Sushi Revolution
According to Ed’s Diner, a new sushi restaurant on Tacoma Mall Boulevard is expected to open later this year called Sushi Revolution.
Look for a fancy conveyor belt carrying sushi. The Grand Opening should be later this month.
Opening October 24th
5225 Tacoma Mall Blvd. Suite #D101
Link to Ed’s Diner
13 comments
B Bell Capt: January 15, 2008
“ditto” Erik B….“start the engines”!
S Squid January 15, 2008
If you want enrollment to grow faster, you need to talk to your legislators. UWT doesn’t determine their enrollment growth. They make their bi-annual request and then it inevitably gets pared down in the legislature. People need to be realistic about enrollment growth – there are internal factors which do and should limit how fast an institution grows. The last thing you want is for growth to happen at the expense of quality. UWT has certainly pushed that envelope in the past. The should grow, but they can’t sprint forever.
E Erik B. January 15, 2008
If you want enrollment to grow faster, you need to talk to your legislators.
Good point. Perhaps this will given objective measure for the performance of our state legislators.
UW Seattle is at 40,000. UWT is around 2500. We have a ways to go. They also have Seattle University.
On the other had, Tacoma was given Western State Hospital.
S Squid January 15, 2008
Erik, just saying, growing a campus has lots of moving parts, not just money. You need to hire faculty (most of them tenured) to teach those students, and that is a time-consuming, laborious process. You have to start new academic programs (see: accreditation issues, curriculum design, etc.), hire staff for support services, etc. etc. etc. It’s not like snapping your fingers. Growing UWT to 15,000 students will – and should – take 20 years still. Or somewhere in that neighborhood.
Having said that, it will still take heat on legislators to even accomplish growth on that timetable.
A Andrew Campbell January 15, 2008
These are really good comments. I’m a current employee of the university and from time to time I assist with work on the master plan. In talking to higher ups my understanding is that this growth is indeed inevitable. I think the question at this point is how fast it will happen. I have to agree that growth like that should take 20 years. That being said, we’re in a stage right now of assesing the ACTUAL growth rates. This part of the process requires establighing a number of things, from community desire to clean data. Whenever the question of growth is brought up the immediate retort is to ask how well we’re using the space we have now. That’s a big part of where the U is at this point.
I’ve been looking forward to this forum for quite some time, it’s a great chance for all of us in the community to get actual face time with those in charge and get an opinion on the record when it comes to the growth of UWT and its impact on Tacoma.
M morgan January 15, 2008
UW Seattle is at 40,000. UWT is around 2500. We have a ways to go. They also have Seattle University.
…they also have the Art Institute, SPU, City University, UW Extension, and at least three very large and popular community colleges.
I think UWT can handle a little more growth than what we are currently we are seeing. The bigger issue, as I’ve heard it, is that TCC feels threatened by the new kid in town. If this is indeed true, they should realize that what’s good for UWT is also good for them.
But Market Street should remain open.
G gritcitygirl January 15, 2008
As someone who’s been involved in UWT’s growth on every level (student to planning) I’m here to tell you: They are growing about as fast as possible. They have converted broom closets to office space and moved some staff off campus in an effort to accommodate more growth. Professors can only do so much and students need support services if they are going to be retained. Its not just about packing more students into classrooms. Its about making their experience good enough for them to stay in our community.
I think UWT should be applauded for growing as fast as they have. The rest of the community needs to recognize this and, if they want to help, demand money from the legislature for more buildings.
E Erik B. January 15, 2008
The rest of the community needs to recognize this and, if they want to help, demand money from the legislature for more buildings.
Yes. Tacomans should travel to Olympia and demand educational parity with Seattle and a roadmap and timeline set out of how we are going to get there.
Tacoma keeps talking about how important education is. Yet, most people still have to leave the city to obtain advanced education.
The bigger issue, as I’ve heard it, is that TCC feels threatened by the new kid in town
The community colleges feel threatened by UWT becoming an expanded 4 year university because the community colleges want to make sure that they have spots reserved for their students. Understandable.
UWT been a great asset in many ways to Tacoma. However, the enrollment is still pretty nominal for a city of 200,000. Thus, UWT has just over 1 percent of the city population in it.
As an example, Bellingham has a population of arounf 75,000 and WWU has a student body of 10,000 that’s about 15 percent. An extreme example but it shows how far back Tacoma is on education being available here.
M morgan January 15, 2008
To follow up on Erik:
The UWT is in a unique position to be not just the public four year university of Tacoma but the entire South Sound.
That is huge.
S Squid January 15, 2008
When UWT is attracting students from around the state, enrollment comparisons to Western, Central, Eastern and Evergreen will be valid.
Take a look at historical growth patterns at all those institutions. Factor in that UWT was originally created as a 2-year school to serve Pierce County community college transfer students and time-bound, place-bound adults, with limited programs.
UWT will be doing well to build up to 5000 students in another 10 years. It will take 20 years to get to 10,000 students, probably 30 years to reach 15,000 students. It will take tremendous community support to reach those numbers on that timeline, given competition for higher ed dollars and a lack of citizen will to fund higher education.
S Squid January 15, 2008
Morgan, the entire South Sound? You forget about them Geoducks in Olympia, who have a valid claim on being a significant public 4-year university located in the South Sound.
P Peter Whitley January 17, 2008
I attended the meeting yesterday along with about 35 or 40 other people. There were small number of students. Most of the people were staff or area business owners.
The meeting was short. Three questions were posed to the attendees (paraphrased):
1. What is best about UWT?
2. What needs improvement?
3. What is your vision for the campus?
In short there were concerns about lots of different aspects. Here are a few that I recall…
The quality and availability of indoor spaces, (in some cases), leaves a lot to be desired.
There should be a staff lounge.
Parking is a consistent problem.
Security is a concern with some students uncomfortable walking up the hill after evening classes.
My primary contribution was that I want to see the campus retain its porous borders so that people moving through the area don’t feel like they’ve suddenly “crossed over” onto campus (e.g., UW-Seattle).
Also, I encouraged the architects and other attendees to consider that a sizable portion of the student body would use a skateboard for campus transportation and, similarly, a small campus skatepark (institutional plaza style…no bowls and such) for recreation. Currently, UWT is notoriously unaccepting of skateboarding even for cross-campus travel. Bikes lanes? Sure. Skateboarding lanes? Why not?
C CA January 17, 2008
I like the idea of porous borders for UWT. Im not a UWT student(yet) but routinely walk through campus on my way to restaraunts, coffee shops, etc. As the campus expands it needs to remain inviting to everyone.