On March 10, 2014, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will visit Seattle to talk about My Beloved World, her memoir chronicling her journey from a housing project in the Bronx to her service as a federal judge in New York and ultimately as a Supreme Court Justice.
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Goalkeeper, photographer and skateboarder awarded president’s medals
糖心少女 president’s medalists were recently selected for their high scholastic standing and difficulty of coursework. They represent undergraduate scholarship of the highest caliber. The students’ academic pursuits show interdisciplinary interests and their co-curricular and extracurricular activities demonstrate their classroom energy and commitment to a host of other interests. They are truly interesting individuals.
Thousands from 糖心少女community and Seattle to volunteer for MLK Day of Service
On January 20, 2014, the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, thousands of volunteers will honor the civil rights leader鈥檚 legacy of service by volunteering in the community at more than 80 projects identified by local nonprofit organizations. The MLK Day of Service is an annual, national tradition. The 糖心少女-coordinated event brings together 糖心少女 students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and neighbors to volunteer alongside others in the Seattle and King County community. The is partnering with the to make the event happen.
In 2013, more than 1,800 people volunteered on campus and throughout the Puget Sound region for the MLK Day of Service. This year, organizers anticipate 2,000 volunteers donating their day to their community, the majority coming from the 糖心少女community. Volunteers can lead or participate in such wide-ranging projects as restoring habitat, greenspace and parks; painting a daycare; promoting tax help for low-income people; organizing a foodbank; and more.
To lead or volunteer for a service project, .
Kick-Off Rally
A rousing Kick-Off rally at 8 a.m. at the Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center will fortify volunteers鈥� spirits and stomachs for their day鈥檚 work. Will Berkovitz, CEO of Jewish Family Service, will inspire volunteers with his thoughts on service and social justice; Ed Taylor, vice provost and dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, Marisa Herrera, director of the Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, and Blair Taylor, chief community officer from Starbucks and United Way of King County board member will also provide brief remarks. Pastries and coffee, provided by Starbucks, and commemorative t-shirts will be available for volunteers as well.
Will Berkovitz is chief executive officer of Jewish Family Service. The 122-year-old agency delivers essential human services鈥攆rom refugee resettlement to a food bank. Berkovitz鈥檚 prior service work includes roles as senior vice president & rabbi in residence at Repair the World, as well as rabbi and executive director of Hillel at the 糖心少女/Jconnect Seattle.
The Day of Service is nationwide tradition spanning more than 20 years. The 糖心少女and United Way have partnered on local Day of Service opportunities for more than ten years. The organizations鈥� efforts have culminated into the largest Day of Service in Washington state.
Event Details
Who: You + 1,800 糖心少女family, friends, and community members
What: MLK Day of Service Kick-Off Event and Service Projects
When: Monday, January 20, 2014. Kick-Off Event 8:00 a.m. sharp! Projects happen throughout the day
Where: Kick-Off at the Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Avenue NE. Service projects at various locations
How: Sign up to lead or participate in a project here:
Share: Participants are encouraged to share their experiences via social media using the hashtags #HuskiesServe and #MLKsea.
The MLK Day of Service is coordinated and supported by the 糖心少女Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center and the United Way of King County. Event sponsors include Union Bank, Starbucks, Titan 360, UW鈥檚 First Year Programs, and the 糖心少女Alumni Association.
There鈥檚 no one way to be a Husky
Nearly 30,000 undergraduates at the 糖心少女means 30,000 individual ways to be a Husky. The 糖心少女offers students countless opportunities to bring their academics beyond the classroom, grow as leaders, contribute to research, become global citizens, and serve our communities near and far. Learn about some particularly meaningful student experiences.
Novel gift inspired by books
Lists of the year鈥檚 best books are prolific this time of year and go from very general to very specific. Best books of 2013. The year鈥檚 most notable books. Best novels for the year. Best history books. Young adult, cookbooks, science, humor, art, and more all have a list. NPR alone has 26 different subject areas into which it鈥檚 compiled for 2013. Readers can derive satisfaction simply by reading the lists, remembering their favorites of the year and adding to their own 鈥渕ust read鈥� lists. And Seattle has no shortage of readers. In the rankings of , Seattle has placed in one of the top three spots since 2005, including landing at number one several times.
So, if you were a college student with a love of reading and some unexpected cash in your pocket, what would you buy?
