Administrative
Snapshot: October 2004
Names
of key participants appear in brackets at the end of most items.
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NEW THIS MONTH
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]
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NEW THIS MONTH
Student
Affairs reorganization
A
number of administrative changes have been made in the Office
of Student Affairs (formerly the Office of Enrollment Services
and Student Affairs). Dan Garcia has been named Assistant Chancellor
for Student Affairs. Wanda Curtis will become Director of Admissions,
and Bobbe Miller-Murray will become Director of Registration and
Financial Aid. Glenna Chang has been named Director of Student
Development and Success. [Dan Garcia]
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NEW THIS MONTH
Steve
Smith moves to Advancement
Steve
Smith is now Director of Community Relations in Advancement. Chancellor
Olswang made the change to address the critical importance of
community relations at this stage of UWT's development and to
take advantage of strengths of staff already on campus. [Carol
Van Natta]
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NEW THIS MONTH
Diversity
Task Force
Interim
Chancellor Steven Olswang is updating the charge to the Chancellor's
Task Force on Human Diversity. He has appointed Lisa Tice to serve
as one of the co-chairs for the year. Task Force membership for
the year will be announced soon. Some members have continuing
terms and some will be new.
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NEW THIS MONTH
Retreat
Academic
directors and Chancellor Olswang's management team met for a retreat
recently to discuss the HB 2707 report, budget priorities and
significant issues facing UWT over the next year.
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NEW THIS MONTH
Library
retreat, time capsule
Library
staff recently attended an all-day retreat that focused on strategic
planning, safety procedures and creating Web pages for the staff.
Library staff also brought items to put into a time capsule to
be opened when the UWT library reaches its 25th anniversary in
2015.
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NEW THIS MONTH
Computer
lab moves
The
computer lab originally housed in Science 105 has a new home in
Cherry Parkes 005. Faculty are encouraged to let their students
know about the move. [Forrest Tyree]
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NEW THIS MONTH
Tuition
and Fee Policy Committee
Chaired
by Bill Zumeta, associate dean of the UW's Evans School of Public
Affairs, the Tuition and Fee Policy Committee has put on the year's
agenda policy issues regarding payment of student S & A fees
and technology fees, as well as course and program fees. [Sharon
Fought]
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NEW THIS MONTH
Health
care worker shortage summit
Sharon
Fought and Marjorie Dobratz attended a recent summit on the shortage
of nurses and other health care workers convened by Diane Dimmer.
Those attending support development of a long-term plan to address
the shortage. They also support the active involvement of business
leaders. [Sharon Fought]
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Research
consultant position
Applications
are now being reviewed for the research consultant position. The
person hired to fill this position will work with faculty and
staff and help the campus continue to develop its research infrastructure.
Among position responsibilities will be that of identifying funding
sources for faculty across disciplines. The position was previously
held by Sondra Perdue, who resigned the position in July but will
continue to be a lecturer in the Nursing program. [Sharon Fought]
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Search jobs on the UW
Employment Web site
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Web
to support campus moves
A
streamlined process to facilitate moves of campus offices, staff,
faculty and phones has been established. A form outlining move-related
information and procedures is available from Noreen Slease. [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. In conjunction with submission of
the 2707 report to the Legislature, a number of tables generated
for that report will be made available via SIS.
Updated
cross-enrollment data and quarterly reports are available.
"Help"
topics are listed under "External Links." 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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Autism
Center
Ourania
Abell, program operations coordinator for the UW Autism Center,
and others to be based at UWT met recently with key UWT staff
in Tacoma confirm progress toward and identify next steps for
moving into the Cherry Parkes space. Some staff may be on site
at UWT as soon as early October. The center is expected to be
completely operational, providing screening, diagnosis and early
intervention for clients and South Sound families by winter. The
Center expects to initiate operations in mid-November. [Sharon
Fought]
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Learn more about the Autism
Center
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New
retail tenants
Cafe
Indochine, an upscale Thai restaurant, began construction of a
new restaurant in retail space in the Cherry Parkes building on
Pacific Avenue Sept. 1. The construction is expected to be complete
by Nov. 30, and opening of the restaurant should occur in early
December.
A
new coffee shop named "Metro" recently opened on the
bottom floor of the Tioga Building facing the grand stairway.
[Fred King]
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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 Aug. 3. Final decision by the City Council
should occur early in October. [Fred King]
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Jefferson
Plaza landscaping
Following
an accident in which a car crashed down the staircase at 19th
below Jefferson, bollards are being replaced, the damaged bench
will be repaired and a concrete planter have been installed to
provide additional protection for the bench and stairs. Temporary
water barricades have been put in place until the more permanent
solution can be installed. [Fred King]
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Exterior
building numbers
At
the request of the Tacoma Fire Department and other local emergency
service organizations, "T" numbers were mounted on UWT
buildings this month. The agencies have had trouble responding
to emergencies in the past because the street address for all
UWT buildings is 1900 Commerce St., and callers don't always know
the formal name of the building section they are in. The numbers
should be used when communicating the location of an emergency.
[Fred King]
Academic
building numbers are:
T3
– West Coast Grocery
T4 – Birmingham Hay & Seed
T5 – Birmingham Block
T6 – Garrison Woodruff & Pratt
T8 – Walsh Gardner
T9 – Assembly Hall
T10 – Cherry Parks
T17 – Mattress Factory
T18 – Library
T19 – Dougan
T26– Science
T27 – Keystone
T29 – Cragle Lot
T34 – Pinkerton
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Assembly
building in predesign phase
The
UW Capital and Space Planning Office and the Capital Projects
Office have retained LMN, the Seattle architectural firm that
helped design the first phases of campus construction, to prepare
predesign documents for conversion of the "Dawg Shed"
to an assembly hall for UWT. Predesign documents are required
by the Office of Financial Management in Olympia as support for
a capital appropriation request. The architects have met with
a planning committee of UWT faculty, staff and administrators
to begin to define the functional needs of the assembly hall.
The predesign will be completed in mid-October to meet budget
submittal schedules. [Fred King]
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Learn more about CASPO
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Housing/Parking
Now named "Court 17," the housing/parking project slated
for groundbreaking in March 2005 will provide a 310-stall parking
garage to be owned by the UW Tacoma with a 129-unit, privately
owned apartment building on top. The Regents reviewed the latest
schematic design in June. The University's architectural commission
reviewed design development drawings Sept. 13 in Seattle. Bids
for the garage portion of the project are expected by January
2005. Proposed site is on Market Street at 17th. [Fred King]
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View the 2003
campus master plan (PDF; CAUTION: Very large file)
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Learn more about the UW
Architectural Commission
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