June 4, 2025
June 2025 – Academic and Student Affairs Committee Meeting
Regents Fuller (Chair), Forsman, Harris, Rhoads, Rice, Riojas, Rustan, Schumacher, Tamaki, Walker, Zeeck
Thursday, June 12, 2025
10:00 a.m.
Petersen Room, Allen Library
To view an item, please click on the item number. Items marked with an asterisk have been designated by the Committee Chair for distribution, rather than presentation; if there are no objections or questions, they will pass to the full Board’s consent agenda.
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Approve Minutes of Committee Meeting on May 8, 2025*
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COMMITTEE ACTION | ||
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Academic and Administrative Appointments* Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President |
ACTION | A-1 |
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Approve Elimination of Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies: Global Urbanism in the School of Urban Studies, UW Tacoma* Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President |
ACTION | A-2 |
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Approve Elimination of Three Graduate Programs in the Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine* Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President |
ACTION |
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Approve Elimination and Transfer of Graduate Certificates in the School of Public Health* Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President |
ACTION | A-4 |
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Approve Graduate Certificate in Human Centered Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, College of Engineering* Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President |
ACTION | A-5 |
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Approve Granting of Degrees for 2024-2025* Keondra Rustan, 2024-25 Student Regent
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ACTION | A-6 |
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Approve Request to Amend UW Diplomas* Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President
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ACTION | A-7 |
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Approve UW Tacoma Student Legislative Fee* Holly Wetzel, ASUW Tacoma President Sylvia James, Vice Chancellor, Finance & Administration, UW Tacoma Conor Leary, Director of Student Involvement & Leadership, UW Tacoma |
ACTION | A-8 |
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Provost’s Report Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President |
INFORMATION | A-9 |
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Student Regent Presentation: Okanagan Charter Keondra Rustan, 2024-2025 Student Regent Hilary Godwin, Dean, School of Public Health Glenna Chang, Associate Vice President, Student Life Megan Kennedy, Director, Resilience Lab
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INFORMATION | A-10 |
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Engineering Education Excellence and Access Initiative: Proposed Implementation of an Engineering Program Fee for Career Readiness Nancy Allbritton, Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering Dan Ratner, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, College of Engineering Alberto Aliseda, Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering Di Xiao, Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Ed Taylor, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs Taylor Lai, rising junior in Mechanical Engineering Kiri Nakagawa, rising senior in Industrial and Systems Engineering Yeeshouw Wang, graduating senior in Chemical Engineering and Chair of the Engineering Student Council
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INFORMATION | A-11 |
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Capacity and Demand in Undergraduate Majors Phil Reid, Vice Provost, Academic Strategy & Affairs Erin Guthrie, Associate Vice President, Finance, Planning, & Budgeting Dan Ratner, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, College of Engineering
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INFORMATION | A-12 |
| 13. | Other Business |