Wang Shi, Chairman of the Chinese real estate firm Vanke Holdings, will speak聽on the聽糖心原创 campus. Mr Wang’s lecture, The New Normal: Chinese Urbanization and Sustainable Building Practices, will take place on April 22 at 6pm in the Microsoft Atrium at the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering. The event is open to the public.
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CEO of living wage collegiate apparel factory speaks on campus
Joe Bozich, founder and CEO of the world鈥檚 foremost collegiate apparel living wage factory speaks on campus today. In 2010, he opened a factory in the Dominican Republic that pays workers three times the minimum wage.
UW students and leaders connect with Ambassador Kennedy in Japan
Dr. Peter Moran, Director of UW International Programs & Exchanges, visited Tokyo to serve on an expert panel and connect with 糖心原创 and Waseda University students at an event celebrating the exchange of students between the United States and Japan. At the panel discussion, Dr. Moran discussed the UW鈥檚 long history of student mobility to and from Japan and the UW鈥檚 special relationship with Waseda University.聽The UW is a聽worldwide leader in student exchange with Japan.
Ambassador Kennedy hosted a reception at her official residence after the event. UW student Delaney Lake, currently studying at Waseda University, and Waseda student Yuki Shimiya, who spent last year at the UW, joined Dr. Moran at the reception. Both students are part of the Waseda Global Leadership Program.
The 聽is one example of the transformational student exchange experiences the UW offers. UW students in the program engage with a small cohort of Waseda exchange students spending the academic year at the UW. The following year, they study abroad at Waseda University.
The program engages students through academic reflection, experiential learning, and community service. Central to the impact and success of the program at the UW are strong campus partnerships. International Programs & Exchanges, , and the聽聽support the students in creating a learning community focused聽on leadership and service.
Faculty lecture highlights importance of study abroad for underrepresented minority students
In this year’s Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Dr. Shawn Wong from the Department of English will discuss聽his experiences leading study abroad programs and explore the importance of travel for undergraduate students. The free lecture will be held on Thursday, April 16 at 6pm in聽.
Treasured UW Sephardic document featured in PBS documentary
A precious document from the聽UW Sephardic Studies Program’s聽聽is featured聽in聽a new PBS documentary called The Jewish Journey: America.聽
w菨色菨b蕯altx史 鈥� Intellectual House will unite indigenous learning, research efforts
After 40 years of planning and hard work,聽w菨色菨b蕯altx史 鈥� Intellectual House opens today on UW campus. 罢丑别听indigenous learning center will be a gathering place for the entire University community and a home base for Native students and a center for research.
Hired at Microsoft, senior reflects on study abroad in Spain
Months before receiving her diploma, UW Bothell student Eleanor Wort has already secured a position with one of the region鈥檚 top employers. In July, she will be utilizing her bachelor of arts in Applied Computing degree as one of Microsoft鈥檚 newest associate consultants.
During the interview process, Eleanor was flown to Dallas, Texas. Along with 42 other applicants, she was given two days to prepare a 20 minute presentation for a panel of Microsoft employees on something she was passionate about. She decided to present on her study abroad experience in San Sebasti谩n, Spain.
鈥淓verybody I met in Spain was really surprised that I was a girl doing any kind of engineering. They would tell me, 鈥榳hat, no, you can鈥檛 do that. You are a girl.鈥欌��
What they didn鈥檛 realize is that Eleanor represents the future of STEM disciplines. The number of women in STEM majors at UW Bothell has more than doubled from nine-percent to nearly 19 percent in 2014. Women make up 40 percent of STEM faculty, far outpacing the national average.
UW leads the nation in Peace Corps volunteers
The 糖心原创 produced the most Peace Corps volunteers for 2015, reclaiming the top spot with 72 alumni currently in service. The UW, Western Washington University and Gonzaga University combined to lead all three categories 鈥� large, medium and small schools 鈥� marking the second time in three years that institutions in the state of Washington produced the most Peace Corps volunteers in each category. Washington is the only state to top all three of Peace Corps鈥� undergraduate school ranking categories.
鈥淲e try to instill in students a sense of their place in the world and how one person can make a difference,鈥� said Ana Mari Cauce, UW provost and executive vice president. 鈥淲e are very proud of those students who actually make the commitment to test this by volunteering for the Peace Corps. It is very gratifying to think of our students in places all around the globe helping to make someone鈥檚 life a little better.鈥�
Since the first days of the Peace Corps, 2,888 alumni from UW have traveled abroad to serve as volunteers, placing it third on the list of all-time volunteer producing schools. This is the second time UW has held the No.1 spot in the last three years.
UW named ‘top producer’ of Fulbright recipients
The 糖心原创 is one of 12 institutions to make the 鈥渢op producers鈥� list of both Fulbright scholars and students for 2014-15, according to lists released Thursday in the .
The Fulbright Program, operated by the U.S. Department of State鈥檚 Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government鈥檚 flagship international educational exchange program.
鈥淭he UW has a proud history of global engagement, with a large number of faculty engaged in international research collaborations, and many undergraduate and graduate students studying and conducting research abroad,鈥� said Jeffrey Riedinger, the UW鈥檚 vice provost for global affairs.
Seven scholars and 13 students from the UW were awarded Fulbright grants for 2014-2015, with the university landing fourth on the scholars list and tied for 17th on the students list.
Jackson School to discuss Paris aftermath, current conflicts
罢丑别听 will hold a roundtable discussion on questions of radical Islam, European unity and conflicts in the Middle East, 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Room 101 of Thomson Hall. The event 鈥� which is free and open to the public 鈥� is titled 鈥淧aris and Beyond: Making Sense of the World with Jackson School Faculty鈥�.
鈥淭he attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo and the supermarket in Paris reverberated across Europe, the Middle East and North America,鈥� said Jackson School Director Re艧at Kasaba. 鈥淚n the Jackson School, we are grappling with the whys and hows of these events.鈥