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Artifact ID Day at the Burke Museum, May 9

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Bring your natural and cultural objects to the Burke Museum for their collection experts to evaluate on Artifact ID Day between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 9. This is the one day a year where all the Burke’s research and collections staff are in one place to help you learn more about your treasured, or found, objects.

These experts, who specialize in baskets, blankets and other cultural objects from Native American cultures, the Pacific Islands and Asia, as well as archaeological artifacts, bones, fossils and rocks, will help you find out about the origins of your objects and their cultural, natural, and historic significance.

The Burke Museum proudly reports that past Artifact ID Days have uncovered such rare items as a 5,000-year-old stone tool, a twined basketry doll made by a Tlingit weaver, and a drinking cup made from a walrus’ tusk.

What objects do you have at home that you’re curious about?

Artifact ID Day is included in museum admission and is free for Burke members. Please bring a limit of three items per visitor.

Click here to see more about the event.

See you at the Burke!

May is Bike Month—take the Bike Month Commute Challenge!

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The Bike Month Commute Challenge, presented by Adobe, is May 1 – 31. Motivate yourself to commute by bike as often as possible during the month of May. Track yourself or join as part of a team, and use a cool new website to track all your bike trips. To participate, you need to commute by bike at least four days throughout the month. No problem, right?

Click here to register.

Just getting started?

Click here to register for any of these (and other) helpful and informative bike commuting classes, held at the HUB, and taught by instructors from Cascade Bicycle Club:

  • Bike Commuting 101 – Getting Started (April 28, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. today, May 6)
  • Bike Commuting 102 – Rules of the Road (May 14)
  • Bike Commuting 103 – Fix your own flat tire (May 19)

Don’t have a bike? Use Pronto!

Pronto is Seattle’s nonprofit bike share system with 11 stations in the U-District and 40+ more in Capitol Hill, South Lake Union, and downtown. Once you join, you can take an unlimited number of rides up to 30 minutes for free.

Click here for full Pronto membership information and to see a map that shows you all the UW Pronto stations.

Always be safe!

Always wear a helmet (clean helmets are available to borrow at every Pronto station) and bike cautiously and responsibly.

Remember the following rules:

  • Pedestrians always have the right of way
  • Stay in control and ride within your ability
  • Obey all traffic laws
  • Dismount and walk your bike when in any Bike Walk Zone and other crowded pedestrian areas
  • Minimize your impact by staying off of lawns
  • Park and lock your bike only at designated bike racks

See you in the bike lane!

 

 

 

 

UW included in Senate Resolution that commends businesses that have made veteran employment a priority

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Senate Resolution 8680, sponsored by Sen. Steve O’Ban, was adopted by the State Senate today. This resolution honors job recruitment efforts that target veterans and honors businesses and community partners that have taken exceptional measures to train, recruit and hire veterans.

The University of Washington was included as one of the businesses that has made veteran employment a priority, along with The Boeing Company, Starbucks, Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, Weyerhaeuser, US Bank, Comcast, the Port of Seattle, Providence Health and Services, The Shultz Foundation, Puget Sound Energy, Multicare, and others.

Washington state is home to over 600,000 veterans and active duty service members.

Sen. Steve O’Ban says on his Web site, “These highly motivated women and men possess exemplary work ethics and superb skills, including expertise in leading others, health care, technology and logistics. We’re grateful for these companies who have made a huge difference in the lives of thousands of service members who need to transition successfully into civilian life and find new careers.“

The Department of Regional & Community Relations is proud that the UW is included in SR 8680 and to have the opportunity to work with our veterans and military service members.

Click here to read the full text for SR 8680.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UWTV video: wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House opening celebration

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Watch this new video from UWTV about the opening celebration at Intellectual House on March 12, 2015, and its philosophy to serve as a place of welcome and affirmation, and “where we can share our culture with non-Natives and build bridges amongst us,” Denny Hurtado, former chair of the Skokomish Tribe and retired director of Indian Education for the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), says.

This new facility is also known by the Lushootseed language name for Intellectual House, wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ, pronounced “wah-sheb-altuh,” and is intended to be a learning and gathering place for Native American students, faculty and staff, as well as the UW and surrounding community.

40 years in the making, wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House received input and guidance from an elders committee and regional tribes in addition to UW community members.

Sheila Edwards Lange, Vice President for Minority Affairs and Vice Provost for Diversity, UW; Charlotte Coté, associate professor, American Indian Studies, UW; Ross Braine, director, Intellectual House, UW and Johnpaul Jones, architect, are also featured in the video.

Visit wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House at 4249 Whitman Court, Seattle, WA 98195.

Hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (unless otherwise reserved)

For more information about wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House, click here.

Windermere Cup Regatta at the Montlake Cut, May 2

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Head to the Montlake Cut for excellent viewing and world-class rowing at the Windermere Cup Regatta on May 2. The 29th annual Windermere Cup Regatta will feature 21 races and more than 800 rowers. The final two races, the prestigious Windermere Cup events, will feature the Husky women’s crew facing the University of Virginia, and the Husky men’s crew competing against Columbia University and the New Zealand national team, the two-time defending world champions.

Windermere Real Estate president OB Jacobi says in the press release for this event (http://bit.ly/1IEozHB), “We invite everyone to come down to the Montlake Cut to watch the races and enjoy what has grown into the largest free community event in Seattle.” UW women’s rowing head coach Bob Ernst adds, “This is one of the great spectacles in rowing… It’s a great opportunity for us to bring world-class competition to the Northwest and give all these rowers the chance to perform in front of the great Seattle rowing community.”

Following the races, fans are invited to join the regatta champions for an awards ceremony and presentation of the Windermere Cup Trophy at the Conibear Shellhouse.

The regatta will take place from 10:20 a.m. until noon. Immediately following the regatta will be the Seattle Yacht Club’s Opening Day Boat Parade, featuring 300 boats in 23 classes.

Note that the Montlake Bridge will be closed from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

For a full schedule of events and additional information, click here.

See you at the Cut!

Go Huskies!

Windermere Cup 2015
Windermere Cup 2015 Photo: Courtesy of Windermere Real Estate