Kudos

Kathy Dolan (Political Science) was the grand prize winner in the 2019 Journal Sentinel Holiday Cookie Contest with her Tiramisu Alfajores. Well done, Kathy – I did not know about this talent!

In the News

Students in UWM’s American Sign Language program were featured in a WUWM story.

Khaled Sabha (Information Studies) was interviewed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last week on a ransomware attack on a Milwaukee company.  The article appeared both in the Journal Sentinel and USA Today newspapers.

Milwaukee Athletics

Director of Athletics Amanda Braun unveiled a new Strategic Plan for the Milwaukee Athletic Department. The unveiling caps a yearlong process of renewing and enhancing the department’s “Path to Prominence” Strategic Plan for the years 2019-2024.

UWM Connected Systems Institute Executive Director Finalist on campus this week

Samee Khan visits campus Monday (December 9). The Open Forum will be held at 10 a.m. in the CSI Classroom Space located in the East Wing of the Golda Meir Library. See the finalist page for more information. Feedback forms for each candidate will be posted on the finalist page by the end of the day.

HLC Accreditation: Assessment of OWC-B Courses

As you might know, our accreditation requires UWM to engage in meaningful assessment of general education courses. A group of faculty from UWM’s English department has developed a rubric for assessing level-B Oral and Written Communication (OWC-B) courses and is piloting this rubric in Spring 2020. Anyone teaching OWC-B courses in Spring 2020 is encouraged to participate in the pilot and provide feedback on the usability of the rubric in your course. Faculty teaching OWC-B courses in the spring will be provided with more information in the coming weeks. If you have questions, please contact Adam Andrews (andrewsa@uwm.edu). Our thanks to the English department for taking the lead on this important work!

The Week

Monday

I start the week with a breakfast interview with Connected Systems Institute Executive Director candidate Samee Khan, followed by my weekly meeting with Robin Van Harpen, my monthly meeting with Chancellor Mone and Alan Shoho, and standing meetings with Peter Sands and Kathy Dolan. Later, I’ll attend the Associate Deans meeting, I have my monthly meeting with Nancy Nelson, my weekly staff meeting, and a UWM/MCW meeting. In the evening, I’ll attend Commencement Honors in the Zelazo Center.

Tuesday

Today, I have the Deans Morning Meeting that will include an Enrollment Management Update, my monthly meeting with Purush Papatla, I’ll attend the Betty Awards at Saint Kate where Vice Chancellor Joan Prince will receive the Standout Sister award, I’ll attend the Connected Systems Institute Update with Rockwell Automation, and I have my monthly meeting with Kaushal Chari. In the evening, I’ll attend the Chancellor’s Holiday Open House.

Wednesday

In the morning, I have a Divisional Budget meeting with General Education Administration, my monthly meeting with Brett Peters, my one-on-one with Dave Clark, and lunch with Department Chairs. In the afternoon, I have a Divisional Budget meeting with Student Affairs, and my weekly meeting with the Chancellor.

Thursday

I start the day with an MATC/UWM Collaboration meeting, followed by Divisional Budget meetings with Enrollment Management, UWM Libraries, and the Graduate School. Later, I’ll attend the Faculty Senate meeting. In the evening, I have a Holiday Social with my staff.

Friday

In the morning, I have a meeting on international recruitment and a Divisional Budget meeting with Academic Affairs. In the afternoon, I have the monthly Connected Systems Institute Budget meeting, and Divisional Budget meetings with Finance and Administrative Affairs and the Office of Research.

Sunday 

Sunday is our Commencement at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Congratulations to all of our students graduating.

Announcements

Service Learning Discussion Breakfast

Please join the Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research this Friday from 9-10:30 a.m. for a breakfast conversation facilitated by Sarah MacDonald (CETL) and Jasmine Alinder (History).

Winter Parking

Just a reminder: City of Milwaukee winter street parking rules went into effect December 1. Know where you can park by reviewing the City of Milwaukee rules and sign up for parking text alerts to notify you when you need to move your car. For parking questions, call (414) 286-2489.

Teaching and Learning Symposium

Register for the 5th Annual UWM Teaching and Learning Symposium to be held on January 9.

Online Program Council

The OPC will meet this Friday, December 13, from 10:30-noon in Lubar S250. Agenda items include a briefing on Online Learning Conference presentations, extracurricular experiences for online students, and international online collaborations.

Volunteer During the 2020 Democratic National Convention

Milwaukee is excited to welcome the 2020 Democratic National Convention to our world-class city July 13-16. UWM has been working to provide space, housing, student opportunities, programs, and experts to inquiring groups. The Milwaukee 2020 Host Committee is soliciting 15,000+ volunteers to fulfill a variety of positions and you can sign up now! UWM will also have a variety of opportunities for you to get involved.

Other

Take care,

Johannes