The University of Washington is a public research university in Seattle,Washington. Founded in 1861,approximately a decade after the founding of Seattle,the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the United States.
Whitman College is a private liberal arts college in Walla Walla,Washington. The school offers 53 majors and 33 minors in the liberal arts and sciences,and it has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1. Whitman was the first college in the U.S. to require comprehensive exams for graduation.
The Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college in Olympia,Washington. Founded in 1967,it offers a non-traditional undergraduate curriculum in which students have the option to design their own study towards a degree or follow a pre-determined path of study. Full-time students can enroll in interdisciplinary academic programs,in addition to stand-alone classes. Programs typically offer students the opportunity to study several disciplines in a coordinated manner. Faculty write substantive narrative evaluations of students' work in place of issuing grades.
The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York is a public research institution and postgraduate university in New York City. Serving as the principal doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York (CUNY) system,The CUNY Graduate Center is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very High Research Activity". The school is situated in the landmark B. Altman and Company Building at 365 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan,opposite the Empire State Building. The CUNY Graduate Center has 4,600 students,31 doctoral programs,14 master's programs,and 30 research centers and institutes. A core faculty of approximately 140 is supplemented by over 1,800 additional faculty members from CUNY's eleven senior colleges and New York City's cultural and scientific institutions.
Richard Levis McCormick is a historian,professor and president emeritus of Rutgers University.
Mark Allen Emmert is the former president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. He was the fifth CEO of the NCAA;he was named as the incoming president on April 27,2010,and assumed his duties on November 1,2010,and remained in office until March 1,2023.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education is a school within the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Although teacher education was offered at the university's founding in 1848,the School was officially started in 1930 and today is composed of 10 academic departments. U.S. News &World Report in its 2023 Best Grad School rankings rated UW-Madison's School of Education No. 5 among public institutions. In addition,U.S. News ranked nine education specialty areas,and UW–Madison’s School of Education is the only school in the nation to have a top-10 ranking in all nine —including the No. 1-ranked Educational Psychology program. Diana Hess succeeded Julie Underwood as the school's ninth dean in August 2015.
Elson S. Floyd was an American educator who served as the 10th president of the four-campus Washington State University from May 21,2007 to June 20,2015. Floyd was also the first African American to be named president of Washington State University. Floyd also served as president of the University of Missouri System and president of Western Michigan University. Floyd was the Chairman of the Pac-12 CEO Group.
Robert Allen Skotheim is an American educator who has served as president of several colleges and institutions.
David Ward was the president of the American Council on Education from September 2001 to September 2008. In 2011 he was appointed Interim Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison,where he served a prior term as Chancellor from 1993 to 2001,Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs from 1989 to 2003,and Associate Dean of the Graduate School from 1980 to 1987.
University of Washington Continuum College,formerly Educational Outreach is the continuing education and professional development unit of the University of Washington (UW),in Seattle,Washington. Founded in 1912,UW Continuum College was originally the branch of the university offering correspondence courses. Today,this UW unit provides wide-ranging programs for non-traditional and lifelong learning students,including degree programs,certificate programs,and select courses through UW Professional &Continuing Education,Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs),UW in the High School,UW Summer Quarter,UW Summer Youth,UW International &English Language Programs,Osher Institute for Lifelong Learning at the UW,and Conference Services. The programs provided are fee-based and self-sustaining and do not receive state funds for support.
Frances Shipman Penrose Owen was a community volunteer in Seattle,Washington,a 22-year member of the Seattle School Board and the first woman on the Board of Regents of Washington State University,the state's land-grant research institution,serving from 1957 to 1975.
Thomas Edward Cronin is a political scientist. He was president of Whitman College from 1993 to 2005. He was the McHugh Professor of American Institutions and Leadership at Colorado College. Cronin's field of study is the 'expanding power of the American presidency in the 20th century'. He has also written extensively on American elections,political novels and movies.
Soaring Stones,also known as Rouse Rocks,Soaring Rocks,and Stones on Sticks,is a 1990 granite-and-steel sculpture by John T. Young. It was first installed in the Transit Mall of Portland,Oregon,and was later sited as Soaring Stones #4 at Whitman College in Walla Walla,Washington. The sculpture was commissioned for $100,000 to replace a fountain that was removed during construction of Pioneer Place.
The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine is a public medical school headquartered in Spokane,Washington. Founded in 2015,it is part of Washington State University,and is the second public medical school in the state of Washington. It welcomed its inaugural class in the fall of 2017,joining the University of Washington and Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences as one of three medical schools in the state.
Charles Z. Smith was an American judge who served as a Washington State Supreme Court Justice from 1988 to 2002. He was the first person of color and the first African American to hold the position.
Ana Mari Cauce is an American psychologist and academic administrator,currently serving as the 33rd president of the University of Washington since October 2015.
Robert D. Crutchfield is an American sociologist and professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Washington. He is known for his book Get A Job:Labor Markets,Economic Opportunity,and Crime,which was published in 2014.
Regan A. R. Gurung is an American psychologist and award-winning author.
