Good morning colleagues:
Here is this week's update from Academic Affairs:
Monday
Sloan
Consortium Blended Conference and Workshop annual conference proposals
are due by midnight today. The conference will be held in Milwaukee at
the downtown Hyatt. For more information, visit http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2013/blended/call-for-presentations.
Tuesday
Winter Academic Staff Meet & Eat
This
ultimate Academic Staff networking opportunity is back! The program is
taking place on Tuesday, February 26 from 3:00-4:30 p.m. in the
Wisconsin Room. Bring business cards, if possible. Refreshments will be
provided. Please email any dietary needs or special accommodations to
Scott Peak at speak@uwm.edu. Register at https://www4.uwm.edu/employeedev/longview.cfm?eventid=48254
Sponsored
by the Academic Staff Orientation Committee and the Provost's Office.
For more information or to request special accommodations, contact:
Ericca Rolland, 229-6760.
Wednesday
Center for Urban Initiatives Research (CUIR) Survey
I would like to ask for your participation in an online survey to assess
the methodological and statistical needs of our campus community. If
you have knowledge or expertise in this area, please take 5 minutes to
complete this survey:
http://epic.cuir.uwm.edu/Research_Needs
The
results will be used to help identify and prioritize research resources
and develop a campus infrastructure to support various research
functions. Please complete this survey by Wednesday, February 27. If you have any questions you may contact Cindy Walker at cmwalker@uwm.edu. Thank you for your time!
Thursday
I have a budget and planning meeting with the School of Continuing Education.
"Borders,
Boundaries, and Peace" is an interdisciplinary conference that will
take place Thursday and Friday at the Zilber School of Public Health.
UWM's Partnership in Sustainability and Peacebuilding and the Wisconsin
Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies will be co-sponsoring the
conference, which will feature a variety of presentations by faculty,
students, and professionals from Wisconsin and throughout the U.S. More
information at: http://www.uwsp.edu/cols-ap/WIPCS/Pages/Conferences/default.aspx. Registration is still open. Please contact Bridget Brown (brownbn@uwm.edu) if you have any questions.
Digital Future Events
Announcing
two upcoming Digital Future talks: Patrick Schmitz, a UC-Berkeley
semantic services architect who supports humanities and museum
collections digital research and collections, will be visiting UWM on
Thursday. He will be making two presentations:
“Working Smarter:
Leveraging Enterprise IT models and ECM as a platform to deliver
reusable, sustainable services” in Lubar S250 at 10:30 a.m.
and “Sharing the Love: Expanding Research IT to support social sciences and the humanities” Curtin 175 at 2 p.m.
To register, visit http://mydevelopment.uwm.edu/digitalfuture
Friday
Accreditation Update: Assessment Showcase & First Friday (March 1)
In
preparation for our accreditation, the first annual UWM Assessment
Showcase will be held on March 1 from noon-4 p.m. in the Architecture
& Urban Planning Commons. The program will include lunch, a keynote
address by Jo Beld (Professor of Political Science and Director of
Evaluation and Assessment at St. Olaf College), round-table discussions,
and posters presented by UWM faculty, staff, and departments. Attendees
will have opportunities to see and discuss many different techniques
and strategies and to schedule follow-up meetings as desired with the
presenters. For more information or to request special accommodations,
contact: Cheryl Jones, x6638. Registration information is at https://www4.uwm.edu/employeedev/longview.cfm?eventid=48181
The
March to Health First Friday celebration will be held from 4-6pm in the
Architecture & Urban Planning Commons. Co-sponsored by the School
of Architecture and Urban Planning and the School of Continuing
Education.
Donna Jones (University of California, Berkeley) is
speaking on “The Speculative Turn: Science Fiction & the State of
the Novel Form” on Friday, March 1, at 3:30 p.m. in Curtin 175. Her talk
is sponsored by The Center for 21st Century Studies (C21), www.c21.uwm.edu.
I will be participating in a visit with representatives from the Chinese Consulate's Chicago office.
Other Announcements
Digital Future Campus Summit
March 13, 9-11:30 a.m. in the Wisconsin Room of the Student Union
Join campus colleagues for an update on the Digital Future initiative,
featuring posters and a panel session of Digital Future grant
recipients, updates on the Emerging Educational Initiatives group and
the Flex Option redesign process, and a 'What's Next' panel.
Register at www.mydevelopment.uwm.edu/longview.cfm?eventid=48420.
UWM Libraries
The
Libraries have produced an advocacy video, “Value of the UWM Libraries:
Faculty Perspectives,” featuring John Berges, Associate Professor in
Biological Sciences; Shelleen Greene, Assistant Professor in Art &
Design; and Robert Smith, Associate Professor in History. It complements
the Libraries' video created last fall on undergraduate views of the
Libraries. Both short videos are available at http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/News/youtube.cfm.
