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  • UW Community Unites for MLK Week 2016

    February 2, 2016

    MLK Week 2015 featured image

    Members of the University of Washington community came together to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during MLK Week, Jan. 15-22.

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  • Campus Walker Winter 2016

    January 4, 2016

    Lablab Purpureus

    Emile Pitre, senior advisor to the Interim VP and also known as the “Campus Walker,” photographs beautiful images throughout campus. Check out his latest gallery: “The Pollinators.”

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  • MAP Breakfast Highlights UW Homecoming Festivities

    October 23, 2015

    2015 MAP Breakfast Featured Image

    A University of Washington Homecoming tradition for the last 21 years, the UW Alumni Association Multicultural Alumni Partnership (MAP) Bridging the Gap Breakfast once again recognized alumni and students for their commitment to diversity and contributions to the community, Oct. 17.

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  • Alumni and Friends Celebrate Big Husky Win at Viewing Party

    October 12, 2015

    UW Football Viewing Party Featured Image

    OMA&D alumni and friends came together to cheer on the UW football team to a 17-12 upset victory over nationally-ranked USC at a special viewing party at the Tap House Grill in downtown Seattle, Oct. 8.

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  • Welcome Daze Introduces New Huskies to the UW

    September 25, 2015

    Featured Image 2015 OMA&D Welcome Daze

    The Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity (OMA&D) introduced new students and their families to the UW at its annual orientation event, Welcome Daze, on Sept. 25, at the Husky Union Building.

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  • Making College the Expectation, Not the Exception

    September 23, 2015

    2015 GEAR UP EDI Summer Institute Featured Image

    The staff at small, remote Wahkiakum High School in southwest Washington is transforming its college-going culture and sharing its best practices thanks to the GEAR UP Educator Development Initiative.

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  • Campus Walker Fall 2015

    September 20, 2015

    Campus Walker Fall 2015

    Retired OMA&D Associate Vice President Emile Pitre, also known as the “Campus Walker,” has been photographing beautiful images of campus throughout the last several years. His latest gallery highlights one of his favorite subjects: hummingbirds.

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  • Thank You, Dr. Sheila

    August 5, 2015

    Sheila's Farewel featured image

    On August 3, the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity bid farewell to its longtime leader, Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange, ’00,’06, who after a nine-year tenure as vice president and vice provost, moved on to serve as interim president at Seattle Central College.

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  • Early Outreach Visits Encourage Students of All Ages to Think About College

    July 1, 2015

    2015 Kinder to College

    A group of campus visitors turned a few heads when they toured the University of Washington on a sunny day back in April.

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  • Fukui-Sketchley, Student Scholars Honored at 45th Annual EOP Celebration

    May 21, 2015

    Celebration 2015

    Colleen Fukui-Sketchley, ’94, received the University of Washington’s Charles E. Odegaard Award and several outstanding student scholarship recipients were recognized at the 45th annual Celebration held May 7, at UW’s Husky Union Building.

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