Administrative
Snapshot: February 2004
Names
of key participants appear in brackets at the end of most items.
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NEW THIS MONTH
Founders
Day
The possibility of initiating a spring Founders Day event is being
explored. All directors have discussed the idea, which has received
general support, although many details remain to be pinned down.
The concept is to establish a day in the spring (whether a weekday
or a Saturday is being discussed) that would feature several events,
including a recognition program and a luncheon. The recognition
program would be similar to the Recognition Night that has been
a campus tradition. A Founders Day event would honor all those
who have received top campus honors (Distinguished Teaching, Distinguished
Service, and the Rod Hagenbuch award), and would establish new
awards, including one for Distinguished Alumni and another for
Distinguished Community Member. (Gift of Service awards and student
government awards would be made at events separate from the Founders
Day awards, which are envisioned as “pinnacle” awards.)
[Bill Richardson, Carol Van Natta]
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NEW THIS MONTH
Development:
Hagenbuch Award enhanced
Two anonymous donors have given $5,000 to enhance the Rod Hagenbuch
Award, the highest service award given to a UWT student. The Hagenbuch
award is given annually to the graduating senior who best exemplifies
UWT’s ideal of learning combined with service. The winner
of the award will have the privilege, beginning this year, of
donating $1,000 to the non-religious charity of his or her choice.
The $5,000 gift will support the award enhancement for five years.
[Carol Van Natta]
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NEW THIS MONTH
Tri-Campus
Task Force
President Huntsman has appointed a nine-member steering committee
for the Presidential Task Force to Evaluate Future Options for
the Three Campuses of the University of Washington (“Tri-Campus
Task Force”). Charles Emlet (Social Work) and Belinda Louie
(Education) have been appointed to the steering committee. The
steering committee will prepare a mandate for the task force and
define the process to be followed. A final report on the proceedings
of the Task Force may be due by June 4 in advance of the June
11 meeting of the Board of Regents.
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NEW THIS MONTH
UW
student rep to HECB gets educated about UWT
Miguel Bocanegra, a UW law student who serves as a student representative
on the HEC Board, met recently with Chancellor Carwein, Jack Nelson,
Sharon Fought, Mike Wark and several students to share his perspective
and get an overview of UWT, its mission and challenges. [Sharon
Fought]
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NEW THIS MONTH
Communicable
Diseases Committee
Sharon Fought has joined the UW Advisory Committee on Communicable
Diseases, a group composed of UW physicians, health officers,
environmental health specialists, and other staff. This committee
develops policy recommendations for the University related to
managing the health of the UW community with respect to communicable
diseases including chicken pox and SARS.
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NEW THIS MONTH
Housing/Parking
The Housing/Parking project as described in UWT’s Master
Plan remains on the horizon, but no firm commitment has yet been
made to complete the project. Meetings continue with the project
developer, the City of Tacoma, the UW Real Estate Office and the
UW Capital Projects Office. [Sandy Boyle]
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Research
quarter: 13 faculty get dedicated time for scholarship
This program, funded for the first time last year, gives a quarter
of no teaching and no service to untenured faculty members to
help them prepare for their tenure and promotion review. Academic
Affairs has awarded a research quarter to 13 professors for the
2004-05 academic year. They are: from Education, Kathleen Beaudoin
and Richard Knuth; from IAS, Kima Cargill, Chris Demaske, Luther
Adams, Nita McKinley and Solimar Otero; from Urban Studies, Lisa
Hoffman; from Social Work, Katie Amundson; from CSS, Edwin Hong,
Isabelle Bichindaritz and Donald Chinn; from the Milgard School
of Business, Stern Neill. [Jack Nelson]
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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. A Feb. 3 executive order revising tri-campus
policy now stipulates that new undergraduate degrees, majors,
minors and certificate programs, regardless of campus of origin,
will first be referred by the President to the Faculty Senate
for coordinated review by all three campuses. [Jack Nelson; Mike
Kalton (UWT Faculty Assembly); Marcy Stein and Janet Primomo (faculty)]
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Issues
breakfasts
National higher education expert Dr. Barbara Holland visited UWT
Tuesday, Feb. 3 for the first UWT issues breakfast and related
activities (see separate story in Inside Track). UWT intends to
hold a similar event twice annually, once in the spring and once
in the fall. [Jack Nelson]
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Market
Street meeting Feb. 25
The fact that UWT's Master Plan for campus construction has included
closing streets has been public for years, but the recent process
to update the Master Plan has generated some interest by some
local residents and merchants. The Master Plan has always called
for closing Market Street to make way for the campus green, a
central organizing feature for pedestrian traffic and a major
amenity for the campus and the city. UWT architects say the campus
green is a critical component of the plan. Some local merchants
are raising concerns about the impact of closing Market on traffic
through downtown Tacoma. Mike Wark and Sandy Boyle will attend
a meeting of the Hillside Development Council Feb. 25 to discuss
street closures and the extensive process required for closing
a street, including developing suitable alternatives to the closed
thoroughfare. [Sandy Boyle, Mike Wark]
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Presidential
search
In light of her impending departure, Chancellor Carwein has been
asked to vacate her seat on the search committee, which is responsible
for recommending presidential candidates to the Regents for consideration.
The search process is highly confidential, and the Regents have
given the committee a May 1, 2004 deadline for concluding its
work.
