[Histmaj] FW: Provost's Lecture Series

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Dear chairs and directors,

The Provost has organized a Lecture Series (5 sessions) aimed at our students (primarily undergraduates) focusing on the upcoming election. Several faculty members from our division are participating. Could you please ask your faculty to encourage participation (and where appropriate, perhaps offer some credit for attending). These sessions are occurring at 4pm every Tuesday (starting tomorrow!) and running until the week before the election. We're serving food at every event, and providing time for robust Q&A sessions.

Here is a website with all the details:
https://www.washington.edu/provost/2024Election/
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UW resources for navigating the 2024 election<https://www.washington.edu/provost/2024Election/>
In a democracy, registering to vote is the first step in making your voice heard. The next is learning about the issues – local, state and national – so you can make informed choices as you...
www.washington.edu<http://www.washington.edu>

We're asking folks to register for the events, but students are always free to just show up.

The website also contains useful information concerning voting resources, student groups, an election guide from the UW Library, and a toolkit for faculty hoping to encourage students to participate in the election process.

Here is what I would ask you to do:

  1.  If you have lists of majors, please send them a link to the webpage with an encouragement to show up for the Tuesday afternoon sessions (FREE PIZZA).

  1.  Ask faculty to mention the series in relevant courses and encourage participation — circulating the link so that people can register, though again, this is not necessary.

  1.  Encourage faculty to show and support members of our community. I think these sessions will be informative and generally informal, and we could use faculty to submit good questions!
TOMORROW we have Mark Smith (Political Science) getting us started with a discussion of political polarization. Please join us if you have the bandwidth.

Thank you!
Andrea


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Andrea I. Woody (she/her)

Divisional Dean of Social Sciences

Professor of Philosophy

University of Washington

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