Hey New Huskies and families!
Welcome to the University of Washington Seattle campus - we are excited to have you join our husky family. We will be communicating to you through email and social media from when you are accepted through your first year. You can view previous emails and some frequently asked questions below.
Email Communications
Email to all 2019 freshmen & transfer non-uw email
one time email, informing students how to set up UW email address
Emails to incoming 2019 freshmen
bi-monthly emails from May-September, monthly emails from September-May
Emails to incoming 2019 transfer
bi-monthly emails from June-September, monthly emails from September-May
Emails to parents of incoming 2019 freshmen
monthly emails from May-September, handoff to Parent & Family Programs for their monthly newsletter
Emails to incoming 2019 freshmen & transfer
5 emails in September to promote Dawg Daze - UW's week of welcome
Emails to incoming 2019 winter admits
one time email to winter admits (freshmen/transfers)
Frequently Asked Questions
New Huskies communications are created by Student Academic Services in collaboration with other campus partners, including Student Life, Admissions, UW Marketing, and Housing & Food Services. Our aim is to effectively and efficiently communite with incoming undergraduate students and their families.
You can opt out of the emails by clicking the "subscription" button on the bottom of each email to change your subscriptions.
Harry the Husky is the name of the UW mascot! You'll see Harry around campus and at UW athletic events. Dubs is our live mascot.
All students are also invited to a private app called SchoolsApp run by UW Admissions. There student's can chat with one another, find roommates and create meet up opportunties. Transfer students are invited to the UW Yammer Group which serves as a private chat community.
Parents and families are encouraged to join the UW Parent & Family Facebook/Instagram and newsletters. Parents can also join the informal UW Parent Facebook Group.
Facebook Pages: Each class is invited to join their incoming "class page"
Instagram:
Tagboard: follows #newhuskies2019 public posts
Live Events: UW staff and students hosting student focused webinars around topics related to the academic and social transition. Webinars are recorded and available to watch anytime post-event. During the live event, webinars are broadcasted to Facebook and Instagram.
First Year ProgramsNew Huskies 2019 Communications 
