September
2004 • The monthly newsletter for UWT faculty and staff
| Contents |
| Self-study
report available for review |
| Come
Together Washington: Seattle event kicks off capital campaign
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| UWT
Votes: Register to vote on campus |
| Heritage
of Japanese Language School remains |
| Sustainability
award celebrated at reception |
| Faculty
and staff notes |
| Administrative
Snapshot: A look at the issues and projects at UWT |
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| Upcoming
Events |
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Now
through Nov. 11
The
September Project exhibits, UWT Library. As part
of an international movement to reflect on and promote discussion
about the events of 9/11, the library is displaying new
exhibits on political cartoons about 9/11 issues, the Northwest
Detention Center and libraries threatened by the 9/11 attacks
and war in the Middle East.
Sept.
17
Ten
Years of Education Excellence, 6 p.m., The Roof
Garden Ballroom, Landmark Convention Center. UWT’s
Education Program will celebrate 10 years of graduating
education professionals and honor South Sound Teacher of
the Year Leila Kaspersen, a second-grade teacher at White
Center Heights Elementary, and School of the Year DeLong
Elementary. Admission is $15 per guest, and cocktail attire
is suggested. RSVP to 692-4430.
Sept.
21
Self-study report meeting, 3 p.m., BHS
106. The campus community is invited to give feedback on
the UWT self-study report.
Sept.
23
Sustainability award celebration,
9:30 a.m., Mattress Factory building. Celebrate UWT’s
green building award, a Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) silver certification at a reception in the
student center.
University
Bookstore Open House and New Employee Reception,
4:30 p.m. Welcome 20 new faculty and staff and take advantage
of a 20 percent discount on all items except software and
textbooks. There will be door prizes and the annual Bookstore
awards to academic units and individual faculty members.
Sept.
25
Pierce County AIDS Walk, 9 a.m., UW Tacoma
campus. The 13th annual Pierce County AIDS Walk will be
held on the UWT campus this year. To register or for more
information, visit the agency's Web
site.
Sept.
29
Autumn Quarter begins
UWT
Votes,
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., GWP atrium. Last chance to register
to vote in the November general election.
Self-study
report meeting, 2 p.m., BHS 106. The campus community
is invited to give feedback on the UWT self-study
report.
Sept.
30
UWT
Votes,
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., GWP atrium. Last chance to register
to vote in the November general election.
Oct.
11
National Coming Out Day at UWT, 12:30 p.m., BHS
106. Celebrate diversity on campus and in the local community.
Gay-rights activist Craig Dean will speak on “Living
with Pride.” The Tacoma Rainbow Center, National Organization
for Women, Pierce County AIDS Foundation, UWT Student Counseling
Services and more local organizations will also be on campus
to educate community members about the resources available
to them.
Oct.15
'Come Together Washington'
event, 4:30 p.m., Bank of America Arena, UW Seattle campus.
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Reflections
on Autumn
 |
| Union
Station is reflected in the front window of the University
Bookstore on Pacific Avenue. The Bookstore has stocked more
than 8,000 textbooks and expanded its selection of UW Tacoma
clothing, mugs and other gear in preparation for Autumn Quarter,
Manager Laura Nole says. In addition, the patronage rebate
for faculty, staff and students has gone up to 10 percent.
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Meetings
set to discuss self-study report
Two
campus meetings have been set to discuss the self-study report
mandated by House Bill 2707, which recommends that UW Tacoma evolve
into a four-year campus.
Interim
Chancellor Steven Olswang will attend both meetings, scheduled
for 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 201and 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 29 in BHS 106.
The
report is available for
review on the UWT
Web site.
Last
spring, the state Legislature required that UWT and three other
upper-division campuses (UWB, WSU Vancouver and WSU Tri-Cities)
do self-studies that suggest evolutionary paths for the development
of the campuses over the next ten years. Olswang appointed a committee
that included UWT faculty and staff, a student, an advisory board
member and a community college president to perform the study.
The committee, chaired by Vice Chancellor Jack Nelson, gathered
input from the UWT community through open meetings and an Internet
survey before drafting the report.
