Seattle Experience 2023 Itinerary

Built around the theme “Belonging,” the cohort of undergraduate students explored many facets of urban life.

Sunday: Visit the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)

Monday: The Market and the State of the City

• Meet with leaders of the Pike Place Market Foundation and Friends of the Waterfront
• WSU alumni panel discussion (representatives of government, industry, non-profit)
• Walking tour of Pike Place Market

Tuesday: History, Industry, and Belonging

• Tour Amazon Spheres
• Meet with Amazon recruiters about the hiring processes and opportunities
• Meet with MOHAI curators, archivists, and collections managers
• Town Hall meeting on health and houselessness in Seattle

Wednesday: Legacies of Exclusion and Building Belonging

• Tour Denshō, a digital-born, video oral history project about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII.
• Meet with City of Seattle government officials
• Evening talk: “Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound”

Thursday: Finding Belonging in Large Organizations

• Tour Boeing airplane factory
• Meet with Boeing recruiters
• Meet with College of Arts & Sciences alumni advisory board