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9/13/2023

Chancellor Search Finalists Named

University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman today announced three finalists for the position of chancellor at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside, a student-centered university that serves approximately 4,300 students and offers 51 undergraduate majors, 87 minors and certificates, and 16 graduate degrees across four academic colleges.

A Special Regent Committee selected the finalists from a list of candidates identified by an 11-member Search and Screen Committee led by UW System Regent Kyle Weatherly, chair, and Adrienne Viramontes, Professor and Department Chair, College of Arts and Humanities, vice chair.

The finalists will be on campus on Sept. 18-20. Click the "learn more" link below to see the schedule of available sessions.

The finalists are:

Lynn D. Akey, PH.D. 

• Minnesota State University, Mankato 



• Vice President for Student Success, Analytics and Integrated Planning

Phyllis M. King, PH.D. 

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 

• Associate Vice Chancellor

• Vice Provost for Partnerships and Initiatives 

Felicia E. McGinty, Ed.D.

• Higher Education Resource Services

• Director of Engagement & Outreach

JS Global School from India Visits UW-Parkside

Thanks to the help and leadership of Dr. John Skalbeck, six students from India’s JS Global School, A Cambridge International, visited the University of Wisconsin-Parkside for a 2-week long Summer Camp during July and August. The students participated in a pre-college camp along with local students, the Environmental Explorers program and even a model United Nations. They also had the opportunity to experience the local culture, explore the area and visit natural landmarks of southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois.

Digital Mental Health Training Events for Faculty and Staff

The University of Wisconsin's faculty and staff play an important role in supporting student's overall wellness. We’re thrilled to partner with Mantra Health to provide faculty and staff free webinar sessions on important on the services available to students and how to promote suicide prevention.

We aim to equip you with the tools and information needed to advise students about the free mental health resources available. We appreciate all you do and hope you can take time out of your busy schedule to join us.

Sessions:

Program Awareness for Faculty & Staff

This webinar provides an overview of the University of Wisconsin System supplemental mental health program. This webinar is geared towards faculty and staff on-campus who would like to learn more! Representatives from Mantra Health, YOU at College, and Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services will be present to explain the program in-depth, and to answer any questions you may have.

Sign up for one of the sessions:

9/25/23 1 pm CT

10/23/23 2 pm CT

11/27/23 3 pm CT

Suicide Prevention Training for Faculty & Staff

Didi Hirsch provides an overview of suicide prevention that will help you take proactive steps to connect at-risk students with appropriate resources and create a more supportive classroom environment. Participants learn about the nature of suicide, suicide related statistics, and suicide risk factors. Resources for each campus will be provided.

Sign up: 10/18/23 2 pm CT

EAB Navigate Functionality is Expanding

New this year, any staff member can use the ADHOC report feature in Navigate at anytime during the semester to report academic concerns (declining academic performance or failing a class), non-academic concerns (food insecurity, transportation, etc.) or distressed behavior concerns (see the Red Folder website for how to recognize a distressed student) on any undergraduate student. Your report will “raise” an alert the in most cases will result in an outreach from either an academic advisor or success coach.

Outreach timeline:

To learn how to file an Adhoc report, visit https://kb.uwp.edu/130519

If you need assistance or have questions, please feel free to email Marie Smith at smith0@uwp.edu. 

Attention Faculty and Lecturers: Undergraduate Progress Report Campaigns have started 

Starting this fall, we have expanded the use EAB Navigate progress reports to all new freshman and transfer, some continuing freshman and student athletes in an effort to improve first to second year retention.    

The timing for each progress report request is as follows: 

You can either file progress reports through the link provided in the email or through your professor home page in Navigate. After entering information on students with concerns, click the button on the bottom of the form that says, "Submit unmarked students as 'No Feedback' (I'm all done)."   You will have about 5 work days to respond to each report before the campaign closes. 

If you need a quick reminder on “how to file”, please check out our knowledge base documents. 

1. File a Progress Report from Professor Home - https://kb.uwp.edu/104887  
2. File a Progress Report from Email - https://kb.uwp.edu/104891  

Watch your email for a note from Marissa Delwiche, Executive Director, Advising and Academic Support.   

SOLAR Changes!

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.

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.

 New Faculty Module in Accommodate

We’ve upgraded our Accommodate software to include a “Faculty Module”. (Accommodate is the platform students use to request accommodations, schedule exams, submit semester requests for updated letters, and more.)

To streamline the process and better protect the integrity of your exams we’re excited to introduce the Faculty Module to you.

Changes to the SAS process

• Our Program Associate will no longer send out reminder emails two days prior to the scheduled exam to request the exam and cover sheet.
• Instead of emailing the exam, cover sheet and adjunctive forms to the SAS email account, you will upload them to Accommodate. SAS will print exams/forms directly from the module.

Key points of the Faculty Module

• You’ll receive an automated email when one of our students schedules your exam(s).
• You’ll log into the module to upload your exams for students who are using our proctoring services.
• You can log in at any time to see which students scheduled an exam.

Some features of the module:

• A home page to access a Faculty Resource Library.
• Instructors can upload exams even if the student hasn’t scheduled yet. The system will automatically link it once they do.
• If you’ve already uploaded the exam, you won’t receive an email reminder.
• The cover sheet is integrated into the Exam Upload process, eliminating the need for a separate attachment.
• You can revise exams you’ve uploaded.

On line exams

• If your exam is on line, we request that you use the module to answer the standard cover sheet questions, so that our proctors can ensure your special instructions are being followed, and can show the students what you stipulated, should they question what is allowed for the exam.
• There is a field to enter a passcode if applicable.

Note: Students do not have access to the exam in this module.

Beginning with the Fall 2023 semester, you will need to upload your exams into the Faculty Module. Detailed instructions are attached.

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!



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.

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!