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| Bachelor
of Science in Nursing graduate Tracy
Pearl waves at friends in the audience as she waits
her turn to cross the stage at UWT's 16th annual
Commencement exercises this month. UWT's largest
graduating class ever — 885 students —
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UWT
working out details of new fitness center
Want
to work out at work? Starting this fall, you can –
at UWT’s new fitness center for students, staff
and faculty.
Developed
jointly by UW Tacoma administrators and ASUWT, the fitness
center will contain high-quality, commercial-grade exercise
equipment and will be located on the ground floor of
the WCG building, next to the UWT gallery. Equipment
is being purchased now, and the facility is on target
to open this fall, said Milt Tremblay, director of facilities
and campus services.
"Students
really want a place to work out," said ASUWT President
Nick Bubb, who helped develop the plans for a fitness
center. "I know prospective freshmen have been
asking about it. I'm pretty excited about this."
Management
details such as hours of operation and fees are still
being worked out, Tremblay said. Showers and locker
facilities are not available in the fitness center,
but there are a few bathrooms with showers elsewhere
on campus.
The
exercise equipment will include elliptical machines,
treadmills, weight machines and more. The space will
also be outfitted with rubberized flooring and mirrors
on the walls, Tremblay said. The university is funding
the cost of renting and improving the space, while ASUWT
is purchasing the equipment.
The
fitness center may eventually be moved to the Longshoremen's
Hall on 17th Street, which UWT is in final negotiations
to purchase, Tremblay said (see Administrative
Snapshot for more details).
Cuba
exchange program gears up for second trip
Know
of a student who'd like to study in Cuba? UWT students
have a chance to participate in a 10-week exchange program
in Cuba in Winter 2007, one of only three programs of
its kind available to United States college students.
Information
sessions for interested students will be held at 12:20
and 4:20 p.m. Thursday, June 22, in WCG 110.
Last
year, UWT became one of only a handful of U.S. universities
with a license from the government to go to Cuba. The
program is open only to full-time, degree-seeking students
on any of the three UW campuses.
The
program is designed for students with an interest in
studying Spanish language, Cuban culture, politics and
history, and cross-cultural psychology. While in Cuba,
students will work with UW faculty and academic partners
at the University of Cienfuegos. Participants will live
with Cuban families and should expect to live as the
Cubans live in order to have a full exchange experience.
Dual
Enrollment Program kicks off
UW
Tacoma has teamed up with Tacoma Community College to
offer a unique new Dual Enrollment program that uses
technology to help students transfer to UWT for their
bachelor's degree.
The
new program is the first in the state to allow electronic
transfer of student record and financial aid data between
two institutions.
TCC
President Pamela Transue and
UW Tacoma Chancellor Patricia Spakes launched the new
program at a special event June 5 by symbolically connecting
the two campuses with a computer cable, a sort of reverse
ribbon-cutting, to illustrate the importance of the
newly developed computer system that allows the advisers
and administrators to see all of a student’s records,
including transcripts, financial aid information, current
class schedule and enrollment status for both schools.
“More TCC students choose to transfer to UW Tacoma
than to any other college or university, and we’re
proud of that fact. The Dual Enrollment Program dramatically
improves our ability to serve those students,”
said Spakes.
During
any quarter, students in the Dual Enrollment Program
can pick a course and enroll on either campus, as well
as use both libraries and any student organization.
The program takes the partnership to a new level between
TCC and UWT in serving transfer students, according
to officials at both schools.
Academic
advising is critical to student success, and accurate
information is needed for staff to provide good advice.
Dual Enrollment allows academic advisers at TCC and
UW Tacoma to give students advice based on complete
and current information for both institutions. Similar
programs offered by other schools involve paperwork
that relies on student-reported data that may be incomplete
and outdated.
Social
Welfare students honored for policy work ... again
For
the third year in a row, a group of UW undergraduates
has been honored with the national Influencing State
Policy award.
The
students, who were taking Dr. Janice Laakso’s
course on social welfare policy, were recognized for
their advocacy for House Bill 2661, which sought to
add sexual orientation to the state’s anti-discrimination
law. While many individuals and groups contributed to
the eventual passing of this bill, the UWT students
were honored for their lobbying efforts.
Students in Laakso’s class have been honored with
this award twice previously: in 2005 for their work
advocating for passage of a health care bill affecting
children and impoverished families, and in 2004 for
their work on the Family Stabilization and Emergency
Hunger Act.
Vicky
Carwein to become chancellor of WSU Tri-Cities
Former
UW Tacoma Chancellor Vicky Carwein is returning to Washington
to become chancellor of Washington State University
Tri-Cities.
Carwein,
who led UWT for nine years, left in 2004 to become president
of Westfield State College in Massachusetts. According
to a news release on the Westfield State College Web
site, Carwein is returning in part because her husband,
Bill Andrews, has a new job opportunity in the Tri-Cities.
Carwein
is scheduled to start at WSU Tri-Cities in September.
UW
Tacoma in the news
Other
news and projects of interest to the UW Tacoma community
- Is
Pacific Avenue sinking? Read The
News Tribune's story about
an alarming discovery right at UWT's doorstep.
-
Read The
News Tribune's story about the Abdulaziz
sisters, Kurdish refugees from Iraq who emigrated
to the U.S. 13 years ago and overcame the odds to
earn their UWT degrees.
- The
work of UW Tacoma environmental science faculty and
students on toxic algae blooms in Puget Sound was
featured in The
News Tribune and the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
- Tacoma's
Second Boom: UWT is featured prominently
in this article in the Canadian magazine Building
about the growth of Tacoma.
Faculty
and Staff Notes
Jill
Haugen has been named lower-division academic
advisor.
Fiona
Johnson has been named director of university
recruitment.
Jim
Posey has been hired as director of institutional
research.
Administrative
Snapshot: A look at issues and projects at UWT
If
you are working on a project of interest to the UWT
community, tell us about it at uwtnews@u.washington.edu.
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