UW Board of Regents
October 24, 2022
Sociology Professor Alexes Harris appointed UW’s first Faculty Regent
Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Alexes Harris, professor of sociology, to the Board of Regents, effective Oct. 21, 2022. Harris becomes the first to hold the new Faculty Regent position on the Board.
December 14, 2020
Gift celebrates success of UW student and faculty work to grow businesses in underserved communities
The University of Washington today announced a $100,000 gift from UW Regent Joanne Harrell and her husband, former longtime Seattle elected leader Bruce Harrell, benefitting the Consulting and Business Development Center (CBDC) at the Foster School of Business.
June 14, 2017
Gov. Inslee appoints UW second-year law student Jaron Goddard as new student regent
Gov. Jay Inslee has named Jaron Goddard as the next student member of the University of Washington Board of Regents for the 2017-18 school year.
May 31, 2016
Gov. Inslee appoints UW undergrad Austin Wright-Pettibone as new student regent
Gov. Jay Inslee named Austin Wright-Pettibone as the next student member of the University of Washington Board of Regents for the 2016-17 school year. Wright-Pettibone, a Kirkland native, is an undergraduate studying chemical engineering and becomes the first undergraduate since 2008 to be selected as the UW’s student regent. He graduated from Inglemoor High School in…
October 13, 2015
UW Regents name Ana Mari Cauce president
The University of Washington Board of Regents selected Interim President Ana Mari Cauce to be the 33rd president of the University at a special meeting of the board Tuesday. She is the first woman to be named to the position and the first Latina. The selection will become effective upon successful completion of contract terms.
June 2, 2015
Public policy, business graduate student named next UW student regent
Gov. Jay Inslee has named Vanessa Kritzer, a graduate student at the University of Washington, as the next student member of the UW Board of Regents. The year-long appointment is effective July 1.
