News from Academic Affairs

Provost's June 10 Monday Update

Good morning colleagues:

Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs:

Last week’s Board of Regents meeting went very well for UWM, highlighting the many facets of how UWM is at the leading edge of innovation. Two Masters programs were also approved - Sustainable Peacebuilding and Architecture. Here is a summary of key items from the Board of Regents meeting: http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2013/r130607a.htm, and a link to Chancellor Lovell's presentation to the Regents on Thursday:
http://www5.uwm.edu/news/2013/06/06/chancellor-addresses-board-of-regents/#.UbXUX5zp58E.

The week:

Tuesday
-The Deans meet with the Chancellor and Pat Borger (Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Relationships) at 2:30 p.m., with an agenda focused on Dean/development team fundraising activity.

Wednesday
-A delegation from Nigeria will visit our campus.

-A Conflict Resolution Workshop will be held from 8:00 a.m.-noon in Lubar S185. See below for details.

Thursday
-The Lubar School of Business will host the Classification Society annual meeting from Thursday - Saturday (June 13 -15). For those of you who don’t know: The Classification Society promotes the scientific study of classification and clustering, and includes members across many academic disciplines, including statistics, education, data mining, business, psychology, medicine, biology, and others. All keynote sessions are open to UWM faculty and students. More info can be found at http://www4.uwm.edu/business/news/releases/details.cfm?id=469.

-I am heading to Baraboo for a two-day UW System provosts retreat (Thursday and Friday).

Friday
-The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Research seed funding proposals are due; see below for details.

-I am attending the System provosts retreat.

Announcements
-Wisconsin Libraries Research Fellows (Access to Madison’s library)
The University Library Committee is seeking applications for the University of Wisconsin Libraries Research Fellows, an initiative launched three years ago to benefit our faculty and researchers by expanding access to UW-Madison Libraries’ online resources. This access will be available to a limited number of faculty and research staff for up to 12 months. As in prior years, UWM faculty and research staff will be selected to participate in the final year of this program as University of Wisconsin Libraries Research Fellows. If you were part of last year’s cohort, you may, according to Ewa, reapply for consideration since renewal is not automatic. Interested individual faculty and researchers should submit proposals by completing the short application form, in the link below, identifying which UW-Madison electronic resources currently unavailable through UWM the applicant is likely to use. Make sure you check UWM holdings before listing them. If you need assistance please ask a librarian at http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/ask/ or call (414) 229-4659. Selection of participants will be based on the need for those resources unique to the UW-Madison Libraries and critical for identified research focus; preference may be given to those faculty who are working towards tenure or indefinite status. The deadline for proposal submissions is July 31, 2013 using the online form. Questions regarding the program may be sent electronically to libadmin@uwm.edu. The application form is available at: http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/forms/wrn.cfm.

-Follow-Up Survey on Campus Video
Thank you to everyone who has responded to the campus survey about video needs. Faculty and teaching academic staff - if you use video as part of your curriculum, the video task force has just a few follow-up questions. This follow-up survey contains just 7 to 9 questions about your usage of video in the classroom and should take less than 5 minutes to complete. We would appreciate input from faculty and teaching academic staff about this important area for video development. https://milwaukee.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8BVHgkrYTKSFQd7

-Dean of the Graduate School recruitment
Recruitment is now open for our new Dean of the Graduate School and the search will continue into the fall semester. The position description and call for applications can be downloaded from this link:
http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/news_events/grad-dean/upload/UWM-GSD-PD-FINAL.pdf.

-Conflict Resolution Workshop
A workshop aimed at enhancing knowledge and skills in the area of conflict resolution and having difficult conversations - with peers, with those you supervise, with your supervisors. As Dev said, you can apply the knowledge, skills, and techniques in pretty much any context. The workshop will be led by Rob Ricigliano of UWM. Thanks to Dev in my Office who organized the workshop (we are fully booked!)

-Sabbatical Guidelines
The 2014-15 Sabbatical Guidelines are now online at: http://www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/policy/sabbatical_gl.cfm.

-Call for Seed Funding Proposals
The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Research (CABHR) in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare is pleased to announce the initiation of a Multidisciplinary Seed Funding Program. The purpose of the Multidisciplinary Seed Funding Program is to provide funding for research projects that (a) involve areas relevant to CABHR’s research mission; (b) are multidisciplinary and produce immediate impact; and (c) build thematic teams with serious prospects to attract additional and new research funding. More information can be found at http://www4.uwm.edu/cabhr/. Proposals are due June 14, 2013.

Kudos
-Christopher Willey, Art and Design, is this year’s recipient of the 2013 Joanne Lazirko Award for Innovative Use of Learning Technologies. In making the recommendation, the review committee noted that, “Willey uses digital content and interactive assignments, including the integration of clickers, asynchronous discussions, and group projects, to promote student inquiry and active learning in his classes, which is further evidenced by his model assessment plan. Willey did an outstanding job in organizing his course and supporting his students. In particular, his frequent and effective use of D2L News provided students with key information, engaged them through digital content, and supported their learning needs. Also, Willey’s consideration for the continuity of student experience in retaining the standard D2L navigation was noted. Student evaluations of Willey’s course and teaching showed strong support for effectiveness, and the open-ended comments were very positive, even when considering how the course could be improved.”

-Enrique Figueroa for receiving the Outstanding Alumni Award from Fresno State University. Well done!

Other
-I will be in China visiting Ningbo University Saturday - Tuesday of next week. I hope to get a Monday update ready, otherwise I will send it on Wednesday.

Take care and have a good week,

Johannes

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Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Provost's June 3 Monday Update

Good morning colleagues:

Here is this week’s (short) update from Academic Affairs:

Monday - Wednesday
-I am currently in South Korea (Seoul and Busan) meeting with university partners.

Thursday - Friday
-UWM is hosting the June meeting of the Board of Regents. The agenda is online at http://www.uwsa.edu/bor/meetings/archive/2013.htm. The Chancellor’s presentation, “The Transformation of UWM: Driving an Innovation Ecosystem in Milwaukee and Wisconsin,” is at 9 a.m. on Thursday in the Wisconsin Room of the Student Union. At 1 p.m. in the Union Ballroom West, Interim Vice Chancellor Robin Van Harpen will make a presentation to the Capital Finance & Budget Committee. At 2 p.m. in the Wisconsin Room, I will make a presentation on our academic planning process, joined by Phyllis King and Mark Harris.

Announcements
-Online Program Seed Funding Recipients
The Online Program Seed Funding Review Committee has recommended funding the following online and blended programs for the 2013-14 academic year:

-Master’s in Curriculum & Instruction: Urban Social Studies Emphasis
-Participatory Media and Social Change Online Certificate Program
-Reading Teacher Certification and Early Reading Empowerment Programs
-Social Work and Criminal Justice Programs
-Online Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Resource Planning
-Online Geosciences GER program
-Refreshing the online History major

-Dean of the Graduate School recruitment
Recruitment is now open for our new Dean of the Graduate School and the search will continue into the fall semester. The position description and call for applications can be downloaded from this link:
http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/news_events/grad-dean/upload/UWM-GSD-PD-FINAL.pdf.

-Academic Planning Retreat
The May 23 Academic Planning Retreat materials are available at:
http://www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/planningbudget/acadplan12-13/23may/index.cfm.

-Conflict Resolution Workshop
I am pleased to announce a workshop aimed at enhancing knowledge and skills in the area of conflict resolution and having difficult conversations - with peers, with those who you supervise, with your supervisors.. you can apply the knowledge, skills, and techniques in pretty much any context. The workshop will be held on Wednesday, June 12 from 8 a.m. - Noon in Lubar S185. Enrollment is limited to 45. To enroll, email Dev Venugopalan at dv@uwm.edu.  Those who enroll will receive a copy of the book "Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most" by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, and Roger Fisher. The workshop will be led by Rob Ricigliano of UWM.

