Volume 17 Issue 4 March 2009

Celebrating 100 years of UNITY, WISDOM, FRIENDSHIP, ACHIEVEMENT 1908-2008

Celebrating

Our Centennial

The highlight of the yearlong celebration

recognizing the 100th anniversary of the

founding of the Faculty Auxiliary in

1908 will be the upcoming Centennial

Gala banquet on Sunday, May 3rd. Gala

coordinators Kay Spelman and Tish

Tukey are planning a very special event

at the UW Club. Barbara Glicksberg,

with the aid of today’s online search

tools, is assembling a list of former

members to contact. Invitations will be

mailed out soon. Because our Gala is on

a Sunday, parking will be free. Trans-

portation will be available.

The UW Men’s Glee Club will provide

the entertainment for the evening. The

Men's Glee Club was revived in 2007 by

Music Professor Steve Demorest after a

53-year absence. Tish Tukey, gala co-chair, with members of the Centennial Planning Committee:

Eva Hanzeli, Jane Halver, Mary Kenny, and Barbara Scattergood. The next com-

mittee meeting will be at 10:30 a.m. on March 10, at the home of Carol Hol.

The new glee club, which now boasts 40 members, made its debut at the Nov. 17 Husky football game, where they performed with the

band before the game and sang The Star Spangled Banner to open it.

Save the Date

Centennial Gala Banquet

May 3, 2009

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Opera and More Interest Group

Dennis Glauber Presents

It’s Tenor Time

(Ten at a Time)

Wednesday May 20, 2009 at 1:30

at the residence of

Evette and Dennis Glauber

3556 NE 147th Street, Lake Forest Park.

RSVP by calling

206-304-0816 or 206-367-1138

email joga14@comcast.net

In Memoriam

UWFA member Susi Neurath passed

away at age 97 at her home February 6.

Susi was active in the French Interest

Group until age 95. While raising chil-

dren, Susi earned bachelor and master

degrees in Social Work at the UW and

worked full time as a social worker at

King County Juvenile Court. She had a

lifelong love of outdoor sports that start-

ed as a girl in Vienna, Austria. Amaz-

ingly, she skied down Sun Valley’s Bald

Mountain at age 91. She was married to

Hans Neurath, founding Chair of the

Department of Biochemistry in the UW

Medical School.

Music Appreciation

Concert

April 1

Our Music Appreciation Interest Group

will present a concert at the UW Club on

Wednesday, April 1, 2009. The Univer-

sity Club will be serving dinner that

evening. The concert starts at 7:00 p.m.

in the Helen Rohrbaugh Room at the

UW Club. The concert is free, although

reservations for dinner are required.

I am very pleased to announce that

members of the UW Glee Club will

perform for us. Professor Steven Demor-

est will present a program by “Custom

Blend”- the small ensemble from the

Glee Club– followed by some discussion

with the audience.

~Ester Bru Baum

Co-chair

Snelling Scholarship Recital

May 6

The winner of the fourth annual Helen

Crowe Snelling Music Scholarship will

give a performance on May 6, 2009. The

program is free and starts at 7:00 p.m. at

the UW Club. The winner is a student in

the School of Music nominated by Rob-

in McCabe, Director, UW School of

Music and chosen by the Music Appre-

ciation Associates Committee.

Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend!

Reservations for dinner before hand may

be made by calling 206-543-0437.

Please call Ester Baum at 206-527-4306

if you would like to go to the dinner but

are not UW Club member.

I am happy to report that Washington

state branch of the National Federation

of Music Clubs recently presented the

Music Appreciation Associates Commit-

tee with a grant of $500 in appreciation

of their music programs in 2008.

~Ester Bru Baum

Co-chair

Interest Groups News

UWRA Travelogue Series

“Six Visits to Guanajuato”

Hellmut Golde

April 15, 7:30 p.m.

“Traveling in Tibet”

Tim and Betty Feetham.

May 20, 7:30

Travelogues are shown in the UW Club

conference room. They are free and do

not require reservations. However, if

you would like to have dinner before

hand at 6:00, please call the UW Club,

206-543-0437, by Monday before the

event.

Seattle Seattle

March 18

Sara Throckmorton and Joe Vance will

lead Seattle Seattle on a walking tour of

the South Lake Union area on Wednes-

day, March 18th. Lunch is planned for

Tutta Bella. Please contact Barbara

Archbold at 206-363-2792 for details.

Gallery Goers

April 15

The Gallery Goers and Seattle Seattle

group will visiting the NW African-

American Museum on April 15th. We

will take the Bus # 48 from U District.

Auxiliary members are welcome to join

us. Please contact Mimi Wagar by April

8th, at 206-546-8251.

Board Seeks Nominations

We are looking for new people interest-

ed in joining the UWFA Board. Serving

on the Board is a lot of fun. I find it

quite rewarding to work with such tal-

ented and dedicated women. While most

current Board members will continue to

serve next year, we have a few openings:

a co-chair to work with Ruth Eller in

planning programs and special events

and a chair in charge of publicity. If you

have an interest or know of someone

who you think will do a good job ,

please contact me, Vera Wellner, Presi-

dent, at 206 323-4007 or via email at

v.wellner@comcast.net.

