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8/23/2023

HARIBO of America Receives UW System Board of Regents Business Partnership Award for support of UW-Parkside

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has recognized HARIBO of America, Inc. with a Business Partnership Award in appreciation of their partnership with and support of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. UW System launched the Regents Business Partnership Award to recognize companies that positively affect Wisconsin through their generosity and collaboration with universities throughout the UW System.

President of the UW System Jay Rothman discussed the importance of providing access to education and the social mobility created by that access. “We are privileged across our university system to partner with businesses leaders like HARIBO. They make such a difference. They are absolutely critical to the way our universities are functioning.”

Student Regent Jenn Staton Explains Why She Chose UW-Parkside

Why UW-Parkside? The answer for Jenn Staton, a University of Wisconsin-Parkside student regent and Army veteran, is simple. The people, the programs, and the academic opportunities, but most of all, UW-Parkside’s emphasis on creating your own path at your own pace.



“They [the faculty] really helped me grow as a student and I don't think they realize how important that was in my life, because I had zero confidence [before],” said Staton. “They really care about student success, so I know I’m exactly where I need to be,” she continued.

Sustainability Spotlight: De Simone Arena Lighting Project

Some subtle but important changes have been occurring throughout the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus in recent years. The facilities management department has been identifying projects on campus to help improve energy efficiency in our buildings and on campus grounds. Most of UW-Parkside’s campus was constructed over 50 years ago, and improvements in technology are available to save energy and reduce utility costs.



One area of focus has been on exchanging outdated light fixtures to higher efficiency units. Most commonly, this involves swapping a fluorescent lamp for a light-emitting diode (LED). Converting lighting fixtures to LEDs has several benefits.

LEDs are typically over 50% more energy efficient than fluorescent fixtures. This means an LED will emit the same amount of light at a fraction of the energy expenditure. This reduces electricity expenses over time and reduces the school’s dependence on fossil fuels for electricity needs. LEDs also last longer than most other bulbs, reducing maintenance and replacement costs.

Ask Me Tables & Ranger Welcome Volunteer Opportunities

The start of a new school year is upon us and in just two weeks we will be starting the fall 2023 semester! Our Ranger Welcome program is set to kick off Monday September 4 and runs until Saturday September 9. Ranger Welcome is the oldest campus tradition and the week is packed with events and resources to welcome new students to campus. In order to ensure these programs run smoothly, we need your help!

Volunteers are needed throughout the week for a variety of tasks including the following:

• Ask Me Tables: Greeting students on the first and second day of classes and helping them find their way to classrooms and answering questions. 
• Move-In Help: Greeting and welcoming students and families at the move-in check in station, checking ID’s, and handing out welcome packets. 
• Parent/Guest Hospitality Tent: Greeting and mingling with families as they move students in to Ranger Hall and Pike River Suites. Handing out swag items such as tote bags, notepads, and pens for parents/guests. Light refreshments will be available. 
• New Student Welcome Party: Helping with distributing t-shirts, snow cones, popcorn, and general crowd control. 
• New Student Convocation: Greeting students as they arrive, handing out vouchers for the Athletic Open House later that day, seating students, and walking them over to The Commons in Wyllie Hall at the conclusion of the program for the Chancellor’s Picnic. 
• Walk Your Schedule: Walking students through the academic buildings to help them find their classrooms prior to the first day of classes. 
• Parkside Athletics Open House: Greeting students and bringing them on a tour of the SAC with other athletics staff. 
• Welcome Tables: Taking first day of school photos with cut out props and handing out fruit cups.
• Transfer T-Shirt Swap: Handing out t-shirts to new transfer students who exchange an old university/college tee.

If you are interested in helping out, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A044BA4AB2CA5FF2-2023. 

For your time, if you are volunteering for an Ask Me Table, you will receive a FREE green Ask Me shirt if you do not already have one. If you are volunteering for a different event, you will receive a FREE Ranger Welcome t-shirt. T-shirt pick up will happen on Thursday August 31^st and Friday September 1^st in Student Engagement & Connection (Student Center L104) from 8:30am – 4:30pm. You will also receive additional volunteer instructions on Thursday August 31^st regarding your volunteer role. 

Student Engagement & Connection greatly appreciates your help in making Ranger Welcome a success! Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

UW-Parkside Announces Foreign Films Series 2023-2024 Lineup

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is pleased to announce the lineup for the 2023-2024 Foreign Film Series. This year marks the 42nd year of the Foreign Film Series at UW-Parkside. This year 14 foreign films are offered for the low subscription price of $30.

SOLAR Changes Coming Soon!

UW-Parkside is committed to being student focused and striving to provide the appropriate software and tools for student success.

Starting July 30, 2023, the UWP SOLAR Student Center will be updated with a new Look. This update will enhance your experience in SOLAR

Please watch your email for additional information.

Parking Permits Available

Faculty and staff are able to purchase 2023-2024 parking permits by the following methods:

Payroll deduction:  Equal after-tax deductions will be made from your paycheck during the year.  Certain employees such as LTE’s, other part-time employees, and contract employees are not eligible for payroll deduction.  If you are not sure if you are eligible for payroll deduction, please contact Human Resources. Payroll deduction is available as an option during August & September 2023 only. If you are eligible, University Police highly recommends using this option.

• If you have SOLAR access, you may log in to your SOLAR account and then under “Self Service,” choose “Purchase Parking Permit.” Select the type of permit and payroll deduction. Your transaction will be processed, and your permit will be sent by campus mail to the office or room listed in the UW-Parkside directory. If you need to update your office location, contact Human Resources.
• Those without SOLAR access who are permanent faculty/staff (not LTE’s, other part-time employees and contract employees) may click here https://uwparkside.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8q9qIJSPwvCIEmx and fill out the order form. You will receive a confirmation email and your permit will be sent to you by campus mail.  

Pay by credit card, check, or money order:

• If you have SOLAR access and would like to order the permit ahead of picking it up, you may log in to your SOLAR account and under “Self Service,” choose “Purchase Parking Permit.” Select the type of permit and payment method. Stop by UWPPD, Tallent Hall, room 188 to obtain your permit and pay. 
• Those without SOLAR access, LTE, other part-time employees, or contract employees need to come to the UWPPD in person, in Tallent Hall room 188, to obtain a permit.

At Parkside, we enjoy convenient parking options and our facilities team does a great job maintaining our parking areas, roadways and walkways. Parkside continues to be near the UW System average.

The parking program is self-funded and not supported by tuition or tax dollars. Your purchase of a parking permit sponsors the following:

Public safety

Our campus is a safe place to learn, work and visit. It is also an open and public environment. The UW-Parkside Police and Public Safety Department assists motorists with jump starts, small amounts of fuel, airing of low tires, and opening locked car doors.

Parking lot maintenance

Permit fees pay for snow removal, ice control, striping, lighting, and asphalt repair in the parking areas.

Bond payments and future expenditures

Bonds that financed new parking areas for the Student Center and The Rita are being repaid. Revenue from permit fees covers these payments and helps build funds for future renovation and maintenance of parking areas. 

Parking Permits

23/24 Cost

• Annual Commuter Student $245
• Annual Housing $255
• Semester Commuter $130
• Annual Full-Time Staff $245
• Annual Part-Time Staff $140
• Semester Staff $130
• Reserved $480
• Summer $80
• Single Day Temporary $6

Dining Plan Options For Faculty & Staff & Commuter Students – Order one today!

The Ultimate - $200

• With the Ultimate Plan you receive $126 Dining Dollars --- worth $252 at the Brickstone Grill & Eatery due to the 50% discount you receive with a Dining Plan purchase.

The Deluxe - $328

• With the Deluxe Plan you receive $209 Dining Dollars --- worth $418 at the Brickstone Grill & Eatery due to the 50% discount you receive with a Dining Plan purchase.
• The Premium - $455
• With the Premium Plan you receive $289 Dining Dollars --- worth $578 at the Brickstone Grill & Eatery due to the 50% discount you receive with a Dining Plan purchase.

                       The Brickstone Grill & Eatery is open during August!

Save 50% on purchases within 5 minutes of purchasing a dining plan!

Additional Information: 



• Plans may be purchased online starting today; please allow 5 minutes for order to activate.  
• Additional Parkside Dining information can be found at www.uwp.edu/live/eat .
• Commuter students can pay for a plan with their Solar Account, or cash, or credit via Cashnet. Commuter students will not pay sales tax on the purchase. 
• Faculty and Staff can pay for a plan with credit via Cashnet or cash at the Campus Concierge. Faculty and staff will pay state and county sales tax on the food portion (Dining Dollars) of the purchased plan. 
• The Dining Dollar and Campus Cash account information can be accessed through the Online Card Office portal located at the UWP Logins page or https://uwp-sp.transactcampus.com/eaccounts/AnonymousHome.aspx
• The balance left over from a Fall 2023 dining plan will carry forward with the purchase of a Spring 2024 dining plan.
• The difference in the total cost of a the plan and amount in the Dining Dollars account is the deduction for overhead. These are standard operating costs associated with offering an on-campus dining program including card services, utilities, maintenance and custodial services. Overhead costs deducted from each plan as follows: Ultimate/$74, Deluxe/$119 and Premium/$166. 
• Dining Dollars can be used at The Brickstone Grill & Eatery (open now) and then at The Encore, The Den, Book & Brew and Wyllie Market during the academic semester.

Faculty and Staff Save the Date: In-Service Day Aug. 30!

What is Parkside In-Service Day?

Parkside In-Service Day is an opportunity for you connect with your colleagues and learn about a variety of topics on how we can help make Parkside an inclusive space. Below are a few of the many topics available for you to explore.

• How to Create an Inclusive Syllabus
• Neurodiversity: A Historical Perspective and Some Suggestions for Higher Education
• Safety and Empowerment for Experiential Learning
• Recognized Names, Pronouns, and Gender Policy
• Mental Well-Being at UW-Parkside

We are looking forward to seeing you on August 30!

Sessions will be repeated so make sure to register for two separate breakout sessions using the links listed under Schedule of Events. 

Schedule of Events

• 8:30-10:00: Convocation (Student Center Ballroom) light continental breakfast included
• 10:30-12:00: Keynote Address, Dr. Brittany M. Williams (Student Center Ballroom)
• 12:00-1:00: Lunch (Student Center Ballroom)
• 1:15-2:15: Breakout Session 1 (various sites, register here)
• 2:30-3:30: Breakout Session 2 (various sites, register here)

Fall Class Room Changes

The Reservation’s office has received the academic rooms from the Registrar’s Office. If you are interested in changing your classroom assignment this semester, please be sure and contact the Reservations Office by email to reservations@uwp.edu.  

Just a reminder that many of the academic classrooms are used around class schedules. This happens more in the evenings for other university programs and community events. Please do not just move to a classroom because it looks like a room is not being used. There will be event/s or an academic class later in the semester scheduled in academic classrooms and we don’t want any confusion.

Let us know: Communications Needs

Effective immediately, please submit any requests or inquiries about stories, press releases, social media posts, or other communication needs through the Let Us Know form and we will respond as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding!

University Relations Marketing and Design: Project Forms

Greetings from University Marketing and Design!

We have recently become a department of two staff and four students and had to make some adjustments. We need your help. Please use our Marketing and Design Project Request Forms and build a two week turnaround into your planning. There are four forms to provide a streamlined completion process. Just pick the one that seems closest to your needs.

If you have any questions, send us an email at umad@uwp.edu.

Improve Your "AIM"

AIM is the system that faculty and instructional academic staff use to track and record their teaching, research/scholarship/creative work and service activities, and to prepare their Annual Activity Reports. The information you provide in AIM is used to generate your profile on the UW-Parkside website. Your Dean may also use AIM data for reporting and recognition within the college.

From March 24, 2020 to March 24, 2021, there were more than 97,000 unique page visits to AIM profiles!



New Ethics and Compliance Website

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is committed to upholding our core institutional values, including a commitment to behaving in an ethical manner and treating all people with respect.

