Awardees

A total of 28 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle, from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant amount was $4,158 with awards going to 6 unique projects throughout the UW community. Below is the list of Spring 2024 grantees awarded and the projects their seed grants will fund.

Brotherhood Initiative

Project Title: Brotherhood Initiative New Scholar Retreat

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed:

• Goal 1: Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
• Goal 2: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

Project Description:
The Brotherhood Initiative will host an off-campus leadership retreat to welcome our newest cohort of scholars to the University of Washington and begin to develop their networking skills, create connections among each other and their peer mentors, and develop goals that will lay the foundation for them to successfully navigate their first year at the UW.

Aeronautics & Astronautics/Space Grant

Project Title: STEM Leadership Collective

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: 

• Goal 1: Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
• Goal 2: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

Project Description:
Unlock your potential with Space Grant’s STEM Leadership Collective. This transformative one-day workshop of culturally sustaining activities will empower students, including those of marginalized identities, through career-boosting skills, peer connections, and pathways to create an equitable future in STEM.

Division of General Pediatrics

Project Title: Healthcare Career Pathways: Promoting Pediatric and other Health Careers for Diverse Youth

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: 

• Goal 1: Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
• Goal 2: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

Project Description:
This project will promote pathways to careers in healthcare for diverse youth receiving primary care in UW Medicine Division of General Pediatrics clinics. Through engaging art and stories from diverse team members, conversations at primary care visits, and links to helpful information, we will strengthen pathways to healthcare careers for youth.

Graduate School/Office of Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE)

Project Title: Dissertation & Capstone Writing Group: Equipping and preparing graduate students in the final stages of their degree programs and beyond

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: 

• Goal 1: Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
• Goal 2: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

Project Description:
The project will equip graduate students, including those who are BIPOC and from historically underrepresented communities, with valuable writing tools as they make progress in their final academic requirements. They will also have the opportunity to explore their career trajectories post-graduation alongside a facilitated group of peers, GSEE alumni, and campus partners.

College of Education, Undergraduate Programs

Project Title: Education, Communities, and Organizations (ECO) Youth Summer Institute 2025

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: 

• Goal 1: Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
• Goal 2: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
• Goal 5: Develop Place-Based Education and Engagement to Advance Access, Inclusion, and Equity

Project Description:
The ECO Youth Summer Institute (EYSI) is an exciting collaboration between the UW College of Education’s ECO Program and Seattle Public Schools, which brings local high schoolers to our university for a 5-day immersive overnight program. EYSI is a crucial opportunity to build a pipeline from local historically marginalized communities to our institution.

Evans School of Public Policy and Governance – Evans People of Color (EPOC)

Project Title: Take up Space: Personal & Professional Development Conference

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: 

• Goal 1: Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
• Goal 2: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
• Goal 6: Improve accountability and transparency at all levels.

Project Description:
“Take Up Space,” hosted by Evans People of Color, empowers UW students and professionals through personal & professional development and networking opportunities. The conference strengthens community connections and supports local BIPOC communities. Takeaways will be shared with UW staff and students to implement equitable and inclusive policies.

A total of 17 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle, from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant amount was $3,500, with awards going to 7 unique projects throughout the UW community. Below is a list of Fall 2023 grantees awarded and the projects their seed grants will fund.

Office of Equity & Justice, The Graduate School

Project Title: The Graduate Equity Progress Tool: Piloting the Course for a Brighter and Inclusive Future

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed:

• Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
• Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
• Develop Place-Based Education and Engagement to Advance Access, Inclusion and Equity
• Improve Accountability and Transparency at All Levels

The Graduate Equity Progress (EP) Tool assists units in assessing and improving equity efforts in graduate education. Adapted from HR/POD DEI Rubric, the tool was piloted in Summer 2023 and involves collaboration with various offices. The final pilot in Spring/Summer 2024, supported by this grant, will refine the tool for a Fall 2024 rollout.

The UW Q Center

Project Title: EnGender: Accessing Your Authentic Self

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: 

• Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
• Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
• Attract and Retain Diverse Academic Personnel
• Attract and Retain Diverse Staff
• Improve Accountability and Transparency at All Levels

EnGender is an emerging program that aims to provide free and accessible gender affirming items to anyone who needs them. We are continuously striving to make the Q Center and the University of Washington a more affirming and celebratory place, part of which involves centering the many ways our bodies exist in the world/celebrating the many ways we express ourselves to the world. 

With EnGender, we hope to widen access to gender affirming items and experiences for the greater UW community.

Language Learning Center

Project Title: EIJB+ and Accessibility in the Language Classroom

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: 

• Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
• Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
• Develop Place-Based Education and Engagement to Advance Access, Inclusion and Equity
• Improve Accountability and Transparency at All Levels

This project will study DEIJB+ and accessibility in language courses on the UW campus through interviews with current and recent language students. The collected data will be used to create reports and training specifically for language instructors to aid in improving DEI and accessibility efforts in courses on and off-campus.

Black in Informatics (BINFO)

Project Title: Cultivating Diversity in Informatics

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: 

• Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
• Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
• Develop Place-Based Education and Engagement to Advance Access, Inclusion and Equity
• Improve Accountability and Transparency at All Levels

This project aims to bridge the gap between Black students and the field of Informatics. Through community-building outreach events, career development workshops, and mentorship programs, we aim to empower Black students for academic & professional excellence; eventually creating a pipeline for underrepresented high school students to thrive.

UW Facilities / Building Services Department

Project Title: English in the Workplace

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: 

• Cultivate an Accessible, Inclusive, and Equitable Campus Climate
• Attract and Retain Diverse Staff

English in the Workplace courses support UW Facilities staff members who speak English as a second or other language. Course curriculum is customized to teach staff English skills relevant to their jobs. The goals of the program are for staff to improve their English skills, which will benefit them in their current jobs and future job prospects.

Community Engagement & Leadership Education (CELE) Center

Project Title: Culture And Science Exchange (CASE)- Yakama

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: 

• Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
• Develop Place-Based Education and Engagement to Advance Access, Inclusion and Equity

Culture And Science Exchange (CASE)-Yakama is a place-based program in the UW CELE Center. The program partners with a community center on the Yakama Reservation to provide Indigenous students with culturally relevant STEM outreach opportunities. Five student CASE Mentors implement these opportunities via site visits, campus visits, and STEM ASB.

UAA – Community Engagement & Leadership Education (CELE) Center – Jumpstart

Project Title: Jumpstart Diverse Corp Member Recruitment and Retention Project

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: 

• Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

In support of UW Jumpstart’s core belief of providing equal education opportunities to young children & breaking the cycle of poverty, we will be intentionally recruiting multicultural and diverse UW students to join our grant-funded program and, to tackle accessibility inequities, providing travel support to our local, marginalized communities.

A total of 14 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle, from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant amount was $2,989, with awards going to 9 unique projects throughout the UW community. Below is a list of Spring 2023 grantees that were awarded and the projects that their seed grants will fund.

Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

Project Title: Building synergistic activities with student organizations to increase diversity and inclusivity within the aerospace field

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Academic Personnel

This project will build a sustainable model to attract, retain, and graduate excellent aerospace engineers by developing a series of synergistic events that support women in aerospace while integrating it with the department’s infrastructure and operations.

Biology

Project Title: Anatomy for Change

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

Anatomy for Change is an outreach program for underrepresented pre-health students which provides hands-on workshops within a cadaver lab. Each event features a teaching team of anatomy course faculty, medical school students, and peer facilitators. The workshop utilizes medical case studies to encourage a problem solving mindset in students.

Professional Staff Organization DEI Commitee

Project Title: BIPOC Mentorship Program

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Academic Personnel

The BIPOC Mentorship Program is a pilot program developed by staff for staff to increase representation and create career opportunities. Mentees will gain the skills necessary to build rewarding careers with the guidance of UW BIPOC leaders. This sustainable model is intended to include a larger portion of the campus population in the future.

Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)

Project Title: AVELA- A Vision for Engineering Literacy & Access

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Assess Tri-Campus needs

We are providing underrepresented minority youth in local Seattle schools and community centers with the opportunity to get exposure to research topics within bioengineering and biochemistry, learn the basics of computing and Python coding, applying Python coding concepts to AI and other fun applications, explore environmental issues, as well as develop the skills required to create useful web pages.

College of Arts and Sciences

Project Title: Inclusive and Antiracist Pedagogies: Developing DEI-Focused Course Materials through Workshops and Small-Group Cohort Support

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

This project is a two-pronged initiative which 1) offers a series of programming concerning curricular development and inclusive pedagogies and 2) pilots a small-group cohort where participants engage with the workshop lessons and each other over a quarter to develop concrete materials for their departments and their classrooms.

School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences; School of Oceanography; Marine Biology

Project Title: Navigating the Hidden Curriculum: Professional Development Modules for Undergraduates in the Marine Sciences

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

The School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, the School of Oceanography, and Marine Biology are collaborating to integrate professional development modules for Majors in the marine sciences. This set of modules will include topics such as how to secure letters of recommendation or how to navigate the graduate school application process.

Libraries

Project Title: Open Scholarship Commons Community Fellows Workshop Series

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

Through the Open Scholarship Commons’ Community Workshop Fellowship Series, BIPOC graduate students become leaders in the field of open scholarship, benefit from mentor support, and develop original workshops. These workshops create BIPOC-led peer learning opportunities for the UW community, and portfolio products for Fellows.

Burke Museum

Project Title: Defining Decolonization Screening Launch

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

Seed Grant funding will support the first official screening of Defining Decolonization, a series of videographed interviews with diverse participants reflecting on their own experiences around museums, diversity, and decolonization. The goal of the videos is to use individual voices and stories to foster shared understanding and promote action.

Psychology

Project Title: Increasing Visibility of POC in the Psychology Undergraduate Mentoring Program

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body, and Improve Accountability and Transparency

The Psychology Undergraduate Mentoring Program provides support for underrepresented students. This project will increase the visibility of people of color within our program by creating a library of professional resources hosted by people of color and by providing support and allyship through a listening session.

A total of 10 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle, from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant amount was $2,857, with awards going to 8 unique projects throughout the UW community. Below is a list of Fall 2022 grantees that were awarded and the projects that their seed
grants will fund.

I-Tech

Project Title: I-TECH DEI Audio Recording
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract and Retain Diverse Staff; Develop Place-Based Education And Engagement To Advance Access, Inclusion, And Equity
I-TECH’s DEI Audio Recording initiative will showcase the people working on our projects internationally and their lived experiences and perspectives on DEI in the workplace and in their personal lives to remind listeners of the human element that goes into implementation science.

UW Q Center

Project Title: EnGender
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate An Accessible, Inclusive, And Equitable Climate; Attract, Retain, And Graduate A Diverse And Excellent Student Body; Attract And Retain Diverse Academic Personnel; Attract And Retain Diverse Staff; Improve Accountability And Transparency At All Levels
In Pursuit of gender-affirming supportive care, the University of Washington Q Center will purchase and distribute sustainable gender-affirming products free of cost to UW students in need. The initiative aims to mitigate the structures of oppression and financial barriers with a focus on the needs of queer, trans, non-binary, gender-fluid, and gender non-conforming individuals while at the same time creating gender-affirming resources.

UW Career & Internship Center

Project Title: Husky Career Closet
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate An Accessible, Inclusive, And Equitable Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
The Husky Career Closet is stocked with free workplace clothing items that current UW-Seattle students can select when facing an upcoming job interview, career fair, or similar event. Open 20 hours a week year-round, the HCC provides students with the opportunity to select and keep an outfit to help them feel confident in their job search.

KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio

Project Title: KUOW Management Essential Training in Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI)
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract And Retain Diverse Staff
In 2023, KUOW plans to implement an essential training program for managers focusing on the impact of white-dominant norms and how to center cultural norms that focus on racial equity. This training will be adapted into a module format that will be used during onboarding for new hires in a supervisory role.

UW Tacoma School of Education

Project Title: Indigenizing Pedagogy Institute
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate An Accessible, Inclusive, And Equitable Climate; Develop Place-Based Education And Engagement To Advance Access, Inclusion, And Equity
The Indigenizing Pedagogy Institute cultivates safer spaces for Indigenous students in the classroom. We are reframing classrooms into decolonial spaces centering on community and Indigenous approaches. This will strengthen our institutional capacity and center Indigenous narratives that should be at the epicenter of higher education institutions.

UW-IT Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Community of Practice (DEI CoP)

Project Title: Creating an Inclusive Workplace for Veterans in Information Technology
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate An Accessible, Inclusive, And Equitable Climate; Attract And Retain Diverse Staff
Returning to civilian life poses challenges for many military veterans. The UW-IT DEI CoP will host a series of online events that include a panel discussion with veteran UW-IT staff from diverse backgrounds, a best practices session to attract, hire and retain veterans in IT, and a nationally-recognized speaker on veteran cultural competency.

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine

Project Title: Improving inclusion and access in occupational therapy education through enhanced partnership among occupational therapy students with disabilities, occupational therapy faculty, and Disability Resources for Students staff
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate An Accessible, Inclusive, And Equitable Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
The project aims to understand key stakeholders’ experiences in obtaining and providing accommodations in occupational therapy education and develop recommendations for best practice for increasing inclusion and support by establishing partnerships among Disability Resources for Students staff, students with disabilities and faculty.

The Center for International Relations and Cultural Leadership Exchange (CIRCLE)

Project Title: CIRCLE Engagement Programs for International Student Parents
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate An Accessible, Inclusive, And Equitable Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
The CIRCLE Engagement Programs for International Student Parents strives to create a space for international student parents. The programs aim to celebrate identities and accomplishments offer professional development, peer mentoring opportunities, and ultimately increase international student parents’ sense of belonging and connection within and beyond the UW community.

A total of 8 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle, from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant amount was $2,571.00, with awards going to seven unique projects throughout the UW community. Below is a list of Spring 2022 grantees that were awarded and the projects that their seed grants will fund.

