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March 26, 2012
Recipients of UAA Recognition Awards, 1999-2013
Award for Excellence Recognition Event Quick Links Kirsten Atik Kay Balston Cathy Beyer Ray Carlsen Jodene Davis Janice DeCosmo Ken Etzkorn Jerry Gillmore Miriam Goldstein Jennifer Harris Ran Hennes Jason Johnson Michaelann Jundt Brook Kelly Janet Kime Beret Kischner Joanna Loss Nana Lowell Sharon Minton Ellen Mosolf Dick Newcomb Tracy Nyerges Patrick Roberts Dick Simkins…
November 1, 2011
Angel Corral: Speaking her truth in South LA
Alumni e-News Table of Contents Back to intro > UAA alumni educate and inspire Angel Corral (鈥�10) is currently a first year teacher at a high school in Watts, South Los Angeles, California. She teaches biology and anatomy and physiology to 10th and 11th graders. She鈥檚 also in her last quarter of graduate school at…
Supanika 鈥淪ue鈥� Ordonez: Preferring 鈥榙ifficult鈥� students
Alumni e-News Table of Contents Back to intro > UAA alumni educate and inspire Supanika 鈥淪ue鈥� Ordonez (鈥�08), an international studies major, thought she would enter the professional world of international relations, having grown up around the world with her father, a United States diplomat. That changed for Sue after she began volunteering through Jumpstart….
Neelz Gharavi: Living by the words of Wayne Gretsky and Gandhi
Alumni e-News Table of Contents Back to intro > UAA alumni educate and inspire Neeloufar 鈥淣eelz鈥� Gharavi (鈥�02, 鈥�04) is an English teacher at Sequoia High School, a public alternative school in the Everett School District. This is her eighth year with the school, where she鈥檚 worked since she graduated from the 91探花Teacher Education…
Blake Stevens: Cool, but not too cool for school
Alumni e-News Table of Contents Back to intro > UAA alumni educate and inspire Blake Stevens (鈥�09) comes from a family of teachers. His mother was a public school teacher and his father was the assistant superintendent of the Bellingham School District. As a 4th and 5th grader he helped out in his mom鈥檚 kindergarten…
December 17, 2010
Message from Vice Provost and Dean Ed Taylor, Nov-Dec 2010
Dear UAA Colleagues, Is the 91探花 prepared to educate the next generation of leaders? This question was posed by former Starbuck鈥檚 executive Howard Behar in recent meetings I鈥檝e had with him about leadership. He sees that the 91探花has the opportunity to be the most recognized and respected institution on preparing students to…
October 29, 2010
Message from Vice Provost and Dean Ed Taylor, October 2010
Dear UAA Colleagues, External and internal changes are all around us. As is the case in periods of change, the journey is tremendously ambiguous but will emerge into clarity. In this ever-shifting landscape, a primary question in evaluating our work is how do we want to look in June? How do we want to grow…
October 12, 2010
鈥淣ice to meet you鈥� in six languages
Even though she already speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Arabic and some Italian, Vi Nhan鈥檚, 鈥�08, day at the office is spent in a classroom learning Japanese for six hours a day, plus homework. As a new Foreign Service officer, Vi will be stationed in Osaka, Japan, in 2011 so she joins other Foreign Service…
October 1, 2010
Message from Vice Provost and Dean Ed Taylor, September 2010
Dear UAA Colleagues, Welcome to the start of the academic year. For some of you, that means welcome back to campus but for some, your work is most intensive in the summer and just leading up to fall quarter. This summer freshmen, transfer students, and parents were welcomed into the Husky family by our First…
July 12, 2010
Message from Vice Provost and Dean Ed Taylor, spring 2010 re-cap
Dear UAA Colleagues, Each spring at commencement we bear witness to the very purpose of our work: the results of good teaching. Events in Undergraduate Academic Affairs this spring highlighted the critical and inspiring foundation of good teaching. Listening to faculty talk about why they teach and what they love most about teaching has been…
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