Provost’s Office Strategic Update: Student-Centric Efforts Welcome to the third Provost’s Office Strategic Update, the second of the 21-22 academic year. You can read previous Strategic Updates here. We hope through these Strategic Updates to provide clarity on our goals and… Read More
Welcome to the second Provost’s Office Strategic Update, and the first of the 21-22 academic year. Periodically, we will provide Strategic Updates to communicate key details about ongoing and new initiatives in Academic Affairs; initiatives focusing on student success, curriculum,… Read More
NOTE: This message was sent to Deans, Associate Deans & Department Chairs on August 17, 2021 Dear Colleagues, As we prepare for the start of the Fall 2021 semester, we know there are many questions arising among our instructors and… Read More
Leadership Update for Peck School of the Arts, Graduate School and School of Freshwater Sciences (from Provost Britz’s 6/1/2021 Update) Peck School of the Arts Kevin Hartman has been appointed as the interim dean of the Peck School. Congratulations on… Read More
Welcome to our new Strategic Update. Periodically, we will provide Strategic Updates to communicate key details about ongoing and new initiatives in Academic Affairs; initiatives focusing on student success, curriculum, research, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. A key objective of… Read More
It is my pleasure to announce that I have appointed Tina Freiburger, dean of the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, to serve as the oversight dean of the School of Education, effective as of January 1, 2021. Hope Longwell-Grice will continue as the Senior Associate Dean of the School. I… Read More
Colleagues, Please reach out to students who are showing limited engagement with your course during the first two weeks of the semester. The best person to reach out is you, the instructor, and we encourage you to reach out via… Read More
I am pleased to announce that Melissa Scanlan has accepted the position of Director of the Center for Water Policy and Lynde B. Uihlein Endowed Chair in UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences and will begin her new duties on January 8, 2021…. Read More
Colleagues – In our many communications this summer to current and admitted students, we discussed the significant challenges and successes of the spring semester, and emphasized that while it was likely that fall 2020 would not be a normal semester,… Read More
Dear Campus Community, You have probably heard that yesterday a preview of a temporary new rule regarding Fall 2020 enrollment of international students was published. The preview can be found here: https://www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis/pdf/bcm2007-01.pdf. It is important to note that the US… Read More