Bainbridge author Kathleen Alcalá cooks up guide to food activism

December 15, 2016

Food fighter

Bainbridge Island author Kathleen Alcalá, ’85, cooks up a guide to food activism.

September 1, 2016

Christopher Brown, ’16, a Marine combat veteran, works alongside men and women veterans from all military branches. With them in mind, he co-founded Growing Veterans, a nonprofit farm that grows produce for farmers markets and food banks.

June 1, 2016

A career making miracles in the classroom

“It’s been a dream career impacting so many people’s lives.” Jill Wakefield, ‘83, retires after 40 years with Seattle Colleges.

True hued

Brock and Damon Huard both found NFL careers and success after their UW playing days, and both felt drawn to come home.

Crossing the aisle to save lives

UW faculty member Jennifer Stuber is part of a bipartisan effort to prevent suicides.

Always in her element

Whether on a mountain, in a boardroom or on a boat, Sally Jewell is leading the way.

March 1, 2016

When compassion was policy

With five children and a sixth on the way, the Nguyen family fled Vietnam. Washington Governor Dan Evans opened the door to a life the family never would have imagined.

Author preserves memory of his great-grandfather, a slave

Carver Gayton, ’60, ’72, ’76, authors a gripping biography of his great-grandfather, Lewis G. Clarke, who escaped slavery and inspired a key character in “Uncle Tom's Cabin.”

December 1, 2015

Restaurateur Renee

She wants to serve the world’s best steak. That’s why chef Renee Erickson, ’95, is now in the ranch business.

Distinguished Alumni Veteran

Grethe Cammermeyer, ’76, ’91, challenged the ban on gays in the military and, eventually, she won.

Northwest at heart

Author Langdon Cook infuses his writing with a message of caring for the environment he calls home.

September 1, 2015

Fearless humanitarian

When disaster strikes, Mercy Corps co-founder Dan O'Neill, ’72, dives in to help.

June 1, 2015

Norm Dicks, retired?

His 36-year career as a Democratic Congressman for Washington’s 6th District may have ended in 2012, but he’s still on the case protecting wildlife and fighting to bolster the economy in his native region.

Career in service

In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy famously said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country,” Lloyd Hara took it to heart. It’s why he went to graduate school to study public affairs and spent the past 40 years in public service.

I, too, am America

The first time I visited the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, I was swept with grief. It was the first point during our UW-led Civil Rights pilgrimage where we faced the reality that the price of being black had been paid with innocent lives.

March 1, 2015

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