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University of Washington names 1st Latina as its president

SEATTLE (AP) — The University of Washington Board of Regents on Tuesday chose Ana Mari Cauce to be the school's next president, making her the first woman, first openly gay person and first Latina to hold the job permanently at the Seattle-based institution. The regents voted to offer the job to Cauce a day before she was scheduled to give the president's annual state of the university speech. Cauce, 59, joined the UW faculty in 1986 as an assistant professor of psychology and rose to become the university's provost and executive vice president before being named interim president. The choice of Cauce was met with enthusiasm from faculty and students, who crowded the regents' meeting room and lined the walls to cheer their decision. During her seven months as interim president, she supported a legislative decision to lower university tuition, adopted Seattle's $15 minimum wage initiative even though some felt UW should be immune to the Seattle ordinance, announced a plan to expand childcare on campus, finalized a new innovation exchange with Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, and has spoken eloquently about diversity, racism and homophobia.

 

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