Center for Serious Play

The Center for Serious Play has been opened up to bring students, faculty, and external groups together in ways that will benefit the campus community as a whole. The Center offers students a dynamic learning environment centered around creative collaborations with student teams, faculty and industry. The program responds to student interest in fields related to serious play and offers opportunities to develop innovative solutions to real-world issues.

As an interdisciplinary center, the Center for Serious Play will foster opportunities for faculty to move forward with teaching, research and scholarly interests by:

Building research collaborations across programs
Providing opportunities for dissemination of research
Attracting graduate students
Generating financial resources
Providing space and equipment resources

The Center for Serious Play looks to build responsive partnerships with regional industry, raising UW Bothell’s visibility and positive impact in the community it serves.