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Making a positive impact on immigration

Midia De Souza graduated with a double major in Law, Economics & Public Policy and in Media & Communication Studies with a minor in Human Rights. She plans to become a lawyer to help immigrants.

September 3, 2020

Death, dying & pedagogy

Students examined beliefs and culture around death and grief in the course Death Rituals, taught by Associate Professor Kari Lerum who hoped they developed a deeper comfort in talking about an often-taboo topic.

August 13, 2020

A musical activist for the environment

Bee Elliott, an Environmental Studies major, said she was sold on attending the University of Washington Bothell when she saw the wetlands on campus. “It was really attractive to me, not just another concrete paradise.”

August 12, 2020

How an environmental health career MAPS out

Jeff Ketchel says his Master of Arts in Policy Studies in 2008 gave him skills he has used to head health districts and now serve as executive director of the Washington State Public Health Association.

August 12, 2020

Alumna found UW Bothell and found herself

Stephanie Chavez (Global Studies ’14) says the University of Washington Bothell affirmed her identity, showed her how to make a difference in her community and started her career in law.

July 28, 2020

First-generation graduate has more goals

Hesbeyda Villafana (American & Ethnic Studies and Educational Studies '20) is planning for graduate school and a career pursuing equity and social justice in education back home in the Yakima Valley.

July 14, 2020

Snohomish County leaders, UW Bothell alumni

Two members of the Snohomish County Council graduated from the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences: Jared Mead in Global Studies (’14) and Megan Dunn, a Master of Arts in Policy Studies (’13).

July 14, 2020

Turning environmental angst into activism

In addition to teaching Eco-Grief and Climate Anxiety, Jennifer Atkinson is producing a podcast and creating a global network of educators to help students cope with feelings of environmental loss.

July 8, 2020

Research center has national voice in education

The Center on Reinventing Public Education, a think tank affiliated with the University of Washington Bothell, is surveying how public schools respond to the coronavirus pandemic and analyzing plans for next year.

June 11, 2020

My story: Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost!

Diana García-Snyder is a lecturer in performance, dance and mindfulness in UW Bothell’s School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences. Her work centers on dance and movement as healing and transformative practices.

May 29, 2020

IAS graduate serving Metro riders, students

Ernest Kandilige (Global Studies ’06) is deputy director of King County Metro’s Mobility Division and a founding member of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Advisory Board who believes in giving back.

May 28, 2020

Alumna of the Year: Priya Frank

Chair of the Seattle Arts Commission, Priya Frank, who received a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies degree in 2011, has been recognized with a 2020 University of Washington Bothell Alumna of the Year Award.

May 28, 2020