Career & Internship Center

Project Title: Husky Career Closet
The Husky Career Closet is stocked with free workplace clothing items that current UW-Seattle students can peruse when facing an upcoming job interview, career fair, or similar event. Open 20 hours a week year-round, the HCC provides students with the opportunity to select and keep an outfit to help them feel confident in their job search.

Chemical Engineering

Project Title: Peer Mentorship for a More Accessible Graduate Experience
The iTech Inclusion Module Project is a library of innovative teaching modules in a wide range of technology topics produced by INFO students to introduce middle & high school students to Informatics and Freshman Direct Admission at the UW. The 40-minute modules can be used individually or as a series in HS classrooms or for workshops and outreach.

Compliance & Risk Services

Project Title: Compliance & Risk Services
We hope to translate documents commonly used by youth programs at the University of Washington into the most common languages used by program participants. Providing this information to families in their preferred language demonstrates a commitment to welcoming all Washington families to participate in the opportunities provided by the UW.

Information School

Project Title: INFO & Franklin High School Girls Who Code
INFO & Girls Who Code is a collaboration with Franklin High School Girls Who Code Club, building on FHS GWCC interest in technology & introducing them to Informatics & Freshman Direct Admission. iGWC focuses on bringing the social sciences to information technology and computing, opening doors
for a broader range of students to engage with tech.

Physics

Project Title: Supporting Women in Physics
The Supporting Women in Physics workshops provide women the opportunity to discuss common concerns they face in the workplace. The program will include two workshops: pursuing a physics career, and special challenges of being both a physicist and a parent. The workshops provide a forum for women at different stages of their lives to share their experiences, advice, and solutions.

SafeCampus

Project Title: DEI Educational Video Modules to Prevent Violence
SafeCampus will promote a safe, equitable workplace culture through the creation of three educational videos that rely on evidence-based prevention principles to build skills for members of campus community who are struggling with identity-based conflict. These on-demand videos will provide some skills needed to create resilient, inclusive spaces.

School of Psychology

Project Title: UW School Psychology Equity Caucus
The Equity Caucus seeks to assist graduate students with building understanding, awareness, and capacity to advocate for marginalized students in all contexts. Encouraging students to explore their own identities and the diverse systems in which we work and live increases competencies and benefits every child we will support throughout our careers.

A total of 12 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle, from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant amount was $2,066, with awards going to 8 unique projects throughout the UW community. Below is a list of Fall 2021 grantees that were awarded and the projects that their seed grants will fund.

Astronomy Department

Project Title: Decolonizing the sky- Native American Astronomy

The goal of our project is to create and foster a relationship with our local indigenous community that encourages curiosity and an exploration of science through a specifically Native lens. This project will fund an expert to travel to campus and provide planetarium shows to the indigenous community, while also providing specific training to members of the Astronomy Department to create more inclusive outreach opportunities relating to STEM.

AVELA

Project Title: STEM Outreach to URM Middle & High School Students

We aim to provide underrepresented minority youth (defined by the NSF) across Washington state with the opportunity to build cheap heart rate monitor circuits, design and 3D print their own prototypes using CAD software, learn the basics of computing and Python coding, as well as explore the applications of machine learning in solving environmental issues.

Chemical Engineering

Project Title: Peer Mentorship for STEM success

To develop a formal peer-mentoring community connecting incoming chemical engineering students with experienced mentors to provide resources and skill building while also helping students build an engineering identity and sense of belonging. The program and results will be evaluated and refined into a guide to be shared and implemented widely.

Harborview Medical Center Interpreter Services Department

Project Title: Afghan Caseworker Cultural Mediator (CCM) Medical Interpreter Training and Certification

HMC’s Interpreter Services Department is hiring an Afghan Caseworker Cultural Mediator (CCM) to serve new arrivals. Attracting and retaining diverse staff to serve this new community is vital. The grant will provide the CCM with training and national certification as a medical interpreter, expediting hiring bilingual/bicultural staff to serve the Afghan community and promote equitable health care

Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards Project

Project Title: Retraining ourselves and our committees: Equity & anti-bias in selection processes

We hope to build a culture of accountability in scholarship selection processes through selection committee training and process revision to support committee members in actively recognizing where privilege might show up in applications, how bias might show up in reviews, and ultimately work to interrupt that bias in final selections.

Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

Project Title: Characterizing Microaggressions Among Faculty and Residents at A Tertiary Academic Center

This project will determine the prevalence and characteristics of sexist, racial, and ethnic microaggressions among physicians of various specialties and levels of seniority at the UW School of Medicine. The information gained from this analysis will inform recruitment and retention efforts aimed at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Q Center

Project Title: Menstruation Station

“In pursuit of menstrual justice, the University of Washington Q Center will purchase and distribute sustainable, eco-friendly, menstrual products free of cost to UW students in need.The initiative aims to undo and mitigate the structures of oppression that impact menstruating bodies with a focus on the needs of queer and trans folks who are often left out of menstrual discourse and care.”

Speech and Hearing Sciences

Project Title: A Holistic, Multi-Tiered Graduate Mentoring Network in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Speech and Hearing Sciences will launch a mentoring network for graduate students of historically marginalized backgrounds. The network will connect incoming students to faculty and community mentors, and to other students. In service of wellbeing and support, the program will include regular mentee-mentor meetings and quarterly events.

A total of 9 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle, from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant amount was $2,350, with awards going to 17 unique projects throughout the UW community. Below is a list of Spring 2021 grantees that were awarded and the projects that their seed grants will fund.

The Information School

Project Title: High School to iSchool “iTech Inclusion Modules Project” 

The iTech Inclusion Module Project is a library of innovative teaching modules in a wide range of technology topics produced by INFO students to introduce middle & high school students to Informatics and Freshman Direct Admission at the UW. The 40-minute modules can be used individually or as a series in HS classrooms or for workshops and outreach.

UW School of Law

Project Title: UW Law BIPOC Student, Staff, and Faculty Retreat  

The UW Law BIPOC Student, Staff, and Faculty Retreat aims to create a more inclusive learning environment where social support networks are encouraged to support community and fellowship. Participants will engage in structured workshops and social gatherings to cultivate relationships for ongoing support. 

UW Communication/Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity

Project Title: Creating an Embodied Anti-Racist Culture at the UW School of Social Work 

Resistance through Resilience: A Compassionate Approach to Interrupting Privilege is a lecture series brought to you by CCDE and the Resilience Lab that brings a critical race perspective to mindfulness and mindfulness to critical race work, enabling us to nourish ourselves and stand with our communities as we confront everyday oppression. 

Department of Landscape Architecture

Project Title: Empowering BIPOC Youth: Pathways to Sustainable Design Futures 

Establishing partnerships with community organizations is vital for empowering BIPOC youth and building pathways for these youth to enter landscape architecture and STEM fields. This project funds a student-led youth outreach program to develop and run a sustainable design studio for youth at Jack Block Park on the Duwamish River.

