Yesterday marked a wonderful and special moment in our University’s partnership with the South Seattle community as we opened the Othello-UW Commons. This facility is the physical embodiment of our commitment to our South Seattle friends and neighbors on a range of issues including healthcare, economic development, cultural and artistic enrichment, and education from preschool to post-graduate education. Thank you to everyone who made this opening possible. I can’t wait to see what happens as this shared space deepens our existing partnerships and catalyzes new ones. And I really loved the ease of getting there from the UW campus on our city’s growing light rail system!
![Two story crowd of people at Othello Commons opening](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17111817/two-floor-othello-commons-crowd-300x200.jpg)
![UW Othello Commons manager Selam Misgano welcomes the crowd](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17141026/Othello-Selam-300x200.jpg)
![President Ana Mari Cauce at the Othello Commons opening day event](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17111752/Othellow-Commons-speaker-AMC-300x200.jpg)
![UW student Samia Ali at the Othello Commons opening](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17111741/othellow-commons-speaker-2-300x200.jpg)
![Mark Richards, Ana Mari Cauce, Anthoni Duong and Ahlaam Ibrahim at Othello Station](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17111716/othellow-commons-AMC-MAR-rail-station-300x200.jpg)
![Community leader Gregory Davis at the opening of the Othello Commons](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17111658/othello-commons-speaker-1-300x200.jpg)