example.tex

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%%%% Preamble
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%%%% The uwthesis.sty file relies on the memoir class!
%%%% You should be using the memoir class anyway; it makes life easier:
%%%% http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/
\documentclass[oneside, letterpaper, 12pt, oldfontcommands]{memoir}

%%%% Import uwthesis.sty to get official formatting, then set your variables.
\usepackage{uwthesis}

\settitle{An Awesome Thesis}
\setauthor{Robert Generic}
\setdepartment{Physics}
\doctors % or \masters
\setgraddate{2012}
\setdefensedate{2 May 2012} % or whatever format you want

%%%% Members of the Final Oral Committee (FOC)
%%%% Give name, rank, and department
%%%% 
\setfoca{George Washington}{Associate Professor}{Physics} % <- Your advisor
\setfocb{John Adams}{Professor}{Physics}
\setfocc{Thomas Jefferson}{Assistant Professor}{Physics}
\setfocd{James Madison}{Professor}{Physics}
\setfoce{James Monroe}{Professor}{Materials Engineering}
\setfocf{Grover Cleveland}{Professor}{Zoology}

%%%% Your abstract, used for the UMI abstract and in your front matter
\setabstract{%
  An awesome study of important things is presented.  
  I further describe my project here, but I will not exceed 350 words, 
  for that is strictly forbidden for the abstract of this document.  
  If you're submitting online, you can even put symbols 
  in your abstract and title, but you'll have to find out the HTML 
  character codes for the various symbols.
}

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%%%% Document
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\begin{document}

% Tell the memoir class to set up lowercase roman for pagination, etc.
\frontmatter

%%%% Uncomment this to create a UMI abstract page.
%%%% If you are submitting electronically, however, this page is unnecessary.
% \theumiabstract

% The title page
\thetitlepage
\clearpage

% The copyright page, if you want to pay the fee and register copyright.
\thecopyrightpage
\cleardoublepage

% These above pages should not be counted, so we reset the counter to 1.
\setcounter{page}{1}

% An abstract may be required by your department.
\section{Abstract}
\uwabstract
\cleardoublepage

% Acknowledgements go here if you want to include them.
\section{Acknowledgements}
This is where any acknowledgements would go.
\clearpage

% Table of contents
\maxtocdepth{subsection}
\tableofcontents* % the * means that there isn't an entry for the TOC itself
% \clearpage
% \listoffigures  % if you have any figures
% \clearpage
% \listoftables   % if you have any tables

% Tell the memoir class to set up normal pagination, etc. for the main doc
\mainmatter

\chapter{Introduction}
And this is where your hard work goes.

\end{document}