The 乱伦社区 welcomed its incoming class and their families on Sunday at the University鈥檚 annual New Student Convocation, which was held in Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
The incoming class is expected to consist of about 7,150 students. Official information about class size and make up is announced later in the quarter.
Welcome, Huskies! Thousands of incoming students gathered at Husky Stadium for an annual 鈥榃鈥� formation today after kicking off the school year with a convocation ceremony.
— UW News (@uwnews)
, associate professor, Comparative History of Ideas, was the featured speaker. A Scottish immigrant and first-generation college grad, Mackenzie, who uses they/she pronouns, joined the UW in 2002. In 2024, they received the University鈥檚 Distinguished Teaching Award, given to faculty who exemplify a commitment to inclusive teaching and serve as mentors to other faculty.
UW President Ana Mari Cauce, members of the Board of Regents, the deans of the 16 schools and colleges, and faculty members were聽 in attendance.
and are also welcomed students back to campus with a string of activities, including Convocation ceremonies.
Husky Kickoff was held at Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium, where incoming students participated in the anticipated annual tradition of forming a giant block 鈥淲鈥� on the field.
Fast facts:
- Preliminary figures show the incoming聽freshman class聽is expected to be about聽7,150聽students.
- Around聽4,625聽freshmen will be from Washington state.
- An additional 1,550 transfer students are expected to arrive this fall, about 1,300 of whom will be from Washington community colleges.
- UW Bothell and UW Tacoma also welcomed their incoming classes with about 1,170 and 700 freshmen, and about 630 and 715 transfer students expected, respectively.