Updates from UW Tacoma

Here are some helpful updates about UW Tacoma:



 SAVE-THE-DATE: HUSKY DAY (PREVIEW DAY INFO) – Please encourage your students to come to UW Tacoma to speak with current students, find out about scholarships, financial aid and admissions and take a tour of campus and housing

• December 3rd from 1:00-3:30pm

• January 7th from 1:00-3:30pm

 CAMPUS OPEN HOUSE – We are going to offer a fuller, larger Open House experience twice a year. These evenings will include tours, faculty, academic programs, student organizations, financial aid and housing.

• Fall Open House – October 27th from 3:30-6:00pm – this date has changed since your update in the Spring

• Spring Open House – April 3rd from 3:30-6:00pm

 APPLICATION DATES – The Priority Scholarship Deadline is January 15th and the Admissions Deadline is March 1st. Please remember the FAFSA is still due Feb. 28th (even if it will be a leap year).

 CAMPUS TOURS –We offer individual Campus Tours daily (Mon-Fri) at 3:00pm leaving from MAT 206.

• SCHEDULE A CAMPUS VISIT -- We would love to host you, your students, or an entire group from your school. Our group visit request form is here: http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/enrollmentservices/admissions/visit/group_visits.cfm

• VIDEO TOUR OF CAMPUS – If you have never been to UW Tacoma or would like to see it from a student perspective. Check this out:

http://youtu.be/oVVN8Adi-2o



 NOW ACCEPTING FRESHMAN APPLICATIONS FOR WINTER QUARTER – For the first time in our history UW Tacoma will be accepting freshman applications for new students who want to start in Winter Quarter. Those applications will be due October 15th, but the application is open now.

 NEW MAJORS AT UW TACOMA – New majors for the 2011-2012 school year are: Writing Studies – Creative Writing, History and a new liberal arts based major Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences

 SOCIAL MEDIA AT UWT (TWITTER & FACEBOOK) – Social media is becoming a great way for us to connect with you and your students and their families. We encourage you to ‘Follow’ or ‘Like’ us to keep up with where we are and changes to the admission and application process:

• Twitter - @uwt4me

o Just named by studentadvisor.com as one of the top 10 college admissions twitter accounts

• Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/uwtacoma

 UW TACOMA ON-CAMPUS HOUSING INFORMATION – We are still surprised to hear “You have housing!?!” from students, families and counselors. UW Tacoma is actually in our fourth year with on-campus housing for undergraduate students! More info: http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/studentaffairs/SS/housing_oncampus.cfm

Courtsey of Melody Ferguson UW Tacoma Campus Rep! :-)