Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement News
Category: Community Partnerships
Growing the Garden
CoSEE’s Native Plant Learning Garden grows through student leadership, community care, and hands-on restoration at Saint Edward State Park, supporting learning, connection, and ecological resilience.
April 22, 2026
Middle Schoolers Lead the Way at Saint Edward State Park
Middle school students take the lead in restoring native habitats at Saint Edward State Park, partnering with CoSEE to remove invasive species and build lasting connections to environmental stewardship.
April 13, 2026
Community Partnership Highlight: Alyssa Burnett Center
CoSEE highlights its partnership with the Alyssa Burnett Center, fostering inclusive environmental education through shared learning experiences that build connection, curiosity, and community for learners with diverse abilities.
March 18, 2026
UW Bothell honored for outstanding community engagement
Prestigious national designation recognizes campus commitment to collaboration with its community. The University of Washington Bothell has once again earned national recognition from the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for its exemplary practices of community engagement. The Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement — an endorsement also gained by the University of Washington in Seattle and UW Tacoma — is held by fewer than 10% of...
January 12, 2026
Beneath the Forest Floor: Discovering Mushrooms and Mycelium at Saint Edward State Park
Each fall, the forests at Saint Edward State Park come alive in quiet but fascinating ways. Beneath the leaves and fallen logs, networks of fungi are at work—breaking down organic matter, supporting plant life, and connecting entire ecosystems below the forest floor. During CoSEE’s second annual Mushroom Walk, students gathered at the Environmental Education and...
November 30, 2025
Learning from the Water: Environmental Exploration with the Alyssa Burnett Center
Students from the Alyssa Burnett Center visit the EERC to investigate watersheds, water quality, and macroinvertebrates through hands-on environmental learning. At the Environmental Education and Research Center (EERC), partnerships with community organizations are an essential part of how the Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement (CoSEE) connects people to environmental learning. One of CoSEE’s longest-standing and most...
September 30, 2025
Community partnerships spawn salmon education for local park
Students, faculty and staff collaborate to bring new signage and geocaching tours to O.O. Denny Park in Kirkland, Washington. As any good outdoor enthusiast knows, the first rule of exploring nature is: “Leave no trace.” There are, however, the occasional exceptions to this principle — such as when small, human-made additions to wild places raise...
August 28, 2025
A passion for pollinators
In her capstone project, senior Katrina Briggs blends citizen science and a love of pollinators in “Bee Monitoring 101.” In healthy, functioning ecosystems, every species has a role to play. From the clams that filter ocean water to the predators that keep prey species in check, biodiversity is what makes life on Earth possible. And...
June 5, 2025
A more meaningful map
Student-led mapping effort in Saint Edward State Park forges deeper connections between the land and the communities — both human and non — that rely on it. On a soggy Saturday in March, more than 30 volunteers gathered in Kenmore’s Saint Edward State Park to help re-map the trails that wind through the popular green...
April 11, 2025
Stories that turn climate anxiety into hope
Students in a Discovery Core class harness the power of storytelling to teach ecology to the next generation. A bear named Bingo wanders the temperate rainforest of Cascadia, looking for his mother. As he moves through trees and along rivers and ponds, he encounters other local inhabitants: Olivia Owl, Frank the Frog and Seth the...
January 16, 2025
