October 21, 2010
Official notices
Board of Regents
The Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, October 21, in the Petersen Room of Allen Library.
Blood Drives
Monday, Oct. 25, 10:30 a.m. — 4:30 p.m., Foege – BIOE N130A
English language courses
The UW International & English Language Programs (UW IELP) offers quarterly online and on-site courses designed primarily for non-native speakers of English.
Convenient online courses are available for UW employees who want to improve their sentence-level grammar and vocabulary in academic, business or technical writing. All of the courses have online interactive exercises and short assignments to be completed each week. Instructors respond to assignments within two business days, giving detailed one-on-one feedback.
Evening on-site courses focus on improving conversational skills and preparation for the iBT TOEFL and IELTS. There are also daytime courses in reading, writing, grammar, speaking, listening, and vocabulary and idioms.
UW IELP customizes courses in English for the Workplace. Depending on the needs of your group, courses can be designed for such areas as pronunciation and fluency, assisting clients by telephone, presentation skills and the language of meetings, e-mail communication, and job-specific vocabulary and idioms.
For more information, call 206-543-6242 or e-mail uwelp@u.washington.edu.
The Institute for Ethnic Studies in the United States (IESUS) invites applications from University of Washington faculty members who are engaged in or are beginning projects on ethnic issues in the United States. The deadline for applications is Monday, Nov. 15. For more information on application guidelines, please see the IESUS website or direct questions to Kelly Koo at 206-616-6610 or via e-mail at iesus@u.washington.edu.
