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AUTUMN 2018 DIVISIONAL JOURNEY
Our journey as a division under the leadership of our Vice Chancellor, Mentha Hynes-Wilson, began with laying foundational work in the autumn 2018 implementing a Strategic Sprint to lay out our new mission, vision, and values as a division.
SPRING 2019
"A Whole New Student Affairs" began to emerge as a road map of where we are going.
SUMMER 2019
The official renaming of the division to "Student Affairs" occurred. This change in name more accurately reflects the growth of the division, as well as better aligns with national practices and standards. Office and position realignments also occurred at this time to best position the division for the continued growth and future of UW Tacoma.
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AUTUMN 2019
The new mission, vision, values, and six 2019 - 2020 Student Affairs actionable goals were launched at the Student Affairs Retreat.
SPRING 2020
Student Affairs is rebranding to MOVING FORWARD, which compliments the UW Boundless brand. Student Affairs continues moving forward! Student Affairs is one team, one staff. Together, we can achieve more and do it stronger. Having a consistent look, that compliments the UW brand, will make us more effective and recognizable in our work.
SPRING 2020
The Division of Student Affairs stepped forward with numerous innovations in response to the COVID-19 environment, ranging from the administration of emergency aid and Husky Card distribution, to curbside orientations and high touch virtual support across many of our areas. Even in this new environment, Student Affairs maintained course on creating ways to engage, support, and welcome our students.
Student Affairs also launched two new employee recognition programs. The Student Affairs Spotlight was created to recognize one of our amazing staff members each month for their hard work, dedication, and passion for serving students and the UW Tacoma community. The Team Spirit Award is a quarterly recognition that goes to any team in the division that exemplifies the Division’s values and goals in their work to support students. The Team Spirit Award comes with a visit from our new Student Affairs Mascot, Harlie, a larger than life (literally) plush Husky.
Autumn 2020
The Student Affairs Team has worked tirelessly to meet the needs of the students through this unusual and trying time. The divisional staff though talent, trust, and transparency made it look easy even though it wasn’t. During the Autumn quarter, intentional efforts of providing “Grace and Space” were provided for staff to focus on their growth, professional development, and acquisition of tools in order to apply self-care, recharge, and be ready to propel students forward.
As a result, conceptualization of important topics has occurred including developing an antiracist action plan, providing resources and outreach to adult learners, and continuing to find ways to reach and engage our students in a virtual mode, such as through DawgDen2.0 where there are currently 300,000 DawnBones already accrued this quarter alone.
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WINTER 2021
The Winter quarter has been a time of introspection and preparing the groundwork for the road ahead. We have made strides on many of our commitments. This quarter we have had the initial launch to the Moving Staff Forward which is currently receiving feedback from our team in hopes to further shape the more expansive role of providing resources, information, and tools for our staff. Our commitment to Moving Our Students Forward begins with also cultivating and developing the talent that supports them.
The Student Affairs Executive Leadership Team has also worked hard to achieve the first goal of the 2020-2021 anti-racist action plan which is to Engage the Student Affairs Leadership Team (SALT) in antiracist work. A training was identified and committed to with two cohorts of 10-12 participants led by the Center for Ethical Leadership. The first cohort began at the end of March 2021 with the purpose to introduce frameworks and practices associated with Values-based Leadership for the Common Good to help pursue equity in a moral framework and co-create a more anti-racist culture. The hope is that the two cohorts will share their learnings with their teams and to help with projects that move the division forward in their anti-racist work recognizing that this work is ongoing.