Fall/Winter 2013-14 Alumni e-Newsletter
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Roman Camarda, 鈥�13, had $75 to put toward whatever books he wanted. As he considered what he wanted to read, he realized that never before had he been able to spend money on multiple books that weren鈥檛 textbooks for a class. This $75 enabled him to simply buy books through which he could intellectually wander. The Honors Program grad bought 鈥渢wo books by [Jean Baudrillard] a French philosopher I鈥檓 currently digging who has interesting things to say about nothingness, disappearance, and photography, a book by Roland Barthes that鈥檚 a classical critical consideration of photography, and a book by Jean-Luc Nancy about drawing as a concept.鈥�
Camarda graduated with degrees in the seemingly disparate fields of biochemistry and photomedia. The interdisciplinary nature of the Honors Program facilitated Camarda鈥檚 ability to connect the dots of his majors and inspired an unusual donation to support other Honors students and encourage broad reading.
After his book-buying experience, Camarda devised a novel scholarship鈥攏ovel as in new, not fiction. Camarda started a scholarship program for students pursuing the College Honors track to buy books that further inspire their interdisciplinary interests. He has committed to giving $250 to one student each year to buy books that are not textbooks. To apply for the funding, students create a thoughtful wish list of interdisciplinary reading and a short statement describing how their book choices reflect their interdisciplinary interests.
Now a graduate student in biomedical science at UC San Francisco, Camarda hopes to grow the gift amount over the years. He started at $250 because 鈥渢hat鈥檚 an amount I can happily provide as a grad student, and then in a couple years when I hopefully become a post-doc and get a raise we can re-evaluate the amount.鈥�
That sounds like a “happily ever after” ending for a lot of Honors students in the coming years!
Winter 2014 lineup for Collegium Seminars
Winters in Seattle are an ideal time to stretch your academic interests. Here, freshmen can find a number of interesting classes to fill our their schedules. Take a class that’s a little different from what you normally take. Collegium Seminars are low-risk (they’re 1 credit, credit/no credit); they’re taught by some of the UW’s best faculty; and they’re limited to 20 students. Plus, taking a Collegium Seminar will add a little intellectual sunshine to the gray winter days.
Winter Quarter 2014
Note: For more specific information about a particular seminar, please contact the instructor listed for the course.
The History of Innovation
Margaret O鈥橫ara, History
- GEN ST 197 A, SLN 14486
- W 11:00-12:50
Where do good ideas come from? How do ideas become world-changing innovations? How and why does innovation thrive in certain places, at certain times? How can history help us understand what might come next? This seminar will address these questions by exploring historical cases of people, groups, and places that have sparked innovative thinking. We will consider innovation in business, society, politics, and art – from ancient Athens to modern Seattle, from Gutenberg to Gates. Curriculum will include a visit to the newly opened Bezos Center for Innovation at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry. 聽Students will be expected to read 20-50 pages per week, actively engage in class discussion, write three one-page reflective essays, and serve once as a discussion co-leader.
Introduction to the Digital Humanities
Tyler Fox & John Vallier, 糖心少女Libraries
- GEN ST 197 L, SLN 14497
- TH 2:30-4:20
The Digital Humanities Freshman Seminar will introduce students to the emergent field of digital humanities. The term Digital Humanities means different things, but broadly speaking it can be considered to lie at the nexus of critical thinking about digital culture, integrating technology into traditional humanities practice, and incorporating research methodologies from social sciences or other disciplines. It can also be a combination there in. Students can expect to participate in hands-on workshops in digital imaging, maps, text analysis, design research and more! We will also incorporate recent digital scholarship and guest presenters from digital scholars on campus.
Seminar in Animal Communication
Joseph Sisneros, Psychology
- GEN ST 197 B, SLN 14487
- M 1:30-2:20
Have you ever wondered how complex animal communication signals may have evolved? The objective of this weekly freshman seminar is to provide a general understanding of the principles and mechanisms that govern the evolution of animal communication systems and the related processes of perception, thinking, and social behavior. The emphasis will be on integrating information from areas of animal behavior and communication sciences to make this understanding as general as possible. The seminar will primarily consist of group discussions of research topics and papers related to the field of animal communication.
Marketing in the 21st Century
Leta Beard, Marketing and International Business
- GEN ST 197 C, SLN 14488
- M 11:30-12:20
This course is intended to expose the students to the world of marketing and to examine how marketing is changing in the 21st century. We will look at various companies and assess what they are doing correctly and what could be done differently. We will have a guest speaker and go on a field trip. Students will participate in a tradeshow at the end of the quarter.
Genetically Modified Foods: Menace or Magic?
Linda Martin-Morris, Biology
- GEN ST 197 D, SLN 14489
- W 3:30-4:20
Are genetically modified foods a miracle or a menace? Do they offer real promise to improve food production and nutrition or do they represent poorly-conceived, aggressive science that fails to consider long-term ramifications? Who stands to benefit the most from GM foods – individuals or corporations? In addition to considering these issues, we will investigate the biology behind how GM foods are made and how they are tested in order to properly label foods for wary consumers.
Growing Up with Fiction
Mark Patterson, English
- GEN ST 197 E, SLN 14490
- W 2:30-3:20
Literature is about change, and it also changes us as we experience it.聽 In this course we will read a short story a week and through this process we will trace the complex transformations from childhood, to adolescence, to emerging adulthood, to adulthood, and finally to old age (and beyond?).聽 The stories will come from different cultures, different historical periods, and they will be written by a variety of men and women.聽 Despite these many variations, as the works tell stories about older and older people, I hope we can begin to see some patterns in them and experience some change in our understanding of literature and ourselves.聽 Requirements will include short writing responses to the readings.
Leadership: Up, Down, and Sideways
, Evans School of Public Affairs
- GEN ST 197 F, SLN 14491
- M 11:30-12:50
Leadership: Up, Down, and Sideways will help students cultivate the skills required to lead in any context and thrive at the 糖心少女. Not everyone is endowed with naturally high emotional intelligence but certain habits, if developed deliberately and practiced, can achieve similar results.聽 Successful students and leaders must also write clearly, speak publicly, negotiate persuasively, and appreciate the differing communication styles of those with whom they work. This course will help students focus upon and progress in each of these areas.聽 Recently Dr. Bullitt spoke about managing life鈥檚 transitions to young adults, view the 糖心少女talk title online.
Public Controversies and the Law:聽 Major Recent Cases in the U.S. Supreme Court
Steven Herbert, Law, Societies and Justice
- GEN ST 197 G, SLN 14492
- W 9:30-10:20
Many controversial public issues ultimately find their way into the legal arena, and some are addressed by the U.S. Supreme Court. This course will involve analysis of several recent cases to address the following questions: What roles do courts play in resolving public controversies? How are such controversies defined as matters of law? What types of arguments do judges make in justifying particular stances on controversial issues? How should we assess those arguments? Does the Court possess the proper amount of influence? Why or why not? Classes will involve discussions of particular cases and the opinions issued by the Justices. The issues addressed by the cases will include: potential limits on political campaign contributions; the ability of cities to regulate gun ownership; the role of race in assigning students to public schools; the Constitutionality of sentencing juvenile offenders to life without parole; and other hot-button issues.
The Violence of the Small: Looking into Global Complexity
Clarke Speed, University Honors Program
- GEN ST 197 H, SLN 14493
- W 1:30-2:20
I have always been interested in the rest of the world鈥攐ff the global path but tied to all things global. Here one finds the power of the small鈥攑eople and societies that resist globalization and in a few cases those that remain un-captured by larger global flows. In some cases, the power of the small upsets the rule of law and the Nation State, as ethnic groups and factions in various regions fight both cultural and technological wars for survival. I want to talk about these small wars at very basic levels to get the big and small pictures of the power of the small.
Sustainable Energy Solutions for the 21st Century: Science, Technology, and Policy
Payman Arabshahi, Electrical Engineering
- GEN ST 197 J, SLN 14495
- T 9:30-10:20
Become an informed citizen of a new generation and prepare to contribute meaningfully to the energy debate. We will cover regional and global energy demand, sources, policy, current and future technologies, costs of sustainable energy production and its impacts on climate and the environment, and solutions to our energy problems. The class text will be “Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air” (download at http://withouthotair.com). Class will be structured around field trips and group projects.
Imagining Latin America
Jose Antonio Lucero, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- GEN ST 197 K, SLN 14496
- M 10:30-11:20
What do you think of when you think of “Latin America”? Since 1492, the continent has been fertile ground for the imaginations of conquistadores dreaming of cities of gold, colonialists building new states, and Native peoples who had their own counter-imagingings of their lands and the foreigners who were colonizing them. This seminar looks at the long history of cultural representations, from Columbus to Disney, Hernan Cortez to Breaking Bad, to understand how the dreams and nightmares of conquest, revolution, drug wars and development shape the present and future of the Americas. Through short readings, videos and films, students will understand how culture shapes politics and politics shapes culture.
