Dressed in suits and dresses, students and community members gathered Wednesday for the 10th annual Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC) Awards Gala, a celebration honoring community members’ activism efforts.
When the clinical law program at the UW School of Law had its annual clinic fair in the beginning of spring quarter, a new clinical program stood among rows of existing ones. After learning of the new program, some students grew concerned.
The green grass of Denny Field was peppered with a spectrum of colors last Friday as students threw colored powders at each other at Holi, a festival of colors put on by the Indian Student Association (ISA) and the South Asian Student Association (SASA) in partnership with the Asian Student Commission (ASC).
After 40 years of sporadic efforts, the Native American community is moving forward with plans to build a longhouse-style facility on the UW campus to honor the land.
Seated at round white tables at the HUB ballroom on Saturday, families and people of all ages gathered and looked beyond the grass skirts and the leis to celebrate the Pacific Islander culture during Micronesia Night 2013.
Gathered at the Native Room in the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (ECC), students and community members listened as speakers challenge academic conventions.
The second candidate for vice president of student life spoke about his work at the USC and hopes for the UW at a presentation Thursday afternoon at the Walker-Ames Room in Kane Hall.
To prevent history from repeating itself, members of the Asian community at the UW are re-establishing a long-dormant coalition that addresses social-justice issues faced by Asians and Asian-Americans.
Among the many tents scattered across Red Square on Friday, a white one stood out. In it, members of the Latin@/Chican@ community gathered to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