After the UWT community gives feedback on the report, Olswang
and Nelson will make revisions to the document and submit it to
UW President Mark Emmert, who may then make changes of his own
before submitting the report to the Board of Regents, which will
submit it to the Higher Education Coordinating Board. The HEC
Board will then draft recommendations based on the four self-studies
and submit them to the Legislature.
>
Read The News Tribune's
coverage of the self-study report
Come Together Washington: Seattle event kicks off capital campaign
Two
University of Washington, Tacoma projects will be featured at
the Oct. 15 event to celebrate the public launch of the UW’s
$2 billion capital campaign.
In the afternoon and evening, the tremendous impact of the UW on its region and on the world will be showcased at the event, called “Come Together Washington.” UWT Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.
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 (see related story), 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 feature speeches by Microsoft
Chairman Bill Gates and UW President Mark Emmert, along with the
faculty and student presentations in what’s billed as a
diverse showcase of extraordinary projects in discovery and learning.
UWT Votes: Register to vote on campus
UWT
students, staff, faculty and visitors will have the opportunity
to register to vote at a special event the first two days of Autumn
Quarter, Sept. 29 and 30.
The
registration drive will take place in the GWP atrium from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m. both days. Volunteers from UWT and staff from the Pierce
County Auditor’s Office will work at the registration table.
Voters
must be registered by Oct. 3 to vote in the Nov. 2 general election.
Organizers hope the event will encourage more people to vote and
help them contribute to a vital democratic process.
Heritage of Japanese Language School remains
The Japanese Language School no longer stands.
Unimark Construction Group of Seattle knocked down the building late last week and is in the process of removing debris from the site. But although the building itself could not be saved, work continues to preserve the heritage of the school.
Momentum is gaining for a garden to be established at the northern gateway of the campus, between the Commerce Street turnaround and the Dougan Building. A prominent Seattle landscape architecture firm with ties to the language school has volunteered to design a plan that will be used to raise funds to establish the garden.
A group of former Japanese Language School students is working with Mike Wark, director of Public Relations and Communications, on a storyboard plaque, similar to an interpretive display, which will be placed in the garden. The former students asked to be closely involved with this project.
The
campus master plan allows for a much larger memorial garden to
be established in a park setting at the corner of 17th Street
and Tacoma Avenue, just a few lots north of the school building
site. However, until the campus has expanded to surround this
area, it does not make sense to establish a garden there. When
campus development reaches the site, expected in 10 to 15 years,
the storyboard/plaque will be moved to a site in that park, described
in the master plan as Takomah Grove.
UWT
will also place a marker and small plaque near the sidewalk at
the building site. The plaque would be integrated into any future
construction at the site.
Faculty
members Lisa Hoffman (Urban Studies) and Mary Hanneman (IAS) continue
to interview former JLS students for an oral history project being
supported by a UWT Founders’ Endowment grant. They traveled
to Oakland last year to interview a group of former students and
continue to record interviews on campus. They plan to compile
the oral histories into a book. Their work will be featured in
the “Come Together Washington”
event in Seattle Oct. 15.
In
addition, UWT art professor Tyler Budge has been talking to the
Asia Pacific Cultural Center about establishing an art installation
on the language school in the APCC building.
UWT
celebrates landmark award
UWT
will celebrate a recent award for sustainable design at a special
ceremony Sept. 23 in the Mattress Factory building.
This
summer, the University’s Phase 2B project – the Cherry
Parkes and Mattress Factory buildings – was given a Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver certification
from the U.S. Green Building Council.
This is a high ranking from the nation’s most recognized
non-profit sustainable design organization and the first LEED
certification granted in the UW system and the City of Tacoma.
Representatives
from the UW Seattle Capital Projects Office and the Green Building
Council will join architects, contractors and UWT officials at
the ceremony. The award will be displayed in Cherry Parkes, and
a self-guided walking tour of the “green” features
of both buildings is being developed.
>
Read more about the LEED
certification
Faculty and Staff Notes
Deana Holmes has been hired as an adviser in the Social Work program.
Kris
Martin has been promoted to Student Learning Initiatives
Coordinator at the Institute of Technology.
Courtney Randazzo has been hired as K-12 Outreach Coordinator at the Institute of Technology.
Administrative
Snapshot: A look at issues and projects at UWT
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