News from the School of IAS

Category: Students

Interdisciplinary Arts major Lingling Yuan receives President’s Medal

Lingling Yuan received the President’s Medal at the 2017 University of Washington Commencement on June 13. This award recognizes the graduating senior with the most distinguished academic record. Yuan, originally from Xiamen, China, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Arts. Despite her academic achievement, Yuan’s focus was on learning to express herself through art, rather than focus on grades. Yuan hopes to enter the K-8 certification program at UW Bothell and become a teacher. “I feel early education is really important,” she said. “That’s why I hope to work with kids.” Learn more about Yuan’s story in the video below, and hear from two of her professors, Kevin Kim and Ted Hiebert:

June 15, 2017

IAS represents at student media and publications celebration

On June 2, UW Bothell hosted the first annual Student Media Recognition Event, honoring Clamor, The Husky Herald, and UWave Radio. These student-driven media initiatives document campus life and culture, providing students with professional experience while enriching the UW Bothell community. Current student leaders of each group reflected on their time as a part of student media, many of which shared similar experiences to alumni ...

June 8, 2017

Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies celebrates the end of a wonderful first year!

Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) students, staff, and faculty, along with supporters at UW Bothell, gathered for a recognition ceremony last week to celebrate the end of a great first year. The day was dedicated to Dr. Leslie Ashbaugh, beloved colleague who passed away last year. IAS affiliate faculty member Karen Rosenberg shared memories of Leslie, and GWSS faculty coordinator Julie Shayne presented two students with Leslie Ashbaugh Feminist Praxis in Education (LAFPIE) Awards.

May 23, 2017

Cathleen MacCaul helps secure legislation protecting seniors

Cathleen MacCaul, AARP Advocacy Director and a first-year Policy Studies student, is helping to secure new bipartisan legislation intended to protect seniors from financial exploitation. Thanks to her research and strategic advocacy, House bill 1153 has passed both legislative houses and is currently on the Governor’s desk awaiting his signature. MacCaul has worked on passing such legislation for three years ...

May 3, 2017

IAS student Kyra Laughlin wins Chancellor’s Medalist Award!

Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) major Kyra Laughlin received the UW Bothell 2017 Chancellor’s Medalist Award. The award is an honor that recognizes graduating seniors who have achieved academic excellence and served as a consistent source of inspiration for faculty and students alike. In winter 2017 Kyra founded the campus group Sexual Assault and Violence Education (S.A.V.E.), which works from a grassroots empowerment model of social support and awareness raising. With Kyra at the helm, the group applied for and won the T-Mobile Equity and Inclusion Grant, and collaborated with IAS faculty member Lauren Lichty and Campus Safety director Cham Kao to revise the UW Bothell website's Sexual Assault Support pages. Kyra continues to build new awareness initiatives and programming for Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April), and delivers class presentations and trainings in our residence halls.

April 26, 2017

Julie Shayne presents about her newest book project at the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) conference

IAS faculty member Julie Shayne attended the PSA April 6-8, 2017 where she presented a paper about her newest book project. Shayne is working on an edited collection tentatively titled Mobilizing the University: Curriculum, Space, and Solidarity. Mobilizing the University will be an interdisciplinary, edited collection which focuses on the relationship between social justice activism and the university in the Americas. Contributors will use an intersectional feminist framework to ...

April 10, 2017

Three IAS students selected as part of the Husky 100 Class of 2017

Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students from Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma in all areas of study, who are making the most of their time at the UW. Out of the seven students from UW Bothell selected in 2017, three are from IAS.

April 5, 2017

IAS students featured in article on internships in state government

A recent article in the Bothell Reporter highlights four IAS students who have begun working in public policy at the state level through IAS’s internship course, BIS 497, Political Internship in State Government: Shelby Lubchuk (Media & Communication Studies) Jared Mead (’14, Global Studies) Aysha Raza (Law, Economics & Public Policy) Claira Rolfson (’16, Law, Economics & Public Policy)

April 3, 2017

IAS students advocate for the Parent Union at UW Bothell

On March 6, 2017, students from IAS faculty member Charlie Collins’ Community Organizing class (BIS 483) marched through campus to advocate for the Parent Union, which is currently seeking support for a child care center and other resources on campus. One group of students placed flyers on cars, including a candy incentive to check out the Parent Union. The Parent Union at UW Bothell was established in 2015 in response to ...

March 8, 2017