diversity
September 1, 2005
Common ground
The determination of two exceptional students brings a monument to diversity to the UW campus.
Scholarships for diversity
Costco Wholesale, Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery and Safeco Insurance have partnered with the UW in support of the Diversity Scholars Program, which was created in 2000 to recruit and support high-achieving underrepresented minority students.
September 1, 2003
Brotman winners
A networking group for Pacific Islander students and a graduate-level center for multicultural education received the 2003 Brotman Diversity Award June 12.
MAP honorees
A founder of the Multicultural Alumni Partnership, a member of the Washington State Legislature, and a community leader who serves on the National Council on Humanities are among this year’s alumni and friends who will receive awards at the Multicultural Alumni Partnership’s “Bridging the Gap” Breakfast.
March 1, 2003
Faces of the millennium
Over the last three years, the University of Washington has been able to attract 90 Gates Millennium Scholars. Here are the stories of five recipients.
September 1, 2002
Diversity awards
Two UW units, the Business Educational Opportunity Program and the Student Outreach Ambassador Program, received the 2002 Brotman Diversity Award.
Admissions upheld
U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly ruled that the University of Washington School of Law did not break any laws in a highly publicized “reverse discrimination” lawsuit.
Scholarship impact
Scholarship support is crucial to minority student recruitment and retention—on average, only 38 percent of underrepresented minority students who are not offered some form of scholarship or grant support enroll at the University of Washington.
June 1, 2001
Then and now
The heart of the UW campus may look like it did in 1970, but inside the classroom, a transformation is taking place.
December 1, 2000
Record class
The entering class this fall is one for the record books, say UW officials, as 4,983 new freshmen broke previous enrollment levels and set academic highs as well.
December 1, 1999
Diversity drops
Officials reported a 32 percent drop in three underrepresented ethnic groups in the 1999-2000 freshman class.
March 1, 1999
After I-200
The passage of I-200 means the UW has to find other ways to attract and maintain a diverse student body.
December 1, 1998
Impact of I-200
Initiative 200, which would dismantle affirmative action programs in state government, was approved by Washington state voters 58 percent to 42 percent in the mid-term election held Nov. 3.
June 1, 1996
Faculty debate new ethnic studies requirement
Students who enter the UW in 1998 may have to meet a five-credit Cultural and Ethnic Diversity requirement.
June 1, 1994
Being black at UW
To preserve the memories of other African-American students, we interviewed black alumni who went here during the '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s.
Diversity test
Starting in fall 1994, UW students can be part of a test to see if a five-credit requirement in cultural and ethnic diversity can work at the University.