News from the Office of Connected Learning

Category: Connected Learning

Students tackle a global AI challenge

Professor Nick Cuhaciyan helped one of his Community-Engaged Learning & Research classes connect with Omoigui to play a role in real-world projects on campus or in the community. Waeve.AI came in handy when they identified and categorized an enormous amount of data from various firms’ websites. Community Engaged Learning and Research courses are hands-on, skill-building...

April 14, 2023

Come As You Are to the ABC

“A setting where someone could show up as exactly themselves and be celebrated for it.” Fallon Zollars writes about her story starting as a volunteer through a Community-Engaged Learning & Research (CELR) class at the Alyssa Burnett Center (ABC). This story features her experience and why she applied for a full-time position at the Center...

April 10, 2023

STEM professor leverages Fulbright award to be both scholar and student

Dr. Salwa Al-Noori, associate teaching professor in the University of Washington Bothell’s School of STEM, recently completed a five-month Fulbright Scholar program at Hashemite University in Zarqa, Jordan. While teaching two STEM courses and immersing herself in Jordanian life, she also sought to hone culturally responsive teaching methods for her UW Bothell students of Middle...

March 23, 2023

Poems against pollution

As one of the most contaminated nuclear sites in the Western Hemisphere, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington state had brought severe radical impacts to the local environment and Columbia River. One of the classes led by Dr. Iyer got involved with a community-engaged competition hosted by Dr. Cram and Hanford Challenge to illustrate...

March 16, 2023

2023 Digital Scholars Cohort Announced

Congratulations to the 2023 Digital Scholars Cohort . Students participate in a three-quarters (spring, summer, autumn) experience that provides digital skills training with career and major exploration. The Digital Scholars community brings together students, professors, staff, community partners, and UW Bothell alumni to help students develop digital skills and a strong network of supporters. Aryana...

March 10, 2023

Mary Gates Research Scholarships – 2023 Winter Awards

Mary Gates Research Scholarships are competitive scholarships intended to enhance the educational experiences of undergraduate students at the University of Washington while they are engaged in research guided by faculty. With research scholarships, students may be able to focus more attention and time, deepening their inquiry into a discipline or project with a reduced financial...

February 23, 2023

Fulbright ‘Top Producer’ lists name UW and UW Bothell

The University of Washington is proud to be included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. students and scholars. This recognition is given to the U.S. colleges and universities that received the highest number of applicants selected for the 2022-23 Fulbright U.S. Student and Fulbright U.S. Scholar...

February 13, 2023

Mary Gates Research Scholarships – 2022 Autumn Awards

Mary Gates Research Scholarships are competitive scholarships intended to enhance the educational experiences of undergraduate students at the University of Washington while they are engaged in research guided by faculty. Congratulations to the Bothell students who received awards in Autumn 2022.

February 3, 2023

Students support ski-ability at Snoqualmie and Stevens

“Disability & Society: A Focus on Community and the Outdoors” was a community-engaged course directed by Dr. Naranjo as an opportunity to observe skiing from the perspectives of accessibility and disability justice. Students exchanged experiences and opinions with the event participants to learn about the techniques of how they cope with their limitations. Community-Engaged Learning...

February 3, 2023