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ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Senate Nominations Sought
Nominations for Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate are being sought. The successful candidate will serve as Vice Chair during the 2001-2002 academic year and as Chair of the Faculty Senate during the 2002-2003 academic year. This position requires a two-year, half-time commitment. To facilitate the performance of these duties, the Office of the Provost provides the elected representative with one summer month’s salary and negotiated released time from other departmental duties. Other arrangements are possible for those on 12-month appointments.
If you are interested or know someone who would be well qualified for the position, contact the Nominating Committee, c/o Faculty Senate Office, Box 351271, 685-2703, senate@u.washington.edu. Nominations must be received by Oct. 20. The Nominating Committee expects to recommend candidates to the Senate Executive Committee at its Nov. 13 meeting.
OTHER NEWS
Henry Art Gallery Seeks Volunteers
Do you enjoy bringing art and people together? The Henry is looking for volunteer guides to introduce and deepen the experience of the exhibitions for tour groups of all ages. A new class of in-depth training begins Jan. 9 and runs for ten weeks. Call (206)616-2091 now for more information. Deadline: Dec. 1.
DEGREE EXAMS
Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.
GENERAL EXAMINATIONS
Cheryl Lynne Cooke, Nursing - School of, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 16. T513 Health Sciences. (Prof. David Allen).
Wendy Marilyn Fallis, Nursing - School of, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13. T404 Health Sciences. (Prof. Karen Thomas).
Ana L. Gervassi, Public Health and Community Medicine - Pathobiology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13. E212 Health Sciences. (Prof. Lee Ann Campbell).
Yupeng He, Microbiology, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13. G324 Health Sciences. (Prof. Michael Katze).
Kristin Kuutma, Scandinavian Studies, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13. 314 Raitt. (Prof. Thomas DuBois).
James Kirk Law, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 13. 439 Chemistry. (Prof. Dennis Heinekey).
Thomas H. Madden, Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 19. 109 Benson. (Prof. Eric Stuve).
Patrick Brandon Matheny, Botany, Ph.D. 8:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13. 546 Hitchcock. (Prof. Joseph Ammirati).
Niren Murthy, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16. 322 Harris Hydraulics. (Prof. Allan Hoffman).
Darren Scott Reed, Astronomy, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 19. C520 Physics/Astronomy. (Prof. Thomas Quinn).
Kristen Elaine Ryding, Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16. 229 Fisheries. (Prof. John Skalski).
Bingbing Wang, Public Health and Community Medicine - Pathobiology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16. I-142 Health Sciences. (Prof. Kenneth Stuart).
Daniel Niklas Wood, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17. 322 Sieg. (Prof. Brian Curless).
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
Connie Pickett Matthews, Pathology, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19. Pelton Auditorium, FHCRC. “Genomic changes in cervical carcinoma.” (Prof. James McDougall).
Heather Mellows, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16. 102 Chemistry. “Synthesis and reactivity of two fold symmetric ruthenium and rhodium dihydrogen hydride complexes.” (Prof. Dennis Heinekey).
Bart Nijssen, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18. 154 Mueller. “Aspects of boreal forest hydrology: From stand to watershed.” (Prof. Dennis Lettenmaier).
Samuel Earl Schriner, Genetics, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19. J280 Health Sciences. “DNA damage in mice and mouse cells overexpressing human catalases.” (Prof. George Martin).
Gregory Roger Warnes, Public Health and Community Medicine - Biostatistics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 19. F643 Health Sciences. “The normal kernel coupler: An adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo method for efficiently sampling from multi-modal distributions.” (Prof. Adrian Raftery).
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