A bus full of Husky fans ( a few Cougs joined us) headed down to Pullman for the 101st Apple Cup which was dubbed the “snow globe” game. It was cold, wet and snowy but the Dawgs came home with the trophy for the 6th year in a row. Thank you to everyone who joined our inaugural Spokane to Pullman Apple Cup bus trip.
Over 2500 hundred 5th graders gathered at the Spokane Convention Center for the T (Technical) 2(year college) 4( year college) college and career fair. Six colleges and universities were in attendance along with local law enforcement, lawyers, fire fighters and scientists, among others. UW was the bag sponsor again this year, all 2500 kids were running around collecting information from local companies and schools to put in their UW branded bag.
63 students (9 of which were GU undergrads who did research at UW) gathered at Gonzaga’s Hemingson Center for a poster session to discuss what projects they worked on this Summer.
Dr. Kaeberlein joined us here in Spokane to discuss Dogs and the Human Science of Aging. Read the story below from Kate Vanskike-Bunch, Senior Publications Editor & Content Strategist from Gonzaga University.
https://www.gonzaga.edu/news-events/stories/2018/10/16/living-longer-better-what-dogs-teach
For the third year in a row UW (Medicine, CoMotion, Alumni, Foster, External Affairs and Marketing) sponsored Bark in the Park night at the Spokane Indians. Dubs was able to join us this year which made the night extra special. Every one in attendance enjoyed getting to meet him and see him off as he is set to retire after this years football season. Thank you to the Husky faithful for joining us for what was a great night.
The University of Washington was the premier sponsor of this year conference held in Spokane July 22-25. The mission of this conference is “To increase the economic well-being and quality of life for all citizens of the region, while maintaining and enhancing our natural environment (http://www.pnwer.org/mission.html).”
Several college and university presidents from around the Pacific Northewest region including our vary own President Cauce, came together for a presidents round table discussion.
Also joining us here in Spokane was Dr. Nora Disis, Dr. John Scott and Dr, David Tauben who discussed advances in tele medicine and research.
It was another successful year at Hoopfest, the largest 3-on-3 basketball tournament in the country. UW sponsored four courts and a team comprised of dental students that just completed their first year here in Spokane.
The Spokane Center was open for the weekend handing swag out and we welcomed current and former students to cool off in our space, along with several Husky fans, parents and Hoopfest players.
The College Success Foundation (https://www.collegesuccessfoundation.org/wa/home) which provides a unique integrated system of supports and scholarships to inspire underserved, low-income students to finish high school, graduate from college and succeed in life. They brought just over 300 students from Spokane and Yakima to tour campus, hear about the admissions process and how to succeed in the process. This was the second year students from this organization visited campus and we had more students apply to UW last year (for Fall 2018 admission) than they ever have. Based on the feedback received from this trip we expect another record year of applications.
Over the past month we’ve been busy attending college singing days across the East side of the state. From West Valley High school in Spokane to Hanford High School in Richland, students are excited to be heading off to UW this Fall. To help spread the Purple and Gold, yard signs were made to honor the #newhuskies2018 and welcome them to the #uwfamily.
Check out the below article in today’s Journal of Business which serves Spokane and Kootenai counties.
https://www.spokanejournal.com/special-report/medex-northwest-an-assist-to-the-provider-gap/