Lectures

February 2, 2025

Treasured Hillwood Estate Museum

Marjorie Merriweather Post and her treasured Museum in our nation’s capital, Hillwood Estate Presenter: Dagmar Shannon When: Wednesday February 12, 2025 from 1-3pm Where: Zoom (Join UWFA to attend) Dagmar Shannon will talk about a fascinating woman and a treasured Museum in our nation’s capital, Hillwood Estate. She will be talking about Marjorie Merriweather Post…

October 27, 2024

2024 Scholarship Celebration Dinner and Lecture

Welcome UWFA and UWRA members, guests and friends to the Scholarship Celebration Dinner What: Dinner, followed by a Lecture by Mary Branom “Adventures in Azerbaijan: experiences of a later-in-life Peace Corps Volunteer” When: Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 5:30 pm Where: Piatti Italian Restaurant in University Village Cost: $55 per person We hope you will join us…

September 11, 2024

Changing Landscape of Alzheimer’s Disease

This is a time of rapid, positive change in the field of Alzheimer’s disease. There has been enormous progress in developing biomarker tests that can detect Alzheimer’s disease reliably in living patients, at the earliest symptoms, and even before that. And there are finally new medicines being approved that slow down the processes underlying…

February 7, 2024

Tribal Ambassador Bridging Two Cultures

Decolonoscopy: Exploring My Role as a Tribal Ambassador Bridging Two Cultures” By Don Motanic, Board President for the Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. Don is a 1978 UW graduate with a degree in Forestry Engineering. He had a 42 year long career as a Forest Engineer and Forest Manager with the Bureau of Indian Affairs that…

February 20, 2023

Bitcoin, Blockchain, and NFTs

UWFA In-Person Luncheon Lecture: Christopher Shannon “Bitcoin, Blockchain, and NFTs” Wednesday, March 8th The UW FACULTY AUXILIARY welcomes UWFA and UWRA members, spouses and friends to the “In-Person Luncheon Lecture” at Piatti’s Restaurant, 2695 NE Village Lane, University Village, Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 Christopher Shannon will talk to us about Bitcoin, Blockchain, and NFTs, and…

January 5, 2023

The History of Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America

Margaret O’Mara: “The History of Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America” Wednesday, February 8th, 1pm Please join us as Margaret O’Mara presents a Zoom lecture on the history of Silicon Valley and how it spilled over into the Pacific NW as described in her latest book The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of…

April 17, 2022

Walking Washington’s History

UWFA Lecture: Judy Bentley “Walking Washington’s History” Monday, April 11, 1pm, 2022 Judy Bentley “Walking Washington’s History” Part One Judy Bentley “Walking Washington’s History” Part Two Our speaker today is historian and hiker Judy Bentley. She has teamed up with veteran guidebook author Craig Romano to describe hikes for adventurers of all abilities along trails…

March 4, 2022

Antarctica

UWFA Lecture: Dagmar Shannon, “Antarctica” Wednesday March 9, 1 pm, 2022 Dagmar Shannon, “Antarctica” Wednesday March 9, 1 pm Ultimate Antarctica and Patagonia “Come travel and discover Antarctica with me. I am Dagmar Shannon, former UWFA President and co- Program chair with Nancy Kenagy. Born in Germany, I came to Seattle as an exchange student…

February 10, 2022

Thom Lee, Korean Five Elements

UWFA Lecture: “Thom Lee, Korean Five Elements” Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Thom Lee “Korean Five Elements” Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Several years ago, Thom Lee took a trip to South Korea to celebrate his mother’s 80th birthday. This presentation will examine the trip in a thematic way using the traditional Five Element theory that pervades the country…

February 7, 2022

The Art & Photography of Calvin R. Smith

Welcome to the UWFA Lecture Series UWFA Scholarship Lecture November 10, 2021: Dr. Thomas Pruitt: “The Art and Photography of Calvin R. Smith” “Canvas and Camera: The Art and Photography of Calvin Rae Smith” Please join is for a lecture by Dr. Thomas Pratt, who will discuss collecting and restoring the work of his great-grandfather,…