UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
NEWSLETTER
November 2007
P.O. BOX 81776
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99708
NOVEMBER DATES
TO REMEMBER
Mondays and Fridays at 10:30--------------Ski
Group
Tuesdays and Thursdays at
10:30---------Walking Group
Friday, November
16th at 12:30------------Salad Luncheon
Saturday, November 17th
at 7pm-----------International Diners
Tuesday, November
27th /Wednesday, November 28th-----------Book Group
UWA Holiday Bazaar
The 39th
annual UWA Holiday Bazaar ran for two days, Saturday and Sunday, November 3rd
and 4th at
the Wood Center. We had over 167 vendors. The Bazaar is a big undertaking and this
year the chairperson position was shared by Georgene Nielsen and Rita Osborne
We want to extend our heartfelt thanks the
volunteers who helped Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. The following people made this
yearŐs bazaar a great fund raiser for the UWA Scholarship fund:
Louise Anderl, Sine Anahita, Natasha Beadle, Barbara Braley, Cam and Bob Carlson, Cora Cook, Carol Davis, Susan
Dearborn, Craig and Cynthia Dorman, Barbara Farris, Sheila
Finch, Linette Finstad, Shari George, Celeste
Goering, Betty Higbie, Shirley Jewett, Carol Johnson, Mary Keskinen, Mariclare Langan, Ruth Levey, Rita McGrath, Kathy McGowan, Mark Nielsen, Dan
Osborne, Anupma Prakash and her daughter Tanja Gens, Bess Rounds, Margaret Short, Janet Taylor, Barbara Travis, Judie Triplehorn, Deb Weber, Alexis Runstadler, Judy Shapiro, Frieda
Townshend, Deb Weber, Judy and Frank Williams and Allison York.
Thanks to the
Scholarship Committee for providing signs and flyers to display. You made the
public more aware of the BazaarŐs fund raising goal. Special thanks go to the Bazaar planning committee:
UWA President Kayt Sunwood, Elizabeth Shapland (lottery and vendor
relations), Helen Howard (music and membership directory), Floss Caskey (newspaper ads and beautiful posters), Ginny Kawasaki (volunteer
coordination), and our treasurer Laura Walsh.
Finally, we want to thank all the UWA members who
encouraged family and friends to attend.
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SALAD LUNCHEON
The Salad
Luncheon group meets once a month at a memberŐs home. The hostess chooses the
date. We each bring a salad and the hostess provides beverage, bread
and dessert. If you would like to introduce a friend to UWA, please invite
them to attend as your guest. ItŐs a fun way to meet with friends and relax.
Judy Williams hosted
a delicious luncheon on October 23rd. Thank you, Judy!
This monthŐs
salad lunch will be at Ruth LeveyŐs house at 2790 Waldheim Drive, on Friday, November 16th at 12:30. Please contact Ruth to RSVP and get
directions to her house. Her phone number is 458-7161 or you may e-mail
her at rlevey@alaska.net.
If you would like to be our December or January luncheon hostess, please give Cynthia
Dorman a call at
457-4428 or email Helen Howard at hmh@acsalaska.net and together you can set the date.
BOOK GROUP
Book Club members
had a good discussion of Ender's Game at the October meeting ; touching
especially on issues of using genre literature to address moral concerns, as,
for instance, the adults use Ender (a very young child) for adult purposes (to
save mankind).
The book for
November will be Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. This is the story
of one man's effort to thank a Pakistani village for sheltering him while he
recovered from illness by building them a school. His effort burgeoned into 50
schools and other community projects. It is a very inspiring look at another
way to "fight a war".
There is a choice
of two dates for the November meeting; Tuesday, November 27th or Wednesday,
November 28th. If you are planning to come to this meeting, PLEASE let Laura
Walsh (lwalsh@acsalaska.net or 374-8084) know as soon
as possible, so she can choose a day and a location. Possible locations are
LauraŐs house on Chena Ridge, Dana Elmore's house near North Pole, or GulliverŐs
Book Store.
The book selected
for December, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman
Alexie is not yet generally available, and so the group will postpone that
discussion. Instead, Laura proposes a December discussion of J. K. Rowling's
final book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
No January book has been chosen yet, but the February book will be Animal,
Vegetable and Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver or The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollen. That meeting will be hosted by Elizabeth Shapland. More
details later.
Please contact
Laura Walsh (lwalsh@acsalaska.net
or 374-8084) if you are interested in being added to the email list for the
Book Club. Nominations for future books can also be sent to Laura. If you have
read something you would really enjoy discussing, let her know.
