Office of the VP for Student Life

June 3, 2020

Together Remotely – Giving Back

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected to one another. The Student Life Staff Development Committee has launched Together Remotely, a series of posts to help staff across the Division of Student Life keep up with each other and share their experiences, successes, and stories during these extraordinary times. We hope that these posts can in some way brighten your day, give you a great idea, or just help you to feel a little more connected.

Content is staff-generated, informal, and open-ended… and we need more! To submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.


Student Life Staff Giving Back

THE PROMPT: Share information about organizations or causes you have been able to support during the pandemic.


Deanne Liu

Conduct Officer, Community Standards & Student Conduct

I sit on the Board of Theatre Puget Sound, a non-profit that rallies around the theatre community in our region by offering programs, spaces, advertising, networking, and support to our artisans and actors. In this time where no funding is available and rehearsal spaces are not used because of the virus, we are searching for other ways to help our community and keep those connected. It’s a great organization, and it’s definitely one of those that serves, but also suffers financially in this time. It’s a strange season for all those around.


Glenna Chang

Associate Vice President, Student Life

Staying steady with our philanthropy to UW Student Life, Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets, the Mountaineers.


Jannah Maresh

Director, Parent & Family Programs

I have been actively volunteering for UW Medicine to accept PPE donations, which I have continued to do weekly. I also gave blood and will continue to do so. I have also reached out to local small businesses, newsrooms and newspapers in Seattle and Los Angeles about the following grants from Facebook:


Meghan Matthews

Access Coordinator, Disability Resources for Students

This is still an area I’m looking to find ways to invest in more, but more practically it has been donating to specific organizations that help provide meals and resources to those in need.


Tera Figueroa

Administrative Specialist, Shared Services

I am currently assisting UW Medicine Northwest with their temporary Resource Labor Pool to assist in managing over staffing and under staffing and the experience has been very rewarding and humbling.


Victoria Adams

Victim Advocate, UW Police Department

Local orgs like Organization for Prostitution Survivors, API Chaya, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, Seattle COVID-19 Mutual Aid, and national orgs like Abolitionist Mutual Aid Fund, Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights, and Justice for Migrant Women.


Thanks for reading! Remember, to submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.