Celebrations
February 8, 2024
Celebrating Black History Month
The 2024 theme of Black History Month is “African Americans and the Arts,” which explores the key influence African Americans have had on visual and performing arts, literature, fashion, folklore, language, film, music, architecture, culinary, and other forms of cultural expression. African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well…
February 6, 2024
CCRI’s Commitment to Racial Justice and Equity
In honoring this year’s Black history month, the CCRI community would like to reaffirm our commitment to racial justice and equity. It is important to acknowledge the ways in which history has shaped educational and institutional access as a whole. These spaces have been afflicted by racism and significant, intersectional forms of oppression designed to…
January 15, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On 01/15/1929, one of the most prominent philosophers, political leaders, and civil rights activists came into the world, Martin Luther King Junior. And it is on this day that we honor the memory of him and his call to action within his “I Have a Dream” speech. It is through these words that we continue…
November 27, 2023
In Recognition and Celebration of Native American Heritage
The month of November is recognized as Native American Heritage Month. In 2009, President Barack Obama signed “The Native American Heritage Day Resolution,” designating the Friday after Thanksgiving as “Native American Heritage Day.” After signing H.J. Res 40 into law he stated, “I encourage every American to join me in observing Native American Heritage Day….It…
November 8, 2023
Celebrating First Generation Students Day
We invite you to join us in celebrating National First-Generation Day. It is a call to celebrate students, faculty and staff who are the first in their family to attend college. November 8 was identified as the date for the annual National First-Generation College Celebration to honor the anniversary of the signing of the Higher…
October 22, 2023
NTSW: Cultures of Collaboration- Making Transfer Happen
Transfer, whilst an individual’s choice, does not come easy. There are many considerations when approaching the decision to move from one locale of education to another. Just as it is difficult for students, institutions must also work through the difficulties of losing certain students or moving them through different phases of their collegiate careers. At…
October 17, 2023
NTSW: STEM Transfer Partnership Engineering Pathway Access Increase
Team members Matthew Ford, Aleya Dhanji, Kira Glynn King, Jie Sheng, Skyler Roth, and Emese Hadnagy have been looking into increasing and consistently expanding outreach to minority serving 2-year and 4-year institutions to promote engineering pathways for increasing students’ upward mobility. Through countless trials and tribulations, this incredible group of individuals focused on identifying shared…
March 28, 2023
The UW’s Community College Research Initiatives receives $449,535 grant to increase rural educational equity
The University of Washington’s Community College Research Initiatives announced that it received a $449,535 grant from Ascendium Education Group for research to increase rural learner success. Community College Research Initiatives (CCRI) conducts research to facilitate the advancement of equity in higher education. Ascendium invests in research that helps to build a body of evidence about…
November 30, 2022
CCRI welcomes student assistant Krista Roekelle Castro Orejudos
Krista is a current sophomore at the University of Washington who is majoring in English: Creative Writing and minoring in Digital Textual Studies. She is also the current student assistant for CCRI and shared that, when looking through CCRI’s mission statement and vision, I felt compelled to work for an organization that is dedicated to…