2017 Husky 100 – University of Washington

[inspirational music begins] >>Natalia Dyba:
What's sets apart the Husky 100 is their ability to articulate the transformation that has happened during their time at the UW.
These are the students that have made the most of the opportunities that they were presented with in their Husky Experience.
>>Zoe Barsness: It's seeing students discover something they are truly passionate about and exploring areas or domains where they have an intellectual curiosity.
That may be something that they never in a million years would have ever thought they were going to pursue.
And they come to campus and they are exposed to something new and they really dive into it.
>>Mohammed Kloub: I tried to be a design major and was unsuccessful but then you know when sophomore year started
A close friend of mine recommended that I just do something, you know, get involved with something I am interested in and sort of pull back from focusing on my major as much.
And so I joined the Daily. And I started writing and reporting there. And by the spring of my sophomore year I was a declared Journalism major.
>> Steven Collins: We have a long history of interdisciplinary emphases in all of our programs. And that can take many forms
it can of course take the form of making connections between classes
but it also importantly involves connecting what the students are doing in the classroom with what the students are doing outside.
>> Nick Khamphilom: I am double majoring in Speech Sciences and American Ethnic Studies.
As a child of refugees a lot has been happening in our community where people do not seek health care because of language barriers and cultural barriers
for hearing or communication disorders.
And through my program I am able to link these bridges by opening up more inclusive environments.
Jono Grindall: I got to go fishing as a commercial fisherman this summer in Alaska.
And it was especially cool since I was a Fisheries Science student. And I got to see the thing I was studying in a scientific way
from a different perspective of the fisherman.
>>Dyba: The Husky 100 are not working in isolation. They are working in groups and teams and building their networks to create change.
>> Holly Gummelt: Since last summer I have been involved with Trickfire Robotics. It's the local robotics club here at Bothell.
We're building a 60 kilogram robot to take to a NASA robotic mining competition in Florida in May .
And I've been working with this great interdisciplinary group of students
mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, computer engineers and me the physicist.
>> Hakikat Bains: Every student has a passion and every student has something that they can teach another student.
>> LeAnne Jones Wiles: We really try to take this word inclusive community and break that down on the individual level.
And so even though we are large it really is about the person sitting next to you in the classroom
or the person you are working with in an organization
and what that looks like. To hear their story and to understand what that means to come together from a global society.
>>Andre Mattus: This past fall there was a freshman who came up to me and asked me what Athlete Ally was.
Athlete Ally is a national organization that aims at addressing issues of homophobia and transphobia within sports.
I described what we do here at the UW and he looked at me with really brights eyes
he said "I never thought I could be openly queer in sports."
That moment, as a queer athlete myself, really hit home. That the work that I am doing has an impact on someone.
>>Kayesee Schermerhorn: I'm a student representative from UW Tacoma on the Race and Equity Initiative Committee.
Its made a really big impact on me. Its inspired me to go to law school after I leave here and I want to become a public defender in the future.
>> Yarid Mera: So freshman year I came in and I joined an organization called MAPS. And I never saw myself as a leader or stepping into a leadership position
but like a year later I saw I became the president of the organization
and a lot of the work that we have done is building community for students so that they have a network of support.
Classes can feel competitive especially being a pre-health student and so MAPS gives them an opportunity to grow in a safe environment
and learn from each other where there is no competition there is no animosity. Its just I want to grow from you. You want to grow from me. We build as we climb.
>>Matthew Dunaway: So being a father of a 12 year old and going through college as a full-time student
I think it's been beneficial for my daughter to see me working hard for a degree.
Knowing what it takes to earn a degree. Knowing that I feel like the education is what is most important for our future and for her future.
>>Jones Wiles: I get to work a lot of first-year students and one piece that they love about the Husky 100
is that they are able to find another student that shared part of their journey.
It really inspires them to think about defining their own excellence.
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2017 Husky 100 – University of Washington

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