The Ana Mari Cauce Welcome Center will be a dynamic gathering space, designed to bring together curious people and passionate Huskies. For friends, neighbors, alumni, students, faculty, staff, fans and community, the University is building a new way to say… Welcome.
Find out what’s new
See what’s happening now as the Welcome Center takes shape at an iconic intersection in the northwest corner of the UW’s Seattle campus.
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Discover how the Welcome Center’s programs and spaces will help attract, inspire and involve new generations of students, educators, neighbors and friends.
Be part of the impact
Your support can help the University create the Ana Mari Cauce Welcome Center — a place where anyone can begin their UW story.
Celebrating President Ana Mari Cauce
The Welcome Center commemorates the leadership of the UW’s 33rd President, Ana Mari Cauce, and builds upon her more than 40 years of dedication to uplifting the UW’s public mission.
“We are the University for Washington — and the world. This center will carry that message. Whoever you are and wherever you’re from, the University of Washington welcomes you and is here for you.”
— Ana Mari Cauce, President Emerita, University of Washington
A new way to experience the UW. Made possible by you.
Your support for the Ana Mari Cauce Welcome Center gives shape to a simple promise to everyone who arrives at the University — you belong here.
Together, let’s open the doors to a place where boundless possibilities begin.
The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Suquamish, Tulalip and Muckleshoot nations. We also acknowledge and honor the tribal nations across Washington state and the many Indigenous peoples from across the country who live and work in Seattle and the surrounding areas.