Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement News

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Dr. Veronica Cassone McGowan named inaugural director of new UW Bothell research center

The new Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement advances our understanding of the dynamic connections between ecological systems and social systems. The University of Washington Bothell has named Dr. Veronica Cassone McGowan as the inaugural director of its new research center, the Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement, effective December 2024. CoSEE is housed at the Environmental Education & Research...

January 9, 2025

UW Bothell receives $800k for programs leading to green-economy careers

An initiative at the University of Washington Bothell to prepare the next generation of students for the green economy has received $811,061 as part of $19.4 million secured by Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) for community projects across the 1st Congressional District in Washington state. The budget was approved by the U.S. Congress in late December...

January 12, 2023

Environmental Education & Research Center opens fall 2021

As National Recreation & Parks month comes to a close, the University of Washington Bothell Environmental Education & Research Center at Saint Edward State Park is gearing up to open. The one-of-a-kind facility, designed for the appreciation, study and stewardship of Pacific Northwest ecosystems, will officially launch this fall in the annex to what until 1977 was the historic Saint Edward Seminary.  The EERC’s opening, delayed a year by...

July 28, 2021

New environmental center at Saint Edward park

University of Washington Bothell faculty and staff are helping plan an environmental learning center that would make more use of Saint Edward State Park as an outdoor classroom and living laboratory. David Stokes, a professor of ecology and conservation biology in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (IAS), envisions the Environmental Education and Research Center (EERC) as...

February 12, 2019