News from the School of IAS

Category: Students

Bridging distance through film

Students in IAS faculty member Minda Martin’s Resilient Visions course are partnering with students from Jinan University in Guangzhou Province of China and Shi Hsin University in Taipei, Taiwan, to curate and produce the 2020 Resilient Visions film festival. Founded by IAS faculty in 2018, this year’s Resilient Visions received 360 photo, audio, VR/AR, and video submissions.

May 28, 2020

Writers of UW Bothell come together

Two graduate students and one alum from the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics program have created a quarterly reading event that aims to connect current and past students. The Gamut Literary Series is led by alum Woogee Bae and current second-year students Ashley Noelle and Matt Porter. The event normally takes place at Open Books: A Poetry Emporium, which serves as a community bookstore and literary hub.

May 14, 2020

Midia De Souza’s life changed by UW Bothell scholarships

The impact of a scholarship transcends beyond the financial award. They provide students, like Midia De Souza, the opportunity - and inspiration - to find meaningful ways to get involved on campus, and even give back to their own communities. Hear De Souza describe how she’s been impacted. De Souza is ...

May 7, 2020

Five IAS students recognized in the 2020 Husky 100

Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students from Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma in all areas of study who are making the most of their time at the UW. The Husky 100 actively connect what happens inside and outside of the classroom and apply what they learn to make a difference on campus, in their communities, and for the future. This year five IAS students are included in this recognition:

May 5, 2020

D.C. Human Rights Seminar scholarship continues to change lives

Since 1991, the Washington D.C. Human Rights Seminar has provided students with the opportunity to be a part of conversations around national and global policies. After two full-day workshops, they spend six days in Washington D.C. attending seminars and briefings with institutions and policy makers across the political spectrum. The most recent cohort travelled in September 2019, and 12 students received financial support through ...

April 28, 2020

Coronavirus can’t stop debate team

If things had gone as planned, the University of Washington Bothell Speech and Debate Team would have spent the last weekend in March at a national competition in San Diego. Instead, IAS faculty member Denise Vaughan, the team coach, and Jim Hanson, the debate team coach at Seattle University, organized the Online IPDA Championships.

April 6, 2020

Berette Macaulay receives arts award and discusses MFON on Art Zone

In February, two anonymous Seattle patrons of the arts announced the fourth annual Champion of Seattle Arts (COSA) Award winner: Berette S. Macaulay, local artist, curator, and M.A. in Cultural Studies candidate.“Working with a variety of established local arts organizations, Berette has brought forth recent exhibitions of power and strength, focusing on female-identifying photographers of the African diaspora ...

March 6, 2020

Elizabeth Boone: Rising star in student personnel

For her commitment to the success of fellow students, Elizabeth “Ellie” Boone received an Undergraduate Rising Star Award in November from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Boone, a senior majoring in Community Psychology with a minor in Education, was one of only six students across the country and Canada to receive this honor.

February 11, 2020