April
2004 • The monthly newsletter for UWT faculty and staff
| Contents |
| Chancellor
Carwein honored with reception, article |
| UWT
Environmental Science wins Brotman award |
| Recognition
ceremony May 13 |
|
UWT
celebrates Tacoma's 'Most Livable Community' designation
|
| Gift
of Service nominations sought |
| You're
invited: Alumni open house May 6 |
| Administrative
Snapshot: A look at the issues and projects at UWT |
| Faculty
and staff notes |
| |
| Upcoming
Events |
|
April
20 and 21
Career Fair, 12:30-4:30 p.m., academic buildings.
More than 80 business, nonprofit and government employers
will be available to discuss careers. Visit
the Career Fair Web site for more information.
April
30 and May 1
Northwest Biology Instructors Organization annual conference,
campuswide. The Northwest Biology Instructors Association
will hold its annual conference for college biology instructors
at UWT and Tacoma Community College April 30 and May 1.
UWT Environmental Science Associate Professor David Secord
and Assistant Professor John Banks will give the opening
lectures.
May
4
Campus meeting with future president Mark Emmert,
3:30 p.m., location to be announced. The campus community
will have its first opportunity to meet Dr. Mark Emmert,
incoming UW president. Dr. Emmert will come to campus for
meetings and a tour earlier in the day. From 3:30 to 4:30
p.m., Dr. Emmert will deliver brief remarks and engage in
a short conversation with those attending. For more information,
contact Jennifer Dow at 2-5645 or jdow@u.washington.edu.
May
6
UWT Alumni open house, 5:30 to 8 p.m., Mattress
Factory. Faculty and staff are invited to a gathering of
UWT alumni in the new Student Center. Alumni can meet with
Interim Chancellor Steven Olswang, UW Alumni Association
President John Buller, UWT Alumni Association President
Sally York and UWT Alumni Relations Manager Karen Reed,
tour the new student center, network with other alumni and
enjoy free food and beverages.
May
11
Panel of Washington state nurse-legislators, 4:30
p.m., Carwein Auditorium. Four state lawmakers who are nurses,
including UWT BSN graduate Rep. Dawn Morrell (D-Puyallup),
will discuss health care access, funding, reform and other
issues at a panel discussion sponsored by the UWT Nursing
program and Student Nurse Organization.
May
13
Recognition/Founders Ceremony, 4 p.m., Carwein
Auditorium. Annual ceremony to honor faculty, staff, students,
alumni and community members who have made significant contributions
to UWT.
|
Chancellor
Carwein honored with reception, article
 |
| Chancellor
Vicky Carwein cuts a purple-and-gold cake at her farewell
party Wednesday. |
Faculty,
staff and students wished Chancellor Vicky Carwein farewell at
a cake-and-punch reception April 14 in the Tacoma Room.
Carwein
leaves UWT to become president of Westfield State College in Massachusetts.
Her departure was marked by a front-page article in The News Tribune
April 15. In the article, reporter David Wickert writes that Carwein's
career blossomed with the campus.
"Many
say Carwein deserves much of the credit for UW Tacoma's growth,"
Wickert writes. "During her tenure, UWT has tripled its enrollment,
founded the Institute of Technology and emerged as a major force
in downtown redevelopment."
Interim
Chancellor Steven Olswang takes over Carwein’s office and
duties April 16.
Read
the TNT article
UWT
Environmental Science wins Brotman award
The
UWT Environmental Science program has been selected to receive
a Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence from the University
of Washington.
This
is the first time the prestigious award has gone to a program
oat either UW Tacoma or UW Bothell. The award comes with a monetary
prize of $17,500, to be invested in further fostering the academic
strengths of the winning program.
UW
officials said the Environmental Science program was chosen for
its rich curriculum, community outreach, outstanding student placement
and strong faculty.
“We
do hands-on science in an interdisciplinary context that allows
our students to employ scientific perspectives to tackle real-world
environmental problems of the 21st century,” said Dr. David
Secord, associate professor.
The
Environmental Science program was developed starting in 1996 when
UWT hired its first two science professors, Dr. Cheryl Greengrove,
an oceanographer, and Secord, a marine biologist. Since then,
its growing faculty has worked to integrate environmental education
into the broader interdisciplinary structure of UW Tacoma while
creating a rigorous program of study. The current group of seven
faculty and staff members have built the Environmental Science
program from the ground up, establishing a new Bachelor of Science
degree in environmental science and a Bachelor of Arts concentration
and minor in environmental studies. All of the natural science
disciplines on campus fall under the Environmental Science program.
Secord
and Greengrove credit faculty and and staff for the program's
success.
“We
are fortunate to have assembled a team of faculty and staff who
are creative, dedicated and enthusiastic about helping students
use multiple disciplines to address environmental issues,”
Greengrove said.
The
Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence was established in
1998 to recognize collaboration within and among departments,
programs and groups that improves the quality of undergraduate
education. The award program is named in recognition of a generous
gift to the University from Jeffrey and Susan Brotman. Jeffrey
Brotman is a UW law school graduate and a regent. Susan Brotman
is on the UW Foundation Board of Directors.
