An Urban University Forum

Today I attended the Urban University Forum at University of Washington Tacoma Branch. Afterwards I took the bus to the main library where I described a little of the material from the Forum – Partnerships. It seems the Pacific Northwest Room could form a Partnership with groups in the city to Intentionally address the project of digitalizing older media.

The Roundtables and Panels were: Economic and Social Impacts of Urban Universities, University as Developer, and University as Community Partner. I was interested to hear Cheryl Jones, Executive Director of Allen Renaissance, express a particular concern about how development affects people.

There are projects large and small. There are different proportions to all of these projects, and –

To see a world in a grain of sand

And a heaven in a wild flower

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand

And eternity in an hour. - William Blake

Linda Ishem, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies, ended the day-long event with the information that the U of Washington Tacoma Branch intends to have community discussion groups about Partnerships.

The Keynote Address by Wim Wiewel , President of Portland State University, featured discussion about the Urban University system – The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities. Wim Wiewel also spoke about Portland State University.