August 6, 2009
Official Notices
Board of Regents
The Board of Regents August meeting has been canceled. The next meeting will be Thursday, Sept. 17.
Blood Drives
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Health Sciences Lobby
Monday, Aug. 17, 10 .a.m.-4 p.m., 108 HUB
Friday, Aug. 21, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Health Sciences Lobby
English Language Courses
The UW English Language Programs (UWELP) 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.
UWELP 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.
Grants offered for alcohol, drug abuse research
The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW researchers for its Small Grants research awards. Proposed research must be in alcohol or drug abuse-related fields. The maximum amount considered for funding is $30,000 for faculty and research scientists. The funding limit for predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows is $20,000.
The next application deadline is 5 p.m., Oct. 15. Questions concerning the application process or suitability of a potential project should be directed to the Institute at 206-543-0937. Application guidelines are available on the ADAI website at http://depts.washington.edu/adai or by calling ADAI at 206-543-0937.
