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A celebration of University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce’s decades-long tenure as a faculty member and leader — and of the community she inspired. Hear from UW colleagues like Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Affairs Ed Taylor, ’93, and community members including Microsoft Corporation President Brad Smith, who describe her as a collaborative, inspiring facilitator who has led the UW with steadfast values, decisive guidance and transformational vision.

Learn more about Cauce’s life and career: https://www.washington.edu/anamaricauce

Under Cauce’s leadership, the UW moved to the Big Ten Conference https://www.washington.edu/news/2023/08/04/university-of-washington-will-join-the-big-ten-conference-in-2024, implemented the Husky Promise https://www.washington.edu/huskypromise, launched the powerful Be Boundless campaign https://www.washington.edu/giving/be-boundless-campaign, and instituted the Race & Equity Initiative https://www.washington.edu/raceequity, all of which continue to expand access to world-class education and foster belonging. Cultivating community ties during the hardest of times — including the COVID-19 pandemic — illustrates Cauce’s person-first approach to amplifying what Huskies and the greater UW community can achieve together. Cauce’s personal experience as a Cuban immigrant, and her family’s unshakable belief in education, inspired her to improve the student experience for all Huskies and bring higher education within reach, making the UW truly the University for Washington.

On Aug. 1, the UW welcomes Robert J. Jones, current chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a distinguished scholar, to the purple and gold as the 34th president of the University of Washington. Jones will be the first African American in the role. Learn more: https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/02/03/34th-uw-president/

Watch video recap of President Cauce’s final year in office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaa-mJ6zhUs

I wrote the YouTube copy:

University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce reflects on her final year in office. See highlights from Commencement 2024, UW Professor David Baker winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEWdJxQIsSE, UW Family Weekend, student move-in day, New Student Convocation, Big Ten Husky home games and Cauce throwing the first pitch for the Seattle Mariners. Under Cauce’s leadership as UW president for the past decade, the UW has seen remarkable growth, meaningful change and a strong community.

Learn more about Cauce’s life and career: https://www.washington.edu/anamaricauce

Cauce has called the UW home for almost 40 years, serving the University and Washington state as UW president for the last 10. She’s been a guiding force in shaping the UW community with vision and compassion, increasing access to higher education and helping students make the world a better place. From teaching and mentoring students as a professor to inspiring the Husky community as an administrative leader, Cauce’s trademark enthusiasm for the UW will continue to shine brightly. This is not goodbye, says Cauce; she’ll continue to focus on the work of the UW as a faculty member and lifetime Husky.

Thank-yous from the Husky community include Frank Hodge, Dean of the Foster School of Business; Mike Egan, former president of the UW Alumni Association; the Gates family, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Libby Gates MacPhee, former member of the UW Board of Regents; and Washington State Senator Javier Valdez.

Watch Husky leaders reflect on UW President Ana Mari Cauce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaAGxtjeo3E

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