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Meetings

Board of Regents
The UW Board of Regents will hold a regular public meeting at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19 in the Walker-Ames Room of Kane Hall. The Regents will meet 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 of Regents

Toastmasters Harborview
Harborview Toastmasters Club meets from noon-1 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

Retirement
From 1999 to the 2nd Millenium Immediate Steps and Long Term Care, by Seattle Mayor Paul Schell, Retirement Association winter meeting, 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 25, Walker-Ames Room, Kane.

Blood Drive
Student Blood Drive, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday, Feb. 22, HUB.

Classes

Safety Training

  • Laboratory Safety Standard Compliance: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Feb. 23, T-531 HSC. A training schedule is also available on the EH&S website: http://www.ehs.washington.edu
    Environmental Health and Safety

    Library Computer
    The UW Libraries provide computer training in subjects ranging from introductory classes such as “Finding Articles” to specialized classes in Engineering and Life Sciences “Database” search techniques. Classes are free and attendance is limited to UW students, faculty and staff unless noted. For a copy of the UW Library Computer Classes brochure, contact the OUGL Secretary at 685-3752 or email bical@u.washington.edu. The information is also available via UWIN and UW Libraries Home Page at http://www.lib.washington.edu/training.htm.

    Degree Exams

    General Examinations

  • Charles Wayne Bingham, Education, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, Feb 19. 201 Miller. (Prof. Donna Kerr).
  • Judith Ann Brown, Education, Ph.D. 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb 25. 222 Miller. (Prof. John Smith).
  • Frederic Ulysse Buehler, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 24. 109 Benson. (Prof. James Seferis).
  • Rosalina Dee James, Pathology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 24. C516 HSC. (Prof. Christine Disteche).
  • Michael Thomas Kinnison, Fisheries, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb 24. 210 Fisheries. (Prof. Thomas Quinn).
  • Matthew Thomas Kokaly, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m., Friday, Feb 19. 219A Mechanical Engineering. (Prof. Albert Kobayashi).
  • Anne Austin Latowsky, Romance Languages and Literature, Ph.D. 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb 23. French and Italian Conf. Room, Padelford. (Prof. Eugene Vance).
  • James Edward Mihalisin, Mathematics, Ph.D. 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb 24. 401 Padelford. (Prof. Victor Klee).
  • Paula Reynolds-Eblacas, Communications, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb 25. 126 Communications. (Prof. Roger Simpson).
  • Julie Anne Rinaldi, Psychology, Ph.D. 2 p.m., Monday, Feb 22. 203 Guthrie Annex II. (Profs. G. Dawson & C. Webster-Stratton).
  • Roberto Rosas-Romero, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb 24. 303 EE/CSE. (Prof. Jenq-neng Hwang).
  • Vera Sokolova, History, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m., Friday, Feb 19. 306 Smith. (Prof. James Felak).
  • Lauren Anne Stasiak, English, Ph.D. 12 p.m., Friday, Feb 19. A106 Padelford. (Prof. Lauren Goodlad).
  • Tyler John Thorp, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb 24. 215F EE/CSE. (Prof. Carl Sechen).

    Final Examinations

  • Andre Jose Branch, Education, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m., Monday, Feb 22. 112A Miller. “Teachers’ conceptions of their role in the facilitation of students’ ethnic identity development.” (Prof. James Banks).
  • Cibele Queiroz Da Silva, Statistics, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb 25. 222 Electrical Engineering. “Capture-recapture estimation of bowhead whale population size using photo-identification data.” (Profs. Judith Zeh and David Madigan).
  • Kevin Hidek Franck, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Ph.D. 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb 23. 001 Eagleson. “The electrically evoked whole-nerve action potential: Fitting applications for cochlear implant users.” (Prof. Richard Folsom).
  • Sarah Margaretha Gibbs, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb 19. A114 Physics/Astronomy. “Regulation of Drosophila visual system development by nitric oxide and cyclic GMP.” (Prof. James Truman).
  • Antonio Eduardo Gomes, Statistics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m., Friday, Feb 19. 102 Loew. “Lifetime and disease onset distributions from incomplete observations.” (Prof. Jon Wellner).
  • Hongkoo Han, History, Ph.D. 10 a.m., Tuesday, Feb 23. 316A Smith. “Wounded nationalism: The Minsaengdan incident and Kim Il Sung in Eastern Manchuria.” (Prof. James Palais).
  • Mark B. Kneller, Chemistry, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb 24. 102 Chemistry. “Controlling peptide conformations: Stabilizing helices.” (Prof. Tomikazu Sasaki).
  • Mark Mc Kay, Business Administration, Ph.D. 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb 24. 367 Mackenzie. “Economic lot scheduling with stochastic demands and lost sales.” (Prof. Thomas Schmitt).
  • Nickola Lee Pazderic, Anthropology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m., Friday, Feb 19. M32A Denny. “Success and failure in post-miracle Taiwan.” (Prof. Stevan Harrell).
  • Timothy George Riley, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m., Friday, Feb 19. M261 Smith. “It’s alive! The expansion of grammatical animacy in Russian, Polish, and Czech.” (Prof. Katarzyna Dziwirek).
  • Emily Davies Silverman, Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m., Monday, Feb 22. 314 Denny. “Ducks in the muck: Models of waterfowl flock formation.” (Prof. Mark Kot). ¶


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    February 18, 1999