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January 23, 2003

Notices

LEGAL NOTICE


Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 5 in Room 309 of the Husky Union Building (HUB) at the University of Washington, Seattle campus. The purpose of the hearing is to allow all interested persons an opportunity to present their views, either orally or in writing, on the proposed amendments for WAC 478–132–030, “University Calendar.”


The University of Washington proposes changing the autumn quarter calendar to provide time at the beginning of autumn quarter for new student orientation and additional time for grading and other end-of-quarter activities prior to the winter holidays. Additionally, the University proposes modifying the beginning of winter quarter to allow at least one day between January 1 and the first day of the quarter. Although the amendments to the University calendar will not be effective until autumn quarter 2004, adoption of this amendment is sought now to provide adequate long-range planning time for the University of Washington’s academic and administrative programs.


Advance copies of the proposed WAC rules may be obtained by contacting Rebecca Goodwin Deardorff, Director, Administrative Procedures Office, 4014 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105–6203; Campus Mail: Box 355509; or by phone at 206–543–9199. Copies will also be available at the public hearing.


Persons wishing to provide written comment may submit their remarks to Deardorff at the above address, by e-mail to adminpro@u.washington.edu, or by fax to 206–616–6294, by Feb. 5.


To request disability accommodation for this hearing, contact the UW Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance of the event at: 206–543–6450/voice, 206–543–6452/TTY, 206–685–7264/fax, or by e-mail at dso@u.washington.edu.



OTHER NEWS


New UW Faculty Auxiliary program


UW Faculty Auxiliary is adding another interest group to their program: “New Faculty Dining Out.” Please call Eunice Chen at 206-543-2886 or e-mail: ECHEN@u.washington.edu.


Study participants wanted


If you are 18 or older, never had Reiki (or other forms of energy medicine), not taking narcotics, and have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, you may be eligible to receive free Reiki treatments. For more information, please call
206-521-1731, email reiki@u.washington.edu or visit our web site at http://depts.washington.edu/reiki.


Please remember that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any information sent by e-mail.


Blood drive


Friday, Jan. 24 from 9 a.m. to noon and from 12:45 to 3 p.m. in Gould Hall.


Friday, Jan. 30 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 2:45 to 5 p.m. in McMahon Hall, Pompeii Room.



DEGREE EXAMS


Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.


General Examinations



  • Robert Frederic Contreras, Atmospheric Sciences, M.S. 11:40 a.m. Friday, Jan. 31. 406 Atmospheric Science/Geophysics. (Prof. Robert Brown).
  • Andrew Stuart Glass, Asian Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3. M230 Gowen. (Prof. Richard Salomon).
  • Kristin L. Laidre, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24. 252B Fisheries. (Prof. Glenn VanBlaricom).
  • Qiang Liu, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29. 303 Electrical Engineering. (Prof. Jenq-Neng Hwang).
  • Matthew J. Pruis, Oceanography, Ph.D. 12:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31. 310 Ocean Sciences. (Prof. H. Paul Johnson).
  • Kambiz Rahimi, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4. 206 Electrical Engineering. (Prof. Chris Diorio).
  • Matthew B. Sothern, Geography, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30. 412b Smith. (Prof. Michael Brown).
  • Kari Astley Stephens, Psychology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30. 120 Guthrie Annex 3. (Prof. William George).
  • Chwen-Huan Wang, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6. 264 Wilcox. (Prof. Steven Kramer).

Final Examinations



  • Tara Felicity Chace, Scandinavian Studies, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6. 202 Communications. “In case of emergency, break glass: Ontological metamorphoses in postmodern Norwegian and Finnish fiction.” (Prof. Jan Sjavik).
  • Hoon Han, Economics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 30. 302 Savery. “The social security earning test and the response by the elderly.” (Profs. Neil Bruce and Elaina Rose).
  • Xianwu Li, Pathology, Ph.D. 3:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31. K069 Health Sciences. “Signaling pathways regulating endothelial cell survival and activation.” (Prof. John Harlan).
  • Jun Liu, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31. 403 Electrical Engineering. “Ionospheric effects on synthetic aperture radar imaging.” (Prof. Yasuo Kuga).
  • Courtney J. Schumacher, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30. A118 Physics/Astronomy. “Tropical precipitation in relation to the large-scale circulation.” (Prof. Robert Houze).