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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

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

Thursday, October 15th, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. in Founders Hall UW1-280 (Rose Room)

Agenda:

  • Meeting called to order at 0:00 PM
  • Roll Call:
    • In attendance:
    • Absent:
  • Approval of Agenda:
    • —- motions to approve 10-15-2026 meeting agenda, —-Seconds
  • Motion Passes 0-0-0
  • Approval of Minutes:
    • —- motions to approve 10-09-2026 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:
    • Candidate Forum
    • Townhall
  • Announcements:
    • Vice President
    • Advisor
  • Unfinished Business:
  • New Business:
    • Senate items
    • Amendments
    • Board legislation
    • 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.

University of Washington Tacoma Department of Culture, Arts, & Communication – Special Meeting

Friday, October 16th, 2026, at 12:30 p.m. at Russell T. Joy (JOY) Room 114 and Zoom

Agenda:

  • Welcome & Safety Instructions
  • Land Acknowledgement
  • Approving the Retreat (9/24/26) minutes
  • FC & EC check ins
  • Other announcements
  • Chair updates:
    • Reappointments/Promotions
    • Internships
    • Spanish language & Culture
  • Scheduling
  • “Next steps for integrating the 5 elements of effective teaching into personnel processes” – Leighann Chaffee
  • Envisioning CAC’s Future
  • For the Good of the Order

UW Tacoma Faculty Affairs Committee – Special Meeting

Friday, October 16th, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in Bloedel Room 070 and Zoom

Agenda:

  • 9:15 am COFFEE!
  • 9:30 am Welcome (Joseph T. Tennis)
    • Land acknowledgment
    • We are Human: Not just kudos
    • Announcement: EFC Chair Elect
    • What EFC did last year
  • 9:35 am REVIEW
    • Online voting links [Alicia will add]
    • Curriculum items [none from Victor]
  • 9:40 am DECIDE: Consent agenda
    • May 29, 2026 Faculty Meeting Minutes
    • Curricular items (if needed)
  • 9:45 am DISCUSS and VOTE: Policy updates
    • No policies on the consent agenda
    • Revision cadence and plan for year (Joseph Tennis)
    • Approve
      • Sabbatical Policy (Katie Davis)
      • Visiting Scholars (Katie Davis)
    • Inform
      • Retired partially rehired policy (Katie Davis)
      • Whiteley Center (Katie Davis)
    • Retiring
      • Distribution of sabbatical guidelines (Joseph Tennis)
  • 9:55 am INFORM: Update from the Dean (Anind Dey) [if needed]
  • 10:10 am INFORM and DISCUSS: Climate Survey Report (Nassim Parvin and Jillian Morn,
    • Director of Institutional Assessment & Evaluation)
  • 11:00 am Faculty Search Update (Emma Spiro)
  • 11:10 am 2026 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian planning grant- IMLS (Sharon Streams)
  • 11: 20 am Faculty Support (Katie Davis)
  • 11:30 am 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