REDOUBTABLE REWIND: KUOW’s satirical review of the week’s news, Rewind, hosted by Bill Radke, will be distributed nationwide beginning in January. National Public Radio will include the program as part of a weekend package of entertainment programs distributed to its member stations. Radke created Rewind, a lively mix of chat, sketch comedy, biting satire and interviews, in 1996. This marks the first time a KUOW produced program has been selected for national distribution by NPR. Rewind airs locally on Saturdays at 10 a.m. and is repeated Sundays at 2 p.m.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT: Director of Collegium Musicum and Viol Teacher Margriet Tindemans will direct the Medieval Women’s Choir Sunday, Dec. 20 for a re-creation of a medieval English court holiday celebration. The celebration at Gethsemane Lutheran Church will include songs, readings and instrumental dances featuring music and text centered on the Christian feast of the Nativity as well as more pagan traditions such as the winter solstice. Works to be performed include Coventry Carol, There is no Rose of Such Virtue, and Angelus ad Virginem. Instruments including recorders, harp and medieval fiddles will augment the 30-voice choir. Tickets are available from the Early Music guild.

URBAN GEM: The UW Tacoma campus will receive national recognition at next year’s American Institute of Architects convention in Dallas. Architects Moore Ruble Yudell of Santa Monica, CA will be recognized with the AIA’s National Honor Award in Urban Design for their work on transforming the Tacoma neighborhood that now houses the UWT. The AIA will publish results of the design competition in its January publication.

KUDOS: Margaret T. Gordon, Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School of Public Affairs, has been named to the Washington News Council, a fledgling media-watchdog group. The council expects to hear public complaints about media inaccuracy and conduct seminars on media-related issuesThe National Association of Graduate and Professional Students has named Jamie Clausen, Graduate and Professional Student Senate Vice President, their new National Legislative Concerns Coordinator. Clausen will now coordinate federal lobbying efforts for NAGPS.The Graduate and Professional Student Senate’s Fall 1998 “Gold Star” Administrators are, Marsha Landolt, dean of the Graduate School; Norm Arkans, associate vice president and executive director of University Relations; Harlan Patterson, vice provost for Planning and Budgeting; David Asher, policy and budget analyst; Eric Godfrey, assistant vice president for Student Affairs and director of Student Financial Aid; Jody Nyquist, director of the Center for Instructional Development & Research; and Brandy Wilimovsky, administrative assistant to the vice president for Student Affairs. The GPSS’s selections were based on an individual’s willingness to work with students and a proclivity for going above and beyond the call of dutyNancy Blanton, communications manager and Victoria Loe, graphic designer at the Washington Sea Grant Program have been recognized for their work producing the program’s 1998 directory, which garnered a first place award in the National Association of Government Communicators Blue Pencil competition in the technical audience category Tatiana Toro, associate professor of Mathematics, was elected as member-at-large to the Council of the American Mathematical Society. ¶

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