For the Record

Policies and procedures

Act 11 Information Sessions
Employee Compensation and Benefits Services is sponsoring informational sessions on the provisions of Act 11. This act changes Wisconsin Retirement System benefits to eliminate a 5 percent interest cap; improve death benefits; re-open variable account; and increase the formula factor. No reservations are required for the following sessions: 9-10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 6, Dag Hammerskjold, Union South; 1-2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 6, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union; 9-10 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 7, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union; 10-11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 8, Dag Hammerskjold, Union South; 1-2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 11, Dag Hammerskjold, Union South; 5-6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 12, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union; 9-10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 13, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union; 5-6 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 13, Tripp Commons, Memorial Union.

Tuition Remission Authorizations
It is time for departments to start sending tuition remission authorizations for spring 2001 to the Bursar Student Account Fee Section. Student Account bills will be mailed in mid-January. Reminders:

The list must include all authorized students, not just changes to your fall 2000 authorizations.
Do not send one e-mail per student authorized. A spreadsheet listing information for all students is more easily processed.
The Bursar Student Accounts Fee Section (formerly Registrar’s Office Fee Section) has moved to the Bursar’s Office, 122 A.W. Peterson. Students and staff coming to this office in person should look for window 7 off the main lobby by the Murray Street entrance. Phone numbers are the same.
The e-mail address: tuition@bussvc.wisc.edu.
Individual e-mail addresses are now: Chris Cleary-Hinz, ccleary@bussvc.wisc.edu; Joyce Nesse, jnesse@bussvc.wisc.edu; Sarah Kutil, skutil@bussvc.wisc.edu.
Use the Web to ensure that you always have the most up-to-date information. For an updated copy of the tuition remission policy, visit: http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/bursar/feescash.html.

Lectures Committee
The University Lectures Committee solicits applications from departments, academic programs and registered student organizations for support of public lectures to be held during the 2000-2001 academic year. Potential applicants should read the document “Instructions for Requesting University Lectures Committee Support.” To be considered by the committee, applications must conform to specifications in this document and must be submitted on 2000-01 forms. For these instructions and forms, call 262-3956 or visit: http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/secfac/lectures/lectcomm/General.htm.

New applications will be reviewed by the committee once each month. Applications will be accepted as long as funds are available; however, applicants are urged to submit requests well in advance. Information: Joe Farrenkopf, 262-3956; farrenkopf@mail.bascom.wisc.edu.

Grants and fellowships

Academic Staff Regents Award for Excellence
Institutions may submit one nomination each for the 2001 Academic Staff Regents Award for Excellence. The nominee should be a non-instructional academic staff member. He or she should provide essential services to the university while demonstrating excellence of performance, personal interaction, initiative and creativity, and outstanding achievement.

Two $5,000 awards will be made to two non-instructional academic staff members in recognition of their exceptional service to the university. The funds for this award will be designated to support the recipients’ professional development or for other activities approved by the recipients that enhance a university program or function. The recipients will be honored at the April 2001 Board of Regents meeting.

Four complete sets of nomination materials should be submitted by Friday, Jan. 26, to Colleen McCabe, 270 Bascom. Information: (608) 263-1011; cmccabe@bascom.wisc.edu. Or visit: http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/pdrc/index.html.

Teaching Academy Call for Nominations
The Teaching Academy invites nominations for membership. Nominees may be any members of the faculty or academic staff involved in undergraduate, graduate or outreach teaching. Nominees should be outstanding university educators who are concerned about teaching and enriching the university learning environment. 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. Application deadline: Friday, Feb. 16. For procedures and forms, visit: http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/teaching-academy.

Named Professorships
Nominations are invited for Hilldale, Vilas and Evjue-Bascom (Humanities) professorships, as well as for the new William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea. There is one vacancy in each category. Nominations should include six copies of a curriculum vitae; a letter of nomination indicating department endorsement and any other kind of professional support from within UW–Madison; and at least three external letters of recommendation.

You may recommend faculty specifically for one of these professorships or that they be considered for any vacancy for which they are eligible. In case of split appointments, endorsement by both deans is required.

Departmental nominations are due in the appropriate dean’s office by Friday, Dec. 8. The deans should then forward all nominations by Friday, Jan. 5, for review by a standing faculty committee. Appointments will be effective July 1.

Vilas Professorships were created to advance learning. A candidate for such a professorship should be of proven research capability and possess unusual qualifications and promise. Hilldale Professorships are given to faculty who excel in scholarly activity and have records of outstanding research and show promise of continued productivity. Hilldale professors each receive $25,000 per year for research support or release time during the academic year.

Evjue-Bascom Professorships recognize outstanding teaching in the name of John Bascom, the university’s fifth president and in honor of the late William T. Evjue, found, editor and publisher of The Capital Times. The professorships provide $11,000 per year to enhance teaching and scholarly activities. There is one vacancy specifically for faculty in the humanities division.

The new William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea was created this year with an endowment from the William T. Evjue Foundation to recognize outstanding contributions to outreach and service and to honor the late William T. Evjue, founder, editor and publisher of The Capital Times.

Information: Cherie Krenke, 262-8072; krenke@bascom.wisc.edu.

