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Safety incident rate chart
• Alicia Halberg

“You know, I really don’t think I’m the person to talk to about this,” said Facilities Maintenance & Construction Director Damon Fetters. “This is all the work of employees coming together to make safety a part of the culture and a part of the work that they do.”

Emergency Management’s Siri McLean teaches about preparedness using the Wheel of Misfortune.
• Alicia Halberg

On February 10, three Facilities Services groups (Transportation Services, UW Recycling and Emergency Management) joined more than 70 other booths at Environmental Health & Safety’s first-ever Safety, Sustainability and Preparedness Expo.

The latest group of Stepping Stones phase one graduates
• Alicia Halberg

Stepping Stones is a training program offered by the FS Training Center, in conjunction with the sponsoring department, which gives frontline staff opportunities to learn leadership skills that are necessary for moving up to lead, supervisor and management positions.

UW Police officers take part in an active shooter training exercise in the now-empty McCarty Hall
• Alicia Halberg

For emergency personnel, being prepared for the worst is a part of the job. So when an opportunity came up to use an empty residence hall for a unique training scenario, emergency planners and police lieutenants jumped at the chance.

Savery Hall cupola
• Thomas Roselyn
Savery Hall cupola
• Thomas Roselyn
UW President Ana Mari Cauce with the Odegaard Undergraduate Library custodial team.
• Alicia Halberg

For the first-time ever, a sitting University president paid a visit to two Custodial Services teams to learn about their work on process improvements.

“The way that a place looks can make such a difference in so many ways,” said University President Ana Mari Cauce.

Savery Hall cupola
• Thomas Roselyn
Gardeners and arborists from Grounds Maintenance clean up the remnants from Meany Sequoia
• Alicia Halberg

On Saturday, Sept. 5 a lone storm cell hit the University of Washington campus and brought with it a bit of lightning. Unfortunately for campus, the lightning bolt hit one of the last trees left on campus planted by UW alumnus and professor Edmond Meany.

Custodian William (Bill) Garl waxes floors in the Chemistry Library
• Alicia Halberg

Stepping Stones is a training program offered by the FS Training Center, in conjunction with the sponsoring department, which gives frontline staff opportunities to learn leadership skills that are necessary for moving up to lead, supervisor and management positions.