For the Record

Policies and Procedures

Annual Spring Pesticide Notice
In accordance with the university pesticide policy, applicators are to notify faculty, staff, students and visitors of campus pesticide use by either: posting signs where pesticides have been applied; distributing posters, flyers and electronic mail to people who may frequent the application area; or publishing a notice on the Safety Department’s web site: http://www.wisc.edu/safety.

The policy is also posted there. The pesticide policy encourages best management practices that maximize effectiveness and safety, and minimize environmental impact. In the future the Safety Department will be posting best management practices in the following areas for reducing non-point source pollution: salt usage, spill prevention, erossion control at construction sites and fertilizer usage.

Check: http://www.wisc.edu/safety, or call 262-0979 for pesticide label information, information about hazards and exposures to using pesticides or information regarding practices listed above.

Grants and fellowships

Herfurth-Kubly Awards
Nominations for the 1999-2000 Theodore Herfurth and Teddy Kubly Awards for Initiative and Efficiency are now being solicited from faculty members, university staff and student organizations. The Theodore Herfurth Award is one of the oldest and most prestigious awards granted to senior students.

All outstanding undergraduates of the Madison campus with 86 or more credits (senior standing) are potentially eligible to compete. Each award recipient receives a cash prize as well as the significant honor of receiving the highest recognition that an undergraduate student can receive.

The deadline for submitting the names of senior men and women as nominees for the awards is Friday, March 3. Please send the names and addresses of candidates to the Herfurth-Kubly Awards Committee; c/o Office of the Secretary of the Faculty; 133 Bascom Hall.

Professional Development and Recognition
The Academic Staff Assembly welcomes nominations and applications from the instructional academic staff for the following two UW System teaching awards: The 2000 Alliant Energy/Wisconsin Power and Light Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award; and The 2000 Regents Excellence Teaching Award. The PDRC will follow the exact criteria of the awards, as detailed at: http://www.uwsa.edu/utic/news/awards.htm

Nominations and supporting materials are due March 6. Ten complete sets should be addressed to the Office of Secretary of the Academic Staff, 270 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706. The PDRC will review the awards and forward the best choice(s) to the UW System.

Chancellor’s Grants for Collaboration In Teaching
Six grants to encourage collaborative teaching projects will be awarded annually to tenured faculty. The awards will fund released time from one undergraduate course for one semester for each faculty member so that several faculty may develop a cross-disciplinary course intended primarily for undergraduates. Once developed, this course will be cross-listed among the participating departments and taught by the faculty team. Participants will be encouraged to become involved in teaching and learning initiatives across campus, and will have Creating a Collaborative Academic Environment (CCAE) and other staff available for consultation.

Six awards will be made per year for three years with the departments of the winning faculty members receiving up to $15,000 to defray costs of their colleagues’ time away from regular course offerings. Two teams of three faculty (each team must have two full professors), or three teams of two faculty (each team must have one full professor) will be awarded grants. Applicants may come from within the same college/school, or cross college/school boundaries. Faculty holding joint appointments should collaborate with colleagues outside their appointing units.

Funds for this chancellor’s initiative come from private sources. Deadlines: Monday, March 27, proposals due in deans’ offices. Monday, April 3, proposals due in Associate Vice Chancellor Bob Skloot’s office, 117 Bascom Hall. Monday, May 8, winners announced. For information about this award, visit: http://www.wisc.edu/ccae/pga/collaboration.html, or contact Katherine Sanders at Creating a Collaborative Academic Environment (CCAE), 271 Bascom Hall, 263-4257; kjsander@facstaff.wisc.edu.

Teaching Enhancement Grants
The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the second year of the teaching and learning initiative for undergraduate education called the Teaching Enhancement Grants (TEGs). The chancellor has allocated $50,000 a year for three years from the resources available for innovative programs at the UW Foundation. Last year, the university fully funded 10 proposals and partially funded two proposals.

