August 2020

How has work in the Student Diversity Center changed since remote operations began at UW Bothell? Diana Betancourt Macias, undocumented focused program manager, answers a few questions from Director of Communications Maria Lamarca Anderson.

Stream or download a playlist curated by Black and allied artists — many of whom have performed during Alumni Weekend — for a virtual Block Party on Aug. 22 that supports the Black Opportunity Fund.

Students examined beliefs and culture around death and grief in the course Death Rituals, taught by Associate Professor Kari Lerum who hoped they developed a deeper comfort in talking about an often-taboo topic.

Bee Elliott, an Environmental Studies major, said she was sold on attending the University of Washington Bothell when she saw the wetlands on campus. “It was really attractive to me, not just another concrete paradise.”

Jeff Ketchel says his Master of Arts in Policy Studies in 2008 gave him skills he has used to head health districts and now serve as executive director of the Washington State Public Health Association.