Meetings
Board of Regents
The UW Board of Regents meeting, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, in the Walker Ames Room of Kane Hall. The Regents will meet in formal session to take official action on personnel appointments and changes, gifts and grants, contracts and agreements with outside agencies and other University business.
Secretary of the Board
Association for Women in Science
Jan D’Arcy, author of Speak Without Fear and Technically Speaking: A Guide for Communicating Complex Information, will present Dynamic Public Speaking Without Fear at the October meeting of the Seattle Area Chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) from 7:309 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Auditorium, 2725 Montlake Blvd East. AWIS will also join with the UW Department of Biochemistry to present a Career Panel from 7:309:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 in K-069 HSC. For more information call Sally Fitts at 522-5969 or Helen Powell at 328-7561.
Toastmasters Harborview
Harborview Toastmasters Club meets from noon1 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of the month in Dining Room B, Harborview. Visitors and guests are welcome. Call Pam Love, 285-1409.
Harborview Toastmasters Club
Al Anon
AlAnon Open Meeting for friends and families of alcoholics, 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays in 217 Loew.
Classes
Training and Development
Training and Development will offer the following class soon. For further information, call 543-1957.
Urban Horticulture
Preregistration is required for all of these classes. Call (206) 685-8033 for information.
Center for Urban Horticulture
Master Gardener Training
Join the team of Master Gardeners who are specially trained to share their horticulture knowledge with the general public by providing the most current, non-biased information on non-toxic gardening techniques, including pest management, composting, water quality and community food gardening. To apply to join the 1999 class, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to WSU Cooperative Extension King Co. Master Gardeners, 700 Sixth Ave. Suite 3700, Seattle, WA 98104-5037. If you would like more information, call Dial Extension at 296-DIAL and request tape #113. Training begins in January and continues for 10 weeks. It is free, but there is a $25 materials fee. Master Gardeners are expected to give 100 hours of volunteer time over a two-year period.
Other News
Study Subjects Wanted
Seeking subjects aged 1840 with physician-diagnosed asthma to participate in a research study. The study requires breathing sulfur dioxide for 10 minutes while walking on a treadmill, simple breathing tests, and giving a sample of cells from the inside of the cheek. One visit lasting 4560 minutes. Compensation: $20. Contact: Jane Koenig at 543-2026 or Debra Winterton at 685-1596.
Grant Services Open House
The Grants & Funding Information Services will hold an open house 35 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 in the 5th Floor Suzzallo Conference Room. Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to come and learn more about services. For more information, see the Web site (http://www.lib.washington.edu/gfis/events.html.)
Data Entry Service Closes
The School Of Fisheries is closing its Data Entry Services on Friday, Oct. 30 after 34 years of service. It has been a pleasure serving all campus departments and students.
The Data Entry Staff
Blood Drive
A blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 16, HUB.
Arboretum Plant Sales
The Arboretum offers plants for sale year round, but especially in the spring and summer. Propagated plants are sold 10 a.m.2 p.m., Tuesdays year round in the Pat Calvert Greenhouse. Donated Plants are sold 10 a.m.2 p.m. Wednesdays through Oct. 28, in the Plant Donations Department.
Washington Park Arboretum
Blood Pressure Screening
Have your blood pressure tested 11 a.m.1 p.m., on first Wednesdays of the month at the Faculty Club or 11 a.m.1 p.m. Fridays at Hall Health Primary Care Center.
Degree Exams
Members of the Graduate Faculty are invited to attend the General and Final Examinations. Supervisory committee chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.
General Exams
Final Exams
Effective Jan. 10, 1999, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will implement new rates for some mail classes. Many rates will increase; we have identified the rate changes that will most affect UW clients below:
Present New Change Single Piece 1st Class
.32 .33 .01 Each additional ounce
.23 .22 (.01) 1st Class Presort 5-digit
.238 .243 .005 2 day Priority
3.00 3.20 .20 Standard A (non-profit bulk):
Letter-size auto basic
.102 .119 .017 Letter-size non-auto basic
.135 .169 .034 Flat-size auto basic
.174 .182 .008 Flat-size non-auto basic
.198 .233 .035
Periodical (2nd Class) rates will increase by an average of 5.81 percent per piece.
We want to notify you of these new rates in order to assist in general budget planning, and allow you to schedule any large mailings before these increases take effect.
For more information about specific rates and classes, please consult Mailing Services at 543-8757 or e-mail at mailserv@u.washington.edu or visit the USPS Web site at http://www.usps.gov.
Mailing Services
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October 8, 1998