TEGs are intended to assist in implementing innovations in undergraduate education that would otherwise not be funded. They focus on undergraduate students’ active participation in their education (in-and-out-of classroom experiences, service learning, etc.), through a variety of means (freshman seminars, field trips, meetings with visiting guests, etc.), with additional benefits (Comm-B credits, interdisciplinary endeavors, etc.).

Applications should be sent to the Office of Associate Vice Chancellor Bob Skloot, 117 Bascom Hall, by Monday, March 27. Questions, applications: Chris Carlson-Dakes, 263-4259; cgcarlso@facstaff.wisc.edu. A list of winners from last year is also available upon request.

Institute on Race and Ethnicity
The UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity is issuing a call for proposals to fund grants for racial and ethnic studies. Four categories of grant support are being made available for 2000-2001. Deadline: Monday, April 3. To request guidelines, call (414) 229-4700/6701.

Category A-(Research): to support scholarly research with the intention of publication on racial and ethnic topics.

Category B-(Curriculum Development): To support the development and teaching of new courses pertaining to racial and ethnic topics.

Category C-(Miscellaneous Projects): To support projects and activities on racial and ethnic topics, such as workshops/seminars, guest speakers, curricular and fine arts performances, professional development, materials acquisitions, etc.

Minority Faculty Research Awards: To provide released time and support to tenure-track, minority faculty members for their scholarly research and writing, thus enhancing their opportunities for achieving tenure. Contact the institute regarding eligibility before submitting a proposal. Information: Thomas Tonnesen, (414) 229-4700, tonnesen@uwm.edu.

Competition for Executive Education Gratis Course Enrollments
The Executive Education program in the School of Business will offer five gratis course enrollments to be selected from any of their 300 programs as a contribution to the Academic Staff Endowment Fund. The Professional Development and Recognition Committee (PDRC) of the Academic Staff Assembly will select the recipients. Any member of the UW–Madison campus academic staff is eligible to apply. Please call (800) 292-8964 to obtain a copy of the catalog of courses or visit: http://uwexeced.com/.

Selection criteria will be improved effectiveness in your present position. The main objectives are individual professional development, improved program quality and improved institutional effectiveness. Application must include a letter of purpose, identifying the course and how it will enhance your professional development, and one or two letters of support from supervisor, colleague, etc. Send three copies of materials to Office of the Secretary of Academic Staff, 270 Bascom Hall, by April 12.

Teaching and Learning with Technology Grants
The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) announces the new Teaching and Learning with Technology Grants Competition 2000 to support faculty and instructional staff in creating new pedagogies that use instructional technology to enhance teaching and learning. Deadline: Monday, May 1, 4:30 p.m.

Faculty and staff at all instructional levels are eligible to apply. All applicants are required to complete a pre-proposal phase. Please see the complete proposal guidelines for more details.

At least $150,000 will be awarded this year. Proposals will be reviewed by a faculty committee and selected based on the following criteria: (1) instructional need, (2) innovative application of instructional technology, (3) cost effectiveness, and (4) congruence with initiative priorities. For a full copy of proposal guidelines, visit: http://www.wisc.edu/learntech/ grants/tltgrants.htm or see your department chair or secretary for a hard-copy version of materials.

DoIT’s Department of Learning Technology and Distance Education (LTDE) will host “The New Teaching and Learning with Technology Grants: What Is It and Who Receives One” brown bag Thursday, March 9 to introduce and answer questions. Both brown bags will feature a project demonstration by a former grant recipient, and are scheduled from noon-1 p.m., 3139 Computer Sciences. Visit: http://www.wisc.edu/learntech/menus/events.htm for more information on LTDE-sponsored events.

The Teaching and Learning with Technology Grants are sponsored by the Chancellor’s Office, funded by the Hilldale Foundation, and administered by DoIT’s Department of Learning Technology and Distance Education . Information: Lisa Peyton-Caire, DoIT LTDE, 265-8638; or e-mail: lmcaire@doit.wisc.edu.

