Editing University of Washington (section)

==Student life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2020
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: University of Washington-Seattle |url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?236948-University-of-Washington-Seattle-Campus |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=May 8, 2022 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111205529/https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?236948-University-of-Washington-Seattle-Campus |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|36|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|26|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|15|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|10|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|20|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|80|%|2||background:black}}
|}
University of Washington had 50,097 total enrollments as of fall 2023, making it the largest university on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] by student population in spite of its selective admissions process.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://admit.washington.edu/QuickFacts#enrollment |title=Office of Admissions. University of Washington |date=May 1, 2012 |publisher=Admit.washington.edu |access-date=June 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628011330/http://admit.washington.edu/quickfacts#enrollment |archive-date=June 28, 2012 }}</ref> It also boasts one of the most diverse student bodies within the US, with more than 50% of its undergraduate students self-identifying with [[minority group]]s.<ref>"[http://www.washington.edu/newsroom/profile/undergraduates.html Undergraduates]." Office of News and Information. University of Washington. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905130941/http://www.washington.edu/newsroom/profile/undergraduates.html |date=September 5, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://dailyuw.com/2007/4/24/uw-admissions-more-competitive/ |title=UW admissions more competitive |last=Shelley |first=Anthony |date=April 24, 2007 |newspaper=The Daily of the University of Washington |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707210436/http://dailyuw.com/2007/4/24/uw-admissions-more-competitive/ |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |access-date=May 29, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washington.edu/opb/uw-data/external-reporting/common-data-set/ |title=Common Data Set |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518223927/https://www.washington.edu/opb/uw-data/external-reporting/common-data-set/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://admit.washington.edu/apply/freshman/by-the-numbers/ |title=Freshmen by the numbers &#124; Office of Admissions |access-date=November 28, 2019 |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704205543/https://admit.washington.edu/apply/freshman/by-the-numbers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Organizations===
[[File:Husky Union Building, northwest entrance, 2014-10-13.jpg|thumb|The [[Husky Union Building]], one of many facilities for student resources]]

====Registered groups====
The University of Washington boasts over 800 active Registered Student Organizations (RSOs), one of the largest networks of any universities in the world. RSOs are dedicated to a wide variety of interests both in and beyond campus. Some of these interest areas include academic focus groups, cultural exchanges, environmental activities, Greek life, political/social action, religious discussions, sports, international student gatherings by country, and STEM-specific events.[[File:Seattle_-_UW_Tower_01.jpg|thumb|upright|[[UW Tower]], a conference space and administrative building]]

====Student government====
{{Main|Associated Students of the University of Washington}}
The Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) is one of two Student Governments at the University of Washington, the other being the Graduate and Professional Student Senate. It is funded and supported by student fees, and provides services that directly and indirectly benefit them. The ASUW employs over 72 current University of Washington students, has over 500 volunteers, and spends $1.03 million annually to provide services and activities to the student body of 43,000 on-campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://depts.washington.edu/safcom/programs/asuw/ |title=Associated Students of the University of Washington {{!}} SAF {{!}} Services and Activities Fee |website=depts.washington.edu |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118003658/https://depts.washington.edu/safcom/programs/asuw/ |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Student Senate was established in 1994 as a division of the Associated Students of the University of Washington. Student Senate is one of two official student governed bodies and provides a broad-based discussion of issues. Currently, the ASUW Student Senate has a legislative body of over 150 senators representing a diverse set of interests on and off-campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://senate.asuw.org/history/ |title=History |website=senate.asuw.org |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117225445/http://senate.asuw.org/history/ |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The ASUW was incorporated in the State of Washington in 1906.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/search_results.aspx?search_type=simple&criteria=all&name_type=contains&name=Associated+Students+of+the+University+of+Washington&ubi= |title=Corporations Division |publisher=Washington Secretary of State |access-date=October 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112225349/http://www.sos.wa.gov/corps/search_results.aspx?search_type=simple&criteria=all&name_type=contains&name=Associated+Students+of+the+University+of+Washington&ubi= |archive-date=January 12, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[ASUW Experimental College]], part of the ASUW, was created in 1968 by several University of Washington students seeking to provide the campus and surrounding community with a selection of non-credit classes not offered on the university curriculum. The Experimental College ceased operation in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://depts.washington.edu/asuwxpcl/about.php/ |title=Experimental College |access-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105172357/https://depts.washington.edu/asuwxpcl/about.php |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Publication===
{{Main|The Daily of the University of Washington}}
The student newspaper is ''[[The Daily of the University of Washington]]''. It is the second-largest{{clarify|date=January 2021}} daily paper in Seattle. In 2010, ''The Daily'' launched a half-hour weekly television magazine show, "The Daily's Double Shot," on [[UWTV]] Channel 27. UW continues to use its proprietary UWTV channel, online and printed publications.<ref name="UWTV">{{cite web |url=http://www.uwtv.org/ |title=UWTV |publisher=UWTV |access-date=June 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609230447/http://www.uwtv.org/ |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The faculty also produce their own publications for students and alumni.

