June 23, 2005
Etc. Campus news & notes
KIDS COUNT: Nancy Amidei, senior lecturer in social work, was honored recently by the Children’s Alliance with a 2005 Voices for Children Award. She was singled out for her leadership of the Civic Engagement Project, for her work “over a decade … convincing people across Washington that they have the power, the skills, and the responsibility to communicate with their elected officials and hold them responsible for the well-being of our children and families.”
UP IN LIGHTS: Back in March, University Week featured an article about Peg Cheng, the academic counselor whose screenplay was a finalist in the Washington State Screenplay Competition. Now Cheng has learned that she’s a runner-up in the contest. No cash prize, she reports, but she does get screenwriting software and a gift pack from Starbucks. We presume that’s so she can sit up late writing her next screenplay.
AYE, AYE, CAPTAIN: The School of Oceanography’s port captain, Eric King, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Puget Sound section of the Propeller Club of the United States. This nonprofit organization has chapters throughout the United States and the world and is dedicated to the enhancement of all interests of the maritime community on a national and international basis. In this position, King will work with the regional maritime community leadership on public/academic outreach and ongoing scholarship programs which encourage high school and community college students to pursue careers in maritime commerce, oceanography and transportation.
TRAFFICKING COP: Sutapa Basu, executive director of the UW Women’s Center, addressed 18 human trafficking officials who visited the campus last week as part of a delegation from Europe looking at Washington State’s efforts to lead the fight against and investigate human trafficking. The UW Women’s Center became known for its research and policy development in human trafficking during two recent international forums and the first successful passage of statewide trafficking policy in the United States.
PSYCHOLOGY HONORS: Winnie Chan and Joy Hackenbracht are co-winners of the Edwin R. Guthrie Prize in Psychology. Chan’s paper, “Acculturation and Help-seeking Behaviors of Asian American Adolescents,” sponsored by Professor Ana Mari Cauce, was chosen as best empirical research paper. Hackenbracht’s paper, “Self-esteem in Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorders,” sponsored by Professor Jonathon Brown, was chosen as the best review paper. This prize is for meritorious undergraduate students.
Dawn DeGere, Erin Hunter, and Michael Perry are winners of the department’s Distinguished Teaching Awards for Graduate Students. DeGere is advised by Yuichi Shoda, Hunter by Lynn Fainsilber-Katz and Ted Beauchaine, and Perry by John Miyamoto. This award is for overall career achievement and distinction in teaching.
FIRST IN FORESTRY: The College of Forest Resources honored some of its own recently. Staffers awards went to Sue Nichol for administrative staff and Megan O’Shea for outreach staff. Two research staff awards were given; the first, by nomination, went to Kevin Zobrist, and the second, for most new research dollars, went to Hans-Erik Andersen. Finalists for faculty awards were: teaching, Bob Gara; research, Charlie Halpern; and service, Bruce Lippke.
Mitchell Almaguer-Bay and Bob Gitzen were awarded the student TA and student RA awards, respectively. Student Community participation awards were given to graduate student symposium participants who had the most popular streaming videos — Amy Ramsey, Garret Liles — and to Adam Mouton for coordinating the streaming video production. (In case you haven’t checked them out, 21 presentations from the Graduate Student Symposium are available at http://www.cfr.washington.edu/cfrgss/gss_streaming.htm.
An Undergraduate Library Research honorable mention went to Amy Miller and the Richard D. Taber Most Outstanding Senior in Wildlife Science Award went to Carrie Spradlin. Dean’s exemplary awards went to John Wott, faculty; John Calhoun, staff; and Mark Swanson, student. The media award went to Dave Peterson.
OCEAN OF HONORS: Honors at the College of Ocean & Fishery Sciences included, Distinguished Graduate Teaching, Andre E. Punt; Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching, John A. Baross; Distinguished Faculty Research, E. Virginia Armbrust; Outstanding Staff, David Thoreson; and Distinquished Staff Research, Edward F. Melvin.
DAY-O: Spring — or should we say summer — fever plays out in many ways, and on a recent afternoon in early June it came in the form of a tuneful vocal echo from the Central Parking Garage, bringing to mind a certain song made famous by Harry Belafonte.
“Day-o!” sang a bespectacled, unidentified member of the campus community as he strolled underground near Gerberding Hall, clutching his books. And he continued, “He-say-day-he-say-he-say-day-ay-ay-oooh! Daylight come and he wanna go home!”
Well, why not? It was the last day-o of classes, after all.
