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UW Tacoma (UWT) Faculty Council Committee – Special Meeting

Friday, November 6th, 2026, at 12:30 p.m., in Milgard Hall (MLG), Room 306

Agenda:

  • 12:30 Approval of Minutes – Evy Shankus
  • Discussion Items:
    • Dean’s Updates – Morteza Rahmatian
    • Associate Dean’s Updates – Stephen Norman
    • PTL Process Agreement – Evy Shankus
  • Voting Items:
    • PTL Appointments (Pending Files) – Evy Shankus

Student Technology Fee Committee (STFC) – Special Meeting

Monday, November 9th, 2026th, at 9:00 a.m. in UW Tacoma University Milgard Hall, Room 110 & Zoom

Agenda:

  • CALL TO ORDER
  • ROLL CALL
    • Zaid Naamat
    • Adanya McCoy
    • Siri Govind
    • Kristopher Chinn
    • Nisha Patil
    • Jaelen Soto
    • Adam Riggs
    • Khoa Phan
  • APPROVAL OF AGENDA
  • APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  • OPEN PUBLIC FORUM
  • UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  • NEW BUSINESS
    • [Discussion] What it means to be a person of contact for a proposal
    • [Discussion] Minimum Wage Increase Conversation
    • [Discussion] Vice chair
    • [Vote] Vice Chair
  • COMMITTEE UPDATES
  • CHAIR UPDATES
  • ADVISOR UPDATES
  • ADJOURNMENT

UW Tacoma (UWT) Faculty Assembly Executive Council Committee – Special Meeting

Friday, November 6th, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., in Garrettson Woodruff & Pratt (GWP), Room 320 (Dawn Lucien Boardroom) and on Zoom 

Agenda:

  • Consent to Agenda, Approval of 10/19 Minutes
    • Land Acknowledgement
    • Consent to Agenda
    • Permission to Record
    • Approval of October 19 Meeting Minutes
  • Keeling & Associates Discussion with UWT Executive Council: Strategic Plan
  • Chair’s report (Attachment A)
  • Class A Legislation
    • Attachment B – Article IV, Section 1: Officers of Faculty Assembly
    • Attachment C – Article VI, Section 1 and 2: Vacancy in Office
    • Action: Discuss and vote
  • Shared Governance
    • Attachment D – Crowdsourcing Projects
  • Action: Discuss and sign up
    • Attachment E – Shared Governance Values and Discussion: Summary from Faculty Assembly Meeting
  • Action: Discuss (e.g., what resonates, how use summary, etc.)
    • Attachment F – Consultation Plan Conversation Starter: Locally Funded Unit Adjustment
  • Action: Solicit feedback for development of final consultation plan
  • Around the Table (if time permits)
  • Adjourn
  • Next Meeting:
    • Executive Council Meeting: November 23, 2026, 12:30-1:20pm, GWP 320/Zoom

Associated Students of UW Bothell (ASUWB) Executive Board – Special Meeting

Thursday, November 5th, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. in the Activities and Recreation Center – Meeting Room ARC-121

Agenda:

  • Meeting called to order at 0:00 PM
  • Roll Call:
    • In attendance:
    • Absent:
  • Approval of Agenda:
    • —- motions to approve 11-05-2026 meeting agenda, —-Seconds
  • Motion Passes 0-0-0
  • Approval of Minutes:
    • —- motions to approve 10-29-2026 meeting minute, —- Seconds
  • Motion Passes 0-0-0
  • Public Comments:
  • Reports:
    • President
    • Vice President
    • Director of Senate
    • Director of Finance
    • Director of Community Partnerships
    • Director of Government Affairs
    • Legislative Coordinator
    • Internal Affairs Coordinator
    • Marketing and Events Coordinator
  • Committee Reports:
  • Events Update and Reports:
    • Townhall
  • Announcements:
    • Vice President
    • Advisor
  • Unfinished Business:
  • New Business:
    • Senate items
    • Amendments
  • ASUWB Bylaw Amendments
    • Board legislation
  • Legislative Agenda
    • Committee Business
    • Community Business
  • Discussion items:
    • Student Code of Conduct
    • Open Forum
  • Adjournment: — motions to adjourn the meeting, — seconds
    • Motion passes 0-0-0
    • Meeting adjourned at 0:00 PM.

