June 28, 2024 Friday Update
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June 28, 2024
Friday Update |
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Good morning, colleagues. Here is the update from Academic Affairs.
At the June Board of Regents Education Committee, I presented on how UWM amplifies the remarkable potential of the students we serve.
I highlighted who we serve, why who we serve is so important, some examples of the outstanding research happening at UWM (Connected Systems Institute, School of Freshwater Sciences), and how we engage our students in this research, with testimonials from two of our outstanding UWM undergraduate researchers.
UWM is proudly one of about 78 universities in the United States that have the dual designations as Carnegie R1 and Carnegie Community Engaged. As an access R1, UWM is adding many people to the talent pipeline: 97% of 2023 graduates are working, in graduate school, or both. We have graduated 75,000 students in the past 15 years, with over 90% remaining in Wisconsin.
We open doors by amplifying the remarkable potential in our students.
Not only are we doing high-impact research and engaging our graduate students, but we also do a great job in engaging our undergraduate students. Half of our undergraduate students participate in research. The presentation featured two of our outstanding undergraduate students and student researchers, Hailey Beaty, a Psychology major, works in Dr. Karyn Frick’s Neuroendocrinology of Memory Lab, and David Loeza, a Mechanical Engineering major, works in the Connected Systems Institute.
Read their reflections on the impact of participating in undergraduate research:
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I concluded the presentation by highlighting six alumni who conducted undergraduate research while earning their bachelor’s at UWM. This diverse set of graduates, who are now pursuing graduate degrees and research careers at notable institutions such as Harvard, Northwestern, and the University of Illinois, will bring new perspectives to addressing complex problems.
The presentation was very well received by the Regents, and I’d like to express my appreciation to the Office of Undergraduate Research and to the many faculty and staff who mentor our undergraduate researchers.
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I appreciate Rakiba Sultana (PhD student in Geosciences), who was awarded a six-month internship, funded by NSF, to conduct numerical modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport under the guidance of Dr. Michael Fienen at the USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center in Madison. Congratulations, Rakiba!
I share my appreciation for Cassandra Phillips (Arts & Humanities), whose book, “Materiality and Writing Studies: Aligning Labor, Scholarship, and Teaching,” with co-author Holly Hassel (Michigan Technological University), won the Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA) Best Book Award. Well done, Cassandra and Holly!
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UWM is in the early stages of reimagining our enrollment management process, with an eye to the future. As part of this, the long-running Chancellor’s Enrollment Management Action Team (CEMAT) will disband. The efforts will continue, though, as we build a new Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) planning process.
This process will establish UWM’s enrollment priorities, guided by the refreshed 2030 Action Plan. The work on the SEM structure will begin during the 2024-25 academic year with a thorough analysis of our opportunities and obstacles.
While the SEM structure will result in a written final plan, it will be grounded in an iterative planning process that will chart UWM’s enrollment future.
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The 2030 Action Plan refresh is nearly complete. The proposed refresh views the 2030 Action Plan and Strategic Framework as four commitments:
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- Commitment to Students’ Academic & Personal Journey
- Commitment to a Positive Employee Experience
- Commitment to Research, Innovation & Community Impact
- Commitment to Fiscal Sustainability & Economically Anchoring Southeastern Wisconsin
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The current 2030 website contains the related goals and names of commitment sponsors, who worked over the spring semester to fine-tune goals and strategies as well as to discuss metrics and benchmarks. The final version of the 2030 refresh to be shared in fall 2024. Watch for updates and keep an eye on the 2030 Action Plan website.
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Advancing 2030 Plan Priorities |
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90 MPS students recently completed the M-Cubed College Connections Program, which allowed them to fulfill high school graduation requirements while earning up to 21 college credits from MATC and UWM at no cost. The 90 students collectively saved more than $500,000 in tuition this year. Since its inception in 2019, 697 students have seen tuition savings in excess of $2.4 million. The initiative, which has grown from 32 students in its first year to 300 applicants this year, prepares a diverse talent pool for the workforce.
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Applications are now open for the Ignite Startup Accelerator! The goal of the 11-month collaborative startup accelerator is to provide passionate entrepreneurs who have a strong business idea and have completed customer discovery with the tools, resources, and connections to accelerate the commercialization of their ventures and get to revenue growth. Information and application.
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Save the dates for Fall Welcome 2024! Beginning with Move-In on Monday, August 26 and spanning into the first weeks of the semester, Fall Welcome and University Housing Move-In are UWM’s two largest campus-wide programs. The success of these programs relies heavily on your participation along with hundreds of other student and employee volunteers. Sign up here!
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Paul Roebber (Freshwater Sciences), on behalf of the World Meteorological Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, will present a webinar entitled, “Some Thoughts about the Application of Machine Learning Weather Prediction in Data Sparse Regions,” on Wednesday, July 3. The program will be broadcast to all the Americas (including the Caribbean, Central, and South America) and will have simultaneous English-Spanish translation.
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Applications are now being accepted for the 2024-2025 Mosaic Leadership Academy, a professional development program designed to create community and leverage campus resources to foster the knowledge, skills, and networks of diverse UWM employees. The deadline to apply is Monday, July 1. Information and application.
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Inclusive Teaching Toward Justice is a series of three workshops on inclusive teaching practices. The workshops are offered in person with lunch provided on July 10, July 24, and August 7 from 12-2 p.m. in Engelmann B73; or virtually via Zoom on July 11, July 25, and August 8 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Information and registration.
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The MyUW portal was redirected to the Universities of Wisconsin Human Resource System (HRS) on June 24. You can access Human Resources, Benefits, Payroll, etc. in HRS: hrs.wisconsin.edu.
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Sensitivity labels are available in Microsoft 365 apps to protect sensitive data. As of June 26, sensitivity labels allow classification of files, emails, and SharePoint sites with sensitive information as either Sensitive or Restricted. Labels can be applied automatically or manually.
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Items marked as sensitive can be shared with people at UWM and people outside of UWM who have been added as a guest member to a Microsoft Team or Outlook Group.
- Items marked as Restricted can only be shared with people at UWM.
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The UWM TechStore will close on Sunday, June 30 after 15 years of service to the UWM community. Retail operations have stopped and there will no longer be a retail location in the UWM Student Union. Questions may be sent to uwm-techstore@uwm.edu. More information.
- New paid parental leave policy begins July 1, 2024. The Universities of Wisconsin are implementing a policy, effective July 1, providing six weeks (240 hours) of paid parental leave within a 12-month period after a qualifying birth or adoptive event. The birth or adoption of a child younger than 18 must occur on or after July 1, 2024, to be eligible for this benefit.
Employees must have completed six months of continuous employment with the UWs at the time of the qualifying event. This policy will run concurrently with Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act leave (WFMLA) in cases where an eligible employee is also eligible for FMLA or WFMLA leave. More information.
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With appreciation,
Andrew P. Daire, PhD
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
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