May 20, 2004
Campus news & notes
SPJ STARS: Columns magazine and KUOW radio have done well in the annual Excellence in Journalism competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Chapter. Columns’ awards include a First Place to UW Photographer Mary Levin for Photo Essay (Magazines): “Faces of the Millennium,” portraits of five Gates Millennium scholars, March 2003.
Columns Associate Editor Jon Marmor claimed a Second Place for Education Reporting (Magazines) for “Disappearing Act,” on the nursing shortage in the U.S., March 2003. Marmor also won Second Place for Personalities (Magazines) for “Rag to Riches,” a profile of composer and UW alumnus William Bolcom, June 2003, and a Second Place for Sports Reporting (Magazines) for “Bouncing Back,” on the football coaching turnover, Sept. 2003.
Columns Art Director Ken Shafer won Second Place for Cover/Page Layout (Magazines) for “Faces of the Millennium: (cover) and “Faces of the Millennium” (page spread), March 2004; and “Honor and Glory” (cover), Sept. 2004.
UW Photographer Kathy Sauber won Second Place for Photography-Portraits (Magazines) for “Keith Gilbertson,” Sept. 2003. And free-lancer David Williams snagged a Third Place for Consumer and Environmental Affairs Reporting (Magazines) for “Alien Invasion,” an article on invasive weeds, Sept. 2004.
Over at KUOW, Ruby de Luna won First Place in Spot News Reporting for “Ridgeway sentencing,” while Patricia Murphy won Third in the same category for “Snohomish Flooding.” Murphy won a First and Derek Wang a Second in General Newscast. Cathy Duchamp snagged a Second Place in Investigative Reporting for “Homeless Sex offenders.”
Oh, and by the way, University Week’s brand new assistant editor, Peter Kelley, won two awards for work at his old paper, the Skagit Valley Herald. Kelley’s column received a Third Place and his feature on author Tom Robbins a First Place in the Arts Reporting category. Congrats to all the winners.
IT’S MARKET TIME: There’s no surer sign of summer than the return of the Farmer’s Markets in Seattle, including the one in the U District. The market, on the grounds of the old University Heights School at the corner of NE 50th Street and University Way NE, will open Saturday, May 22. More than 50 Washington state farmers and food producers will be on hand every Saturday for a season that extends to Thanksgiving. Hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
According to the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance, shoppers this season can expect to see more fresh food vendors at each market. Along with the regular complement of fresh local Puget Sound produce and Eastern Washington soft fruit, shoppers will also find local wineries, cottage bakeries, fresh oysters and salmon, pasture raised beef, pork and chicken and fresh milled flours.
LIBRARY HONOR: Mel DeSart, Head of the Engineering Library, has been selected as the 2004 Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award winner by the Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) of the American Society for Engineering Education. DeSart’s achievements in the profession include: the establishment of the ELDNET-L listserv; recruitment and mentoring of new engineering librarians; leadership in areas of scholarly communication; and significant contributions to ELD.
KUDOS: Jack W. Berryman, Professor of Medical History and Ethics with an adjunct appointment in Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, has been chosen to present the Dr. B. Dill Distinguished Lecture at the 50th annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine.
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