Good morning colleagues. I wish you all a successful and good 2012.
Here are this week’s updates from Academic Affairs:
-From UITS: The UWM website is undergoing a redesign, with a target launch date of January 17. The refreshed site will feature more personal stories, a new search results display, and easier access to needed information. Here is a link to a design mock-up: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66798555@N03/6666889267/
Note that there will be a link to provide input on the site after it launches.
-Pam Kissinger from the Travel Office asked me also to alert you to an information session on hotel and meeting space that they plan for February 27 (Monday). The format will be similar to the annual benefits fair where exhibitors are available to speak to people about their services and answer questions. The state hotel listing was discontinued in June and a replacement process has not yet been determined. According to Pam there is a lot of confusion about what hotels can/should be used, what are their rates, where are they located, etc. While registrations are not required, the Travel Office is asking for people to sign up so that sufficient materials can be made available.
Attendees can register on the MyDevelopment website at https://www4.uwm.edu/employeedev/longview.cfm?eventid=45008
-I read this article on active learning strategies with interest and I am passing it along:
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/01/144550920/physicists-seek-to-lose-the-lecture-as-teaching-tool?ps=cprs
-Kudos to
-College of Health Sciences Echocardiography student Denise Marie Spiegel, who has received the Alan D. Waggoner Award from the American Society of Echocardiography. This is the top student award in the discipline of echocardiography and Denise will be the first recipient from the state of Wisconsin to receive this award.
-The UWM team of four students (all from the Peck School of the Arts) that won first place in the Harbin Engineering University International Collegiate Snow Sculpture Competition. There were 49 teams (9 international and 40 domestic teams) in the competition. Our students did a remarkable job, turning a huge block of snow into a fine piece of art work in a little more than three days and under 0 to -20 degree Celsius temperature. The title of the UWM team's sculpture is Starting Anew, which depicts the early spring scenery in Wisconsin. Our students not only performed exceptionally well in the competition, but they were also great ambassadors for UWM and our country (we were the only team from the U.S.). David Yu sent us some pictures, they are really worth looking at: http://www.flickr.com//photos/66798555@N03/sets/72157628793033735/show/
-Last week we received sad news of the passing of two eminent colleagues, whose work shaped UWM in its formative years:
-Martin Haberman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction, whose tenure at UWM lasted 43 years. The Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at Goodman-Bensman Funeral Home, 4750 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Whitefish Bay. Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. and the service will begin at 1:00 p.m. His biography is at http://www.habermanfoundation.org/DrMartinHaberman.aspx?sm=a2 and
-James Sappenfield, Professor Emeritus of English (see http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jsonline/obituary.aspx?n=james-a-sappenfield-jim&pid=155324393 )
- I will be in New Orleans on Saturday attending an alum event.
Take care and have a good week,
Johannes
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Johannes Britz
Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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