Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs.
Kudos
– Arsenio Andrew (Andy) Pacheco (Chemistry) and Marius Schmidt (Physics) have received an $800,000 award from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Molecular and Biosciences. The title of the grant is, “Structure-function relationships in metalloenzymes with multiple redox-active centers.” Congratulations, Andy and Marius!
The Week
Monday
I have my regular weekly meeting with VC Robin Van Harpen, followed by a weekly meeting with my staff, and a meeting on research with Mark Harris. The Chancellor’s Cabinet meets and I have my weekly meeting with the Chancellor. I end the day with a Clinical and Translation Science Institute board meeting at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Tuesday-Wednesday
Early Tuesday morning I will be off to DC where I will be attending an EAB meeting on the Academic Performance Solutions platform that enables universities to better track, understand, and predict administrative expenditures and activity.
Thursday
Representatives from INTO, our potential international pathway partner, will be in Milwaukee and I have several meetings with them and campus colleagues. I have a number of meetings with my direct reports and also meetings with University Committee Chair John Reisel, SOIS Dean Tom Lipinski, and the Retention Steering Committee. There is also a campus budget planning meeting in the afternoon.
Friday
CEMAT co-sponsors meet to set agendas for future meetings and I have meetings with Deans Scott Emmons (PSOA) and Kim Litwack (CON). I end the day with an INTO wrap-up meeting.
Announcements
From Women’s and Gender Studies
WGS Fall 2016 Brown Bag Series presents, “Dispossession by Administration,” given by Associate Professor Jodi Melamed of Marquette University on Friday, October 28 at 2:30 p.m. in the American Geographical Society Library.
From the Office of Research
This is a reminder that the deadline for Research Growth Initiative applications is Monday, October 24 at 9 a.m.
From the Asian Faculty and Staff Association
You are all invited to the Fall 2016 Reception on Wednesday, October 26 from 2:30-4 p.m. in the Library 4th Floor Conference Center. A short program will begin at 3 p.m. Please RSVP to Paru Shah (shahp@uwm.edu) by Monday, October 24.
From the College of Letters and Science
The Departments of Communication and Political Science will host a Professional Development Seminar titled, “Anger in Presidential Elections,” featuring Dr. Mary Stuckey, Professor of Communication and Political Science at Georgia State University, on Friday, October 14 at 3 p.m. in Merrill 131 with light refreshments to follow.
From Alumni Relations
UWM alumni employees are encouraged to join us for Behind the Scenes at UWM: A Tour of Campus Green Sites on Tuesday, October 18 from 12-1 p.m. The event is free; please register. New alumni employees are also invited to the New Alumni Employee Welcome Breakfast on Thursday, October 20 from 8-9 a.m. in the Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor Conference Center. Free and brought to you by UWM Human Resources and the UWM Alumni Association. Please register by Friday, October 14.
Disability Awareness Month Film and Panel
As I mentioned in my previous update, October is Disability Awareness Month. Please join Sociocultural Student Programming, the Accessibility Resource Center (ARC), and the Americans with Disabilities Act and Accessibility Advisory Committee (ADAAAC) Tuesday October 18 at 7 p.m. in the Union Fireside Lounge for the screening of Right Footed and panel to follow.
Stories from the Greatest Generation
I assume many of you have seen Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan, but on Friday, October 28, have your own conversation with members of the Greatest Generation during a fireside chat in the UWM Alumni Fireside Lounge from noon-2 p.m. WTMJ’s John Malan will host the event featuring four World War II veterans from the Milwaukee area.
From the UWM Libraries
– The 2016 Memorial Fromkin Memorial Lecture, originally scheduled for October 11, has been rescheduled for February 23, 2017.
– The Libraries and CLACS are sponsoring a Browsing Hour for the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature on Thursday, October 13 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Curriculum Collection, 2nd floor east wing, Golda Meir Library.
– Need to manage your research data better? UWM Libraries are hosting the workshop, “Data Management 101,” on Friday, October 14 from 12-1 p.m. in the UWM Digital Humanities Lab, 2nd floor east wing, Golda Meir Library.
From the Japan Program
The Japan Program is pleased to welcome Dr. Nicholas Witkowski, University of Tokyo, for a talk on ascetic practice in Buddhism on Monday, October 24 at 2 p.m. in Greene Hall 148. This talk is being hosted thanks to the generous support of the Year of the Humanities and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature. The Japan Program will again be participating in the annual Milwaukee area Japan Fest on Sunday, November 6. There will be food, activities, crafts, performances, and a haiku competition.
OSHER Distinguished Speaker Series
Ellen Bravo, Family Values @ Work, presents, “Time to Care: How Paid Leave Can Transform America,” on Wednesday, October 26 at 6 p.m. at the School of Continuing Education. The event is free and open to the public, but preregistration is required. Please call 414-227-3200 and reference Program No. 8300-9697.
From the Vet Success on Campus Program
UWM-affiliated Vietnam era Veterans (employees, retirees, students, alumni) are sought for special recognition at the Military and Veterans Resource Center’s annual Veterans Week brunch on Monday, November 7. Contact Vet Success program coordinator Gretchen Schuttey for details at Gretchen.schuttey@va.gov.
From the Department of Mathematical Sciences
The Atmospheric Science Program and Atmospheric Science Club at UWM will jointly host an Atmospheric Science Career Panel in Bolton B40 on Wednesday, October 19 from 6-8 p.m. featuring speakers from across the field and the related disciplines of actuarial science, communication, and environmental science.
From UITS
What is SharePoint Online? With pantherFILE retiring, SharePoint Online is the perfect option for group storage and collaboration! This file hosting service is integrated with the Office 365 suite and is available to everyone at UWM. SharePoint Online is a cloud-based service that helps organizations share and collaborate with colleagues, partners, and customers. SharePoint Online is available to UWM faculty and staff to create a space in which files may be stored and further edited. Please visit our website to learn more about SharePoint Online.
From the Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research (CCBLLR)
The UWM/MPS Working Group, in partnership with CCBLLR and Parents for Public Schools-MKE, is pleased to announce that we have received grants from the Wisconsin Humanities Council and the MPS Partnership for the Arts and Humanities to build a Deliberative Dialogue and Digital Storytelling Project with high school students in MPS. This spring, trained facilitators and service learners from UWM will work with high school students to ask, “What can communities do to help youth succeed?” To learn more about this project or to get involved, contact Jasmine Alinder, jalinder@uwm.edu or Laurie Marks, lmarks@uwm.edu.
From the Norris Health Center
University Counseling and Health Promotion and Wellness services have a new home on the 5th Floor of Northwest Quadrant B Building. Medical services remain located in the Norris Health Center building. Please come and see our new home during an Open House Celebration on Tuesday, October 18 from 4-6 p.m.
Other
Peter Geissinger (Chair of Chemistry) shared with us that Professor Bernard Feringa, who is one of the Nobel Prize winners this year for Chemistry, was the PhD advisor for Professor Alexander (Leggy) Arnold. Leggy is an Associate Professor in Chemistry.
Take care,
Johannes
Johannes Britz