Share Your Perspective
Your voice matters! Participate in student surveys — both on campus and national non-partisan political surveys — to share your thoughts and experiences!
Whether it's providing feedback on university policies, student services, or key issues in our democracy, your input plays a vital role in shaping the future. Take a moment to reflect on your own experiences, engage with broader political conversations, and help guide meaningful change for the student body and beyond.
Survey results from around campus and our national partners are also included for you to reflect on scientific poling of student perspectives.
Speak Up in Olympia with Huskies on the Hill
Advocate in Olympia!
Join Huskies on the Hill on Monday, January 29—UW’s annual student lobby day where you can directly engage with legislators in Olympia and advocate for issues that impact our campus community. This is a unique chance to voice your concerns and contribute to positive change for UW students. RSVP by January 20 to secure your spot and be part of the annual student lobby day organized by ASUW's Office of Government Relations (OGR).
Transportation will be provided.
RSVP to Secure Your Ride to Olympia
Take the Graduate and Professional Student Senate Legislative Agenda Survey 2024-2025
Help craft the GPSS Legislative Agenda!
Each year, the Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) collects feedback from graduate and professional students at the University of Washington to inform its upcoming legislative agenda. The legislative agenda becomes the framework for their legislative advocacy efforts at both the state and federal levels of government. Your responses will help GPSS to more accurately develop a set of goals for our external affairs team to pursue in Olympia during the 2025 legislative session and beyond. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact GPSS Vice President of External Affairs, Mykhail Lembke, at gpssvpex@uw.edu.
Last Year's Legislative Agenda
Take the UW Task Force on Student Mental Health Survey
Prioritize student mental health!
In 2019, UW President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Mark Richards tasked the Student Mental Health Task Force with creating a unified student mental health service by combining the UW Counseling Center and the Mental Health Clinic at Hall Health Center. Led by David Anderson and Denzil Suite, this effort brings together experts across disciplines to improve student mental health services, while seeking valuable input from the UW community.
Your voice matters — engage with this process to help shape the future of mental health resources on campus.
Review the Full Charge of the Task Force
Reflect on the 2020 Investing in Student Mental Health Task Force Report
Reflect on UW's NSLVE Report
Your informed participation in democracy is crucial!
The National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement (NSLVE) offers a detailed look at student voter turnout and engagement at UW. Take the time to explore the findings and reflect on how your campus community participates in elections. This is your opportunity to assess the data, understand trends, and think critically about what can be done to boost civic participation on campus.
By engaging with the NSLVE report, you're not just learning about student voting behavior — you're helping shape the future of student engagement in democracy!
More Information on the NSLVE Report
Reflect on America in One Room: The Youth Vote Deliverative Poll Report
You're not just learning about voter perspectives — you're contributing to the ongoing dialogue that defines our democracy!
"America in One Room: The Youth Vote" brought together 500 first-time voters from across the country for a groundbreaking deliberation on key policy issues like energy, the environment, the economy, health care, and democracy. Held in Washington, D.C. in July 2024, this event gave young Americans the chance to engage in thoughtful dialogue, breaking down partisan barriers and building mutual understanding. Participants came from diverse backgrounds — urban and rural, red and blue states — and engaged in small group discussions with experts. The results revealed evolving perspectives, on support for climate action, energy independence, minimum wage, and reproductive healthcare access.
Their Deliberative Poll offers valuable insights into how first-time voters feel about critical issues such as energy, the environment, the economy, health care, and democracy. By exploring the results of this Deliberative Poll, you can see how young voters nationwide deliberate on complex policy questions and how their views evolve through thoughtful discussion. Reflect on these findings and consider how they resonate with your own beliefs and the broader conversations happening on campus.
This opportunity is associated with: Next Gen Civic Leader Corps
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