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- Title:
- Vicky Carwein interview
- Interviewee:
- Carwein, Vicky L.
- Interviewer:
- Hua, Joan, 1989-
- Date Created:
- 2020-03-05
- Role:
- University administrator
- Department:
- Office of the Chancellor
- Subjects:
- first-generation student Executive Council for A Greater Tacoma Advisory Board Washington State Legislature Vicky Carwein William Philip Norman Dicks Bill Gerberding Sam Smith liberal arts Interdisciplinary education place-bound students Herb Simon Dawn Lucien Brian Ebersole Pierce County Mafia Dan Grimm Institute of Technology curriculum planning
- Biography:
- Vickie Lynn Carwein (b. 1948) was the first chancellor of University of Washington Tacoma. She joined UW Tacoma in 1995 as the new dean, succeeding Bill Richardson. Born in Gwynneville, Indiana, Carwein grew up in Indiana and was the first in her family to attend college. Prior to UW Tacoma, she began her academic career at University of Nevada Las Vegas as an instructor of nursing and later served as dean of the College of Health Sciences. After UW Tacoma, she served as the president of Westfield State College in Massachusetts and then chancellor of Washington State University's Tri-Cities campus for six years. She was later the chancellor of the former Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) from 2012 to 2017 before she retired. She holds a doctorate in nursing from Indiana University and master's degree in nursing from University of California, San Francisco.
- Description:
- Vicky Carwein describes her time as the dean and later first chancellor of UW Tacoma. In this interview, she explains her vision for the university and her approach to assembling an advisory board that included influential business leaders. She recalls making the personal decision to relocate to Tacoma and her first impressions of the campus that was still under construction then. She reflects on the rapid growth UW Tacoma experienced during her administration, the entrepreneurial spirit of the initial faculty, staff, and community movers and shakers, and the focus on serving the South Puget Sound region. She emphasizes the importance of the community and business leaders' investment in the success of UW Tacoma, and she compares her experience at UW Tacoma with other flagship university systems where she has worked.
- Location:
- United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma
- Type:
- Sound; Text; StillImage
- Format:
- cpd
- Preferred Citation:
- University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington Tacoma Library, UWTOH202009