~Vera Wellner

Vera Wellner

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Century Circle

The many contributions from our mem-

bers and friends to the Century Circle,

established for this celebratory year,

resulted in a tidy sum of $ 9145. The

money will be applied to full tuition

scholarships for grateful UW students in

2008 and 2009. Scholarships will be

particularly welcome in these trying

economical times. The Centennial Plan-

ning Committee wishes to thank every-

one who has contributed to making this

special anniversary fund an enormous

success. It would be great to reach an

even $10,000 by the Gala Banquet.

~Carol Hol

Please welcome these new members

Kathleen Ellsbury

109 NE 59th St.

Seattle, WA 98105-2716

(206) 525-1566

ke5826@nwlink.com

Ruth Scott

8821 Paisley Drive NE

Seattle, WA 98115

(206) 524-6060

~Judy Gunderson

Membership and Newcomers Chair

Spring Lecture Series

March 11

Dr. Sam Wasser

The March lecture will

feature Dr. Sam Wasser,

a pioneer of non-invasive

wildlife monitoring

methods. Dr. Wasser

developed the scat detec-

tion dog program. Hav-

ing pioneered the devel-

opment and application

of many of the fecal-

based hormone and genetic techniques

that are widely used today, Dr. Wasser

developed a sampling method that in-

creases sample acquisition over remote

areas. Modified narcotics detection dog

methods are used to train dogs to locate

scat from endangered species. Scat de-

tection dogs are now being used to en-

hance sample collections over extensive

and remote landscapes, for use in a wide

variety of population-based genetic and

physiological studies. Dr. Wasser is di-

rector of Center for Conservation Biolo-

gy.

April 8

“Get Fresh with Local Foods”

The April lecture will feature Acacia

Lawson. Acacia is dedicated to support-

ing local agriculture personally and pro-

fessionally. Through her business, Home

Grown Nutrition, Acacia teaches adults

and families about nutrition and cooking

with local and seasonal foods. She coor-

dinates Harvest of the Season, a farm-to-

school program that brings local produce

into low-income classrooms and helps

children learn about where their food

comes from while preparing a healthy

seasonal recipe.

Lectures are free and do not require res-

ervations. However, if you would like to

have dinner before hand at 6:00, please

call the UW Club, 206-543-0437, by

Monday before the event.

Change in Newsletter Publication

Schedule

The UWFA usually publishes its news-

letter five times a year: on the first of

September, November, January, March

and May. To be included, items must be

sent to the editor by the middle of the

previous month. However, the final is-

sue of this year, the Centennial May

issue, will be published on April 15 and

items should be received by the editor

by April 4th. This so that the Centennial

Planning Committee will have an oppor-

tunity to reach members before the Gala.

Please send items for the newsletter to

hadydej@comcast.net

~Hady De Jong

Editor

Then

And Now

MRS. MARK EMMERT AND MRS. W. GERBERDING

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In this issue:

Music Appreciation

Centennial Gala

Dogs and Fresh Foods

Date Event Place Time Program

March 11 Dinner Lecture Series

Speaker: Dr. Sam Wasser Coord: Ruth Eller

UW Club 5:30 pm Social Hour

6:00 pm Dinner

7:30 pm Lecture

"Saving the Planet with Dogs, Genes, Hor-

mones and Scat"

April 1 Music Appreciation

Concert Coord: Ester Baum

UW Club 5:30 pm Social Hour

6:00 pm Dinner

7:00 pm Concert

“Custom Blend”

UW Glee Club Ensemble

April 8 Dinner Lecture Series

Speaker: Acacia Lawson Coord: Ruth Eller

UW Club 5:30 pm Social Hour

6:00 pm Dinner

7:30 pm Lecture

“Get Fresh with Local Foods”

April 15 Travelogue

Coord: Bill and Audrey Weitkamp

5:30 pm Social Hour

6:00 pm Dinner

7:30 pm Lecture

“Six Visits to Guanajuato” by Hellmut Golde

April 20 UWFA Annual Business

Meeting Coord: Ruth Eller

UW Club 1:30 to 3:00 pm Nominations and elections for next year.

Not ALL business.

May 3 Centennial Gala

Coord: Tish Tukey and Kay Spelman

UW Club

SAVE THE DATE

May 6 Snelling Scholarhip Recital

Coord: Ester Baum

UW Club 5:30 pm Social Hour

6:00 pm Dinner

7:00 pm Recital

Performance by the winner of the Snelling

Scholarship

May 20 Travelogue

Coord: Bill and Audrey Weitkamp

UW Club 5:30 pm Social Hour

6:00 pm Dinner

7:30 pm Lecture

“Traveling in Tibet”

By Tim and Betty Feetham