-Sabbatical Guidelines
The 2014-15 Sabbatical Guidelines are now online at: http://www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/policy/sabbatical_gl.cfm.
The purpose of the program is to enable faculty members to be engaged in intensive study in order to become more effective teachers and scholars and to enhance their services to the University. Sabbatical leaves may be granted for the purposes of enhancing teaching, course and curriculum development, conducting research, or any other scholarly activities related to instructional programs within the field of expertise of the faculty member taking such leave. In recognition of the fact that sabbatical leaves are funded by UWM and are to serve UWM’s purposes, projects that support UWM’s mission will be considered.

-Call for Seed Funding Proposals
The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Research (CABHR) in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare is pleased to announce the initiation of a Multidisciplinary Seed Funding Program. The purpose of the Multidisciplinary Seed Funding Program is to provide funding for research projects that (a) involve areas relevant to CABHR’s research mission; (b) are multidisciplinary and produce immediate impact; and (c) build thematic teams with serious prospects to attract additional and new research funding. More information can be found at http://www4.uwm.edu/cabhr/. Proposals are due June 14, 2013.

-BP2W Champions awards
Mark Mone asked me to share with you that the BP2W Champions award recognizes up to two of our fellow employees monthly for their outstanding impact on climate that makes UWM a Best Place to Work. Co-workers can nominate fellow employees for the BP2W Champions award by clicking on the button on the homepage of www.bp2w.uwm.edu.

-An announcement about Electronic Reserve from the Libraries
After investigating the options available to us, we will be transitioning our E-Reserve service over the next year to one in which course readings are posted directly in D2L. More at http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/media/ERES_Faculty_Letter.pdf.

Other
-The International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy starts this week.

Take care and have a good week,

Johannes

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Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Provost's May 28 Tuesday Update

Good morning colleagues:

I hope you had a restful long weekend. Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs:

In Memorium
Dr. Winston Van Horne passed at 11:25 a.m. on Friday, May 24, 2013. As one of his close colleagues relayed to me, "He birthed a discipline, at once father and mother, but he would always say that Africology was simultaneously the newest discipline and the oldest." His contributions to the College of Letters and Science, UWM, the UW-System, and the community at large were indeed enormous! He will be greatly missed. Information on a memorial service will be forwarded when available. Last April, the College of Letters and Science dedicated the Winston Van Horne Seminar Room and videotaped the celebration of Winston's contributions to the University. See http://vimeo.com/66270056.

Tuesday
-Visitors from Kijeon College in South Korea will be on campus.

Wednesday
-As part of the academic planning process, there will be a campus space planning retreat held at the Cozzens Cudahy Center in Brown Deer. Participants will include deans, other academic leaders, governance leaders, and units responsible for campus facilities and space planning in the Division of Finance and Administrative Affairs. The agenda is available at http://www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/planningbudget/acadplan12-13/29may/agenda.pdf. This retreat follows a successful Academic Planning retreat held last Thursday on campus. We are making good progress with the academic planning process and the calendar of events is available at http://www4.uwm.edu/planningportal/.

Thursday and Friday
-A number of faculty and staff (including me) will be attending the UW System-sponsored LEAP 2.0: Integrating Liberal Education into a Changing Landscape conference in Madison. Day two of the conference focuses on the UW Flexible Option, and, as the lead institution for Flex development, UWM faculty and staff are well represented on the agenda. See http://liberaleducation.uwsa.edu/.

-UWM Digital Future Unconference proposals are due Friday (see under announcements.)

Announcements

-Dean of the Graduate School recruitment
Recruitment is now open for our new Dean of the Graduate School and the search will continue into the fall semester. The position description and call for applications can be downloaded from this link:
http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/news_events/grad-dean/upload/UWM-GSD-PD-FINAL.pdf

-Invitation from Chancellor
An invitation from the Chancellor to celebrate the construction of the first research facilities at Innovation Campus on Wednesday, June 5: http://www4.uwm.edu/chancellor/rsvp/innovationcampus/.
Please RSVP by May 30.

-Educational Technology Fee Advisory Committee Recommendations
The Educational Technology Fee Advisory Committee has made its recommendations for fiscal year 2013-14. In addition to supporting continuing projects in UITS, Panther Academic Support Services, the Geographic Information Systems Council, and the UWM Libraries, the following projects were funded:

Large Format Color Printing for Students, University Relations
UWM Mobile Apps, University Relations
Texthelp Read and Write Gold, Student Accessibility Center
Student Computers for Access and Academic Success, Panther Academic Support Services
E-Journal Subscriptions: JSTOR Collections, Historical Newspapers, UWM Libraries
Capturing Student Research & Dissertations through UWM Commons, UWM Libraries
Student Centered Smart Classrooms for Languages, Language Resource Center
Support for ArcGIS Server, Geographic Information Systems Council
A Supercomputer for Students, Research Computing Office in the College of Engineering and Applied Science

-Sabbatical Guidelines
The 2014-15 Sabbatical Guidelines are now online at: http://www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/policy/sabbatical_gl.cfm.

-Call for Seed Funding Proposals
The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Research (CABHR) in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare is pleased to announce the initiation of a Multidisciplinary Seed Funding Program. The purpose of the Multidisciplinary Seed Funding Program is to provide funding for research projects that (a) involve areas relevant to CABHR’s research mission; (b) are multidisciplinary and produce immediate impact; and (c) build thematic teams with serious prospects to attract additional and new research funding. More information can be found at http://www4.uwm.edu/cabhr/. Proposals are due June 14, 2013.

-BP2W Champions awards
Mark Mone asked me to share with you that the BP2W Champions award recognizes up to two of our fellow employees monthly for their outstanding impact on climate that makes UWM a Best Place to Work. Co-workers can nominate fellow employees for the BP2W Champions award by clicking on the button on the homepage of www.bp2w.uwm.edu.

-An announcement about Electronic Reserve from the Libraries
After investigating the options available to us, we will be transitioning our E-Reserve service over the next year to one in which course readings are posted directly in D2L. More at http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/media/ERES_Faculty_Letter.pdf.

-UWM Digital Future Unconference proposals are due May 31, 2013. To submit, please visit: http://www.unconference.uwm.edu/. The UWM Learning Technology Center is hosting its second annual Unconference on Friday, June 21 at the Hefter Center. The event is to bring together individuals from the UWM community, such as teachers, researchers, technology developers, advocates, support units, students, and business partners, to share information, brainstorm ideas, develop agendas, and build collaborations to assist the campus in developing the capacity to share our pedagogical practices, investigate emerging technologies, and better provide evidence of impact on student outcomes.

-Student Business Competitions
Deadlines are near for entry into two of UWM’s three major student business competitions. Open to students in any discipline is the Student Startup Challenge with winnings from $5,000 - $10,000. Apply by May 31 at http://uwmstartupchallenge.com/. The new James D. Scheinfeld Entrepreneurial Award is open to teams that include at least one business student. Apply by June 7 at http://lubar.uwm.edu/scheinfeldaward. Winnings range from $5,000 - $15,000.

-Lienzo de Santa Catarina Ixtepeji
Deanna Ding asked me to share the following: Join Visiting Scholars Michel R. Oudijk and Sebastian van Doesburg from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) for a discussion about the Lienzo de Santa Catarina Ixtepeji. They, along with collaborators from UW-Milwaukee and Marquette, re-discovered the Lienzo in early 2012 in the American Geographical Society Library at UWM. Seven feet in length, the cloth painting dates from the 17th/18th century and was used to demonstrate the land rights of the local ruler. Presentations are on June 6 and June 11. For more information: http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/events/upload/2013-June-Lienzo-pdf.pdf.

Other

Bike-Friendly Campus
UWM Police have some new wheels to get around campus (which they came to show me in Chapman hall): see http://www.flickr.com/photos/66798555@N03/8831509578/.

Anthropology
Thomas Malaby invited Mark Mone and me to visit their department last week. I was deeply impressed with the work they are doing. Thanks for the invitation Thomas. See picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/66798555@N03/8854718517/.

