Administrative
Snapshot: March 2004
Names
of key participants appear in brackets at the end of most items.
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NEW THIS MONTH
UW
Enrollment Management Committee
In its first meeting of the new year, the committee reviewed its
charge and began to discuss priorities, generally in the context
of UW Seattle, including: academic progress and graduation efficiency;
access to courses and majors; enrollment targets for 2004-2005
and broader recruitment goals; retention goals and strategies;
transfer articulation and admission by major; financial capital
and implications of growth. [Sharon Fought]
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UWT
Enrollment Management Committee
The
Enrollment Management Committee has touched on several issues,
with an emphasis on exploring opportunities to increase the number
of international students at UWT and on issues involved with minority
outreach and recruitment included in a report the group submitted
to the vice chancellor for academic affairs. [Dan Garcia, Wanda
Curtis]
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New
retail tenant coming
Cafe Indochine, a Thai restaurant, is expected to take occupancy
of a retail space in the Cherry Parkes building on Pacific Avenue
July 1. [Sandy Boyle]
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Tioga
Building
To maximize occupancy of the Tioga Building (on the corner of
19th and Jefferson), work will soon begin on installation of an
exterior stair on the south wall. Because of this work, IAS art
faculty will be able to have studio space on the 3rd floor and
occupancy on the 2nd floor can be made available for temporary
uses. [Sandy Boyle]
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Parking
WACs
The new configuration of streets and parking on campus requires
revision to parking rules set out in the Washington Administrative
Code. A public hearing will be held on proposed revisions. [Sandy
Boyle]
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Possible
new ATM
Work is in progress to obtain another automated teller machine
on campus. The machine would be in the Mattress Factory student
center and would probably be a machine operated by the Washington
Employees Credit Union. [Sandy Boyle]
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The
Shaft: Students may fund construction of coffee bar
Students are considering funding the renovation of former elevator
shaft space in Mattress Factory to serve as a coffee bar. [Sandy
Boyle]
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Japanese
Language School
Demolition is expected to take place in April, but a specific
date has not yet been set. [Sandy Boyle]
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Commerce
Street
Documents have been submitted to the City of Tacoma requesting
the city's 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. UWT is awaiting notification of the hearing
dates. [Sandy Boyle]
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Founders
Day events set for May 13
May 13 has been set as the date for several festive events, to
include an awards event similar to past Recognition nights. The
Founders Day awards will include the Distinguished Teaching award,
the two Distinguished Service awards for staff, and the Rod Hagenbuch
award, which this year will carry a $1,000 prize thanks to the
generosity of two anonymous donors. UWT is also establishing new
awards, including one for a distinguished alum and another, the
Founders Award, for a distinguished community member. Gift of
Service awards and student government awards will be made at events
separate from the Founders Day awards, which are envisioned as
"pinnacle" awards. A dinner will be held for Founders
Day award recipients and their guests. A campus open house has
also been scheduled. [Bill Richardson, Carol Van Natta]
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Tri-Campus
Task Force
The steering committee for the Presidential Task Force to Evaluate
Future Options for the Three Campuses of the University of Washington
("Tri-Campus Task Force") met Feb. 28 to come up with
a work plan, a timeline and a division of labor. Members of the
steering committee from UWT are Charles Emlet (Social Work) and
Belinda Louie (Education). The committee adopted the concept of
a continuum based on degree of integration. It also set six benchmarks
to identify different organizational models for multiple campus
universities. The benchmarks are: integrated model, federated
model, coordinated model, parallel model, autonomous model and
independent model. The next step is for committee members to write
descriptions for the benchmarks. A final report on the proceedings
of the Task Force may be due by June 4 in advance of the June
11 meeting of the Board of Regents.
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Communicable
Diseases Committee
Sharon Fought continues to meet with the UW Advisory Committee
on Communicable Diseases, a group including representatives from
Hall Health, the UW Medical Center and Environmental Health and
Communications. Among topics for discussion is communication within
and across campuses in the context of policy recommendations.
Sharon provided an overview of the Committee's role to the UWT
Safety Committee.
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Housing/Parking
The Housing/Parking project as described in UWT's Master Plan
remains on the horizon, but no firm commitment has yet been made
to complete the project. Meetings continue with the project developer,
the City of Tacoma, the UW Real Estate Office and the UW Capital
Projects Office. [Sandy Boyle]
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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 Feb. 3 executive order revising tri-campus
policy now stipulates that new undergraduate degrees, majors,
minors and certificate programs, regardless of campus of origin,
will first be referred by the President to the Faculty Senate
for coordinated review by all three campuses. The Council will
be recommending an implementation strategy for this review process.
[Jack Nelson, Mike Kalton, Marcy Stein, Janet Primomo]
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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 attended a
recent meeting of the Hillside Development Council to discuss
street closures, including the proposed Market Street closure.
[Sandy Boyle, Mike Wark]
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Phase
2B moves
Moves into Phase 2b continue, with additional faculty moves slated
for March. Some changes have been made to Library space because
of Media's move into Mattress Factory. New conference rooms now
available for scheduling include: CP 331 (capacity 20), MAT 213
(capacity 12) and MAT 104 (capacity 12). Technical difficulties
in other conference rooms has resulted in a slight delay in opening.
Most classrooms in Phase 2b will hold classes Spring Quarter.
Relocations related to the new space will continue into summer.
[Sandy Boyle]
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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.
During
A-TAC's January meeting, the committee developed recommendations
on the allocation of $1.6 million for classroom technology improvements
on the Seattle campus. On the agenda for Feb. 17 is a discussion
on the University's approach to wireless technology.
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UWT
reports to HECB, Legislature on ‘satisfactory progress’
UWT has provided an update to the UW Seattle's report to the Higher
Education Coordinating Board and to the Legislature on its progress
in implementing "satisfactory progress" policies. [Sharon
Fought]
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UWT
data reports on SIS
The electronic fact book on the Student Information System (SIS)
is available for internal use. Updated faculty and staff counts
are available. Please review the introductory information on SIS
before using the reports.
FERPA
training is required to use the database and use is currently
restricted to UWT administration, staff and faculty advisers.
All information is confidential. More information is available
on the DataPlus Web Site. If you have additional questions about
the SIS application, contact the Director of Information Technology
at ppow@u.washington.edu.
[Sharon Fought (Academic Affairs)]
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Catalog
Review of the current catalog continues, identifying needed changes
for next year. Academic programs have provided updates. [Dan Garcia,
Brian Anderson, Bobbe Miller-Murray, Sharon Fought.]
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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) have met regularly to discuss overall guiding principles
and philosophies for operations across the three campuses. A document
related to the work of the committee went to the Regents in February
as an information item. Chancellor Carwein declined to sign off
on the document because of concerns about several areas of the
document's content.
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Graduate,
fifth-year and out-of-state tuition
The UW's Committee to Review Graduate and Professional Student
Tuition Policies is meeting monthly, and fifth-year 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 was presented to the Regents in February; board action on
graduate and out-of-state undergraduate tuition rates is expected
at the March meeting. [Jack Nelson, Sharon Fought]
Electronic
discussion forum
Following a fall and winter electronic discussion about research
at UWT, a faculty committee will submit a report to Academic Affairs
by March 15. The report will address what support for research
is needed at UWT and will recommend a professor to be honored
with UWT's first annual research recognition. [Jack Nelson]
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