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your new colleagues
Since
September 2006, 36 new staff and 15 new faculty have
joined the UW Tacoma team. Here is your chance to get
to know them a little better.
Click
the links below to learn more about your new colleagues.
Puget
Sound Partnership will have UW Tacoma link
Research
by UW Tacoma faculty and students will play a role in
the work of the Puget Sound Partnership, a new state
agency charged with cleaning up Puget Sound.
Gov.
Chris Gregoire announced early this month that the Puget
Sound Partnership offices will be located in Tacoma’s
Urban Waters facility, a marine research center to be
located on the Foss Waterway that will also house UW
Tacoma researchers. The facility is expected to become
the headquarters of the study and clean-up of Puget
Sound pollution.
With
Puget Sound Partnership, the state has set an ambitious
goal: To make Puget Sound “swimable, fishable
and digable” by the year 2020. Scientific research
– much of it by UW Tacoma faculty and students
– will help the agency meet that goal, says Joel
Baker, recently hired by UW Tacoma to lead the research
arm of Urban Waters. He is the first to hold the Port
of Tacoma endowed chair.
“Our research will help the Partnership fill in
the gaps and answer questions as they perform their
analysis and create a plan to clean up the Sound,”
Baker said. “We’re going to be collaborating
on a day-to-day basis, and that’s much easier
when you’re in the same physical location.”
Baker said he also believes that the association will
lead to careers for alumni of the Environmental Science
Program.
“In addition to performing research, we’ll
be training students to tackle these problems in the
future,” he said. “In a few years, I hope
to see UW Tacoma alumni working for the Puget Sound
Partnership and for other organizations dedicated to
cleaning up the Sound.”
Citizens
for a Healthy Bay names UW Tacoma a 'Bay Hero'
The University of Washington Tacoma was among three
universities to receive Citizens for a Healthy Bay’s
“Bay Hero Award, Excellence in Environmental Education”
for its outstanding contributions to the health of Commencement
Bay and surrounding waters in South Puget Sound recently.
UW
Tacoma was selected for the award based on its proposed
Urban Waters program now under development. It will
provide leading research on cleaning and maintaining
urban waterways like Commencement Bay, offer students
learning opportunities in environmental science and
attract high-level expertise and funding to UW Tacoma
to focus on the areas where university research and
teaching can have a great impact on protecting local
waters.
"It
is an honor to receive this recognition of the work
the Environmental Science group at UWT has done over
the years in promoting environmental education and collaborating
with the community to study environmental conditions
in Commencement Bay," said Cheryl Greengrove, interim
director of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.
Strategic
planning: Make your voice heard
What's your vision for UW Tacoma? If you don't share
it during the strategic planning process, it might not
happen.
The
Strategic Planning Committee is gathering input on its
draft values, vision and goals statements. The committee
is currently seeking feedback on the draft
goals statement and planning open meetings throughout
Autumn Quarter..
“It’s
essential for UW Tacoma faculty, staff and students
to carefully read our strategic planning documents and
provide feedback now,” said Jim Coolsen, special
assistant to the chancellor and chair of the Strategic
Planning Committee. “Ultimately, this process
will set UWT’s path for the next several years.”
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Sign up for UW Alert and get the news on your cell phone.
The
system will be used to warn participating students,
faculty and staff of campus emergencies, natural disasters,
weather-related closures and more via text messages.
Philip
Hall construction underway
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| Construction
began in September on the $12.5 million, 20,000-square
foot William W. Philip Hall between the Walsh Gardner
and Cherry Parkes buildings. Foot traffic has been
re-routed in front of the Library for the duration
of the project. Construction is proceeding on schedule
and the building will open in fall 2008. |
New
Computer Engineering program draws full class
In
its first full year of operation, the University of
Washington Tacoma’s new Computer Engineering &
Systems program is nearly at capacity. Twenty new students
are enrolled this fall, and some of them are already
involved in projects that will enhance the community.
Created
last year for aspiring computer engineers who want to
master both hardware and software design, the program
has attracted even more students than anticipated, said
Larry Wear, associate director of the UW Tacoma’s
Institute of Technology and coordinator of the Computer
Engineering program. The program was approved by the
Higher Education Coordinating Board in December 2006.
“We didn’t know exactly what to expect,
but it’s very encouraging to have this many students
involved so early,” Wear said. “Students
in this program are here because they need a broad-based
high-tech education. In this program, students learn
to design both hardware and software systems, and that’s
very attractive to students and employers.”
UW
Tacoma in the news
News and projects of interest to
the UW Tacoma community.
- Read
about the Puget Sound Partnership in The
News Tribune.
- UWT
study-abroad programs were featured in The
News Tribune.
- Andrew
Fry (Institute of Technology) reviewed the Spirit
of Washington Dinner Train for the Exit 133 blog.
Read
it here.
- Joe
Lawless, a UWT alum and new director of the Milgard
School's Center for Corporate Leadership and Social
Responsibility, was profiled in a Q&A in The
News Tribune.
Faculty
and staff notes
Weight
Watchers at Work: UW Tacoma is hosting a new
session of Weight Watchers at Work this fall. UWT faculty,
staff and students are eligible to join this group,
which supports weight loss through weekly on-site meetings
led by a Weight Watchers leader. The group meets Mondays
at noon. The cost is $156 for 13 weeks. For more information
or to sign up, contact Iris
Marx.
Jason
Brooks
has been hired as a student leadership specialist in
Student Life.
Erica
Coker has been hired as an office assistant
in Admissions Advising & Outreach.
Heather
Galloni
has been hired as a career counselor in the Career Development
Center.
Dale
Kennedy
has been hired as a security officer in Campus Safety.
Renee
Smith Nyberg has been hired as the human resources
and organizational development manager in Human Resources.
Niki
Sullivan
has been hired as the student publications manager in
Student Affairs.
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.
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