News from the Office of Connected Learning
Category: Community-Engaged Learning and Research
Internships channel student passion for the environment
UW Bothell students joined the first cohort of the Urban Stream Ecology Internship, partnering with the Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation to monitor the health of two urban watersheds in Northern King County. Guided by Dr. Dana Campbell and community mentors, students collected baseline water quality data, learned field techniques, and explored how human activity...
October 9, 2025
Community partnerships spawn salmon education for local park
Ash Putzke, a UW Bothell senior in Earth System Science and Biology, helped create new educational salmon signage and geocaching tours for Kirkland’s O.O. Denny Park as part of a long-standing partnership between UW Bothell and the Finn Hill Neighborhood Alliance. Working with faculty and the Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement (CoSEE), Putzke transformed research on...
August 28, 2025
Report to the Community 2025
In the 2025 Report to the Community, the University of Washington Bothell celebrates its growth, achievements, and deep community connections. Now recognized as Washington’s No. 1 regional public university, UW Bothell provides a top-tier UW education to students across the greater Seattle and North Puget Sound region. This report highlights the university’s 35-year legacy of...
July 17, 2025
Breaking Things, Building Dreams: My Engineering Story
Samantha Brown, a Mechanical Engineering major, Class of 2025, embodies the spirit of the Research & Creative Projects and Community-Engaged Learning & Research Programs. Through hands-on engineering projects like leading the Eco-AR Club, Sam engages deeply in applied research and innovation. By mentoring peers and fostering diversity in STEM, Sam’s work also aligns with the university’s mission to connect...
July 10, 2025
LETI celebrates its 13th year shaping Latino leadership in Washington
Forty-four students from University of Washington Bothell, Edmonds College, and Skagit Valley College graduated from the Latino Educational Training Institute’s (LETI) Latino Leadership Initiative, which was hosted at UW Bothell. The program equips students with leadership training, mentorship, networking, and community service experience to help them empower their communities and strengthen cultural pride. UW Bothell participants...
June 2, 2025
Student research and capstone projects celebrated in annual showcase
At UW Bothell’s 2025 Student Academic Showcase, nearly 100 students across disciplines participated to demonstrate their efforts through research and capstone projects and their application to tackle real-world challenges. Ranging from an exploration of female CEO’s positive influence on corporate culture and DEI practices, the development of a hand-sized ECG device for improving heart rate...
May 28, 2025
Annual symposium recognizes undergraduate researchers and their mentors
The University of Washington celebrated the 28th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, with more than 40 UW Bothell students showcasing their efforts across 39 research projects. In addition to the numerous topics, ranging from an introduction to a fingertip ECG monitoring device to a study on Afghan women’s resilience through underground education, the event also honored...
May 5, 2025
Husky Herald -Empowering Communities and Students
Every April, Global Volunteer Month celebrates the power of service and community engagement. In UW Bothell, this is embodied through the Office of Connected Learning (OCL) and its Community-Engaged Learning and Research (CELR) program. CELR students Sabrina Oliveira and Hazel Kaushik each found meaningful ways to connect learning with community impact. Sabrina Oliveira, CELR Program Assistant,...
May 2, 2025
Graduate students partner with city of Redmond in community-engaged capstones
UW Bothell graduates in the Master of Arts in Policy Studies (MAPS) program collaborated with the city of Redmond for their capstone projects, tackling local critical issues as well as putting their knowledge into practice. The campus-city cooperation not only tested students’ critical thinking and practical ability on real-life problems but also benefited the city...
May 1, 2025
A more meaningful map
After recognizing the continuous struggle with outdated maps at Saint Edward State Park in Kenmore, UW Bothell intern, Janelle Adsuara, led the Mapping the Park 101 to re-map the lost trails utilizing advanced GIS and GNSS technology. The CoSEE class gathered 30 volunteers to collect geographical and ecological data, not only contributing to future conservation...
April 11, 2025
