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Debate sharpens nonnative speaking skills
English is the second language for Helen Fita, left, and Misheel Ildbaatar, members of the UW Bothell Debate Team who say debating prompted new ways to think about language and culture.
March 17, 2021
Partners in India elevate discussions
For winter quarter, Gary Carpenter’s course, Creative Activism: Inspiring Social Change through the Arts, collaborated with a partner in India in discussing social issues and producing an online arts festival.
March 9, 2021
What’s surprising about sex, gender, race?
In the Discovery Core course The Functions of Sex: Race and Gender in America discussions quickly move from the awkward to the intellectual, and students sometimes surprise their lecturer, Dr. Jason Morse.
March 3, 2021
A class inspires students long after it ends
Students recall lifelong inspiration from the Discovery Core course Music and Philosophy taught by Dr. David Nixon, who posed for a photo during the recent snow.
February 24, 2021
Learning about lakes prompts public action
Students in a limnology course learning about inland waters partnered with King County and Lake Advocates to make changes in the world — despite having to do the work remotely.
February 17, 2021
Cultural Studies prepares diversity officers
Graduates of the Master of Arts in Cultural Studies program lead cultural change — a skill more organizations are seeking after witnessing widespread protests against racial injustice.
February 17, 2021
Young adult books connect Black girls globally
A fan of young adult fiction, Helen K. Thomas explored the genre in the Master of Arts in Cultural Studies program and now is researching the books' global appeal with a Fulbright in Nigeria.
February 17, 2021
Meta-Major Pathways show way to degrees
Students entering the University of Washington Bothell use the new Meta-Major Pathways advising tool to find a major that fits their interests, to stay on track and to connect to a relevant career.
February 17, 2021
Alumna Mary Houston keeps giving back
Pursuing her dreams of higher education at the University of Washington Bothell led Mary Houston to a career with Workforce Snohomish. She gives back to the University as a member of its Community Engagement Council.
February 9, 2021
Teaching ethnic studies here and in Slovenia
While he waits for a postponed teaching Fulbright in Slovenia, Dr. Jed Murr is developing a digital history platform as part of a collaboration with scholars, librarians and archivists about Black arts in the Northwest.
February 4, 2021
Historical detectives on the Nat Turner case
Dr. Linda Watts teaches the Nat Turner slave rebellion of 1831 Virginia as a case study in history and a way for Discovery Core students to learn through the different stories told about the event.
February 4, 2021
Creating critical media literacy workshops
Students in Min Tang’s Critical Media Literacy course developed educational workshops to share with the Northshore School District’s teachers and students.
February 4, 2021