Position vacancies

Administrative
036481: Dir, Unspecified (9)/ Acad Program Director, UHS/UHS Director’s office General (100). Apply by March 31.

036510: Dir, Business Serv(M), Med Sc/Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences (100). Apply by March 16.

036528: Associate Dean (L), Educ/General Administration (100). Apply by March 20.

Clinical / Health Sciences
036617: Psychologist/Counselor, UHS/Student Programs (100). Apply by April 21.

036653: Clinical Instructor, Law/Law School (50 ). Apply by March 7.

Communications
036670: Assoc Editor, Med Sc/Medicine (50 ). Apply by March 8.

Computer / Information Processing 035682: Assoc Systems Prgrmmr/ Systems Programmer, DoIT/Systems Engineering (100). Apply by March 8.

Instruction
036248: Asst Faculty Assoc, L&S/School of Music (100). Apply by March 15.

036405: Asst Faculty Assoc/ Assoc Faculty Assoc/Faculty Associate, Engr/Engineering Professional Development (100). Apply by March 10.

036452: Lecturer, L&S/History (40). Apply by March 15.

036516: Asst Faculty Assoc/Assoc Faculty Assoc, Engr/Engineering Professional Development (100). Apply by April 20.

036598: Assoc Instrument Spec/ Instrumentation Spec/Sr Instrument Spec, Med Sc/Medical School Research Support Progs (80 ). Apply by March 10.

036653: Clinical Instructor, Law/Law School (50 ). Apply by March 7.

036655: Faculty Assistant, Con St/Medical School (50). Apply by March 13.

036657: Assoc Instructnl Spec/ Instructional Spec/Sr Instructional Spec, Med Sc/Biomolecular Chemistry (50 ). Apply by April 1.

036682: Lecturer, L&S/Anthropology (40). Apply by June 30.

036684: Faculty Assistant, Educ/Kinesiology (20). Apply by June 30.

036706: Lecturer, L&S/Economics (50 ). Apply by March 7.

Library Services
036644: Assoc Acad Librarian, Law/Library (100). Apply by March 20.

036677: Assoc Acad Librarian, Libr/Area Studies (100). Apply by March 17.

Research
036121: Assoc Research Spec, Med Sc/Anatomy (100). Apply by March 8.

036339: Researcher, Grad/Waisman Ctr Mental Retard & Human Dev (50 ). Apply by March 15.

036398: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Med Sc/Physiology (100). Apply by March 31.

036404: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Med Sc/Physiology (50 ). Apply by April 1.

036472: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Grad/Primate Research Center (100). Apply by May 5.

036506: Asst Researcher, Engr/Engineering Experiment Station (100). Apply by March 17.

036534: Research Specialist/Sr Research Spec, Ag&Lsc/Horticulture (100). Apply by March 25.

036575: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Grad/College of Agricultural & Life Sciences (50). Apply by March 8.

036591: Assoc Researcher, Med Sc/Medical Physics (100). Apply by March 7.

036600: Asst Researcher/ Assoc Researcher/Researcher, Med Sc/Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences (70 ). Apply by March 31.

036671: Assistant Scientist/Associate Scientist, Med Sc/Anesthesiology (80 ). Apply by March 8.

Student Services
036097: Asst Dir, Admiss (L), Ac Svc/Office of Admissions (100). Apply by March 8.

036409: Residence Hall Mgr, U Hsg/Single Student Residence Halls (100). Apply by March 20.

036416: Dir, Cont Educ (M), Educ/Office of Education Outreach (100). Apply by April 3.

036617: Psychologist/Counselor, UHS/Student Programs (100). Apply by April 21.

036674: Assoc Student Sv Spec, Intl S/International Studies & Programs (100). Apply by March 8.

036679: Assoc Stu Serv Coord, Union/South Council Operating (100). Apply by March 8.

Non-academic staff positions
Director, Public Information
University of Wisconsin-Extension
Contact Rita Sears, 608/262-3786
432 N. Lake St. Room 527
Madison WI 53706-1498

Apply by March 13.