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March 11, 2009
Dream Project members lead workshop in mile high city
In February, Dream Project members shared the Dream Project’s innovative two-track model for increasing access to college that combines outreach, service learning, and advocacy to address issues of opportunity and access in college admissions at the 2009 College Board Western Regional Forum in Denver, CO.
Gateway Center Adviser Clay Schwenn elected to national Technology in Advising Commission
Gateway Center Adviser Clay Schwenn was recently elected chair of the Technology in Advising Commission for the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). In this role, Schwenn hopes to lower the hurdle some associate with incorporating technology into advising and “get it away from geek speak.”
February 22, 2009
University of Washington undergraduate earns prestigious scholarship
Congratulations Honors student Sam Sudar, UW’s most recent Gates Cambridge Scholar! The highly competitive scholarship supports graduate study at the University of Cambridge, England, and brings recognition of accomplishments and future promise. This year, 37 students from across the United States were selected from an original applicant pool of more than 700 students. Sudar is the fourth UW student to be named a Gates Cambridge Scholar since the awards were first made in 2000.
February 10, 2009
Reading assignment: Inside the Undergraduate Experience
Researchers on the UW Study of Undergraduate Learning project with four of the undergraduates who helped them. From left, they are Amy Lu, Andrew Fisher (researcher), Idrus Syed, Jerry Gillmore (researcher), Catharine Beyer (researcher), Oluwatope Fashola, Tula Habb. [Uweek]
February 8, 2009
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service 2009: Building connections by serving the community
The 2009 Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service brought out a record-breaking 1,400 UW volunteers contributing their time to projects that serve the community.
January 26, 2009
Honors student Teresa Dang on what she felt her education was missing
In the Honors seminar “Teaching What We Know,” students were assigned to write a narrative that “reflects upon and challenges what you had known about ‘education.’”
January 15, 2009
UW Freshmen to Read Dreams from My Father
The 2009-10 UW Common Book will bring the freshman class together in President Obama’s story of self-discovery, written years before his entrance into politics.
January 2, 2009
An evening with Luis Urrea, author of The Devil’s Highway
Watch award-winning author Luis Urrea weave a narrative of how he became a writer and the writing of The Devil’s Highway. The Devil’s Highway is the 2008-09 UW Common Book.
April 24, 2008
University of Washington undergraduates earn prestigious national scholarships
“These scholarships are much deserved recognition of the talent and promise exhibited by these undergraduates,” said Ed Taylor, vice provost and dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs.
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