Department of Aeronautics Astronautics Faculty – Special Meeting

Thursday, November 5th, 2026 at 1:30 pm in Husky Union Building (HUB), Room 238

Agenda:

  • Minutes for October 1, 2026
  • 3-Minute Scholarship Snapshot
    • Alvar Saenz Otero, capstone 
  • VOTE: Adjunct renewals
  • COE Budget and Operational Updates
  • New business            
  • Adjourn

Associated Students of University of Washington Tacoma (ASUWT) – Senate Meeting

Wednesday, November 4th, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. in University of Washington YMCA (YMA), Room 303

Agenda:

  • CALL TO ORDER
  • ROLL CALL
    • School of Urban Studies Senator
    • School of Engineering and Technology Senator
    • Pre-major Senator
    • School of Education Senator
    • School of Milgard Business Senator
    • School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Senator – social science
    • School of Social justice and Criminal Justice Senator
    • School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Senator – Science and mathematics
  •  APPROVAL OF AGENDA
  • APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  • OPEN PUBLIC FORUM
  • UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  • NEW BUSINESS
    • [Discussion]: Speaker of Senate Speeches/Discussion
    • [Vote]: Speaker of senate
    • [Discussion]: Proposed Bylaw Amendments regarding Office Hours
    • [Vote]: Approval of proposed Bylaws Amendments regarding Office Hours
    • [Discussion]: Monthly updates from the Director of Graduate Affairs and Undergraduate Affairs.
  • SENATOR UPDATES
  • ADVISOR UPDATES
  • CHAIR UPDATES

University of Washington Tacoma Department of Social Sciences (SOCS) – Special Meeting

Friday, November 6th, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. in Dougan (DOU) Room 270

Agenda:

  • 12:30 – 12:45 Hotseat
  • 12:45 – 1:55 Forum
    • 1:55 – 1:15 Advisory Committee – Hiring lecturers and Affiliate faculty
    • 1:15 – 1:35 Curriculum Committee – Course/program proposal workflow
  • 1:35 – 2:05 Discussion: Hiring request
  • 2:05 – 2:15 Delegation of faculty retention policy
  • 2:15 – 2:25 Announcements
  • 2:25 – 3:00 Closing

UW Tacoma Services and Activities Fee Committee (SAFC) – Special Meeting

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. in University Y Student Center (UWY), Room 307 and Zoom

Agenda:

  • Call to Order
  • Land Acknowledgement
  • Safety Briefing
  • Roll Call, Guest Introductions, Connection-Building Question
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Minutes
  • Open Public Forum
  • Reports & Updates
    • Chair/Vice-Chair
    • Committees
    • Members
  • Old Business
    • Bylaws/Operations Manual Review
  • New Business
  • Discussion Items
  • Announcements
  • Adjournment

Department of Classics Faculty – Special Meeting

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026, at 12:30 pm, in Denny Room 257

Agenda:

  • Approval of minutes
  • Announcements
  • Vote on dates for regular faculty meetings for 2027 and separate graduate student progress meeting in Feb. 2027
  • Vote on admission of Beck Faletti and Eco Zhang into PhD program
  • Discussion of renewal of 3-year appointment of Michael Ritter as PTL
  • Discussion of hiring plan
  • Report from the DEI committee
  • Old/New business
  • Adjournment

Information School Faculty – Special Meeting

Friday, March 13, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. in Bloedel Room 070, via Zoom

Agenda:

  • COFFEE!
  • Welcome (Joseph T. Tennis)
  • Land acknowledgment
  • We are Human: Not just kudos
  • Announcements
  • REVIEW
    • Online voting links
    • Reappointment for teaching faculty [Faculty HR]
    • EFC Chair-Elect [EFC]
  • DECIDE: Consent agenda
    • Approve October 16, 2026 meeting minutes
  • DISCUSS:  Social Committee (Michelle Martin, Itza Carbajal, Chirag Shah)
  • DISCUSS:  EG Policy:  Membership (Joseph T. Tennis)
  • DISCUSS:  IS Searches (Emma Spiro and Nic Weber)
  • INFORM:  Update from the Dean (Anind Dey)
  • DISCUSS: Next Steps for Computing, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at the UW
  • Closing (Joseph T. Tennis)

