May 5, 2025
Proposed Strengthening of UW Senate representation for UWT and UWB
In AY 2025-2026, the formula for faculty representation in the UW Senate that has been in place for the University of Washington for decades, is poised to be (retroactively) applied to Schools and Colleges on the Bothell and Tacoma campuses. The legislation currently before the UW Senate has been formulated to update the Faculty Code…
May 3, 2025
Connecting with our ASUWT Student Leaders and UW Faculty Senate colleagues
One of the many leadership initiatives of the 2024-2025 UW Faculty Senate team (Louisa Mackenzie, Aarti Bhat, Cindy Dougherty, Gautham Reddy, and Program Coordinator Jordan Smith) has been to strengthen ties between the UW Seattle, UW Bothell, and UW Tacoma campuses, and in particular among our elected faculty leaders. On Monday April 28 the UW…
April 30, 2025
Open Space Technology for our Faculty Assembly: Charting a New Course
With gratitude for Executive Council (EC) members who raised the idea of adopting Open Space Technology for our Spring all-faculty gathering, we can gladly report a successful, substantive, generative gathering. Six groups self-organized. Gathering at tables, Using flip charts, Talking together, Scribing ideas and questions, Posting handwritten notes, and reporting back to the assembled faculty….
April 1, 2025
Naming the Crisis, Fostering a Community of Care, and Shaping Our Future
Welcome to Spring Quarter. This is a challenging time for many faculty, and certainly for our students and staff colleagues as well. Cuts to federal programs and spending affect nearly every aspect of our daily work. Regardless of where folks find themselves on the political spectrum, when jobs, loans, tuition funds, research positions, and the…
March 21, 2025
Announcement: Faculty Assembly Spring Retreat
Dear Faculty Colleagues, Please join us on Friday, April 11, 2025 1:00-3:00PM in William Phillip Hall, Milgard Assembly Room, for the Faculty Assembly Spring Retreat where we collaborate, innovate, strategize and explore new ideas and perspectives together. We will have more details to follow after spring break. Please see the flyer below. Take care, Your…
December 18, 2024
Autumn 2024: Whew!
This has been a tumultuous autumn term for many in faculty governance across the UW (and indeed across the US!) – and the key message of this post is one of gratitude. UW Tacoma faculty colleagues, staff, and students have shown up for our campus, our programs, and our urban-serving mission – and it shows!…
March 7, 2024
2023 Distinguished Faculty Awards Presentation
Dear Faculty, Staff, Students, and the UW Community: It was so wonderful to share our Faculty Accomplishments with everyone. We would like to again congratulate the amazing work of Drs. Luna Zhang, Ellen Bayer, Alison Cardinal, and Emma Rose for their Distinguished Faculty Awards! Please see below for the official YouTube link. We would like…
February 7, 2024
2023 Distinguished Faculty Awards
Dear Faculty, Staff, Students, and Community, You are cordially invited to attend the 2023 Distinguished Faculty Awards on Tuesday, February 13, 2024 from 4:00-6:00 PM located in Milgard Hall (MLG) 110 on. As a campus community, we will celebrate the amazing accomplishments of our colleagues for their distinguished accomplishments in Research, Teaching, and Community Engagement….
January 23, 2023
Faculty Assembly 2023 Winter Quarter Meeting
Hello Faculty! Happy 2023 on behalf of the Faculty Assembly Leadership Team! Please mark your calendars to attend our winter quarter faculty assembly meeting on Friday, February 10th from 12:30 to 4pm. The tentative agenda is below. We are collecting donations for the pantry and a list of their needs is below. Hope to see you…
October 27, 2021
Recording now available: Meeting with Secretary of the Faculty Senate
Hello Faculty, The recording is now available and can be found here. If the recording is processing, you may download the recording by using your UWNetID. If you encounter any errors, please email assembly@uw.edu. Have a great rest of your Autumn quarter Andrew J Seibert Program Coordinator to Faculty Assembly Leadership