Administrative
Snapshot: January 2004
Names
of key participants appear in brackets at the end of most items.
>>NEW THIS MONTH
Issues breakfast set for Feb. 3: National higher education expert
will visit UWT
Dr.
Barbara Holland will visit UWT Tuesday, Feb. 3 for the first UWT
issues breakfast and related activities. A continental breakfast
for all faculty and staff will be served from 8 to 8:30 a.m.,
and Dr. Holland’s presentation will be from 8:30 to 10 a.m.
Further details about the event will be announced as they become
available.
Now
a consultant, Dr. Holland is a nationally recognized leader in
helping colleges and universities develop and strengthen ties
with their communities. She has been director of HUD's Office
of University Partnerships and was a senior scholar at Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis. She has been associate
provost and associate professor of education at Northern Kentucky
University and held several academic and administrative positions
at Portland State University from 1991-98, helping create and
manage a model program by which the Oregon university has woven
its teaching, research, and service functions into the fabric
of city and regional life. Dr. Holland has written extensively
on higher education policy, and is executive editor of Metropolitan
Universities, a leading journal in the field. [Jack Nelson]
>>NEW THIS MONTH
Development: Major gifts mark December, January
Brian
and Janet Dammeier, already $50,000 donors to the Next Step endowment,
made a $50,000 endowment gift in December. The use of their new
gift is unrestricted, which will help the campus meet emerging
opportunities.
Memorial gifts in the name of former News Tribune publisher Kelso
Gillenwater have funded a new $25,000 endowment for student support.
Henry
Schatz made a $50,000 gift in January toward the Next Step scholarship
endowment.
>>NEW THIS MONTH
Market Street
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 New Tacoma Neighborhood Council 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]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
UWT budget process: Recommendations being prepared, will reflect
wide input
In
preparation for work on the 2004 budget, UWT has completed a review
of the budget process utilized for the last two years. Input about
that process was received from a wide variety of sources. The
review group is now in the process of preparing formal recommendations
to the Chancellor on how the budget process should be revised.
Under
the past 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. Comments regarding the budget process have been
received from the existing Budget Development Committee, from
all directors, the Staff Association, the “Admin Junque”
group, the Faculty Council, from students and over the Web.
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Campus visits for Milgard School dean candidates
Three
Milgard School dean candidates visited UWT in December and made
presentations open to the campus. Shakrokh Saudagaran, of Oklahoma
State University, and David Arnesen, of Seattle University, are
being invited for follow-up visits. UWT received 74 applications/
nominations for the position to head the Milgard School of Business.
[Ginger MacDonald (Education), search committee chair]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Strategic planning consultants visit: Feedback being reviewed
Two
strategic planning consultants, Eric Allenbaugh and Donald Summers,
have visited UWT and met with all directors, as well as with an
all-campus group. (Three candidates were invited to visit, but
one withdrew.) The selected consultant will guide the final stages
of the strategic planning process. Feedback on the candidates
has been solicited via e-mail is being reviewed. [Mike Kalton
(representing faculty); Carol Van Natta (representing administration);
Beckie Etheridge (representing staff)]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Colleges and deans at UWT: Faculty Senate asks extension of comment
period
UW
President Lee Huntsman has initiated the process required to change
an executive order so as to allow for the establishment of schools
and colleges, headed by deans, at the Tacoma and Bothell campuses.
This matter has gone to the UW Faculty Senate for comment. The
Senate requested an extension of the comment period to Jan. 15.
(UWT has requested that the Milgard School of Business become
a collegiate level unit headed by a dean.) [Jack Nelson, vice
chancellor for Academic Affairs; Steve Olswang, UW Vice Provost]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Graduate student and post-baccalaureate tuition
The
UW's Committee to Review Graduate and Professional Student Tuition
Policies is meeting every other week, 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 is due to the Regents in January, with Board action on tuition
rates expected at the February meeting. Discussion around tuition
rates has been expanded to include rates for fifth-year programs.
[Jack Nelson, Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs)]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
ASUWT
seeks seat with Regents
Chancellor
Carwein met recently with the ASUWT Legislative Affairs Committee
to explore its interest in establishing an ex-officio position
on the Board of Regents for ASUWT. The Committee will soon be
meeting with UW President Huntsman to discuss the issue further.
[Julie Warden-Gregory (ASUWT), Brent Biggs (ASUWT), Shellie Jo
White (Student Life)]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Chancellor
transition: President, Provost visit UWT to talk about search process
UW
President Lee Huntsman and Acting Provost David Thorud visited
UWT Dec. 11 to discuss the search for a new chancellor with advisory
boards, faculty and staff. They met with students Jan. 8.
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Phase
2B: Furniture all in; January moves on schedule
Furniture
installation for Cherry Parkes and Mattress Factory is complete.
Facilities, Student Life, ASUWT, Tahoma West, and the Ledger have
moved. Scheduled January moves are on track. See Sandy Boyle’s
uwtline message of Dec. 5, “Phase 2b Move Schedule.”
