Two years ago the annual listing totaled 136 projects. Last year the total was 443. The UW's first-ever Undergraduate Research Symposium last April featured 80 student presentations. For the 1999 budget request, every single UW school and college outlined plans to incorporate new technologies into teaching. The new Learning Factory at the College of Engineering gives students hands-on experience in industrial design and manufacturing.
Intermediate students work in the design lab, design studio, and simulated factory floor.
In eliminating boundaries between lecture and practice, classroom and laboratory, academia and industrial practice, the Learning Factory is a prime example of new directions in engineering education. Departments restructuring for change can seek help from this fund. Additional funds from the state, requested in this year's budget proposal, will accelerate such change across the campus. For English 198, a reading and writing course that focused on issues in American education, senior Lena Ortiz divided her time between a UW classroom and a classroom at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School. Integrating these two kinds of learning, so that each enriches and deepens the other, is the goal of service learning.