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The School of Educational Studies designed a program in collaboration with the Bothell-based Northshore School District to help teachers focus on equity and social justice by challenging ideas of white supremacy.

It’s particularly important now, when there’s fear-mongering around immigration, to think about National Hispanic Heritage Month and what Latinos have brought to the United States, said Jason Daniel-Ulloa, assistant teaching professor in the School of Nursing & Health Studies.

The discipline now known as Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies is celebrating its 50th anniversary worldwide this year. At the University of Washington Bothell, Oct. 26, 2020, will mark the four-year anniversary of the Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies major and minor.

Miguel Macias, the director of the Student Diversity Center, and his team have been preparing the center as a virtual home where students can connect as they deal with social and political issues and begin the academic year.

Mary Cowan (Health Studies ‘17) worked at the Yakima Health District in the food safety program – until the coronavirus pandemic hit. That’s when she really drew on her UW Bothell education.