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Floating their boat
Members of the home team in the concrete canoe championships, held at the UW last week, test their boat “Legacy” to see if it stays afloat even if swamped, which is one of the requirements of the competition. And yes, it did float. At left, in the white t-shirt, is Kris McArthur, team captain. To his right is Sean Miyashiro, then Karen Case, and to the far right is Katie Archer. The UW placed 11th of the 22 entries in the competition. This was the 20th anniversary of the competition. Oh, and Washington State University placed 15th.
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Task force promotes global citizenship
The Task Force on Global Citizenship issued its report June 15, setting out nine specific recommendations. The task force was commissioned by Susan Jeffords, vice provost for global affairs and Ed Taylor, vice provost for undergraduate academic affairs, to “define ways for students to understand what it means to be global citizens and suggest ways the University might promote this goal,” Jeffords said.
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Work group formed to consider new campus
The UW has appointed a 16-member work group to provide advice on an appropriate location, size of student body and degree programs for a UW campus to be located in Snohomish, Island or Skagit county.
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Lange to head minority affairs, diversity
Sheila Edwards Lange has been named vice president for minority affairs and vice provost for diversity, effective July 1. Lange has served as interim vice president and vice provost since last year, following the departure of Nancy “Rusty” Barcelo. The appointment is subject to approval by the Board of Regents.
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Johnson named to new post in Student Life reorganization
Lincoln Johnson, director of Student Activities and Union Facilities (SAUF), has been named to the newly created position of assistant vice provost for campus life, effective July 1. As assistant vice provost, Johnson will continue to direct SAUF, but will also be responsible for overseeing Greek Life, Recreational Sports Programs and a new unit tentatively titled Student Responsibility and Citizenship.
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University signs on to anti-sweatshop program
The UW has become a signatory to the Designated Suppliers Program of the Worker Rights Consortium, which works to assure that all University-licensed apparel is made in factories meeting specific criteria regarding fair labor practices. Student groups helped raise awareness of this issue.
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Nature on full-color display in ‘Yellowstone to Yukon’
Photographer Florian Schulz says it’s “a childhood dream” come true to exhibit his photos of Yellowstone National Park north to Canada’s Yukon territories. The photographs — stunning images of wildlife and landscapes in this threatened world — show why. Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam will run at the Burke Museum until Dec. 31.
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Husband’s thesis starts wife’s business
Computer science alumna Suzanna Kovoor started a company in January selling implantable brain chips. The company, called Neumio, has its headquarters in the basement of her Bellevue home. When she has a question for the technology’s inventor, she doesn’t have far to travel — the device was created by her husband, Jaideep Mavoori, as part of his doctoral thesis at the UW.
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Memorial service set for longtime staffer
A celebration of Margaret Darland’s life is planned at 5:30 p.m. Friday, June 22, in the Burke Room at the Burke Museum. Darland, a UW graduate and retiree from Publications Services, died recently after a long struggle with the effects of several strokes.
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Architects present first cut at new design for HUB
Members of the UW community got a chance to see what the Husky Union Building might look like someday when representatives of Perkins + Will, the architectural firm that is creating a master plan for the building, visited just before the end of spring quarter.
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Model workers: University employment ads feature real employees
Sandra McGowan was waiting to get her hair done when a woman asked, “Aren’t you the woman from ColorsNW?” McGowan laughed and admitted that she was. This technology manager from Computing & Communications is no celebrity, but in February her face appeared in a magazine advertisement designed to attract people to employment at the University.
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Well-known writers to speak as part of classes
Six well-known regional writers will speak at the UW this summer as the public part of two courses on the Pacific Northwest that will be taught jointly. “A Sense of Where We Are” is a series of talks and readings associated with the English class Pacific Northwest Literature as well as the history class Writing the Region: A Documentary History of Pacific Northwest Identity.
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