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Administrative
Snapshot: January 2005 >> NEW THIS MONTH Global honors planning With
temporary funds provided through the Provost's Office, UW Tacoma
will open a Global Honors program in the fall. Curriculum for the
program will include three core seminars (Global Interactions: 20th
and 21st century history, economic philosophies and political systems;
Global Imaginations: 20th and 21st century literature, art and music;
and Global Challenges: future threats and opportunities, including
such issues as poverty and the distribution of resources, the global
environment, public health and pandemics, religious, national and
ethnic conflicts). The program will include a required international
experience during the senior year. Admission to the program will
be competitive, but undergraduates in any UWT program will be able
to apply. Global Honors students, who will be part of a cohort,
will be required to complete a culminating project and will be strongly
encouraged to develop competence in at least one foreign language.
[Bill Richardson] >> NEW THIS MONTH Diversity
task force In
December, the Chancellor's Task Force on Human Diversity Diversity
and Disability Support Services sponsored a presentation at the
Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology. The presentation,
by Lisa Tice, was on the topic of returning Iraq war veterans and
their families in higher education. Tice discussed the variety of
political beliefs about the war both within and outside the military,
gender and gender identity issues within the military, challenges
soldiers and their families have endured, and the variety of physical
and mental health issues with which combat-theater soldiers return
to civilian life. These issues will have greater meaning for the
UWT community as increasing numbers of soldiers, veterans and their
family members utilize benefits to return to school. The Diversity Task Force met with each candidate for the position of UWT Chancellor during their campus visits and forwarded evaluations to the selection committee and President Emmert. [Lisa Tice] >> UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE Commencement For the latest details on this year's graduation, set for June 10 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center, visit the commencement Web site. This will be President Mark Emmert's first appearance at a UW Tacoma commencement. [Steve Smith] >> UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE Institute director search Screening of applications will begin Feb. 1 in the search for a new director for the Institute of Technology. Founding Institute director Larry Crum will step down from the director's position at the end of the academic year and expects to serve after that as a part-time faculty member. Bill Richardson is chairing the search. The search committee includes faculty members Sam Chung and George Mobus (Institute of Technology), Frank Cioch (UW Bothell), Craig Chambers (UW Seattle) and Cheryl Greengrove (IAS), Institute staff member Courtney Randazzo and Institute advisory board member Glen McNeil, of Sagem Morpho. [Jack Nelson] >> UPDATED FROM LAST ISSUE 15th-year events: Founders Day in the spring, dinner in the fall This academic year marks UW Tacoma's 15th serving the South Sound, and an array of events are being planned to celebrate this milestone. In the spring, Founders Day events (celebrating the Distinguished Teaching Award, the Distinguished Service Awards, the Distinguished Scholarship Award, the Rod Hagenbuch Award, the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Community Founders Award) will have a 15th-year focus and in the fall, a dinner is being planned to mark the conclusion of the 15th year. Dates have not yet been set for either event. [Carol Van Natta] >> STILL CURRENT FROM LAST ISSUE Faculty searches Searches are underway for faculty positions in the Milgard School of Business (three positions, in accounting, finance and marketing), Education (two positions, in multicultural education and mathematics education), Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (two positions, in sociology and international relations), Social Work (one position) and Urban Studies (one position). [Jack Nelson] >> STILL CURRENT FROM LAST ISSUE Housing/Parking Now
named "Court 17," the housing/parking project slated for
groundbreaking in March will provide a 306-stall parking garage
to be owned and operated by the UW Tacoma with a 129-unit, privately
managed apartment building on top. The University's architectural
commission reviewed and gave final approval to design development
drawings Dec. 6 in Seattle. Bids
for the garage portion of the project are expected by January. Proposed
site is on Market Street at 17th. [Fred King]
>> STILL CURRENT FROM LAST ISSUE Tri-campus
Task Force Comprehensive
results from the Tri-Campus Task Force retreat, held at the end
of October, are now available on the Web. >> STILL CURRENT FROM LAST ISSUE Cafe Indochine Cafe Indochine, an upscale Thai restaurant to be housed in the Cherry Parkes building on Pacific Avenue, is now expected to open in March or April. [Fred King] >> STILL CURRENT FROM LAST ISSUE Commerce Street A request was submitted to the City of Tacoma for 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 in August. Official vacation of the street is expected in January or February. [Fred King]
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