Legislative District 24
UW community members are living and working in districts across Washington state. Here's how we are making an impact in your neck of the woods.
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FAST FACTS
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2,764 alumni
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49 Husky Promise students
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203 UW students
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149 UW faculty and staff
FEATURED HUSKIES FROM THE 24TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
Kate Dean is a county comissioner for Jefferson County. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Dean has helped maintain critical services — the landfill, law enforcement, immunizations, courts, elections — while keeping county employees and the public safe. "In the spirit of never letting a good crisis go to waste, leaders must also be thinking about how COVID-19 provides an opportunity to re-think systems that don’t work for many people."
Dr. Arne Schick, UWSOD RIDE Class of 2020, came to the RIDE Program from Port Angeles, WA. Dr. Schick completed his RIDE clinical rotations at Columbia Valley Community Health in Chelan, WA and Columbia Basin Community Health Association in Othello, WA and received a James & Joyce Oates Scholarship upon graduation. Dr. Schick is now a Dental officer at US Public Health Service (USPHS) detailed to the US Coast Guard.
Dr. Liza Mathias, UWSOD RIDE Class of 2013, was part of the 2nd graduating Class for the RIDE program. Dr. Mathias completed both of her clinical rotations at NEW Health Colville Dental located in Colville, WA. She graduated second in her class and was granted honorary membership into Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honor Society, which also awarded her scholarships in each of the previous three years. Dr. Mathias continued her post-graduate work at Idaho State University’s Advanced Education in General Dentistry program in Boise, where she practiced with specialist mentors in all areas of dentistry. Upon graduation, Dr. Mathias returned to her hometown in Port Townsend, a Dental Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), to open her own practice, Uptown Dental, serving patients in her own community.
"The RIDE program has been an exceedingly positive experience for me. From the one-on-one attention you get with instructors in the lab first year, to the robust clinical experiences in our second and fourth years, this program has allowed me to grow in both my skills as well as my independence in dentistry. I am from a rural town on the Olympic Peninsula called Port Angeles, Washington. The RIDE program provides me with clinical experience in other rural areas around Washington, which will help me better serve the community in my hometown when my wife and I settle back down there. Additionally, my roots run deep with the University of Washington School of Dentistry. I am going to be a fourth-generation dentist in my family following my mother (UW ’93), grandfather (UW ’54), and great grandfather (who graduated from a different dental school before UW SOD existed). I am honored and excited to be attending the same dental school as my family and aspire to carry on their legacy of providing high quality, patient-centered dental care."
SERVING THE 24TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT
The UW facilitates hundreds of programs in communities across the state. Below are a few that operate in your district. Programs active as of January 2023.
Washington Sea Grant
Washington Sea Grant is part of a national network of Sea Grant programs administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For over 50 years, WSG has funded high impact research projects and partnered with communities, businesses, educators and the public to advance regional understanding and sustainable use of our ocean and coastal resources. Washington Sea Grant strives to support healthy, productive and resilient coastal and marine ecosystems that sustain our state’s diverse cultural and maritime heritage, vibrant coastal communities, clean waters and beaches, prosperous fisheries and aquaculture, and diverse wildlife.
Olympic Natural Resources Center
The Olympic Natural Resources Center, located near Forks, WA, was created by the Legislature in 1991 to integrate ecological and economic concerns. Administered by the University of Washington, it serves as a catalyst for research and application in support of communities and natural resources on the Olympic peninsula, with specific programs on forestry, harmful algae, salmon restoration, social sciences and science-based adaptive management. The center engages UW campus assets with communities, public agencies and other stakeholders under a rural sustainability model that includes people as part of the ecosystem.
UW in the High School
Through the UW in the High School program, high school sophomores, juniors and seniors can complete University of Washington courses — and earn college credit — in their own classrooms with their own teachers. Teachers are approved and trained by UW faculty to teach official UW courses using UW curriculum, activities, texts, tests and grading scales. Participating students can earn college credits at a fraction of the cost, and these credits are accepted by most colleges and universities across Washington and around the country. Partner high schools can offer UW coursework in computer science, math, science, world languages, humanities and social sciences. Check out which schools UW in the High School is partnering with in your area.
24TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES
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Sen. Kevin Van De Wege (D)Sen. Kevin Van De Wege (D)
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Rep. Mike Chapman (D)Rep. Mike Chapman (D)
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Rep. Steve Tharinger (D)Rep. Steve Tharinger (D)