June 26, 2017 Monday Update

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

Kudos

Bettina Arnold, Anthropology, was interviewed for a documentary film on the Iron Age Celts of west-central Europe in 2016. The premiere showing at the Louvre in Paris on June 15, 2017 will be followed by a seven-day broadcast on the French/German television channel ARTE. Well done, Bettina!

Liam Callanan, English, is the 2017 winner of the George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize for Excellence in Journalism, Arts & Letters. Congratulation, Liam!

Ashley Falzetti, former UWM grad student, was named a 2017 Nancy Weiss Malkeil Scholar by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. Well done, Ashley!

Donn Haglund, Professor Emeritus, Geography, will receive this year’s Lowell Thomas Award, the Explorers Club’s highest honor. Donn is in good company with the likes of Carl Sagan, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Jr., Jean-Michel Cousteau, Sir Edmund P. Hillary, and Sir David Attenborough. Congratulations, Donn!

A noteworthy item from WUWM, our outstanding NPR affiliate:

Last week at City Hall, Mayor Tom Barrett joined more than 100 other community members to help kick off the WUWM Eric Von Fellowship. Von was a long-time journalist and powerful voice in the African-American community. At that event, and through other fund raising activities, WUWM has raised sufficient funds to launch the Eric Von Broadcast Journalism Fellowship. We will give a newly minted journalism graduate a one-year full time position to practice their craft and follow in the footsteps of Von.

The Week

Monday

I start my week meeting with Robin Van Harpen, there is a campus space planning meeting, the Chancellor’s Cabinet meets, and CEMAT meets in the afternoon. Agenda items include CEMAT structure, SEM initiative, Badger State Science Fair, Dash Grant update, and CEMAT scholarship funding. I will also attend a meeting in Madison, via video- steam, on the development of UW System’s business intelligence platform.

Tuesday

There is a deans’ morning meeting, I meet with Mark Harris, I have a meeting with our Native American faculty, and I have the afternoon devoted to administrative tasks.

Wednesday

From Wednesday to Friday I will meet with a number of schools/colleges on their budget planning for 2017/18. I also have my weekly meeting with the Chancellor and the day ends with an Integrated Shared Services Executive Co-Sponsors update meeting.

Thursday-Friday

The budget meetings will continue and I’m attending a Mexican Consulate luncheon on Thursday.