Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs.
Dean Searches:
- College of Nursing Dean Candidate on campus this week:
Linda A. Lewandowski will visit campus from April 30-May 2, 2017
Open Forum: Monday, May 1, 3 – 4 p.m. in Cunningham 795 (NOTE: 5/1 Open Forum location moved to Cunningham 795 [from Sabin G90] due to weather concerns)
Candidate CVs and campus interview schedules
- Zilber School of Public Health:
Unfortunately, we were not able to fill the position of Dean of the Zilber School of Public Health. Dr. Ron Perez will continue on as Interim Dean, and I will update the campus on our next steps.
Reminder on Reporting Requirements:
For those who have received emails from Human Resources on completing outside activity reports, please note that the deadline was April 30. If you have not yet completed your online disclosure report, please do so as soon as possible. The website for completing this year’s reporting requirements may be accessed at: https://oar.uwm.edu/.
Kudos
– Proposals from 14 faculty have been selected for Research and Creative Activities Support (RACAS) awards, representing meritorious scholarship across UWM. Well done!
– WUWM’s entire team of journalists won a regional first place award from the Radio Television Digital News Association in the “Overall Excellence” category. Also, WUWM’s education reporter, Rachel Morello, won a first-place regional award for her story, “Real Food, Not Ramen: College Students More Food Insecure than Ever.” These are among the highest honors for radio journalism. Both entries now move on to national competition with winners announced this June in New York City. Congratulations!
– UWM is ranked 130 on the list of top 225 universities for technology transfer. Congratulations!
– Social Work Department Chair Joan Blakey organized an incredibly successful event on social work macro practice on Wednesday April 19 in the student union. The film 53206 was shown to an audience of more than 600 members of the UWM and Milwaukee communities. It is events like these that garner support for the academic and social policy expertise of our faculty to create real social and economic change in our community. Well done, Joan!
– Peck School of the Arts was named one of the top 30 international film schools! Way to go, PSOA!
– Octavio Santos has been awarded the 2017 APA/APAGS Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional Psychology by the American Psychological Association. This prestigious national award will be presented to him at the APA/APF Awards Ceremony during the 2017 APA Convention in Washington, DC. Well done!
– Cari B. Rosoff was awarded the Graduate Student Ethics Prize, awarded by the APA Ethics Committee and the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students, for her paper, “Ethics in College Sexual Assault Research.” This award is given to only one graduate student nationally each year. Congratulations!
– The College of Letters and Science’s German program has received $172,500 through the Rudolf and Helga Kaden Memorial Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. These funds will be used to expand the activities and scope of the German program – from better preparing MPS students for German language courses at the college level, to expanding German language courses on campus and tailoring them to more specific student audiences. Congratulations to Garry Davis and Jonathan Wipplinger for their work on this!
– Congratulations to the Accessibility Resource Center award winners (see link below):
- Matthew Hoeppner, Teaching Assistant, College of Letters and Science
- Julie Kailin, Associate Professor, School of Education
- Heather Owen, Associate Scientist, College of Letters and Science
- Lyndsay Jo Smanz, Lecturer, School of Information Studies
- James Tasse, Senior Lecturer, Peck School of the Arts
In the News
Tom Still, Wisconsin Technology Council, wrote a very nice column about UWM’s First Look Forum.
The Week
Monday
I have a Breakfast meeting with College of Nursing dean candidate Linda Lewandowski, a meeting with Robin Van Harpen, and the Chancellor’s Cabinet meets. I also have a CEMAT meeting. Agenda items include a strategic enrollment management update, math curriculum changes, and results from a focus group with current UWM students from Illinois.
Tuesday
I’m attending an AAUP meeting, I have meetings with Mark Harris and Pat Borger, a UW System Common System Review Group Teaching and Learning Workgroup meeting, I’m attending the University Committee meeting, and I have a wrap-up meeting with College of Nursing dean candidate Linda Lewandowski.
Wednesday – Friday
I’m working remotely from Japan where I’ve been invited to attend the Centennial Anniversary Celebration for Seijo University, a UWM partner school.
Announcements
RSVP for an upcoming faculty/staff webpage redesign open session
Humanities Faculty: Workshop on Writing a 2018 ACLS Fellowship Application
The Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) honors the 2017 winners of the ARC Excellence Awards
Other
Apparently there is now a new chocolate bar available . . .
Take care,
Johannes
Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs