News from the School of IAS

Category: Alumni

Joshua Heim Becomes Arts Program Manager for the City of Bellevue

Joshua Heim (’10, MA in Cultural Studies) has accepted a position at the City of Bellevue as their Arts Program Manager. In this capacity, he will manage cultural planning, grant making, public art programs, and serve as staff liaison to the Bellevue Arts Commission.

January 4, 2016

Vy Nguyen Co-presents Report on “Brain Waste” among WA State Immigrants and Refugees

Vy Nguyen (’12, MA in Policy Studies) has focused the past year on workforce and education issues related to immigrant integration, particularly the issue of "brain waste" among foreign-educated immigrants. Many immigrants and refugees bring a wealth of knowledge and experience yet find it difficult to continue their professional careers in the U.S. This enormous underutilization of human resources has been dubbed “brain waste,” and OneAmerica’s report details ...

December 8, 2015

Alums Hillary U and Zaheeda Edwards advise students through IAS Mentor Chats

This fall’s Mentor Chats featured alumni working in the business sector. Hillary U ('10, Culture, Literature and the Arts, Society, Ethics and Human Behavior) and Zaheeda Edwards (’95, Liberal Studies) met with students to discuss their career trajectories and the value of interdisciplinary training within corporate settings. Both highlighted ...

November 30, 2015

Chad Bates Launches Community Talk Show

IAS alum Chad Bates (Global Studies, 2014) recently launched a live talk show and podcast called And...Discuss!? Bates hopes to build a community that engages those that loved learning about and discussing serious issues in college, but don’t have a place to do that after graduation. In their 2nd show,

September 17, 2015

Susan Brown’s Work Included in London Places and Spaces Exhibition

Susan Brown (MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics, ’14) spent time taking photographs in London while doing field research for her master’s thesis. Responding to a call for posters by the Association of Illustrators based in London, she envisioned “Under the Moon!” which was chosen to be included in the “London Places and Spaces” exhibition at the London Transport Museum, running from May through September 2015.

July 31, 2015

Melissa Watkinson Selected as Hershman Marine Policy Fellow

Melissa Watkinson (Master of Arts in Policy Studies ’15 and Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and Society, Ethics, and Behavior ‘11) has been selected as the first Hershman Marine Policy Fellow from UW Bothell. She will start working with The Nature Conservancy this fall on coastal climate resiliency and policies, where she hopes to learn how established non-profits engage with local communities and policies on pressing environmental issues.

July 23, 2015

Students gain career advice through IAS Mentor Chats

Over spring quarter, several undergraduate students met with alumni mentors Andrea Blanken (Culture, Literature and the Arts, ’02) and Emily Anderson (Society, Ethics and Human Behavior, ’09) to learn about their career trajectories and gain real-time advice on accessing their fields.

July 9, 2015