Merrill Hall Closing for First Phase of Renovation
Bids
have been received by the State of Wisconsin for the $8M project that
will replace the majority of the air handling systems and add air
conditioning to four former Downer buildings. The work will be done in
three phases and require vacating Merrill, Holton, Johnston, and Greene
Halls at different times. Contractors will release the final
construction schedules in early March. The first phase will require the
closing of Merrill Hall so work can begin by an estimated date of June
17. Merrill is expected to remain closed for the summer and fall
semesters of 2013. The campus is working with effected departments on
temporary relocation plans for Merrill offices, classrooms, and
instructional labs by early June. Additional relocation details and
official construction dates for all four buildings will be announced
once the official schedules are received from the State’s contractors in
March.
TRIO and Pre-College
The TRIO and Pre-College
2nd Annual Parent Conference will be held on Saturday, March 9 from 9
a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Student Union ballroom. Featured topics include a
college student panel, Internet risks and safety, and youth empowerment
and hip-hop. Call 229-2845 for more information.
Year of the Arts: Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Early
announcement for our year of the arts: FREE tickets for UWM faculty,
staff and students - and your friends and family - are available now for
a world-class performance by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra on March
7, 7:30 p.m., at the Marcus Center. As part of the Year of the Arts, the
UWM Music Department, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Milwaukee
Symphony Orchestra have collaborated to bring Beyond the Score to
Milwaukee. Tickets are available for pick-up at the Peck School Box
Office in Zelazo, M-F, 12-4, or by calling the MSO at 414-291-7605 and
mentioning the code BTS.
BP2W
The Best Place to Work
(BP2W) initiative went “live” with two opportunities that all employees
can get involved in. One is the BP2W Champions awards, part of the
rewards and recognition effort. Co-workers can nominate fellow employees
for the award by clicking on the button on the homepage of www.bp2w.uwm.edu
. Up to two champions will be chosen each month. See the website for
more details on other guidelines and information on how to nominate
someone. BP2W is also launching the Submit a BP2W Quick Win feature on
the website. You are all encouraged to suggest possible BP2W quick wins
through the website. See the website for details and examples.
Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership (WWHEL)
A reminder of the March WWHEL gathering: PATHWAYS TO ACADEMIC AND SCHOLARLY LEADERSHIP
Date: Tuesday, March 5
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Place: 4th floor UWM Libraries Conference Center.
Panel
discussion with the women who are UWM Distinguished Professors. Join in
networking over light refreshments followed by a moderated panel
discussion on pathways to scholarly leadership with these Distinguished
Professors: Carolyn Aita (Chemistry and Biochemistry), Margaret Atherton
(Philosophy), Nadya Fouad (Educational Psychology), Jane Gallop
(English), Merry Wiesner-Hanks (History). This event is designed for
graduate students and post-docs who are interested in pathways to the
professoriate; faculty who are building their careers towards nationally
and internationally recognized scholarly leadership; staff and
administrators who support the professional development of our faculty
and students. Co-sponsored by UWM Libraries, Graduate School, and WWHEL,
in collaboration with the UWM Mentoring Program and the Women's
Resource Center
UWM Authors Recognition Ceremony
UWM
Libraries and the Graduate School invite you to the UWM Authors
Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday, March 13 at 3 p.m. in the fourth
floor Conference Center of the Golda Meir Library, honoring faculty and
staff who have published books (and other forms of scholarly activities
such as recordings) since September 2011. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, email libspecial@uwm.edu, call 229-4345, or visit http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/News/uwmauthors_call2013.cfm
Kudos
Dave Clark, Associate Professor in English, has won one of his field's
highest honors, the Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching
Technical Communication, from the Society for Technical Communication.
Congratulations, Dave!
Linda
Scalzo, Nursing, has earned the designation Certified Nurse Educator
(CNE) after meeting strict eligibility criteria and successfully
completing a rigorous certification examination developed and
administered by the National League for Nursing (NLN). From 2006-2011,
she was a scholar with Wisconsin Technology Enhanced Collaborative
Nursing Education (WI-TECNE) through a HRSA grant. The credential
establishes nursing education as a specialty area of practice,
demonstrates nursing faculty members’ expertise in their roles, and
communicates to students, peers, and the academic and health care
communities that they have achieved the highest standards of excellence.
UWM
doctoral student Kristopher Thomas received the Cutting Edge Research
Award from the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) at its
Annual International Conference in the Americas in Washington, DC on
February 17.
Angel Hessel, Teaching Academic Staff in the School
of Education, was one of six educators selected by the Department of
Public Instruction to serve as a statewide trainer for building local
capacity in the evaluation of the edTPA. The edTPA is a
performance-based assessment affecting the education of teacher
candidates nationally. Angel's selection speaks to her strengths in
professional development and reflects her leadership in the School of
Education as the edTPA coordinator.
Seniors Sasha Sigel (Peace
Studies and Theatre) and Jared Blommel (Biological Sciences and Spanish)
who were selected as UWM's finalists in this year's UW-System Liberal
Arts Essay competition. Their essays will go on to compete against
finalists from the other UW-System schools for a $2000 scholarship.
Other
From the Association of Research Libraries - a rather significant announcement:
http://www.arl.org/news/pr/arl-commends-obama-administration-for-historic-action-opening-up-access.shtml
Take Care,
Johannes
--
Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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