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July 25, 2002

Notices

LEGAL NOTICES

Description of proposal: Replacement of Merrill Hall, which was substantially destroyed by arson fire on May 21, 2001. The proposed use of the facility is unchanged from the pre-fire conditions, providing a library, research labs and offices for faculty, staff and students of the center as well as various community partners. The reconstructed building will re-use much (7,100 SF) of the existing concrete foundation, concrete floor slab and remnant building shell (8,600 SF). The building will project beyond the existing foundation in two areas. The larger projection (3,960 SF) provides space for the library, north and west of the structure. The area is currently flat lawn. The second smaller project (1,250 SF) occurs at the southwest corner of the structure and squares off the south corner. The proposed building is 18,493 GSF. If funds become available the 2,100 GSF lobby space will be enclosed and a 1,500 SF cascading landscape garden will be constructed.

Proponent: University of Washington

Location of proposal, including street address: 3501 Union Bay Place NE/NE 41 Street, Center for Urban Horticulture.

The lead agency for this proposal has determined that it does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. This information is available to the public on request.

This DNS is issued under 197-11-340(2); the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from the date below. Comments must be submitted by Aug. 1, to:

Responsible Official, Richard K. Chapman; Position/Title, Associate Vice President for Capital Projects; Telephone, 206-543-5200; Address, University Facilities Building, Box 352205 Seattle, WA 98195-2205

WEST CAMPUS GARAGE PAY-PER-USE PARKING

A new pilot program in the West Campus Garage (WCG), Pay-Per-Use Parking (PPUP), starts Aug. 1. Parking Services believes this program will help reduce the number of single occupancy vehicle (SOV) commute trips to campus by providing incentives for not driving on a daily basis. Access to the West Campus Garage will be via gate-arms controlled by card readers. Only Husky Cards™ for PPUP participants will allow entry into the garage. Initially participation in PPUP is limited to current garage permit holders who have a Husky Card™ and are eligible for payroll deduction. In the future, when space becomes available, specific targeted groups will be notified so they can become participants.

The PPUP program will provide a more flexible way for University employees to manage their commute to campus. PPUP participants can choose daily whether to drive to work or utilize an alternate transportation mode, such as Metro, walking or biking. On days when they do not park on campus, such as vacation days, sick days, personal holidays, or when using other commute methods, they will save money. The PPUP program facilitates charges via payroll deduction and eliminates the need for in-person permit renewals, plastic hang-tag permits and paper Individual Commuter Tickets (ICT’s). Further, it helps accommodate a larger number of users in the already over-crowded South Campus area by encouraging fewer vehicle trips per person and consequently freeing up more parking spaces.

The parking Web site will be updated with the most current information regarding the PPUP program. Go to http://www.washington.edu/admin/parking  to check for updates.

LANGUAGE EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES

We would like your help if you are a fluent speaker of English who is interested in meeting and helping international students studying English. This would be a way of gaining experience for future overseas or ESL teaching, fulfilling community service requirements or developing a language/culture exchange. A brief description of the two different types of volunteer opportunities follows.

Conversation Exchange Partner: Fluent English speakers are matched with students, based on language/ culture exchange interests or by general English practice. Meeting arrangements are made by the participating individuals.

In-Class Facilitator: Fluent English speakers come to our conversation, American culture, or academic English classes to assist our English language teachers in providing conversation practice for students. The class sections usually have about 14 students per class from different countries. These students often don’t have a chance to practice their English with a fluent speaker. Therefore, we like to offer them this chance in the classroom. Due to the large number of participants, it is important that volunteers be assigned to particular class sections.

For both opportunities, we ask volunteers to provide 10 sessions total, or a once per week commitment.

At the end of the quarter, volunteers can request a letter documenting his/her work in our program.

For more information, contact:

Michele Norton, Language Exchange Program Coordinator, University of Washington English Language Programs, Box 354232, Seattle, WA 98195-4232

206-685-6355 or send e-mail to langex@u.washington.edu

SURPLUS PROPERTY WAREHOUSE

You can find a wide variety of furniture and equipment at the Surplus Property warehouse. Due to recent changes in the Surplus warehouse, the warehouse will no longer be closed the week prior to a public auction. However, items designated for auction will be removed from the sales area 10 days prior to the auction. The warehouse will be closed the Monday and Tuesday following the auction. The warehouse is open from 1 p.m. to

3:30 p.m. Monday–Friday. The warehouse is located in the Bryant Building, behind the University Police department at 1117 N.E. Boat St. For more information, visit the Surplus Property Web site at: www.washington.edu/admin/surplus/, call the Surplus Property office at 206-685-1573, or send an inquiry via e-mail at surplus2@u.washington.edu.

Blood drive

Friday, July 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 1:45 to 4 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby.

