The UW’s VIP (Very Involved President)

Robert J. Jones joined the University of Washington last summer. Watch this “Rushmore”-inspired peek into all he’s explored since.

We give our first-year students the same advice: Try all the things; make the most of your time; embrace the Husky Experience. When Robert J. Jones joined the University of Washington as our 34th president last summer, he took that first-year guidance to heart, connecting with students and exploring all that campus has to offer. 

As you can see, he’s kept plenty busy this year. In a nod to Wes Anderson’s 1998 film “Rushmore,” we captured President Jones jumping in to campus clubs and trying his hand at kung fu, robotics, knitting and more. 

To learn more about the clubs featured in this video — a small sample of the more than 1,000 available to UW students in Seattle, Tacoma and Bothell — click through the photos below to be taken to each club’s Instagram account.  

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