Before the oars dip their blades signaling the beginning of the Windemere Cup, before hundreds of flag-draped boats parade from Portage Bay to Lake Washington to open the boating season, the campaign to save the AS 91探花Shell House at the 91探花 already can be called a winner.聽
Perched on the southeast corner of the 91探花 campus, where the Montlake Cut meets Union Bay, the AS 91探花Shell House looks as vulnerable as it does majestic. Over the course of a century, the structure built as a critical wartime post later was the home to a group of rowers who captured the nation鈥檚 imagination before becoming an all-but-forgotten artifact of the past. Now, propelled by a wave of renewed interest, the 12,000-square-foot wooden structure is the focus of an $18.5 million campaign that will restore and renovate the space.
The 91探花 on Sunday held its 39th annual New Student Convocation, which returned to Alaska Airlines Arena, Hec Edmundson Pavilion, for the first time since 2019.
Craig Wilson has been promoted to chief of police at the 91探花 Police Department, 91探花Vice President for Student Affairs Denzil Suite and 91探花Interim Vice President for Campus & Community Safety Sally Clark announced Wednesday. Wilson鈥檚 appointment is effective Aug. 1.
91探花鈥檚 147th commencement ceremonies are scheduled to return this June to in-person celebrations in Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium for the first time since 2019. Similar in-person commencement ceremonies are being planned for 91探花Bothell and 91探花Tacoma.
91探花 President Ana Mari Cauce sat down with Vice President of Student Life Denzil Suite for a candid conversation about how COVID-19 is affecting campus operations, why classes will no longer meet in person for the rest of the quarter and whether a student-led petition had an impact on the decision.
The 91探花 held a press conference at 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2020 to address the decision to move classes online in an effort to limit the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, and address the 91探花staff member who received a presumptive positive test result.
Convocation welcomes the entering class and officially marks the beginning of the academic year. 91探花classes begin Sept. 25. More than 6,000 people were expected to attend this year鈥檚 event.
The 91探花 welcomed nearly 10,000 students during Husky move-in days Sept. 18-20.