Collaborative for Socio-Ecological Engagement News
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
Spring Break, Reimagined: Our Week of Service and Stewardship
While many college students spent their spring break last month traveling or catching up on sleep, a dedicated group of UW Bothell and Cascadia College students chose a different path. This past March, our campus community came together for Alternative Spring Break (ASB)—a week dedicated to community service, environmental stewardship, and educational programming. ASB is...
April 22, 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
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
When a park becomes a classroom
In first-ever class at the Environmental Education and Research Center, students conduct research with an eye for conserving biodiversity in urban green spaces. Early in his career as an ecologist, Dr. David Stokes, like many at the time, wanted to understand how ecosystems functioned in pristine conditions away from human influence. In Patagonia, South America,...
April 12, 2024
From the forest to the lab: High schoolers get hands-on learning in environmental workshop
Students from UW Bothell and local high schools explore stream biology, geomorphology and more on campus and at the Environmental Education & Research Center. Gathering in labs, woods and creeks — and working alongside recent graduates from the University of Washington Bothell — local high school students spent two weeks this summer learning about science...
August 24, 2023
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
Our home in the forest
Our Home in the Forest, a Discovery Core class at the University of Washington Bothell this autumn quarter, stretches the boundaries of what constitutes a classroom. Not content to study nature at a distance, the faculty leaders and their students went from learning in a typical 900-square-foot room with white walls and carpet flooring to a 326-acre...
December 20, 2021
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
