Darlene Feikema, director of the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Life, likes small things.
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Expect traffic congestion at Hec Ed Traffic may be congested around Hec Edmondson Pavilion this week as it hosts several events related to the Dalai Lama’s visit to Seattle. Two finalists for the position of chief of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Police Department will be visiting campus this month. As the baby boomer generation moves toward retirement and life expectancies grow longer, the percentage of Americans who are senior citizens will increase dramatically. Editor’s note: This is one of a series of columns by Faculty Senate officials. Around a university campus, it’s not unusual to have an esoteric interest, but not all such interests are entertaining to other people. The new College of Education undergraduate degree path in Early Childhood and Family Studies answers a longtime need in a creative and interdisciplinary way, its creators say. A new approach is enabling researchers to create a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories. A fish that would rather crawl into crevices than swim, and that may be able to see in the same way that humans do, could represent an entirely unknown family of fishes, says a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø fish expert. Who are the next generation of great artists? What traditions and inspirations are they drawing upon to create the next great work? One answer can be found at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Art spring BFA shows at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community and local agencies are co-sponsoring an all-day human trafficking conference, “Asian Pacific Islander Community Responses to Human Trafficking: Working Together to Create Change,” on Saturday, April 12, in Architecture Hall. The Pavel Haas Quartet will perform at 8 p. You’re trying to log on to a Web site and it’s not working. Sherman Alexie, National Book Award-winner for Young People’s Literature for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, will deliver the keynote speech at “Literary Voices,” an event sponsored by Friends of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Libraries at which guests dine at tables with authors. By Elizabeth Robichaud The 2008 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Medicine Salute Harborview Gala, held March 1 at the Sheraton Seattle, grossed more than $2 million — a first in the 16-year history of the event. The American Cancer Society (ACS) presented its annual Legacy and Leadership Research Awards for Seattle-area cancer research at a special ceremony on March 13 at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø campus. Students in the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø School of Medicine joined more than 15,000 other medical students around the country in participating in the National Resident Matching Program on March 24. THURSDAY, APRIL 3
Medicine Grand Rounds –“Risk and Litigation Management in the Department of Medicine,” by Tom Steiger, Marcia Rhodes, Cindy Jacobs, Kelly Williams, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 8 a. Representatives from the North West Commission of Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) will be visiting the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Seattle campus April 21 and 22 to review progress that has been made since the last decennial accreditation visit in 2003. Where are we? The photo above was taken somewhere on campus. Alice Gosti loves airports. Red Square is looking a little barer these days because the Broken Obelisk has been removed for renovation. Quincy Jones, a distinguished musician, composer, producer, arranger and conductor for more than six decades, will be the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø commencement speaker June 14 in Husky Stadium. April 16 is the deadline for faculty and staff to RSVP for the annual party in their honor. Presidential candidates use issues of faith and finance to build political platforms, create campaign strategies, and justify their positions on such issues as education, health care, immigration and the environment. Think you have a million-dollar idea? What about a 10-million-dollar idea, or a 100-million-dollar idea? If so, you wouldn’t have been the only one at this year’s Invest Northwest meeting to think so. Three ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students have been honored as medalists for having the strongest academic record in their class for the previous year. With gas prices and bus fares rising and a new parking tax in place, the cost of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø parking permits and U-PASS cards will also likely go up. How does ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s compensation package compare to other local employers? Better than you might expect, according to Milliman, an independent consulting firm that conducted a total compensation study of professional staff compensation. The first day of spring was the last day of spring rolls for the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Libraries’ staff. This school year, University Week, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø campus newspaper for faculty and staff, turns 25. Free tickets will be available beginning today for the lecture by artist Brian Tolle, set for 7 p. Leadership training, child care and communication were three of the issues that came to the fore at the first ever Women’s Summit, held March 12 on campus. Lucy Brennan, a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø sophomore in art and the comparative history of ideas, worked with third and fourth-graders at Forks Elementary School during Alternative Spring Break the last week of March. The Guatemalan woman feared talking with the professor and her students. Black Students, Campus Activism, and the Reform of Higher Education: History and Legacy is the title of this year’s Samuel E. |