News from Office of Connected Learning
Category: Community-Engaged Learning and Research
Healthy lakes are for fun and for learning
Dr. Avery Shinneman's limnology students and the Woodinville Library honor Lakes Appreciation Month with learning kits for local kids.
July 25, 2022
Dong Si receives Outstanding Community-Engaged Scholar Award
Created in 2020 by the Community Engagement Council, the annual award recognizes impactful community-engaged scholarship by UW Bothell faculty...
July 22, 2022
Students add power to Latino training institute
Longtime partners in community-based learning, the Latino Educational Training Institute and the University of Washington Bothell have teamed up again to produce a series of workplace health and safety videos for the state.
June 7, 2022
University, Seattle clinic value partnership
By working to help each other, the Rainier Valley Community Clinic and University of Washington Bothell students helped themselves — and proved the power of community-based learning.
June 7, 2022
Living his ideals well beyond the classroom
A passionate, outspoken Army veteran who wants above all else to serve his community, graduate student Phoenix Horn has been named one of the University of Washington Bothell’s Husky 100 this year.
June 7, 2022
2022 Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success
The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced that UW Bothell will be among the forty-one institutions selected to participate in its 2022 Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success. The Institute is designed to strengthen institutional capacity to achieve quality, equity, and student engagement goals through the design, implementation, and assessment of active teaching and learning practices widely known as “high-impact practices,” or HIPs.
May 13, 2022
Students provide health and hope
Nursing students in the course Population-based Health in Community Practice discovered unique ways to apply their learning this past summer. Teaching basic yoga poses, giving presentations on body mechanics, and the ever-important art of listening helped them to better understand the communities they serve as nurses.
May 4, 2022
Video: scientist tests soil for hidden contaminants in community gardens
Soil, particularly in urban areas, can hold contaminants that are unhealthy for people who handle it or eat things grown in the ground. Chemicals left behind by vehicles, air pollution and heavy...
May 3, 2022
The business of mental health
UW Bothell Lecturer Laura Umetsu, in partnership with the Seattle chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, helps students understand the impact of mental health on society even while they learn essential business writing skills.
May 3, 2022
Our home in the forest
UW Bothell’s commitment to environmental education and research is exemplified by its expert faculty, eager students — and the new center at St. Edwards State Park the University runs with community partners.
April 19, 2022