Good Morning, Colleagues.
Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs:
Kudos
– Ewa Barczyk shared with me that UWM Libraries’ impressive Milwaukee Polonia digital collection will be recognized with the Congressman Clement J. Zablocki “Civic Achievement Award” from the Polish-American Congress-Wisconsin Division at their November 8 meeting. This award is presented to individuals and organizations that are making a major difference within the Polish community both in the Milwaukee area and throughout the state of Wisconsin. Congratulations!
– Dan Patnode, Student Support Services, received his fifth Department of Education grant, which will bring $306,229 per year to UWM, employ three full-time employees, and six part-time student workers every semester, in addition to providing academic services to 250 students each year. Well done, Dan!
The Week:
Monday
The Chancellor’s Cabinet meets and then the Chancellor and I will attend the Academic Staff Committee meeting. The rest of the day is taken up by meetings with direct reports and budget meetings.
Tuesday
I meet with the Deans in the morning, followed by a number of meetings with direct reports.
Wednesday
I have meetings with direct reports including budget discussions.
Thursday
I will spend most of the day wrapping up stuff before I leave for South Africa.
Announcements
Framework for Teaching Workshop
– UW-Baraboo/Sauk County will be hosting a “Framework for Teaching” workshop on Friday, August 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The registration deadline is Monday, August 10.
Faculty Sabbatical Program Guidelines
– The 2016-17 faculty sabbatical guidelines are available. Note that the deadline for the Departments to forward proposals to the Deans’ offices is October 5. Please contact Bridgett Kemp (bkemp@uwm.edu or 229-4896) if you have any questions.
Title IX Training
– The Office of Equity/Diversity Services is offering a Title IX training open to all UWM employees on Wednesday, July 22 at 10 a.m. in Union 240. Register here. More information.
National College Learning Center Association
– UWM’s Panther Academic Support Services (PASS) is being featured at the upcoming conference of the National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA). The conference will be held from October 5-8 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Milwaukee. Read more about the 2015 NCLCA Conference. Additional information and conference registration is at www.nclca.org.
University-Neighborhood Initiative to Engage
Each year Neighborhood Relations hosts UNITE (University-Neighborhood Initiative to Engage) which is a visit initiative focused on engaging students as they move-in to the neighborhoods surrounding the UWM campus. This year UNITE will take place on Tuesday, August 25 and will include about 1500 student addresses on the near eastside. Individuals and departments have two ways to get involved.
- You can volunteer for a two hour UNITE shift on the Fall Welcome volunteer website (http://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040545adaa28a46-askmetents). It’s a great way to spend time walking around the beautiful eastside neighborhoods delivering goody bags to returning students.
- Your department can contribute something to the UNITE bag like a small promotional item, informational flyer/brochure, event calendar, etc. If you have something to contribute, please have 1500 delivered to Chapman 180B by Tuesday, August 18. As an FYI, we do include the full Fall Welcome schedule in the UNITE bag.
If you have any questions, please contact Keri Duce at klduce@uwm.edu.
Memo
Important fall information 2015
Other
– England was comprehensively beaten in the second ‘Ashes’ test match against Australia that was played at the historical Lords cricket ground.
– I’ll be enjoying some time away from the office – but I will be connected via email and Google Voice. My next update will be the week of August 17.
Take care,
Johannes
Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs