Those three all experienced application declines last year. UW is accepting applications for the first time to software engineering, computational science, environment and business, and business administration with mathematics. He came to UW two years ago to work on his PhD in chemistry after completing his undergraduate work and a master's degree at Toronto. Kanagalingam says he's happy to have an executive that combines experience with fresh perspectives. The new president is hoping to revive the idea of a graduate student endowment fund, which was narrowly defeated in a referendum last year.
Affordable housing is one of the most important factors in attracting grad students.
The chief returning officer says there are two vacancies for at-large members of the board of directors. Grad students who might be interested can pick up a nomination form at the Graduate House. Nomination forms are available from the Secretariat and on its web site . At least five nominators are required in each case. Nominations should be sent to the Chief Returning Officer, Secretariat, Needles Hall, Room 3060, no later than 12 noon on Friday, March 9.