Good morning, colleagues. I hope you enjoyed a peaceful and restorative Thanksgiving break. Here is this week’s brief update from Academic Affairs. Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Finalists FeedbackChancellor Mone has requested feedback on the Vice Chancellor for… Read More

Good afternoon, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs. UWM at Waukesha: Our Condolences, Classes Cancelled Today and Counseling Services Available In light of the tragedy at the Waukesha Holiday Parade yesterday and the closing of roads in… Read More

Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs. Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Finalist Visits Beginning this week, UWM is hosting finalists for the position of Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at UWM. … Read More

Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs. Kudos Demetrius Williams (French, Italian, and Comparative Literature) received an $18,000 Teacher-Scholar Grant from Calvin University to supplement his year-long sabbatical leave as he works toward completing a monograph entitled, “The… Read More

Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs. Kudos Jeff Sommers (African and African Diaspora Studies) published a commissioned 30-page report for the German Social Democrats on an economic development plan for Latvia, which was presented at Latvia’s… Read More

Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs. Kudos Lindsay McHenry (Geosciences) was awarded a $750,000+ grant (as PI, along with co-investigators from Indiana University and the University of Colorado-Boulder) from NASA’s Solar System Workings program for… Read More

Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs. Kudos Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu (Nursing) and collaborators received a new NIH R01 entitled, “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Help Seeking of American Indian and Black Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence.” This… Read More

Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs. Enrollment Management Announcement Enrollment Management and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions are excited to welcome Marc Young as the new Director of Recruitment, Marketing, and Admissions. Marc comes to… Read More

Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs. Kudos Shevaun Watson’s (English) book, “Public Memory, Race, and Heritage Tourism of Early America,” co-edited with Cathy Rex (UW-Eau Claire), was recently published by Routledge. Congratulations, Shevaun! Margaret Noodin, Patricia… Read More

Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs. Town Hall Reminder Just another reminder that there will be a virtual town hall meeting on Tuesday, September 28 from 1-2 p.m. Chancellor Mone and several UWM leaders will discuss health… Read More