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Meet
the new faculty
This
fall, 20 new faculty members joined UW Tacoma. Get
to know them better in this issue of Inside
Track.
UWT
in the Community: Saving Katrina's Animals
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IAS
Admissions Specialist Karin Dalesky with Maggie,
a yellow labrador rescued in New Orleans. After
her rescue, Maggie was adopted by a friend of
Dalesky's, who is also a UWT graduate student.
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In
this issue, Inside Track kicks off “UWT
in the Community,” an occasional feature showcasing
a UW Tacoma faculty or staff member who is providing
extraordinary service to the community. This month,
IAS Admissions Specialist Karin Dalesky tells the tale
of returning to New Orleans to help care for lost and
abandoned pets on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane
Katrina (read about her first trip here).
If
you'd like to share your story of community service,
let us know at uwtnews@u.washington.edu.
By
Karin Dalesky
Special to Inside Track
When
I returned from the desolate ruins of Louisiana last
September, many colleagues at UW Tacoma said that what
I had done was heroic. But I didn't feel much like a
hero.
I
had seen mile after mile of destruction, people who
had lost their family members and all of their worldly
possessions, and countless lost and bewildered animals
that remained loose on the streets. I knew I had to
go back.
Read
the rest of Karin's story
Faculty
endowment will support children's books
Education
Professor Belinda Louie and her husband, Douglas, have
established a $25,000 endowment to fund a collection
of children’s books in the UW Tacoma Library.
The Professor Belinda Y. Louie Children’s and
Young Adult Literature Endowed Fund will allow the library
to purchase books and other information for the Children’s
and Young Adult Literature Collection.
In
addition to the endowment, Louie has commissioned a
piece of Japanese paper-cut art to hang in the library.
The artist, Aki Sogabe, is a well-known children’s
book illustrator from Bellevue.
A
reception in Louie’s honor will be held Dec. 13
at the Library.
| Any
member of the UW Tacoma faculty or staff can create
a named endowment through the Faculty-Staff-Retiree
Campaign.
Learn
more about the campaign |
UW
Tacoma partners with Tacoma Art Museum
The
University of Washington Tacoma has begun an exciting
partnership with Tacoma Art Museum that will help students,
faculty and staff explore visual arts and take advantage
of a major cultural resource in Tacoma.
Under
the new agreement, free tickets will be available to
UW Tacoma students who wish to visit the museum. In
addition, faculty and staff will receive discounts on
individual memberships to the museum.
Students can pick up tickets in the General Education
Center. Faculty and staff can receive their membership
discount with a Husky Card. For more information, contact
the General Education Center at 2-4740.
Husky
Card gets smart
Wondering
when your new Husky Card validation sticker is coming?
It's not — old Husky Cards will be replaced with
modern electronic “smart” cards over the
next year.
Read
about it in University Week.
UW
Tacoma in the news
News
and projects of interest to the UW Tacoma community.
Faculty
and staff notes
Jennifer
Burley is the new program coordinator in Administrative
Services.
Daniel Kmitta has been hired as a research
analyst in the Office of Institutional Research.
Tracey Norris has been hired as an
office assistant in the Chancellor's Office.
Veronika
Vacek has been hired as assistant to the dean
in UWT's Milgard School of Business.
Administrative
Snapshot: A look at issues and projects at UWT
If
you are working on a project of interest to the UWT
community, tell us about it at uwtnews@u.washington.edu.
Choose
a topic:
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