May 14, 2009
Etc: Campus news & notes
GOIN’ TO THE CHICKENS: Jennifer Adrien is the assistant director for MBA Global Programs in the Michael G. Foster School of Business, but she made the paper recently because of her chickens. Adrien, who lives in Tacoma, has three hens — Gwen, Tribble and Nugget — and two chickens — Curry and Croquette. The whole gang was featured in the Tacoma News Tribune in an article on city folk raising chickens. Adrien told the reporter that she raises chickens to have fresh eggs, but she also gets fertile compost, free weeding and a place to get rid of table scraps in the bargain. And she claimed she gets pleasure from listening to her chickens cluck.
THE LAST WORD: Andrew Tsao, associate professor of drama, has been chosen by the class of 2009 to have the “last word.” His talk will be at 5:30 p.m. today in Kane Hall. The “last word” lecture, sponsored by the UW Alumni Association, features a professor elected by the senior class giving a talk — no notes, no tests and totally uncensored. Tsao came to the UW after a career as a director, both on stage and on television. He’s directed well known TV series including Friends and Home Improvement, and he now teaches directing and acting for the screen at the drama school. Click here to read our profile of Tsao.
FEATURE FILM: Hanson Hosein’s second film, Independent America: Rising from Ruins, has been chosen for the Seattle International Film Festival. The 70-minute film depicts efforts of small business owners in New Orleans to resurrect their stores and neighborhoods after Hurricane Katrina. Hosein, who directs the Master of Communication in Digital Media Program, recorded struggles not only with matters such as restocking after a disaster but big-box retailers and lack of support from New Orleans city government. Independent America: Rising from Ruins will be shown at 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 25, at Pacific Place Cinemas 11 and at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, at the same theater. For more information about Hosein and his films, visit risingfromruins.com.
PARKING PRO: Joshua Kavanagh, director of Transportation Services, has been selected by the International Parking Institute to receive this year’s IPI Advisory Council Award for his leadership and innovative solutions for the industry. Josh will receive the award at IPI’s Awards of Excellence luncheon next week in Denver Colorado. The International Parking Institute is a trade organization founded in 1962 to represent the marketing, economic and political concerns of its members, made up of parking professionals.
FULBRIGHT FELLOW: Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, director of the Center for University Studies and Programs at UW Bothell, has won a Fulbright General Education Fellowship. The Fellowship will help to support the creation of cross-disciplinary curriculum in a consortium of Hong Kong Universities, which in 2012 are transitioning to 3 to 4 year degrees. Hosted by the University of Hong Kong and its Philosophy Department, Kochhar-Lindgren will teach one course per semester, along with organized workshops coordinated by the Hong Kong-America Center on the first year experience and integrated learning initiatives in General Education.
LIVELY CONVERSATION: While you’re at the U District Street Fair this weekend, stop by to see Social Work Senior Lecturer Nancy Amidei as she leads U District activists from the past and present in an engaging impromptu conversation at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., Sunday, May 17, in the fair’s History Tent (Brooklyn Avenue N.E. and N.E. 42nd Street).
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