The ''Tyee'' was the official student [[yearbook]] of the University of Washington.<ref name="SeattleTimes1926">{{cite news |date=November 16, 1926 |page=3 |title=U. of W. Yearbook Wins High National Rating |url= |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |quote=Distinction as the third best all-American college and university annual has been won by the 1926 University of Washington Tyee from a field of 489 yearbooks [...] by the Central Intercollegiate Press Association for its originality and perfection of design and content.}}</ref><ref name="SeattlePI1963">{{cite news |date=October 28, 1963 |page=34 |title=UW Yearbook, 'Tyee,' Honored By Press Unit |url= |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |quote=The 1963 University of Washington yearbook, the Tyee, received an All-American rating at the 39th annual Associated Collegiate Press Conference in New York City. The rating is the highest honor the association bestows upon a yearbook.}}</ref>

===Student activism===
Throughout the 20th century, UW student activism centered around a variety of national and international concerns, from [[Nuclear power|nuclear energy]] to the [[Vietnam War]] and [[civil rights]]. In 1948, at the beginning of the [[McCarthyism]] era, students brought their activism to bear on campus by protesting the firing of three UW professors accused of communist affiliations.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kindig |first1=Jessie |title=Student Activism at UW, 1948–1970 |url=http://depts.washington.edu/antiwar/vietnam_student.shtml |access-date=February 13, 2021 |publisher=UW Civil Rights and Labor History Consortium |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514024128/http://depts.washington.edu/antiwar/vietnam_student.shtml |archive-date=May 14, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McBride |first1=Devon |title=The long history of activism at the UW |url=https://www.dailyuw.com/news/article_0414cc26-439e-11e9-8efb-f353659ce7d7.html |access-date=February 13, 2021 |publisher=The Daily |date=March 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328145032/https://www.dailyuw.com/news/article_0414cc26-439e-11e9-8efb-f353659ce7d7.html |archive-date=March 28, 2019 }}</ref>

In May 2025, pro-Palestinian protestors caused approximately $1 million in damage to the school's Interdisciplinary Engineering Building. 31 people were arrested.<ref>[https://komonews.com/news/local/university-of-washington-protest-pro-palestinian-uw-million-damages-interdisciplinary-engineering-building-super-uw-occupation-shaban-al-dalou-gaza-boeing-funding-federal-government-spd-police Pro-Palestinian protesters cause $1M in damage to UW engineering building, equipment], KOMO News, May 8, 2025, [https://archive.today/20250507145406/https://komonews.com/news/local/university-of-washington-protest-pro-palestinian-uw-million-damages-interdisciplinary-engineering-building-super-uw-occupation-shaban-al-dalou-gaza-boeing-funding-federal-government-spd-police Archive]</ref>

===University support===
====Housing====
{{Main|Housing at the University of Washington}}
The university operates one of the largest campuses of any higher education institution in the world. Despite this, growing faculty and student count has strained the regional housing supply as well as transportation facilities. Starting in 2012, UW began taking active measures to explore, plan and enact a series of campus policies to manage the annual growth. In addition to new buildings, parking and [[light rail]] stations, new building construction and renovations have been scheduled to take place through 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cpd.uw.edu/campus-master-plan |title=Campus Master Plan {{!}} Capital Planning and Development |website=cpd.uw.edu |language=en |access-date=August 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802040435/https://cpd.uw.edu/campus-master-plan |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The plan includes the construction of three six-story [[residence hall]]s and two apartment complexes in the west section of campus, near the existing [[Terry and Lander Halls]], in Phase I, the renovation of six existing residence halls in Phase II, and additional new construction in Phase III. The projects will result in a net gain of approximately 2,400 beds. The Residence Hall Student Association (student government for the halls) is the second-largest student organization on campus and helps plan fun events in the halls. For students, faculty, and staff looking to live off-campus, they may also explore Off-Campus Housing Affairs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://housing.asuw.org/ |title=Off-Campus Housing Affairs |publisher=ASUW |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215084410/http://housing.asuw.org/ |archive-date=December 15, 2004 }}</ref>

The Greek System at UW has also been a prominent part of student culture for more than 115 years. It is made up of two organizational bodies, the [[Interfraternity Council]] (IFC) and the Panhellenic Association. The IFC looks over 34 fraternities with 1,900+ members and Panhellenic consists of 19 sororities and 1,900 members. The school has additional Greek organizations that do not offer housing and are primarily special interest.

====Disability resources====
In addition to the University of Washington's Disability Resources for Students (DRS) office, there is also a campus-wide [[The DO-IT Center|DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Center]] program that assists educational institutions to fully integrate all students, including those with disabilities, into academic life. DO-IT includes a variety of initiatives, such as the [[DO-IT Scholars Program]], and provides information on the 'universal' design of educational facilities for students of all levels of physical and mental ability.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Programs/ud.html |title=Universal Design: Process, Principles, and Applications |date=June 14, 2012 |publisher=Washington.edu |access-date=June 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428030609/http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Programs/ud.html |archive-date=April 28, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> These design programs aim to reduce systemic barriers which could otherwise hinder the performance of some students, and may also be applied to other professional organizations and conferences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washington.edu/doit/CUDE/app_project.html |title=Applications of Universal Design to Projects, Conference Exhibits, Presentations, and Professional Organizations |publisher=Washington.edu |access-date=June 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531051627/http://www.washington.edu/doit/CUDE/app_project.html |archive-date=May 31, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>