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Campus: Seattle
Office of Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE)
As a unit of the UW Graduate School, the Office of Graduate Student Equity & Excellence (GSEE) is committed to enhancing equity and social progression to promote the success of graduate students impacted by racism and its intersections* at the University of Washington.
For more than 50 years, GSEE has worked with graduate students, staff, faculty and campus leadership to develop initiatives that strengthen graduate diversity, enhance academic opportunities and encourage and support research exploring cultural diversity. GSEE aims to cultivate a culturally and ethnically diverse academic and social environment in which all graduate students can learn and thrive while attending the UW.
GSEE promotes and supports:
- outreach, recruitment and graduate student success
- professional development and community building
- graduate funding opportunities
- scholarship and research
- advocacy, consulting and advising
*Intersections include sexism, homophobia, ableism, Islamophobia, antisemitism and other forms of discrimination
Statistical Consulting Services (Seattle)
Faculty and graduate students in the Consulting Program of the Departments of Biostatistics and Statistics offer free statistical advice to University of Washington faculty, staff, and students through scheduled 50 minute consulting appointments during academic quarters. They provide assistance with:
- the design of studies and experiments, including the preparation of grant proposals
- data visualization and presentation
- choice and application of statistical methods, and the interpretation of results
- development of specialized statistical methods in some cases
Center for Teaching and Learning (Seattle)
To promote learning and student success, the UW Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) supports the advancement of a teaching community that is collegial and committed to reflective, inclusive, equitable, and learner-centered teaching. The Center’s workshops and programs support instructors on all three UW campuses and it provides consultation services for instructors on the Seattle campus. CTL’s services are grounded in research, draw on established pedagogical approaches, promote innovation, and are deeply collaborative in nature.
Research Commons (Seattle)
The UW Libraries Research Commons provides a collaborative environment in which students and faculty can come together to share and discuss research, as well as get support for all steps of the research process: searching, writing, publishing, funding. The Research Commons is a place to collaborate and connect with fellow students and faculty on research projects. It is a place for workshop and presentation opportunities, and a place to discover what your peers and colleagues are researching.
Consultation services include:
- writing consultations for graduate students
- citation management help
- design help desk
- digital scholarship project help
- and more!
Odegaard Writing and Research Center (Seattle campus)
The UW Libraries Odegaard Writing and Research Center (OWRC) offers writing tutor support, informational guides, and podcasts about writing at the graduate level. The OWRC also offers an opportunity for graduate students to join a semi-formal writing accountability group for individuals working on long-term writing projects.
UW Libraries (Tri-campus)
The University of Washington Libraries
is a user-centered academic library
- welcomes over 5 million users annually to 16 libraries on three campuses and one island from Friday Harbor to UW Tacoma
- provides 24/7 online reference help by partnering with academic libraries around the world
- uses assessment tools with feedback from students, faculty and staff to shape collections and services
with rich collections,
- is home to the largest library collection in the Pacific Northwest with over 9 million books, journals, millions of microforms, thousands of maps, rare books, film, audio and video recordings
- provides online access to thousands of academic ejournals, ebooks, databases, streamed audio and video, and datasets
- supports the work of the University with world class collections that are particularly strong in STEM disciplines, Health Sciences, International Studies, Book Arts and Pacific Northwest history and culture
- as well as other physical and online collections
Learn about each campus library: