UWISC Sponsors

UWISC is sponsored by the Severyns-Ravenholt Endowment, the Richard B. Wesley Graduate Student Fund for International Relations, the UW Political Science Department, and the Center for Global Studies at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.

Severyns Ravenholt Endowment

The Severyns-Ravenholt Endowment supports the International Security Colloquium, a seminar in Comparative Politics, and has supported an annual talk devoted to Asian affairs. 

Mrs. Marjorie Severyns-Ravenholt, a political science alumna and and Washington state native, developed a lifelong commitment to Asian affairs and to the further study of international and compartive politics.

Richard B. Wesley Graduate Student Fund for International Relations

After pulmonary specialist Dr. Richard Wesley retired in 2006, he used UW’s Access program to study political science, economics, and communications. His devotion to the department, and especially to its graduate students, led him to create the Richard B. Wesley Endowed Graduate Student Support Fund in International Relations. For more information about Dr. Wesley and his generosity, click here.

UW Political Science Department
The Department of Political Science at the University of Washington (Seattle) has over 25 full-time distinguished faculty, nearly 100 Ph.D. students, and about 1000 undergraduate majors and minors. The vitality of the department is evident in the diverse interests of its faculty, the wide-ranging activities of its research centers, sponsored events, and exceptional educational opportunities at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Center for Global Studies
The Center for Global Studies (CGS) mission is to enhance understandings about the world’s cultures, societies and economies as they shape and are shaped by global and transnational forces. As one of eight National Resource Centers housed in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, CGS provides resources for transforming interdisciplinary global studies via its research and teaching foci, professional training opportunities for educators, general public programs, and media outreach. Our Global Studies Initiatives focus on global human security, global health, and global religions.