool researchers and their Chilean partners shows how the country’s dedicated librarians and telecenter operators scrambled to fill the information gap when a massive earthquake and tsunami killed 562 and displaced 1.5 million people. More:  http://ischool.uw.edu/feature/informations-first-responders

How is the UW doing in sustainability?  Marilyn Ostergren, a doctoral student in the Information School, uses a visual display to help organize the information about sustainability on the new Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability dashboard. More: http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/how-is-the-uw-doing-in-sustainability-watch-the-2018sustainability-dashboard2019-and-see

Event invites

July 16th – MSIM Information Session, 6-7pm, UW Campus, Mary Gates Hall, Rm 420

August 17th – MSIM Web chat, 12-1pm

September 7th – Graduate Programs Information Session, 6-8pm, Mary Gates Hall, Rm 389

MLIS schedule: http://ischool.uw.edu/mlis/infosessions
MSIM schedule: http://ischool.uw.edu/msim/prospective/infosessions

Application timeline for 2012

September 1, 2011 – Applications for all 3 graduate programs, MLIS, MSIM and PhD, will be open and updated
December 1, 2011 – Application deadline for PhD program
January 10, 2012 – Application deadline for MLIS program
January 10, 2012 – Application deadline for MSIM program
April 15, 2012 – Informatics application opens
June 15, 2012 – Application deadline for Informatics program

Recruiting activities

We are currently in the process of planning our recruiting trips for the next application cycle. When they are scheduled, they will be posted here, http://ischool.uw.edu/events/recruitment

Record year for iSchool at CHI.  This year marks the most successful year to date for the University of Washington at CHI, the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI is the premiere forum for research results in the interdisciplinary field of human-computer interaction (HCI).  More: http://ischool.uw.edu/feature/record-year-ischool-dub-chi-2011

Just Google it! UW Information School researchers lead study examining how college students find information.  More http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/i2019ll-just-google-it-college-students-find-plenty-of-information-online-but-often-go-offline-to-verify

AIM research group.  If you have users on your network who have any form of motor control disability they may have trouble using a standard mouse because it requires fine-grained movements to click on onscreen controls such as buttons and sliders.  The aptly named AIM Research Group make locating the mouse on a target and interacting with it easier by changing the way the user interacts with the display. More information about this AIM Research Group project: 
http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/free-software-makes-computer-mouse-easier-for-people-with-disabilities and PC World Article. 
  

Student/Alumni/Faculty highlights

MLIS student takes Jeopardy challenge. Some “Jeopardy” contestants spend months devouring tomes, memorizing flash cards, reviewing lists, and poring over deeds of famous historical and literary characters. MLIS student Chloe Horning took a different tack. She prepped for TV’s top answer-and-question quiz show by playing games.  More: http://ischool.uw.edu/feature/mlis-student-takes-jeopardy-challenge

Bob Boiko, Information Management.  Senior Lecturer Bob Boiko expects a lot of his students: the desire and ability to make information work across the terrain of creation, storage, presentation and use. “In return, I offer insights into today’s buzz-worthy topics based on fundamentals that have been in play forever,” he said. “Skills students can use on day one of a career and understanding they can use until the last day of their careers.”  More: http://ischool.uw.edu/news/2011/04/boiko-seeks-unify-info-mgmt-field

iSchool MLIS alum Diana Inch is the only person out of 3 million Yahoo! users to identify Final Four. An iSchool-trained librarian from Oregon, Diana Inch, entered the Yahoo NCAA Bracket and is the only one out of more than three million people to pick all four Final Four NCAA teams.  Check out her radio interview with KIRO 97.3 FM, where she shares her selection secrets:
http://seadev.bonnint.net/?nid=577&a=27728&p=28&n=High%20School%20Librarian/Diana%20Inch
  

Event invites

June 2 – Information School Capstone Event 2011, 6-9pm, UW Tower, S Building, Mezzanine level 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE , Seattle WA
More info:
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2011/06/information-school-capstone-event-2011
**Prospective students strongly encouraged to attend!

 
June 15 – MSIM Web Chat, 12-1pm
http://ischool.uw.edu/msim/prospective/infosessions

June 15 – iSchool Graduate Programs Information Session, 6pm, Mary Gates Hall, Rm 420
An overview of the Information School’s Residential MLIS, Online MLIS, MSIM, and PhD programs, no RSVP necessary!
Map to Mary Gates Hall: http://www.washington.edu/maps/?l=MGH
  

Application timeline for 2012 (next admissions cycle)

September 1, 2011 – Applications for all 3 graduate programs, MLIS, MSIM and PhD, will be open and updated
December 1, 2011 – Application deadline for PhD program
January 10, 2012 – Application deadline for MLIS program
January 10, 2012 – Application deadline for MSIM program

* New for all programs: All applicants (international and domestic) will use the same deadline *
 

Recruiting activities

May 18^th – Information Processing Management Association (IPMA) Forum
http://www.ipma-wa.com/forum
Exhibit times: 9am – 3pm
Location: St. Martin’s University, Worthington Center, 5300 Pacific Ave. SE, Lacey, WA 98503-1297
Learn more about IPMA here, http://www.ipma-wa.com/about-us

June 24-27^th – American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
http://www.alaannual.org/
Exhibit dates and times: 6/24, 5:30-7:30pm; 6/25, 9am-5pm; 6/26, 9am-5pm; 6/27, 9am-2pm
Location: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70130
Want to attend the ALA conference exhibits for free? Use this link to register:
http://registration2.experient-inc.com/showALA112/DefaultExhGuest.aspx

Record year for iSchool at CHI.  This year marks the most successful year to date for the University of Washington at CHI, the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, which included research by several UW Informatics students. CHI is the premiere forum for research results in the interdisciplinary field of human-computer interaction (HCI).  More info: http://ischool.uw.edu/feature/record-year-ischool-dub-chi-2011

AIM research group.  If you have users on your network who have any form of motor control disability they may have trouble using a standard mouse because it requires fine-grained movements to click on onscreen controls such as buttons and sliders.  Informatics alum Alex Jansen worked with the AIM Research Group at the University of Washington as part of his Capstone Project research in accessible user interfaces that lead his pursuit of a PhD in Information Science at the iSchool.  More information about this AIM Research Group project: 
http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/free-software-makes-computer-mouse-easier-for-people-with-disabilities and PC World Article. 

Informatics Undergraduate’s low-cost ultrasound system wins Gates Foundation Grant.  A team of University of Washington undergraduate students, including Informatics student Matthew Hicks, were among 65 research groups that today learned they had won one of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grants.  Full story:  http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=61198 

Faculty highlights

Mike Eisenberg, Multi-Modal Interaction. Turning data into information and translating that information into knowledge is the end result of students deeply engaging with ideas and making them their own. With multiple modes for capturing information in Eisenberg’s courses, it could be easy for students to be overwhelmed. Eisenberg turns this potential chaos into a learning opportunity.  More:  http://www.washington.edu/lst/help/profiles/mike_eisenberg

Bob Boiko, Information Management.  Senior Lecturer Bob Boiko expects a lot of his students: the desire and ability to make information work across the terrain of creation, storage, presentation and use. “In return, I offer insights into today’s buzz-worthy topics based on fundamentals that have been in play forever,” he said. “Skills students can use on day one of a career and understanding they can use until the last day of their careers.”  More: http://ischool.uw.edu/news/2011/04/boiko-seeks-unify-info-mgmt-field

Event invites

Information Sessions
May 13 – Informatics Information session, 2:30-3:30pm
May 24 – Informatics Information session, 1:30-2:30pm
June 10 – Informatics Information session, 2:30-3:30pm
All information sessions listed above are in Mary Gates Hall, Rm 420. Map to Mary Gates Hall, http://www.washington.edu/maps/?l=MGH

June 2 – Information School Capstone Event 2011, 6-9pm, UW Tower, S Building, Mezzanine level 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE , Seattle WA
More info:
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/12/information-school-capstone-event-2011

Deadline reminders

June 15: Informatics application deadline

June 15: Leadership 1000 Scholarship deadline – All applicants encouraged to apply!Scholarship information: https://ischool.uw.edu/resources/students/financial_aid/informatics