University of Washington Professional Staff Organization

Project Title:Creating an Embodied Anti-Racist Culture at the UW School of Social Work Collection Supremacist History of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences 

The inaugural DEI Forum, hosted by the Professional Staff Organization in collaboration with staff across UW, is a multi-session, multi-day event designed by staff, for staff, to connect, share insights, and build skills to advance anti-racism and social justice at UW and beyond.

Undergraduate Academic Affairs Advising

Project Title:Student Equity & Inclusion Improvements Initiative 

Through evaluation of data as well as first-hand conversations with our students, this initiative will work to identify gaps in programming and support in order to improve accessibility and inclusion at UW for one of the most prominent populations we serve: our Asian American students.

Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS), Graduate School Core Programs, and GO-MAP

Project Title:Lux Sit Podcast and Premiere Event

GPSS, Graduate School Core Programs, and GO-MAP will produce 12 podcasts featuring grad students from UW’s 3 campuses, highlighting BIPOC students’ lived experiences over the last year and hopes for the upcoming academic year. A premiere event will be hosted in the Fall, and products will be shared on campus media and the Open Science Framework.

School of Social Work

Project Title: Creating an Embodied Anti-Racist Culture at the UW School of Social Work Classroom Conversations 

This project focuses on creating a group for white identified staff and faculty to build an embodied anti-racist practice together utilizing My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies as a guide. The goal is to create a culture of whiteness that is anti-racist, connected, joyful, and revolutionary. 

School of Educational Studies (UW Bothell) 

Project Title: A Diversity Blueprint for the School of Educational Studies 

The School of Educational Studies will conduct a needs assessment in our teacher certification programs with the aim of creating a Diversity Blueprint for our School. The needs assessment will help us better understand barriers to and supports for recruiting, retaining, and graduating culturally and linguistically diverse teachers. 

A total of 10 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle,
from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant
amount was $2,000, with awards going to 9 unique projects throughout the UW
community. Below is a list of Fall 2020 grantees that were awarded and the projects
that their seed grants will fund.

School of Public Health – Epidemiology

Project Title: Improving the use of personal identifiers in epidemiologic
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain,
and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

The UW Epi Department’s EDI Committee will host a symposium on the use of personal identifiers and
inequalities in public health research. The sessions will include presentations from experts on best
practices for selecting, capturing, and analyzing personal identifiers in public health research, and allow time to
discuss and workshop examples.

University of Washington Bothell Information Technology

Project Title: Bias & Technology Discussion Series
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain,
and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse
Faculty

The proliferation of technology in all aspects of our work, research, teaching and learning raises
questions about the impacts of bias in technology. Join UW Bothell IT for a screening of the documentary
Coded Bias by Shalini Kantayya and a discussion series on the intersection of technology, equity, justice,
bias and discrimination.

School of Pharmacy

Project Title: FEEDBACK
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain,
and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse
Faculty

FEEDBACK encourages achievement in young students from underrepresented backgrounds. Through
mentorship and design of innovative educational tools for instructors, FEEDBACK cultivates and fosters
student engagement in STEM while promoting academic excellence.

Office of Rural Programs, School of Medicine

Project Title: Indigenizing Educational Leadership through Tribally Based Cohorts
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain,
and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Assess Tri-Campus needs

In an effort to honor place, center Indigenous perspectives and ways of being this
Indigenizing Educational Leadership through Tribally Based Cohorts project will integrate
tribal practices through the use of tribal art, Indigenous knowledge keepers and
community celebrations.

School of Aquatic and Fishery Science

Project Title: Dark Side of Hot Topics: The Settler-Colonial and White Supremacist History of Aquatic and
Fishery Sciences
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain,
and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body
This course challenges students to examine how settler-colonialism and white supremacy define fisheries
science, introduces researchers working towards equitable and inclusive outcomes, and identifies how to
undo discriminatory framings. An open-access repository with course materials will be shared to facilitate
further discussion.

UW Continuum

Project Title: Collaboration for Equitable Innovation
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain,
and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

UWC2 will provide, for free, a course on collaboration to learners from marginalized communities. On
completion of the course, learners will receive a digital badge.
UWC2 will seek feedback from learners about their experiences, establishing community & participatory
design to prioritize learners from marginalized communities in innovations.

Housing and Food Services

Project Title: HFS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Learning Session
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent
Student Body
This project focuses on building a foundation for transformational change in HFS by engaging senior
leaders and the department’s DEI Committee in a facilitated joint learning session. The session will
focus on providing and receiving feedback about organizational changes that need to occur to
eliminate barriers to equity and inclusion.

School of Law

Project Title: The Psychology of Learning: Tips on Managing Difficult Classroom Conversations
Justice Educators
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent
Student Body

The Psychology of Learning: Tips on Managing Difficult Classroom Conversations. Dr. Isaiah Pickens, a licensed
clinical psychologist, leads an interactive session on managing classroom challenges. Discuss how to identify
potential disruptions and
work through them, rather than gloss over them, to create inclusive learning environments.

A total of 32 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle, from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant amount was $2,240, with awards going to 11 unique projects throughout the UW community. Below is a list of Spring 2020 grantees that were awarded and the projects that their seed grants will fund.

ETHNIC, GENDER AND LABOR STUDIES/AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES PROGRAMS

Project Title: Indigenous Speaker Series – Dialogues About Indigenous Peoples’ Cultural and Traditional Lived Experiences.
Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed:  Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

In partnership with Native Environmental Science Faculty at the Northwest Indian College, Nez Perce Campus, the Indigenous Speaker Series remains pivotal in its focus on Tribal Participatory Research approach and traditional knowledge as a “living research” tool for adaptation to climate, promoting sustainability, and empowering resilience.

SCHOOL OF URBAN DESIGN

Project Title: DEI Workshop Series

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty

The DEI Workshop Series brings together faculty and students in the School of Urban Studies to develop awareness of identities, privileges, and prejudices in order to build cultural humility, enhance the learning environment, and improve the climate of equity and inclusion within the school.

PHILOSOPHY

Project Title: Universal Design for Learning against a Background of Injustice

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty

Universal Design for Learning against a Background of Injustice is a 3-part interdisciplinary workshop designed to reimagine philosophy pedagogy through a lens of UDL with the aim of addressing obstacles to academic achievement experienced by students of color living with the trauma of racism.

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TACOMA

Project Title: Indigenizing Educational Leadership through Tribally Based Cohorts

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Assess Tri-Campus needs

In an effort to honor place, center Indigenous perspectives and ways of being this Indigenizing Educational Leadership through Tribally Based Cohorts project will integrate tribal practices through the use of tribal art, Indigenous knowledge keepers and community celebrations.

INFORMATION SCHOOL

Project Title: FearLess Tech More!

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

The FearLess, Tech More! Innovation Challenge provides up to 100 URM high school students an opportunity to engage with experience designing technologies through mentoring and an extended hackathon in order to grow their understanding of information and technology and to inspire their interest in attending the iSchool.

