{"id":150,"date":"2025-06-09T09:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:37:37","slug":"program-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/program-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>UWM\u2019s Online Program Council is a network of faculty, staff, and administrators who are currently involved in the planning, implementation, and delivery of online degrees or certificates. Membership is composed of one or more representatives from every online degree or certificate program at UWM, as well as other faculty and staff interested in online programming. The Council is sponsored by the Provost\u2019s Office, and is not a governance body. The Council co-chairs are currently&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:amangric@uwm.edu\">Amy Mangrich<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:jankowsn@uwm.edu\">Natasha Jankowski<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a0\"><strong>Objectives<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Council has three primary objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Function as a community of practice to encourage adoption of best practices in online teaching and learning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facilitate sharing of information about online program development and delivery with respect to topics such as: student orientation and support, faculty development, technology, pricing, marketing and recruitment, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share expertise and provide peer support for faculty, staff, and administrators exploring new online programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a1\"><strong>Meetings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Online Program Council meets monthly during the Fall and Spring semesters.The Council meets on the following dates and agendas will be emailed to attendees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-online-program-council-meeting-dates-for-fall-2025\"><strong>Online Program Council<\/strong> Meeting Dates for Fall 2025<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>x<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>y<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>z<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Meetings will be held virtually in Teams, from x to y. Meetings are open to all. If you haven\u2019t attended an OPC meeting in the past, please email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:amangric@uwm.edu\">Amy Mangrich<\/a>&nbsp;for a meeting invitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Online Program Council Video Recordings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Recordings will be available on Teams to meeting attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a2\"><strong>How to Join&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:amangric@uwm.edu\">Amy Mangrich<\/a>&nbsp;if you would like to receive more information or join the Online Program Council listserv.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-215\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/\">Online Program Toolkit<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/program-administrators\/\">Program Administrators<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/ensuring-quality\/\">Ensuring Quality<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/research\/\">Research<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/program-council\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">Program Council<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/academicaffairs\/online-program-toolkit\/uw-flexible-option-degree\/\">UW Flexible Option Degree<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":118,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-150","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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