News from the School of IAS
Amaranth Borsuk’s libretto “The Familiar Spirit” performed at live virtual concert INTERSPACE
On June 5 virtual concertgoers experienced haunting sounds and images emanating from their screens during INTERSPACE, a unique live-streamed concert experience combining new choral compositions and electronic music. A live performance tailored to virtual delivery, the concert featured 7 works designed to showcase the powerful beauty of latency, layers, loops, and textures and was a collaboration between ...
June 8, 2021
President’s Medal to Jordan Woltjer
President’s Medal recipient Jordan Woltjer is graduating with a 4.0 GPA and is headed to Duke University in the fall for graduate school. He credits his UW Bothell professors with cultivating his potential and providing career opportunities that support his goals. Woltjer will receive a bachelor’s degree in Law, Economics & Public Policy and double minor in Economics and Mathematics.
June 8, 2021
Chancellor’s Medal to Chris Hays
Chancellor’s Medalist Chris Hays is a champion for change. One nominator called him “an innate fire that is impossible to quench.” Having had strong advocates in his life — including faculty, staff and friends at UW Bothell — he is committed to helping other students succeed. Hays will graduate this June with a bachelor’s degree in Law, Economics & Public Policy and a minor in Human Rights.
June 8, 2021
Speech and Debate Team tournament results
National Forensics Association National Championship American Forensics Association National Tournament Novice No More Pi Kappa Delta National Comprehensive Tournament
June 7, 2021
Denise Vaughan appointed to Board of Directors for the Greater Seattle Debate League
IAS faculty member Denise Vaughan has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Greater Seattle Debate League. The mission of the GDSL is to facilitate opportunities for underserved students to participate in Speech and Debate. Vaughan is a...
June 7, 2021
Coastal Poets Film Festival: Navigating creative practice within a pandemic
One year into the throes of a pandemic and I missed live poetry readings. Severely. There was a sense of estrangement from Seattle’s caring literary community. Plus, I felt that undying hunger to express and connect with others through the power of metaphor. These were some of the reasons why I curated the Coastal Poets Film Festival. This event was livestreamed on YouTube with pre-recorded video poems by five genre-bending writers, including Allison Morton, Simon Wolf, Brent Cox, Shelby Handler and myself. The film festival ...
June 7, 2021
Minda Martin discusses street ecology and Ramps to Nowhere
IAS faculty member Minda Martin screened and discussed her essay film Ramps to Nowhere for a Sustainable Transportation Policy course in UW Seattle Civil and Environmental Engineering department’s Master of Science in Sustainable Transportation. She also ...
June 4, 2021
Mary Howisey and Curtis Takahashi recognized as distinguished alumni
Two stalwart members of UW Bothell’s Alumni Council will receive the 2021 Distinguished Alumni of the Year award. The award recognizes alumni who have exhibited distinguished community service or professional achievements since graduation...
June 2, 2021
MFA Alumni Speak at annual “Life After the MFA” Event
On Wednesday May 26th, Woogee Bae (2019), Travis Sharp (2015), and Natalie Singer (2016) joined current MFA students and alumni on Zoom to speak about their paths to and through the MFA. They spoke about how they came to graduate study in creative writing and poetics, how their time in the program shifted the course of their writing and careers, how ...
June 1, 2021
Jennifer Atkinson and Kari Lerum receive SRCP Seed Grant
IAS faculty members Jennifer Atkinson and Kari Lerum were awarded the SRCP Seed Grant for 2021. The UW Bothell Scholarship, Research, and Creative Practice (SRCP) Seed Grant program is intended to competitively support UW Bothell faculty in all disciplines who are starting new projects or relaunching current projects in ...
June 1, 2021