Día de los Muertos: Sugar-skull painting brings out
a crowd
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| IAS
junior Lani Ladbon adds green icing to a decorated sugar
skull in the WCG atrium Wednesday, Nov. 2. Ladbon was
one of dozens of students, staff and faculty who turned
out to paint the sugar skulls at the Latino Student
Organization's event in celebration of the Mexican festival
Día de los Muertos, a holiday in celebration
of the dead. |
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Right:
Milgard School of Business student Keoni Ho used bulging
candy eyeballs for a dramatic effect. Some participants
took their skulls home, while others left them to be
displayed in a Día de los Muertos display in
the WCG atrium. |
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Tacoma
leader named to UW Board of Regents
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| Herb
Simon |
Herb
Simon, a Tacoma business and education leader and longtime
supporter of UWT, was named to the UW Board of Regents Oct.
25.
Gov.
Christine Gregoire traveled to UW Tacoma to make the announcement
in front of a group of Simon’s friends and family, UW
and UWT officials and local business leaders. She praised
Simon for his longstanding partnership with the university.
"Herb
Simon's longtime commitment to the University of Washington
is one of making sure his alma mater succeeds as a top institution
of higher learning," said Gregoire. "His dedication
to that cause will no doubt result in UW's future success
at our campuses statewide."
Simon
will be the only Tacoma resident on the Board of Regents.
He is a former member of the UWT Advisory Board and the state
Higher Education Coordinating Board and currently serves on
the advisory board for the Institute of Technology.
President
Mark Emmert said he was delighted with Simon’s appointment
to the board.
“His
great attachment to the UW is complemented by his deep and
long-standing commitment to higher education. He is an excellent
choice."
Simon,
a 1964 UW graduate in political science, said he was honored
to be selected.
“Education
in general, and higher education specifically, are clearly
the economic engine for Washington's future,” he said.
“Gov. Gregoire is acting on this important knowledge
and to be a part of that effort over the next years at our
state's flagship institution is not only exciting, but humbling."
Simon’s
term on the Board of Regents will expire Sept. 30, 2011.
UWT
professor takes AIDS and age issues to global stage
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| Emlet |
Most
people think of HIV/AIDS as a young person’s disease.
UWT Social Work professor Charles Emlet says it’s not.
HIV
is increasing among older people faster than many suspect,
and the treatment of these individuals will become more important
as the first baby-boomers hit 60 next year, Emlet says. The
issue is beginning to attract global attention, and Emlet’s
extensive research on the topic has netted him an invitation
to help shape international HIV/AIDS policy this month.
Nov.
22, Emlet will participate in an expert forum on HIV/AIDS
and older people in Valetta, Malta, sponsored by the UN Institute
on Ageing. The workshop is part of a series of forums leading
up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Nov. 25-27
in Valetta, a gathering of heads of state from the Commonwealth
of Nations, an association of independent sovereign states,
most of which are former territories of the British Empire.
Participants in the HIV/AIDS forum plan to produce a platform
statement on the topic that will be presented at the Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting.
“I’m
thrilled to be invited,” Emlet said. “I hope the
declaration that emerges will be embraced by the heads of
government, and we can make a considerable step forward in
helping people understand aging and HIV.”
Scavenger
Hunt: Test your sleuthing skills!
Are
you ready to find out just how well you know the UWT campus?
The
Inside Track staff will offer a special UWT prize package
to the first three people who can correctly answer the following
eight questions. Submit your answers by Nov. 22 to uwtnews@u.washington.edu.
The
questions may seem tough, but here's a big hint: Read the
signs.
You
may have noticed that the old directory signs outside each
campus building have been replaced recently with new signs
giving a glimpse into the history of the area. These signs
contains the answers to all of the questions, so read closely
and pay attention!
1.
Before the Milgard School of Business, what group made the
top floor of the Dougan Building its home?
2.
What campus distinction do the Science and Keystone buildings
share?
3.
The Snoqualmie Falls Power House (now the Library) was in
operation supplying electricity to Tacoma until what year?
4.
What new-for-its-time construction technique did the Walsh
Gardner Building make use of?
5.
What do the dark gray paving bricks connecting the two ends
of Commerce Street represent?
6.
Long before Cutters Point, Starbucks and Metro, what company
sold coffee (wholesale) out of the Cherry Parkes Building?
7.
What do the Pinkerton and WCG buildings have in common with
the University of Puget Sound?
8.
When was the Union Station District placed on the National
Register of Historic Places?
- Are
you ready to submit your answers? E-mail
us
Faculty
and Staff Notes
Ingrid
Horakova has been hired as a math skills instructor
in the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology.
Darcy
Janzen has been hired as an instructional technologist
in the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology.
Paul
Lovelady has been hired as a digital media specialist
in the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology.
Anna
Mertz has been hired as an office assistant in the
Office of Student Development and Success.
Chris
Rials has been hired as a graduate adviser for Institute
of Technology.
Ling
Yeh has been hired as coordinator of the Diversity
Resource Center.
Administrative
Snapshot: A look at issues and projects at UWT
If
you are working on something you think should be included
here, please contact Inside Track at uwtnews@u.washington.edu.
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