Take care and have a good week,
Johannes

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Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Provost's Monday, May 20 Update

Good morning colleagues:

Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs (a lighter week!):

-Congratulations to all our graduates . . . it was such a
successful day with graduation & social media! Check out
#uwmgrad social media link: http://uwm.edu/grads/uwmgrad.cfm
and this veteran grad video: http://youtu.be/CPlRrngHtPY.

-The 2014-15 Sabbatical Guidelines are now online at: http://www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/policy/sabbatical_gl.cfm

-An invitation from the Chancellor to celebrate the
construction of the first research facilities at Innovation
Campus on Wednesday, June 5:
http://www4.uwm.edu/chancellor/rsvp/innovationcampus/
Please RSVP by May 30.

Monday
- I meet with the Academic Staff Committee in the morning
and will be a SOIS all-staff meeting in the afternoon.

Tuesday
-In the afternoon I have my bi-weekly meeting with the
University Committee.

Wednesday
- A delegation from CERNET will be on campus.

Thursday
-The UWM Research Foundation board meeting takes place
(early in the morning).

-The Academic Planning Phase II retreat will be held from
9 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. Coffee, juice, and
light breakfast treats will be served at 8:30 a.m. Agenda
items include the current program array and trends in new
program development. Deans, governance leaders, and
all department chairs are invited.

Announcements
-Call for Seed Funding Proposals
The Center for Applied Behavioral Health Research (CABHR)
in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare is pleased to
announce the initiation of a Multidisciplinary Seed Funding
Program. The purpose of the Multidisciplinary Seed Funding
Program is to provide funding for research projects that
(a) involve areas relevant to CABHR’s research mission;
(b) are multidisciplinary and produce immediate impact; and
(c) build thematic teams with serious prospects to attract
additional and new research funding. More information can
be found at http://www4.uwm.edu/cabhr/. Proposals are
due June 14, 2013.

-BP2W Champions awards
Mark Mone asked me to share with you that the BP2W Champions award recognizes up to two of our fellow employees monthly for their outstanding impact on climate that makes UWM a Best Place to Work. What makes a Champion? Here are some excerpts from nomination forms that highlight the great contributions BP2W Champions make to UWM:

     “[She] really invests in her students -- she's walked
     students to Norris for mental health issues, she's
     helped them navigate college financing and reached
     out to the accessibility office, and fosters the kind of
     connections to these students that has a tremendous
     impact on student retention and on their individual
     drives to learn.”

     “She has a can-do attitude. She values relationships and
     treats all people, regardless of their rank, with respect
     and kindness.”

     “His ability to think creatively and positively is extremely
     helpful, especially under deadlines and at times when
     options appear limited.”

Co-workers can nominate fellow employees for the BP2W
Champions award by clicking on the button on the homepage
of www.bp2w.uwm.edu. Up to two champions will be chosen
each month.

-An announcement about Electronic Reserve from the Libraries
After investigating the options available to us, we will be transitioning our E-Reserve service over the next year to one in which course readings are posted directly in D2L. More at http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/media/ERES_Faculty_Letter.pdf

-UWM Digital Future
Unconference proposals are due May 31, 2013. To submit,
please visit: http://www.unconference.uwm.edu/. The UWM
Learning Technology Center is hosting its second annual
Unconference on Friday, June 21 at the Hefter Center. The
event is to bring together individuals from the UWM
community, such as teachers, researchers, technology
developers, advocates, support units, students, and business
partners, to share information, brainstorm ideas, develop
agendas, and build collaborations to assist the campus in
developing the capacity to share our pedagogical practices,
investigate emerging technologies, and better provide
evidence of impact on student outcomes.

-Student Business Competitions
Deadlines are near for entry into two of UWM’s three major
student business competitions. Open to students in any
discipline is the Student Startup Challenge with winnings
from $5,000 - $10,000. Apply by May 31 at
http://uwmstartupchallenge.com/ . The new James D.
Scheinfeld Entrepreneurial Award is open to teams that
include at least one business student. Apply by June 7 at
http://lubar.uwm.edu/scheinfeldaward . Winnings range
from $5,000 - $15,000.

-Social Science Analytics using SAS®
The Provost’s Office and the Center for Applied Behavioral
Health Research in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare
are co-hosting the first “Social Science Analytics using SAS®”
event on August 29 -30, 2013. The program features
presentations on Big Data in Social Science, Data Mining using
SAS Enterprise Miner™, and UWM’s new Graduate Certificate
in Applied Data Analysis using SAS®. More information can be
found here: http://www4.uwm.edu/cabhr/sas/sas_days/.
Dr. Mike Speed and Dr. Rick Wicklin from SAS will offer hands
-on workshops on Data Visualization using SAS/GRAPH and
ODS, Mixed Models, Introduction to SAS/IML Software,
Simulating Data with SAS, and Data Analysis and Graphics
using JMP. Attendance is free! Registration is required,
please sign up here:
http://www4.uwm.edu/cabhr/sas/sas_days/registration.cfm

-Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research
Please join the Center for Community-Based Learning,
Leadership, and Research on June 5 for the Engaged
Scholars Summer Institute at the Hefter Center. Dr.
Scott Peters, from Imagining America, and Dr. Caryn
McTighe Musil, from the AAC&U and author of “The
Crucible Moment,” will be here to discuss public
engagement in higher education. There will also be
opportunities to learn about grant-writing and
publishing community-based scholarship. Colleagues
from across UWM schools and colleges will work toward
defining “civic engagement” and we will share “best
practices” in service learning and community-based
research. Lunch will be catered by a local vendor and
there is no charge for faculty and teaching staff to attend
this event. An event flyer can be found at:
http://www4.uwm.edu/community/faculty/cesn.cfm
and to register, click here:
http://www4.uwm.edu/community/register_cesn_summer.cfm

-Survey on Video Services
You know how important academic and marketing video
services are to campus. Please take 5 minutes to complete
this short survey,
https://milwaukee.qualtrics.com/SE/SID=SV_9M6BovckAuZ4DTT,
which will help guide decisions about future video needs and
investments. The division of University Relations and
Communications is conducting a comprehensive assessment
of video needs. The review team includes faculty and staff
from across campus. Survey results will be part of the data
that informs a final report this summer. Thank you for your input.

Kudos
-To the award recipients of the Graduate School Pilot
Program for the Acquisition and Development of Research
Infrastructure, which was established to enhance the campus
research infrastructure through acquisition of individual
equipment, systems of related equipment, and major
research instrumentation. The pilot has two parts: an
extramural program for preparation of proposals to federal
agencies and foundations, and an intramural program for
speedy acquisition of research equipment with campus funds.
Recipients of the Intramural Pilot: Julie Bowles,
Geosciences; Benjamin Church, Materials Science and
Engineering; James Cook, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Val
Klump, Freshwater Sciences; Carol Mitchell, Biomedical
Sciences; Adel Nasiri, Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science; Marvin Schofield, Physics; and Jon Welstead, Music.
Recipients of the Extramural Pilot: Frankie Flood, Art &
Design, and Prasenjit Guptasarma, Physics. Additional
information is provided at
http://graduateschool.uwm.edu/research/news/0index.cfm.
Congratulations to all!

-Fred Binkowski, our nominee for Excellence in Public Health Research, has been selected by the Wisconsin Public Health Association for recognition this year. He was honored at the annual conference on May 23, which was held at UWM. Well done Fred!

-Thanks in part to support from all of you, the Archaeological Institute of America local group, AIA-Milwaukee Society, is the winner of the 2012-2013 Best AIA Local Society Program online contest! See http://www.archaeological.org/news/aianews/11946.

-Dance Associate Professor Darci Wutz has recently been elected by her peers to the National Board of Directors of the American College Dance Festival Association for the North-Central region. Her three-year term of service extends from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016.
Congratulations Darci!