Explore scholarships at 2013 Scholarship Fair
Learn about and explore the variety of scholarships, fellowships, and other funded programs for undergraduate and graduate students as well as your post-graduate years.
Program representatives聽from UW, local and national organizations, agencies, departments, etc. will be tabling throughout the day, as well as offering specific workshops & information sessions.
The Scholarship Fair in Mary Gates Hall Commons runs from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Info sessions are held on various scholarships from 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Scholarships are recognition of your past accomplishments and also investments in your future promise. This is a great opportunity to learn a lot about many opportunities!
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Autumn 2013 lineup for Freshman Collegium Seminars
It鈥檚 your first year at the UW. You鈥檙e looking for an interesting class to fill out your schedule, maybe a class that鈥檚 a little different from what you normally have to take. You don鈥檛 want another classroom with the desks arranged in rows. You want something fresh, lively, maybe a little off-beat. You want a class in which you can meet other people and get to know the professor. And you want a class where you don鈥檛 have to worry too much about the final grade.
Does this describe you? Then you should check out Collegium Seminars.
Autumn Quarter 2013
Note: For more specific information about a particular seminar, please contact the instructor listed for the course.
From the Colosseum to Husky Stadium: Sport, Spectacle, and Society
Sarah Stroup, Classics
- GEN ST 197 A; SLN 14559
- Th 10:30-11:20
Face Offs. Big Hits. Broken Bones. Bad Calls. The Roar of the Crowd. Victory! Defeat. But wait鈥攁re we talking about the gladiators of ancient Rome, and the violent clashes in the Colosseum, or about our own Husky football players, and our own Husky Stadium? In this freshman seminar, we shall talk about both, for sport and spectacle鈥攁nd often, violent spectacle鈥攚as as culturally central to ancient Rome as it is to modern America. While focusing on a comparative (and enjoyable) study of past and present, students in this discussion-based seminar will gain crucial research and argumentation skills.
The Violence of the Small: Looking into Global Complexity
Clarke Speed, University Honors Program
- GEN ST 197 C; SLN 14561
- W 1:30-2:20
I have always been interested in the rest of the world – off the global path but tied to all things global. Here one finds the power of the small – people and societies that resist globalization and in a few cases those that remain un-captured by larger global flows. In some cases, the power of the small upsets the rule of law and the Nation State, as ethnic groups and factions in various regions fight both cultural and technological wars for survival. I want to talk about these small wars at very basic levels to get the big and small pictures of the power of the small.
Looking Through the Lens of Language
Laura McGarrity, Linguistics
- GEN ST 197 D; SLN 14562
- T 12:30-2:20
Language is a fundamental human characteristic. As such, the study of language can provide a window into human nature. This course aims to look at ways in which the study of language can be combined with a number of disciplines at the UW, cross-cutting various areas of study. Selected readings and potential visits to language-related labs and projects of study around the University will guide class discussions.
Doubt and Discovery in Astronomy: From Crystalline Spheres to an Infinite Universe
Ana Larson, Astronomy
GEN ST 197 E; SLN 14563
T 2:30-3:20
You are a student in Alexandria, Egypt, in 140 AD, under the tutelage of Claudius Ptolemy. You study an earth-centered universe made up of the planets and a crystalline sphere of stars. In 2013 AD you are a student at the U of W. The Universe has no center and possibly no edge; we cannot see and do not know what 96% of it is. How did we get to where we are? Where did the knowledge come from and why did it take 2000 years for our enlightenment? We will actively explore and find the answers to these questions.
Neuroscience and Society
Ellen Covey, Psychology
- GEN ST 197 F; SLN 14564
- M 2:30-3:20
This seminar will explore the ways in which neuroscience research influences, and is influenced by, society as a whole. We will consider the application of neuroscience concepts and methodology to fields such as forensics, law, marketing, medical ethics, artificial intelligence, warfare, entertainment, and education, and will consider how neuroscience research is influenced by factors such as economics, politics, religion, and technology. Students will conduct independent research on a topic of personal interest and discuss topics chosen by the instructor. There will be field trips and/or guest presentations to observe and/or learn about neuroscience techniques such as functional brain imaging.
How to Make Friends (and influence people)
Christina Fong, Management and Organization, School of Business
- GEN ST 197 H; SLN 14566
- W 10:30-11:20
This seminar will focus on the science of your social relationships. We鈥檒l draw from social psychology, sociology, and other disciplines to discuss the theory and research behind how we make and maintain friends, and how our social relationships shape who we are, how we think, and how we behave. We鈥檒l answer questions such as 鈥淲hat makes us likeable?鈥� 鈥淲ho do we want to be friends with?鈥� and 鈥淗ow do our friendships affect our abilities to lead and change those around us?鈥�
University Fiction: Is This Stuff True?
