Administrative
Snapshot: August 2004
Names
of key participants appear in brackets at the end of most items.
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UWT capital campaign: Leadership, themes
Community leaders who have volunteered to provide leadership for UWT’s capital campaign are Advisory Board members Joanne Bamford, Betsy Brenner, Bill Philip, Gary Milgard, Herb Simon, Ray Tennison and Gail Weyerhaeuser. Tennison, president of Simpson Investment Co., is chairing the group’s efforts. UW Regent William H. Gates is heading the overall UW campaign. The UWT group met in late July and will be working closely with UWT’s Advancement unit to execute a successful campaign. The campaign will emphasize five themes: that the UW makes vital to contributions, globally and locally, to education, health, the environment, civic and cultural life, and economic development. [Carol Van Natta]
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Town-gown meeting: UWT leaders to meet with city on campus master plan
Chancellor Olswang and Fred King will meet Aug. 17 with the economic development committee of the Tacoma City Council to share with them future plans of the University. Forming the basis of discussion will be UWT’s master plan. The master plan, created by a team of architects working with UWT faculty and staff, addresses future physical development of the campus. The plan lays out possible placement and size of buildings, flow of foot and vehicle traffic, as well as location of green spaces, landscaping and retail activity. The document, which has been approved by the Regents following campus and public meetings, is a planning tool.
For more background, see “Regents approve Master Plan and housing-parking complex” (Inside Track, Oct. 2003). [Fred King]
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Admissions/recruitment
Saturday information sessions (on through August) and advertising are supporting UWT's fall recruitment efforts, but the intention of the events and publicity is to focus broadly enough that long-term, campuswide recruitment needs are also supported. Ads have run in the News Tribune, the Olympian and the Bremerton Sun. The ads featured admissions adviser Mandy Meinhardt encouraging prospective students to call, and many have responded. Applications in some units have increased substantially. Recruitment progress (as measured by FTE registration) is at about the same level as at this time last year, but work is continuing to make sure UWT reaches its enrollment targets. Planning has begun for the next South Sound Education Fair, set for Jan. 22, 2005. [Wanda Curtis, Dan Garcia]
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Chancellor search
From among almost 90 candidates, the search committee has identified a dozen for further review. Preliminary committee interviews will take place in early September. Campus visits, expected to involve about a half-dozen finalists, will follow in October. UW President Mark Emmert will make the final hiring decision. [Ginger MacDonald]
> Read The News Tribune's coverage of the search
> Visit the Chancellor Search Web site
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Shaping UWT’s future: 2707 survey response supports core mission, growth
Early analysis of the survey administered in July shows broad support for expansion of UWT’s offerings at the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as strong support for UWT’s core mission of serving community college transfer students. Detailed analysis of data from 630 responses is not yet available. Survey respondents included business and civic leaders, alumni, faculty and staff, community college students and the general public. The deadline for completing the survey has passed, but comments are still being accepted. The last public meeting to solicit community input was Aug. 4.
Phone calls are being made to a sample of businesses in the South Sound region to solicit input about current and future educational levels the businesses need their workforce to possess. Input is also being sought about needs of the businesses for employee training and continuing education.
The 2004 Legislature, through Substitute House Bill 2707, mandated that UWT conduct a self-study, gather input from its community and make recommendations about its future. The study will address questions such as how the two-plus-two model might be enhanced, whether the campus should begin admitting freshmen, where curriculum should be expanded and whether the state should continue providing per-student funding for UWT at the research-university level (or instead allocate UWT's funding at the lower level of campuses like CWU and WWU).
The UWT study is slated for Sept. 1 completion. Interim Chancellor Olswang will submit the study to President Emmert and the Regents, who will make final recommendations to the Higher Education Coordinating Board by Nov. 15. The HEC Board will then submit recommendations about all four campuses to the Legislature.
Jack Nelson is chairing UWT's self-study committee. [Jack Nelson, Mike Wark]
> Visit the study committee Web page
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Advisory Board: New members nominated
Nine new members have been nominated for Board service and will be formally appointed by the UW President. Nominees are: Creigh Agnew, Vice President of Government Affairs and Corporate Contributions at Weyerhaeuser; Kathleen Deakins, vice president of JayRay Ads + PR, a communications consulting firm; Tim Farrell, the Port of Tacoma’s deputy executive director; Clyde Koontz, M.D., medical director of cardiopulmonary services at St. Joseph Hospital; Joseph Kosai, general manager of Kabuki Japanese Restaurant and managing partner of Kosai Florist; Richard Middleton, president of Anderson & Middleton Co., a timberlands management and agribusiness firm; Kathleen Sanford, vice president for nursing at Bremerton’s Harrison Memorial Hospital; Raymond Bower, of Boeing; and John Woodworth, chairman of Woodworth & Co., a diversified heavy construction firm. The increased membership from among business, civic, professional and philanthropic leaders reflects UWT's successful efforts to strengthen the influence and effectiveness of its board. [Leslie Anderson]
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Chancellor's Club
UWT has set its second annual Chancellor's Club dinner for Aug. 25 at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club in Lakewood. President Emmert will attend. The Chancellor's Club is designed to honor UWT's most generous donors, those who have contributed $1,000 or more during the fiscal year, or $25,000 cumulatively. Anne and Fred Roberson will be honored at the dinner. [Carol Van Natta]
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Housing/Parking
This project will provide a 310-stall parking garage to be owned by the UW Tacoma with a 120-unit, privately owned apartment building on top. The Regents reviewed the latest schematic design in June. Final designs are expected by January 2005 for a March 2005 groundbreaking. Proposed site is on Market Street at 17th. [Fred King]
