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- Title:
- Lisa Rankin Faircloth interview
- Interviewee:
- Rankin Faircloth, Lisa
- Interviewer:
- Hua, Joan, 1989-
- Date Created:
- 2019-12-23
- Role:
- Staff
- Department:
- Administration; Student Affairs; Admissions; Advising
- Subjects:
- Recruitment retention advising community outreach Tacoma Public Schools Black Collective Black Student Union (BSU) SEIU Local 925 labor union student organization diversity
- Biography:
- Lisa Rankin Faircloth (b. 1961) was born in Tacoma and grew up in Spanaway, Washington. Before she came to UW Tacoma in 1992, she had worked at Tacoma Community College and University of Puget Sound. At UW Tacoma, she eventually became the Multicultural Recruitment, Admissions, and Retention Specialist. She advised students, helping them to navigate the complex academic system and to transition from community colleges, military services, family life, and professional careers. She played an important role in conducting community outreach and recruiting diverse students from Tacoma public schools. She has been the advisor for the Black Student Union (BSU) more than once. As a member of SEIU Local 925, she has served as a union steward and the chapter president representing all three UW campuses. She left UW Tacoma in 2009. She is now a minister and lives in South Carolina.
- Description:
- Lisa Rankin Faircloth begins her interview by recounting her trajectory working in higher education, which started at Tacoma Community College. She describes her encounter with Carl Rueben Brown, who was president of the NAACP Tacoma branch and active in the Black Collective and Tacoma Urban League. Recalling former colleagues like Steve Smith, Rebecca Gallogly, and Lisa Tice, she shares memories working in Student Affairs when UW Tacoma was creating new programs from scratch. Discussing her close interactions with students through advising and the Black Student Union (BSU), she mentions early alumni, including Bryan Neal, Jelisa Marshall, Clearance Slaughter, and Irish Finch. In the later part of the interview, she discusses significant events in the UW Tacoma history, including the BSU's advocating for diversity and representation in faculty hiring and collective bargaining efforts when she was the chapter president of SEIU Local 925.
- Location:
- United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma
- Type:
- Sound; Text; StillImage
- Format:
- cpd
- Preferred Citation:
- University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington Tacoma Library, UWTOH201903