-Congratulations to Professor Hope Olson (SOIS) who has received the 2013 Career Achievement Award in Women’s and Gender Studies Librarianship from the Association of College and Research Librarians. Hope was more than instrumental in the development of our combined MA/MLIS degree program and a steadfast supporter of Women's Studies. Here is the official press release from ALA/ACRL:
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2013/03/olson-wins-2013-acrl-wgss-career-achievement-award. Well done Hope!

-Congratulations also to undergraduates Chelsea Ballas (Global Studies/Business) and Matthew Leser (Urban Studies) - each has received $15,000 from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies in federal Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships for intensive study of Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Area Studies in 2013-14.

-And to Greta Voltz, the first person to complete the coordinated MLIS/MA in Women's Studies. She graduated this spring!

Other
-From graduation: UWM Libraries Director Ewa Barczyk and John Gurda (Honorary Degree recipient): http://www.flickr.com/photos/66798555@N03/8747964470/in/photostream/lightbox/.

-About 80 Panthers (including the chancellor & me) took advantage of a gorgeous UWM Bike to Campus Day. Kate Valerius, a Graduate Program Assistant in Physics, won the Panther Pride Award. Photos are at http://www.flickr.com//photos/66798555@N03/sets/72157633512792742/show/. And a video is available at http://youtu.be/rWeZmJh40Q8.

Take care and have a good week,
Johannes

Provost's May 13 Monday Update

Good morning colleagues:

Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs (a number of graduation related events):

-I am very pleased to announce that Scott Emmons is the new Dean of the Peck School of the Arts. Scott, a professor of music education, joined the UWM faculty in 1992. He is a widely sought clinician in the field of technology for music educators and one of the founders of the national New Horizons Band for Senior Adults program. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, and Southwest State University (Minnesota). His public school experience includes band directing and teaching general music in both Wisconsin and Minnesota. He has served as a regional representative to the Music Educators National Conference and the state council of the Wisconsin Music Educators Association. Emmons has guest conducted and presented workshops throughout the United States and in Australia. Congratulations on your new role in PSOA, Scott!

-From Student Affairs: Dr. Timothy W. Gordon will be the next Dean of Students at UWM. He will commence his duties on July 1, 2013. Tim comes to UWM from Northwestern University, where he is the associate dean of student and alumni services at the School of Continuing Studies. Please join us in welcoming Tim to the UWM community; he can be reached at tgordon@northwestern.edu. For more details on this announcement see http://www4.uwm.edu/news/announcements/?action0=announcements_detail&item_id=21435

Monday
-We have the honors commencement ceremony and from 10 p.m. I will join the Chancellor and others (including the Vice-Chancellors) in serving the students snacks, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate in the library (in support of their studies).

Tuesday
-I will attend part of the Academic Staff Senate meeting at 2:30 p.m.

-Student projects for Cultures and Communities core course Art 150, “Multicultural America” will be on display in a showcase in the Library Learning Commons classroom A. Many of CC's core courses feature innovative opportunities for students to complete projects through which they reflect on the combination of community engagement, academic study, and critical self-exploration that make the course unique.

-Academic Staff Panther Baseball Tailgater
5 p.m. (first pitch 6 p.m.) at Henry Aaron Field, Lincoln Park Golf Course: http://www5.uwm.edu/news/2013/05/02/academic-staff-panther-baseball-tailgater-may-14/#.UY8Z8bZVh0s

Wednesday
-Mark Mone and I will have a meeting with the Zilber School of Public Health cabinet and leadership team on Academic and Strategic Planning.

-The Academic Leadership Council (formerly the Academic Deans Council; I've changed the name to reflect broader membership) meets. Agenda items include Diversity & Academic Program Planning – Joan Prince; Flex Option & State Authorization – Laura Pedrick; and Open House and Campus Visit Programs – Jeff Meece.

-5:30 p.m. in the Library: The Friends of the Golda Meir Library invite you to a presentation by Growing Power's Will Allen. Also participating will be the Chancellor, Dean Stan Stojkovic, and Victory Garden Initiative Executive Director Gretchen Mead. http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/News/fol2013.cfm

-At 7 p.m. I will be attending the 4th annual Lavender Graduation ceremony in the Wisconsin Room of the Student Union.

Thursday
-It’s Bike to Work Day! Please join me, the Chancellor, Robin Van Harpen, and your colleagues as we bike to work. (I will join the group leaving Whitefish Bay at 7:30 a.m. at the corner of Hampton and Wilson) See additional information on the event at: http://www4.uwm.edu/news/announcements/?action0=announcements_detail&item_id=21395.
To register, please visit: https://www4.uwm.edu/employeedev/longview.cfm?eventid=48783.

-In the evening I will attend a reception for our 2013 Honorary Degree Recipient, celebrated Milwaukee historian John Gurda.

Friday
-I meet with the Social Science chairs in the College of Letters and Science from noon-1 p.m. in Holton 341.

-I will be meeting with a Korean Fulbright delegation.

-In the evening I will be making a welcome address at the Education: A Family Affair banquet, which honors parents for exceptional participation in the education of their children. The involvement of these parents in their children’s education was identified by the school officials as a crucial factor in their children’s academic success. About 12 to 15 Milwaukee area schools (primarily from Milwaukee Public Schools) participate in this event each year.

Sunday
-We have our commencement event. Here are a few of the outstanding graduates of 2013 http://www4.uwm.edu/grads/

Announcements

-Support Archaeology
You can vote in support of “Archaeology at UWM” until May 14.
Derek Counts (from Art History) asked me to share with you that our local Milwaukee Society Institute of America has been nominated for the “Best Archaeological Event” for 2012 - here is a link to the event: http://www4.uwm.edu/archlab/AIA/archday2012blog.cfm.

The Archaeological Institute of America is now asking people to vote for the Best Event on their website: http://www.archaeological.org/outreach/contest/societyentries2013 (I voted early this morning).

-Student Business Competitions
Deadlines are near for entry into two of UWM’s three major student business competitions. Open to students in any discipline is the Student Startup Challenge with winnings from $5,000 - $10,000. Apply by May 31 at http://uwmstartupchallenge.com/. The new James D. Scheinfeld Entrepreneurial Award is open to teams that include at least one business student. Apply by June 7 at http://lubar.uwm.edu/scheinfeldaward. Winnings range from $5,000 - $15,000.

-Social Science Analytics using SAS®
The Provost’s Office and the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Research in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare are co-hosting the first “Social Science Analytics using SAS®” event on August 29-30, 2013. The program features presentations on Big Data in Social Science, Data Mining using SAS Enterprise Miner™, and UWM's new Graduate Certificate in Applied Data Analysis using SAS®. More information can be found here: http://www4.uwm.edu/cabhr/sas/sas_days/. Additional training opportunities will be offered exclusively to students, academic staff, and faculty from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Marquette University, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Milwaukee School of Engineering. Dr. Mike Speed and Dr. Rick Wicklin from SAS will offer hands-on workshops on Data Visualization using SAS/GRAPH and ODS, Mixed Models, Introduction to SAS/IML Software, Simulating Data with SAS, and Data Analysis and Graphics using JMP. Attendance is free! Registration is required, please sign up here: http://www4.uwm.edu/cabhr/sas/sas_days/registration.cfm.

-TEDx event
Chancellor Michael Lovell and five other UWM faculty members were among the 14 speakers at the May 9 TEDxHarambee, the first TEDx event held in Milwaukee. The event focused on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Music), a blended-disciplinary approach to tackling social, economic, and environmental challenges. You can still watch the program, archived at https://new.livestream.com/tedx/events/2050736. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events based on the national TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) lecture series.

-Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research
Please join the Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research on June 5 for the Engaged Scholars Summer Institute at the Hefter Center. Dr. Scott Peters, from Imaging America, and Dr. Caryn McTighe Musil, from the AAC&U and author of “The Crucible Moment,” will be here to discuss public engagement in higher education. There will also be opportunities to learn about grant-writing and publishing community-based scholarship. Colleagues from across UWM schools and colleges will work toward defining “civic engagement” and we will share “best practices” in service learning and community-based research. Lunch will be catered by a local vendor and there is no charge for faculty and teaching staff to attend this event. An event flyer can be found at: http://www4.uwm.edu/community/faculty/cesn.cfm and to register, click here: http://www4.uwm.edu/community/register_cesn_summer.cfm

-Survey on Video Services
Colleagues, we know how important academic and marketing video services are to campus. Please take 5 minutes to complete this short survey, https://milwaukee.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9M6BovckAuZ4DTT, which will help guide decisions about future video needs and investments. The division of University Relations and Communications is conducting a comprehensive assessment of video needs. The review team includes faculty and staff from across campus. Survey results will be part of the data that informs a final report this summer. Thank you for your input.

Kudos

-The Council of Counseling Training Programs has notified Educational Psychology Chair and Distinguished Professor Nadya Fouad that she will be honored at the summer American Psychological Association conference with a Lifetime Contributions Award. The purpose of this award is “to appropriately recognize faculty who have distinguished themselves through significant, long-term service and contributions to education and training in counseling psychology.” Well done Nadya!

-Jim Wasley, Architecture, is a SCUP (Society for College and University Planning) Honor Award Recipient for the “UMW Zero Discharge Zone: A Stormwater Masterplan” project. The SCUP awards recognize excellence in college planning. Also to you Jim!

-Students Molly Kessler, Jeffrey Motschman, David Stock, and Dylan Wilmeth represented UWM at the Annual Posters in the Rotunda event at the State Capitol. The students were part of a delegation of UWM faculty, staff, students, and alumni who went to the Capitol on April 17 to talk to legislators about how undergraduate students are part of the research mission of UWM and other System schools. Check out the picture: http://www.wisconsin.edu/posters/archive/2013/gallery/print/165_Larson_uws_posters_2013_165.jpg (L-R: Nigel Rothfels, Dylan, Molly, Senator Chris Larson, David, and Jeff). http://www.wisconsin.edu/posters/archive/2013/gallery/print/165_Larson_uws_posters_2013_165.jpg. Congratulations!

-The Upward Bound Program of TRIO & Pre-College Programs, under the leadership of program director Donald Singleton, has received funding from Great Lakes. The official name of the grant is the “Great Lakes College Ready Grant.” The goals of the College Ready Grant are to assist low-income, first generation high school students succeed in high school, prepare them for college, and eventually complete a post-secondary education. The funding will allow Upward Bound to serve more students (at least 115-120 students) and expand some of the academic services offered. The grant competition was open to programs from Minnesota and Wisconsin. 150 programs applied for the funding and 36 programs were selected. Great news for Upward Bound!

-A few snaps from last week’s highly productive strategic planning retreat:
http://www.flickr.com//photos/66798555@N03/sets/72157633456040268/show/.

...and Chris Gayle who scored 175 n.o. from 66 balls in a T20 (IPL)...

Take care and have a good week,
Johannes

--

Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Provost's May 6 Monday Update

Good morning colleagues:

Here is the 'last week of class' update from Academic Affairs:

Tuesday
- I meet with the University Committee.

Wednesday
- From 8:00 a.m. - noon we have a strategic planning retreat and in the afternoon Mark Mone and I will have a  meeting with the College of Nursing cabinet on Academic and Strategic Planning. 

Thursday
- I'm attending the APBC meeting in the morning, and the Faculty Senate meeting in the afternoon (the last of the academic year).
- Faye Sigman "Woman of Valor" lecture by pioneering theatre scholar, Jill Dolan, who will explore the characteristics that make a Jewish theatre artist remarkable in contemporary America. Her lecture, "What Makes a Jewish Theatre Artist? Gesture, Voice, and Ethics in American Performance" will be held in the Golda Meir 4th Floor Library Conference Center at 7:30 p.m. More information is at http://cdn.e2ma.net/userdata/1357854/assets/docs/r_r_8-12_opt.web.pdf.

Friday
- I will be participating in a UW System provosts' videoconference. Agenda items include a budget update (including the 'cash balances'); and a discussion on the following: Accountability report, tuition/pricing policy and Associate degree report.
- At noon I have a meeting with the department chairs of Natural Sciences to discuss the academic and strategic planning.
- In the afternoon I will be part of a group from UWM meeting with leaders of Aurora Health Care to discuss mutual collaboration.
- I will be attending the SAC Excellence Awards (see below).

Announcements

Social Science Analytics using SAS®
The Provost's Office and the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Research (CABHR) in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare (HBSSW) are co-hosting the first "Social Science Analytics using SAS®" event on August 29-30, 2013.  The program features presentations on Big Data in Social Science, Data Mining using SAS Enterprise Miner, and UWM's new Graduate Certificate in Applied Data Analysis using SAS®.  Additionally, hands-on workshops and presentations on Data Visualization using SAS/GRAPH and ODS, Mixed Models, Data Simulation with SAS, Introduction to SAS/IML, and Statistical Analysis using JMP will be offered to students, academic staff and faculty from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Marquette University, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Milwaukee School of Engineering.  Attendance is free!  More information coming soon.

Survey on Video Services
Colleagues, we know how important academic and marketing video services are to campus. Please take 5 minutes to complete this short survey, https://milwaukee.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9M6BovckAuZ4DTT, which will help guide decisions about future video needs and investments. The division of University Relations and Communications is conducting a comprehensive assessment of video needs. The review team includes faculty and staff from across campus. Survey results will be part of the data that informs a final report this summer. Thank you for your input.

SAC Excellence Awards
Please join the Student Accessibility Center as we honor the 2013 winners of the SAC Excellence Awards on Friday, May 10, 2013, Union 345, at 1:00 p.m.
We celebrate and honor faculty and staff who have demonstrated awareness of and sensitivity to students with unique needs.

Kudos to the 2013 equal access winners:

Raymond Fleming
Lanlan Han
Nicole Heinen
Gloria Miller
Jude Rathburn
Jose Torres
Krislyn World


Kudos

- From the Graduate School: Congratulations to the recipients of the following UWM research awards.

Graduate School/UWM Foundation Research Awards: Luca Ferrero, Philosophy; Benjamin Johnson, History; and Krista Lisdahl, Psychology.
http://graduateschool.uwm.edu/research/spectrum/foundation-research-awards/

UWM Research Foundation Senior Faculty Awards: Fred Helmstetter, Psychology; James Peoples, Economics; and Robin Pickering-Iazzi, Italian.
http://graduateschool.uwm.edu/research/spectrum/senior-faculty-awards/

Research in the Humanities Award: Tanya Tiffany, Art History; and Barrett Kalter, English.
http://graduateschool.uwm.edu/research/spectrum/humanities-research-award/

Research Growth Initiative: See the 32 proposals chosen for funding for 2013-2014:
http://graduateschool.uwm.edu/research/growth-initiative/award-winners/2013/

-The UWM Libraries have won a PR Xchange Best of Show award from the Library Leadership Administration and Management Association, American Library Association, for their undergraduate-aimed advocacy video "Value of the UWM Libraries: My Library," directed by Ryan Allsop (UWM Film ‘12). http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VZYQ3TF2Vkc.

- UWM Libraries staff member Beth Kucera won “Best Content” for her poster session on enhancing a graphic novel collection and graduate student intern Emma Molls won “Best Student Poster” on Twitter outreach, at the recent Wisconsin Association of Academic Libraries annual conference.

- Cheng Thao, PhD in Engineering (2012), has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UW-Whitewater.

- The UWM Design & Visual Communications Senior Capstone Showcase was held last weekend, and congratulations to these talented graduates! A special congratulations to Marquayla Ellison, one of our student workers in the Provost's Office! See their work at http://uwmdvc.com/resolution2013/.

- Please join me in thanking Tien-Chien Jen for his years of outstanding service to UWM. T.C. has accepted a position as Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Alaska-Anchorage.

In memorium
Community leader Anthony Mensah, who taught courses in Africology on the culture of Africans and African-Americans. His obituary is at
http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/mensah-shared-the-value-of-culture-7a9lk8i-205043571.html.

