{"id":30011,"date":"2023-11-30T16:31:20","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T00:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/?p=30011"},"modified":"2023-11-30T17:20:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T01:20:52","slug":"new-building-builds-stem-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/30\/new-building-builds-stem-workforce","title":{"rendered":"New building builds STEM workforce\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Nov. 16, the long-awaited Innovation Hall at the University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia College opened its doors, signaling a significant expansion in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) research and education in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a reception for project partners, supporters, elected officials and community and business leaders, Chancellor Kristin G. Esterberg said, \u201cThis building is a physical manifestation of our campus partnership and our shared commitment to opening greater and more equitable access to the higher education pipeline.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 $79-million, 80,000-square-foot building includes 21,500 square feet of program space for each institution, with an additional 5,000 square feet of shared space. Programs offered will include biology, chemistry, computer science, physics, and electrical and mechanical engineering, with classes open to students in the respective institution\u2019s majors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designing across disciplines<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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State-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms and offices are designated for each institution, distributed across each floor so that related programs are adjacent to one another. Together with shared spaces for students to study and gather, the building is designed to encourage collaboration and create more opportunities for cross-disciplinary studies and research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs an organic chemist, it is rare to have the opportunity to be part of designing lab space that is instrumental in students\u2019 learning and growth,\u201d said Dr. Azizeh Farajallah, Natural Science division chair at Cascadia College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farajallah described the labs as not only places where students and faculty could conduct research that helps students develop critical thinking skills but also where they can dive deeper into their passions and tackle real-world challenges by making meaningful connections and integrating knowledge across disciplines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are entrusted with young intelligent minds keen to gain skills and become confident in demonstrating their knowledge \u2014 and Innovation Hall will help foster that,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening up socioeconomic mobility<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When it opens its doors to students in winter quarter, Innovation Hall will reflect UW Bothell and Cascadia College\u2019s key objectives for the project: maximize space for instruction and research; create environments to support collaboration; foster active and inclusive learning; strengthen interaction between the college and university; and display a commitment to environmental sustainability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During the opening reception, Dr. Leslie Cornick said, \u201cThis event represents much more than a building or a partnership. Today, we look ahead to a new vision of collaborative STEM education and seamless opportunities for students across our institutions. 足彩app哪个是正规的ir educational experience at UW Bothell and Cascadia College will be a gateway to a career and socioeconomic mobility.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cornick, dean of the UW Bothell School of STEM<\/a>, noted that already the \u201cnew era\u201d of the partnership was bearing fruit in conversations about emerging biotech curriculum and peer mentoring programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited about the opportunities this will bring for faculty as we comingle and collaborate rather than just coexist and co-locate,\u201d she said. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 future for our students as they enter this incredible building truly is boundless.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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We look ahead to a new vision of collaborative STEM education and seamless opportunities for students across our institutions. 足彩app哪个是正规的ir educational experience at UW Bothell and Cascadia College will be a gateway to a career and socioeconomic mobility. \n <\/path>\n<\/svg><\/p>\nDean Leslie Cornick, School of STEM<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Investing in a just future<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, UW Bothell and Cascadia College each were designated to get approximately $40 million in state funding for a new STEM facility<\/a>, intended for two separate buildings. With an escalation in construction costs and an interest in reducing site impacts, the two institutions joined forces and together worked with the design build team of Lease Crutcher Lewis and Mithun to realize a shared vision in one building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UW President Ana Mari Cauce said, \u201cI\u2019m truly proud of our state \u2014 donors, taxpayers and elected officials \u2014 who have supported Washington\u2019s investments in innovation and STEM education. 足彩app哪个是正规的se investments support a more sustainable, healthy, innovative and just future for all of us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInnovation Hall holds the incredible promise of helping to realize that future by enabling new research, learning and discovery, and critical workforce development. This is what it means to help Washington and the world flourish.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\"2023<\/a>