Meeting Tomorrow (4/18)
Hello all!
Tomorrow we'll be having our usual meeting at 5:30pm in Smith 311. We'll be discussing some of the upcoming events for us and the results of our Ask an Atheist Day.
Meeting Details:
- Where: Smith 311
- When: Monday, April 18th, 5:30pm
Hope to see you there!
Meeting Tomorrow, New Room
Hey guys!
We'll be having our usual meeting tomorrow, same time but don't forget about the room change! Our new room is Smith 311.
We'll be discussing our plans for the National Ask an Atheist Day on April 13th!
Meeting Details:
- Where: Smith 311
- When: 5:30pm, Monday, April 4th
See you then!
New Meeting Room!
We've got a new room for this quarter! From here on out our meetings will take place in Smith 311. The meetings will still take place on Mondays at 5:30pm.
Neil deGrasse Tyson at the University of Washington!
Adventures of an Astrophysicist
Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City will be giving a public lecture at the University of Washington on May 12th! The event is free and open to the general public and online registration for the event begins March 31st. You can register and find out more about the event here.
Join Dr. Tyson for an illustrated talk as he reflects on highlights from his scientific career that include being blamed by adults and school children alike for demoting Pluto. Tyson will also share illuminating anecdotes from his time as space policy advisor to NASA, to the Bush White House, and to school systems. Tyson will further reflect on the Obama space plan, Mars Rovers, the search for life, Dark Matter, Dark Energy, the Large Hadron Collider and progress on a theory of everything.
The details of the event are described below:
- 6:30 pm
- May 12th, 2011
Kane Hall, Room 130Meany Hall- Registration starts March 31st
Update: The original event reached full capacity very quickly so it has been moved to Meany Hall, you can procure your ticket here.
Meeting on Monday (3/28)
We'll be having a meeting tomorrow (March 28th) at 5:30pm. Due to a lack of a response regarding room reservation we'll be meeting up at Smith 115 then heading out to dinner on the Ave. We'll be discussing upcoming events and recruitment planning for the near future.
I hope to see you all there!
- Chris
The Website has Returned!
Good news everyone! (As well as some slightly bad news.)
I was able to restore the website and get the blog up and running again. Unfortunately, I lost some of the data in the process. It seems that the database became corrupted sometime in late Autumn quarter. I was able to recover all of the blog posts (or at least, I believe this is all of them) but lost all of the comments that were made on them as well as some of the media that was uploaded into the database. I still have a backup copy of the old website so I may try to see if I can successfully extract the lost information out of it, but I suspect that I will not be able to.
At any rate, be sure to keep a watch on this website! We'll be announcing meetings and special events on here!
First Meeting of the Year
First Meeting of the Year
- 6:30-8:00pm
- HUB 200C
Salutations, my good people. We're going to be meeting on Tuesday evenings this quarter. Our first meeting will be from 6:30-8:30 in HUB 200c (2nd floor, far north end, if I recall correctly). Come meet new people and have some fun!
Subsequent meetings will be 5-7 on the 2nd floor of the HUB (we're bouncing around a little, so check back here for specific rooms each week).
Our first meeting will be mostly a meet and greet, and a discussion of the direction the SSU will be headed in. We'll also have some brainy games afterward (trivial pursuit, chess, scrabble, etc) to break the ice. Hope to see you all there!
Student Activity Fair
We still need volunteers! If you can, please comment here, or e-mail me, or reply to the facebook message.
Available times are:
11:30-12:00
12:30-1:00
1:00-1:30
1:30-2:00
2:00-2:30
Set-up and take-down are accounted for; all you have to do is sit at the table and smile. (Answering questions as well would be excellent...). Please, please help out. Or else I will be sad and cry...or something. :'(
SSU Planning Meeting for the Coming Year
What: Planning meeting
When: Tuesday, July 29th - 5:00pm-7:00pm
Where: Rendezvous at the Chapel on the Ave (Lutheran Center)
This coming school year is going to be one to remember. Want to help?
We'll be going over a number of things, including:
- Officers, roles, and other positions
- The group constitution
- Planning events
- Coordinating and deciding how normal weekly meetings will occur
- Darwin Day '08
- etc
If you'd like to be involved in the SSU, you will not want to miss this.
Please RSVP Here!
SSU Joins IHEYO
The Secular Student Union of the University of Washington in Seattle, WA is proud to make the following announcement:
Effective today, June 8, 2007, the International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organization (IHEYO) voted unanimously to grant the SSU consultative member status.
This makes the SSU the first and only IHEYO member organization in North America.
This historic event marks the beginning of the American Working Group and the beginning of an extensive effort on the part of IHEYO to expand in North America.
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What is IHEYO?
IHEYO is the youth umbrella organisation for humanist youth (up to 35 years of age) around the world. As youth group related to IHEU, IHEYO has had a long and interrupted history of existence, dating back to the sixties.
In 2000, IHEYO was reactivated. Since then international conferences have been organised and several projects like a yearly internship programme and a worldwide youth humanist database have been executed. Last year, youth representatives coming from 17 humanist organisations constituted IHEYO with By Laws at the international conference in Berlin, September 2003, Germany. They elected an official IHEYO Executive Committee.
IHEYO remains linked to IHEU, the umbrella organisation for more than 90 humanist, skeptic, rationalist, etc. organisations around the world and having formal representation at international bodies like the UN.
IHEYO has developed many contacts and concrete collaborations with humanist (youth) groups and individuals around the world. For more about humanist groups in the world, please go to our worldwide humanist database. It will show you that in many places youth humanism is vibrant and growing!
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What does this mean for SSU members?
Being a member organization for IHEYO grants us a direct connection to the international world of Humanism. We will be able to collaborate with our friends from around the world to advance Humanism and Humanist values, including fighting for church/state separation, providing disaster relief effort, fighting dangerous superstition in 3rd world areas, and any other cause to further humanity.
We are still affiliated with the Secular Student Alliance and CFI On-Campus, and will continue to work with these groups extensively in the future. Our membership with IHEYO will not affect these relationships.
We are now in the planning stages for student Humanist exchange programs, including full student exchange, and a Humanist Sofa network for anyone who would like to travel abroad. We will be included at IHEYO meetings around the world, and will have the opportunity to host leaders from Humanist groups in the United States.