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UWT
budget
Active work on developing a budget will begin following the appointment
of an interim chancellor and after closure of the Legislative
session. [Sandy Boyle, Jack Nelson]
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Strategic
planning consultant
Action to hire a strategic planning consultant is on hold until
an interim chancellor is named. The selected consultant will guide
the final stages of the strategic planning process. [Mike Kalton
(representing faculty); Carol Van Natta (representing administration);
Beckie Etheridge (representing staff)]
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Phase
2B moves
Finance, Media, Nursing, Alumni Affairs, Counseling and Career
Services have now joined Facilities, Student Life, ASUWT, Tahoma
West, and the Ledger in Mattress Factory and Cherry Parkes. Scheduled
February and March moves are on track. Relocations related to
the new space will continue into summer. [Sandy Boyle (Finance
and Administration)]
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UWT
abroad
Chris Demaske, of IAS, will again take two Ledger students to
Moscow State University in Russia during spring break.
In
April and May, Bill Richardson will attend the U.S.-Germany International
Education Administrators Program (a Fulbright program). The program
is a three-week seminar on German higher education and society
designed for U.S. university college and community college administrators
whose current responsibilities have a direct relation to international
exchanges in higher education.
UWT’s
summer
trip to Cuernavaca still has space available.
[Cynthia Duncan, Bill Richardson (IAS)]
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University-wide
computing groups
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.
During
A-TAC's January meeting, the committee developed recommendations
on the allocation of $1.6 million for classroom technology improvements
on the Seattle campus. On the agenda for Feb. 17 is a discussion
on the University's approach to wireless technology.
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Flexibility
in two-plus-two
What began as discussion in the Higher Education committees about
potential bills to improve the two-plus-two pathway quickly evolved
into much broader initiatives described in the Legislative Affairs
story in Inside Track. The Washington Institute for Public Policy
study on "branch campuses" and the HEC Board Master
Plan are clearly influential to this legislation. [Mike Wark,
Vicky Carwein, Jack Nelson, Sharon Fought]
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UWT
reports to HECB, Legislature on ‘satisfactory progress’
UWT has reported to the Higher Education Coordinating Board and
to the Legislature on its progress in implementing “satisfactory
progress” policies. [Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs)]
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UWT
data reports on SIS
The electronic fact book on the Student Information System (SIS)
is available for internal use. Reports recently updated include
ones on: cross enrollments, ZIP codes and counties by program,
and a link to graduate student data. Data are being collected
currently for additional reports. Please review the introductory
information on SIS before using the reports.
SIS
provides access to student data stored in the student database
in Seattle. SIS was developed as a shared inter-program solution
to student data retrieval and storage, eliminating the need for
individual programs to develop and maintain their own student
databases. The goal of SIS is to support the admission, advising,
and support of students and student services at UWT.
FERPA
training is required to use the database and use is currently
restricted to UWT administration, staff and faculty advisers,
and those doing statistical analysis. All student 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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Hispanic
studies
IAS is proposing a new minor in Hispanic Studies, which Sharon
Fought is shepherding through the approval process, currently
in transition. [Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs)]
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Catalog
Review of the current catalog continues, identifying needed changes
for next year. Academic programs have submitted requests for text
updates. [Dan Garcia (Enrollment Services and Student Affairs),
Brian Anderson (Public Relations), Bobbe Miller-Murray (Registrar),
Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs).]
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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) have met regularly to discuss overall guiding principles
and philosophies for operations across the three campuses. A document
related to the work of the committee will go before the Regents
Feb. 20. Chancellor Carwein declined to sign off on the document
because of concerns about several areas of the document’s
content.
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UWT
colleges and deans; Milgard appointment
President Huntsman has issued an executive order allowing for
schools and colleges at UW Tacoma and UW Bothell. The Regents
are expected to act Feb. 20 to appoint Shahrokh M. Saudagaran
Dean of the Milgard School of Business. Dr. Saudagaran will also
be appointed to an endowed faculty position, the Milgard Chair
in Business. [Jack Nelson (Academic Affairs); Steve Olswang (UW
Vice Provost)]
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Graduate
student and post-baccalaureate tuition
The UW's Committee to Review Graduate and Professional Student
Tuition Policies is meeting monthly, and fifth-year and graduate
programs at UWT have made requests for tuition rates for 2004-2005.
This group has reviewed the UW’s tuition-aid practices for
graduate students, looking at all currently available sources
of financial support for them. A draft of tuition recommendations
for Autumn 2004 was presented to the Regents in January; board
action on tuition rates is expected at the February meeting. It
is expected that fifth-year program tuition will be unchanged
and that graduate programs at UWT will have single-digit tuition
increases. [Jack Nelson, Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs)]
Diversity
Partnership Institute:
The Integration of Diverse Student Voices in Campus Life
This will be the third annual conference bringing together staff,
students and faculty 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 and the heads
of six other campuses. [Marcie Lazzari, Steve Smith]
Commencement
speaker
Using UWT’s guidelines for selecting a commencement speaker,
a list of names of possible speakers has been developed for June
2004 and June 2005. Faculty, staff, students and advisory board
members had the opportunity to submit recommendations in November.
A group including three students, a faculty member and a member
of the administration has narrowed the list and recommended a
small number of names to the Chancellor. The Chancellor will make
every attempt to secure one of these individuals for 2004 and
another for 2005. Currently, the Chancellor is working on making
contact with one of the recommended speakers. [Steve Smith (commencement
coordinator)]
Electronic
discussion forum
We have launched our first electronic discussion forum, on the
nature of research at UWT and the support needed by researchers.
This forum is open to full-time faculty only. It can be accessed
here. [Jack Nelson (Academic Affairs)]
State
of the faculty: Annual address
Mike Kalton, chair of the Faculty Assembly, will deliver UWT's
first annual "state of the faculty" address. A date
has not been set.
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