Administrative Snapshot: February 2008
Names of key participants appear in brackets at the end of most items.

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Diversity Web site

Check out the updated UW Tacoma Web site on diversity. It contains lots of useful information, such as scholarship resources for students, internships and community service opportunities provided through national and local public service organizations, UWT courses on diversity issues, ongoing DRC programs and a new feature spotlighting the work of UWT faculty and staff members addressing equity. [Sharon Parker]

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Global Honors course open to freshmen and sophomores

Global Honors, in a first step at expanding to accommodate the four-year undergraduate experience, is offering a brand new course this spring quarter to qualified freshmen and sophomores. The course will offer lower-division students an intellectual challenge that's interdisciplinary and timely, organized around a general theme each time it's taught. The course's maiden voyage will concern the theme of maps—not only maps of places, but the concept of "mapping"—reducing aspects of the world to a graphic scheme. "Maps of the World and the Human Mind" will be taught by Professor George Mobus (Institute of Technology) and a few guest lecturers. Faculty and staff are encouraged to put their best and brightest lower-division students in touch with Tanya Ulsted in Global Honors at 2-4770 or tanyau@u.washington.edu. [Claudia Gorbman]

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Faculty searches

UW Tacoma initiated 17 faculty searches this year in the following areas: marketing, management, finance, computer engineering, information technology and systems, computer software and systems, physics, communication, political economy, applied mathematics, writing/composition, nursing, social work, geography or planning, and urban planning. Offers have been extended to candidates in the marketing and management fields and interviews are underway in the rest of the fields. [Beth Rushing]

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Free newspapers

In collaboration with ASUWT, the Office of Academic Affairs engaged in a trial that made newspapers available to students, staff and faculty on a daily basis.  The newspapers included the New York Times, The News Tribune, and USA Today. Feedback received from the trial was positive and the program has been funded through the end of winter quarter and possibly longer. [Beth Rushing]

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Minor in Business

The proposal to begin a Minor in Business has gone through the tri-campus review process and will soon be sent forward for approval by the Faculty Council on Tri-Campus Policy and President Mark Emmert. Proposals for majors in Human Rights and Creative and Professional Writing will soon enter the tri-campus review process. Several other proposals are in various stages of review. [Beth Rushing]

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New program proposals

A call has just gone out for faculty to request funding for development of new program proposals. The deadline is March 15, 2008. Contact Diane Kinder for information. [Beth Rushing]

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Faculty professional development

The Office of Academic Affairs is proud to present the Faculty Professional Development Workshop Series. The first workshop, Effective Proposal Writing, was held Feb. 19. Contact Elise Ralph for information. [Beth Rushing]

>> STILL CURRENT FROM LAST MONTH

Save the date: Social Work 10th anniversary reception

The UW Tacoma community is invited to a reception and lecture May 3 to honor, celebrate and reflect upon the first 10 years of the Social Work program. This event, held at the Museum of Glass, will also raise funds for student scholarships. Mark your calendars and check the Social Work Web site for more details. Contributing sponsors include MultiCare Health System, UW Seattle School of Social Work and the UW Alumni Association. [Marcie Lazzari]