UW Impact

On April 11, 2012, the state legislators passed a budget that contains NO CUTS to higher education.  Legislators on both sides of the aisle agreed: preserving state funding for higher education is critical to the long-term health and vitality of our state. Thank you, advocates.  Your commitment to advocating for the UW made a real difference. Read more [...]

Your advocacy is working: the two most recent versions of the state budget contain ZERO additional cuts to higher education.  Read more about the “compromise budget” here: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2017757250_republicans_and_democrats_agre.html Our work is not finished, however: these budgets are still in various stages of negotiation.  Contact your legislators today to ask them to hold fast to the no-education-cuts [...]

Into the early hours of Saturday morning, Senate budget negotiations took an unexpected turn in Olympia.  The resulting proposal is detrimental to higher education and the UW. The new Senate budget proposal contains $30 million in cuts to higher education – cuts that disproportionately affect the UW and WSU.  This budget proposes a reduction in [...]

In the face of budget cuts, some common-sense legislative reforms would allow the UW to operate more efficiently and to have flexibility in its business practices. Senate Bill 5576 would REDUCE the costs of campus construction projects for the UW, creating much-needed jobs and allowing UW to provide the labs, classrooms and other learning environments so [...]

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All six of Washington’s public university presidents in one place? You bet. Tonight, 2/1, they will discuss the higher ed funding crisis and how it affects our state. Please join us at Town Hall for this unprecedented event. http://townhallseattle.org/six-presidents-an-unprecedented-conversation-on-higher-education-funding-in-washington/

David Horsey, UW alumnus and Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, has written an eloquent blog post on his love for the University of Washington and his frustration over continued cuts to higher education.  We share Horsey’s frustration and encourage other UW admirers to read this post and to use UW Impact’s resources to contact your elected officials [...]

UW Impact is saddened to learn of the death of Senator Scott White (D-46).  Senator White was a tireless advocate for higher education and the University of Washington, from which he received a master’s degree in public administration in 2001. Alison Carl White has released the following statement: Scott’s family and I wish to express our appreciation [...]

Kudos to the University of Washington for 150 years as a provider of educational excellence and access to our state’s best and brightest. The sesquicentennial offers a compelling glance back at the school’s remarkable history and accomplishments, but the occasion can also serve as a reminder of the UW’s valued role as one of the [...]

The Seattle Times Co., along with five co-sponsors, is launching a yearlong public-education campaign to highlight the impact of Washington state’s higher-education system on job creation and quality of life. Called The Greater good Campaign, it aims to build awareness that the state’s higher-education system provides a broader public good by creating jobs and enhancing [...]