Tanya Eng-Aquino: Distinguished Staff Award
If you have a meeting with Tanya Eng-Aquino, grants and program manager for the Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors, you may receive a reminder email the day before the meeting. The...
View ArticleAnn Buscherfeld: Distinguished Staff Award
As department administrator in political science, it’s no surprise that Ann Buscherfeld is responsible for the budget. In fact she has responsibility for more than 100 budgets, some 70 of them just...
View ArticleUjima Donalson: Distinguished Staff Award
It was the summer of 2009 and the Professional and Organizational Development office was coping with the elimination of two positions because of budget constraints, as well as the departure of two...
View ArticleNatasha Jones: Excellence in Teaching Award
Natasha Jones got her first taste of teaching while pursuing a master’s degree at Auburn University in Alabama. She initially saw the fellowship requirement as a way to pay for school, so she could...
View ArticleTracy Harachi: Outstanding Public Service Award
Tracy Harachi receives four to five calls each day from Seattle-area Cambodian immigrants who seek her help as a well-known advocate for their health and safety. When her cell phone rings and its...
View ArticleAndrew Cockrell: Excellence in Teaching award
When teaching assistant Andrew Cockrell works with students, he leans forward at his desk, listening intently, focused on whoever has the floor. He smiles, he jokes, but he also keeps himself and his...
View ArticleWilliam Talbott: Distinguished Teaching Award
William Talbott didn’t begin his UW career 22 years ago knowing how to be a good teacher. In his first lecture class, he found himself standing in front of his students and talking, similar to his own...
View ArticleStuart Reges: Distinguished Teaching Award
More than one-third of UW undergraduates will have an opportunity to take a class designed by Stuart Reges, winner of a Distinguished Teaching Award. Some of them may be surprised to leave the course...
View ArticleValerie Curtis-Newton: Distinguished Teaching Award
In talking to Distinguished Teaching Award winner Valerie Curtis-Newton, one gets the impression that her goal as a teacher would be the same regardless of what she was teaching. “I think students...
View ArticleJonathan Mercer: Distinguished Teaching Award
If you walk with Jonathan Mercer, be prepared to pick up your feet. He walks fast. He also thinks and talks fast — and students like it a lot. An associate professor in the Department of Political...
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View Article2015 Awards of Excellence recipients announced
The University of Washington has announced this year’s Awards of Excellence recipients being recognized for achievements in teaching, mentoring, public service and staff support. The winners will be...
View ArticleFresh faces fill campus for Admitted Student Previews
Each spring, the University of Washington can count on a flurry of visitors and tourists from around the world, but you might have noticed the additional increase of wide-eyed high school students...
View Article2015 Awards of Excellence recipients announced
The University of Washington has announced this year’s Awards of Excellence recipients being recognized for achievements in teaching, mentoring, public service and staff support. The winners will be...
View ArticleFresh faces fill campus for Admitted Student Previews
Each spring, the University of Washington can count on a flurry of visitors and tourists from around the world, but you might have noticed the additional increase of wide-eyed high school students...
View Article2015 Awards of Excellence recipients announced
The University of Washington has announced this year’s Awards of Excellence recipients being recognized for achievements in teaching, mentoring, public service and staff support. The winners will be...
View ArticleFresh faces fill campus for Admitted Student Previews
Each spring, the University of Washington can count on a flurry of visitors and tourists from around the world, but you might have noticed the additional increase of wide-eyed high school students...
View Article“Response to Active Shooter” training and resources
We are all deeply saddened and alarmed by the recent active shooter incidents in San Bernardino, CA, Colorado Springs, CO and Roseburg, OR, among many others across the country. While we believe the...
View Article2016 Awards of Excellence recipients announced
The University of Washington has announced this year’s Awards of Excellence recipients being recognized for achievements in teaching, mentoring, public service and staff support. The winners will be...
View ArticleFaculty Staff Retiree Endowment Matching Program
Each day, you contribute to the learning and growth that are integral to every UW student’s Husky Experience, and you see firsthand how transformational that experience really is. Your work as...
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