Take care and have a good week,

Johannes

--

Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

April 29 Monday Update

Good morning colleagues:

Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs:

I want to thank all of you who provided me with feedback on
the four dean candidates for the PSOA Dean's position. I hope
to start negotiations soon so that we can have a permanent
dean in place by the start of the fall semester.

-Dean of Students Finalist Interviews have concluded. Please
email feedback to dos-feedback@uwm.edu. The deadline for
feedback is today, Monday, April 29.

Monday
-At 11:00 a.m. I will attend a space planning meeting on the
South West Quad (as a possible STEM focused area).

Tuesday
-The Faculty of Color will have their reception at 3 p.m. in
the Library 4^th Floor Conference Center.

Wednesday
-L&S has their annual budget and planning with my Office in the morning.
-The yearly Length of Service Awards are at 3 p.m. in the Student Union.
-I will also attend two retreat planning meetings on Wednesday – one on the Academic Program Array follow-up retreat (scheduled for May 23) and the other on the Space Planning Retreat (scheduled for May 29).
-The Privacy Week lecture by Dr. Kelly Gates will take place in the Library 4^th Floor Conference Center from 2-4 p.m. (see details under announcements).

Thursday
-In the afternoon I will attend the “Dark Side of the Digital”
conference organized by the Center for 21^st Century Studies.
See: http://www4.uwm.edu/c21/

Friday
-I have a meeting with MCW to discuss joint projects/initiatives between the two institutions.
-The Biomedical and Health Informatics Research Institute (BHIRI) will be hosting its first “Informatics Day” (see under announcements).
-A delegation from Harbin Engineering University (China) will be visiting this week. I meet them for lunch.
-At 4 p.m. we have First Friday at the Zilber School of Public
Health (jointly hosted by the Zilber School of Public Health
and the School of Freshwater Sciences). It will include
a Friday Fish Fry . . . be sure you are there!

Announcements
-Michael Zimmer asked me to invite you to join the Center
for Information Policy Research (CIPR), the Social Studies of
Information Research Group (SSIRG), and the UWM Libraries
for a special lecture by Dr. Kelly Gates (Communication, UC-
San Diego) in celebration of Choose Privacy Week, an annual
initiative of the American Library Association that invites the
public into a national conversation about privacy rights in a
digital age. Dr. Gates’s lecture, “The Computational Work of
Policing: Surveillance Video & the Forensic Sensibility” is
Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. in the UWM Libraries 4^th Floor
Conference Center. Please RSVP at http://sois.uwm.edu/ZZX

-The Center for 21st Century Studies’ annual conference, which runs from May 2-4 primarily in Curtin 175, is on the theme, “The Dark Side of the Digital.” The conference features eight plenary speakers, another 30+ speakers in thirteen breakout sessions, various art and video installations, an Autonets workshop and performance, plus an opening night reception at Best Place at the Historic
Pabst Brewery. Details can be found at www.c21.uwm.edu.

-FOOD, FOOD, FOOD . . . at UWM
As part of the dining services master plan study, we are inviting members of the campus community to participate in an on-line survey. Your input will help UWM enhance the dining options available to the campus community. As an incentive, you will be offered the opportunity to enter in a prize drawing for a $150 VISA Gift Card at the end of the survey.

-The Biomedical and Health Informatics Research Institute
(BHIRI) will be hosting its first “Informatics Day” for UWM
faculty, students, and community research partners. The
program features a keynote address by Dr. Wendy Chapman,
Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego
in the Division of Biomedical Informatics; research and
profession focused industry panels; and a poster session for
graduate students. Please join us on May 3 in the Library 4^th
Floor Conference Center from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Register
using the link provided. We look forward to seeing you there.
https://www4.uwm.edu/employeedev/registration-open.cfm?eventid=48596.

Kudos
-Ginny Stoffel, who was installed as President of the
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) at an
elegant ceremony during the AOTA's 93^rd Annual Conference
and Expo in San Diego, CA, from April 25-28, 2013.
Congratulations Ginny!

-Peter Paik, who received a Fulbright Fellowship to Kyung Hee
University in Suwon, South Korea.

-US News & World report recently named Shorewood High School as the top high school in Wisconsin, and among the top 500 high schools in the nation. Matt Joynt, who holds a master's degree in Administrative Leadership from the School of Education, has been principal at Shorewood since 2008.
Joynt's father, Thomas Joynt, is a clinical associate professor in the school's Administrative Leadership department. 

-UW-Milwaukee has made the Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges for the 5^th year in a row! Thanks to Kate Nelson, UWM’s Chief Sustainability Officer.

-To the winners at the Undergraduate Research day:

First Place Poster:
Gabrielle DuCharme, L&S senior
“Wikiproject Public Art Milwaukee”
Mentored by Marc Tasman of Journalism & Media Studies

Second Place Poster:
Danielle DeMorrow and Mark Nebel, L&S seniors
“Regulation of Brain Morphogenesis by Differential Gene Expression in the Midbrain-Hindbrain Boundary”
Mentored by Jennifer Gutzman of Biological Sciences

Third Place Poster:
Moua Vang and Wa Vang, seniors in the College of Nursing
“Water Quality Database Development and Forecast Modeling at Bradford Beach”
Mentored by Todd Miller of the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health

Best Oral Presentation
Angela Jones, L&S senior
“Normative and Structural Causes of the Black and White Wealth Divide”
Mentored by Enrique Figueroa, director of the Roberto Hernández Center

-Congratulations also to Dave Petering and Craig Berg, who organized a very successful Student Research conference last week that focused on the impact of environmental toxicants on the biology of living organisms. The conference is part of the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to the Children's Environmental Health Sciences Core Center. 

-Our UW-Milwaukee/Johnson Controls team won the gold award in the category of Collaborative Innovation/Service Delivery at the Edison Awards last night. Great win and a celebration opportunity for our whole team. The Energy Advancement Center Research Lab & Showcase provides an R&D environment in which scientists, students, and faculty have dedicated space to conduct research, enhance the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee's advanced energy curriculum, and accelerate Johnson Controls' exploration and development of innovative, next generation chemistry and technologies for energy storage. 

Take care and have a good week,

Johannes

Provost's April 22 Monday Update

Good morning colleagues:

Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs:

PSOA Dean Candidates
We have our last candidate, Dr. Jean Miller, on campus this week and the open forum is today at 1:30 p.m. in the Union Fireside Lounge.

Candidates’ CVs and campus visit schedules are on-line at: http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/news_events/psoa-dean/psoa-dean.cfm.
On this page, you will also find links to online feedback forms for each of the candidates. Please submit feedback on the candidates by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 26.

New Chief Information Officer

Dr. Josh Riedy has been named Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer (see more details under announcements).

This week:

Monday
-PSOA Dean Candidate Jean Miller on campus visit.

-Special Physics Colloquium at 4:00 p.m. in the UWM Physics lecture hall 137 (see details under announcements).

-I will be attending (with the Chancellor) a reception and recognition event honoring UWM's Distinguished Professors this evening.

-Today is also Earth Day (http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement).

Tuesday
-I will attend a UWM Research Foundation board meeting, meet with the University Committee, and speak at the Phi Kappa Phi initiation (the evening).

-From 9:30–11:00 a.m. the UWM Faculty Mentoring Program and the Office of the Secretary of the University offer a session on the promotion and tenure process. It will take place in Union 181. You can register at https://www4.uwm.edu/employeedev/events/calendar/bydate.cfm. Contact Paula Rhyner if you have questions.

-Earth Week Event will take place from 12:00–2:00 p.m. at the Spaights Plaza. You are invited to join in celebrating by helping the UWM Food & Garden Club take the next step toward a green, sustainable campus: a Hoop House. (See more details under announcements).

-Full day conference on “South Korea’s Rise in the Era of Globalization: Power, Economic Development and Foreign Relations.” in the Library 4th floor Conference Center. Here is the link: http://www4.uwm.edu/cie/?cat=currentstudents&pagenum=2131 .

Wednesday
-The Lubar School of Business will have its planning and budget meeting with Academic Affairs.

-Another session on the faculty tenure and promotion process - also in the Union 181 from 2:00-3:30 p.m.

-In the evening, I will be attending an international talk, "South Africa's 19 Years of Freedom & Democracy."

-In the afternoon, from 4:30–6:45 p.m., the UWM Libraries will host the 5th Annual Shakespeare Birthday Celebration. http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/News/shakespeare_2013.cfm

-From 6:00-8:00 p.m. the IWA Annual George F. Kennan Forum will take place. The topic is: Does Peace Pay? Rethinking Security and Prosperity. http://www4.uwm.edu/cie/iwa/events/event_details.cfm?event_id=4661 (see more details under announcements).

Thursday
-The Chancellor and I will be at EMS 180 for a brown bag meeting with the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Lubar School of Business (noon).

-Later in the day, I will be attending the Asian Faculty and Staff Scholarship Awards reception.

-Another international event (Conference on Peace) will take place on Thursday and Friday in the Hefter Center. Patrice Petro shared with me that the conference will explore various aspects of peace and will feature scholars from a range of disciplines. www.onpeace.uwm.edu

Friday
-At 2:00 p.m. Brooke Drew (a 2012-13 Chancellor's Golda Meir Library Scholar Award recipient and PhD candidate in Anthropology) will present a talk, "Milwaukee County Institution Grounds Burial Identification: Integrating Library Resources with Archaeological Data". It will be in room E281 of the Golda Meir Library. http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/News/scholar_apr13.pdf 

-Patricia Aufderheide (University Professor in the School of Communication at American University in Washington, D.C., and director of the Center for Social Media) will speak on Copyright and Creativity in the Remix Era: Creative Practice as Policy Reform at 2:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall 191.

-I will attend a dinner at the United Community Center.

Announcements

UWM Physics Department Special Colloquium
The colloquium, entitled, “First Light with the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory,” will be presented by Stefan Westerhoff, a member of the Wisconsin Ice Cube Particle Astrophysics Center. For information regarding the colloquium, see: http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/physics/upload/HAWC_milwaukee-talk_flier_031813.pdf.  Coffee/tea/cookies will be served starting at 3:45 p.m. (also in Physics lecture hall 137).

Earth Week Event
Celebrate by helping the UWM Food & Garden Club take the next step toward a green, sustainable campus: a Hoop House. You can join in the fun by hooping as long as you can, or you can sponsor a hooper ($5 per minute, tax deductible). The Hoop house will be built in the Sandburg Hall gardens, and used to turn organic material into compost for the Restaurant Ops and community gardens. Contact Laura Stevens (steven73@uwm.edu, 229-7759) for more information.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLwUcrJRBH0&feature=youtu.be

UWM Institute of World Affairs
Join the UWM Institute of World Affairs at the Milwaukee County War Memorial for the George F. Kennan Forum, “Does Peace Pay? Rethinking Security and Prosperity.” Speakers for the conference will be Diana Chigas, Co-Director, Reflecting on Peace Practice Project at CDA Collaborative Learning Projects and Professor, Tufts University; Maina Kiai, Executive Director, InformAction Kenya and UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association; and Linton Wells II, Director, Center of Technology & National Security Policy, National Defense University and former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. For more information visit: http://www4.uwm.edu/cie/iwa/events/event_details.cfm?event_id=4661.

CIO Announcement
Dr. Josh Riedy has been named Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee starting on August 1 of this year. He is currently the Chief Information Officer at the University of North Dakota. Josh will report to the Vice Chancellor for the Division of Finance and Administrative Affairs and will serve on the Chancellor’s cabinet.

Dean of Students Finalists Open Forum Invitation
Information about the candidates and their itineraries can be found at: https://www.aux.uwm.edu/studentaffairs/pages/dean-of-students-finalists.php.

Faculty and Staff Internationalization Survey
All UWM Faculty, Staff, and Administrators are invited to participate in a survey that will assist in identifying ways to improve the campus climate for international students. Please take some time (approximately 10 minutes) to complete the survey at the below link, which will inform an external consultant's review and recommendations:
https://milwaukee.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0TwTFu21fAAUD9b.

Biomedical and Health Informatics
The Biomedical and Health Informatics Research Institute (BHIRI), in cooperation with CEAS, College of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, Lubar School of Business, School of Information Studies, Zilber School of Public Health, and the Graduate School, will be hosting its 1st  "Informatics Day" for UWM faculty, students, and community research partners. The program features a keynote address by Dr. Wendy Chapman, Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego in the Division of Biomedical Informatics; research and profession focused industry panels; and a poster session for graduate students. Please join us on May 3 at the Golda Meir Library 4th Floor Conference Center from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Register using the link provided and we look forward to seeing you there.
https://www4.uwm.edu/employeedev/registration-open.cfm?eventid=48596

UWM Libraries
The UWM Libraries have been selected for the Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success (AiA) program of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The UWM team members are: Linda Kopecky, Dr. Anthony (Tony) Ciccone, and Dr. Marija Gajdardziska-Josifovska. UWM team will examine the impact of library services on graduate student success. Program details are available at: http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/7036.

Panther Academic Support Services
Panther Academic Support Services (PASS) is hosting the 7th Annual Wisconsin Learning Assistance Network Conference this Friday, April 26 at the Library 4th Floor Conference Center. College Learning Center directors and professionals from across the state will share best practices in academic support in two general sessions and 12 breakout sessions. PASS will host a tour and feature its online tutoring service. Other UWM presentations include UWM's Writing Center, PASS's Math and Science academic support, and assessment tools. Contact the PASS Office in Bolton 180 or at 229-3726 for more information.

Kudos

-To the recipients of the 2013 UWM Entrepreneurship Research Award. First place ($4000): R. Singh and E. Levitas, Lubar School of Business (“Examining the Inventiveness of Female Research Scientists”); Second place ($2000): K. Beckman, A. Decker, and Q. Madson, Peck School (“Design Entrepreneurship Curriculum at Peck School”).

-The Encyclopedia of Milwaukee team (Margo Anderson, Amanda Seligman, and Marquette colleagues), which received a National Endowment for the Humanities award of $250,000 to advance the development of the highly innovative Encyclopedia project. Well done to the team! According to Amanda they plan the launch in 2017 and this will ultimately be a $2 million project.

Other

...the headline in an oversees newspaper that I read this week: ‘America had a sad week’…and I thought it was so true.

Take care,
Johannes

--

Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Provost's April 15 Monday Update

Good morning colleagues:

Here is this week’s update from Academic Affairs:

PSOA Dean Candidates this Week
Candidates’ CVs, campus visit schedules, and feedback forms are on-line at: http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/news_events/psoa-dean/psoa-dean.cfm.

This week:
Heather Landes: April 15-16, 2013
Open Forum: Monday, April 15, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge

Benjamin Withers: April 18-19, 2013
Open Forum: Thursday, April 18, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Union Theatre (NOTE a change in location from the original schedule)

Monday
-PSOA Dean Candidate Heather Landes on campus visit.

-Maude Barlow, who is an international water advocate, will give a talk on Water and Climate Change today at 5:00 p.m. in the Library 4th floor Conference Center. Thanks to Jenny Kehls from UWM’s Center for Water Policy for organizing this event. See http://www4.uwm.edu/freshwater/email/author/.

-Mark Eckman would like to remind faculty that study abroad program proposals for the 2014 spring and UWinteriM terms are due today. Mark’s email address is: eckmanm@uwm.edu. More information, including the proposal forms, can be found at: http://www4.uwm.edu/cie/staff/1031.

Tuesday
-I will be attending the Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership luncheon.

Wednesday
-The Chancellor and I will be at the School of Freshwater Sciences for a brown bag meeting (noon).

-In the afternoon Mark Mone and I will be meeting with the leadership team of the College of Health Sciences - the discussion focuses mainly on academic and strategic planning.

Thursday
-Dr. Benjamin Withers (PSOA Dean Candidate) on campus visit.

