News from the School of IAS

Category: Students

Five IAS students recognized in the 2020 Husky 100

Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students from Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma in all areas of study who are making the most of their time at the UW. The Husky 100 actively connect what happens inside and outside of the classroom and apply what they learn to make a difference on campus, in their communities, and for the future. This year five IAS students are included in this recognition:

May 5, 2020

D.C. Human Rights Seminar scholarship continues to change lives

Since 1991, the Washington D.C. Human Rights Seminar has provided students with the opportunity to be a part of conversations around national and global policies. After two full-day workshops, they spend six days in Washington D.C. attending seminars and briefings with institutions and policy makers across the political spectrum. The most recent cohort travelled in September 2019, and 12 students received financial support through ...

April 28, 2020

Coronavirus can’t stop debate team

If things had gone as planned, the University of Washington Bothell Speech and Debate Team would have spent the last weekend in March at a national competition in San Diego. Instead, IAS faculty member Denise Vaughan, the team coach, and Jim Hanson, the debate team coach at Seattle University, organized the Online IPDA Championships.

April 6, 2020

Berette Macaulay receives arts award and discusses MFON on Art Zone

In February, two anonymous Seattle patrons of the arts announced the fourth annual Champion of Seattle Arts (COSA) Award winner: Berette S. Macaulay, local artist, curator, and M.A. in Cultural Studies candidate.“Working with a variety of established local arts organizations, Berette has brought forth recent exhibitions of power and strength, focusing on female-identifying photographers of the African diaspora ...

March 6, 2020

Elizabeth Boone: Rising star in student personnel

For her commitment to the success of fellow students, Elizabeth “Ellie” Boone received an Undergraduate Rising Star Award in November from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Boone, a senior majoring in Community Psychology with a minor in Education, was one of only six students across the country and Canada to receive this honor.

February 11, 2020

IAS Community Engagement

The UW Bothell Office of Community Engagement recently released its 2018-19 Community Engagement Annual Report. Read the full report to learn about the IAS engagement efforts listed below:

January 21, 2020

IAS students exhibit artwork on campus

IAS student artwork is now on display in Husky Hall 1510 throughout Winter quarter, 2020. IAS faculty member Ted Hiebert led this effort, which we hope will lead to more full-time access to campus spaces for student art work. The students displaying their work include ...

January 10, 2020

Seattle Human Rights Day features student research and Abigail Echo-Hawk

For several years, students of the Washington D.C. Human Rights Seminar have participated in Seattle Human Rights Day by presenting their human rights research at the pre-program reception. The 2019 event was particularly special, as Abigail Echo-Hawk, both an IAS and D.C. Seminar alum, was a featured speaker in the main program, “Amplifying Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples’ Voices.”

January 7, 2020