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| Motto | Lux sit (Latin) |
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Motto in English | Let there be light[1] |
| Type | Public university |
| Established | 1989; 37 years ago (1989) |
Parent institution | University of Washington |
| Chancellor | Kristin Esterberg |
Academic staff | 299 |
Administrative staff | 291 |
| Students | 5,963 |
| Undergraduates | 5,265 |
| Postgraduates | 557 |
| Location | ,, United States |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Mascot | Holly the Husky |
| Website | uwb.edu |
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TheUniversity of Washington Bothell (UW Bothell orUWB) is a campus of theUniversity of Washington and is located inBothell, Washington. It was founded in 1989 and is one of the three campuses of the University of Washington, alongside the Seattle main campus andUW Tacoma. The campus is located near the junction ofInterstate 405 andState Route 522; it is shared withCascadia College, a public community college.
UW Bothell is led by achancellor who leads the campus and reports to thepresident and provost of the University of Washington.[2]
University of Washington Bothell was founded in 1989 when it was granted the approval of theWashington State Legislature. The university began with a staff of 12 faculty members and a class of 143 students.[3] Its first classes were held in fall 1990, and its first graduating class — of three students — completed their degrees in 1991.[4] The permanent campus was built in the 1990s on a 115-acre (47 ha) cattle ranch that had been previously proposed for a regional shopping mall.[5][6]Dr. Warren Buck III was appointed the university's first chancellor in July 1999 and served until June 2005.[7] Over the course of his chancellorship, he oversaw the university's transition into a four-year institution and the establishment of its permanent campus in 2000.[8]
UW Bothell currently offers 33undergraduate degrees, 21 undergraduateminors,[9] and fifteenmaster's degrees[10] among five schools:
UWB falls under the accreditation of the University of Washington;[11] as such, students receive aUniversity of Washington degree.[12]
UW Bothell enrolls nearly 6000 students in 55 undergraduate programs and graduate degree programs.[13] UW Bothell began accepting freshmen in autumn 2006 and the first class to finish all four years at UW Bothell graduated in June 2010.
An agreement with the City of Bothell limits UW Bothell and Cascadia College enrollment. The enrollment limit is currently 10,000FTE students. Initially, enrollment was limited to 3,000 FTE students until an entrance was built with direct access toState Route 522. TheWashington State Department of Transportation completed this project in September 2009.[14]
The overall undergraduate admission rate for 2020 was 74%,[15] but admission to the university'sComputer Science &Software Engineering (CSSE) program is highly competitive.[16]
On-campus housing for UW Bothell student is contained within the Residential Village, operated by university staff.[17] Cascadia College students may also live in the village.[18]
UW Bothell is home to one of the largestwetland restoration projects on theWest Coast, covering 58 acres (23 ha). Prior to the restoration of the wetlands, the land had been used for cattle grazing.[19] Before this North Creek was straightened and confined to transport timber from upper areas of the watershed to sawmills located around Lake Washington. The complexecological restoration project for the wetlands began in 1997 along with the construction of University of Washington Bothell andCascadia College campus. The goal of this project was to restore the area within the surrounding urban watershed into a sustainable and fully functionalfloodplainecosystem. To manage and ensure forthcoming sustainability, great detail was given to essential theories of ecosystem science and ecological restoration in the design and implementation of the site. The hydrology was restored; drainage ditches and dikes were filled or removed. Small topographic variations were added to encourage environmental diversity and multiple plant communities. Between 1998 and 2002, over 100,000 plants were planted. Seven years after initial planting, the Wetland restoration project met its 10-year objectives.[20]
The wetland is also an area for education. Over 30 courses from First-Year Programs, the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, the School of Business, and the School of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) have visited the restored wetland.[21]
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