Culture And Science Exchange (CASE)

Applications are now open for CASE 2023-2024! 

Apply here!

If you have any questions please contact Alison Horn at ah78@uw.edu and/or Richard Parra at parrar@uw.edu.

What is CASE?

CASE is a year-long mentorship program built on a partnership between UW Riverways and the Campbell Farm Community Center/the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Through this program, UW undergraduates mentor Indigenous (Yakama) middle school students, provide hands-on STEM activities, and encourage them to consider pathways to STEM higher education and careers.

CASE Mentors take quarterly preparatory EDUC 401 seminars to learn about the rich history and culture of the Yakama Nation, learn about equitable educational practices, and prepare lesson plans and learning resources which they implement via quarterly site visits (UW students travel to the partner site) and campus visits (middle school students come to the UW Seattle campus). 

What is the Program Timeline?

Autumn Quarter:

• Participate in the EDUC 401 C seminar (Date & time TBD to accommodate everyone's schedule)
• Learn about the rich history and culture of the Yakama Nation
• Learn about braiding indigenous ways of knowing and western science
• Co-create learning resources with community partners 
• Plan and implement an introductory site visit to Campbell Farm 
• Plan and implement a campus visit

Winter Quarter:

• Participate in the EDUC 401 seminar (Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30 – 5:50 PM)
• Plan and implement a site visit to Campbell Farm (January 15, 2024 - MLK Day)
• Plan and implement a campus visit
• As part of STEM ASB (March 17 – 22, 2024), develop and implement a lesson plan that is culturally sustaining, gender-responsive, and accessible

Spring Quarter:

• Participate in the EDUC 401 seminar (Date & time TBD to accommodate everyone's schedule)
• Co-create learning resources with community partners
• Plan and implement a site visit to Campbell Farm
• Plan and implement a campus visit