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University of Washington Tacoma
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Fri, 15 May 2009 15:50:00 PDT
Contact: Beth Luce, Public Relations, 253-692-4881

Campus Scene: UW Tacoma events: May 15 and beyond

Memorial Day Commemoration
May 18
12:30 to 1:45 p.m.
Philip Hall

UW Tacoma will honor members of the military at its second-annual Memorial Day recognition program. Speakers include Rep. Lawrence Seaquist of the 26th Legislative District, a former U.S. Navy warship captain and Pentagon strategist; and UW Tacoma Advisory Board member William Moore, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam. The Inter-Tribal Warrior Society Honor Guard will present the service flags. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Sharon Parker, 253-692-4861 or parker07@u.washington.edu.

Environmental Seminar: Glacial Retreat
May 18
12:30 p.m.
Science 309

Claire Todd, visiting assistant professor of geosciences and environmental studies at Pacific Lutheran University, speaks on "Tracking Glacial Retreat: Updates from Antarctica, the Peruvian Andes and Mount Rainier." For more information, contact Bonnie Becker, bjbecker@u.washington.edu.

Continuing Education Information Meeting
May 20
6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Carlton Center, Ste. 400, 1551 Broadway, Tacoma

Find out about the many professional development courses available at the UW Tacoma's Continuing Studies program in this one-hour meeting. Bring your questions. For more information, visit the Professional Development Center's website or call 253-692-4618.

Global Honors Colloquium
May 21
12:20 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Carwein Auditorium

The Global Honors Colloquium annually presents short talks by graduating seniors in Global Honors, based on their senior thesis research. This spring, topics range from sustainable rice farming methods in West Africa to legal philosophies of the death penalty in Europe and the United States; from gender politics in Iranian cinema to love and the Cuban Revolution. The public is invited to attend. For more information, contact Tanya Ulsted at 253-692-4770 or tanyau@u.washington.edu.

Voices from the Camp: Japanese Internment
May 21
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Student Commons, Philip Hall

Jim Morishima, Ph.D., founder of the Asian American Studies program at the University of Washington, will share his personal experience as a Japanese camp internee during World War II. Morishima established and directed the Asian American Studies program in the 1970s and was associate dean of the College of Education through much of the 1980s. He is a speaker in the White River Valley Museum’s Heritage Outreach program. For more information, contact the Diversity Resource Center at 253-692-4776 or visit the website.

Institute of Technology Seminar
May 25
12:30 p.m.
Dougan 280

Dr. Stefan Pantazi, Conestoga College Institute of Technology: "An Overview of the Deterministic Dynamic Associative Memory (DDAM) Model for Case Representation and Retrieval". For more information, contact Isabelle Bichindaritz at 253-692-4605 or ibichind@u.washington.edu.

Continuing Education Information Meeting
May 27
6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Carlton Center, Ste. 400, 1551 Broadway, Tacoma

Find out about the many professional development courses available at the UW Tacoma's Continuing Studies program in this one-hour meeting. Bring your questions. For more information, visit the Professional Development Center's website or call 253-692-4618.