Tips and Tricks from the Admissions Counselor

General advice

• If you haven’t done so already, start your Informatics application today!
• Online application: http://ischool.uw.edu/informatics/prospective/application_overview
• New this year: Applicants can log in, save and revise their application multiple times before submitting it.
• This year the Informatics program is expanding. In previous years, we’ve planned to enroll 70 students in each cohort. This year we are planning to admit a larger class.
• The Informatics admissions committee has a holistic review process. They focus a lot on your responses to the application questions, goals and understanding of the major.
• Regarding classes for Autumn quarter, we generally advise that all applicants sign up for a schedule that they would pursue if not admitted to the major.  We hold spaces in core first-year Informatics courses (INFO 343 and 360) for all newly admitted students, so if admitted you will be able to sign up for these before the quarter begins.

Grades and Prerequisites

Worried about your CSE 142 grade or cumulative GPA? Don’t stress—we admit student with a wide range of grades. Last year, applicants admitted to the program had CSE 142 grades ranging from 2.3 to 4.0, with an average CSE 142 grade of 3.33. The range of cumulative GPAs was 2.16 – 3.89, with an average GPA of 3.26.

Not able to take INFO 200 (or another prerequisite)? It’s OK—we still want to see your application. The admissions committee understands that applicants may not have been able to take all the prerequisite courses by the end of Spring 2011.

If you’ve taken your prerequisites at another school (not the UW), don’t worry about taking INFO 100 or 200. The admissions committee understands that transfer students are not typically able to take these prerequisite classes.

INFO 100 is an optional prerequisite; UW students should not be concerned if they haven’t taken it.

Concerned about one low grade or one tough quarter? It’s OK—the admissions committee understands that one grade and/or one term may not be indicative of an applicant’s abilities or potential in the program. Feel free to include information about extenuating circumstances that you feel may be relevant to your application (question 7 in the application).

Transcripts

If all of your collegiate level coursework has been at the UW you don’t need to submit a transcript.

If you attended a community college before attending the UW, please remember to submit an unofficial transcript from that community college. Transcripts can be emailed to iask@uw.edu.

If you are transferring to the UW from another school, remember to submit your transcripts after your Spring 2011 grades are posted. Transcripts can be emailed to iask@uw.edu. Don’t worry, if you forget, we’ll send a reminder!

If nothing else . . .

Don’t miss the deadline. The Informatics application will automatically close at midnight the day of the deadline (June 15). Applicants can submit applications all day on June 15. The admissions committee will not accept late applications.

My all-time favorite piece of admissions advice:  If you don’t apply, you won’t get in.

Questions? Email iask@uw.edu

iConference 2011.  We invite you to experience recent iConference 2011 through the eyes and ears of University of Washington students.  Check out the student blog: http://www.ischools.org/iConference11/blog/

Seattle IA/UX Meetup.  Once a month, a number of people from the Seattle Information Architecture & User Experience  community get together to have drinks, chat, network, and geek out with fellow information architects, librarians, usability experts, user experience designers, interaction designers, and other like-minded people. More information; http://www.meetup.com/SeattleUX/events/calendar/#initialized

Student/Alumni/Professional highlights

Vignettes from the frontiers of modern life.  Associate Professor Joe Janes asks, in a culture of self-broadcasting by tweets and status updates and blogs and Foursquare badges and smartphones with GPS functionality, is it difficult to imagine being invisible, unfindable? And has this increased ease of access to information about people changed our relationships?  http://ischool.uw.edu/news/2011/02/dr-janes-internet-makes-us-lost-and-found

UW iSchool at CHI 2011.  This year marks the most successful year to date for the University of Washington at CHI, the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. CHI is the premiere forum for research results in the interdisciplinary field of human-computer interaction (HCI). More: http://ischool.uw.edu/feature/record-year-ischool-dub-chi-2011

Event invites

Information Sessions

April 13 – MSIM web chat, 12-1pm

April 13 – MSIM Information session, 6-7pm

April 19 – Informatics Information session, 1-2pm

May 10 – MLIS Information session, 5:30-6:30

May 13 – Informatics Information session, 2:30-3:30

May 24 – Informatics Information session, 1:30-2:30pm

June 10 – Informatics Information session, 2:30-3:30

June 15 – MSIM web chat, 12-1pm

June 15 – MSIM Information session, 6-7pm

All information sessions listed above are in Mary Gates Hall, Rm 420.
Map to Mary Gates Hall: http://www.washington.edu/maps/?l=MGH

