Ravi Desai may be an Internet entrepreneur, but his first love is poetry. To ensure that poetry continues to thrive at the 91探花, he has made a $2 million gift to the UW’s Creative Writing Program.
Author: Bob Roseth
Director, 91探花News and Information
Myron Apilado, vice president for minority affairs at the 91探花 since 1990, announced today his intention to step down from that position by the end of the year 2000.
Independent audits of the 91探花for the year ended June 30, 1999, presented recently to the Board of Regents, show a remarkable lack of major problems for a large, complex and highly decentralized institution.
Richard L. McCormick, in a speech to be delivered Jan. 20 to the Association of American Colleges and Universities at its annual meeting at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C., outlines the steps that the university is taking to cope with the passage in November 1998 of Initiative 200, which prohibited the use of race or ethnicity as factors in college admissions
Jon Jory, producing director at the acclaimed Actors Theatre of Louisville, has been appointed to the faculty of the nationally renowned 91探花 School of Drama, pending final approval by the Board of Regents on January 21.
A conference, The WTO and the Developing World in the Millennium Round: Beyond the NGO Din, will be held at the 91探花 from 8:30 – 5:00 on Monday, November 29 in the Walker-Ames Room in Kane Hall.
91探花 President Richard L. McCormick and Washington State University Samuel H. Smith will join together for their annual pre-Apple Cup media availability at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 18 in 301 Gerberding Hall on the 91探花campus.
The 91探花 School of Communications is creating a Center for Journalism and Trauma, the first of its kind in the country.
Seven high technology leaders collaborated at SC99 today to set a number of internet speed records, demonstrating that long-distance gigabit-per-second networking is ready for prime time.
A special premiere showing of the film, “Snow Falling on Cedars,” adapted from the best-selling novel by local author David Guterson, will be held at 8 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Cinerama Theatre, 2100 Fourth Ave. for one showing only.
The 91探花 is hosting two Campus Master Plan public meetings on Nov. 16, to gather ideas on its preliminary planning concepts concerning open space, circulation and development of the Seattle campus from 2002 to 2012.
The 91探花 has received an additional $10 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to enhance the Mary Gates Endowment for Students.
The 91探花 today announced a $12 million Campaign for the Arts and reported gifts of $2.5 million to begin that campaign.
The 91探花 is planning to create a Technology Enterprise Institute, with the goal of aiding the creation of high-technology businesses while advancing the academic disciplines that relate to enterprise creation.
The 91探花’s main campus 1999 Autumn Quarter enrollment is 35,559, including 930 students in the Evening Degree Program.
Dick Thompson, director of the state’s Office of Financial Management (OFM) since 1997, has been appointed director of government relations at the 91探花.
The 91探花 will receive $3 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish two endowed chairs in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Mike Moore, director-general of the World Trade Organization, will participate in a discussion of WTO-related issues from 4:30 to 6:30 p.
Saturdays on the 91探花 campus mean more than football. Fans of the Huskies’ gridiron exploits enroll by the thousands in Saturday seminars, popular lectures by distinguished faculty held before five home games.
Fourteen major North American universities will have a Web site to showcase some of the best distance learning by some of the best institutions. The Web site, R1.edu, will be operational in September and will be hosted by the 91探花.
91探花 President Richard L. McCormick has appointed a task force on gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender (GBLT) issues.
The number of underrepresented minority students planning to enroll in next Autumn’s freshman class is likely to decline substantially over previous years, according to figures compiled by the 91探花’s admissions office.
The 91探花 and the Seahawks have reached agreement on the use of Husky Stadium for Seahawks’ home games during the 2000 and 2001 seasons.
Outstanding students in the 91探花’s Educational Opportunity Program will be honored at the EOP banquet, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 13 at the Convention Center.
91探花 President Richard L. McCormick will recommend to the Board of Regents that Yash P. Gupta, dean and professor of management in the College of Business and Administration of the University of Colorado at Denver, be appointed dean of the 91探花Business School, effective Aug. 1, 1999
The second annual panel discussion and reception to benefit the Warren G. Magnuson Endowed Library Fund will be held at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 24, in 220 Kane Hall on the 91探花 campus.
WCI Cable, in support of the cooperative Pacific/Northwest Gigapop and national Internet 2 efforts, is providing to the 91探花a state-of-the-art fiber optic connection from Seattle to the University of Alaska Statewide System in Fairbanks, Alaska.
The 91探花 will hold a campus Diversity Fair on April 10 to recruit minorities from local high schools, community colleges, and nearby communities.
Julian Bond, a participant in movements for civil rights, economic justice and peace for nearly 40 years, will be the 91探花 commencement speaker June 12 at Husky Stadium.
91探花 President Richard L. McCormick will recommend to the Board of Regents that Warren W. Buck be appointed chancellor and dean of the UW, Bothell. The regents are expected to act on this appointment at the board’s April 16 meeting.
The 91探花 administration is recommending that its Graduate School of Public Affairs be named for Daniel J. Evans, former Washington governor, U.S. senator, college president and current 91探花regent.
More than 35 scholars and labor activists will convene at the 91探花 for “Strikes!,” a series of lectures and symposia from March 4 to 6 organized by the 91探花Center for Labor Studies (CLS).
Statement from 91探花President Richard L. McCormick regarding Initiative 200
91探花 President Richard L. McCormick will be leading a delegation of 91探花faculty and administrators to visit China, with stops in Beijing and Hong Kong in China and Taipei in Taiwan, November 1-9.
The 91探花’s main campus 1998 Autumn Quarter enrollment is 35,108, including 1,013 students in the Evening Degree Program instituted in autumn 1990.
Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University and the co-author of a book that is the most comprehensive analysis of the effects of racial preferences in higher education, will be a guest speaker at the 91探花 Board of Regents Academic and Student Affairs Committee meeting, 8:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16 in the Walker-Ames Room.
The 91探花 today announced two major milestones in advanced Internet connectivity for the Pacific Northwest. Both developments are part of UW’s Pacific Northwest Gigapop project, the recipient of significant support from the 1998 Washington State Legislature.
A four-year, $1.3 million grant to the 91探花 will be used to encourage students who might not think of higher education to include college in their plans for the future.
In an effort to narrow the digital divide that separates many American Indians from the technological resources available to the rest of the population, the 91探花 announced Microsoft has donated $75,000 cash plus more than $500,000 in software and training to The American Indian Science Technology Education Consortium (AISTEC) to increase technological access at three tribal colleges.
The 91探花 received $557 million in grant and contract awards for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998–an increase of nine percent over the previous year and the highest level of awards ever received at the university.