Administrative Snapshot: October 2005
Names of key participants appear in brackets at the end of most items.

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New student recruitment

New student recruitment for Autumn 2006 goes into full swing this month as admissions and academic advisors attend high school nights, national college fairs, and community college transfer fairs. "While regular, intensive recruitment is an ongoing effort throughout the year, October is a particularly busy month," says Wanda Curtis, UWT Director of Admissions. "Adding lower-division students to our campus next year has prompted us to add a number of new recruitment activities to our calendar that are intended to reach those students." [Wanda Curtis]

First-year admissions process

As part of the "Charting the Future of UWT" planning process, the need to develop admissions processes and requirements for first-year students was identified an immediate task. As a result the Student Services committee presented recommendations and an admissions application that were adopted as provisional for this next year. An application for admission is now available to prospective students and the selection criteria has been established. A selection committee of faculty and staff will be formed over the next few months in preparation to review files this spring. [Wanda Curtis, Ginger MacDonald]

Three-campus council

A council has been formed to review the marketing communication practices of the three UW campuses and make recommendations for how these practices can be better coordinated to help each campus recruit the diverse, high-quality students they seek. The council includes representatives from communications and students affairs from the three campuses, as well as leadership. The council is expected to make recommendations in January. Mike Wark, director of Public Relations and Communications, is chairing the council. [Mike Wark]

First-year student data

Sharon Fought is working with Jane Decker and Mary McGuire from UWB and staff at UWS to collect a subset of demographic data and survey responses from incoming UWS freshmen who live off-campus and come from the region served by UWT. The work group anticipates that this information will help inform us about the type of student who might be interested in attending UWT as a freshman. The survey will be distributed later this quarter and updates about availability of data will be provided. [Sharon Fought]

Applied bachelor’s degrees

The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges is expected to host a second event regarding the initiation of applied bachelor’s degrees by community and technical colleges in late September; the next event will likely focus on specific criteria for evaluation of proposals. Contact Sharon Fought if you’d like additional information. [Sharon Fought]

Bachelor of arts in CSS and minor in applied computing

A proposed BA in CSS is in final approval stages; the next step is review and approval by the Higher Education Coordinating Board. Steve Hanks is providing leadership in crafting the proposal, with input from George Mobus and Josh Tenenberg and the support of new director Orlando Baiocchi. [Sharon Fought]

Student health resources

UWT administrators are collaborating with 2005 graduates Karen Furuya and Stan Betts, current student leaders and Student Life staff to make additional health resources available for students in Autumn quarter. Initial resources will include Web-based and printed health information, first-aid supplies and a vending machine containing selected over-the-counter medications. Work has also begun to provide additional or improved insurance options and services for students in the future. Later this quarter, work will begin on the possibility of providing a healthcare facility on the campus. [Sharon Fought]

Space inventory

Sharon Fought and Noreen Slease are continuing to meet with unit directors to verify specific office assignments for emerging office space needs, including new faculty and staff and those anticipated in Autumn 06. [Sharon Fought]

UWT data reports on SIS

Reports in the electronic fact book on the Student Information System (SIS), available for internal use, have recently been updated. A standard report on headcount by major is available and additional detail has been added to the “degrees” and retention” data sets. FERPA training is required to use the database, and use is currently restricted to UWT staff and faculty advisers. Some of the information is confidential. More information is available on the DataPlus Web site. If you have questions about the SIS application, contact the Director of Information Technology at ppow@u.washington.edu. [Sharon Fought]

Support for grants and contracts

Training opportunities on locating funding sources have been planned by Carol Hert in October and November. These will be announced on uwtline and on the Research Web site. Additions have been made to the Research web site as well as to the UWT grants and contracts web page. [Sharon Fought]

Storage on campus: Tacoma Paper and Stationery Building and Snoqualmie Room

The Snoqualmie Room, in the basement of the library, is being made ready for additional stacks for Library collections. The basement has been cleaned up and walls added in preparation for the new shelving units that will be installed in late October. The shelves in the Library have reached 80% capacity and are considered "functionally" full. The items moved to the basement will be retrieved by staff and available for check out. Selection of items to go to storage will begin this quarter. No new requests will be processed for storage in the Tacoma Paper and Stationery Building (Spaghetti Factory) as a review of the space is undertaken. [Sharon Fought, Anna Salyer]

Tuition and Fee Policy Committee

The Tuition and Fee Policy Advisory Committee completed its work on draft principles to provide the basis for tuition policy at UW and forwarded its report to the provost. It's anticipated that a broad audience will review the report this Autumn. [Sharon Fought]

Small-projects consultant selection

BCRA Architects of Tacoma have been selected as the architectural consultant to assist in the development and construction of a number of small projects on the UWT campus during the next two to three years. Many of these projects will focus on providing amenities that will help make UWT a complete four-year campus. Additional projects may include campus beautification, building improvement and preservation and safety projects. BCRA is currently in contract negotiations with the UW Capital Projects Office. [Milt Tremblay]

Assembly Hall

Thomas Hacker Architects has been selected as the architect for the new Assembly Hall/Commons project, which is to be located on the site of the existing Dawg Shed. They are currently in contract negotiations with the UW Capital Projects Office. This Assembly Hall/Commons project will be funded by $7.5 million from the state Legislature and an additional $2.5 to 5 million in private funds to be raised by UWT. The combined multipurpose hall and student commons area will provide much-needed presentation and gathering spaces for UWT faculty, staff and students. Its 500-seat capacity and flexible format will provide a forum for a wide variety of academic functions, job fairs, lectures and banquets as well as collaborative meeting areas and informal gathering spaces. [Milt Tremblay]

Housing/parking

Phase 1 of the Court 17 parking garage/apartment complex is about 50 percent complete and the 309-stall parking garage portion of this project is anticipated to be operational in early 2006. The 129-unit apartment complex, which will be privately managed, should be ready for occupancy by Fall of 2006. Court C will remain closed during construction. [Milt Tremblay]

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