> View the 2003 campus master plan (PDF; CAUTION: Very large file)
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Jefferson Plaza landscaping
Following an accident in which a car crashed down the staircase at 19th below Jefferson, bollards are being replaced, the damaged bench will be repaired and a landscape architect has designed a protective feature for that location. Temporary water barricades have been put in place until the more permanent solution of concrete planter bowls can be installed. [Fred King]
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Tioga Building
Work by GLY Construction is complete. Work included installation of an exterior stair on the south wall of the Tioga Building (on the corner of 19th and Jefferson). This project, which also included safety and fire upgrades, maximizes occupancy of the Tioga Building and provides IAS art faculty studio space on the 3rd floor. Art faculty will be able to move into the space this month. Occupancy on the 2nd floor will be made available for temporary uses. [Fred King]
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Commerce Street
Documents have been submitted to the City of Tacoma requesting the city's legal vacation of the south end of Commerce (between 19th and 21st) and the north end of Commerce (outside Dougan). By vacating the street, the city would turn control over to the University. All of the abutting property owners are in support of the street vacation. A hearing on the vacation was held Aug. 3. Final decision by the City Council should occur early in September. [Fred King]
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Higher Education Coordinating Board
The HEC Board's Master Plan for Higher Education was adopted at its July meeting. [Sharon Fought]
> View the Master Plan for Higher Education (PDF)
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UWT data reports on SIS
The electronic fact book on the Student Information System (SIS) is available for internal use. Updated cross-enrollment data and quarterly reports are available. New or updated reports include a Spring Quarter headcount and percent of students, undergraduate vs. graduate status and part-time vs. full-time status. “Help” topics are listed under “External Links.” Please review the introductory information on SIS before using the reports. FERPA training is required to use the database and use is currently restricted to UWT administration, staff and faculty advisers. All information is confidential. More information is available on the DataPlus Web Site. If you have additional questions about the SIS application, contact the Director of Information Technology at ppow@u.washington.edu. [Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs)]
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New FTEs: 30 certain, 30 more possible
The UW has committed to giving UWT 30 of the 338 new FTEs given to the University of Washington. UWT is now seeking an additional 20 to 30 of the UW's new FTEs. (Earlier, the campus applied to the HEC Board for some of the state's high-demand FTEs, but did not receive any.) [Jack Nelson]
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Autism Center
Now that the new fiscal year has begun, one-year money allocated by the Legislature to fund a UW Tacoma site for services of the UW Autism Center is available. The UW Autism Center will establish at UWT a remote location and is planning to lease a set of rooms not currently occupied on the first floor of Cherry Parkes. The UWT location will extend the reach of the UW's autism services, making those services more accessible to as many as 160 Washington families. [Sharon Fought, Mike Wark]
> Learn more about the Autism Center
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Implications of HB 2382: Treatment of transfer credit
This bill mandated that universities treat transfer courses from community colleges in the same way as lower-division courses transferring from four-year colleges or universities. At UW, different limits apply to transfer credits from community colleges and transfer credits from baccalaureate institutions. Interim procedures have been proposed, to be in place for Seattle Autumn Quarter, when the Faculty Council can consider this topic. [Sharon Fought]
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Diamond Parking and Flex Pass rates to rise in September
New rates, to take effect Sept. 1, have been set for UWT's Diamond Parking lots and for the Flex Pass. Zone 2 permits will be $121 per quarter and Zone 3 permits will remain at $150 per quarter. Permit replacement fees will remain $15 for the first and $25 for the second replacement. The student Flex Pass will cost $43 per quarter. Faculty and staff Flex Passes will cost $58 per quarter. Rates for the Cragle Lot, next to the library, will remain unchanged. [Fred King]
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New retail tenant coming
Cafe Indochine, a Thai restaurant, is expected to take occupancy of a retail space in the Cherry Parkes building on Pacific Avenue Sept. 1. [Fred King]
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Copy/mail center
The UW's Publications Services has reconsidered its decision not to support UWT's copy center after August. Those served by the center will not notice a difference at the beginning of September, but options are still being studied for reducing the costs to Publications Services of providing copy machine, copy center and mail support to UWT. Members of the committee studying options for UWT's copy and mail services are Brian Anderson, Julie Buffington, Chris Demaske, Charles Lord, Jessica Roshan and Jan Rutledge. [Jan Rutledge]
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Save the date: 'Come Together Washington' set for Oct. 15
The public launch of the UW's $2 billion capital campaign is set for Oct. 15, and UW Tacoma will play a role in the day's events. In the afternoon and evening, the Seattle campus will showcase the tremendous impact of the UW on its region and on the world with a public event called "Come Together Washington." Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.
UW Tacoma faculty and students will be involved in two showcases. IAS professors Mary Hanneman and Lisa Hoffman will showcase an oral history project related to the Japanese Language School. Researchers are interviewing living alumni of the Japanese Language School that served Tacoma's Japanese until the outbreak of World War II. The project aims to preserve the memories and stories of this particular Japanese community in the public historical record. Even after the physical structure of the Japanese Language School is gone, the stories gathered as part of this project will preserve the memories and spirit of the school, carrying forward the legacy of the first educational institution to exist on the site of the University of Washington, Tacoma campus.
IAS professor David Secord, as well as researchers from the School of Marine Affairs and Friday Harbor Labs, will present "Alien Invaders," a showcase on invasive species.
> Visit the 'Come Together Washington' Web site
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