STUDENT TRANSITIONS & SUCCESS

Project Title: Husky Post-Prison Pathways

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed:  Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

This program addresses one of the biggest inequities in higher ed-formerly incarcerated people. It develops a year-long transitional program in collaboration with formerly incarcerated students and alumni, pilots the program, and evaluates it. The program and results will then be refined, shared with other campuses, and expanded in future years.

CHEMISTRY

Project Title: STEMMS – Strategies and Tools for Equity Minded Mentoring in STEM

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed:  Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

Mentoring is crucial to the success of scholars at all levels in higher education. The Chemistry

Department, in collaboration with six campus units, is piloting Strategies and Tools for Equity Minded Mentoring in STEM, an eight-part series that enhances equity-minded mentoring skills for faculty, staff, post-doctoral scholars, and students.

UW COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Project Title: Rest, Repair, and the Road Ahead: A Contemplative Retreat for Social Justice Educators

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

“Rest, Repair, and the Road Ahead” provides a retreat-style opportunity for faculty and staff at the College of Education to cultivate the compassion, healing, and hopefulness needed to sustain a commitment to social justice. This workshop introduces life-sustaining contemplative practices within a relational, anti-oppressive pedagogical model.

DISABILITY RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS

Project Title: DRS Diversity Outreach Initiative

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed:  Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body, and Improve Accountability and Transparency

The DRS Diversity Outreach program will support and guide our students of color with disabilities as they navigate their UW education and pursue their educational and professional goals. We want marginalized students to feel seen, heard and supported in their right to utilize academic accommodations and adjustments, as defined by the ADA. 

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

Project Title: Building Community and Enhancing Inclusion Among UW Biology Undergraduates

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; and Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty

TriBeta is partnering with Biology Students for Equity to expand our mentorship program and establish innovative mentorship opportunities to support students from diverse backgrounds. Our targeted solution to help students navigate academic challenges includes facilitating training for mentors and discussion to promote resilience.

INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS AND SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, BOTHELL

Project Title: Graduate Student Experiences in IAS

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate

A 5-year retrospective study to evaluate and understand underrepresented minority student experiences in the Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Poetics (MFACWP), Master in Cultural Studies (MACS) and Master in Policy Studies (MAPS) programs in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.

A total of 29 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle, from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant amount was $2,414, with awards going to 14 unique projects throughout the UW community. Below is a list of Fall 2019 grantees that were awarded and the projects that their seed grants will fund.

AMERICAN ETHNIC STUDIES 

Project Title: Enhancing Diverse Collectives: Collaborations Across American Ethnic Studies and its Communities

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed:  Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body 

In preparation for the graduate degree program in American Ethnic Studies, the AES department will develop a proposal and host an intellectual-social event that will strengthen and build on the community-wide collaborations it has nurtured among a diversity of students, faculty, and staff, within and beyond the campus ever since it was inaugurated.

BROTHERHOOD INITIATIVE

Project Title: Brotherhood Initiative Leadership Retreat

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

The Brotherhood Initiative leadership retreat provides an out of classroom opportunity for additional leadership development and community bonding that focus on identity development and that will increase a sense of belonging among men of color at the University of Washington. 

DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES

Project Title: Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series 

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty 

Sacred Breath features Indigenous writers and storytellers. Storytelling offers a spiritual connection. Literature, similarly, preserves human experience and ideals. Both forms transmit power that teaches us how to live. Both storytelling and reading aloud can impact audiences through the power of presence.

DEPARTMENT OF GENOME SCIENCES

Project Title: Inclusive Excellence through Positivity: A series featuring diverse scientists’ narratives and mental health workshops for graduate students.

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Assess Tri-Campus needs

Inclusive Excellence through Positivity’ is an eight-part series that engages the UW STEM community in diversity-centered conversations with URM professionals across a variety of areas in genomics. We also provide interactive workshops through Hall Health that provides inclusive dialogue regarding mental wellness in graduate school.

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Project Title: Training Psychology Faculty in Issues of Diversity and Inclusion

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

The Department of Psychology is partnering with the Center for Teaching and Learning to develop and conduct a series of three in-person trainings to foster greater awareness and sensitivity to issues of diversity and inclusion in our faculty.

THE EVANS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, INFORMATION SCHOOL & FOSTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Project Title: Incorporating equity and inclusion into professional school teaching and courses

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed:  Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

Faculty from the Evans School, the Foster School, and the iSchool will come together for a deep dive into how to infuse issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion into their teaching and courses. By participating in the interactive multi-day workshop, faculty will learn and share best practices for inclusive teaching.

INFORMATION SCHOOL 

Project Title: Transfer-Transition-Transform!

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed:  Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

A two-year college is often the first step for URM students, including first-gen scholars. Transferring to the UW can be overwhelming and stressful. With INFO as a capacity constrained major, targeted outreach and thoughtful on-boarding/transitioning to INFO & UW are essential for URM transfer student success.

KUOW PUGET SOUND PUBLIC RADIO

Project Title: KUOW Racial Equity Management Training 2020

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

The KUOW Racial Equity Management Training 2020 project will advance the University’s Diversity Blueprint and KUOW Public Radio’s Racial Equity Teamwork by providing training to thirteen c-suite and director-level managers through participation in the “Supervising a Diverse Workplace” POD module. 

LAW, SOCIETY & JUSTICE

Project Title: LSJ Equity and Diversity Focus Groups

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed:  Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body, and Improve Accountability and Transparency

This data-gathering exercise investigates 1) Who “succeeds” among LSJ majors? 2) Do LSJ classrooms create inclusive climates and implement inclusive pedagogies and curriculums? This exercise empowers students as researchers and involves outside experts to critically evaluate LSJ practices and will result in comprehensive recommendations.

Q CENTER

Project Title: Safer Zone Summit

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; and Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty

The Safer Zone Summit is a 2-day gathering of University of Washington staff, faculty, students, and community to talk about the LGBTQ+ identities with a large emphasis on intersections of race, disability, and many other marginalized identities. This is meant to build community and coalition to support current and future members of our community.

SCHOOL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS AND SCIENCES & CENTER FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION- UW TACOMA

Project Title: Hilltop Histories: People, Place and Presence

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate

UW Tacoma’s Center for Equity and Inclusion, along with the Social and Historical Sciences Division have created “Hilltop Histories: People, Place and Presence” – a project that highlights the historical experiences of marginalized communities and increases our students’ sense of place through service.

SPEECH & HEARING SCIENCES

Project Title: Enhancing Cultural Competence in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff; and Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty; and Improve Accountability and Transparency

Speech-language pathologists and audiologists work with diverse populations, but often feel unprepared to deliver culturally competent care. This workshop trains faculty and doctoral students in best-practices for culturally competent pedagogy, including strategies for enhancing cultural competence in the next generation of clinicians and scholars.

UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

Project Title:  #IamRemarkable Workshops for International Women’s Day

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff

We will offer Google’s #IamRemarkable workshop in coordination with International Women’s Day programming. The workshops focus on the challenges that women and underrepresented minorities face in the workplace. They provide a forum for the identification and communication of accomplishments, through an exercise that teaches self-advocacy skills.

UW-IT DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (DEI CoP)

Project Title: DEI Book Group

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff and Improve Accountability and Transparency

Come read with us! All IT staff at UW are welcome to join the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Community of Practice to read & discuss books of all genres focused on DEI. Borrow from the CoP lending library, then gather with colleagues for monthly facilitated discussions and snacks.

A total of 26 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle, from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant amount was $2,175, with awards going to 16 unique projects throughout the UW community. Below is a list of Spring 2019 grantees that were awarded and the projects that their seed grants will fund.

ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAM

Project Title: For U, By U: Meeting Students Where They Are At

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body;

“For U, By U: Meeting Students Where They Are At” increases access to academic success coaching by meeting students where they are at both in terms of learning and physical location. Moreover, this project is a support program made for, and run by, non-traditional students (i.e. transfer, minority, and low-income students).

BURKE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND CULTURE

Project Title: Intro to Equity, Inclusion, and Decolonization at the Burke

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff; and Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty

In preparation for the opening of the New Burke, the Burke Museum will develop a training program for staff, volunteers, and Board members, intended to create a museum-wide shared understanding of equity and inclusion—with a particular emphasis on understanding decolonization at the Burke—that will guide operations at every level.

COLLEGE OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS

Project Title: Intercultural Competency Training: A Strategic Approach

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty; and Improve Accountability and Transparency

Cultural competency prepares students with abilities that are essential to tackle today’s global challenges. This program involves training students and faculty in cultural competency by building their capacity to appreciate multiple perspective and engage in effective interactions with far-reaching and measurable impacts.

HALL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC

Project Title: Let’s Talk: Reaching International Students

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body;

In recognition of the unique stressors faced by international students and the challenges in accessing mental health services, a new Let’s Talk site will be offered at CIRCLE with the aim of supporting the UW international student community. Let’s Talk is a free, confidential, drop-in service where students can consult with trained counselors.

INFORMATION SCHOOL

Project Title: High School to iSchool Program Series – iTech Inclusion Symposium with a theme of “The Future is Inclusive”

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body;

The iTech Inclusion Symposium provides a safe space to engage up to 200 URM high school students with innovative and interactive technology activity/play stations and an iSchool alumni panel in order to grow their understanding of information and technology and inspire their interest in attending the UW and the iSchool.

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH & LATINO CENTER FOR HEALTH

Project Title: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Health Sciences: Mentoring the Next Generation through NIH Diversity Supplements

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; and Improve Accountability and Transparency

Our two-part workshop series for UW health sciences faculty and students, highlights the benefits and application process of National Institutes of Health Diversity Supplements. This mentored research experience offers underrepresented and disabled students training, career development and funding support, in order to develop diverse researchers.

CAREER AND INTERNSHIP CENTER

Project Title: Exploring Diversity in the Workplace

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

This three-part event will prepare OMAD students to engage employers and understand workplace conventions. It will also bring top employers and diversity professionals to campus for a networking panel and mixer. Students will leave with deeper awareness of workplace cultures and better equipped to navigate the job market.

EARTHLAB

Project Title: EarthLab Salon: What does it mean to center equity and justice in environmental work?

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff; Assess Tri-Campus Diversity Needs; and Improve Accountability and Transparency

The EarthLab Salon, “What does it mean to center equity and justice in environmental work?” is a 3-part public lecture and EarthLab workshop series to highlight expertise and leadership on this subject in the UW-wide community, especially among students, and to build a foundation of shared values and language in the EarthLab community.

GO-MAP, THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

Project Title: Faculty of Color Connections: Academic and Graduate Excellence through Diversity

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; and Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty

GO-MAP and the Office for Faculty Advancement are partnering to highlight Native faculty and faculty of color across campuses. As part of the GO-MAP 50th celebration, Native faculty and faculty of color will be featured at the Faculty of Color Connections event. In addition, there will be a dedicated webpage to highlight their research and service.

HENRY ART GALLERY

Project Title: Interpretive Guide and Discussion Series

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff; and Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty

The Henry Art Gallery plans to create a printed interpretive guide comprised of student and faculty contributors for the upcoming exhibition In Plain Sight, as well as an in-gallery discussion series.

CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND CULTURAL LEADERSHIP (CIRCLE)

Project Title: CIRCLE Ambassadors Program

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate and Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

The CIRCLE Ambassadors will serve as the link to the greater UW community. Aside from ensuring domestic and international students are aware of the services available, the Ambassadors will facilitate conversations where students can be open about their transition into the University to emphasize commonalities as opposed to differences between them.

DANCE

Project Title: We Hear You: What does equity and inclusion look like in the Department of Dance?

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty; Assess Tri-Campus Diversity Needs; and Improve Accountability and Transparency

We Hear You: What does equity and inclusion look like in the Department of Dance? We seek to create an environment where discussions around equity and inclusion are a regular part of our daily culture. The Department of Dance will offer facilitated town halls, focus groups and speaking events, built around issues of equity and inclusion.

BIOLOGY

Project Title: UW Biology Majors: Building Community and Diversifying Leadership

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate and Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

Given the challenge of building community among the large population of Biology majors, departmental student organizations affiliated will facilitate focus groups to unpack gaps in community and define actionable items. By empowering students from diverse backgrounds to take leadership roles, this project will diversify leadership among our majors.

STUDENT LIFE, UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AFFAIRS & THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

Project Title: Civil Conversations Initiative 2019-20

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; and Improve Accountability and Transparency

The CCI, a cross-divisional program between the Graduate School, Minority Affairs & Diversity, Student Life, and Undergraduate Academic Affairs brings together small groups of staff to create new spaces for listening, conversation, and engagement. The results include improved skills, new relationships, and a stronger community.

UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

Project Title: Diversity and Equity Book Club

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate and Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff

The Diversity and Equity Book Club invites all University Advancement staff to read and discuss books focused on inclusion, equity, and diversity from all genres. Selections include YA fiction, essays, and poetry and focus on topics such as the experience of undocumented minors, intersectional feminism, and the history of racism in America.

CLASSICS & HISTORY

Project Title: Anti-Racism Training for Classicists, Archaeologists, and Historians

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; and Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty

The departments of Classics and History are partnering to host two workshops on Race, Basis, and Dissonance, led by diversity consultant Greg Taylor. This project brings together faculty and graduate students from Humanities and Social Sciences and lays the groundwork for future collaboration across the university on issues of diversity.

A total of 12 applications were submitted to this Diversity & Inclusion Seed Grant cycle, from a broad range of UW academic and administrative units. The average grant amount was $1,350, with awards going to seven unique projects throughout the UW community. Below is a list of Fall 2018 grantees that were awarded and the projects that their seed grants will fund.

THE WHOLE U

Project Title: The Whole U Speaker Series: Understanding Health and Wellness Through the Lens of Equity

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff; Assess Tri-Campus Diversity Needs; and Improve Accountability and Transparency

The Whole U Speaker Series: Understanding Health and Wellness Through the Lens of Equity is a five-part series that engages the UW community in research-backed conversations on issues of equity in healthcare and wellness, covering topics of mental and physical health, educational and occupational wellness, and access to marrow transplants.