June 2 – Information School Capstone Event 2011, 6-9pm, UW Tower, S Building, Mezzanine level 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE , Seattle WA
More info:  http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/12/information-school-capstone-event-2011

Deadline reminders

June 15: Informatics application deadline (application will open April 15)

Recruiting activities

April 6-8^th – Washington Library Association Conference
http://2011wlaconference.wla.org/
Exhibit times: 4/7, 10am-5pm, 4/8, 9am-2:30pm
Location: Red Lion Hotel, Yakima Center, 607 E. Yakima Avenue, Yakima, WA  98901

April 6-8^th – Oregon Library Association
http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=120702&orgId=ola
Exhibit times:4/7, 9am – 7pm, 4/8, 9am – 1pm
Location: Salem Conference Center, 200 Commercial Street SE, Salem, OR  97301

May 18^th – Information Processing Management Association (IPMA) Forum
http://www.ipma-wa.com/forum
Exhibit times: 9am – 3pm
Location: St. Martin’s University, Worthington Center, 5300 Pacific Ave. SE, Lacey, WA 98503-1297
Learn more about IPMA here, http://www.ipma-wa.com/about-us

Smart phones can help your health. iSchool PhD student Jared Bauer and researchers at the University of Washington say smart phones may help you live a longer, healthier life.  More and audio interview:
http://www.mynorthwest.com/category/local_news_articles/20110202/UW-research-says-smart-phones-can-help-your-health/

iSchool professor Batya Friedman and team win Privacy award. UW Information School professor Batya Friedman is part of a team that won the first Multidisciplinary Paper in Privacy Award. The award was presented at the Computers, Privacy & Data Protection conference, held January 25-27 in Brussels, Belgium. More:
http://ischool.uw.edu/news/2011/02/dr-friedman-colleagues-win-multidisciplinary-privacy-award 

Student/Alumni/Professional highlights

Association of College and Research Libraries names iSchool MLIS alum Sarah Watcher (’10) as ACRL “Member of the Week.”  Sarah Wachter is a 2010 graduate from the University of Washington MLIS program and creator of the “Librarians Do Gaga” video.  More: http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/2011/01/18/member-of-the-week-sarah-wachter/

Student Profile:  Alyson Le’au, MSIM class of 2012.  The iSchool’s Master of Science in Information Management (MSIM) program was designed for Alyson Le’au. Or at least people like her. But she had no idea that the program would pay dividends in her first quarter.  Full article:
https://ischool.uw.edu/feature/msim-understanding-better-outcomes

Event invites (info sessions, lectures)

March 1 – Informatics Information Session, 11:30-12:30pm
Mary Gates Hall, Rm 420
For more information about the Informatics program, visit:
http://ischool.uw.edu/informatics/prospective/more_info

February 15 – MSIM Information session, 6-7pm

February 16 – MSIM web chat, 12-1pm

March 9 – MSIM Information session, 6-7pm

March 16 – MSIM web chat, 12-1pm

All MSIM information sessions are in Mary Gates Hall, Rm 420. Visit the MSIM recruitment page for more information:
http://ischool.uw.edu/msim/prospective/infosessions 

For those who are planning to apply for an iSchool graduate program next year and want information regarding preparation for the GRE, a free practice test is being offered on the UW campus, February 26^th.  To register, please use this link: http://bit.ly/UWPracticeTest

For more information, please visit www.myfreepracticetest.com

Deadline reminders

June 15: Informatics application deadline 

Funding information

US citizens and permanent residents who have applied for the MLIS or MSIM program are encouraged to fill out the FAFSA, so that they may be eligible for federal loans. Get more information and start your FAFSA application here:
http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/index.jsp 

Current applicants can also apply for an iSchool Graduate Student Assistant position:
http://ischool.uw.edu/jobs/students

Recruiting activities 

February 26 – Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Conference
http://www.engr.washington.edu/curr_students/studentprogs/wiseconf.html
Exhibit times: 12-1:30pm
Location: Mary Gates Hall, UW campus
Plese Note:  This is primarily an event for undergraduate women interested in science and engineering fields.

