Administrative
Snapshot: November 2003
Red:
New this month.
Blue: Updated from last month.
Black: Still current from previous issue.
Names
of key participants appear in brackets at the end of most items.
Phase
2B
The
contractor's substantial completion date for Cherry Parkes is
Dec. 1, for the Mattress Factory Dec. 8. Moves will take place
between January and March, with ribbon cutting Jan. 8. Governor
Locke will speak. [Sandy Boyle (Finance and Administration), Teresa
Gregory (Development)]
Higher
Education Coordinating Board, master plan
The
HEC Board released a draft version of its 2004 Strategic Master
Plan for Higher Education Oct. 30. See Chancellor Carwein's uwtline
message of Nov. 2 or view
the draft plan here. The plan as written raises the possibility
that some upper-division campuses and community colleges could
become four-year colleges and has already generated significant
discussion among state higher education policymakers, legislators
and university officials. A public hearing on the plan is set
for Nov. 13. The Board will meet again Dec. 3 and must submit
a completed interim plan to the Legislature by Dec. 15. [Sharon
Fought (Academic Affairs)]
Development
solicitations
Development
is sending fall solicitation letters to donors and alumni. Faculty
and staff are reminded that gifts can be made to UWT through the
Combined Fund Drive. [Carol Van Natta (Development)]
Provost
approves TCSS 142/143
UWT
will be offering TCSS 142 and 143 Winter Quarter. These challenging
lower-division courses will bring entering Institute students
up to the level of preparation required for success in our rigorous
CSS program. [Larry Crum (Institute of Technology), Jack Nelson]
Catalog
Review
of the current catalog is underway to identify needed changes
for next year. [Dan Garcia (Enrollment Services and Student Affairs),
Brian Anderson (Public Relations), Bobbe Miller-Murray (Registrar),
Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs).]
Graduate
student tuition
The
UW's Committee to Review Graduate and Professional Student Tuition
Policies is meeting every other week. This group has reviewed
tuition models for public and private schools. A draft of tuition
recommendations for Autumn 2004 is due to the Regents in January.
[Jack Nelson, Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs)]
Commencement
speaker selection
A
list of names of possible commencement speakers is being developed
for June 2004 and June 2005. Faculty, staff, students and advisory
board members have been invited to submit recommendations. Deadline
for submissions is Nov. 21.
Click here to submit a nomination. [Steve Smith (commencement coordinator)]
Institute
of Technology advisory board
A
new advisory board has been established for the Institute of Technology.
The board met in October and will meet next in January. The board
will serve as a resource, center of influence and legislative
advocate for the Institute. Members, who will help build community
for the Institute, are distinguished individuals from academia,
business, industry, government, education, and other areas. [Larry
Crum (Institute)]
Possible
new academic programs
Sharon
Fought submitted to the Inter-institutional Committee for Academic
Program Planning a list of academic programs that, pending funding,
are under consideration for initiation in the 2005 to 2007 biennium.
The possible new degree programs are: B.S. and M.S. in embedded
computer engineering systems, M.S. in environmental science, B.A.
in urban and regional planning, M.N. program option for R.N.'s
with associate degrees, B.A. in cartography and global information
systems, and an M.A. in Teaching to replace the post-baccalaureate
teacher certification program. The addition of preparation for
a secondary teaching certificate is also on the list of possible
new offerings. [Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs)]
UWT
data reports on SIS
An
electronic fact book is now available on SIS for internal use.
It contains nearly 30 reports, most updated either quarterly or
annually. The reports reflect a wide range of information, including
data on scholarships, age and gender demographics, FTEs, and articulation
agreements. Published campus and program fact sheets are included.
Campus staff, faculty and administrators are encouraged to use
the information in these reports as the basis for analysis and
decision-making. Please review the introductory information on
SIS before using the reports. [Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs)]
Chancellor's
campus address
Chancellor
Carwein delivered her annual campus address Oct. 30. It will soon
be available in print. A supply of the printed address will be
provided to academic programs and units for distribution to interested
faculty and staff. A number of initiatives were outlined in the
address. Some of them are among items reported upon in this issue
of Inside Track. Others will be noted in Inside Track as work
on them progresses.
Provost
visit
Acting
Provost David Thorud visited UWT Nov. 4 to talk with faculty about
promotion and tenure.
State
of the Faculty: annual address
Mike
Kalton, chair of the Faculty Assembly, will deliver UWT's first
annual "state of the faculty" address in November or
December.
Issues
breakfasts
UWT
will soon be launching a series of breakfasts open to all faculty
and staff. Each breakfast will feature discussion of a significant
topic, usually led by an outside expert. Possible topics may include:
organizational models for multi-campus universities, the nature
of urban and metropolitan institutions, and the challenges of
managing transfer and articulation agreements.
Electronic
forum
Work
is beginning on adding an electronic forum for discussion of major
issues on campus. As the Chancellor noted in her annual address,
the electronic discussion will start with presentation of a proposal
or "white paper." The electronic forum will allow faculty
and staff to comment on the proposal and respond to each other's
ideas. [Jack Nelson (Academic Affairs), Brian Anderson (Public
Relations)].
Review
of UWT budget process: Web site open for comments
In
preparation for work on the 2004 budget, UWT is conducting a review
of the budget process utilized for the last two years. Under that
process, the Chancellor charged a small committee (led by the
two vice chancellors and including faculty, staff and student
members) with making budget recommendations that best served broad
campus interests. The budget review process should be complete
by December.
Click here to submit suggestions about the budget process.
Search
for head of Milgard School of Business
As
of Nov. 5, UWT had received 72 applications/nominations. The search
committee has completed initial screening of the applications
and has held telephone interviews with seven. Next step will be
reference checks, followed by on-campus interviews. (Patricia
Fandt, director of the Milgard School, will retire in June 2004.)
