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January 20, 2017
UPDATED UWFA CALENDAR JANUARY – MAY 2017
FA Events Calendar
January 16, 2017
UWFA MESSAGE FROM NANCY KENAGY
Many of us were able to attend the Annual Scholarship Awards Dinner and Lecture in November and were so pleased to meet and hear from this year’s three UW student recipients. They each received $4000 toward tuition and graciously thanked the UWFA for their awards. I’d like to thank our Scholarship Committee for their diligent…
January 7, 2017
2016 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS DINNER AND LECTURE
The Scholarship Awards Dinner and Lecture was held on November 9th at the UW Club where a scholarship of $4,000.- was given to three enterprising undergraduate seniors of the University of Washington. Each student expressed heartfelt thanks for this help in meeting the high cost of education. Mahdi Ramadan, a neurobiology major, was inspired by…
December 15, 2016
UW Professor Emeritus David J. Thouless wins Nobel Prize in physics
Yesterday, Professor Emeritus David J. Thouless received the Nobel Prize in physics for exploring exotic state of matters. The University of Washington Faculty Auxiliary joins UW President Ana Mari Cauce and the entire UW community in congratulating Professor Emeritus David J. Thouless on his award of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics. Dr. Thouless and his…
December 13, 2016
UWFA Holiday Tea 2016 at the Hill Crest House
For those of you who attended, you will admit, that the Holiday Tea this year couldn’t have been nicer. Hill Crest House, the UW President’s Residence, was all newly decorated with traditional furniture and a beautiful big Christmas tree in the living room. Everything looked so festive and ready to receive us, who in turn…
November 17, 2016
Calendar Event Change: Luncheon Lecture now Thursday February 9
Please note the change in date for the luncheon lecture from Wednesday, February 8 to Thursday February 9. The speaker will be Prof. Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, UW Art History and the Burke Museum. For more details, please check the Events Calendar.
October 24, 2016
Hat Sales at the Dawg Dash – Success
Well, what can I say about the tremendous power of one, well maybe two. Kay Gordon started the gorgeous hat knitting and crocheting business quite a while back and by some stroke of good fortune she became part of not only the UWFA, but also of our Stitchery group. She has created over 100 great…
August 20, 2016
Eva Bor, M.D. 1927 – 2016
UWFA member Eva Bor passed away in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 28, 2016. She was born in October 17, 1927, in Czechoslovakia. After World War II she entered Charles University Medical School where she met her Imrich Bor. They were married in 1952. Eva became a pediatrician, and practiced in Eastern Slovakia, where her…
August 3, 2016
UWFA Publicity Within the UW Community
We now have permanent links to our website and to the VFHS on the UW Academic Human Resources website. We also have a permanent link on The Whole U website. The UWRA has a link to our interest groups on their website. Enter: “UW Academic Human Resources”, click on “Working at UW”, click on…
June 23, 2016
Tuesday Trekkers on WTA work party
On June 14 a dozen or so Tuesday Trekkers devoted their regular hiking day to giving back to the WTA by volunteering to work on the White Chuck Bench Trail on the Mountain Loop Highway near Darrington. A favorite trail through some beautiful woods next to a wonderful river, Tuesday Trekkers last hiked here in…
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