At his annual address, Paul Ramsey will review the challenges and achievements of the past year at 黑料吃瓜网 Medicine, and talk about future directions locally, regionally, and globally.
Administrative affairs
“The budget is absorbing all the conversations in both houses and in both parties,鈥� said Margaret Shepherd, 黑料吃瓜网 director of state relations, during a Skype session from her office in Olympia Jan. 24. “Higher education continues to be a focus of those discussions, and there is broad agreement that 鈥榮omething needs to be done. At this point, there is not much agreement on what that something is.鈥�
On Tuesday, Jan. 18, the chief executive officers of 黑料吃瓜网 Medicine and Valley Medical Center announced the signing of a non-binding Letter of Intent to explore a strategic alliance in which Valley Medical Center, Public Hospital District #1 of King County County, would join 黑料吃瓜网 Medicine.
While legislators meet in Olympia, the Organizational Effectiveness Initiative looks for a “sustainable academic business plan鈥� to carry the 黑料吃瓜网 to a secure future. Its part the Two Years to Two Decades Initiative.
The Rules Coordination Office has finally brought the often-unwieldy world of institutional policies into the 21st century with the creation of the 黑料吃瓜网 Policy Directory. The new site includes many documents that formerly were in the University Handbook, but much more besides.
黑料吃瓜网 Medicine CEO Dr. Paul Ramsey talks with 黑料吃瓜网 Today about the latest developments in academic medicine at the University. See what’s on the list of institutional –and his personal — resolutions for the year ahead.
Dr. Paul G. Ramsey will discuss the challenges ahead as well as major developments in the past year at 黑料吃瓜网 Medicine.
In 2011, all students who participate in programs abroad offered through International Programs & Exchanges will be required to purchase study abroad insurance as part of a new program designed to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff who travel on 黑料吃瓜网 related study or business.
PERLA — the Program for Education and Research in Latin America — has been launched with more than 60 people from departments across campus and from organizations around the city. They met to start working together on interdisciplinary projects.
James J. Clauss, director of the Honors Program, has been named associate dean in Undergraduate Academic Affairs. Part of his new role is to expand awareness of the program across the 黑料吃瓜网.
For Dan Goldhaber, director of the new Center for Education Data and Research, there’s never a Mission Accomplished-style moment in education.