-In the afternoon I will be attending the Faculty Senate meeting.

Friday
-From 12:00-2:00 p.m., I will meet with all the department chairs and directors to provide an update on academic planning and, in particular, on the outcomes of the April 1 & 2 academic planning retreat. The meeting will take place in the Chapman Hall Regents Room.

-I will be attending the Fifth Annual UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium. This is the signature campus event celebrating the research activities of our undergraduate students. I encourage everyone to drop by the Symposium to visit the Poster Session in the Wisconsin Room, running from 1:00-3:00 p.m., the Oral Presentations in the rooms across the hall, which run until 2:30 p.m., and the brief theatrical trailer for the upcoming production of “Meet Me at the Avant Garde,” which will be presented in the Union Theater at 3:00 p.m. A brief awards ceremony will be presented at 2:40 p.m. in the Wisconsin Room. Faculty and academic staff please consider volunteering to be judges. To register to be a judge, fill out the registration form on mydev ( https://www4.uwm.edu/employeedev/longview.cfm?eventid=48676 ) or contact Scott Payne at the OUR directly (mspayne@uwm.edu; x5344).

-At 1:30 p.m., Associate Professor Evelyn Alsultany (University of Michigan) will present a public lecture on “Arabs and Muslims in the Media after 9/11: Patriotic Arab Americans, Oppressed Muslim Women and Sympathetic Feelings.” It will be held in Greene Hall and form part of the UWM Women’s Studies Program Feminist Lecture Series.

-Today is also the deadline for applications for the Online Program Seed Funding. See: http://www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/planningbudget/seedfunding.cfm.

Announcements

Dean of Students Finalists Open Forum Invitation
Three finalists have been selected for the Dean of Students position at UWM. Information about the candidates and their itineraries can be found at: https://www.aux.uwm.edu/studentaffairs/pages/dean-of-students-finalists.php. Everyone is invited to the open forums, which will take place in the Union’s Alumni Fireside Lounge from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on April 18, 23, & 25.

The Libraries invite you to the 2013 Arthur Holzheimer “Maps and America” Lecture in the AGS Library this Thursday, April 18: “Andrew Ellicott: Early America’s Preeminent Surveyor,” presented by Chas Langelan, Washington DC Land Surveyor (retired), and Officer of the Surveyors Historical Society. http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/News/holzheimer13.cfm

Bring your friends and family to the Peck School’s biggest FREE event of the year, Kenilworth Open Studios, on Saturday, April 20, from 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. New this year: Visit the MKE Unplugged Stage and vendor marketplace on the 6th floor - the first 350 visitors will receive an awesome free gift bag. Full event schedule at http://arts.uwm.edu/kos or watch a video that our puppets made (with some help from our awesome Film students): http://vimeo.com/63883886.

2013 UWM Community Engagement and Leadership Awards
Submit a nomination for the 2013 UWM Community Engagement and Leadership Awards, to be held May 6 at 5:30 p.m. at the Zelazo Center. The Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research is seeking nominations for outstanding work by students, faculty, and instructors. To take a look at this year’s nomination categories and gain access to the nomination form, please follow this link: http://www4.uwm.edu/community/nomination.cfm . Please note that nominations are due today (April 15).

Sessions on Faculty Promotion and Tenure Process
Two sessions, sponsored by the UWM Faculty Mentoring Program and the Office of the Secretary of the University, are being offered to those wishing to learn about the faculty tenure and promotion process. The sessions are Tuesday, April 23, 9:30-11:00 a.m. and Wednesday, April 24, 2:00-3:30 p.m. Both will be in Union 181. If you have questions about the sessions, please contact Paula Rhyner at prhyner@uwm.edu. Register by selecting the event from the calendar posted at:
https://www4.uwm.edu/employeedev/events/calendar/bydate.cfm.

Special Physics Colloquium
On Monday, April 22 the UWM Physics Department will host a special colloquium in conjunction with the UW-Madison Department of Physics. The colloquium, entitled, “First Light with the HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory,” will start at 4:00 p.m. in the UWM Physics lecture hall 137. The colloquium will be presented by Stefan Westerhoff, a member of the Wisconsin Ice Cube Particle Astrophysics Center. For information regarding the colloquium, feel free to email Kate Valerius at katev@uwm.edu. Coffee/tea/cookies will be served starting at 3:45 p.m. (also in Physics lecture hall 137).

Events from the Center for International Education
Join UWM’s Academy of Korean Studies on April 23, at the UWM Library Conference Center for a conference on “South Korea’s Rise in the Era of Globalization: Power, Economic Development and Foreign Relations.” If you have any questions about the conference, contact Youngmi Choi at youngmi@uwm.edu or visit http://www4.uwm.edu/cie/?cat=currentstudents&pagenum=2131.

IWA Annual George F Kennan Forum: Does Peace Pay? Rethinking Security and Prosperity
Join the UWM Institute of World Affairs on April 24, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Milwaukee County War Memorial for the George F. Kennan Forum, “Does Peace Pay? Rethinking Security and Prosperity.”

Join the Center for International Education on April 25-26, at the Hefter Conference Center for A Conference on Peace. The conference will explore various aspects of peace and will feature scholars from a range of disciplines to engage in dialogue about prospects for peace in a challenging global context. For more information, please visit the website, www.onpeace.uwm.edu, or contact Eric Herhuth at eherhuth@uwm.edu.

The UWM Libraries has been selected for the Assessment in Action: Academic Libraries and Student Success (AiA) program of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).  The UWM team members are: Linda Kopecky,  Dr. Anthony (Tony) Ciccone and Dr. Marija Gajdardziska-Josifovska. UWM team will examine the impact of library services on graduate student success. Program details are available at: http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/7036.

Kudos
Marissa Jablonski, a Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is one of 85 doctoral students nationwide selected to receive a $15,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was sponsored by Chapter AW of Milwaukee. John Reisel is her advisor. Well done Marissa!

Gabriela Nagy, a doctoral student in the Psychology department, is the first recipient of the Dr. Garrett-Rosas Award. She is a McNair Scholar from the University of Colorado-Boulder, and her research investigates how psychological treatments can be culturally sensitive, relevant, and effective for Latinos. The Graduate School's new Dr. Tomás Garrett-Rosas AOP Fellowship Award recognizes a student whose research interests demonstrate a focus on social justice and potential for community outreach, objectives that were important to Dr. Garrett-Rosas. Well done Gabriela!

Leah Leone, Translation & Interpreting Studies, has been selected to serve on the Board of Directors of the American Literary Translators Association (http://www.utdallas.edu/alta/) and will serve as their newsletter editor.

UWM was awarded an Institutional PLA Pilot Grant from UW System to expand prior learning assessment opportunities for military veterans and service members. This 2-year grant is intended to develop a process to expand the utilization of PLA and increase retention among veterans and service members.

And remember your taxes....

Take care,
Johannes

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Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Provost's April 9 Tuesday Update

Colleagues,

This week I have additional items to notify you about, taking place Friday, April 12:

-Kudos to the 2012-2013 recipients of the Certificate in Blended and Online Teaching, who will be recognized at this Friday's Online Program Council (10:30am-noon in Lubar S250): Shelleen Greene, Jessica Moyer, Sonia Khatchadourian, Adam Pacton, Angel Stoddard, Cathy Poliak, Dana Margolis, Colleen Stowe, Renato Umali and Majeed Abdul Rahman.

-2013 South East Regional Conference
UWM faculty and academic staff are invited attend the UW System LTDC South East Regional Virtual Conference, "Best Practices Using Learning Technology," to be held this Friday, April 12th, online via Blackboard Collaborate. You may find more information, including schedules and keynote information, at the web site: http://blogs.ces.uwex.edu/showcase/.  Please register to get email updates this week:  http://tinyurl.com/SEshowcaseRegister. 
If you have general conference questions, feel free to contact Matt Russell (russelmr@uwm.edu) in the Learning Technology Center.

Take care,

Johannes

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Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee