For the Record

AWARDS

Student Personnel Association
The Student Personnel Association is seeking nominations for the annual SPA Awards. Nominees for the Chancellor’s Award of $1,000 must have been on staff for at least 15 years and must demonstrate professional involvement on and off campus. Nominees for the two Norman Bassett Awards ($500 each) need to show a record of outstanding achievement and/or excellence in service in student personnel during a long period. Nominees for the Frontline Award ($500) should be recognized for their positive influence in their “frontline” positions within an office. Nominees for the Campus Impact Award ($500) must have been in their current position for no more than five years and must demonstrate excellence and/or innovation in student personnel work. It is recommended that nominees for the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Student Affairs ($500) have been on the UW Madison campus for more than five years. This award will recognize individuals who exemplify the important role of the student affairs professional. Nominees for the Plan 2008 Award of Excellence ($500) will demonstrate a sense of initiative, advocacy, spirit and inspiration in striving toward the successful progress of Plan 2008. This award may be given to an individual or a group.

Information: Laura Giles, 265-7913, laura.giles@housing.wisc.edu; http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/spa. Letters of nomination and supporting material will be accepted through Monday, March 15. The awards will be presented at the SPA Annual Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, April 21.

Cabinet 99 Award Call for Nominations
The Wisconsin Alumni Association is calling for nominations for the 2004 Cabinet 99 Recognition Award. This award carries a $10,000 stipend and honors the achievements of outstanding female faculty and academic staff.

The 2004 award will be presented in conjunction with the Cabinet 99 Symposium on Nov. 5. The recipient will be named at the end of July. The criteria are: outstanding contribution to the university in teaching, outreach, service or research; commitment to promoting excellence and to increasing opportunities for women in the university and community; and reputation for leadership, tenacity, risk-taking and courage. Nominations due at the Wisconsin Alumni Association, 650 North Lake St., by Friday, March 26. Information: Niki Denison, 262-8171.

Evening MBA Program Scholarship
The School of Business has designated one Evening MBA program scholarship for a UW–Madison employee for fall 2004. This scholarship will, subject to scholarship conditions, pay 60 percent of tuition and fees for each of the three years of the Evening MBA program. The recipient pays for books, supplies and any other costs. Employee candidates must apply for the scholarship in addition to the online application for the Evening MBA program. Applicants admitted through the regular competitive process will be considered for the scholarship if they apply. The priority application deadline for the Evening MBA program and scholarship is Thursday, April 1. The GMAT must be taken no later than Monday, March 15. Information: http://www.bus.wisc.edu/evemba; Linda Uitvlugt, luitvlugt@bus.wisc.edu. Application is at https://app.applyyourself.com/?id=uwis-gmba.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Center for Jewish Studies Course Incentive Grant
The Center for Jewish Studies invites faculty to submit proposals to develop a new course to be cross-listed between their home department and Jewish Studies, which would contribute to the core curriculum of Jewish studies and be offered for the first time in fall 2005 and thereafter on a regular basis, at least every two years.

The center is especially interested in encouraging the development of courses appropriate to freshmen and sophomores, including Comm B courses; social sciences courses; and courses that do not focus on the United States or the 20th century. The grant will provide a research budget of up to $4,000. A faculty committee will select the grantee(s).

A one-page proposal should discuss the course’s theme, its intended student audience, the disciplinary domains of Jewish studies it addresses and its appropriateness to the Jewish studies major. Submit proposals by Friday, March 12, to Course Incentive Grant, Center for Jewish Studies, 308 Ingraham Hall.

CIBER Grants Program
The Center for International Business Education and Research grants program encourages and supports teaching and research in international education. The program supports activities in disciplines, including business, engineering, law, area and international studies, and foreign languages and communications. All requests must have bearing on CIBER’s mission to increase the competitiveness of U.S. business abroad. Grant requests for $2,000-$7,500 for global research and curriculum development are accepted on Thursday, April 1, and Friday, Oct. 1. Requests for applied funds of less than $2,000 are due the first of each month. Grants in either category can support international research (e.g., travel), purchase curriculum development materials, support visiting guest speakers for classes and/or public programs with an international focus, etc. Information, applications and instructions: http://www.bus.wisc.edu/ciber/facdev/grants. Information: Sachin Tuli, tuli@bus.wisc.edu, 265-4938.

Academic Staff Professional Development Grants
Academic staff with 50 percent appointments or more can compete for 2004-05 Academic Staff Professional Development Grants Part I for conferences, training or other projects that occur July 1-Dec. 31.

Proposals should focus on training and/or retraining to improve the academic staff members’ effectiveness in their current roles. A lower priority will be given to proposals to enhance the staff member’s ability to compete for other positions.

Authorized and funded in part by UW System, the program’s main objectives are individual professional development, improved program quality, improved institutional effectiveness and/or design for diversity. Applications must be submitted to department chairs or directors by Friday, March 12. Academic staff with split appointments who propose projects that are related to all units for which they work have to secure the endorsement of each employing unit. Applications that have been approved by department chairs/directors will be forwarded to the dean’s/director’s office and then to the Office of Human Resources.

Application instructions: http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/grants/asprofdevgrtinfo.html. Information: Pam Bauman, pbauman@bascom.wisc.edu, 263-2511.

Knapp Bequest Committee
The Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee is soliciting proposals for special projects taking place in the 2004-05 academic year. Knapp grants are usually $500-$5,000. The committee favors projects that cross-departmental lines and affect the university community’s educational and cultural life, particularly projects that benefit undergraduate students. Registered student organizations are encouraged to apply, but departmental/program co-sponsorship is required. The deadline for applications is Friday, March 12. Submit six copies to: Knapp Committee, 133 Bascom Hall.

Information: Bill Provencher, 262-9494, provencher@aae.wisc.edu; or Joe Farrenkopf, 262-3956, farrenkopf@mail.bascom.wisc.edu.

Tinker-Nave Grants
All graduate students in all departments are eligible for this award. There are no citizenship restrictions. Awards will fund four- to eight-week periods of research in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Iberian Peninsula. Students must be continuing in a degree program at UW–Madison upon their return. Awards are intended mainly for summer, but timing for field research may be adjusted if a convincing case can be made. Nationals of Latin American countries wishing to utilize funds for research within their own countries are eligible if they can provide evidence (such as a letter from their advisers) that the project is essential to fulfill degree requirements. Information and application: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/laisp/new/funding/naveguide.html.

WAGE Research Assistantships
The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy will grant two nine-month doctoral research assistantships for 2004-05. A research center affiliated with the International Institute, WAGE focuses on the study of contemporary processes of globalization and international economic affairs.

Students from all disciplines, departments and schools offering doctoral degrees are eligible. Candidates must be working on a topic related to international economic affairs.

Information: http://www.wisc.edu/wage. Submit applications by Monday, March 29, via e-mail to David M. Trubek, dmtrubek@wisc.edu, with the subject line “WAGE Research Assistantship” and applicant’s last name.

Brittingham Foundation Visiting Scholars Program
The Brittingham Foundation’s visiting scholar program enriches small upper-level courses or seminars for undergraduates by bringing distinguished visitors to the classroom. The program introduces advanced students to those working “in the field” who can help students make linkages between academic study and the world they will enter upon graduation. Brittingham visitors need not have “academic” credentials, and proposals for individuals who work outside the academy are encouraged.

Deadline: Friday, March 12. Send proposals to Virginia Sapiro, 117 Bascom Hall, vsapiro@wisc.edu. If submitted in hard copy, deliver three full copies. Information: Sapiro, vsapiro@wisc.edu, 262-5246.