Degree Exams

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

General Examinations

n Bipasha Barua, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6. 339 Chemistry. (Prof. Niels Andersen).

n Chad David Brown, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7. 42 EE1. (Profs. Allan Hoffman and Patrick Stayton).

n Stephanie Anne Endsley, Chemistry, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2. 239 Chemistry. (Prof. Niels Andersen).

n Daniel Jeremy Forrest Fox, Mathematics, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 31. 325 Thomson. (Prof. C. Robin Graham).

n Kavita Garg, Molecular Biotechnology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2. K350 Health Sciences. (Prof. Philip Green).

n Barry Ryan Lutz, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1. 109 Benson. (Prof. Daniel Schwartz).

n Brian Haines Smith, Social Work, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 31. Social Work. (Prof. J. David Hawkins).

Final Examinations

n Atar Baer, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2. K069 Health Sciences. “New approaches to cervical cancer screening and prevention.” (Prof. Laura Koutsky).

n Wen-Shiang Chen, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 26. Hardisty Conference Center, Henderson. “Investigations on the destruction of ultrasound contrast agents: Fragmentation thresholds, inertial cavitation, and bioeffects.” (Prof. Lawrence Crum).

n Chen Shan Chin, Physics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7. C520 Physics/Astronomy. “Passive random walkers on fluctuating surfaces.” (Prof. Marcel den Nijs).

n Peter L. Cuasay, Anthropology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 26. 401 Denny. “Time borders and elephant margins: Exceeding ‘culture’ among the Kuay of South Isan, Thailand.” (Prof. Charles Keyes).

n David James Davies, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7. 401 Denny. “Remembering red: Memory and nostalgia for the cultural revolution in late 1990’s China.” (Prof. Stevan Harrell).

n Sasa Gabersek, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 30. 001 Johnson. “The dynamics of gap flow over idealized topography.” (Prof. Dale Durran).

n Karen Lee Geisler, Nutritional Sciences, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. 305-D Raitt. “Nutrition survey in a rural Honduran population.” (Prof. Donna Johnson).

n Jennifer Jacobs Henderson, Communications, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Monday, July 29. 126 Communications. “Hayden Covington, the Jehovah’s Witnesses and their plan to expand first amendment freedoms.” (Prof. Donald Pember).

n William Carl Hicks, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 1. 243 Wilcox. “Rare earth erbium doped yttrium barium copper oxide superconducting domains and their magnetic properties.” (Prof. Fatih Dogan).

n Christine Marie Keating, Political Science, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7. 40A Smith. “The postcolonial sexual contract.” (Prof. Christine Di Stefano).

n Patricia Kehoe, Education, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6. 402 Miller. “The need for peer approval: Moderating factors between the internalization of the thin ideal and body image dissatisfaction.” (Prof. Mary Lee Nelson).

n Min Goo Kim, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2. 403 Electrical Engineering. “Application of computational intelligence to power system vulnerability assessment and wide-area adaptive protection using distributed control and high-speed communications.” (Prof. Mohamed El-Sharkawi).

n Kristin Ann Larson, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2. 310 Atmospheric Sciences/Geophysics. “Tropical climate sensitivities: Clouds, water vapor, radiation and large-scale circulation.” (Prof. Dennis Hartmann).

n Eun Mie Lim, Sociology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. 110C Savery. “Big horses don’t die: The dominance of the Chaebol in the course of Korean industrialization.” (Prof. Gary Hamilton).

n Huei-Mei Liu, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 30. 120 Parrington. “The acoustic-phonetic characteristics of infant-directed speech in Mandarin Chinese and its relation to infant speech perception in the first year of life.” (Prof. Patricia Kuhl).

n Anay Josephine Luketa-Hanlin, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7. Engineering Annex Design Studio. “A numerical investigation of the gas-phase dynamics of small pool fires.” (Prof. Richard Corlett).

n Markus Ulrich Mock, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 30. 322 Sieg. “Automating selective dynamic compilation.” (Profs. Susan Eggers and Craig Chambers).

n Beth Lee Mullenbach, Oceanography, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2. 123 Marine Sciences. “Characterization of modern off-shelf sediment export on the Eel margin, northern California.” (Prof. Charles Nittrouer).

n Tamara Dawn Holmlund Nelson, Education, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6. 112-A Miller. “Dialogic inquiry in school-university partnerships: Case studies in science education.” (Prof. Mark Windschitl).

n Judith Marie Shewmaker Pine, Anthropology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 31. 402 Denny. “Lahu literacy and literate Lahu: An inquiry into the value of writing.” (Prof. Charles Keyes).

n Chris John Sablynski, Business Administration, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6. McCabe Room, Mackenzie. “The effects of attributions and perceived organizational response on observers of workplace bullying.” (Prof. Terence Mitchell).

n Stephen Wayne Sofie, Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2. 243 Wilcox. “Processing of doped yttrium barium copper oxide melt textured single crystal superconductors for enhanced bulk properties.” (Prof. Fatih Dogan).

n Josette Marie Ungos, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ph.D. 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8. K069 Health Sciences. “Development of the Zebrafish dorsal root ganglia.” (Prof. David Raible).