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Aaron Hoard named Director of Regional & Community Relations
September 7, 2023
Aaron Hoard has been named Director of Regional & Community Relations at the University of Washington, UW Vice President for External Affairs Randy Hodgins announced Tuesday. Hoard’s appointment is effective September 5. Aaron Hoard The Office of Regional & Community Relations links the University with neighborhoods surrounding the Seattle campus, civic groups and local government.…
From the VP: Legislative Session Recap
May 16, 2023
The 2023 legislative session ended on April 23 after the House and Senate passed the state’s biennial operating, capital, and transportation budgets. In so many ways, this year’s session was filled with big wins for the UW and a couple of misses discussed later. On the capital budget side, the legislature made a powerful statement…
From the VP: Washington state legislative session underway
February 9, 2023
We are more than a month into this year’s legislative session and already we’re seeing the benefits of returning to an in-person format after two years of remote lawmaking. In just the first month, President Cauce, UW Medicine CEO Tim Dellit and several UW Deans, faculty, students and administrators have already visited Olympia to meet…