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U Lead, We Lead

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U Lead, We Lead is a leadership event for emerging leaders

U Lead, We Lead is designed to increase undergraduate students’ self-awareness and understanding of leadership styles, strengths, and challenges.

Our Speakers

Lorenzo Romar has served as Head Coach of Husky Men’s Basketball for the last decade, creating Washington’s elite basketball program. Learn more about Lorenzo Romar

Ana Mari Cauce is the University of Washington Provost and Executive Vice President, the second-highest position at the University, overseeing academic programs, the University’s budget, and many programs and initiatives. Learn more about Ana Mari Cauce

Dorothy Bullitt teaches courses related to leadership as a Distinguished Practitioner and Senior Lecturer at UW’s Evans School of Public Affairs. She is also the former CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County. Learn more about Dorothy Bullitt

Will Berkovitz is a Rabbi and Senior Vice President at the nonprofit Repair the World, where he is developing innovative partnership initiatives with organizations across the United States. Learn more about Will Berkovitz (scroll down)

These leaders shared their personal journeys and their perspectives on leadership at the U Lead, We Lead event on October 25, 2012.

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Welcome from the Dean Autumn 2012

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

What do students from Mossy Rock, Washington have in common with students from Beijing, China? What does a student from White Fish, Montana, share with a student from Redondo Beach, California?  Or the students from Alabama and Seattle—what do they share in common with the student from Uganda or Vietnam? What they share is that they are all entering the University of Washington as part of the 2012 incoming class. As part of the UW experience they will have opportunities to learn together, serve together, lead together, and simply talk to one another. Continue reading “Welcome from the Dean Autumn 2012”

Janice DeCosmo elected to executive board of national Council on Undergraduate Research

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Janice DeCosmo, associate dean in Undergraduate Academic Affairs, was recently elected chair of the division of Undergraduate Research Program directors for the national organization Council on Undergraduate Research. Janice has served as a councilor of that division for several years; being elected chair of that division also includes being a member of the executive board for the Council on Undergraduate Research. It is a two-year term.

The Council on Undergraduate Research is a membership organization representing more than 900 colleges and universities, and is the professional organization for faculty and administrators who work on undergraduate research initiatives. The Council helps colleges and universities support faculty involvement in undergraduate research and draws attention to undergraduate research on a national level. They support an undergraduate research poster session on Capitol Hill and meetings with legislators, serve as an informed body to provide feedback and insight on National Science Foundation work involving undergraduate researchers. As a member of the executive board, Janice will be involved in policy, planning, decision-making, structuring the annual meeting, etc.

“The thing I find compelling about CUR is there are so many institutions that are members,” says Janice. “The meetings are full of rich ideas about implementation and big ideas about new directions. It’s a very open and collegial organization.”

Here’s CUR’s website: http://www.cur.org/

Honors Colloquium showcases student experiential learning experiences

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At this year’s Honors Colloquium, presentations included students’ research, leadership, travel and service learning experiences. This new premise was designed to align with the alterations to the Honors curriculum, which incorporates each of these four elements (research, service, leadership and travel) into the new set of Honors requirements.

This I believe: Being open to connection

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Mary Gates Leadership Scholar Katie McCorkell wasn’t trying to become a leader when she started to read her poetry out loud. But by reading her work to others and helping establish a poetry group on campus, she gained personal insight that led to deeper connections with her peers and leadership opportunities. These experiences helped her form her ideas about what leadership means to her.

Undergraduate work in the community on display at annual Spring Celebration

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On May 11 from 4-6 p.m. UW undergraduates will showcase civic engagement projects that enrich their undergraduate education and benefit the local nonprofit organizations, schools, and campus programs with which they serve. Don’t miss the annual Spring Celebration of Service and Leadership!

Alumni spotlight: Penelope (Molander) Ellis (’68, ’69, ’80) exemplifies lifelong learning

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Honors alumna and current Access student Penelope Ellis has taken an interesting educational path across disciplines. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the University Honors Program, current Honors student Crystal Zhu spoke with Penelope about her educational experiences in the early days of the Honors Program and how they compare with her classroom experiences today.