INFORMATION SCHOOL

Project Title: High School to iSchool Program – “Hack for Social Good” Hackathon Kickoff

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

The Hack for Social Good hackathon will engage up to 100 11th and 12th grade Dream Project students in fun and collaborative problem solving to grow their understanding of information and technology and their interest in attending the UW and the iSchool, as well as to provide a safe space for discussions related to college/iSchool life.

COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT / UW YOUTH / UW TACOMA STUDENT TRANSITION PROGRAM

Project Title: Inclusive Approach to Educational Outreach Through Translated Informational Material

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Assess Tri-Campus Diversity Needs

The UW expands its services to diverse local communities through pre-college youth programs, from which 72% primarily serve underrepresented students. In an effort to make information accessible to non-native English speaking guardians, we will translate UW youth program enrollment forms into Spanish, and make them available to all programs.

COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Project Title: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Events

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff; and Improve Accountability and Transparency

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion advances in UW strategic vision to create inclusive learning environments. The DEI events constitute space for students, faculty, and staff to come together in dialogue through exchange of ideas and debate, as inclusion is the journey we travel to understand the roots of our identities and disciplines.

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH / QUEERX

Project Title: The University of Washington 1st Annual Interprofessional LGBTQ Health Conference

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty; and Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff

The UW 1st Annual Interprofessional LGBTQ Health Conference will provide a forum to share knowledge and research, promote discussions around institutionalized racism, transphobia, and homophobia, establish a network of LGBTQ professionals, and engage with clinicians, researchers, and community partners to advance LGBTQ health.

URBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING

Project Title: Visibility in the Field: Women of Color in Urban Planning and Design

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; and Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body;

The seed grant will fund a program with two emerging and successful women of color in urban planning. They will give us insights on authentic community engagement in diverse communities for research, pedagogy, and practice. A video will be produced and uploaded to the UDP website to remember the importance of diversity and inclusion.

DEPARTMENT OF GERMANICS

Project Title: Cross-disciplinary Conversations on Diversity and Inclusion in the World Language and Literature Classroom

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate;

The Departments of Germanics will host a workshop facilitated by a professional consultant on race, equity, and diversity in order to provide a forum for instructors in the Humanities division to develop more diverse curricula and create more inclusive learning environments in the world language and literature classroom.

AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES

Project Title: Na te reo e ora ai to tatau whare wananga: Through language our university will flourish

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty; and Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff

American Indian Studies will use their Seed Grant funds to partner with a local Pacific Island community organization and the Burke Museum in order to provide classes in indigenous North American and Pacific Island languages.

BIOLOGY

Project Title: Improving Equity, Diversity and Inclusiveness in Graduate Recruitment at UW Biology

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

With their Seed Grant funds, the Biology Department will create a series of short videos to be showcased on the graduate recruitment webpage in which current graduate students address questions, as well as share their stories and experiences. They will also hold a live webinar hosted by a diverse group of faculty members, targeted at first-generation, international, and other URM applicants.

BIOLOGY, BOTHELL

Project Title: UW-Bothell Biology Leadership Organization of Underrepresented Mentors (BLOUM)

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

The Biology Department at UW Bothell will use their Seed Grant funds to create a mentoring program targeting 1st or 2nd year undergraduates in the Biology program who are from historically underrepresented groups in STEM fields, matching them (both in and out of the classroom) with peers that have recently and successfully completed introductory courses.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Project Title: Excellence, Diversity and Inclusion: Individuals with Disabilities Engaging for Academic Success (IDEAS)

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate

The College of Engineering’s Seed Grant funds will support its DO-IT IDEAS project, which will create a peer-mentoring cohort of students with disabilities from all three UW campuses. It will host monthly workshops, facilitate online activities, provide mentoring, and generate/disseminate ideas for faculty and staff about supporting and welcoming students with disabilities, realizing that many of these students also identify as a member of other underrepresented groups.

COMMITTEE AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE (CASAARV)

Project Title: Intersectional Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Student Needs Assessment at UW-Bothell

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Assess Tri-Campus Diversity Needs; Improve Accountability and Transparency

CASARV (a subcommittee of the UW Bothell Diversity Council) will use their Seed Grant funding to support a student-focused needs assessment, which will include student focus groups on how to build a responsive and meaningful system for addressing sexual and relationship violence – experiences which may additionally impede student participation in higher education.

DIVISION OF ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS

Project Title: Recruiting American Indian Students by Connecting at Home – REACH

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

The Division of Engineering and Mathematics at UW Bothell will use their Seed Grant funding to send UW Bothell mathematics faculty to help with weekly mentoring and instruction of high school and tribal college mathematics courses in an effort to develop connections with students.

EVANS SCHOOL

Project Title: Institutes on the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate

The Evans School’s Seed Grant funding will support their efforts to incorporate additional cultural competency dialogue and training for first year MPA students through Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Institutes. IDI is a theory-based assessment of intercultural competence used by universities, corporations and organizations.

LIBRARIES & TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Project Title: Accessible Resources Day at the University of Washington Libraries

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, retain, and graduate a diverse and excellent student body; Assess Tri-Campus Diversity Needs; Improve Accountability and Transparency

With its Seed Grant funds, The UW Libraries will partner with UW Accessible Technology to host an “Accessible Resources Day at the University of Washington Libraries” during the Spring 2018 quarter. The event will be focused on best practices for accessibility of library materials among all types of libraries (school, public, and academic) across the state and region.

PHYSICS

Project Title: Highlighting Diversity and Collaboration in the Corridors of the Physics and Astronomy Building

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an inclusive campus climate; Attract, retain, and graduate a diverse and excellent student body

The Physics department will use its Seed Grant funding on a project that will replace history-focused wall decorations in the well-trafficked 1st floor hallways of the Physics and Astronomy Building with images that better represent their department and the diversity of modern physics.

Q CENTER

Project Title: Qolors

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff

The Q Center will use their Seed Grant funding for a two-part cultural event that will be part of the two-months of Qolors. The two pieces are Viva la Jotería, a queer student of color conference, and Lavish, a multi-arts showcase opportunity centering Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPoC).

SOUTHEAST ASIA CENTER

Project Title: Engaging the Diaspora: Reaching Across Area and Ethnic Studies in Southeast Asia and Southeast Asian America

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff

With their Seed Grant funds, The Southeast Asia Center will hold a series of events beginning with a “Salo-Salo,” the Filipino word for a community gathering, with Student Association members and Southeast Asian Studies, Southeast Asian-American Studies, and Southeast Asian language faculty to get to know each other and enhance student engagement in Southeast Asian studies and faculty engagement with the Southeast Asian-American undergraduate students on campus.

UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, ROBINSON CENTER

Project Title: Student Education Equity Summit: Amplifying Student Voices: Conversations on Race, Equity, and Inclusion in Education

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

The Robinson Center will use its Seed Grant funding to hold a half-day Student Education Equity Summit for high school aged youth to listen, present and participate in discussions about their experiences related to race and equity in education.

