Good Morning, everyone! Here is this week’s update from my office:
Budget update
– Just a reminder: Here are two important links if you need some updated information on the budget and related issues: https://uwm.edu/ucnews/ and https://uwm.edu/budget. There is no new information on the estimated size of the cut and we will communicate in more detail UWM’s approach to the proposed budget cut at our next budget town hall meeting, which is scheduled for April 13.
College of Health Sciences Dean Search
– Final candidates will be announced later this week.
Wisconsin Science Olympiad
– This week Friday and Saturday we are hosting the state-level competition of the Wisconsin Science Olympiad. See: http://wisconsinso.org/divc/state.html.
Kudos
– To Kali Marcino, Political Science; Sisco Hollard, Architecture; and Charles Anthony Clark, Finance, recipients of the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships with concentrated study of Brazilian Portuguese language and Latin America area studies. Congratulations!
– Assistant Professor Kyle Reynolds has received an ACSA Faculty Design Award for “Empty Pavilion,” in collaboration with McLain Clutter. Well done, Kyle!
– Professors in Practice Brian Johnsen and Sebastian Schmaling have been awarded a 2015 AIA National Small Project Award for “Pleated House.” Congrats to both of you.
Here is a synopsis of the week – I will mostly be off campus:
Monday – Wednesday
I have two meetings Monday morning with the Chancellor (one budget related and the other on the comprehensive campaign) and then I’m off to the University of South Carolina where I have been invited to speak at an African Symposium on ethics and policy. I will be back on Wednesday.
Thursday – Friday
I will attend the Board of Regents meeting that is being hosted this month by the UW-Colleges and UW-Extension at UW-Waukesha.
Don’t forget First Friday, which will be hosted by SOIS and CON (Nursing). It starts at 4 p.m. and will be at the NWQB student lounge.
Announcements
From the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
– The 37th annual Latin American Film Series will take place from April 10-16. All showings are in the UWM Union Theatre, and are free and open to the public. See: http://uwm.edu/clacs/filmseries/filmseries37.cfm.
From the Division of Finance & Administrative Affairs
– UWM will be hosting the North Central Society for College and University Planning Symposium on April 8. According to Robin van Harpen, this symposium seeks to inform and create a dialogue surrounding the ties of college and university campuses and their regional economies. See: http://www.scup.org/page/regions/nc/2015/one-day/20150408.
NeuroHumanities: A Year of the Humanities Forum
– Our year of Humanities activities continue and this Friday there will be three presentations on a topic in the NeuroHumanities, followed by a moderated discussion with the audience. It will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the Hefter Center. See: https://uwm.edu/humanities/event/neurohumanities/.
From the Center for International Education (CIE)
– CIE presents its annual conference April 24-25. See: www.uwm.edu/translationconference.
From the Institute of World Affairs (IWA)
– On Tuesday, April 7 at 7 p.m., IWA will host The Future of Korea: A Senior Level Briefing at the Hefter Center. See: http://www.iwa.uwm.edu.
From Equity and Diversity Services
– The Office of Equity/Diversity Services is offering an open session Title IX training on April 8 at 2 p.m. in Union 191. Register at: https://milwaukee.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9vHLKrOuv6gIsSx. For additional information, see: https://uwm.edu/titleix/.
From the Academic Staff Awards Committee
– The application deadline for the 2015-16 professional development awards to support UW-Milwaukee academic staff is May 1, 2015. For full description and submission details, see: https://uwm.edu/secu/acad_staff/standing_com/as_awards_com/call-for-nominations.cfm.
From the UWM Libraries
– There are three important events at the UWM Libraries this week. Wednesday at 4pm there is a discussion on “Digital Humanities in the iSchool: Opportunities and Challenges,” and this leads to a roundtable discussion on the same topic on Thursday, April 9, at 10 a.m. Both events will take place in the Digital Humanities Lab. For more information, see: https://uwm.edu/libraries/event/directions-in-the-digital-humanities-digital-humanities-in-the-ischool/.
– Dave Armstrong, UWM Department of Political Science, will lead, “Data Workshop: R for Graphics,” on Friday, April 10 from 1:30-4 p.m. in the Digital Humanities Lab. Registration is required. See: https://uwm.edu/libraries/event/data-workshop-r-for-graphics/.
– Reminder: From April 9-May 20, during an upgrade of the Libraries’ catalog Search@UW, the catalog’s UB function (direct borrowing from other UW System libraries) will be unavailable. However, books from those campuses may still be borrowed via ILL (Interlibrary Loan). See: https://uwm.edu/libraries/news/searchuw/.
From Urban Studies
– Dr. Robert Smith will host a screening and discussion of the film, “The House I Live In,” this Tuesday, from 7-9 p.m. in the Union Fireside Lounge. More information is at: https://uwm.edu/humanities/event/the-house-i-live-in-film-screening-discussion/.
– On Saturday, April 18, UWM’s Urban Studies Program will host its 20th Annual Student Research Forum from 12-6 p.m. at the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health. See: http://uwm.edu/letsci/urbanstudies/forum/2015/.
From UITS
– Office 365 Tip of the Week: Did you know that you’re able to customize Outlook’s message list and reading pane? For Office 365 instructions, see the UWM Knowledge Base: https://kb.uwm.edu/page.php?id=29873. If you are using Outlook, the same options are on the View tab of the ribbon.
Other
– The Badgers played very well on Saturday – congratulations. (I thought I would just share with you that I predicted the score to be 70 – 64 in favor of the Badgers…)
– And Dean Alan Shoho shared this link with me on bike safety:
http://bike-paint.dailymegabyte.com/they-spray-bikes-special-paint-gets-dark-into-this/.
Take care and have a good week.
Johannes
Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs