Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update starting with three important announcements/updates:

Update from the Center for International Education:

CIE provided an update on the Executive Order on Immigration on February 2.

Reminder: Zilber School of Public Health Dean Candidates on campus this week:

• Jasjit Ahluwalia visits campus Sunday-Tuesday (February 5-7)
  Open Forum: Monday, February 6, 3-4 p.m., Zilber SPH 109

• Jesus Ramirez-Valles visits campus Wednesday-Friday (February 8-10)
  Open Forum: Thursday, February 9, 3 -4 p.m., Zilber SPH 109

Candidate CVs and campus interview schedules are on line at: https://uwm.edu/secu/searches/zsph/dean-search-finalist/.

Campus Open Forum: Feedback on Strategic Opportunities

Tuesday, February 7 @ 9 a.m.

UWM Student Union, Wisconsin Room

The Chancellor invites you all to an open forum to provide feedback on the Chancellor’s Strategic Opportunities Work Group (CSOWG) draft document. A live webcast of the open forum will be available to those unable to attend in person. The video will be posted to the CSOWG website after the meeting.

Kudos

– NSF awarded funding to four UWM Electrical Engineering professors, Adel Nasiri, Lingfeng Wang, Robert Cuzner, and David Yu, to establish an I/UCRC GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronics Systems (GRAPES) center at UWM. The six founding industry members, American Transmission Company, Eaton, DRS Technologies, M-WERC, S&C Electric, and We Energies are each participating at $40K per year. The initial NSF grant is $100K/year for three years. Well done, Engineers!

–  Dawn Hennes, Communication Sciences and Disorders, will receive the 2017 WSHA Salutes Outstanding Service Award from the Wisconsin Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Association for her remarkable dedication to the speech-language-hearing profession in the area of schools-based clinical education. Congratulations, Dawn!

In the news

– Peter McPherson, President of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), issued a statement in response to the Executive Order on Immigration. You can also view responses from other APLU members, including UWM.

– UWM and the College of Health Sciences will be represented by Timothy Patrick (Health Informatics and Administration) on the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).

The Week        

Monday

Today begins with a breakfast meeting with ZSPH dean candidate Jasjit Ahluwalia. I meet with Robin Van Harpen and will attend the Academic Staff Committee meeting. The Chancellor’s Cabinet meets and my weekly staff meeting is in the afternoon. CEMAT meets and agenda items include MKE Scholars/Burke Foundation and an update on Scholarship Fundraising.

Tuesday

We have the campus Open Forum – Feedback on Strategic Opportunities (see above). I meet with Kim Litwack and Michael Doylen, and I’ll also attend the University Committee meeting. The Academic Leadership Council meets and agenda items include UWM relationships/agreements with outside parties, an ISS project presentation, Gateway Course Revitalization, and an Athletics discussion. I also have my wrap-up meeting with ZSPH dean candidate Jasjit Ahluwalia

Wednesday

I have several meetings with direct reports and Val Klump. In the afternoon, I have a meeting regarding campus space, my one on one with the Chancellor, and I end the day meeting with Mark Harris.

Thursday

I start the day with a breakfast meeting with ZSPH dean candidate Jesus Ramirez-Valles. From there, I will attend the Academic Planning and Budget meeting, and meet with Stan Stojkovic and one of the finalist candidates for the HBSSW Professor of Applied Gerontology. We then have an L&S Natural Sciences Student Success Initiative meeting. I end the day meeting with a number of our international students

Friday

I meet with Tom Luljak and SOIS will have its academic/budget planning meeting. The day ends with a wrap-up meeting with ZSPH dean candidate Jesus Ramirez-Valles.

Announcements

Reimagining Sefarad, A Poet’s Perspective: A Reading and Discussion with Marjorie Agosín

LACUSL Speaker Series: Patrick Bellegarde-Smith presents, “Theorems of Liberation: Culture and National Development in Haiti”

Institute of World Affairs kicks off 2017 Fireside Forum on Foreign Policy discussing trade, technology and jobs

Women’s and Gender Studies Spring 2017 Brown Bag Series presents Geography PhD Candidate Yui Hashimoto

Julie Kline, Associate Director, UWM CLACS presents, “‘I continue speaking my language’: Filming and Producing a Documentary Sequel on the Maya Movement in Guatemala”

Join in the winter bike challenge on Friday, February 10. Meet on the Maryland Avenue pedestrian bridge at 7:30 a.m. for a UWM group photo, and the Union Grind is offering a free 12 oz. coffee from 7-9 a.m. for anyone with a bike helmet.

Building Ummah: Transcending Racial and Ethnic Divisions in the Muslim Communit

The Common Reading Experience Selection Committee is looking for nominations for this year’s Common Read Book, with preferred theme around Free Speech

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships – Deadline February 15

Educational Technology Fee Call for Proposals – Deadline February 15

Call for proposals to support grant-writing for collaborative group research projects in the digital humanities – Deadline February 15

Call for Submissions: In celebration of Women’s History Month, Women’s and Gender Studies hosts the annual “UWM Student Research Paper and Project Contest” – Deadline February 24

Pre-Registration going on now for Equity/Diversity Services 2nd Diversity Series Event on March 31

Other

Qatar Airways now holds the record for the longest scheduled flight – 17 h and 30 m!

Take care,

Johannes