UWT Faculty Assembly Winter 2021 Meeting Highlights
The UWT Faculty Assembly Quarterly Meeting in Winter 2021 focused on important updates and ongoing work in areas such as antiracism initiatives, budget transparency, and faculty governance improvements. The meeting began with a land acknowledgment to the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. Progress was reported on initiatives like reassessing diversity policies and supporting antiracist efforts on campus. Actions taken include creating newsletters on budgeting, establishing advisory committees, and revising by-laws for better faculty representation. The meeting aimed to enhance communication and collaboration within the academic community.
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Faculty Assembly Quarterly Meeting Winter 2021
12:30-12:35pm Welcome and Land Acknowledgement 12:35-12:45pm FA Leadership Updates 12:45-2:45pm Safe Campus Workshop Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response Agenda
Before we begin our meeting of the UWT Faculty Assembly, I want to take a moment to recognize that our university sits on the ancestral homelands of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, whose ancestors have lived on and cared for this land for thousands of years. Please join me in expressing our deepest gratitude to the Puyallup and other Coast Salish peoples for their long-enduring and continued care for this region's land and waterways Land Acknowledgement
Antiracism: Working toward making UWT an antiracist institution Budget: Increasing transparency and faculty input on budget Faculty Governance: Improving the structure of faculty governance Leadership Priorities
Ongoing work Assessing and revising current faculty policy and structure with an anti-racist lens . So far, this has specifically been re-assessing the Diversity Designation and how it works in APCC. Working closely with and supporting the work of the Decriminalize UWT group on campus FA Chair serving on Chancellor s Decriminalization Task Force Working closely with and supporting the work of the faculty working group from the climate survey Working closely with and supporting the new role of Faculty Development Associate in the Office of Equity and Inclusion (Tanya Velasquez) to better support faculty in their antiracist work Antiracism
Ongoing work Regular updates (a newsletter ) on budgeting process sent to all faculty from FA leadership to further improve faculty information on the campus budget. An ad hoc faculty budget advisory committee established Resolution passed on budget cut modeling Beginning the process of requesting a campus audit Regular meetings of Faculty Council chairs of all schools convened with FA leadership to discuss how we can support better improving the input of faculty on the budget process in schools Budget
Ongoing work By-laws revision, which includes a new Non-Tenure- Track Forum as part of FAC, more gender-inclusive language in the by-laws, and reflects new Teaching Professor roles Clarifying the role/work of APT Ensuring strong faculty voice in the Chancellor search, VCFA search, anniversary celebrations,, and other important work across campus Creating clearer pathways for communication between FA and School Faculty Councils Improving Faculty Governance
Faculty Senate: Caregiving equity resolution Tacoma and Bothell Chancellor role resolution Diversity designation task force review (tri- campus) Supporting faculty during Covid Faculty governance (EC, APT, FAC) Deans EVCAA Other important updates
