College of Arts and Sciences
Winter 1998
Faculty are beginning to explore the World Wide Web's potential as a teaching tool, with encouraging results.
As part of a 400-level music education course, "Music for Children," UW undergraduates prepare and teach short segments about music to elementary school students.
Four exceptional Arts & Sciences students received the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for the past year. Given their talent and motivation, it's no surprise that the selection committee was impressed.
A pair of graduate students in sociology wanted to help the homeless, so they began organizing a weekly Friday night meal in a church basement. Two years later, the program is still going strong.
Atmospheric sciences faculty, working with scientists from the Fisheries Research Institute, have been studying a decades-long climate shift and its causes.
Michael Christensen, an alumnus of the School of Drama, brings joy to hospitalized children by clowning around.
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