 

 

UW Tacoma (UWT) Faculty Assembly Executive Council Committee – Special Meeting

Monday, October 9th, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. in Garrettson Woodruff & Pratt (GWP), Room 320 (Dawn Lucien Boardroom) and Zoom

Monday, November 6th, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., in Garrettson Woodruff & Pratt (GWP), Room 320 (Dawn Lucien Boardroom) and Zoom 

Agenda:

  • Consent to Agenda, Approval of 5/29 and 9/25 Minutes
    • Land Acknowledgement
    • Consent to Agenda
    • Permission to Record
    • Approval of May 29 and September 25 Meeting Minutes
  • Chair’s report
  • Committee Nominations
  • Undergraduate Education Academic Council Representation and Vote
  • Approve Standing Committee Charges
    • Faculty Affairs Committee
    • Academic Policy & Curriculum Committee
  • Class A Legislations (Review Code Advisor requests and Vote to Approve)
  • Around the Table (if time)
  • Adjourn

Department of Philosophy – Special Meeting

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, at 3:30 pm, Savery Hall (SAV) in Room 408 (and via Zoom)
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, at 3:30 pm, Savery Hall (SAV) in Room 408 (and via Zoom)
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, at 3:30 pm, Savery Hall (SAV) in Room 408 (and via Zoom)
Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at 3:30 pm, Savery Hall (SAV) in Room 408 (and via Zoom)
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2026, at 3:30 pm, Savery Hall (SAV) in Room 408 (and via Zoom)
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2026, at 3:30 pm, Savery Hall (SAV) in Room 408 (and via Zoom)

Agenda for each:

  • Announcements
    • Budget
    • Policies
  • Committee Discussions
    • Curriculum: Grad, Undergrad
    • Others
  • Staff Discussion
  • Executive Session
  • Other Business

Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) – Special Meetings

Friday, October 2, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. in Padelford (PDL) Room B110 G
Friday, November 13, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. in Padelford (PDL) Room B110 G
Friday, December 4, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. in Padelford (PDL) Room B110 G

Agenda:

  • Announcements
  • Committee Updates
    • Awards
    • Advancement/Communication
  • Undergraduate Studies
  • Graduate Studies

College of Education Faculty – Special Meeting

Friday, November 20, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. in Miller Hall Room 104

Agenda:

  • Call to Order & Welcome
  • Review of Shared Agreements, Grounding in our mission & Reconnection
  • Reading and Approval of the Minutes (from October 9, 2026, meeting)
  • Dean Report (Mia Tuan)
  • Student Support in Current Times Update – (SSAC)
  • Strategic Plan Work
  • Moving Towards Revenue Generation in the College: Interactive Discussion
  • Standing Committee Updates and Recommendations
    • Faculty Development and Support
    • Student Support and Advancement
    • Diversity & Equity Committee
    • Budget and Planning Committee
    • Academic Programs & Initiatives Committee
  •  UW Faculty Senate
  • New Business to Be Considered
    • Approved Items at 11/6/2026 Faculty Council Meeting
    • Other new business
  • Announcements
  • Community Engagement
    • We center our shared humanity
    • We communicate respectfully to each other and in our own words, even as we disagree
    • We enable all voices to be heard
    • We agree to not go over our time
    • We agree not to interrupt or talk out of turn
  • Adjournment

Department of American Ethnic Studies Faculty – Special Meetings

The Department of American Ethnic Studies will hold 7 Special Meetings during 2026. Details and agendas below.

 

Friday, March 6, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. in Padelford Hall (PDL) in Room B-503
Friday, April 10, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. in Padelford Hall (PDL) in Room B-503
Friday, May 8, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. in Padelford Hall (PDL) in Room B-503
Friday, June 5, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. in Padelford Hall (PDL) in Room B-503
Friday, October 9, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. in Padelford Hall (PDL) in Room B-503
Friday, November 6, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. in Padelford Hall (PDL) in Room B-503
Friday, December 4, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. in Padelford Hall (PDL) in Room B-503

 

Agenda for each:

  • Approval of the Agenda and Minutes
  • Chair’s Report and Updates from College of Arts and Sciences
  • Staff Report
  • Committee Discussion
  • Executive Session
  • Other Business