The
Brotman Award will be formally presented to the Environmental
Sciences faculty at a ceremony in Seattle June 9. A Brotman Award
will also be presented to the Center for International Studies
in Business, part of the Business School on the Seattle campus.
Recognition
ceremony May 13
Join
the UWT community to honor faculty, staff, students, community
members and alumni at the Recognition/Founders Ceremony at 4 p.m.
May 13 in Carwein Auditorium.
The
Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished Service awards will be
presented to faculty and staff. In addition, the Rod Hagenbuch
Service Award will be presented to a graduating senior who has
contributed to the success of the campus. Three new awards will
also be presented: the Founders Award, to a community member or
group that has supported campus development over time, the Distinguished
Researcher award to a faculty member and the Distinguished Alumni
Award to a successful UWT graduate. Staff and faculty length-of-service
anniversaries will also be recognized.
Adding
the new awards, holding a dinner for honorees and guests and changing
the name of the event are the first steps toward establishing
a more comprehensive annual recognition event that may attract
local leaders and visitors to the UWT campus.
UWT
celebrates Tacoma's "Most Livable Community" award
A
UWT representative will be on hand as Tacoma is celebrated as
one of America's most livable communities April 21 during an event
at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The
Tacoma/Pierce County area is one of 30 cities, towns and regions
to win the coveted awards. The national organization Partners
for Livable Communities gives the awards only once every decade.
To
help promote the designation and UW Tacoma's role in revitalizing
downtown, Mike Wark, director of Public Relations and Communications,
will participate with a delegation organized by the Tacoma-Pierce
County Chamber of Commerce. Wark and Tacoma Mayor Bill Baarsma
will participate in interviews with a variety of publications,
including Barron's Business & Financial Weekly, Kiplinger
Washington Letter, and Governing magazine.
Tacoma
was featured in a USA Today story earlier this week announcing
the awards. USA today lauded the region as an area that has reinvented
itself and gave UWT some credit for the city's renaissance.
Partners
for Livable Communities is a national non-profit organization
working to restore and renew America's communities. The group
focuses on recognizing cities and regions that have done the best
job adapting to changing times and reflects the latest thinking
of urban planners, researchers and mayors.
Partners
has long been a champion of the economics of amenities: the interrelationship
between a community's quality of life and its ability to attract
and retain business investments, stimulate convention and visitor
trade, increase downtown retail activity and improve the city's
image to residents and non-residents alike.
Visit the Most Livable Communities Web site.
Gift
of Service nominations sought
The
Gift of Service committee is seeking written nominations from
faculty, staff and students to recognize UWT students for their
contributions to the development and success of the campus.
The
deadline for nominations is 5 p.m. Thursday, April 22. Eligible
students will have demonstrated contributions in campus development,
community service or peer support. A number of students will be
selected for Gift of Service Awards; one of those students will
be chosen to receive the prestigious Rod Hagenbuch Award.
The
Gift of Service awards will be presented at the UWT Student awards
reception May 28. The Hagenbuch Award will be presented at the
Recognition/Founders Ceremony May 13. To nominate a student or
learn more, contact Shellie Jo White at 2-4481 or sjwhite@u.washington.edu.
You're
invited: UWT alumni open house May 6
Faculty
and staff are specially invited to attend a May 6 alumniopen house
from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in Mattress Factory.
UWT
now has nearly 5,000 alumni to whom professors and staff who played
a role in their UWT education are uniquely important. Faculty
and staff are encouraged to attend the event to visit with former
students and learn what direction their lives are taking.
Interim
Chancellor Steven Olswang, UW Alumni Association President John
Buller, UWT Alumni Association President Sally York and UWT Alumni
Relations Manager Karen Reed will all be on hand. Alumni will
have an opportunity to tour UWT's new student center, network
with other alumni and enjoy free food and beverages.
Administrative
Snapshot: A look at issues and projects at UWT
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you are working on something you think should be included here,
please contact Inside Track at uwtnews@u.washington.edu.
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Faculty
and staff notes
Tony
Myers and Cathy Thompson, both of the
Office of Enrollment Services and Student Affairs, were named
the 2004 Distinguished Service Award winners Wednesday. Myers,
financial aid coordinator, and Thompson, program assistant, both
excelled in their job performance and consistently provided exceptional
service, contributing to UWT's success, Interim Chancellor Steven
Olswang said. They will be honored at the May 13 Recognition/Founders
Ceremony. Other nominees for the award were Andrea Arrington,
Sandra Carson, Glenna Chang,
Tessa Coleman, Sue Dahlin, Robert
Hardie, Fiona Johnson, Deb Sklar,
Lisa Tice and Lia Wetzstein.
Jennifer
Burley has joined the Institute of Technology as an office
assistant.
Laurie
McKay Nelson
has joined the Nursing program as an office assistant and receptionist.
