Category: Community News & Events

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students,

The start of the academic year is just a few short weeks away — and Husky football is ramping up for an exciting season. During the first week of classes, the UW football team will be taking the field against Stanford at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30. This nationally-televised game will be a great opportunity to show the country what Husky pride is all about.

We invite you to attend the game, and cheer on the Huskies. Faculty and staff are eligible for special group-rate ticket pricing using promo code: UWFS. Students are eligible for special Dawg Pack ticket pricing as well.

Given limited weekday parking, we’re encouraging the campus community to consider green means of transportation to and from campus that day — options are outlined on the Transportation Services site. There is also the potential for alternative work schedules in order to reduce after-work congestion. Human Resources will be in contact with supervisors to provide further details.

We’ll also be encouraging fans to use transportation options such as shuttle buses, light rail, biking and walking, using resources found on GoHuskies.com to plan their trips to our beautiful campus.

One weekday home game every two to three seasons is one of the University’s Pac-12 membership requirements. In many previous seasons we met that requirement through the post-Thanksgiving Apple Cup, though this year that game is being held in Pullman, necessitating a weekday game here.

This is a wonderful opportunity to welcome our fellow Huskies to campus, and to highlight to a national audience the excellence of our University and the talent of our student-athletes. Thank you in advance for making any needed adjustments to your routines, and we hope to see you in Husky Stadium on Sept. 30.

For questions or concerns, email huskyad@uw.edu.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Cherry
Interim Vice President, Finance and Facilities

Jennifer Cohen
Director of Athletics, Intercollegiate Athletics

A big thank you to all of participants and panelists at the Paid Leave Symposium held August 11 in the HUB. Co-sponsored by UW and the City of Seattle, this event brought together UW researchers from the West Coast Poverty Center, the School of Social Work and the School of Public Health with experts from cities, states and companies instituting paid family leave. The event put a spotlight on emerging scholarship and best practices, as well as areas still in need of study. Special thanks to Seattle City Councilmembers Sally Bagshaw and Lisa Herbold, and staff from the office of Councilmember Lorena Gonzalez for moderating portions of the morning.

To review material shared at the symposium, click on the links below.

Early Life Health Outcomes – Symposium Presentation

PFL Models – Symposium Presentation

The CUCAC Meeting, originally scheduled for August 9, 2016, has been cancelled. Meetings will resume on September 13, 2016.

Students, staff, and faculty have worked for several years to have UW host an organized encampment on the Seattle Campus for individuals facing homelessness. A group is working to make this a reality in Winter 2017. UW President Ana Mari Cauce recently met with the group of students and representatives from Tent City 3 to hear their proposal. Read her message to hear more about this idea and reply to her request for feedback.

UW President seeking feedback on hosting Tent City 3