Features
December 7, 2024
Bridging science and humanity
Daniel Chen’s journey into research began with a fascination for ancient cultures and extinct creatures. As a middle schooler, he was captivated by archaeology and paleontology, dreaming of working at excavation sites, unearthing ancient bones and tracing the histories of lost civilizations. Over time, that early curiosity shifted toward biology, particularly as computational modeling emerged as a powerful tool.
December 6, 2024
UAA statement on leadership transition for the Robinson Center for Young Scholars
Undergraduate Academic Affairs is recognizing Dr. Kristina Henry Collins for her leadership of the Robinson Center for Young Scholars. After much consideration, Dr. Collins has decided to resign from her position of executive director of the Robinson Center, effective Jan. 27, 2025. She intends to continue her research, teaching and leadership foci of broad-based advocacy…
November 26, 2024
Sean Gehrke named assistant dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Undergraduate Academic Affairs is pleased to announce Sean Gehrke’s new role as assistant dean. Sean Gehrke has served over 20 years in higher education, holding a variety of administrative, research and assessment roles.
University of Washington recognized as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting
The UW has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. The ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting recognizes colleges and universities for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation. The UW joins a cohort recognized by…
October 26, 2024
Rosa Ramirez named assistant dean of finance and personnel
Undergraduate Academic Affairs is pleased to announce Rosa Ramirez’s new role as assistant dean of finance and personnel.
October 21, 2024
Pep talks for voting
These videos are designed to support students’ democratic engagement and cover such topics as how to vote, what other students think about voting and why it’s worth it. Why vote? This series of videos about why students, young people and all those eligible to vote should vote, features Eric Liu, American lawyer and CEO and…
October 16, 2024
Bridging histories in the American South
What if learning about the American South meant building bridges to both the past and the future? Instead of merely skimming the surface of history, what if you could dive deep, discovering the connections between place, community and the resilience born from oppression? What if history became personal, revealing the stories of beloved communities shaped…
September 27, 2024
The Robinson Center Husky Experience: A parent’s perspective
Nearly 50 years ago, UW professors Halbert and Nancy Robinson envisioned a school to serve academically talented students with accelerated needs. Today, the Robinson Center stands as a refuge, a long-awaited home for scholars eager to embark on journeys of intellectual and self-discovery. The Center’s focus, experience and infrastructure in nurturing gifted young scholars within the environment of a leading public university is a key factor in parents’ and their students’ decisions to drop out of high school and enroll in the program.
August 26, 2024
15 Seconds at a Time: Honors Program
In this video, Honors Program Director Stephanie Smallwood takes on the challenge of explaining the Honors Program in less than 15 seconds at a time. 15 Seconds at a Time is a series where we find out if various Undergraduate Academic Affairs departments can explain their work in only 15 Seconds at a Time.
August 9, 2024
Now hiring computer support analyst
The Office of Educational Assessment (OEA) is dedicated to the improvement of educational practice through assessment of teaching and learning, and through evaluation and support of educational programs and services. In support of this commitment, OEA has developed several systems to support instruction at UW, including: a) ScorePak, a paper-based course examination scoring and statistical reporting service. ScorePak relies on data capture (optical marking scanning) of course grade sheets, which leads to data analysis and reporting for classroom test scoring; and b) IASystem, an online course evaluation application serving the three UW campuses and other post-secondary institutions across the United States. IASystem is a service to all of UW main Seattle campus as well as UW Tacoma, UW Bothell and Educational Outreach faculty. IASystem data are gathered utilizing scannable questionnaires or online surveys, and the results are statistically generated, providing instructors with information for improving their teaching and curricula. Reports generated from ScorePak are utilizied primarily by faculty/instructors, while IASystem reports are utilized by instructors for improvement and administrators (deans, directors and chairs) as input for performance reviews and tenure and by students to select courses. The evaluation and scanning services specialist is responsible for coordination and day-to-day operation of the ScorePak scanning and scoring services for UW Seattle instructors, as well as for coordination of IASystem course evaluation services for UW Seattle. Advanced knowledge of the unique and proprietary computer, software and scanning systems supporting both ScorePak and IASystem function are required of the incumbent who serves in this position.
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