Deadlines

Dec. 17 is the deadline for receipt of proposals at Grant and Contract Services for proposals due on Jan. 1, 1999 at the awarding agency.

Academic Opportunity

Visiting Professorships at University of Bergen, 1999-2000 The University of Washington­University of Bergen Faculty Exchange program announces its annual competition for Visiting Professor appointments at the University of Bergen, Norway for a minimum term of one quarter. Appointments can also be arranged at the University of Trondheim. Visiting Professors receive travel expenses and subsidized housing, and continue to receive their UW salary.

Since its founding in 1979, forty-seven UW faculty members have journeyed to Bergen with support from this program. They have come from such diverse fields as Anthropology, Dentistry, Education, English, Fisheries, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Quaternary Research, Scandinavian Languages & Literature, Surgery, Women’s Studies, and Zoology. The sixty-eight University of Bergen faculty visiting UW have spanned a similar range of disciplines.

If you would like an application form or want to learn more about the program, please contact any member of the UW-UB Faculty Exchange Committee: A. Gerald Anderson (Library, 5-1433, aga@u); Ronald Dear (Social Work, 3-7647, rdear@u); Betty Gallucci (Physiological Nursing, 3-8256, gallucci@u); John Glomset (Medicine, 5-2503); Donald Gunderson (Fisheries Research Institute, 3-7878, dgun@fish.washington.edu) Christine Ingebritsen (Scandinavian Area Studies, 3-0675, ingie@u); Sue Ellen Jacobs (Women Studies, 5-1956, sueellen@u); David Olson (Political Science, Chair, 3-7948, davidols@u); David Pitts (Endodontics, 3-5044, endodave@u); Dennis Willows (Friday Harbor Laboratories and Zoology, 3-1484, willows@fhl.washington.edu)

Applications are due Jan. 11, 1999. Faculty members interested in this opportunity for 1999-2000 or subsequent years are urged to apply now. UW-UB Faculty Exchange Program

Other

Special Handling of Year-end Gifts
The following information is to assist you in properly crediting year-end gifts. Please convey this information to staff who process gift-related paperwork and who may receive gifts for departments for which you are responsible.

Gifts with USPS postmarks on or before Dec. 31, 1998, but received after that date, can be receipted for 1998. The postmarked envelope must be sent to Gift Processing, with the gift, for this credit.

Please make every effort to forward all year-end gifts to Gift Processing no later than Monday, Jan. 4 ,1999. However, all gifts received in Gift Processing after that date will still qualify for December receipting if the postmarked envelope accompanies them.

Gift Processing and Records Management is located in downtown Seattle at 1200 Fifth Ave., Suite 500. Our university mail stop is Box 358240. If you have questions or concerns, please call Pat Prophet at 685-1980. Gift Processing & Records Management

Determination of Nonsignificance Description of proposal: Construction of a 95,000 gsf intercollegiate indoor practice facility. The building will contain a 4-lane track and a full size football field which will be used as a practice facility for football, track, soccer, baseball/softball and golf.

In addition, Wahkiakum Lane between Montlake Blvd and Walla Walla Road will be realigned and a conventional intersection and signal will be installed at the intersection of Montlake Blvd NE and Wahkiakum Lane.

Proponent: University of Washington

Location of proposal, including street address, if any: 2501 NE 45^th Street, the site is located in the east campus sector bounded by Montlake Blvd on the west, the soccer practice field on the east, on the north by Wahkiakum Lane and the E-1 parking lot and on the south by the IMA tennis courts.

Lead Agency: University of Washington

The lead agency for this proposal has determined that it does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)©. This decision was made after a review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. This information is available to the public on request.

This DNS is issued under 197-11-340(2); the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 14 days from the date below. Comments must be submitted by Dec. 1, 1998 to:

Responsible Official: Janet Donelson

Position/Title: Acting Assistant Vice President for Capital Projects

Telephone: 543-8200

Address: Box 352215, Physical Plant Office Building Seattle, WA 98195

Date: Nov. 18.