June 2, 2000
UW president, professors to tour penitentiary June 14; join Tri-Cities panel on salmon and dams June 15
A busload of University of Washington professors will tour the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla June 14 and take part in a panel discussion on dams and salmon the following day in Kennewick.
It’s all part of the UW’s third annual Faculty Field Tour. From June 12-16, UW President Richard L. McCormick will lead a group of 30 new faculty members and librarians on a 1,000-mile, five-day bus trip to give them an understanding of and appreciation for the state, and a chance to make teaching, research and public-service connections.
With the criminal corrections system occupying an increasing share of the state budget and economy, the UW group plans to take a 90-minute tour of the Washington State Penitentiary on June 14, beginning at 2 p.m.
The bus then heads to Kennewick, where the UW delegation will tour the Barnard Griffin Winery and later join the UW Alumni Association at a “Welcome to Washington” barbecue for prospective students and their parents at Cavanaugh’s Columbia Center.
The next morning, June 15, Cavanaugh’s will be the locale for the panel discussion on dams and salmon, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Panelists are James Anderson, UW associate professor of fisheries, Darryll Olsen, adjunct faculty member in resources economics at Washington State University-Tri Cities, and Kate Riley, editorial page editor of the Tri-City Herald.
The delegation then boards the bus and heads toward Yakima. The final two days of the tour feature a visit to a UW family-practice clinic in Yakima; a discussion of educational-outreach partnerships in the Yakima Valley; a lecture on UW-student projects in the town of Wapato; a tour of the Goldendale Aluminum plant; an inspection of Mount St. Helens reforestation efforts; a trip to a Boeing plant in Puyallup and a tour of the Technology Access Foundation in Seattle.
Faculty members were selected to represent a range of fields, from architecture to zoology, and the Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma campuses. In addition to hearing presentations on Washington’s economy, geography, history, politics and society, some participants can expect to develop ideas for relating research and teaching initiatives to state needs. And they are likely to form connections that may lead to collaborative research projects with organizations around the state.
“This is becoming a UW tradition,” McCormick said. “We want our new professors to get a feel for all of Washington, and to discover how they can work with citizens around the state to address some of their challenges, opportunities and problems.”
Among the newcomers are Jack Faris, vice president for university relations, and Yash Gupta, dean of the Business School.
The university covers meals, lodging and transportation for the tour using non-state-appropriated funds. The total cost for the week is estimated to be $50,000.
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For more information about the tour, contact Harry Hayward, UW communications and special projects manager, (206) 543-2560 or hhayward@u.washington.edu before the tour, or on the road at cell phone number (206) 484-6796. The full itinerary is on the Faculty Field Tour 2000 Web site at http://www.washington.edu/univrel/facultytour/
To join the penitentiary tour, contact Lori Scamahorn at (509) 525-3610 x 6071.
