News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Students
IAS students present their work at the 2022 Global Engagement Conference
Thirteen students from IAS faculty member Ben Gardner's History and Globalization class (BISGST 303) presented their research at the 2022 Global Engagement Conference. Annie Wang, Evelynn Michaud-Spangler, Nabrath Sheriff, Saki Ueta, Sanaika Shetty and Sidra Imran ...
May 23, 2022
7 IAS students receive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships
The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program has announced that nearly 3,000 U.S. undergraduate students have been selected to receive Gilman Program awards for 2022. Out of that national number, 7 students are from IAS!
May 6, 2022
MFA community members perform with national dance company
The spotlight was — quite literally — put on students and faculty in the University of Washington Bothell’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing & Poetics program as they took to the stage in What Problem?, a touring production by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company of New York. ...
May 2, 2022
Students of Competitive Filmmaking & Global Media Lab Screen Award-Winning Films Worldwide: Vienna, Berlin, Austin & Seattle
The short film “Delirium” created by IAS faculty member Masahiro Sugano’s 2020 “Competitive Filmmaking” class has been screened worldwide. The film, created by eight UW Bothell students entirely during remote learning, captures the contradictions of the current moment ...
April 22, 2022
MFA student Amy Hirayama Apprentices with Writers in the Schools
Amy Hirayama, a second-year student in the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics, was recently selected to serve as an apprentice in Seattle Arts and Lectures' Writers in the Schools Program. In this newly-created role, Hirayama, a former middle school teacher, will serve as a Writer-in-Residence alongside an established WITS teacher at Evergreen High School, gaining experience, mentorship, and professional development while working in an area of education she is passionate about. Profiled last month on SAL's blog, SAL/ON, ...
November 19, 2021
Students present at Washington Lakes Protection Association
Three UW Bothell students presented at the annual Washington Lakes Protection Association (WALPA) meeting online in October, supported by IAS faculty member Avery Shinneman. Jodylene DeLosReyes and Tram Lam presented on the outcome of a CBLR partnership with King County, supported by a ...
November 8, 2021
Hana Abdulrahman named to Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for Students
Hana Abdulrahman, a current Master of Arts in Policy Studies candidate, has been named as the Graduate Student Representative for the 2021-2022 Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for Students (CACS). As a body, CACS represents all students at UW Bothell and collaborates to advise the Chancellor and the executive team on campus-wide issues and major initiatives affecting students. Hana brings ...
October 20, 2021
Amy Hirayama receives PAGE Fellowship with Imagining America: Artists & Scholars in Public Life
Amy Hirayama, second-year student in the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics and a student ambassador has been selected as one of eight 2021-2022 Publicly Active Graduate Education Fellows, by the national consortium Imagining America: Artists & Scholars in Public Life. Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) is Imagining America’s ...
October 5, 2021
Ching-In Chen teaches at LiTFUSE Poetry Workshop
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen taught two workshops at this year’s 15th Annual LiTFUSE Poetry Workshop in Tieton, Washington and has nominated MFA student Madison Nikfard and Master of Arts in Cultural Studies student Sam Prudente to serve as ...
September 27, 2021
Akshara Balakrishnan signs on as a Cohort Operations and Programs Coordinator at the Q-Center
Akshara Balakrishnan, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies ('21), is now at the UW Seattle Q-Center, working on creating a cohort for trans femmes of color. This space is open to both UW students and non-students alike. Akshara, who was GWSS Student Representative for the 2020-21 academic year, is excited to ...
August 19, 2021