Good morning, colleagues. Welcome back to all our students and here is this week’s update:

Plenary
The Chancellor’s Spring Plenary is this Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in the Bader Concert Hall of the Zelazo Center. The URL for the webcast is: https://uwm.edu/streamingvideo/plenaries/.

Kudos

– Josh Mersky, Social Work, was inducted into the 2017 Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Fellows group. The SSWR recognizes leadership, contribution to SSWR as a scientific society, and the contribution the person has made to the social work field. Congratulations, Josh!

The Week

Monday

I have my weekly meeting with Robin Van Harpen and I’m also attending the Academic Staff Committee meeting later in the morning. The Chancellor’s Cabinet meets, as does the Chancellor’s Strategic Opportunity Working group. CEMAT also meets. Agenda items include an update on Project Return/Stop-Out campaigns for spring 2017 and supplemental instruction.

Tuesday

We continue our academic planning and budget meetings this week – and the first of these meetings is with the Lubar School of Business. I then meet with Director of Undergraduate Advising Bill Hebert and the remainder of the day is focused on staff meetings.

Wednesday

The College of Health Sciences has its academic/budget planning meeting, I’m attending the M³ launch event, I meet with the Chancellor, and I’m attending the Deans’ retirement celebration for Ewa Barczyk and Sally Lundeen at the end of the day.

Thursday

I’m attending the Academic Planning and Budget Committee meeting, the School of Education has its academic/budget planning meeting, and I have meetings with Bob Greenstreet and Ron Cisler. I’m attending the Chancellor’s Plenary (see above) and the Faculty Senate meeting in the afternoon.

Friday

The College of Letters and Science has three academic/budget planning meetings and I’m attending an AAUP meeting. In the evening, I’m attending the graduating Executive MBA reception and dinner.

Announcements

The Start of Semester Memo, which contains useful policy-related information, is available online

Panel discussion: How the Trump administration and a GOP Congress will affect Wisconsin

Cindi Katz (Geography, CUNY Graduate Center) presents, “Refusing Mastery: The Detroit Geographical Expedition and Institute as Minor Theory”

Last chance to nominate outstanding alumni employee for Alumni Employee Awards

Global Studies Research Fellows AY 2017/18 Request for Proposals – Deadline February 1

Educational Technology Fee Call for Proposals – Deadline February 15

The CIE Study Abroad Office will be hosting its Study Abroad Fair on Wednesday, February 1 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the UWM Union Concourse.

Save the Date for a First Friday gathering on Friday, February 3 from 4-5:30 pm in the UWM Libraries’ 4^th floor conference center.

Guest lecture: “Rewriting the Modernist Encounter: ‘At the Hawk’s Well’ and the Dance Poem Movement in Japan”

The Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research 60,000 Hour Challenge

Other

Not much to say about the Packer game but it is noteworthy to mention that over the weekend, Wayne Rooney became the player who scored the most goals ever for Manchester United (250 goals).

Take care,

Johannes