April 3, 2017  |  News & Events, Provost's Updates

Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs.

Interim director: Continuing Education

Following the announcement of the retirement of Dr. Paula Rhyner, I would like to begin the process of identifying an interim director for the School of Continuing Education. The position will be at least a 75% appointment and will commence on July 6, 2017. Tenured faculty members and academic staff are eligible for consideration for the position. Anyone who is interested should submit a current CV and a brief statement (up to 2 pages) on their planned approach for leading the School of Continuing Education. Materials should be submitted to me no later than the end of business on Friday, April 21, 2017.

Finalists: College of Nursing Dean’s search

We have three finalists for the College of Nursing Dean. Their CVs and visit itineraries will be announced later this week. I want to thank the Search and Screen Committee for their hard work.

Kudos

– Proposals from 18 UWM faculty and scientists have been selected for funding in the 2017-2018 Research Growth Initiative®, an internal seed-funding competition aimed at enhancing the university’s research and scholarly work supporting the state’s economic development through innovation. Well done!

– Roger Smith, Occupational Science and Technology, will deliver the prestigious Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture this week at the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) annual national conference in Philadelphia. Congratulations, Roger!

– Cecilia Condit, Film, is currently exhibiting her work, “Tales of a Future Past,” at the Lynden Sculpture Garden and was recently reviewed in the Journal Sentinel. Congratulations, Cecilia!

– Richard Smiraglia, SOIS, has been awarded an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant to support the “Digging into Knowledge Graph” project. Dr. Smiraglia is leading the project with international partners from the Netherlands and Canada. Well done, Richard!

– PSOA Music alum Josh Schmidt composed the music for the new musical, “Midwestern Gothic,” that premiered at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA and was reviewed in the Washington Post.

– PSOA Art & Design alumni will participate in a mural project on Kinnickinnic Avenue in Bay View.

– PSOA Film alum Sky Hopinka screened his documentary, “Visions of an Island,” at the 2017 Whitney Biennial. He was also featured in a story in The New Yorker.

– PSOA Art & Design alum Don Rambadt was named Woodson Art Museum 2017 Master Artist.

– Nursing alum Ann Tescher was recently awarded “Best Overall Contribution to the Field” Scientific Poster Winner at the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s 2017 Biennial Conference, recognizing Ann as a leader in the wound care provider community.

Correction

There was an error in the Randy Goree obituary that was published last week. To honor Randy’s memory, please make a gift to the UWM Foundation. Choose “other” from the drop-down list for designation and enter Randy Goree Scholarship Fund.

In the News

An interesting article about the School of Freshwater Sciences’ R/V Neeskay.

The Week

Monday

My day begins with my weekly meeting with Robin Van Harpen, followed by the Chancellor’s Cabinet meeting. In the afternoon, I have my weekly staff meeting and a CEMAT meeting. Agenda items include review of enrollment data for fall 2017, SEM update, military credit, SEM high achieving students, metamajors initiative, and marketing and recruitment initiatives.

Tuesday

I have meetings with the Chancellor, Kanti Prasad, AAUP, and Ron Cisler (the focus of this meeting will be on the DPT program). In the afternoon, I attend part of the UC meeting and I also have meetings with Alan Shoho, Dave Clark (L&S), and my bi-weekly meeting with Tom Luljak.

Wednesday – Friday

I’m in Platteville on Wednesday for a UW-System Provosts meeting (agenda items include LEAP/Faculty Collaborative, Collaborative Research, Post-Tenure Review Policy, Program Discontinuation Policy, and Faculty Engagement in User-Testing of Learning Management System) and the Board of Regents meeting on Thursday and Friday. We have three degree programs on the agenda for approval – the PhD in Epidemiology and the MS and PhD in Atmospheric Sciences.

Friday and Saturday

We host the Wisconsin Science Olympiad on our campus and I will do some opening remarks on Saturday afternoon.

Announcements

Mary Sarah Bilder (Boston College Law School) will deliver the inaugural Jere D. McGaffey lecture 

Psoy Korolenko and Anna Shternshis bring to life “lost” Yiddish songs of WWII

Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Lisa Park

Jane Gallup, English, presents, “The Phallus and its Temporalities: Sexuality, Disability, and Aging”

Julia Paulk presents, “Cuban Slavery from Inside and Out: Cuban and US Narratives of Cuban Slavery”

WWHEL is sponsoring a professional development workshop entitled, “Professional Mobility: Networking Your Way to Opportunity,” on April 6 from 12 – 1 in the Golda Meir Library 4th Floor Conference Center. The panel presentation is a brown-bag event. Light refreshments will be available.

Final classroom safety training for this semester will be April 10. Register now!

Evening in the Land of the Rising Sun: Planetarium Series and Spring Festival Celebration

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This year’s Social Work Macro Practice Colloquium will be a screening of the film MILWAUKEE 53206

Other

Roger Federer did it again!

44 years ago, on April 3, the first cell phone call was made.

Take care,

Johannes

Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs