Announcements and Upcoming Events

Important Deadlines  

Happy 2011 graduates

If you plan to walk in commencement, need tickets, or to order a cap and gown, you must do so by May 18.  See the UWB commencement webpage for more information.  

Master's Degree Request 

If you are planning to graduate this quarter, a Master's Degree Request must be submitted to the UW Graduate School by June 1, 11:59:59 PM.

UW Bothell Diversity Survey

Make your voice count and complete the UW Bothell Student Experience Survey by May 18!

The Diversity Council, led by Chancellor Kenyon Chan and Diversity Council Chair Cherry Banks, has developed many important diversity initiatives at UW Bothell. These include cultural events, diversity lectures, diversity club support, academic course development, diversity internship, and the development of a diversity minor. In order to continue their great progress, the Diversity Council created the UW Bothell Experience Survey. The results of the survey, which focuses on diversity,  will be used to improve programs, services, and increase the postive learning experience for all students.  More information and a link to the survey may be found here.

 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

      Graduate Research Conference 

        Full Schedule | Register

      Master of Arts in Cultural Studies  

      Graduate Research Conference

        Friday, May 18 | 11:00am-5:00pm 

        Full Schedule | Register   

Huskies on the Town (HOTT) Happy Hour
Thursday, May 24 | 5:00-8:00pm
Pink Ultra Lounge
600 Pine St (4th Floor in Pacific Place)
Seattle, WA 98101

  This monthly Thursday happy hour is for all UWB alumni, and UWB students are also welcome.  Reunite  with old friends and network with UWB alums.  Appetizer and drink specials available.  At each event, the first ten people in the door will receive a HOTT Thursdays deluxe Swag Bag.  Hope to see you there!        

Friday May 25, 3:00 pm 

Next Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Research Colloquium        

 

"Does a Corpse Have Human Rights?" with Bruce Kochis

Tuesday, June 5 | 4:00-5:30 PM
Rose Room (UW1-280)

More information
All are welcome! No RSVP required.

 

 

SMARTlab@UWB Showcase

Thursday, June 14 | 10am - 4pm  

UW Bothell, Center for Serious Play (UWBB-107) 

 

UW Bothell is set to become a host institution for the transdisciplinary, practice-based doctoral
program from the internationally renowned SMARTlab. For twenty years, SMARTlab has been bringing together digital media specialists, education experts, computer scientists, performance artists, community activists, policy makers and scholars committed to researching and co-designing creative technology solutions for real social needs.   

 

Students are invited to attend this event to meet SMARTlab director Professor Lizbeth Goodman, hear from current SMARTlab doctoral candidates about their research, and experience a SMARTlab workshop first-han.  More information here. To RSVP, email: smartlab@uwb.edu.        

Student, Alumni, and Faculty News

Students

As UW Bothell delegates, Cultural Studies students Ty Edwards and EJ Juarez will be attending the University of the Free State (UFS) Global Exchange Summit in Bloemfontein, South Africa in July  The main aim of the summit is to exchange ideas and international experiences in addressing salient issues around race, racism, racial integration and racial reconciliation in higher education.    

Cultural Studies student Cora Thomas has been awarded a generous scholarship by Skagit Women in Business for Fall Quarter 2012.  On May 17 she will receive this award at their annual "Spring Fling" event in Burlington, WA.  Cora became acquainted with Skagit Women in Business while networking on behalf of Skagit Valley wineries between 2008-2011.  Additionally, Cora's poem "When I Am Gone" was accepted to Clamor, UW Bothell's Literary and Arts Journal, and her poem "Paintbrush" was accepted to Yours Truly, Cascadia's Literary Journal.  Both publications will be available on campus late this quarter.   

Alumni

Randi Courtmanch (Cultural Studies, 2010) has been busy!  Recently, she was accepted into the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University, a yearlong certificate program, which brings together artists, curators, scholars, presenters and cultural leaders to encourage innovative and relevant curatorial approaches to presenting time-based art.  Last March Randi presented the short film from her 2010 capstone project, The Black Heart and Other Works at the 2012 CUNY Graduate Center English Student Association Conference, "Cripples, Idiots, Lepers, and Freaks: Extraordinary Bodies / Extraordinary Minds."   Lastly, Randi is working on a collaborative performance and media-based installation with visual artist, Alma Khasawnih, and it has been accepted as part of Seattle Storefronts 2012 artist roster. Keep an eye out for this installation, which will explore karaoke through live performance and multimedia.     

Jefferson Ketchel (Policy Studies, 2008) will be attending the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative Executive Education Program at Harvard University in June. NPLI focuses on meta-leadership in response to emergencies that cross jurisdictional and geographical boundaries. More can be found at http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/npli/executive-development.      

A panel proposal by Theryn Kigvamasud'vashti (Cultural Studies, 2011) and three other academics has been accepted for presentation at the 2012 National Women's Studies Association Conference. Their panel title is "Abolitionists Futures, Community Accountabilites and, Emerging Movements to Transform Violence," and the conference will take place November 8-11.   

Martha Levenson (Cultural Studies, 2011) is working full time in the Seattle Public Schools where she recently joined a committee looking at transitions at all levels for children in Special Education. Martha's band, Skolkis (Swedish for Truants), is releasing their first CD, titled "Skip!" on May 20. She says,"Come hear us at Folklife!"    

Jeremy Richards (Cultural Studies, 2010) is performing in "Gauntlet,"  a live, improvised video game, which uses real-time avatars as characters in the show, allowing audience members to interact with the actors as video game characters. Details at http://www.wingitpresents.com/gauntlet/index.html.  

Faculty

Kari Lerum was invited to the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) in March where she presented at a sexuality and gender workshop in the Sociology department (on the politics of the anti-trafficking movement, and becoming a public sociologist); she also spoke on a UM panel on sexual health (jointly sponsored by the Departments of Psychology and Public Health).

Also In March, Kari presented an empirical paper at the Pacific Sociology Association conference in San Diego. The paper  -- a content analysis of approximately 50 Hollywood films telling stories about exotic dancers - is a joint project with MACS graduates Ruth Gregory and Jayne Swift, as well as Portland State University professor Stephanie Wahab.  Additionally, in March Kari participated in a reading/book launch party for Here Come the Brides (where her essay, "My Trojan Dress" was published). The reading was held at the Ms Magazine headquarters in Beverly Hills, CA.    

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