UW SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY

Project Title: A Pediatric Residency Curriculum for INclusion, CuLtural hUmility, Diversity and Equity (INCLUDE)

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty; Attract and Retain a Diverse Staff; Improve Accountability and Transparency.

The UW School of Medicine Pediatric Residency Program will design and implement a formal UW Pediatric Residency curriculum in equity, diversity, inclusion and cultural humility that will provide knowledge and tools to identify structural determinants of health and teach residents to advocate for the health and well-being of patients and families across a broad range of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, BOTHELL

Project Title: Diverse Faculty Retention at UW Bothell

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract and retain a diverse faculty

Academic Affairs will use their Seed Grant funding to develop workshops to aid diverse faculty—especially untenured faculty—with their research, publications, and creative practices.

BIOENGINEERING

Project Title: BioEmpower: Diversity and Inclusion in Bioengineering workshop

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body

BioEnspire operates under three pillars, which all build an inclusive and supportive environment in bioengineering. It will establish mentorship relationships, coordinate professional development activities and educate the undergraduate community about diversity in STEM through workshops and events.

ECONOMICS

Project Title: This is What an Economist Looks Like

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an inclusive campus climate; Attract and retain a diverse faculty; Attract and retain a diverse staff

The project aims to increase the visibility of women and minority economists and their accomplishments by identifying economists from a range of backgrounds, obtaining portraits of these economists, and composing information about each economist’s background and accomplishments to be displayed next to the corresponding portrait.

ENGINEERING

Project Title: GEM GRAD Lab at UW

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, retain, and graduate a diverse and excellent student body; Attract and retain a diverse faculty

With their Seed Grant funds the College of Engineering will host a GRAD (Getting Ready for Advanced Degrees) Lab in the fall. The Lab will provide an unparalleled opportunity for future engineering graduate students to learn more about funding and surviving graduate school, securing research internships, finding the right mentor, and preparing for the professoriate or an advanced technical position with a STEM-focused corporation or national laboratory.

ENGLISH

Project Title: Expository Writing Program

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body; Assess Tri Campus Diversity Needs; Improve Accountability and Transparency

The English Department will use its seed grant funding to pilot curriculum and teacher training initiatives that center issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion; to deepen partnerships among campus stakeholders with respects to student retention of underrepresented groups; to create and implement a long-term action plan to address student retention; and to clarify—as a large writing program with an established teacher training program—our role in promoting diversity, inclusion, and equity at UW.

ENGLISH

Project Title: Writing a Merit Assessment

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Attract and Retain a Diverse Faculty; Improve Accountability and Transparency 


This project will utilize department-wide discussions to inform a new rubric for assessing faculty merit that takes into account the full range of faculty activities and accomplishments, particularly in regards to work on behalf of diversity, equity, public scholarship, and inclusion.

GO-MAP

Project Title: Outreaching Grads Program: Championing the URM Graduate Education Pipeline

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an Inclusive Campus Climate; Assess Tri-Campus Diversity Needs; Attract, Retain, and Graduate a Diverse and Excellent Student Body.  


GO-MAP will use its Seed Grant funds to reinvent its Graduate Diversity Ambassadors Program (GDAP). They will train 25-30 URM master’s and doctoral graduate students to assist GO-MAP, UW graduate departments, UW Bothell, UW Tacoma, and the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center in their efforts to expand graduate education to URM students.

HOUSING AND FOOD SERVICES

Project Title: Development of a Diversity & Inclusion Committee

Blueprint Goal Addressed: Attract and retain a diverse staff

With their Seed Grant funding Housing and Food Services will implement staff training in order to develop a skilled and well-trained grassroots committee to lead the department’s diversity and social justice efforts.

INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTS AND SCIENCES, TACOMA

Project Title: Arts and Cultures Across American Borders: An Event Series

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an inclusive campus climate; Attract, retain, and graduate a diverse and excellent student body

This project will consist of a series of events showcasing the art, thought and writing of people who have immigrated, migrated or crossed borders to come to the United States mainland. Along with the events, these topics of “border-crossing” will be explored in a set of classes at UW Tacoma during the coming academic year.

NURSING

Project Title: Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Nursing Case Studies

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an inclusive campus climate

The School of Nursing will provide targeted training of six faculty to develop/refine and deliver case study materials that incorporate DEI elements for use in classroom and simulation laboratory teaching of undergraduate and graduate nursing students and develop a team of nurse educators committed to leading future efforts to enhance the classroom and simulated laboratory climates through inclusion of DEI values.

ODEGAARD UNDERGRADUATE LIBRARY

Project Title: Recommended Reads for Equity

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an inclusive campus climate

To build upon the success of this year’s Race & Equity Book Displays and to further engage the campus community in exploring race, equity, and diversity through reading and discussions, Odegaard Undergraduate Library will embark on a new project: Recommended Reads for Equity. Recommended Reads for Equity will engage the campus community in critical conversations, reading, critical thinking and community building.

PUBLIC HEALTH/GO-MAP

Project Title: SPH/Go-Map Programming Partnership

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, retain, and graduate a diverse and excellent student body

In order to provide School of Public Health students, and a broader Health Sciences audience with better access to Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program (GO-MAP) resources and staff, SPH and GO-MAP will work together to host regular GO-MAP programming (Power Hour, Real Talk Tuesdays) in the Health Sciences Center/South Campus Center complex on a quarterly basis.

THE BROTHERHOOD INITIATIVE

Project Title: Fall Leadership Summit

Blueprint Goal Addressed: Attract, retain, and graduate a diverse and excellent student body; Cultivate an inclusive campus climate

Seed Grant funding will help the Brotherhood Initiative add supplemental programming to their leadership curriculum for the current BI cohort (2016-2017) and the incoming freshman class of 2017, with a Leadership Summit scheduled for October 6-8, 2017 at Camp Waskowitz in North Bend, WA.

UW CONTINUUM COLLEGE

Project Title: Courageous Conversation Series

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Cultivate an inclusive campus climate

The Courageous Conversations Series will follow a pair of Equity 101 workshops, and the Seed Grant will fund speakers and facilitators that will help to bring UWC2 staff together to discuss the larger themes covered in the Equity 101 sessions. Six one‐hour sessions will be held and a certificate of completion will be offered to all UWC2 participants who attend three of the Courageous Conversations sessions.

UW SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, SPOKANE

Project Title: URiM Pre-medical Resource Fair for Underrepresented Undergraduates

Blueprint Goal(s) Addressed: Attract, retain, and graduate a diverse and excellent student body

The UW School of Medicine URiM student group will hold a pre-medical workshop and resource fair for underrepresented students interested in medicine in the fall of 2017 in Spokane, WA. Our goals are to encourage underrepresented students to explore medicine as an achievable career option and to help pre-medical students successfully apply to medical school. Students will leave with application resources and a better understanding of the path to medicine: what it takes to apply, what it’s like to be a medical student, and the role physicians play in our community. We hope to also strengthen the UWSOM/ Gonzaga partnership and foster community between UWSOM faculty and students and local undergraduate.