[Ginger MacDonald (Education), search committee chair]
Strategic
planning, interim report
Chancellor
Carwein and Vice Chancellor Nelson have now met with most programs
and administrative units on campus to discuss the report and UWT's
ongoing strategic planning effort. Only a few meetings remain.
Strategic
planning consultants contacted
Chancellor
Carwein has appointed a group to initially review and recommend
names of external consultants for her consideration. The consultant
will guide the final stages of the strategic planning process.
Three possible consultants have been interviewed by phone. The
next step will be campus visits. [Mike Kalton (representing faculty);
Carol Van Natta (representing administration); Beckie Etheridge
(representing staff)]
Preparing
for the legislative session: No-cuts, no-growth budget expected
State
legislative committees are already meeting in preparation for
the legislative session that begins in January. Because this is
not a budget development year, legislators will focus mostly on
bills that involve policy. Revenue projections are encouraging,
so budget cuts are not expected, but increases are not expected
either. The budget is expected to remain flat. Issues ranging
from how UWT is funded to ways to improve collaboration with community
colleges are raised in the report "Higher Education Branches
in Washington State," completed this summer by the Washington
State Institute for Public Policy. The full text of the report
can be found here. Between now and the end of the legislative
session, UWT leadership will be called upon to provide information
and attend hearings. [Mike Wark; Vicky Carwein; Jack Nelson]
ASUWT
retreat produces new mission statement for student government
Chancellor
Carwein and Vice Chancellor Boyle attended the opening session
of a student government retreat held at Pack Forest Oct. 31 to
Nov. 2. ASUWT produced a new mission statement and worked on organizational
issues and priorities. Age range of students elected to ASUWT
office spans 20 years. [Shellie Jo White (Student Life), Mark
Dodson (ASUWT president)]
Community
college collaboration, dual admission
UWT
and Institute of Technology leaders and recruiters will meet Dec.
9 at Pierce College Puyallup to develop strategies for strengthening
the Dual Admission pathway with Pierce for the CSS degree program.
[Larry Crum (Institute), Mike Wark (Public Relations)]
South
Sound recruitment event set for Jan. 24
Saturday,
Jan. 24 UWT will host a major recruiting event involving college
and universities across Pierce County. The event will feature
workshops and all-ages entertainment and is designed to raise
awareness about educational options and to highlight our campus.
Planned workshops include: College 101 for students who have never
been to college, Transfer 301 for those who have some college
and Graduate School 501 for those seeking guidance on entrance
essays and exam preparation. The day will also feature workshops
on careers, financial aid, scholarship searches, money management,
study skills and time management. [Wanda Curtis (Admissions and
Recruitment)]
University-wide
computing policy
In
response to discussions with the Board of Deans, UW administrators
and regents, the UW president has appointed three technology advisory
committees (U-TAC, A-TAC, and I-TAC) to achieve better cooperation,
communication, and coordination on university-wide technology
issues, strategies and policies. Chancellor Carwein serves on
U-TAC, Stern Neill on A-TAC and Patrick Pow on I-TAC. For more
information, go to http://depts.washington.edu/cac/cchome/tacs.html
Three-Campus
Committee
Former
President Richard McCormick established this committee. Its members
(Acting Provost David Thorud, Executive Vice President Weldon
Ihrig, UWB Chancellor Warren Buck and UWT Chancellor Vicky Carwein)
meet regularly to discuss overall guiding principles and philosophies
for operations across the three campuses.
Colleges
and deans at UWT
The
Provost’s Office is leading a process that will result in
a change of the faculty code to allow UWT and UWB to have collegiate-level
units and deans. It is expected that the new head of the Milgard
School will be the first academic dean at UWT. [Jack Nelson, vice
chancellor for Academic Affairs]
Faculty
Council on Tri-campus Policy
Faculty
and administrators representing each campus are working to clarify
relationships among the campuses and recommend appropriate revisions
to the faculty code, which was written before UWT and UWB were
established. [Jack Nelson; Mike Kalton, chair, UWT Faculty Assembly;
Marcy Stein and Janet Primomo (faculty)]
Presidential
search
Chancellor
Vicky Carwein is a member of the committee appointed by the Regents
to name candidates for consideration. The search process is highly
confidential, and the Regents have given the committee a May 1,
2004 deadline for concluding its work.
International
education agreement, Cuba
Work
is underway to establish an international educational agreement
involving student exchanges between UWT and the University of
Cienfuegos in Cuba. Cienfuegos is a Tacoma sister city. The idea
for the agreement evolved after Cynthia Duncan, IAS, visited Cuba
with a class. A group will visit the University of Cienfuegos
in December, including Duncan; Bill Richardson, director of IAS;
Brian Coffey, director of International Programs; and Chancellor
Carwein. [Cynthia Duncan, Bill Richardson (IAS)]
Research
quarter off
This
program, funded for the first time last year, gives a quarter
off to faculty to help them prepare for their tenure and promotion
review. Faculty members eligible for a quarter off during 2004-05
have been notified and their applications will be considered.
[Jack Nelson]
South
Puget Sound Education Diversity Partnership
CEOs
from 13 college and universities in the region have appointed
representatives to this partnership, initiated by Chancellor Carwein
three years ago for the purpose of collaborating on projects that
enhance diversity in higher education. [Steve Smith (Diversity
and Minority Affairs)]
Diversity
Partnership Institute
This
will be the third annual conference bringing together educators
from colleges and universities in the South Sound. Scheduled for
February 20 at PLU, this year’s conference opens with a
panel featuring Chancellor Carwein. [Marcie Lazzari, Steve Smith]
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