Board of Regents

November 5, 2024

November 2024 – Academic and Student Affairs Committee Meeting

Regents Fuller (Chair), Forsman, Harris, Rhoads, Rice, Riojas, Rustan, Schumacher, Tamaki, Walker, Zeeck

Thursday, November 14, 2024

10:15 a.m.

Milgard Assembly Room in William W. Philip Hall on the Tacoma Campus

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Approval of Minutes of Committee Meeting on September 12, 2024 COMMITTEE ACTION
1.

Academic and Administrative Appointments*

Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

ACTION A-1
2.

Approve Establishment of Master of Arts in International Studies (East Asia Studies), Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, College of Arts and Sciences*

Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

ACTION A-2
3.

Approve Establishment of Master of Science (Speech & Hearing Sciences: Non-Clinical), Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences*

Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

ACTION

A-3

 

4.

Approve Title Change of the Master of Science (Physiology and Biophysics) and Doctor of Philosophy (Physiology and Biophysics), Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine*

Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

ACTION A-4
5.

Provost’s Report

Tricia R. Serio, Provost and Executive Vice President

INFORMATION A-5
6.

Graduate Equity Progress Tool

Joy Williamson-Lott, Dean, Graduate School

INFORMATION A-6
7.

Introduction of New UW Tacoma Leadership

Sheila Edwards Lange, Chancellor, UW Tacoma

INFORMATION A-7
8.

UW Tacoma: Building a Student-Centric and Community-Engaged Campus of the Future

Sheila Edwards Lange, Chancellor, UW Tacoma

Mentha Hynes-Wilson, Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs, UW Tacoma

Sylvia James, Vice Chancellor, Finance & Administration, UW Tacoma

Joe Lawless, Chief Strategy Officer, UW Tacoma

Lluliana Sanchez, UW Tacoma Student

Marleina Mu’a, UW Tacoma Student

INFORMATION A-8
9. Other Business