Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s brief update from Academic Affairs:
Regents Update
Please see the message from the Chancellor last Friday where he recapped the full Board of Regents meeting.
Accreditation
Some very good news about accreditation: The Higher Learning Commission team has recommended continuation of UWM’s accredited status. The team found that UWM met all the criteria and recommended that we submit a progress report on assessment of student learning in the degree programs and general education. The team has also recommended approval of the flex option. We will be submitting an institutional response to the report, which will be considered by the Commission before making the final decision. Dev, to you and your team, thank you! This was a remarkable effort under your leadership over the last couple of years.
Kudos
We also have other good news to share…
– A major grant from the Helene Fuld Health Trust will fund nursing scholarships at UWM:
http://www5.uwm.edu/news/2015/06/01/major-grant-from-helene-fuld-health-trust-will-fund-nursing-scholarships-at-uwm/#.VWyhdnfL8Xs
– Assistant Professor of History Katie Paugh’s article, “Yaws, Syphilis, Sexuality, and the Circulation of Medical Knowledge in the British Caribbean and the Atlantic World,” published in the Summer 2014 issue of the Bulletin of the History of Medicine, has been selected for the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians article prize. This is for the best article on women/gender/sexuality published by a woman who lives in North America, and the competition is always very stiff. This is a wonderful acknowledgment of your work, Katie, and congratulations!
– M.Arch. student Robert Guertin’s interview with world-famous Japanese architect, Sou Fujimoto, has appeared in archdaily, with photographs of the project Fujimoto led at SARUP. See
http://www.archdaily.com/639253/from-tokyo-to-milwaukee-sou-fujimoto-and-his-impact-on-students-at-the-university-of-wisconsin/.
The Week:
Monday
The Chancellor’s Cabinet meets for a “Deep Dive” discussion on retention and our re-accreditation. CEMAT Co-Chairs Michael Laliberte and I meet with the Chancellor to discuss the agenda items for our next meeting. I am also welcoming new Honors College students at the new student orientation. I also attend the Academic Staff Committee meeting this morning.
Tuesday
I meet with the College of Health Sciences leadership group to discuss nominations for the interim dean position. I also have my weekly meeting with the Chancellor. I have a number of direct report meetings and will attend part of the UC meeting in the afternoon. After that I will be at the Academic Staff Senate meeting.
Wednesday
A day occupied by meetings with deans and other direct reports.
Thursday-Friday
Thursday and Friday I will be in Madison attending the UW System Provosts Retreat.
Announcements
Show Your Panther Pride
– Volunteer for Fall Welcome and University Housing Move-In. The success of these programs relies heavily on academic/classified staff and faculty volunteers. This year there are more than 1,100 shifts available. For shift descriptions, days, and times see http://www.uwm.edu/fallwelcomevolunteer.
From the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
– Important: June 16 is the D2L Course Cleanup deadline. Instructors who need to save information from UWM D2L course sites in semesters prior to fall 2011 must do so before June 16. See http://uwmltc.org/?p=8350 to learn more.
– Northwest Quadrant Active Learning Classroom Applications and Agreement forms for spring 2016 are due August 15. For more information and room photos, see https://uwm.edu/cetl/initiatives/northwest-quadrant-active-learning-classroom-initiative or contact Connie Schroeder (CETL) at connies@uwm.edu.
Other
– Well done to Barcelona who again won the European soccer championships!
Take care and have a good week,
Johannes
Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs