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The Executive Council provides leadership for the Faculty Assembly of UW Tacoma. It is concerned with all domains of faculty authority, duties of the UW Tacoma faculty, as well as professional and personnel issues affecting the faculty. The Executive Council is directly accountable to the faculty as a whole, from which it is elected. It may act on behalf of the faculty and shall account to the faculty for those acts. The Executive Council may formulate specific policy proposals, which are then forwarded to the Faculty Assembly for a vote.
Chair 2024 - 2025:
Anne Taufen
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Vice Chair 2024 - 2025:
Andrea Hill
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Quick Links
- Policy and Reference Documents
- Faculty Assembly Quarterly Meetings and Special Events
- Note: All-Faculty meetings (Quarterly meetings) and Executive Council meetings ARE subjected to the Open Public Meetings Act requirements. Faculty Quarterly meetings are to be held in person. Locations are below
- Please complete this required Open Government Training. This will take no more than 20 minutes.
- Archived Agendas & Minutes & Final Reports
Representatives:
- Julie Masura, APCC Chair, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, 2024-2025
- Incoming APCC Chair: Julie Masura, 2025-2026
- Bryan Goda, APT Chair, School of Engineering and Technology, 2024-2025
- Incoming Chair of APT: Yonn Dierwechter, 2025-2026
- Ken Cruz, FAC Chair, School of Social Work and Criminal Justice, 2024-2025
- Incoming Chair of FAC: Ken Cruz, 2025-2026
- Huatong Sun, Past Chair, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, 2024-2025
- VACANT, UEAC Chair, 2024-2025
- Kurt Hatch, School Of Education, 2023-2026
- Monika Sobolewska, School of Engineering and Technology, 2020-2026
- James West, School of Engineering and Technology, 2020-2026
- Zhiquan (Andy) Shu, School of Engineering and Technology, 2021-2027
- Barb Toews, School of Social Work and Criminal Justice, 2019-2025
- Incoming Representative: TBD
- Robin Evans-Agnew, School of Nursing & Healthcare Leadership, 2022-2025
- Incoming SNHCL Representative: Christine Stevens, 2025-2028
- Greg Noronha, Milgard School of Business, 2024-2027
- Gary Viers, Milgard School of Business, 2023-2026
- Bara Safarova, School of Urban Studies, 2024-2027
- Mary Hanneman, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, 2020-2026 (New Representative starting 2025-2026)
- Incoming representative: Matthew Harvey
- Emily Thuma, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, 2024-2027
- Jenny Xiao, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, 2022-2025
- Incoming Representative: Maria-Tania Bandes Becerra Weingarden, SIAS, 2025-2028
- Alex Miller, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, 2022-2025
- Incoming Representative: Allen Olson, SIAS, 2025-2028
- Margaret Griesse, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, 2022-2025
- Incoming Representative, EC Cline, SIAS, 2025-2028
- Ander Erickson, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, 2024-2027
- Sushil Oswal, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, 2023-2026
- Sheila Edwards Lange, Chancellor, Ex-Officio
- Andrew Harris, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Ex-Officio
- TBD: ASUWT President, Ex-Officio
- Johanna Jacobsen Kiciman, Library Representative, Ex-Officio
Academic Year 2025-2026 EC Meeting Agendas & Minutes
Meetings will be mostly on Zoom with an option of in-person attendance in the Dawn Lucien Boardroom (Garrettson Woodruff Pratt, 320)
- Monday, September 15, 2025 Executive Council (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes
- Friday September 26, 2025 Faculty Assembly Fall Retreat (MLG 110)
- Agenda/Flyer
- Friday, October 10, 2025 Executive Council (Zoom), Agenda & Minutes
- Monday, October 27, 2025 Executive Council (Zoom) Agenda & Minutes
- Friday, November 14, 2025 Executive Council (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes
- Monday, November 24, 2025 Executive Council (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes
- Friday, December 5, 2025 Executive Council (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes
- Friday, January 9, 2026 Executive Council (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes
- Friday, January 23, 2026 Faculty Assembly Winter Meeting (WPH, Milgard Assembly Room)
- Agenda/Flyer
- Friday, February 6, 2026 Executive Council (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes
- Monday, February 23, 2026 Executive Council (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes
- Friday, March 6, 2026 Executive Council (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes
- Monday, March 30, 2026 Executive Council (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes
- Friday, April 10, 2026 Faculty Assembly Spring Quarter Meeting (WPH, Milgard Assembly Room) , Flyer
- Monday, April 27, 2026 Executive Council (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes
- Friday, May 8, 2026 Executive Council (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes
- Friday, May 29, 2026 Executive Council Final Meeting (Hybrid), Agenda & Minutes