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November 20, 2009
UAA Service Awards for October-November 2009
Congratulations and thank you to these Undergraduate Academic Affairs employees who reached milestones in their service to the University.
November 19, 2009
First Year Programs welcomes new staff
First Year Programs has three new student staff members and a new professional staff member. Here’s a little bit of information about the new faces you’ll be seeing around the First Year Programs office.
November 12, 2009
Common Book Conversation about Race, Identity, and America
UW professors Ralina Joseph (communication), Christopher Parker (political science), and Luis Fraga (political science) step away from the lectern and talk about issues raised in “Dreams from My Father” in relation to their own scholarship and personal histories. Sign up now to attend the event!
November 4, 2009
Volunteers needed for Dream Project’s Annual Admissions Workshop Weekend
Join the Dream Project on November 14 and 15 and help more than 300 local high school students craft competitive college application essays. Volunteer writing tutors are needed to work with students one-on-one. Students who attend the weekend often come in with nothing and leave having submitted a completed college application.
October 16, 2009
Answer the call to service: Sign up to lead a project for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service!
In honor of the ideals of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Carlson Center is coordinating the 9th Annual MLK, Jr. Day of Service. Project Leaders are needed to help make the day a community-wide success.
October 12, 2009
UW faculty on students, service, and books
For the fall issue of Undergraduate Academic Affairs’ alumni e-newsletter, we asked three UW faculty–Jason De Leon, Kathie Friedman, and Alexes Harris to share what students are talking about, why they incorporate service learning into their teaching, and what three books they recommend for people to understand what’s going on in the world today.
October 8, 2009
The Big W: Welcome UW Class of 2013!
There are 5,300 freshmen in the University of Washington’s class of 2013. 4,000 come from Washington state cities and towns, and 1,300 are from other states and other countries… And together, they make one BIG W!
September 15, 2009
University of Washington Jumpstart hosting Read for the Record events
Join squeals of preschool delight, help prepare preschool children for school, and raise awareness about the importance of early literacy with UW Jumpstart’s fourth annual Read for the Record event. Read for the Record aims to break the world record of the largest shared reading experience by encouraging hundreds of thousands of children and adults to read the same book on the same day.
Commuter Commons a new place for commuter students
Living on campus is one way many students find a community at the University, so how do commuter students find their place and their campus community? Coinciding with the start of fall quarter, commuter students will have a new opportunity to connect with their voyaging peers at the Commuter Commons.
September 14, 2009
UAA Service Awards for July-September 2009
Congratulations and thank you to these Undergraduate Academic Affairs employees who reached milestones in their service to the University.
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