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\"Convocation
Students and families filled the North Creek Events Center. \/ Marc Studer photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Convocation formally launched the 2018-19 University of Washington Bothell academic year and welcomed hundreds of first-year and transfer students to campus. Chancellor Wolf Yeigh \u2014 along with Leah Shin, president of the Associated Students of the University of Washington Bothell \u2014 welcomed the undergraduates to campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeigh led the ceremonial academic procession of deans and other campus leaders before an audience of students and their family members Sept. 23 in the Activities and Recreation Center. This was the 13th year for the UW Bothell Convocation, a highlight of Welcome Week. Fall classes began Wednesday, Sept. 26. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fall there are approximately 840 new first-year students \u2014 members of the class of 2022 \u2014 and 900 transfer students. The new arrivals also include more than 160 international students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost half of the incoming students are the first in their families to attend college, Yeigh noted, assuring those who might be apprehensive that they do belong and will receive the services they need. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou deserve to be here,\u201d Yeigh said. \u201cYou are fully capable of being successful. Stay focused, work hard, challenge yourself, and I guarantee you will succeed.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chancellor also advised students to \u201cenjoy this time in your life\u201d and \u201cstretch your limits\u201d while in college. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cChallenge, dispute, confront, assert and listen,\u201d Yeigh said. \u201cAs an institution of higher education, our goal is not to win an argument. Our ultimate goal is to find truth, to grow knowledge, to advance the human condition.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karam Dana, associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences and recipient of the 2018 distinguished teaching award, was the day\u2019s featured speaker. He urged students to take empathy and patience into their hearts and minds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shin, who has also served as an ASUWB senator, director of public relations, and vice president, told students to share their passions for what they really love and to seize every opportunity. \u201cMake sure every second and every penny counts,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Leah<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Convocation closed with a campus tradition: Students received a UW Bothell pin from Yeigh and Shin as their names were read. After their welcome to the Husky family, the students had a group photo taken on the sports field. Then it was on to music, food and photos at the chancellor\u2019s picnic on the Plaza. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Leah<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited to have another Husky in the family,\u201d said Pete Colella, a Husky who competed for UW in swimming and now works as a swim coach. He and his wife, Katie, accompanied their son, Josaiah Clark, who is a transfer student from Cascadia College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was the only school I applied to,\u201d said Josaiah Clark, a Kenmore resident. \u201cIt might seem I was putting all my chips on one school, but it was worth it to me, and it motivated me to try much harder. I heard about UW Bothell\u2019s reputation. I was focusing very hard on getting here.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interested in mechanical engineering, Clark is looking forward to using the Makerspace workshop and joining the Trickfire Robotics Club. \u201cIt gives me an outlet to be creative,\u201d he said. \u201cAs an engineering major, that\u2019s what I want, something to tinker with.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking around the picnic to introduce himself to people in mechanical engineering, Clark said he felt \u201csuper excited\u201d to be part of a school \u201cwhere I\u2019m going to be known.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While first-year student Amanda Edwards was visiting nearby with her future classmates, her parents, Cristina and Efren Edwards, took in the vibrant atmosphere. \u201cWe were impressed at how each student was called to the stage by name,\u201d said Efren Edwards. \u201cIt sent a strong message that the school has a vested interest in each student\u2019s success.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Greeting
Photo: New students celebrated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are big fans of UW Bothell,\u201d said Cristina Edwards. \u201cIt was the perfect fit for our oldest son, who graduated in 2015 and just passed the bar exam. We are optimistic it will also be the perfect fit for our daughter. She\u2019s eager to not only start working toward her degree but also to participating in the many student groups and activities we heard about today.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quentin McKee didn\u2019t know what to expect from convocation but was glad his son, Aumajuss, told his parents about it. \u201cWe really enjoyed what the speakers were saying, and we were made to feel a part of the community.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They believe their son made a good choice to attend UW Bothell. \u201cWe wanted him to go to the University of Washington. We like the classroom size, the facilitators, how they talk about the school. We really enjoy this community\u2019s set-up,\u201d McKee said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aumajuss McKee, a first-year student interested in mechanical engineering and biology, looked up at Discovery Hall, the home of the School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s new. It looks like there are a lot of resources for students,\u201d he said. \u201cMy impression of the school is it\u2019s a place with a lot of opportunity for students \u2014 new and growing. I can see it changing in the years I\u2019m here, so that will be fun.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The McKee family lives in Silverdale, and Aumajuss has moved into campus housing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellow student Huber Guerrero also just moved to campus from his home in Moses Lake where he took Running Start classes at Big Bend Community College. After working over the summer as a welder at Genie Industries, a maker of industrial hoists, the first-year student became interested in mechanical engineering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

School advisers told him UW Bothell was a friendly campus, and that\u2019s what he found at convocation. \u201cIt felt like home already.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Banners for the five UW Bothell schools. \/ Marc Studer photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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