Good morning, colleagues. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs.
REMINDER
Tomorrow is Election Day. If you haven’t already voted, I urge you to cast your ballot!
Kudos
The “Advances in Nursing Science” Advisory Board reported that the article, “The Role of Nurses as Allies Against Racism and Discrimination: An Analysis of Key Resistance Movements of Our Time,” authored by College of Nursing doctoral students and faculty, is among the top ten ANS articles viewed on the journal website, as well as the top-cited item of 2020. Congratulations!
Emily Siebers (Biomedical Sciences alum), Elizabeth Liedhegner (Biomedical Sciences), and Dean Nardelli (Biomedical Sciences) had their paper, “Regulatory T Cells Contribute to Resistance against Lyme Arthritis,” selected by the editors of Infection and Immunity as the “Article of Significant Interest in This Issue” for its November 2020 issue. Well done, Emily, Elizabeth, and Dean.
Bettina Arnold (Anthropology) was interviewed for a feature film on the Iron Age salt mining site of Hallstatt that recently aired on Austrian television. Congratulations, Bettina!
Kudos to the faculty and staff members whose proposals were selected for 10 grants through the Towards an Antiracist Campus – Action Grant program. Designed with the intent of “holding a mirror to ourselves,” these proposals embody ideas, activities, and programs that directly strive to dismantle racism at UWM.
Carolyn Eichner (History and Women’s and Gender Studies) has been elected to a second five-year term on the Board of the International Federation for Research in Women’s & Gender History/Fédération Internationale pour la Recherche en Histoire des Femmes et Genre. Well done, Carolyn!
Kimberly Blaeser (English and American Indian Studies) has a new bilingual collection of poetry, “Résister en dansant/Ikwe-niimi: Dancing Resistance,” published by Éditions des Lisières, France, translation by Béatrice Machet. Congratulations, Kim!
In the News
Amanda Simanek (Public Health) was interviewed by The New York Times regarding surging cases of COVID-19 in the U.S.
Milwaukee Athletics
Help celebrate UWM Stay at Homecoming 2020 by purchasing the Panther Homecoming Pack, presented by MKE Brewery.
The Week
Monday
I start the week with the Coronavirus Management Team (CMT) Leadership meeting, followed by my Monday morning meeting with Robin Van Harpen, the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences ABET Accreditation meeting, the Chancellor’s Executive Cabinet Deep Dive meeting, my one-on-one with Joan Prince, my weekly staff meeting, and an Admissions Update.
Tuesday
In the morning, I will attend a virtual meeting with South African Scholarship Organizations (the South Africa Department of Higher Education Training and the South Africa National Research Foundation). Then, we have a leadership meeting with Regents José Delgado, Becky Levzow, and Kyle Weatherly, and my monthly meetings with Tim Behrens and Nancy Frank. In the afternoon, I have a Campus Budget Planning meeting, my monthly meeting with Marija Gajdardziska-Josifovska, my weekly meeting with Chancellor Mone, and an Exit Interview with the ABET accreditation team.
Wednesday
Today, I have my monthly meeting with Michael Doylen, my one-on-one with Kyla Esguerra, meetings with direct reports, and the weekly UW System Provosts Council meeting.
Thursday
I will be attending the Board of Regents meeting virtually.
Friday
In the morning, I have a meeting with Center for Water Policy Director Peter McAvoy, my monthly meeting with the Zilber School of Public Health, my monthly meeting with Val Klump and Tim Grundl, my standing meeting with Dave Clark and Kay Eilers, and my one-on-one with Kathy Dolan. In the afternoon, I will be focused on administrative tasks.
Announcements
Faculty and Staff Appreciation Days
Faculty and staff will receive a 25% discount on their total purchase at the Panther Shop on Thursday and Friday, November 5-6.
Center for 21st Century Studies
C21 is hosting an election postmortem discussion on Friday, November 6 at 3:30 p.m. with Thomas Holbrook (Political Science), Anna Sampaio (Santa Clara University), and David Redlawsk (University of Delaware).
Manfred Olson Planetarium
The virtual series, “Under the African Skies,” starts on November 6. Each Friday features a different guest speaker who will talk about their country, culture, and connections to the night sky. Sign up for one or more. Program is free or pay what you can.
Partners in Giving
The 2020 Milwaukee Partners in Giving/State and University Employees Combined Giving Campaign (SECC) is underway! The campaign brings the UWM community together to help numerous organizations across southeast Wisconsin. This year’s campaign is being conducted virtually, with all of the information, forms, and donation links available online. We realize this has been a difficult year, please give if you are able.
Teaching and Learning Symposium
The deadline to submit a proposal for the 6th Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium has been extended to November 13.
Words of Wisdom
CETL is looking for UWM instructors to share some words of wisdom about online teaching.
Other
Once in a blue moon and the Dutch lifestyle concept of ‘niksen’.
Take care,
Johannes
Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs