October
2004 • The monthly newsletter for UWT faculty and staff
| Contents |
| Self-study:
Report submitted to President Emmert |
| Interim
chancellor shares his views in annual address |
| Come
together for campaign kickoff Friday afternoon |
| Chancellor
search: Fifth candidate added, visits planned soon |
| Tacoma
architect donating records, books |
| Faculty
and staff notes |
| Administrative
Snapshot: A look at the issues and projects at UWT |
| |
| Upcoming
Events |
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Oct.
15
'Come Together Washington'
event, 4:30 p.m., Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson
Pavilion, UW Seattle campus.
Oct.
21
'Breathing Through Fear' artist's reception,
5 to 7 p.m., UW Tacoma gallery. Celebrate UWT Assistant
Professor Beverly Naidus' exhibition of digital artwork.
Oct.
27
Blood Drive, 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., GWP
atrium. Sponsored by ASUWT.
Nov.
3
The Olympic Games of Athens: The Grand Experiment
and A Remarkable Classroom, 6 p.m., Carwein Auditorium.
NBC has dubbed the extended cable coverage of this year's
Summer Olympics as the "Grand Experiment." Dr.
Bill Kunz has been right in the heart of it working with
one of UWT's students in Athens. Dr. Kunz will offer a rare
behind-the-scenes look at how the Olympics media coverage
comes together. Sponsored by the UWT Alumni Association.
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Self-study:
Report submitted to President Emmert
Interim
Chancellor Steven Olswang has submitted the self-study report
to UW President Mark Emmert that includes plans to triple UWT's
enrollment by 2014 to meet rapidly growing demand for higher education.
If
plans in the report are implemented, UWT will grow from its current
enrollment of about 2,000 to more than 6,000 over the next 10
years to meet the steady increase in demand for baccalaureate
education in the South Sound region, an increase projected by
the Higher Education Coordinating Board and other groups.
Olswang
received the report from the campus self-study committee in early
September and spent October discussing its recommendations with
campus and community groups. The report submitted to Emmert includes
changes Olswang made in response to those discussions.
Last
spring the state Legislature mandated that UWT and three other
upper-division campuses (UW Bothell, WSU Vancouver, and WSU Tri-Cities)
do self-studies that suggest evolutionary paths that the campuses
will follow over the next 10 years.
The
UW Tacoma self-study calls for adding more than 4,000 new seats
for transfer students between now and 2014. In addition, UWT recommends
offering a small-scale, four-year baccalaureate degree program,
enrolling its first 100 freshmen in the fall of 2006 and growing
to serve 550 freshmen and sophomores by 2014. Over the same 10-year
period, 400 slots would be added at the graduate level for master's
degree and teacher-certification programs.
"There
is not a four-year, public university option for high-achieving
freshmen in the South Puget Sound region. We propose offering
that option while continuing to serve our primary mission of being
the campus of choice for community college transfers in the South
Sound," says Olswang. "We will attract students from
this region who would otherwise go out of state if they could
not get into UW Seattle. Once students leave the state, they often
don't return."
The
benefits of expanding UW Tacoma as described in the self-study
also include more extensive partnerships with public and private
employers, increased faculty research that directly benefits South
Sound residents and employers, and more internships that benefit
employers as well as students. Professional development and conference
service offerings would also be expanded.
President
Emmert may make further revisions before forwarding the recommendations,
along with those from UW Bothell, to the UW Board of Regents.
The Regents will review these recommendations and take formal
action before submitting them to the Higher Education Coordinating
Board in mid-November. The HEC Board will also review self-study
reports from the Washington State University's Vancouver and Tri-Cities
campuses before submitting its recommendations to the Legislature
in January.
>Read
the self-study report
Interim
chancellor shares his views in annual address
Interim
chancellor Steven Olswang delivered an address to the campus Oct.
7, sharing his excitement about the future of UW Tacoma, making
a PowerPoint presentation about the self-study report that has
now gone to President Emmert and the Regents, and taking questions
from an audience of faculty and staff gathered in Carwein Auditorium
for UWT's traditional fall address by the chancellor.
Praising
Vice Chancellor Jack Nelson and the members of the self-study
committee for producing what the Chancellor described as an astonishingly
clear and intensively researched document setting out a pathway
for UW Tacoma's future, Olswang provided an overview of the report's
recommendations and shared some of his own additions to the document,
including his view that as UWT grows it needs to make fuller use
of its academic facilities. That will mean filling classrooms
on Fridays, which would have the additional benefit of creating
a more significant faculty and student presence on campus throughout
the week. He explained that he does not foresee moving to a scheduling
model that sets one-hour classes every weekday: that would not
serve the needs of timebound students, he said.
Recommending
that the campus improve its diversity profile, Olswang, who oversees
the UW's international education programs, called for UWT to begin
admitting international students and building more opportunities
for UWT's local students to study abroad.
"We
need to find a way so that the student from Puyallup, who has
never been out of Puyallup except to go to Tacoma, is sitting
next to a person from Uganda and learns about another person's
culture, talks to that person, goes over to the Mattress Factory
or up to The Metro for a cup of coffee and has a conversation
that they've never had before."
He
expressed gratitude to Steve Smith and Marcie Lazzari for their
service as Co-Directors of Diversity and Minority Affairs and
said a new diversity officer would soon be appointed (Glenna Chang
was subsequently announced as UWT's new diversity officer). The
Chancellor's Task Force on Human Diversity, he explained, will
continue its work under the leadership of two co-chairs, one of
whom will be Lisa Tice, an experienced member of the Task Force.
"The
reality is we can accomplish more," he said. "There's
not a person here who's not dedicated to the belief that this
is a better place the more diverse conversation you have in the
classroom. There's not a person here who doesn't believe that,
and we all work to attain it. We just need to figure out a way
to do it better, and that's a goal. I think that's the right goal."
In
reviewing data compiled for the 2707 report, Olswang noted that
although educational attainment is up in Pierce County from 1990
levels-partly due to the presence of UW Tacoma-the gap between
educational attainment in Pierce County and the statewide average
is actually up.
Following
his presentation, Olswang fielded a number of questions, including
ones about the challenges of sustaining dramatic academic growth,
about possible modifications to the class schedules, and about
opportunities for UWT to build an academic and cultural identity
that takes advantage of its position on the Pacific Rim.
Come
together for campaign kickoff this afternoon
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| Banners
celebrating the UW campaign kickoff have been hung on Pacific
Avenue lightposts next to the UWT campus. |
UW
Tacoma faculty and staff are encouraged to attend today's event
in Seattle to celebrate the public launch of the UW's $2 billion
capital campaign.
"Come
Together Washington"
will showcase the tremendous impact of the UW on its region and
on the world. The event begins with a faculty/student showcase
of more than 30 UW projects at 4:30 p.m. The showcase is billed
as a diverse presentation of extraordinary projects in discovery
and learning. Microsoft founder Bill Gates will deliver the keynote
address during the formal program, which begins at 6 p.m. A reception
will follow at 7:30.
The
event will be held in the Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson
Pavilion.
UWT faculty and students will be involved in two showcases. Faculty
members Mary Hanneman (IAS) and Lisa Hoffman (Urban Studies) will
present their oral history project related to the Japanese Language
School and IAS professor David Secord and researchers from the
School of Marine Affairs and Friday Harbor labs will present "Alien
Invaders," a showcase on invasive aquatic species.
"Come
Together Washington" will also feature remarks by UW President
Mark Emmert.
>Learn
more about Come
Together Washington
Chancellor
search: Fifth candidate added, visits planned soon
A
fifth finalist has been added to the list of people under consideration
for the chancellorship of UW Tacoma and campus visits have been
scheduled for each finalist in November and December.
The
newest finalist to be named is John Miller, provost and vice president
of academic affairs at Eastern Oregon University. He joins Michael
J. Field, vice president for academic affairs and provost at Shawnee
State University, in Ohio; Thomas L. Krepel, president of Chadron
State College, in Nebraska; Steven G. Olswang, interim chancellor
of the UW Tacoma; and Patricia Spakes, provost and vice president
for academic affairs at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
The
candidates will give presentations to campus on the following
days:
Nov.
1: Steven Olswang
Nov. 8: Thomas Krepel
Nov. 23: John Miller
Nov. 30: Patricia Spakes
Dec. 6: Michael Field
Each
candidate will give a presentation from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Carwein
Auditorium on the day of his or her visit. They have been invited
to spend two days meeting with UWT faculty, students, staff, community
members and community college presidents, as well as with members
of the University of Washington community. The full schedule of
visits has not yet been determined.
The
12-person search committee, including faculty from UW Tacoma,
UW Seattle and UW Bothell, as well as a student, a staff member
and two members of the UWT advisory board, is chaired by Ginger
MacDonald, director of UWT's education program, and Bruce Bare,
dean of the College of Forest Resources at the UW.
The
applicant pool was strong, and members of the search committee
are excited to introduce the top candidates, MacDonald has said.
During their visits they will have enough time to meet with many
constituent groups and do a public presentation.
In
screening applicants, the search committee tried to identify candidates
who would be equally at home in a faculty meeting or a legislative
hearing, at a Chamber of Commerce meeting or a community event,
said Bare.
The
position advertisement calls for candidates to have a solid record
of both academic leadership and fund raising, as well as an entrepreneurial
spirit.
>Read
bios of the five candidates
UWT
art professor exhibits digital works
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| UWT
Assistant Professor Beverly Naidus' digital painting "Kuan
Yin Breathes The Bomb" is on exhibit with other works
at the UWT Gallery through Oct. 30. The exhibit includes more
than forty digital prints (paintings and photographs) and
an interactive installation. An artist's reception will be
help from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21. The gallery is located
on the ground floor of the WCG building. It can be accessed
via Pacific Avenue or the WCG elevator. Click
here to learn more about the exhibit. |
Tacoma
architect donating records, books
Some
of the gifts that most enrich the UWT campus intellectually and
aesthetically are not cash gifts but in-kind gifts. Retired Tacoma
architect and UW alumnus Alan Liddle--who early in his career
completed a historic Lakewood home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
and whose Ashford cabin made the cover of Sunset magazine in 1953-is
making a gift to UW Tacoma of his architectural books and records.
Among
Liddle's career highlights are the master plan and first buildings
for Charles Wright Academy; McCarver Square and Grazie Restaurant
in Tacoma's Old Town neighborhood; and, with architect Robert
Jones, design of the oceanography buildings at the UW.
UWT
Votes
 |
| Pierce
County Auditor Pat McCarthy, right, a 1992 UWT graduate and
former staff member, and her executive assistant, Trish Adams,
a founding UWT staff member, attended a voter registration
drive that was held on the UWT campus Sept. 29 and 30. A second
UWT Votes event was held Tuesday. About 100 new voters were
registered at both events. Organizers hoped to encourage people
to vote in the Nov. 2 general election. |
Faculty
and Staff Notes
Reference
librarian and coordinator of instructional development Emily
Keller (Library) attended the Association of Collegeand
Research Libraries Information Literacy Institute Immersion program
in Seattle this summer.
Donald
Lackey has been hired as an instructional constultant
in the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology.
Director
Charles Lord (Library) attended the Leadership
Institute for Academic Librarians in August. The program is co-sponsored
by Association of College and Research Libraries and the Harvard
Institutes for Higher Education.
Sharon
Stewart has been hired as the administrative assistant to
the dean in the Milgard School of Business.
Amy
Tuliao has been hired as a receptionist/office assistant
in the Finance Office.
Reference
and media librarian Justin Wadland (Library) has been selected
as one of 20 participants for the Pacific Northwest Preservation
Management Institute to be held at the UW Seattle campus. This
series of three sessions is designed to provide systematic preservation
management training to staff from libraries, museums, historical
organizations, archives and records repositories. Wadland will
learn how to implement and maintain an effective preservation
program for documents, books, photographs and other paper materials.
Administrative
Snapshot: A look at issues and projects at UWT
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