College of Arts and Sciences Student and Alumni News: November 2022

Students

Environmental Studies senior Emily Tacke and alumni Grace Chinen and Kylie Teng won Best Poster Presentation at last week's Murdock College Science Research Conference. They presented their poster, "Importance of Vegetation, Ground Cover, and Landscape Quality on Beneficial Insects in Seattle Community Gardens," demonstrating the results of research conducted with Heidi Liere, PhD, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, and funded by the Murdock Trust this past summer.

MFA in Arts Leadership ’23 candidate, Mick Holsbeke is in Valetta, Malta with Cirque du Soleil. The show "Amora" opens on November 24 and will run for 28 shows through December. After which, Mick will come home to finish his last year with the MFA ’23 cohort.

The debate team traveled to its first in-person tournament in the Northwest since March 2020. Nine students attended the Lewis and Clark College tournament and did very well. Our senior team of Alex Cruz and Eduard Strok placed in the top third of teams at the tournament and two of our younger teams advanced to the finals round for first year debaters, Matthew Maddux, Chris Uzochukwu, Julia Jenaro Barrio, Paris Mageirias, and Daniel Kasakula. Julia, Chris, and Paris were among the top five first year speakers.

Alumni

Mariah Hepworth, BA, History with Departmental Honors ’10, joined the faculty of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts history and political science department.

Janelle Simms, MFA Arts Leadership ’16, was promoted to Assistant Director, Annual Giving at Seattle University.

Josh Windsor, MFA Arts Leadership, ’11, appeared in the new season of Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant on Netflix, as the Caves Manager for Murray’s Cheese.

2022 Alumni Awards

Congratulations to all of this years awardees, especially College of Arts and Sciences alumni Mary Ann Goto, ’79, University Service Award and Tom Roach, ’71: Community Service Award.