Summer 2004 |
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Letter from the Dean
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| When the University announces its recognition awards each spring—honoring exceptional faculty, staff, students, and alumni—the College of Arts and Sciences is always well represented. This year is no exception.
Among the recipients of UW awards in 2004 are six A&S faculty (one receiving the honor posthumously), two teaching assistants, and a staff member, all highlighted in our Awards and Honors section. In celebrating these
recipients’ individual successes, which are considerable,
we celebrate the very best of what we are as a college. Their commitment
and passion shine through in their teaching, their mentoring of
students, and their creative contributions to the College. With
their contagious enthusiasm, these individuals inspire the rest
of us to do The College recently
presented another annual award, the Dean’s
Medal, to the top graduating senior in each of its four divisions.
This year’s medalists all have stellar grades and rigorous
course loads, but they also share something more: a willingness
to embrace all that the University offers. They have studied abroad,
participated in faculty research, served as tutors, and founded
student organizations. They have made Such opportunities continue to grow. One example is the increasing availability of study abroad programs. Through the dozens of international programs now offered, UW students can gain new perspectives on other cultures and their own. The UW’s Rome Center has been a wonderful resource for this, housing many A&S study abroad programs, including a new program offered by the Department of Communication. Even courses taught on campus now have innovative links to other nations. Students taking second-year Spanish recently created children’s books for a library in Guatemala; a new School of Art course involves close ties with weavers in Nepal, and the School of Music’s Wind Ensemble embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime, ten-day tour of Japan. All of these opportunities enrich students’ learning in ways that no textbook ever could. In other news, the University of Washington recently welcomed its new president, Mark Emmert, who arrived in June. Mark knows the University well—particularly from a student’s perspective— having earned his B.A. in political science at the UW in 1975. I look forward to working with him and sharing in the optimism and promise that new leadership brings. I also wish to acknowledge all that Lee Huntsman has done as president for the past two years. We in the College thank him for his tireless advocacy of the University and for guiding us through this challenging period. His commitment to public higher education and the University of Washington has served all of us exceedingly well. Sincerely, David Hodge [Summer 2004 - Table of Contents]
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