Student Advice

Sapna Cheryan, professor of psychology at the UW, and her colleagues want U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to consider not telling grads to, "Follow your passions," in his commencement address on Saturday. Instead, in this interview Cheryan shares alternative advice for graduating students.

Dustin Mara, Class of 2022, shares about his global upbringing, his vision for intersecting culture, language, and type design, and what he is looking forward to about his future career.

Students share their reasons for pursuing more than one major and their advice on making it work.

Study abroad programs are back, and with them comes the opportunity to become studious explorers in a new location. To see what adventures might await you on your own trip, join photographer Claire McCreery as she walks us through her time in the Czech Republic with the Comparative History of Ideas program, "History, Memory, and Human Rights in Central Europe.”

Hoping for a scholarship? Check out this advice from the UW's scholarship office and Arts & Sciences students.

Ten recent Arts & Sciences alumni offer advice on making the most of the UW through academics, campus life, and a productive mindset.

The department of American ethnic studies (AES) takes pride in its strong focus on issues of social justice, equality, and civil rights — especially as it pertains to those U.S. groups that have been historically subjected to exclusion and marginalization. 

The humanities’ newest major, cinema and media studies (CMS), allows students to explore different modes of expression and their effects on a world increasingly dominated by mass media. “This new major should be especially relevant to incoming students,” department chair Eric Ames said. 

Interested in the College of Arts & Sciences but don’t know what to study? Here are six majors that you may not have discovered yet.

UW seniors and recent alumni from Arts & Sciences share advice for making the most of your time at the University.

Louis Maliyam, ’21, came to the U.S. for computer science — and along the way discovered dance.

Stephen Bader (UW IxD BDes 2014) and Alanna MacGowan (UW MFA 2010) work at Microsoft Envisioning and explore how people will live, work, and play five to seven years in the future. 

The International Examiner concluded its Advocacy Journalism Fellowship Program. Fellows, including Isabel Wang, a communication student, reflects on their experiences.

Arts & Sciences students — and faculty — weigh in on how to make the most of faculty office hours:

Advice from the UW's scholarship office and Arts & Sciences students about the scholarship process.