Making Change, Transforming Lives

Students, staff, and faculty strive to improve the wellbeing of our communities.  Initiatives such as the Center for Cultural Proficiency in Medical Education, mobilize our collective capacities so that we can better the world around us.

PEERS Program

DO-IT celebrates 20 years preparing students with disabilities for college

Students, staff, and faculty strive to improve the well-being of our communities.  Faculty and staff affinity groups, such as the Queer Affinity Group, mobilize our collective capacities so that we can better the world around us.

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Intergroup Dialogue, Education and Action Center

This center prepares Social Work students and supports University and community efforts to address issues of oppression, empowerment, and alliance building for social justice.

Dream Project

This project partners UW students with first-generation and low-income high school students to help them achieve the dream of attending college while teaching UW students about important social issues.

PEERs

PEERs (Promoting Equity in Engineering Relationships) is a first-round, Innovation through Institutional Integration NSF grant awardee. They seek to improve the experiences of underrepresented undergraduate students in the College of Engineering, resulting in increased participation of women, minorities, and people with disabilities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

 

Native American Law Center

The center seeks to promote a better understanding of Indian law and policy in order to facilitate legal and institutional improvements among tribal, state and federal governments.

Global Health & Justice Project

Promoting academics, research and service learning in global health, social justice and development

Engineers Without Borders

Partnering with disadvantaged communities worldwide to improve quality of life by implementing environmentally sustainable, equitable and economical engineering projects while developing responsible engineers and engineering students.

Design/Build Project

This project rovides an alternative design process, in which thinking and making are integrated as interrelated components, with the resulting project providing an amenity for a community in need.

Making Connections

Increasing college enrollment and career exploration in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields for underrepresented youth.