Launching in León
In 2014 and 2015, C21 took incoming freshmen to León, Spain for a special kind of study abroad program.
April 2016 Ideathon
In April, 46 students attended a brainstorming workshop organized by C21 & CoMotion . They spent a weekend exploring a question of great importance to the College: How can we enhance engagement with the humanities at the UW?
Introducing College to Career Leadership Council
Does majoring in the liberal arts limit career options for UW undergrads? A group of advisors in the College of Arts & Sciences has formed to answer a resounding “no” to that question. In 2016-17, the College to Career Leadership Council (C2CLC) along with staff from C21 developing and leading programming across majors...
Leave your Major at the Door
In collaboration with advisors from sixteen different College of Arts & Sciences departments, C21 ran Advising and Orientation (A&O) sessions for approximately 1,000 freshmen this summer. First Year Programs invited C21 to develop active and engaging breakout sessions that would orient students toward intentional...
Ideathon: a student's perspective
Despite being intrigued by the idea of a "hackathon" or other intense team-based competitions, I had never had the chance to participate in one. As a humanities major, it's not an opportunity that frequently presents itself, especially because innovation is often a STEM-exclusive term. But this past weekend, I had the...
C21 Career Lab
What happens when C21, the Career & Internship Center, and departmental advisors combine forces? They launch a project-based Career Lab for undergraduates, where individualized and group feedback from staff, alumni, and employers is the norm. As one student put it, the Career Lab provided opportunities to "practice...