Foege is a secure building and all authorized personnel are issued access cards to the building. Please do not allow anyone to “piggyback” with you in the elevator or through secured entry doors, unless it’s someone you work with.

Access for Employees:

Husky Card. If you are a regular, temporary, visiting, affiliate, or adjunct employee, you may obtain a Husky Card for building access on your second day of work. Please email gsadmin [at] uw.edu with your Employee ID (EID) or Student ID (SID) under your picture on your card, along with any lab affiliation(s), and one of our Building Access Coordinators (BACs) will add interior Foege accesses for you. Your building access will end when you are no longer an employee or a student. All members of the UW community with a Husky card have access to the common areas of South Foege (ground floor auditorium, 1st floor lobby and Vista Café), but you’ll need additional interior access to get into the labs.

Access for on-going Temporary Employees, Vendors, Contractors, and Collaborators:

Health Sciences ID/Access Card. If you are a volunteer, vendor, contractor, or wish to remain with GS as a collaborator after graduating or ending employment, we can request a Health Sciences ID Access Card that will give you access to South Foege and Health Sciences. Contact gsadmin [at] uw.edu with a headshot photo, relationship with GS, lab name, and we will request access for you after confirming with your lab contact (you may also cc’ them). You’ll receive an email when the card is ready, or you may request that we have someone pick it up and deliver it to your lab.

How to get your Health Sciences photo ID / Access card:

- Please go to T-283 Health Sciences Building  (Health Sciences map) when you are notified that it is ready. Someone will need to let you into the Health Sciences building. Please bring a photo ID. Your card will have interior and exterior GS Foege access on it, plus Health Sciences Building Access. 

- The HS Building Management Office (BMO) is open Monday-Friday, 8:00-11:00AM and 1:30-4:00PM.

- They will keep your new badge for 30 days. If your badge has not been picked up after 30 days it will be discarded.

- Appointments for other times may be made by contacting Health Sciences Building Management at hsbuild [ at ] uw.edu or 206-685-0143.

Keys: If your supervisor indicates that you need a key, please email gsadmin [ at ] uw.edu with the room number.

Access for short-term Visitors and Volunteers
Please contact gsadmin [at ] uw.edu and we’ll determine which access method is most appropriate. We may loan you a key card temporarily or issue an access card depending on your access needs.

What if I lose access?
If you are student, you will lose building access if you graduate, withdraw, go on leave, or resign from student employment. Please email gsadmin [ at ] uw.edu to request an HSB access card that you can use if you’ll have an ongoing collaboration. Or if you have become an employee, congratulations, and please go get an employee Husky card and follow the Access for Employees instructions above. Please note that a student Husky Card may not be used in place of an employee Husky Card.

If you have a Health Sciences Access Badge, it will expire after one year, if you are a vendor, please email gsadmin [ at ] uw.edu to request badge renewal. Please return your access badge to GS upon your departure, as it remains property of Health Sciences Building Management & Security.