“Lowering walls and working together is how we solve tough problems” says Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large in a about how UW service learning programs are getting about 900 students out of the classroom and into underserved schools this winter quarter to gain a deeper understanding of the community they live in.
News and Updates
UW 360 Profiles Innocence Project Northwest
Did you know that 15 innocent people in Washington state have had their convictions overturned thanks to The Innocence Project Northwest (IPNW) Clinic , a program staffed by student and faculty volunteers from the UW School of Law? To find out more about exonerees nationwide who have been helped by IPNW, see . You can also watch a video about this and other fascinated UW people and programs on UW 360, airing Wednesday evenings at 10 pm on channel 27.
Front Porch Winter 2011
The Office of Regional & Community Affairs is excited to share with you the latest edition of Front Porch. Here are a few of the highlights:
Each week, hundreds of at-risk Seattle schoolchildren meet one-on-one with their 鈥淗usky Buddies鈥濃�攖eacher candidates from the UW College of Education who are helping prepare them for success in school and life.
UW student Joe Stout is helping children throughout our community smile more brightly by learning about and providing specialized pediatric dental care.
Daniel Winterbottom, UW landscape architecture professor, and his students, are creating 鈥渉ealing gardens鈥� at Seattle area health-care facilities to help ease the stress of critically ill people and their loved ones.
CUCAC Meeting Notes, February 2011
Meeting notes from the February 8 meeting:
An item聽from the February meeting聽is also posted below:
CUCAC Meeting Notes, January 2011
Meeting notes and other documents:
(CUCAC 鈥� City University Community Advisory Committee 鈥� meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month.)