Student Members

CREATE student members are University of Washington students who are interested in a facet of accessibility: research, education, or translation-to-practice.

How to get involved

To do/learn:	Consider these programs:	Get started:
Adaptive engineering design, hands-on adaptive making, and to connect with other students	HuskyAdapt, a student-run group that learns about and creates adaptive toys that are distributed to the community	Apply in October-November
Research Experience for Undergrads (REU)	DUB REU	Apply in January
	CRA-WP DREU	Apply in March
	Teach Access Away	Spring info sessions
Academics	Accessibility courses at the UW	Fall, Winter and Spring quarters
Connect with students, faculty and researchers	Join the CREATE Slack community	ongoing
Announcements, updates, events	Join a CREATE mailing list	ongoing

To get involved, connect with other students through HuskyAdapt, a student-run group that provides opportunities to learn about and create adaptive toys (which are distributed to the community) and learn about adaptive engineering design. Also consider the DUB REU, CRA-WP DREU, and AccessComputing’s Teach Access Away programs that starts in spring. Check out our list of accessibility courses at the UW. And be sure to join the CREATE Slack community and CREATE mailing lists where we announce other events.

A purple-tinted collage of UW students working with adults with various mobility and communication disabilities to develop tools to improve their function. — UW students work with adults with mobility and communication disabilities to develop tools for better access.

What you gain as a student member

Receive announcements and invitations for public events such as seminars and talks.
Network with the CREATE community through the UW CREATE students Slack channel.
Be eligible for CREATE Student Minigrants.

To join CREATE as a student member, sign up for the CREATE Students email list.

Become a CREATE Student Member