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  The Conversation about the Future was a year-long series of events designed to encourage discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing the University of Washington of the future. How will the future be different than the past? How will that future change the way in which we educate students and create new knowledge?

The summaries – general and individual – are intended to give you a glimpse into the conversations that took place.

 



CONVERSATION SUMMARIES

        Conversation About the Future: Toward a Culture of Possibilities
by President Richard L. McCormick
 
     
        Themes of the Conversation About the Future       
        Board of Deans' Special Report       
        Faculty Conversation About the Future of Liberal Education at the UW        
        UW Staff Conversations Report       
        Analysis of the College Student Forums      
        Final Report from the students of Rethinking the University, CHID 498E    

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BULLETIN BOARD OF PAST AND FUTURE EVENTS


COMPLETE ARCHIVE OF INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS

August 2000

  President's Staff Forum Conversation--
Community Building - Inside and Out
  August 9

July 2000

  President's Staff Forum Conversation
Workstyle Enrichment, Job Enhancement, and Community, UW Bothell

  July 27
  President's Staff Forum Conversation
Workstyle Enrichment, Job Enhancement, and Community, Harborview Medical Center
  July 27
  President's Staff Forum Conversation
Workstyle Enrichment, Job Enhancement, and Community,
UW Tacoma
  July 27
  President's Staff Forum Conversation
Job Enhancement, Technology and Transitions
  July 25
  Conversation on Research
Faculty Council on Research Subcommittee
  July 24
  Conversation About the Future--Musings on the Arts   July 22
  President's Staff Forum Conversation
Workstyle Enrichment, Family and Workplace
  July 12

June 2000

  Business Leaders Conversation About the Future
Vancouver, Washington
  June 16
  President-Student Forum conversation with the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences
  June 1

May 2000

  Regent Proctor's Dinner Conversation About the Future
  May 25
  President-Student Forum conversation with the College of Architecture and Urban Planning
  May 16
 

The Future of Faculty Governance
A
forum sponsored by the Faculty Senate

  May 12
  Race in the 21st Century, a conversation
  May 12
  Graduate & Professional Student Conversations,
Diversity in Graduate Education
  May 10
  President-Student Forum conversation with the School of Business
  May 10
  President-Student Forum conversation with the School of Medicine
  May 8
  Statewide business leader conversation in Wenatchee
  May 5
  Public Intellectuals and the Crisis of Higher Education (Dr. Giroux)
  May 4
  President-Student Forum, College of Arts & Sciences, Social Sciences Division (Part II)
  May 4
  President-Student Forum, College of Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences Division
  May 3
  Regent Knaus' Dinner Conversation About the Future
  May 3
  Regent Constance Proctor's dinner conversation
  May 2
  Graduate and Professional Student Senate conversation
The University and the State - Mutual Responsibility
  May 2
  President-Student Forum conversation with the School of Dentistry
  May 2

April 2000

  Regent Dan Evans' Dinner Conversation About the Future
  April 26
 

Board of Deans' Retreat, Special Report: A Contribution to the Conversation about the Future from the Board of Deans

Please note: This report is in Adobe Acrobat Reader format. It can only be read and printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader software (version 3.0 or higher preferred). To obtain the free Acrobat software, follow this link to Adobe's website and follow the download instructions.

  April 23-25
  President-Student Forum conversation, School of Pharmacy
  April 21
  Regent Knaus' Dinner Conversation About the Future
  April 19
  Graduate & Professional Student Conversations, Graduate Student Labor
  April 19
  Graduate & Professional Student Conversations, Professional Development and Mentoring
  April 11
  Professional Staff Organization's Conversation About the Future
Feb. 23, March 14, and April 11
  April 11
  President-Student Forum conversation, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
  April 7
  Graduate & Professional Student Conversation about Information Technology
  April 5
  Free Speech, Dissent, and Citizen Participation: the role of the university" by Ralph Nader
  April 1

March 2000

  Regent Jerry Grinstein Dinner Conversation
  March 28
  President-Student Forum conversation, School of Law
  March 27
  Regent Mari Clack Dinner Conversation
  March 15
  Professional Staff Organization's Conversation About the Future
  March 14
  Regent Cindy Zehnder Dinner Conversation
  March 13
  Beyond 2020: Thinking in the Future Tense
  March 13
  President-Student Forum conversation, College of Forest Resources
  March 10
  Regent Ark Chin Dinner Conversation
  March 8
  President-Student Forum Conversation with the College of Engineering
  March 6
  President-Student Forum Conversation with College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Arts and Humanities
  March 3
  President-Student Forum conversation, School of Social Work
  March 1

February 2000

  Sciences and Humanities:
Do the sciences need the humanities and do the humanities need the sciences?
  February 24
  Diversity on Campus:
A New Century of Implications, with Mr. Ellis Cose
  February 23
  President-Student Forum conversation,
Evans School of Public Affairs
  February 22
  Rethinking the University:
The Future of Liberal Education

  February 11
  Rethinking the University:
The Future of Liberal Education, Diversity in Liberal Education
  February 10
  President-Student Forum conversation
School of Nursing

  February 9
  Public Health Sciences & the Biotechnology Industry:
Exploring Opportunities for Partnerships
  February 7
  Development Services Strategic Planning
"Servin' Safari" Retreat
  February 4
  University of Washington Alumni Association Conversation About the Future
  February 4
  Rethinking the University The future of liberal education.
Cultivating the useless: rhetoric and the liberal arts in the age of consumerism.
  February 3
  President-Student Forum conversation,
Tacoma Campus

  February 1

January 2000

  Rethinking the University
The future of liberal education. The university as citizen: the future of an identity.
  January 27
  President-Student Forum conversation
UW Bothell
  January 25
  President-Student Forum conversation, College of Education
  January 12
  Rethinking the University:
The promise and perils of strategic planning
  January 5

December 1999

  Conversation with UW Staff
UW Tacoma
  December 16
  Teaching Academy Conversations
  December 2
and 9

  Conversation with UW Staff
UW Seattle

  December 3

November 1999

  Conversation with Dr. Orlando Taylor
  November 18
  Conversations with UW Staff
UW Bothell

  November 18
  Conversation About the Future Campus Master Plan
  November 16