Alumni Newsletter
March 17, 2016
Message from the director, Lincoln Johnson
Student engagement comes in so many forms. In fact, it can be overwhelming for UW students who are faced with opportunity, upon opportunity, upon opportunity. Thankfully, GPSS and ASUW continually seek more effective ways to connect with students and engage the next generation of student leadership. For some of you reading this newsletter, that connection…
Home for the Holidays recap
The seventh annual Home for the Holidays (H4H) was held on Dec. 23 in the HUB Fireplace Lounge. This annual event is for those alumni who served on the ASUW Board of Control/Directors and/or served as a GPSS officer. Over 80 student alumni leaders from the 1960s through 2015 gathered to catch up with one…
New Office of Student Veteran Life on campus
We are thrilled to announce the creation of the Office of Student Veteran Life here at the UW! Student Veteran Life was created to meet the programming and academic needs of student veterans, and to act as a supportive community for both current military members and veterans. Along with that, the office’s major priorities for…
Huskies on the Hill Lobby Day
On February 9, UW students traveled to Olympia, WA for the annual “Huskies on the Hill Lobby Day.” Huskies on the Hill is coordinated through the ASUW Office of Government Relations. Over 100 students met with Senate and House legislators to share their individual stories and highlight issues such as increased higher education funding for…
Sixth annual Everybody Every Body Fashion Show
The sixth annual Everybody Every Body Fashion Show was held on March 7 in the HUB ballroom, featuring over 150 models that strut their stuff in clothing by 18 local retailers. The goal of the fashion show is to focus on more than just image and appearance – giving attention to individual identities and celebrating…
Art commissions display in the HUB
Recently, the HUB installed five commissioned art pieces that were created by internationally renowned Coast Salish artists, Shaun Peterson and Marvin Oliver, ’73, MFA. The commissions include, Frog and Moon Panel, Three Salmon, Storm Wind, and North Wind with Ravens, which are the vision of Shaun Peterson, a member of the Puyallup nation, as well…
Student and alumni spotlights: Tyler Wu and Dawn Yamane Hewett
Q&A with Tyler Wu: What is your most memorable UW class? Community Environment and Planning (CEP) 200! Who is your hero? Why? I know this sounds cheesy, but my mom. After immigrating to the United States from Vietnam after the war, she had nothing. Ever since then, she has done nothing but work her butt…
November 17, 2015
Message from the HUB Director, Lincoln Johnson
Welcome to the fall 2015 edition of the HUB alumni newsletter! The school year started out beautifully, not only in terms of bright and lovely weather, but also with the excitement that comes with the arrival of new students and the return of student leaders from all over campus. The HUB continues to bustle and…
HUB Leadership Fund supports four students’ conference travels
Thanks to the generous contributions to the HUB Fund for Excellence in Student Leadership, four students were selected to receive the inaugural HUB Leadership Fund Scholarships to attend a national leadership conference. Riya Nath, Stacey Hurwitz, Andrew Arakaki and Joshua Dawson had the great fortune to respectively attend the National Conference for College Women Student…
ASUW president speaks at Convocation
The 32nd annual freshman Convocation was held on September 27 in Alaska Airlines Arena/Hec Ed Pavilion. Convocation is the UW’s official “welcome to campus” event for first-year students. It traditionally features comments from the ASUW president. This year, Tyler Wu, 2015-16 president, delivered a moving and memorable talk about the uncomfortable nature of the first…
ASUW Commission spotlight
On October 1, the ASUW Black Student Commission (BSC) had an informational tabling event during Dawg Daze (UW’s welcome week), with the purpose of educating freshman about the many opportunities on campus to get involved in black-affiliated student organizations. Adaeze Medani, ASUW BSC director, reports that students were able to network and meet members of…
HUB alumni spotlights: Alex Bolton and Judi Nicastro
Alex Bolton, 2015-16 GPSS president What is your most memorable UW class? As an undergraduate, it was state government taught by the late great David Olson. He helped me fall in love with Washington state government. In law school, it would either be Washington State Constitutional law, or Washington state and local law, both taught…
May 4, 2015
2015 Annual Winter Powwow
The annual Winter Powwow was held on January 24 at the HUB, hosted by the ASUW American Indian Student Commission. Featuring the Emmy-Award winning singers BlackLodge as host drum, the event drew over 700 Native American community members and allies from as far away as Vancouver, Canada, Montana, Idaho, Eastern Washington and Oregon. This 26-plus…
The Blank Monologues
The ASUW Women’s Action Commission presented the production of The ______ Monologues, previously known as The Vagina Monologues, held on February 12 through 14 in the HUB. The _______ Monologues is an entirely student written and organized production featuring 10 UW students who shared their personal stories of survival, identity and resistance through a range…
ASUW Arts & Entertainment Geek Week
ASUW Arts & Entertainment, HUB Culture & Pop Programs and a coalition of geek-themed special-interest registered student organizations worked together to produce the second annual UW Geek Week in the HUB, featuring a week’s worth of events and activities focused on technology-related and intellectual entertainment. Highlights of the “geekend” in late February included events such…
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