February 23, 2025
Knitting for a Cause: Hats off to UWFA’s Scholarship Fundraising
This fall, the University of Washington Faculty Auxiliary (UWFA) demonstrated the power of community and creativity through their hand-knit hat sales events. Designed to support UW undergraduate scholarships (donate now!), the initiative brought together dedicated volunteers, skillful knitters, and enthusiastic shoppers at five unique events. The result? Over $6,000 raised—and countless heads and hearts warmed!…
February 2, 2025
Treasured Hillwood Estate Museum
Marjorie Merriweather Post and her treasured Museum in our nation’s capital, Hillwood Estate Presenter: Dagmar Shannon When: Wednesday February 12, 2025 from 1-3pm Where: Zoom (Join UWFA to attend) Dagmar Shannon will talk about a fascinating woman and a treasured Museum in our nation’s capital, Hillwood Estate. She will be talking about Marjorie Merriweather Post…
October 27, 2024
2024 Scholarship Celebration Dinner and Lecture
Welcome UWFA and UWRA members, guests and friends to the Scholarship Celebration Dinner What: Dinner, followed by a Lecture by Mary Branom “Adventures in Azerbaijan: experiences of a later-in-life Peace Corps Volunteer” When: Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 5:30 pm Where: Piatti Italian Restaurant in University Village Cost: $55 per person We hope you will join us…
September 11, 2024
Changing Landscape of Alzheimer’s Disease
This is a time of rapid, positive change in the field of Alzheimer’s disease. There has been enormous progress in developing biomarker tests that can detect Alzheimer’s disease reliably in living patients, at the earliest symptoms, and even before that. And there are finally new medicines being approved that slow down the processes underlying…
February 7, 2024
Tribal Ambassador Bridging Two Cultures
Decolonoscopy: Exploring My Role as a Tribal Ambassador Bridging Two Cultures” By Don Motanic, Board President for the Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. Don is a 1978 UW graduate with a degree in Forestry Engineering. He had a 42 year long career as a Forest Engineer and Forest Manager with the Bureau of Indian Affairs that…
November 3, 2023
Waterways of the Tsars, a Travelogue
Scholarship Celebration Dinner and Lecture at Piatti’s in University Village Wednesday, November 8, 2023, Dinner at 5:30pm, followed by a Lecture by Dagmar Shannon “Waterways of the Tsars, a Travelogue” We hope you will join us for our Annual Scholarship Celebration and Lecture. We will introduce and award scholarships of $7000 each to 3 deserving UW…
February 20, 2023
Bitcoin, Blockchain, and NFTs
UWFA In-Person Luncheon Lecture: Christopher Shannon “Bitcoin, Blockchain, and NFTs” Wednesday, March 8th The UW FACULTY AUXILIARY welcomes UWFA and UWRA members, spouses and friends to the “In-Person Luncheon Lecture” at Piatti’s Restaurant, 2695 NE Village Lane, University Village, Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 Christopher Shannon will talk to us about Bitcoin, Blockchain, and NFTs, and…
January 5, 2023
The History of Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America
Margaret O’Mara: “The History of Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America” Wednesday, February 8th, 1pm Please join us as Margaret O’Mara presents a Zoom lecture on the history of Silicon Valley and how it spilled over into the Pacific NW as described in her latest book The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of…
April 17, 2022
Walking Washington’s History
UWFA Lecture: Judy Bentley “Walking Washington’s History” Monday, April 11, 1pm, 2022 Judy Bentley “Walking Washington’s History” Part One Judy Bentley “Walking Washington’s History” Part Two Our speaker today is historian and hiker Judy Bentley. She has teamed up with veteran guidebook author Craig Romano to describe hikes for adventurers of all abilities along trails…
March 4, 2022
Antarctica
UWFA Lecture: Dagmar Shannon, “Antarctica” Wednesday March 9, 1 pm, 2022 Dagmar Shannon, “Antarctica” Wednesday March 9, 1 pm Ultimate Antarctica and Patagonia “Come travel and discover Antarctica with me. I am Dagmar Shannon, former UWFA President and co- Program chair with Nancy Kenagy. Born in Germany, I came to Seattle as an exchange student…