March
2004 • The monthly newsletter for UWT faculty and staff
| Contents |
| Carwein
honored with auditorium, scholarship in her name |
| Meeting
and greeting: Olswang getting to know UWT constituents |
| Milgard
School is UWT's first collegiate unit |
| A
cracking good time: Staff appreciation breakfast |
| UWT
honored for downtown revitalization |
| Legislative
update |
| Administrative
Snapshot: A look at the issues and projects at UWT |
| Faculty
and Staff Notes |
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| Upcoming
Events |
| March
12
Milgard School of Business Research Colloquium,
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Commencement Bay Coffee Company
(corner of 25th & Jefferson). Assistant Professor Stern
Neill will present “Dialectic Levers to Decisional
Ambiguity and Strategic Action: Results from a Pilot Study.”
March
15-19
Finals Week
March
16
UWT Professional Staff Organization board meeting,
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tacoma Room. All professional staff
members are encouraged to attend in order to meet the board
and discuss staff needs.
March
17
UWT Staff Association potluck lunch, Noon to 1
p.m., Tacoma Room. In lieu of the March Staff Association
Meeting, UWT staff members are invited to bring a dish to
share at a potluck lunch. Please provide your own beverages.
March
22-26
Spring Break
March
23
Getting Where You Want to Go: Looking at Ways to Advance
Your Career, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., BHS 103.
Instructor Ellen Langan will help you set goals, improve
communication skills and establish a network to move forward.
Friday, March 12 is the last day to register
for this free training session on the UWT campus. Click
here for a registration
form (Word document).
March
25
Free Social Work lecture on kinship care, 6 to
9 p.m., Carwein Auditorium (in the Keystone Building). Joe
Crumbley, D.S.W., will speak on the issue of kinship care.
April
1
Open house, Noon to 2 p.m., Cherry Parkes and Mattress
Factory buildings. The two newest buildings on campus will
host a campuswide open house.
April
14
Chancellor’s Farewell, 2 to 5 p.m., Tacoma
Room. Drop in to say goodbye to and share memories with
departing Chancellor Vicky Carwein on her second-to-last
day at UWT.
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Carwein honored with auditorium, scholarship in her name
UWT
administration has named a campus auditorium and an endowed scholarship
in honor of Chancellor Vicky Carwein, who leaves the UWT campus
April 15.
The
Vicky L. Carwein Auditorium (formerly Keystone Auditorium) and
the Vicky L. Carwein Endowed Scholarship were announced at a farewell
event at the Washington State History Museum in February. Former
UWT Advisory Board member Bill Philip revealed that in just a
few weeks, the UWT Office of Advancement raised nearly $50,000
for the scholarship. UWT staff and faculty gave $5,000.
The
decision to rename the auditorium was kept secret from Carwein
until the announcement.
“We
are very pleased to be able to invest our first UWT auditorium
with the Carwein name and all of that name’s associated
significance for the University of Washington, Tacoma, and the
South Sound,” IAS Director Bill Richardson said.
The
name change is effective immediately. New signs for the auditorium
are in production.
Carwein
will become the first woman to serve as president of Westfield
State College, founded in 1838 in Massachusetts.
Meeting
and greeting: Olswang getting to know UWT constituents
Vice
Provost Steven Olswang, who will become interim chancellor April
16, will continue meeting with UWT faculty, staff, students and
the South Sound community as he prepares to take the reins next
month. He has a temporary office on the fourth floor of GWP.
"I've
already met with staff groups, students and faculty a number of
times," Olswang said. "I think people will find that
I'm accessible, willing to listen and prepared to learn about
the UWT campus."
In
a telephone interview from his office in Seattle Tuesday, Olswang
said he's excited about working at UWT.
"Obviously,
this is the campus where we're going to see the most excitement
and growth for the University of Washington," he said. "I
feel like the luckiest guy in the world. Working at UWT will be
an honor."
Olswang
said that through meetings with staff, faculty and the community,
he hopes to better understand UWT's needs. Issues he plans to
address include the projected enrollment influx, articulation
with community colleges, better preparing students to enter the
Institute of Technology and strategic planning.
Milgard
School is UWT’s first collegiate unit
In
a move vital to recruiting the strongest candidates to fill future
leadership positions at UWT, the UW Board of Regents voted in
February to make the Milgard School of Business the first official
collegiate unit at UWT.
“We
have long sought collegiate status for academic units on this
campus,” said Jack Nelson, vice chancellor for academic
affairs. “The establishment of the Milgard School as a collegiate
unit is a major achievement for UWT. A precedent has now been
set, and we look forward to transitioning other units, on an individual
basis and as appropriate, to collegiate status.”
As
a collegiate unit within the University of Washington, Tacoma,
the Milgard School will be headed by a dean. Until now, all of
UWT’s academic units have been known as programs and have
been headed by directors. But many of the programs actually function
as schools, and their directors have all the responsibilities
of deans. Collegiate status more accurately reflects what these
units have become.
The
change to schools, colleges and deans will have advantages beyond
the University, Nelson noted.
“Having
this new organizational status will boost the academic presence
and prestige of UWT’s programs, bringing our reputation
more in line with the significant scholarly accomplishments of
our faculty,” Nelson explained. It will help the heads of
UWT’s academic programs nurture peer relationships with
deans across the country and gain entree to important professional
associations.
The
Regents also approved the appointment of Sharokh Saudagaran as
the first dean of the Milgard School and the first holder of the
Milgard Chair in Business. Saudagaran will succeed Patricia Fandt,
who will retire June 30.
The
UWT Business Administration program was renamed the “Milgard
School of Business” last year after a gift of $15 million
was pledged to the program by Gary E. Milgard, the Gary E. Milgard
Family Foundation and James A. Milgard. The program was established
in 1993 with 40 students; it now serves nearly 400 undergraduate
students and more than 50 graduate students. The Milgard School
offers eight areas of concentration, from accounting to international
business.
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A
cracking good time
Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs Jack Nelson cracks eggs
to make an industrial-sized batch of pancake batter before
last week’s staff appreciation breakfast in the Tacoma
Room. Nelson used a paint mixer on an electric drill to
mix 40 eggs, 40 cups of flour and 2 1/2 gallons of milk into
the batter, which was cooked and served to staff by UWT
directors. The popular annual event was well-attended. Incoming
Interim Chancellor Steve Olswang said he intends to continue
the tradition after Chancellor Vicky Carwein leaves.
Recipe for Plain Griddle Cakes (Word document)
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UWT
honored for downtown revitalization
UW
Tacoma was given the Union Station Award for leading downtown
revitalization at the first-ever New Tacoma Awards, presented
by the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce and Heritage Bank
in February.
“UW
Tacoma is one of the most significant organizations in the revitalization
of downtown Tacoma,” Paul Ellis, director for metropolitan
development at the Chamber of Commerce, said as the award was
given.
The
New Tacoma Awards recognize individuals, businesses and organizations
that are making Tacoma’s city center a better place to work,
visit and play. Seventeen organizations and individuals were nominated,
and four awards were given.
The
Union Station Award is named for the renovated train station across
the street from the UWT campus. After years of deterioration,
Union Station was renovated into a federal courthouse in the early
1990s.
Also
at the event, Thea’s Landing was given the Ghilarducci Award
for successful new development, renovation or beautification;
investment adviser Sondra Purcell was given the Popham Award for
community building; and downtown retailer Heel Shoes was given
the Schoenfeld Award for exemplary performance and pizzazz as
a retailer.
Legislative
Update
The
Legislature is due to complete its work tomorrow, March 11. Most
of the issues discussed in the last Inside Track are still in
play. The 2004-05 supplemental budget is a major piece of legislation
yet to be completed.
There
is a possibility the budget will include enrollment growth to
the University of Washington, which could possibly distribute
some FTE to UW Tacoma. A recap of the Legislative session will
be distributed via UWTLine once the session is completed.
Administrative
Snapshot: A look at issues and projects at UWT
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you are working on something you think should be included here,
please contact Inside Track at uwtnews@u.washington.edu.
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Faculty
and Staff Notes
Stephen
Costanti has joined the Summer Office as program coordinator.
The
Institute of Technology recruitment CD-ROM won
a Silver Award in the juried communications awards program sponsored
by District VIII of the Council for Advancement and Support of
Education, which includes colleges and universities in five states
and seven Canadian provinces. The staff of Public Relations and
Communications, along with the staff, faculty and students of
the Institute, were involved in creating the CD Rom.
