Administrative
Snapshot: September 2004
Names
of key participants appear in brackets at the end of most items.
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NEW THIS MONTH
On
campus: New UW faculty, Information School visit
This
year for the first time all UW Faculty Fellows (newly hired faculty
members) spent a day at UWT. Several workshops were held here,
and the group toured the campus and visited the glass museum.
This year UWT has four new tenure-track faculty members: Shahrokh
Saudagaran, Dean of the Milgard School of Business; Christine
Stevens, Nursing; Trista Huckleberry, IAS; and Philip Heldrich,
IAS.
The University of Washington Information School held its annual
retreat at UWT, also Sept. 14. Vice Chancellor Jack Nelson and
Interim Chancellor Olswang both delivered remarks.
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NEW THIS MONTH
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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NEW THIS MONTH
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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NEW THIS MONTH
Research
consultant position
A
research consultant position has been approved and posted. 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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NEW THIS MONTH
Web
to support campus moves
A
streamlined process to facilitate moves of campus offices, staff,
faculty and phones is being established. A form outlining move-related
information and procedures will soon be available on the Web.
[Sharon Fought]
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Chancellor
search
The
search committee has begun confidential screening interviews with
candidates. Campus visits for finalists will be the next step.
An announcement of finalists for the position is expected soon.
UW President Mark Emmert will make the final hiring decision.
[Ginger MacDonald]
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Admissions/recruitment
The
recruitment and admissions staff have been working with academic
programs and the Office of Advancement to promote the message
that there is still room in many programs at the UW Tacoma for
Autumn Quarter 2004.
Significant
efforts to support this message included direct mailings to over
2,000 prospective students, e-mails to more than 1,500 recent
community college graduates and correspondence to over 700 prospective
graduate students in our region who have taken the GRE or not
found space at other institutions. Saturday
information sessions in August and newspaper advertising also
supported these fall recruitment efforts.
Overall,
applications are up by 6.2 percent over this time last year, and
academic units are admitting as many qualified students as possible
to help ensure access to those seeking bachelor's and master's
degrees. Enrollment progress (as measured by FTE registration)
is at about the same level as at this time last year, but work
is continuing to make sure UWT reaches all of its enrollment targets.
In comparison to last year, we have a much higher number of new
and continuing students eligible to register but who have not
yet registered. That will continue to push up the FTE as they
select courses. Planning has begun for the next South Sound Education
Fair, set for Jan. 22, 2005. [Wanda Curtis, Dan Garcia]
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Advisory
Board to meet Sept. 24
UWT's
Advisory Board will welcome nine new members at its first meeting
of the year Sept. 24. The group will have a working session to
review the 2707 report on the future of the campus. [Leslie Anderson]
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Chancellor's
Club hears from President Emmert
UWT
held its second annual Chancellor's Club dinner Aug. 25 at the
Tacoma Country and Golf Club in Lakewood. President Emmert attended
and spoke briefly, telling a few stories about his experiences
growing up in Pierce County (he once had a job raising pheasants
at a state game farm in Lakewood) and emphasizing the importance
of UW Tacoma for the South Sound. He emphasized the University's
commitment to the quality of the Tacoma campus, stressing that
the community deserved and expected not just access, but access
to excellence. The President made it clear that the UW has, as
he put it, "planted the purple-and-gold flag in Tacoma."
The
Chancellor's Club honors UWT's most generous donors, those who
have contributed $1,000 or more during the fiscal year or $25,000
over a lifetime. Anne and Fred Roberson were honored as friends
and supporters of the campus. [Carol Van Natta]
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Master
plan and Market Street
Chancellor
Olswang, Fred King and Mike Wark met with the Economic Development
Committee of the Tacoma City Council Aug. 17 to review UWT's master
plan. Much of the discussion was focused on a component of the
plan that envisions future closure of Market Street between 21st
and 17th streets. A city staff member discussed the process for
street closure, and a group of Tacoma citizens conveyed their
views about the impact of closing Market on traffic patterns through
downtown. Council members discussed how the city could study traffic
patterns. It will be a year before the city can assess the impact
of opening the convention center on downtown traffic, which would
be among the first steps in such an analysis. One councilmember
asked that fire and police evaluate traffic patterns in the downtown
core. UWT's role in revitalizing downtown and the quality of its
master plan were acknowledged. [Fred King, Mike Wark]
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UWT
capital campaign: Leadership, themes, meeting date
UWT's
campaign volunteers meet next Sept. 24. Those providing volunteer
community leadership for UWT's capital campaign are Advisory Board
members Joanne Bamford, Betsy Brenner, Bill Philip, Gary Milgard,
Herb Simon, Ray Tennison and Gail Weyerhaeuser. Tennison, president
of Simpson Investment Co., is chairing the group's efforts. UW
Regent William H. Gates is heading the overall UW campaign. The
UWT group will be working closely with UWT's Advancement unit
to execute a successful campaign. The campaign will emphasize
five themes: that the UW makes vital to contributions to education,
health, the environment, civic and cultural life, and economic
development. [Carol Van Natta]
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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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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 bowls will be installed
within the month 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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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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Diamond
Parking and Flex Pass rates
New
rates took effect Sept. 1 for UWT's Diamond Parking lots and for
the Flex Pass. Zone 2 permits are now $121 per quarter. Zone 3
permits remain $150 per quarter. Permit replacement fees are $15
for the first and $25 for the second replacement. The student
Flex Pass now costs $43 per quarter. Faculty and staff Flex Passes
cost $58 per quarter. Rates for the Cragle Lot, next to the library,
are unchanged. [Fred King]
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New
retail tenants coming
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.
Work
is also underway on a coffee shop to be named "Metro"
on the bottom floor of the Tioga Building facing the grand stairway.
It should be open soon. [Fred King]
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Higher
Education Coordinating Board
The
HEC Board's Sept. 16 meeting agenda consists of the institutional
budget requests and capital priorities for the coming biennium.
[Sharon Fought]
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View the Master
Plan for Higher Education (PDF)
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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. New
or updated reports include a Spring Quarter headcount and percent
of students, undergraduate vs. graduate status and part-time vs.
full-time status, now with historic information for Autumn 2000
to Spring 2004.
"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,
met recently with key UWT staff in Tacoma to identify the center's
needs in the context of the Cherry Parkes space. Plans are underway
to address these needs before the center opens. 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.
[Sharon Fought]
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