MLK Unity Breakfast: Keynote speaker Carl Mack greets a guest at UW Tacoma’s second annual Martin Luther King Day Unity Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 21. Mack, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based National Society of Black Engineers, delivered the keynote address, while Tacoma gospel star Crystal Aiken sang. About 170 people attended the breakfast in celebration of Dr. King’s legacy, presented by the university and the Black Student Union at UW Tacoma. Photo by Hana Kato.
Go green: South Sound Sustainability Summit
 Learn about sustainability in farming, transportation, construction, education, energy and more at the two-day Sustainability Summit Feb. 9 and 10 at UW Tacoma. Both events are free.
Feb. 9, the community is invited to learn about local sustainable services and products at the South Sound Sustainability Expo, to be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the academic building. Speakers and exhibitors will be on hand to discuss sustainable alternatives for transportation, construction, urban gardens, waste minimization, energy sources and more. No registration is required.
Feb. 10, South Sound college students, faculty and staff are invited to the Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The free conference will bring South Sound college communities together to address campus sustainability and develop concrete initiatives for addressing sustainability needs. Speakers will discuss developing green campuses, finding transportation alternatives and measuring progress. Advance registration is required, and lunch is included.
Professor named to state African American commission
 Assistant Professor Marian Harris (Social Work) has been appointed to the state Commission on African American Affairs by Gov. Christine Gregoire.
Harris is a nationally recognized advocate for poor and oppressed African-American birth mothers and their children in the child welfare system. Her research and volunteer work focus on the disproportionality of children of color in the child welfare system. She earned her Ph.D. in 1997 from the Smith College School for Social Work and joined the UW Tacoma faculty in 2002.
The Commission on African American Affairs examines and defines issues pertaining to the rights and needs of African-Americans, and makes recommendations to the governor, the Legislature, and state agencies for changes in programs and laws. Harris will serve on the commission until November 2010.
Also this month, Harris was awarded a fellowship to attend the Japan Studies Institute in San Diego in June. The three-week intensive program brings together faculty from around the country to learn about Japanese history, language, education and culture from scholars, business leaders, artists and journalists.
Students, faculty join new honor society
Nearly two dozen students, alumni and faculty at the Institute of Technology were recently inducted into the new UW Tacoma chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), the international honor society for computing science, engineering and technology.
“Joining UPE is an honor,” said Associate Professor George Mobus, a longtime member of the organization. “Having UPE here at UW Tacoma is a recognition of the quality of our program and of our students.”
UPE’s mission is to recognize academic excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the computing and information disciplines. A member of the Association of College Honor Societies, UPE is the only international honor society in the computing and information field.
Lynne Twist: Take a Stand
Want to change your life and improve your community? Take a stand.
That’s the message delivered by renowned speaker Lynne Twist, who will speak at UW Tacoma on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 2:30 p.m. in Carwein Auditorium. The free event is open to students from any South Sound college or university.
Twist is author of The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources. A well-known activist and fundraiser, Twist had spent more than 30 years working as a leader in a number of global initiatives, such as the fight against world hunger, protecting rain forests, empowering indigenous people and improving the lives of women and children. The Soul of Money, which examines the world’s relationship to money and the way it governs, dominates and stresses our lives, is based on compelling stories and insights from her journeys.
Her address will examine how taking a stand can strengthen our capacity to make a difference, empower you to move to a new level in your life and enable you to realize your vision.
A consortium of organizations including UW Tacoma, the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Tacoma Art Museum, MultiCare Health Foundation, Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation and Harmony Hill Retreat Center is bringing Twist to Tacoma. The session for college students is sponsored by the Center for Leadership and Social Responsibility at UW Tacoma’s Milgard School of Business. For more information about this event, contact Cindy Valerio at 2-4883.
Victoria Bjorklund: 'Quietness' at UW Tacoma Gallery
The distinctive black-and-white images of Tacoma photographer Victoria Bjorklund will be on display at the UW Tacoma Gallery through February.
A graduate of the certificate program at The Maine Photographic Workshops, Bjorklund is inspired by the ability of photography to express her interpretation of the world as she sees it through her eyes. Her black-and-white landscape work poetically captures the beauty and simplicity of the natural world.
The gallery is located at 1742 Pacific Ave., across from Union Station. Gallery hours are 2 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. For more information, call the gallery at (253) 906-8233.
UW Tacoma in the news
- Read about the South Sound College Fair in The News Tribune.
- Read a profile of UWT’s Dr. Joel Baker in The News Tribune.
- Read a column on stimulating the economy by Associate Professor Doug Wills (Milgard School of Business) in The News Tribune.
- The Seattle Times published back-to-back op-ed pieces by two IAS professors in January: Michael Honey (on Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama and the politics of hope) and Rob Crawford (on democracy and torture).
- The News Tribune’s Peter Callahan examined the future of UW Tacoma and changes to the master plan in a Jan. 17 column. Read it here.
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- Bridget Mason has been hired as an instructional lab coordinator in Environmental Science.
- Kathy Zapp has been hired as a research coordinator in the Education Program.
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