March 25^th – Washington Student Technology Association (WTSA) Conference
http://www.washingtontsa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=6&Itemid=10
Exhibit times: 9am – 3pm
Location: Bellevue Hilton, 300 112^th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA  98004
Please note:  this is an event for high school students.
Learn more about WTSA here:
http://www.washingtontsa.org/ 

April 1^st – First Avenue Career and Graduate School Fair
http://www.olapcfirstavenue.org/
Exhibit times: 12-3pm
Location: University of Portland, Chiles Center, 5000 North Willamette Blvd., Portland, OR  97203-5798

Join the iSchools for iConference 2011!!

When: February 8-11, 2011
Where: Renaissance Hotel, Seattle, USA
In February, the University of Washington Information School will host iConference 2011, an annual information summit that brings together 500 professionals and scholars from around the world. The iConference provides a forum for reflection, engagement, and dialog with leaders in the field of information.  More: http://ischool.uw.edu/news/2010/12/join-ischools-iconference-2011

Seattle Times article highlights research of iSchool faculty Michael Crandall and Karen Fisher.  “With the rise of the Internet, many people thought it would replace what libraries do,” says study author Michael Crandall, who chairs the UW’s information-management master’s program. “The study shows that’s not the case.”
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2013091936_pacificplibrary17.html

Student/Alumni/Professional highlights

Ashish Malviya’s (MSIM ’11) paper on cybersecurity teamwork with Sr. Research Scientist Dr. Glenn Fink, Statistician Landon Sego and iSchool Associate Professor Barbara Endicott-Popovsky was selected for the presentation at the Information Technology New Generation workshop (ITNG 2011).  The paper, “Situational Awareness as a Measure of Performance in Cyber Security Collaborative Work,” discusses the significance of measuring situational awareness to predict the performance of cyber defenders in a collaborative work environment.  More:
http://ischool.uw.edu/news/2010/12/malviya-msim-pub-cybersecurity-teamwork

Cortney Leach (MLIS/MPA student) is featured in ASIS&T Dec-Jan Bulletin.  “Most of the problems we confront as students and professionals are diffuse, messy and occasionally wicked…So if we choose to tackle global warming with multidisciplinary teams, why not do the same when it comes to choosing an ILS, developing metadata schemas or discerning how best to serve stakeholders?” http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-10/Bulletin_DecJan11_Final.pdf

Video: “Book lust with Nancy Pearl.”  Seattle’s own “action figure librarian” and best-selling author Nancy Pearl sits down each month with top writers from around the country for conversations about books and the process and art of writing.  This month Nancy chats with author Carl Hiaasen about writing and his book “Scat,” “Star Island” and other works:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2013419219_booklust12.html

Admissions Tips and Tricks from the Admissions Counselor

As many of the UW iSchool application deadlines approach, here are tips and tricks for students applying to our graduate programs from our Admissions Counselor, Kari Brothers: 

• If you haven’t done so already, start your MyGrad application. There is no cost to start an application and no penalty if you choose not to apply.
• Applicants who choose to submit their application within one week of the deadline will experience much longer processing times. (Last year, we received 200 applications during the 5 days before the MLIS deadline.)
• If you know you are going to apply, send your transcript early – like right now. (We don’t require your Fall 2010 grades to be posted on your transcript.)
• Don’t wait for your recommendations to be submitted to submit your application. 
• Your GRE/GMAT scores and transcripts will only “match up” with your application after the application has been submitted. The sooner you submit the application, the sooner these materials can be matched up and you can determine if anything is missing.
• If you have not yet submitted your MyGrad application, we have very limited to your information and cannot review your application. Therefore, the sooner your application is submitted, the sooner we can help you if there is a problem.
• Most of the questions we receive (80-90%) are answered on our website. Please review our website and the application instructions in MyGrad before contacting our office.
• MLIS FAQs: http://ischool.uw.edu/mlis/faqs
• MSIM FAQs: http://ischool.uw.edu/msim/prospective/common-questions
• Worried about your GRE or GMAT scores? Don’t be. We admit student with a wide range of test scores. Our admissions committees (MSIM and MLIS) have a very holistic review process. They focus a lot on your personal statement and recommendations. Very rarely, if ever, is an applicant denied solely on the basis of their test scores.
• If you don’t apply, you won’t get in.
• Most importantly, don’t miss the deadline. The MyGrad application will automatically close at midnight the day of the deadline (January 15 for MSIM and February 1 for MLIS). The admissions committees will not accept late applications.

