March 17, 2022
UW Impact Seeks Associate Director
Program: UW Impact, UW Alumni Association FTE: 1.0 Supervised by: Senior Director of UW Impact Location: Washington Commons at the UW Tower/Hybrid up to 2 days per week. Updated: Mar 2022 Position Purpose The UW Alumni Association (UWAA) seeks an associate director for UW Impact, the legislative advocacy program of the independent, non-profit UWAA. UW Impact mobilizes UW
March 11, 2022
Thanks, Huskies! 2022 Legislative Session Recap
We have come to the end of the state legislative session, and the news is good: Our Legislature made significant investments in the UW and higher education. Advocates like YOU helped secure the following outcomes: Access and Affordability: The Legislature invested in an expansion of the Washington College Grant, which will allow qualifying students to receive bridge grants for non-tuition expenses
February 15, 2022
Alumni Advocacy Days | Feb 16, 17, 18
Time to mobilize, Huskies! We’re emailing our lawmakers this week, and this legislative session is chock full of budgetary requests and bills that address the higher education priorities YOU identified in our October 2021 survey: access and affordability, maintaining the UW’s quality and excellence, and expansion of high-demand degree programs. Here is the elevator speech version: We are supporting programs
January 24, 2022
8th Annual Legislative Preview: Watch Now
On Jan. 6, 2022, leaders in private and public higher education and state government gathered online for the 8th annual UW Impact Legislative Preview. The event, titled Restoring Public Trust in Higher Education, discussed what can be done to restore public confidence in our colleges and universities. Brian Flahaven from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education opened the conversation
January 6, 2022
2022 Legislative Priorities
Happy New Year, Huskies! The legislative session starts on January 10, 2022, and UW Impact is ready. We surveyed our alumni again in late 2021 to discern which higher education issues they cared about most. The answers were both clear and familiar: alums care about access and affordability, maintaining quality and excellence, and expanding high-demand degree opportunities. One of the
January 5, 2022
2022 UW Impact Legislative Preview
Join us for the 8th annual Legislative Preview, taking place virtually on January 6, 2022. The topic? Restoring Public Trust in Higher Education. We have university presidents! We have lawmakers! Best of all, we have nearly 80 of your questions, which have helped us shape the program. Learn more and register here.
October 15, 2021
Summer Book Club Selection Leads to Judicial System Refresher
UW Impact, along with the UW Alumni Association and UW Bookstore, continued our summer book club program partnership in 2021. This program began four years ago as a way to bring together UW alums from different political and philosophical backgrounds to read common books. We hoped to challenge one’s thinking, encourage civic dialogue, civic engagement and reflect statewide perspectives. This
August 3, 2021
Vote and Read with UW Impact
Summer greetings from UW Impact! First, we strongly encourage all UW Impact advocates to participate in your civic duty to vote. Tuesday, August 3 – is Election Day here in Washington state. Ballot boxes close at 8pm. You still have time to vote! Your voice matters — make sure you use it. Second: it’s time for summer reading! Each summer,
July 7, 2021
Summertime Engagement with Lawmakers
Summertime is a great time to connect with legislators. Lawmakers engage with constituents at a furious pace during the legislative session each winter and spring, so summer engagement is a way to distinguish yourself and to make your legislative priorities known. Building relationships with legislators can be as simple as meeting for coffee on a Saturday morning or sending an
June 9, 2021
Reflections from our UW Impact Intern
UW Impact’s student intern, Manaal Shafi, wrapped up her internship with UW Impact this month. Manaal graduated in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic with a dual degree in Political Science and Law, Societies & Justice degrees. At the end of her internship, she took time to share reflections on her work with us in helping to advocate for public higher education.