Hey Folks!

The Husky Union Building at the University of Washington-Seattle will celebrate its 75th Anniversary this coming October (2024).? I would appreciate people sharing what they did for not only a 75th anniversary, if they have had one, but other anniversary ideas are also welcome. ? Past staff did 25th?and 50th?anniversary… Read more

Hi Katie!

This is a great topic. We could definitely be better about cancelling events that don’t share all of the information and permits we request in advance.

We do have a line in our contract stating the final date where changes will be accepted, which is 2 weeks from the event date. We will review requests for changes to events within…

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• Do you have more than one event per day in your space?? (i.e. will you do a flip during the day)? Is there a set time that you designate between events for event set-ups?
  • We have a designated minimum amount of time for our major event spaces – 4 hours or 6 hours; can be longer if it is a complicated flip; staging, power distribution, etc. So…

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Hi Jamie,

?We have an on-campus catering operation here, but they are not exclusive. We have food prep areas connected to our larger spaces that outside caterers can use. I would be happy to chat with you about pros and cons that we have encountered with this!

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Monica Duran
Associate Director for Event &… Read more

Hi Le,

Here’s what we have on our website: https://hub.washington.edu/campus-services/hub-advertising/hub-information-tables/

We also make sure to work closely with the campus sponsorship office to ensure there isn’t a conflict with current University sponsors as a part of the process. Let me know if you… Read more

Hi,

We use AudienceView as well, although we have been having quite a few issues, related both to how we are able to do financial reporting, and with our physical scanners not working, so I was hoping to see if anyone had other recommendations? It seems they are so short staffed they aren’t able to support so we… Read more

Hey Michael,

?Here at UW, we close the information desk a few hours before building close, since most foot traffic dies down, and the Student Building Managers may sit at the information desk between building rounds. There is a sign with their cell phone number if someone needs assistance.
We also have a merged team of scheduling and info desk… Read more