GAMES NIGHT
Ruth Levey will
host a Games Night in early December at her home at 2790 Waldheim Drive in the
Goldstream Valley. Contact Ruth (rlevey@alaska.net)
or Laura Walsh (lwalsh@acsalaska.net
or 374-8084) if you are interested.
THE 2007- 2008 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY
The new UWA Membership Directory is
out! Here's a big thank you to all of you who picked up your copy at the UWA
Holiday Bazaar, saving UWA the cost of mailing.
We ask that you
write in these three changes to your new Directory: 1) Under Michelle BartlettŐs entry, please add this email
address: michelle.bartlett@uaf.edu.
2) Ruth LeveyŐs email address has changed to rlevey@alaska.net.
3) To correct the UWA Officers section (on page 2) cross out the second
telephone number listed for Social Vice-President Joy Morrison and write in
474-5055.
WALK/SKI GROUP
Here is the
current plan for walking and skiing times. The group can modify this as time goes on if people give
coordinator, Elizabeth Shapland other input.
Skiing: Meet on Mondays
and Fridays at 10:30 at
the parking lot next to Ballaine Lake on Farmers Loop Road. The group will wait 5-6 minutes and
then head out with whoever is there.
Pace should be moderate and the ski 45-75 minutes in length.
Walking: Meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays
at 10:30 at the Dog Park
just off 2nd Avenue near the Riverfront Theatre (east end of the trail that goes alongside and behind
the Carlson Center). Parking here will allow us to walk along the river toward
the Carlson Center and then on toward Pioneer Park if we wish, keeping us off
the roads. So far this path has
been very well plowed, making for easier walking than at Creamer's Field. Those
who have dogs can bring them for a bit of exercise in the fenced-in dog park
before the walk, if they wish.
We'll probably walk for 45- 60 minutes.
Call or e-mail Elizabeth Shapland
(474-4725 or ffmab@uaf.edu) if you have any questions or suggestions
about other times/locations.
SCHOLARSHIP
COMMITTEE
The Scholarship
Committee is currently reviewing the scholarship applications for spring
2008. There were 10 complete applications! Application materials are available
for review at two locations on campus - the reference desk of the Rasmuson
Library and the reference desk of the Keith
Mather Library on the 2nd floor of the Akasofu (IARC) Building. If you have time to help review these applications
before the end of November, contact one of the Scholarship Committee co-chairs
- Alexis Runstadler (acrunstadler@yahoo.com) or Sine Anahita
(sine.anahita@uaf.edu).
Thanks to Sine
for putting together UWA Scholarship informational signs and fliers to display
at the Holiday Bazaar! The next round of scholarship advertising will
start in February 2008 for the 2008-09 school year.
INTERNATIONAL
DINERS
International
Diners is a fun way to collect some great recipes and the dinners are a feast.
The participants are asked to choose a month they will host a meal and decide
upon a cuisine theme. Those whose homes are unable accommodate a dinner party
may partner with someone who can. When the theme and date are announced, diners interested in
attending contact the host and indicate if they are bringing a guest. The host
plans a menu and each diner receives one dish to prepare. The cost of the meal
is divided evenly among the participants. Every dinner offers a unique culinary
experience with an extensive variety of dishes to savor.
Barbara Braley, International Diners coordinator, writes: Our first attempt at
International Diners garnered only two responses. To achieve a full menu we
need a minimum of 6 participants. We will try again. The first gathering of the
International Diners will now be Saturday, November 17th at 7pm, at the home of Alan and Barbara
Braley. The cuisine will
be Hungarian dishes. If you are interested in participating, please respond by
November 10th. You may email me at bbraley@acsalaska.net
or call 457-8957.
UWA MOM &
KIDŐS GROUP
No date has been
scheduled for a November play group. If you are interested in scheduling
a Mom and kidŐs get together at your home or another location like the Library
or Gymnastics, Inc, give Alexis Runstadler a call at 452-1044.
CHANGING
ADDRESSES
Send us your new
e-mail address, if it has changed. Also, if you know anyone who has
changed her address and is no longer receiving the newsletter, please let us
know.
WEBSITE
Current and past
UWA newsletters are available on the website maintained by Uma Bhatt at www.uaf.edu/uwa .
Please send
newsletter corrections or comments to Georgene Nielsen at
nielsen@mosquitonet.com or phone 479-0988
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new member has joined or has renewed their membership since the UWA 2007-2008 membership
directory was published. Please update your directory by adding this insert. (Those
of you who get the electronic UWA newsletter may print out page 4.)
Carol Davis
1440 Lacey Street
Fairbanks, AK 99701
H: 452-7093
W: 456-5252
