A Time of Sharing: UW Bothell Will Grow Alongside a New Community College

The birth of the new millennium will also see the birth of two campuses at one site along the I-405 corridor--the University of Washington Bothell and Cascadia Community College.

Last April, the state Legislature set aside $91 million to design and build facilities near the intersection of I-405 and State Route 522 in Bothell. The new site may open in the fall of 2001, serving about 1,200 UWB students and about 800 community college students.


One artist's rendering of what the UW Bothell campus might look like features a promenade ending in a campanile. Drawing by Bill Johnson, courtesy of NBBJ.

Legislators were reluctant to build two new campuses in the area, instead directing the institutions to "co-locate" at one central place. According to a master plan, the funds should cover construction of three buildings: one would mostly serve UWB, one would mostly serve the community college, and one would have common places such as a library or student services.

It is too early to tell what the structures will look like, but it is safe to assume they will be a far cry from the 1890s brick warehouses that hold the new UWT campus.

But in many aspects, the two campuses have a lot in common. Like UWT Dean Vicki Carwein, UWB Dean Norman Rose is worried that his campus will be full the moment his students move in. "We have more than 1,000 students right now," he says.

Rose says there has been remarkable growth at Bothell the last two years, and with the addition of a computer science and engineering degree program next fall, more students are coming.--Tom Griffin

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