All members of our community are expected to fulfill ethical and other professional standards at all times. Additionally, we abide by federal, state, and other regulations in addition to policies set forth by the UW System Board of Regents and the University.

The following workplace conduct expectations apply to all UW System Employees:

• Be fair and respectful to others.
• Protect and preserve UW System resources.
• Act ethically and with integrity.
• Contribute to a safe and healthy workplace.
• Promote a culture of compliance.

As members of the UW-Parkside community, it is important to remain aware of the obligation to report suspected wrongdoing that adversely affects our community. The University is committed to providing an environment that encourages the disclosure of violations of law, policy, and other standards to the Parkside administration, while protecting from reprisal employees who make good-faith disclosures of suspected wrong conduct occurring at the University.

Ranger Wellness and Fitness!

The Ranger Wellness and Fitness committee would like to invite you to join us for planned wellness activities on campus. Check out the activities and more using the link below.

Civic Action Plan

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside seeks to live the Wisconsin Idea as an authentic community partner and steward of place as well as an effective laboratory for its students to learn through community engagement. By signing the Campus Compact Civic Action Statement in November 2015, Chancellor Deborah Ford pledged to develop a plan that deepens and strengthens the campus commitment to community engagement and provides guidance for implementation of action steps to do so. The plan was created through the efforts of a team of faculty, staff, administrators, and community partners who collected input and feedback during 2016. This included focus groups, facilitated discussions, and surveys of students, faculty, staff, and community members.

Administrative Transformation Program (ATP) Updates

What Is ATP?

The Administrative Transformation Program (ATP) is on a mission to rebuild finance, human resources, and research administration systems at every institution within the University of Wisconsin System. The goal is to reduce the complexity of the current administrative environment and refocus valuable staff time on UW’s mission of education, research, and outreach.

To make this vision a reality, we’re working with people across the UW to standardize processes and implement new, best-in-class technology to support these essential functions.

Technology

To standardize business processes and integrate our systems, ATP will implement Workday and Huron Research Suite to replace HRS, SFS, and hundreds of ancillary systems across the UW.

• Get to know Workday
• Get to know Huron Research Suite

People

ATP's success depends on knowledgeable staff who apply their time, talent, and expertise — both on and off the program team.

• Meet the ATP team
• Meet the Change Network

Process

Our business process redesign work is based on a tiered governance structure and tested methodology that includes faculty and staff from across the UW System.

• See how we're redesigning business processes
• See our governance framework

Watch the Administrative Transformation Program (ATP) Workday Walkthrough #9: Introducing Banking and Settlement in Workday

ATP will conduct monthly Workday Walkthroughs on a variety of topics. Recordings are available to anyone with a UW login. This walkthrough provides an overview of how payments will be settled and reconciled in Workday.

• Learn more about this walkthrough on the ATP website
• Watch Introducing Banking and Settlement

Attend the next ATP Workday Walkthrough: How to Fund Positions in Workday

Thursday, September 14, 3-4 p.m.

UW staff who enter funding in Human Resource System (HRS) are encouraged to attend the September Workday Walkthrough to get an overview of costing allocation assignments in Workday. A recording of the walkthrough will be available to anyone with a UW login.

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Freshwater Collaborative Updates

The Freshwater Opportunities Bulletin is published the first Wednesday of each month. It

provides information about upcoming conferences, employment opportunities, collaborative courses and experiences, and other water-related opportunities for students, faculty, and staff at UW System institutions.

Please share these opportunities widely on our campus. Visit their website for the latest opportunities: freshwater.wisconsin.edu. 

Paws to You

Paws to You is an employee appreciation program designed to offer gratitude to a fellow coworker. Maybe they helped you complete a task or project and it made a large impact on the outcome. You can show them thanks and appreciation by sending them a Paw they are able to display for all to see in their email signature, and a running total of all Paws will be displayed here on the Paws to You website. So what are you waiting for?

Save Clam Shell Containers for Parkside Community Garden!

Help our community gardeners feed food insecure students and community members by saving your clam shell containers. Bring saved containers to Alex Hobbs in the Student Success and Learning Commons. Thank you!

August PARKSIDEGEAR.COM Deals