Relocations related to the new space will continue into summer.
[Sandy Boyle (Finance and Administration)]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
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)]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Cuba
exchange: Agreement signed with University of Cienfuegos; March
trip slated
In
December, Brian Coffey, director of International Programs, Bill
Richardson, director of IAS, and Cynthia Duncan, associate director
of IAS, traveled to Cuba and signed an exchange agreement between
UWT and the University of Cienfuegos. Few universities in the
United States have formal exchange programs with Cuban universities.
UWT stands out as one of a small group that has the official support
of the Cuban Ministry of Education. The exchange agreement will
allow students and faculty from the two institutions to work together
on scholarly projects, to conduct workshops and organize professional
conferences, and to teach and take classes at the partner university.
A
spring break trip is planned for March and is open to students
at all three UW campuses.
The trip is also open to a limited number of faculty members.
For information on the trip, visit
http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/travel/upcoming/cuba/
[Cynthia Duncan, Bill Richardson (IAS)]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
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. A-TAC meets
again Jan 14. At its December meeting, members reviewed A-TAC's
charge and structure, considered policy issues for A-TAC to undertake,
and initiated a discussion on classroom technology allocation.
For
more information, go to http://depts.washington.edu/cac/cchome/tacs.html
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Community
college collaboration, dual admission
UWT
and Institute of Technology leaders and recruiters met Dec. 9
at Pierce College Puyallup to discuss strategies for strengthening
the Dual Admission pathway with Pierce for the CSS degree program.
[Larry Crum (Institute), Mike Wark (Public Relations)]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Institute
of Technology advisory board
The
Institute of Technology’s new advisory board met for the
second time Jan. 8 and toured the new Institute facilities in
Cherry Parkes. Two new members join the Board: Howard Schmidt,
eBay Vice President for Security, and Terry Bergeson, Washington
Superintendent for Public Instruction.
Board
members, who will help build community support for the Institute,
are distinguished individuals from academia, business, industry,
government, education, and other areas. [Larry Crum (Institute)]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Transfer
admissions: New UWS process does not apply to UWT applicants
The
University of Washington, Seattle announced this summer it would
discontinue its Direct Transfer Agreement with the community college
system, which guaranteed admission to students transferring from
a Washington community college with an associate degree and a
GPA of 2.75. The Seattle campus is continuing its proportionality
agreement, which ensures at least 30 percent of each incoming
class will be composed of students transferring from the state's
community colleges.
Because
of widespread publicity about the UW Transfer admission policy
change, there is concern transfer students and legislators may
believe there has also been a change in the way UWT admits students.
OESSA has been contacting community college advisers to correct
misperceptions about the transfer process.
The
status of the Direct Transfer Agreement has been discussed in
legislative committees and by various student and policy groups.
UWT will work to ensure legislators understand the distinction
between UWS and UWT admissions practices. [Mike Wark, Sharon Fought]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Flexibility
in two-plus-two
Legislators
are talking about introducing more flexibility into the two-plus-two
model. Changes might include allowing UWT more flexibility in
offering lower-division courses and allowing community colleges
more flexibility in offering upper-division courses. These discussions
will continue into the legislative session. The HEC Board Master
Plan, which has yet to be adopted by the Legislature, is driving
a conversation among higher education leaders about whether some
upper-division campuses and some community colleges should offer
four-year programs. [Mike Wark, Vicky Carwein, Jack Nelson, Sharon
Fought]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
Higher
Education Coordinating Board, master plan
The
HEC Board released a new draft version of its 2004 Strategic Master
Plan for Higher Education Dec. 15. You can view the draft
plan (PDF).
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.
Comments on the plan can be sent to masterplan@hecb.wa.gov.
[Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs)]
>>UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE
UWT
data reports on SIS
The
electronic fact book on SIS is available for internal use. Reports
recently updated include ones on: age/gender demographics, ethnicity,
computing resources and number of faculty/staff by program. Please
review the introductory information on SIS before using the reports.
[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]
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." A date has not been set.
Strategic
planning, interim report
Chancellor
Carwein and Vice Chancellor Nelson have completed their meetings
with all programs and administrative units on campus to discuss
the report and UWT's ongoing strategic planning effort.
Catalog
Review
of the current catalog continues, identifying needed changes for
next year. [Dan Garcia (Enrollment Services and Student Affairs),
Brian Anderson (Public Relations), Bobbe Miller-Murray (Registrar),
Sharon Fought (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. A draft executive order is being circulated for input
by committee members. [Jack Nelson; Mike Kalton, chair, UWT Faculty
Assembly; Marcy Stein and Janet Primomo (faculty)]
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.
Presidential
search
Chancellor
Vicky Carwein is a member of the committee appointed to recommend
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.
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 and in our communities.
[Steve Smith (Diversity and Minority Affairs)]
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 - 07 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 a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) to replace
the post-baccalaureate teacher certification program. [Sharon
Fought (Academic Affairs)]
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