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Blazing a college path for farmworker families
As Upward Bound director in Yakima, Washington, Catalina Alvarez-Villanueva helps low-income and first-generation families prepare for college. The Yakima Valley native knows the journey well, having gone to the University of Washington Bothell and back home.
September 21, 2018
Innovative teaching award to Jane Van Galen
Jane Van Galen, founding director of the education program at UW Bothell, received the 2018 UW Distinguished Teaching Award for Innovation with Technology This is the second straight year the award goes to UW Bothell faculty.
May 3, 2018
Wayne Au to lead diversity initiatives
In advance of the University of Washington Bothell’s search to fill a new position with two titles — dean of diversity and equity, and chief diversity officer — Chancellor Wolf Yeigh has named Professor Wayne Au to fill the role on an interim basis, tapping his academic, advocacy and leadership skills.
March 29, 2018
Husky Promise helps hard-working student
Erika Armengol is a hard worker, but she says her University of Washington Bothell experience wouldn’t be possible without a package of financial aid including a Husky Promise Grant. After graduating next year in health studies and in educational studies she plans to help her community.
March 7, 2018
Building a pipeline of bilingual teachers
UW Bothell is part of a K-16 partnership with Everett Community College and the public schools in Everett and Marysville to develop their own students into future teachers who more closely reflect their diverse and multilingual communities.
February 22, 2018
Research themes drive Au’s teaching and books
“My research is broad, kind of dispersed,” says University of Washington Bothell School of Educational Studies Professor Wayne Au, “ but it’s all in one big basket.”Au focuses on politics, power and social justice in education.
December 28, 2017
Founding faculty member Cherry Banks retiring
A University of Washington Bothell founding faculty member in the School of Educational Studies, Cherry A. McGee Banks, is retiring at the end of the school year. Banks known internationally for expertise in multicultural education.
November 2, 2017
New dean, 16 new faculty for 2017
The University of Washington Bothell welcomes Shari Dworkin as the new dean of the School of Nursing & Health Studies and 16 new faculty members to the other schools for 2017.
September 15, 2017
Amazing skills in virtual reality summer camp
Some of the same concepts in virtual reality (VR) that took a UW Bothell team to the national finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup were introduced to middle school students at Pacific Science Center summer camps taught by computer science and education majors.
August 16, 2017
First grads in physics, GWSS, education BA
Some of the first graduates in three new degrees at the University of Washington Bothell have something in common: perfect timing. Just as they realized their interests in physics, educational studies or gender, women and sexuality studies, those became majors.
June 21, 2017
Education bachelor’s not just for teachers
Becoming a school teacher is a great outcome for graduates with the new bachelor’s degree in educational studies. The interdisciplinary degree also is an appealing option for students who might use it in the business world or with nonprofits.
March 24, 2017
UW Bothell inspiring change across the world
A Fulbright research scholar from South Korea is returning home after a year at the University of Washington Bothell with insights that could change the way educational leaders are trained in her country.
January 20, 2017