News from the School of IAS
Category: Students
Angelica Mendoza awarded 2019 UW Bothell Chancellor’s Medal
Angelica Mendoza, a double major in American & Ethnic Studies and Media & Communication Studies, has been awarded the 2019 UW Bothell Chancellor’s Medal. The award is an honor that recognizes graduating seniors who have achieved academic excellence and served as a consistent source of inspiration for faculty and students alike. Mendoza has also been awarded the the 2019 Feminist Praxis Award from ...
May 15, 2019
IAS students to present at the Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Symposium
IAS students Eli Nicholson, Jordan Fette, Noor Shahin, Kenleigh Weber, Daisy Wong, William Appel, and Angelica Luchetto will present their research at the Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Symposium on May 17, 2019. The research projects include...
May 9, 2019
Diane Gillespie and Leah Shin build reciprocal mentoring relationship
Mentorship can be an uneven partnership, but one pair is redefining this. Last winter IAS major Leah Shin enrolled the course, “Women, Culture, and Development,” taught by IAS faculty member Julie Shayne, and was inspired by guest speaker Professor Emeritus Diane Gillespie, who discussed her work with the human rights organization Tostan. Shin found ...
April 25, 2019
UW Bothell and Alyssa Burnett Adult Life Center students collaborate through drama
Last fall IAS faculty member Deborah Hathaway’s students joined students at Seattle Children’s Alyssa Burnett Adult Life Center (ABC) to study drama and co-create an applied theatre community. The collaborative partnership challenged all of the students to learn acting and performance technique, and actively practice and embody the curricular goals of creating an inclusive community. ABC is ...
April 24, 2019
Kadija Hussen is a young woman empowered
While in high school, Kadija Hussen discovered UW Bothell through a career event organized by Young Women Empowered. Now she's majoring in Law, Economics & Public Policy, engaging in campus leadership, and mentoring other young women!
April 23, 2019
IAS faculty and student win 2019 Husky Green Awards
The Husky Green Awards are given annually to students, faculty and staff from the Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma campuses who show environmental leadership and dedication. This year, IAS faculty members Rob Turner, Warren Gold, Environmental Science major Jordan Fette, and Policy Studies alum Sean Schmidt have been awarded this distinction.
April 23, 2019
Crystal Nelson recognized as member of the Husky 100
Each year, the UW recognizes 100 exemplary students through the Husky 100. IAS student Crystal Nelson has received this honor and is channeling her education and life experience into a law career.
April 22, 2019
Angelica Mendoza receives first Founders Fellow Conference Travel Award
Angelica Mendoza saw that a lot of the activists she respects were attending the 34th Annual Women of Color Conference at the University of California, Berkeley, so the UW Bothell senior signed up to take part. Then she panicked. Expenses were a problem.
April 15, 2019
IAS Faculty Organize Alive 3.0 Spring Performance Festival
This Spring Quarter 2019, IAS faculty members Anida Yoeu Ali and Naomi Macalalad Bragin, professors from Critical Acts: Socially Engaged Performance Research Interest Group (RIG), are organizing the Alive Performance Festival and Critical Acts Visiting Artist Residency. Now in its third consecutive year, Alive animates campus, asking UW Bothell and extended communities to engage, witness and participate in performance as social justice activism. This year ...
April 10, 2019
Community Mural Project at Interfaith Solidarity Event
On Friday, March 22nd, the Bothell community came together to honor the lives lost in the New Zealand live-stream shooting. The ICOB Mosque hosted an Interfaith Solidarity Event at the Bothell United Methodist Church which brought numerous speakers, including: law enforcement agencies, religious leaders, and community members to reflect on the tragedy and offer their condolences. People were given ...
April 9, 2019