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June 28, 2024
Innovating leadership at the Spring CELEbration
The 2024 Spring CELEbration highlighted the intersection of service and leadership at the 91探花. Students involved in the Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center and Mary Gates Endowment Leadership Scholars showcased their service, leadership and activist work from the academic year. The HUB, North Ballroom and Conference Rooms were filled with energy…
June 20, 2024
Finding my way
Hiking through the flower-covered rolling hills of the Methow Valley in 2022, my field cohort headed for beaver habitat. Our trail involved crawling under barbed wire in the midday heat, and by the time we finally arrived at the steep slope, I didn鈥檛 even attempt to continue.
June 14, 2024
A boundless connection
For Kavin 鈥楰en鈥� Srinakarin, 鈥�24, it all began in the Forest Club Room of Anderson Hall. Amid the serenity of evergreens, he and his fellow research assistants at the Human Interaction with Nature and Technological Systems (HINTS) Lab gathered every Friday to discuss scales, factor analysis and connect through shared experiences in nature.
May 15, 2024
The intersection of service and leadership
On May 23, the 91探花鈥檚 Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center will present the 2024 Spring CELEbration, a forum for undergraduates to showcase their contributions to service, leadership and activist work conducted in partnership with the community.
May 13, 2024
UAA鈥檚 LeAnne Wiles receives Thorud Leadership Award
We are delighted to congratulate LeAnne Wiles on being named one of two recipients for the Thorud Leadership Award, the highest award for leadership at the 91探花! Wiles is the executive director of First Year Programs and Strategic Initiatives in UAA鈥檚 Student Academic Services. Wiles began her 91探花career in First Year Programs in 2009, managing parent orientation, the First-year Interest Group program and other elements of First Year Programs. In the last 15 years, she has made an indelible mark on how new students are welcomed to campus and how they find a sense of belonging in their first year. To be effective in this work, Wiles and the First Year Programs team she leads reach out across campus, developing partnerships with academic and administrative units with the vision of creating a campus-wide welcome and culture of belonging for first-year students.
May 8, 2024
Innovation revealed at the 27th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
On May 17, over 1,200 undergraduates will present cutting-edge research and scholarship at the 27th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, a signature event for the 91探花.
May 5, 2024
91探花鈥檚 Jumpstart welcomes Kinders to College!
The 91探花’s Jumpstart program recently welcomed kindergarteners from the Federal Way Public Schools (FWPS) to the Seattle campus. The visit was part of the FWPS’s new Kinders to College initiative that launched this academic year and aims to promote the importance of early college and career readiness. 鈥淥ur new Kinders to College program…
April 12, 2024
Bitaniya Giday, 91探花junior, scholar, community organizer and poet, selected as Truman Scholar
When 91探花 President Ana Mari Cauce, Provost Tricia Serio and Vice Provost and Dean Ed Taylor appeared in the Zoom room of Bitaniya Giday鈥檚 African American studies class, Giday was confused and even wondered if she was in trouble for something. But then President Cauce excitedly announced that Giday had been selected for the prestigious Truman Scholarship, a national award recognizing past accomplishments in and future commitment to public service and leadership.
April 9, 2024
Three 91探花students named 2024 Goldwater Scholars
Three 91探花 undergraduates have been honored as Goldwater Scholars by the Goldwater Foundation, continuing the longstanding tradition of 91探花students receiving this honor. This year鈥檚 91探花Goldwater Scholars are Dania Ahmed, Annabella Li and Masa Nakura-Fan. Their undergraduate research projects with faculty cover a range of topics such as the mechanisms underlying heart disease, designing, producing and testing novel protein-based systems, and computational fabrication and artificial intelligence.
February 15, 2024
91探花recognized as a Fulbright top producer for the 2023-24 school year
The 91探花 made the Chronicle of Higher Education鈥檚 list of the Fulbright top producing institutions. A total of 14 students received Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the academic year 2023-24, seven undergraduates or recent graduates and seven graduate-level students. Three 91探花faculty were named Fulbright scholars.
The scholarship program is the largest U.S. international exchange opportunity for students to pursue graduate study, advanced research and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide. The 91探花awardees will join 2,000 students and recent graduates from around the country to study and teach abroad.
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