Teaching Assistant (TA) Information Webpage

Emergency Phone Numbers (Police/Fire/Medical):

                          (a) From campus phones, call 9-911. 

                          (b) From restricted phones, call 222.

                          (c) From other phones (including pay phones), call 911 (no need to use coins).

                          (d) For Hall Health Center, call (206) 685-1025.

Emergency/Problem with University facilities?

• Contact Main Campus Physical Plant department at (206) 685-1411.

Problem with classroom facilities?

• Contact Classroom Support Services (CSS) by telephone at (206) 543-9900 or by email at classrm@u.washington.edu. For a list of classrooms in EE1 building and the available classroom facilities, click here.    

Information Specific to Students With Disabilities

Disability Student Services Office (DSS): call (206) 543-8924

• In addition to providing many other services for disabled students, DSS also serves as a resource and consultant to instructors/TAs and staff on matters pertaining to working with students with disabilities. DSS also offers services such as providing note-takers and sign language interpreters and relocating classes to barrier-free rooms when necessary.

Dial-A-Ride (transportation for Disabled students): call (206) 685-1511

• This free transportation service is available to faculty, staff, and students who are permanently or temporarily disabled with mobility limitations. The shuttle operates between UW facilities on campus and in the University District. Operating times are 7:45 a.m. to 3:25 p.m. Monday through Friday. When classes are in session, one van is available from 3:45 p.m. to 7:25 p.m. Monday through Friday. Service is available on a first-call, first-served basis. Reservations are taken until 4:00 p.m.

UW Cares Escort Service: call (206) 685-WALK

• This is a free night escort service for the campus community. The program generally operates from dusk (5:30 p.m. in fall and winter quarters, 8:30 p.m. in spring quarter) until 12:30 a.m., Sunday through Thursday. It serves most of the campus area including the residence halls, the fraternities and sororities, and the main commuter (E1 or Montlake) parking lot. A team of two volunteer student escorts will be dispatched from the HUB to walk with you to these destinations or to a Night Ride stop. If you are in the South Campus, escorts will meet you at the T-Wing or Hitchcock overpass. Escorts are readily identifiable, wearing bright red jackets with "UWCARES" on the back and displaying photo identification badges.