The University of Washington is a public research university in Seattle,Washington,United States. Founded in 1861,the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the United States.
Walla Walla University is a private Adventist university in College Place,Washington. The university has five campuses throughout the Pacific Northwest. It was founded in 1892 and is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The George Washington University is a private federally-chartered research university in Washington,D.C. Originally named Columbian College,it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is the first university founded under Washington,D.C.'s jurisdiction. It is one of the nation's six federally chartered universities.
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.
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 predetermined 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 University of Wisconsin–Parkside is a public university in Somers,Wisconsin,United States. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and has 4,644 students,161 full-time faculty,and 89 lecturers and part-time faculty. The university offers 33 undergraduate majors and 11 master's degrees in 22 academic departments. UW–Parkside is one of two universities in the UW System not named for the city in which it is located,the other being UW–Stout. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
University of Wisconsin–Platteville is a public university in Platteville,Wisconsin. Part of the University of Wisconsin System,it offers bachelor's and master's degrees. The university has three colleges that serve over 8,000 students on-campus and an additional 3,000 students through its five distance education programs.
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 Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) is the student association at the University of Washington. It is funded and supported by the University's Services and Activities Fee with which it provides services that directly and indirectly benefit student life. The ASUW consists of over 80 student employees and 500 volunteers,and the organization spends approximately $1.5 million annually to run events,lobby the legislature,and fund various Registered Student Organizations as they put on their own programs.
The University of Washington Tacoma is a satellite campus of the University of Washington and located in Tacoma,Washington,United States. It is a public university. The UW Tacoma campus opened its first classrooms in repurposed warehouses in downtown Tacoma in 1990 and opened its permanent campus in 1997.
Initiative 200 was a Washington state initiative filed by Scott Smith and Tim Eyman. It sought to prohibit racial and gender preferences by state and local government. It was on the Washington ballot in November 1998 and passed with 58.22% of the vote. It added to Washington's law the following language:
The state shall not discriminate against,or grant preferential treatment to,any individual or group on the basis of race,sex,color,ethnicity,or national origin in the operation of public employment,public education,or public contracting.
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.
The University of Washington Continuum College,formerly the University of Washington Educational Outreach,is the continuing education and professional development unit of the University of Washington in Seattle.
Walla Walla High School is a public high school in Walla Walla,Washington that is the largest school in the Walla Walla Public School System.
M. Brian Blake is an American computer scientist/software engineer and the eighth president of Georgia State University. He was previously the executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at George Washington University;executive vice president of academic affairs and the Nina Henderson Provost at Drexel University;the dean of the graduate school and vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Miami;an associate dean for research and professor at the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame;and department chair and professor of computer science at Georgetown University.
Stan LeRoy Albrecht is an American educator,university administrator,and scholar. He served as the president of Utah State University from 2005 to 2016.
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.
John D. Simon was the 14th President of Lehigh University in Bethlehem,Pennsylvania from July 1,2015 to June 30,2021. He previously served as executive vice president and provost at the University of Virginia.
Ana Mari Cauce is an American psychologist and academic administrator,currently serving as the 33rd president of the University of Washington since October 2015.
