For the record

Policies and Procedures

Inclement Weather Guidelines
The chancellor is responsible for determining if, for

the safety and welfare of students and staff, classes will be postponed or some services suspended due to inclement weather. Some university services and functions must remain in operation regardless of weather conditions, e.g. University Hospital and Clinics,

University Housing, Police and Security, power plant operations, etc.

University Communications staff will work with the chancellor in providing appropriate announcements to the media. Deans and directors should receive authorization from the Office of the Chancellor before directing employees not to report for work or sending employees home. Unless directed otherwise, employees are expected to report to work as scheduled. Each employee is expected to use discretion in determining if travel is safe. An employee who reasonably determines that travel would not be safe will not be subject to discipline for not reporting to work. Supervisors are expected to honor the reasonable requests of employees to arrive late or to leave early because of inclement weather. Employees are expected to make a reasonable effort to notify their supervisors if they cannot report to work or will report late.

Employees who are absent from work because of the inclement weather normally must use available annual leave (vacation), available holidays, leave without pay, or when appropriate, accrued compensatory time to cover the absence or must arrange with the supervisor to make up the time. Non-professional employees must account for each hour of scheduled duty. Professional employees may account for their time in a manner consistent with their professional responsibilities, as approved by their supervisor. If classes are postponed, faculty should make every effort to reschedule at a later date.

If represented employees are directed not to report or are sent home, they will be treated in accordance with the terms of their respective collective bargaining agreements. (Note: At this time, some collective bargaining agreements provide that the employee will be

compensated as if the time were worked when the employer directs employees to leave work or not to report to work.) Employees not covered by collective bargaining agreements who are directed not to report or are sent home will normally be treated as follows:

Non-professional classified staff may use available annual leave (vacation), accrued compensatory time, available holidays, or leave without pay to cover each hour absent. Non-exempt employees must account for each hour of employment. If an employee’s supervisor determines that the work unit can benefit from services provided by the employee at other than regularly scheduled times, the employee will be allowed to make up, during the remainder of the work week, as

much of the time as is beneficial to the work unit.

Professional, classified and unclassified staff may use available annual leave (vacation), available holidays, leave without pay or when appropriate, compensatory time to cover the absence. An employee and the employee’s supervisor may agree that the employee can account for the time of the absence in another manner consistent with the professional nature of the employee’s work assignment.

Grants and fellowships

Teaching and Learning Award and Grant Opportunities Call for Proposals
This is a call for proposals for three opportunities for awards and grants for teaching and learning funded through the Chancellor’s Office. Detailed information is on the Web at the addresses listed below for each program. The contact person for all of these programs is Chris Carlson-Dakes, associate director of Creating a Collaborative Academic Environment, cgcarlso@facstaff.wisc.edu, 263-4259.

Chancellor’s Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching
An award of $50,000 will be presented to two departments, schools or programs that have worked to improve the community of teaching and learning. One award will be granted for large departments, schools or programs (25 or more faculty and instructional academic staff), and another for smaller departments, schools or programs (24 or fewer faculty and instructional academic staff). More information can be found on the Web at http://www.wisc.edu/ provost/ccae/pga/department.html. The deadline for pre-proposals is Friday, Feb. 22.

Chancellor’s Grants for Collaboration in Teaching
Six awards of up to $15,000 each will be awarded to tenured faculty. These awards are intended to re-invigorate senior faculty by funding a collaborative teaching project resulting in an expanded curriculum. The award would grant released time from one undergraduate course for one semester so that several faculty may develop a cross-disciplinary course intended primarily for undergraduates. Once developed, this course will be installed within the curriculum of the participating departments and taught by a faculty team. Information can be found on the web at http://www.wisc.edu/provost/ccae/ pga/collaboration.html. The deadline for proposals for this award to be approved by respective deans’ offices is Friday, March 1.

Teaching Enhancement Grants
The TEG program assists in implementing innovations in undergraduate education that would otherwise not be funded. TEGs focus on undergraduate students’ active participation in their education (in-and-out-of-classroom trips, meetings with visiting guests, etc.) with additional benefits (Comm-B credits, interdisciplinary endeavors). Information can be found on the Web at http://www.wisc.edu/provost/ ccae/pga/teg.html. The deadline for TEG proposals to be submitted to respective deans’ offices is Friday, Feb. 22.

Compton Peace Fellowship Program: Training African Doctoral Students for Careers in Africa: Call for Applications
The African Studies Program has received a grant from the Compton Foundation to support dissertation research in Africa by Africans. The goal of the Compton Peace Fellowship Program is to build intellectual capacity to address the challenges of conflict resolution, peace and security in Africa. The grant supports dissertation fieldwork in Africa conducted by UW–Madison graduate students who are citizens of an African country, and who plan to focus their careers on African problems, ideally from an African home base. Four fellowships will be awarded in 2002.

Expenses covered: The fellowship will pay round-trip international air fare to Africa for the dissertator, plus a nine-month stipend of about $13,000, paid in three installments over the course of the fellowship period.

Eligibility: Applicants must meet all three of these criteria:
1. Must be an African Ph.D. student in the social sciences (broadly defined) who will complete course work and be ready for dissertation field research by fall 2002. To be eligible, the student must pass prelims by the date of departure. Departure to Africa normally will be after the national Compton Fellows orientation in September and before Dec. 31. An African student is defined as a person holding a valid passport from an African country, and who has spent significant time in Africa.

2. Must be pursuing research in a social science discipline; research projects on cross-disciplinary themes related to population and/or the environment and peace are acceptable. SJD students in the Law School are eligible.

3. Must demonstrate a clear intent to build a career focused on peace and security in Africa, ideally from an African base.

Please submit:
1. A letter of intent describing your: 1) research plans; 2) financial needs; and 3) career goals, including a) your commitment to building intellectual capacity in peace and security in Africa, and b) your openness to building a career in Africa.

2. An up-to-date curriculum vitae.

3. A photocopy of passport pages that show your African citizenship.

4. Academic transcripts from all institutions of higher learning attended (copies acceptable).

5. A 10-to 12-page research proposal.

6. A budget demonstrating that the research can be conducted under the budget parameters described above.

7. Three letters of recommendation, including one from your faculty adviser.

Deadline for application: Friday, March 1.

Notification of successful candidates selected by the Compton Fellows Committee will be announced by May 1.

Mailing address for applications: African Studies Program-Compton Fellows Committee; c/o James Delehanty, 205 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1397.

For information: contact the African Studies Program, 262-2380, jmdeleha@facstaff.wisc.edu.

Foreign Language and Area Studies Graduate Fellowships 2002-03
The African Studies Program administers a program of Higher Education Act Title VI graduate fellowships for the study of African languages and area studies. The Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships seek to improve language and international studies in the United States. Proposed African languages that are eligible for the FLAS program at UW–Madison are Arabic, Hausa, Swahili, Yoruba and, pending approval, Zulu.

Michigan State University will hold the Summer Cooperative African Language Institute. Please check the Web, http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/ SCALI/scali.htm for summer African language offerings.

The fellowships cover tuition and a stipend for one academic year or for one summer. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Applications by students in professional fields are encouraged. Fellows must be admitted to or be enrolled in graduate programs.

Both academic year and summer FLAS applications are available at the African Studies Program, 205 Ingraham; 262-2380. Application deadline is Monday, Feb. 11. For information, contact Eileen McNamara, fellowships coordinator, African Studies Program, 262-4461, emcnamar@facstaff.wisc.edu.

Teaching Academy Fellows
Nominations are invited for fellows in the Teaching Academy. Nominees may be any members of the faculty or of the academic staff involved in undergraduate, graduate or outreach teaching. Nominees should be outstanding university educators who are concerned about teaching and enriching the learning environment at this university. The academy particularly welcomes individuals who have demonstrated excellence through classroom innovation, program development, grant funding, publications, presentations or committee work related to teaching or learning.

The Faculty Senate established the Teaching Academy in 1993. Alone and in concert with other campus-based bodies, the Teaching Academy strives to enhance the quality of education. In monthly meetings, it develops strategies for highlighting the important place of teaching at a large research university, promoting a culture that supports and rewards excellent teaching, and encouraging serious reflection on critical issues that concern teaching and learning in a university setting.

The work of the academy is also done within its five task forces:
1 Task Force on Celebrating Effective Teaching,

2 Task Force on the Peer Review of Teaching,

3 Task Force on Information Technology,

4 Task Force on the Uniqueness of Teaching on a Research Campus, and

5 Task Force on the Scholarship of Teaching.

Members of the academy are active in one or more of the task forces.

People should be nominated in recognition of their excellence and for participation in a spirited forum for discussion, debate and enhancement of teaching. Nomination procedures and forms can be found on the Teaching Academy’s Web site at http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/teaching-academy. Paper copies can be requested directly at 263-7748 or schierhappell@bascom.wisc.edu. The schedule of dates for the process is: application deadline, Friday, March 1; notification of selection, early to mid-April; and induction, Wednesday, April 24.

Academic Staff Professional Development Grant Program
The Academic Staff Professional Development Grant

program will be offering a grant competition for 2002 for all UW–Madison staff who hold at least a 50-percent appointment for projects that begin on or after July 1 and end before Dec. 31.

UW System funds will match department funds for projects that occur within that time period.

The primary focus of proposals should be on training and/or retraining to improve the effectiveness of academic staff members in their current roles. Proposals for enhancing abilities that enable a staff member to compete for a more responsible position will have a lower priority. The program has these main objectives: individual professional development, improved program quality, improved institutional effectiveness, and/or design for diversity. Application deadline: Friday, March 8. Recommendations must be forwarded by Friday, March 15, to the Office of Human Resources for final selection. Approved proposals receive funds from the UW System account on the basis of an equal match by college or department. Application instructions: http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/

GR/grants.htm. Information: 263-2511.

Nominations for Teaching Awards
Submit nominations of faculty members whose

teaching merits recognition. Any exceptional distinguished teacher, regardless of specialty or rank, is eligible for the Distinguished Teaching Awards. Nine teachers received awards in spring 2001.

Only those persons involved in outreach teaching are eligible for the Van Hise Outreach Teaching Award. The Teaching Awards Committee reviews all Distinguished Teaching Awards nominations to identify UW–Madison nominees for UW System teaching awards. This year the Teaching Award Committee

will nominate two faculty for the Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award. Send nominations to the Committee on Distinguished Teaching Awards, Office of the Secretary of the

Faculty, 130 Bascom Hall, by Friday, Jan. 18. Information: Denise Solomon, 262-4921, or Paula Gray, 262-3958.

Undergrad Research Scholarships
The Provost’s Office announces the following research

opportunities to encourage collaborative research between undergraduate students and faculty/instructional academic staff members. Please bring these scholarships to the attention of qualified undergraduate students. Individual faculty and instructional academic staff members may submit no more than three student applications per award program. Application forms are available from the Provost’s Office, 150 Bascom Hall, or at the Web sites listed below. Questions may be directed to the Provost’s Office, 262-1304, prov@bascom.wisc.edu.

Wisconsin/Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships provide support for collaborative research between undergraduate students and faculty or instructional academic staff members. Fellowships provide a grant of $3,000 to the student and $1,000 to the faculty/staff supervisor to help defray the costs of research. Students must have at least junior standing at the time of application. Due Friday, Feb. 8. http://www.wisc. edu/provost/undergrad/hilldale.pdf.

Holstrom Environmental Scholarships are awarded for collaborative research on environmental issues between undergraduate students and faculty or instructional academic staff members. A scholarship provides a grant of $3,000 to the student and $1,000 to the faculty/staff supervisor to help defray the costs of research. Students must have at least junior standing at the time of application. Due Friday, Feb. 8. http://www.wisc.edu/provost/ undergrad/hilldale.pdf.

Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowships are awarded to undergraduate students for research- service projects involving community organizations under the supervision of a faculty or instructional academic staff member. Students must have at least sophomore standing at time of application. Applications, due Thursday, Feb. 21, are available at Room 154, Morgridge Center, Red Gym. http://www.morgridge.wisc.edu/wif.html.

Academic Excellence (University Book Store) Awards recognize undergraduate students who are enrolled in a degree program during the first and second semesters of 2001-02 and who have distinguished themselves by completing outstanding independent projects at UW–Madison. Due Friday, March 1. http://www.wisc.edu/provost/ undergrad/bookstore.pdf.

New Grant for 2002
Faculty and academic staff are invited to apply for Teaching and Learning With Technology grants, which support faculty and academic staff who create pedagogies that use instructional technology to enhance teaching and learning in a credit course. Grants totaling $100,000 will be awarded this year. Deadline is Wednesday, April 3. For details, see

http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/ltde/grant/index. htm#doit.

Jewish Studies Course Grant
Faculty are invited to submit proposals to develop a new course to be cross-listed between their home department and Jewish Studies. The course would contribute to the core curriculum of Jewish Studies and be offered for the first time in fall 2003 and thereafter on a regular basis, i.e., at least every two years. The center is especially interested in encouraging the development of courses appropriate to freshmen and sophomores, including Capstone Courses and Comm B courses. The grant will provide faculty member with research budget of up to $4,000. Up to $12,000 will be awarded in 2001-02. A faculty committee will select the winner(s). A one-page proposal should be submitted that discusses the course’s theme, its intended student audience, the disciplinary needs of Jewish Studies it will serve and its appropriateness to the new Jewish studies major. A draft syllabus would also be helpful. Proposals should be submitted to: Course Incentive Grant, Center for Jewish Studies, 308 Ingraham Hall.

Announcements

Down Syndrome Study
John Marshall is recruiting young adults with Down

syndrome for a medication research study. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the study medication for the improvement of cognition and function in people with Alzheimer’s disease, but it is still experimental for use in people with Down syndrome.

Participants must be between ages 18 and 35; able to attend four four-hour visits to the clinic; willing to take medication daily for 12 weeks (half of subjects enrolled will receive the study medication and half will receive placebo, a look-alike medication that does not contact active medication); and have a reliable caregiver who will accompany subject to all visits. Contact Emily Crawford, clinical research coordinator, 265-8245.

Mentors and Mentees/ Scholars Needed for Study
If you are willing to discuss your mentoring experience for about two hours, you can earn $25 in cash. If you have participated in a UW–Madison undergraduate mentor program for at least one year and have had at least three face-to-face meetings with your mentor/mentee (scholar), you are eligible to participate in the research study. For information, contact Buffy Smith, 263-3853, bsmith@ssc.wisc.edu.

EAO Web Site
The Employee Assistance Office has a revamped Web

site. Check it out at http://www.wisc.edu/eao for help with personal and/or work-related concerns.

Exercise Study for Breast Cancer Survivors
Lisa Sanborn, kinesiology, is seeking volunteers for an exercise study looking at physical fitness and physical activity levels. The study involves three visits to the UW Sports Medicine Fitness Center and includes a diagnostic exercise test. Breast cancer survivors should be 50-69 years of age, post-menopausal, diagnosed with stage I-III breast cancer, be at least three months post-treatment but not more than two years post-treatment, free from cardiovascular disease, and free from any orthopedic problems. For information, call 263-0854 or e-mail lsanbor@education.wisc.edu.