Anu Taranath, English and CHID
- GEN ST 197 I; 14567
- T 1:30-2:20
We all know that the academy- this place we spend most of our waking hours- certainly introduces us to new ideas and people. But did you know that the academy also breeds its own sordid plots, flamboyant characters and riveting dramas? 鈥淯niversity Fiction,鈥� also known as campus novels, refers to a growing genre of literature where the main action is set in and around a university. This quarter, we鈥檒l read some funny and thought-provoking examples, debate their veracity, and learn a lot more about departmental politics, illicit romance, or plain old academic jealousy than you ever thought possible.
What is Philosophy?
William Talbott, Philosophy
- GEN ST 197 J; 14568
- W 3:30-4:20
What is Philosophy? This seminar will provide you an informal introduction to philosophy at the 糖心少女. In this seminar, you will learn about some of the major areas of philosophy, you will read about some of the important philosophical issues in each of the major areas, and you will have an opportunity to discuss those issues in an informal setting. Questions to be discussed include: What makes acts right or wrong? What reason is there to do the right thing? What do we know and how do we know it? Is death bad? Are women oppressed? How many consciousnesses are inside my head?
Mathematics in our World
Andrew Loveless, Mathematics
- GEN ST 197 K; SLN 14569
- W 3:30-4:20
Mathematics is in everything we do. Topics will vary based on student鈥檚 interest, but I personally have interests in problems that appear in cryptography, networks, and discrete mathematics. Questions like how do we encode our credit card number so that only Amazon.com can read it? Or how can a delivery company minimize its fuel use? We will touch on many such questions and broadly discuss problems that are interesting to mathematicians and have far reaching applications. Throughout this discussion, I hope to convey the beauty and joy of problem solving which is at the heart of my love of mathematics.
Documents that Changed the World
Joseph Janes, Information School
- GEN ST 197 L; 14570
- Th 1:30-2:20
What do a standardized test, an x-ray, a papal decree, the rules of soccer, a map of a 19th century cholera epidemic, the president’s birth certificate, and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution have in common? Each of them, in their own way, has had an impact on some aspect of human history and society. In this seminar we’ll discuss these and other documents that have made a difference, how and why they were created, how they might be done today, and learn what all that tells us about documents…and about ourselves.
Sustainable Energy Solutions for the 21st Century: Science, Technology, and Policy
Payman Arabshahi, Electrical Engineering
- GEN ST 197 N; 14572
- T 9:30-10:20
Become an informed citizen of a new generation and prepare to contribute meaningfully to the energy debate. We will cover regional and global energy demand, sources, policy, current and future technologies, costs of sustainable energy production and its impacts on climate and the environment, and solutions to our energy problems. The class text will be “Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air” (download at ). Class will be structured around field trips and group projects.
Travel Writing for Student Travelers
Shawn Wong, English
- GEN ST 197 O; 14573
- W 11:30-10:20
This course will focus on travel writing and the kind of writing a student might find themselves engaged in while enrolled in a study abroad class. In other words, writing as a “traveler” rather than a tourist. Writing underneath the canopy of the popular tourist sites and looking for the understory. Students will not only read examples of travel writing by professional travel writers, but also writing by 糖心少女students who have participated in study abroad classes and/or traveled independently. Forms of writing will include memoir, personal essay, and “fictionalized autobiography.”
Leadership: It鈥檚 Not About the Title
Jerry Baldasty, Senior Vice Provost for Academic and Student Affairs
- GEN ST 197 P; 14574
- T 3:30-5:00
Acquiring leadership skills will be vital to success in your career 鈥� both here at 糖心少女and after you graduate. In this seminar, you’ll learn how to build and expand your own leadership abilities, and develop your own approach as a leader. Learn from some outstanding 糖心少女and community leaders 鈥揳nd learn that leadership is something you can exercise NOW; it’s not just a fancy title that you might acquire years from now.
Diversity Issues in Science
Beth Traxler, Microbiology
- GEN ST 197 R; 14576
- W 3:30-4:20
鈥淒iversity issues in Science” has been taught by Dr. Traxler since 2005. It is a seminar course focused on discussion of how people of different ethnic/social groups or nationalities experience “research” and how research impacts peoples’ lives. Issues include what informed consent for research means, how different people perceive ethical research, and how politics can inform and affect scientific research.
Students from unique summer research programs share their work
Many undergraduates return home for the summer; some study abroad; some work fulltime; some take classes. Some students spend the summer in available at the 糖心少女. Undergraduates who participated in a variety of research programs over the summer will share their work with their peers and the public over three days the week of August 19, 2013.
Summer STEM Research Poster Session
Starting on Wednesday, August 21, undergraduates from the 糖心少女and schools across the country will present their research in STEM disciplines at the . This event is a collaboration among several 糖心少女summer research programs connecting undergraduates to research in science, technology, engineering, and math.
- Poster session
Wednesday, August 21 | 9 a.m.-noon
Mary Gates Hall Commons
Amgen Scholars and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Students
Amgen Scholars and students in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exceptional Research Opportunities Program will share their research via oral presentations on Thursday, August 22.
The provides a transformative opportunity for some of the nation鈥檚 top undergraduates to explore and prepare for careers in scientific research. Students are placed in premiere 糖心少女research groups in the biomedical sciences and participate in related seminars, career exploration, graduate school preparation, and other activities. The 糖心少女is one of 10 U.S. sites to host an Amgen Scholars Program.
The provides talented undergraduates with outstanding summer research experiences that encourage them to pursue careers in academic science.
- Oral presentations
Thursday, August 22 | 2:30-5 p.m.
Mary Gates Hall, rooms 171, 284, 288
Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities
The week closes with a day-long series of presentations by students in the . Taught by faculty from the departments of geography, comparative history of ideas, and international studies, undergraduates focused on the interdisciplinary theme, 鈥淥utbreak! Reimagining Death and Life, Disease and Health.鈥�
- Student Presentations
Friday, August 23 | 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Allen Library Auditorium
The in Undergraduate Academic Affairs organizes the STEM Research Poster Session, hosts Amgen Scholars and HHMI Exceptional Research Opportunities Program students, and collaborates with the Simpson Center for the Humanities to produce the Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities.
Leadership: Beyond the yellow brick road
Spring 2013 e-Newsletter Contents
Transforming the world of Oz was a team effort by Dorothy, the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, and Scarecrow. What was their secret to success? How did they lead? Here at the 糖心少女, we know that successful leadership begins with learning to lead and includes meaningful鈥攁nd multiple鈥攚ays to practice and sharpen those skills.
The new offers undergraduate students opportunities to discover who they are as leaders, grow their leadership abilities, and make a real difference in the world.
In fall, 2012, the Husky Leadership Initiative kicked off the year with the successful event, . U Lead We Lead used the ancient art of storytelling to start a contemporary conversation on leadership with 糖心少女undergraduates and community leaders. The conversation continued throughout the school year with the Spring Training Leadership Conference, a leadership certificate program, informal fireside chats with local luminaries, and now鈥攑utting learning into practice鈥攖he first 糖心少女team leadership scholarship award.
The Ackerley Learning to Lead Together scholarship program supports undergraduates developing their leadership potential in collaboration with peers through innovative team projects that build strong communities. The first Ackerley Learning to Lead Together scholarship was awarded May 7 at the Spring Celebration of Service and Leadership to Max Sugarman, Angela Feng, Carter Case, and Marina Kelsh for their project, 鈥淓mpowered Eco-Education: 隆Vamos a comer!鈥� Their project will offer lessons around the topics of food, nutrition, and access to healthy food as an environmental issue. They aim to serve elementary school students and their parents and high school students within Seattle鈥檚 South Park community.
Generously funded by the Ackerley Family Foundation, this scholarship is a direct reflection of the family鈥檚 belief that leadership is honed through learning and experience. 鈥淟earning to lead and learning the meaning of leadership is a very basic part in all of our roles in life,鈥� says Ginger Ackerley, who along with her late husband, Barry, established the Foundation. 鈥淲ithin the Foundation some of us have titles, some of us do not, however we all lead; we have to in order to complete our mission. I would hope the recipients of the Ackerley Learning to Lead Together scholarship would join us in an effort to be a positive influence in our world.鈥�
Team Dorothy reached their goal by recognizing the skills each team member brought to the job at hand. The Learning to Lead Together scholarship program enables 糖心少女team members to learn to lead collaboratively and experience the ways they complement each other to accomplish a greater goal.
鈥淟eadership is more than a position of authority,鈥� says Ed Taylor, vice provost and dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs. 鈥淚t is a set of practices and behaviors incorporating teamwork, respect, responsibility, and civic engagement.鈥