Event invites (info sessions, Info camp, lectures)

January 19 – MSIM web chat, 12-1pm
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/07/msim-webchat-3

January 19 – Informatics Information session, 1-2pm, Mary Gates Hall, Rm 420
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/12/informatics-information-session

January 19 -  MSIM Information session, 6-7pm, Mary Gates Hall, Rm 420
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/07/msim-information-session-2

January 29 – 3rd Annual iYouth Conference, 8-4:30pm, Mary Gates Hall
iyouth.conference@gmail.com

February 8-11th, iConference, Renaissance Hotel, Seattle, WA
http://www.ischools.org/iConference11/2011index/ 

Deadline reminders

January 15: MSIM application deadline (both full-time and Mid-career path)

February 1: MLIS application deadline

What is Information Literacy?  In this recent vodcast, iSchool Dean Emeritus Mike Eisenberg answers a series of questions about the basics of information literacy that he has collected from students and colleagues around the country:
http://ischool.uw.edu/news/2010/10/new-vodcast-info-literacy-abc-clio

Oct. 14 is now Spencer Shaw Day.  In a proclamation from the office of Mayor Michael McGinn, October 14, 2010 has been proclaimed to be Spencer G. Shaw Day in the City of Seattle. Professor Emeritus Spencer G. Shaw Spencer passed away on June 16, 2010, at the age of 93.  Full story:
http://ischool.uw.edu/news/2010/10/mcginn-declares-oct-14-spencer-g-shaw-day

Check out the Fall iSchool Newsletter, which contains coverage of this year’s InfoCamp, notes from iSchool Dean Harry Bruce about the iSchool Centennial and 2011 iConference, and other iSchool news: 
http://engage.washington.edu/site/MessageViewer?em_id=48386.0&dlv_id=53303

Student/Alumni/Professional highlights

Informatics Undergraduate’s low-cost ultrasound system wins Gates Foundation Grant.  A team of University of Washington undergraduate students, including Informatics student Matthew Hicks, were among 65 research groups that today learned they had won one of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation‘s $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grants.  Full story:  http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=61198

Zen and the Art of Archiving.  For six Information School students and assistant professor Joseph Tennis, this summer offered the opportunity for practicing the theory of archiving and practicing meditation. Students from both the residential and online MLIS programs converged at the San Francisco Zen Center, an urban Zen Buddhist monastery in the heart of the Golden Gate City.  Full story:
http://ischool.uw.edu/feature/zen-and-art-archiving

Event invites (info sessions, college/graduate program fairs and special events)

December 1, Informatics Information session, 12:30-1:30pm, Mary Gates Hall, Rm 310D
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/11/informatics-information-session-0

December 1, 2^nd Annual Information School Research Fair, 7pm, Burke Museum
http://ischool.uw.edu/research/research_fair

December 6, MLIS web chat, 12-1pm
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/07/mlis-online-web-chat-information-session-2

December 7, MLIS Information session, 5:30-6:30pm, Mary Gates Hall, Rm 420
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/07/mlis-campus-information-session-0

December 15 – MSIM web chat, 12-1pm
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/07/msim-webchat-2

December 15 – MSIM Information session, 6-7pm, Mary Gates Hall, Rm 420
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/07/msim-information-session-1

January 19 – MSIM web chat, 12-1pm
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/07/msim-webchat-3

January 19 –  MSIM Information session, 6-7pm, Mary Gates Hall, Rm 420
http://ischool.uw.edu/event/2010/07/msim-information-session-2

January 27 – 3^rd Annual iYouth Conference, 8-4:30pm, Mary Gates Hall
http://iyouthuw.wordpress.com/iyouth-conference-2010/
iyouth.conference@gmail.com

Deadline reminders

December 15: PhD application deadline

January 15: MSIM application deadline (both full-time and Mid-career path)

February 1: MLIS application deadline