Meiklejohn-Powell Fellowship Call for Proposals
The Integrated Liberal Studies Program has received a substantial grant to be directed toward establishing the Meiklejohn-Powell Fellowship. Each year during the next 10 years, a $5,000 fellowship will be awarded to a faculty member to develop and teach a new class, workshop or lecture series that reflects the work or concerns of Alexander Meiklejohn.

From 1927-1932, Alexander Meiklejohn directed the Experimental College at UW–Madison, where he tested, reworked and improved his ideas for the ideal liberal education. The Integrated Liberal Studies Program announces a call for proposals for the spring 2001 semester and, looking ahead, for the 2001-02 academic year. Examples of appropriate topics: residential learning communities, freedom of speech, critical thinking for an educated citizenry, the philosophy of liberal education or other issues relevant to Meiklejohn’s concerns.

Application deadline: May 15 for the 2001-02 academic year. Contact: Booth Fowler, 262-9067; fowler@polisci.wisc.edu.

Teaching Enhancement Grants
The Provost’s Office is pleased to announce the third 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. This year, an additional $20,000 is available through the Morgridge Center specifically for service learning projects. In the past two years, the grants fully funded12 proposals and provided partially funding for 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 (service learning, in- and out-of-classroom experiences, 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 through a dean’s office in time to be forwarded to the Office of Associate Vice Chancellor Bob Skloot, 117 Bascom, by Friday, Dec. 1. For information, visit: http://www.wisc.edu/provost/teachlearn/TEGcall01.html. Contact Chris Carlson-Dakes, 263-4259; cgcarlso@facstaff.wisc.edu. A list of winners from last year is available upon request.

Distinguished Teaching Awards
We invite individual faculty members, departments and student organizations to submit nominations of faculty members whose teaching is of such quality that it merits recognition and award. The committee encourages the nomination of any exceptional distinguished teacher, regardless of specialty or rank. Ten outstanding teachers received awards in the spring 2000.

Two categories of UW–Madison teaching awards are available – the Distinguished Teaching Awards and the Van Hise Outreach Teaching Award. Only those persons involved in outreach teaching are eligible for the Van Hise Outreach Teaching Award. All other nominees are eligible for the Distinguished Teaching Awards.

In addition, the committee solicits nominations for two UW System teaching awards – – the Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award and the Regents Teaching Excellence Award. Although nomination forms and instructions for these awards will not be available until February, it is anticipated that they will be the same as in previous years. The Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee will evaluate nominations for the UW System awards separately and then select and forward the nominations to UW System. The committee reviews nominations for regents Teaching Excellence Awards for individual faculty and not the Regents department/program award. Faculty who have been selected for UW–Madison teaching awards are eligible and may be nominated for system awards.

Please send nominations to the Committee on Distinguished Teaching Awards, Office of the Secretary of the Faculty, 130 Bascom Hall by Monday, Jan. 22. For information about nominating procedures, call Paul Bertics, chair of the Committee on Distinguished Teaching Awards, 262-8667, or Paula Gray, Office of the Secretary of the Faculty, 262-3958.

International Opportunities Awareness Month
Many students on our campus, American and international, are interested in working in an international capacity upon graduation, but they may not be aware of what they need to do or of the resources available to help them achieve this goal. February will feature the first International Opportunities Awareness Month to provide students campuswide with events to identify international experiences and careers with a global focus. Students will be able to hear from peers who are international by upbringing or by experience – through participation in study, work volunteer and/or teaching abroad – and from community members and UW–Madison alumni working

in an international capacity. In addition, students will be able to meet with representatives from various UW departments and other organizations that facilitate study, long-term employment, short-term work and travel-abroad experiences. Departments across campus are invited to participate and/or plan an internationally focused event during February. For information, to coordinate dates and to include your event in the calendar and publicity, contact Susan Huber Miller at 263-7682.

International Predissertation Fellowship Program
This competition provides support for predissertation training and research abroad for students from social science fields – particularly economics, political science, sociology and psychology – with previously limited overseas training. The International Predissertation Fellowship Program invites applications for 12-month training fellowships to prepare for eventual dissertation research in Africa, Central Asia and the Caucasus, China, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Near and Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia. There are no citizenship requirements for the fellowships, but foreign nationals are discouraged from proposing to study their own cultures. Application deadline: Friday, Dec. 1. Applications and information are available from Elizabeth Hurd, international fellowships adviser, 328 Ingraham, 262-9632; fellow@intl-institute.wisc.edu. SSRC’s Web site: http://www.ssrc.org.

Center For Jewish Studies Course Incentive Grant
The Center for Jewish Studies announces a grant for course development. Faculty are invited 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 2002 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 a member of the faculty with up to $4,000. 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 Jewish Studies major to be in place in May 2001. More information: 265-4763. Proposals should be submitted to: Course Incentive Grant, Center for Jewish Studies, 308 Ingraham. Closing date: March 9. Announcement of grant: May 4.

Position Vacancies

Administrative

037939: Outreach Prog Mgr II
Grad/Waisman Ctr Mental Retard & Human Dev (80% ). Apply by December 15.

038451: Assoc Outreach Spec/Sr Outreach Spec
Bus/School of Business (100). Apply by December 13.

038665: Assoc Admin Prgm Spec
Grad/Research Animal Resources Center (100). Apply by December 15.

038685: Assoc Outreach Spec/Outreach Specialist
Grad/Waisman Ctr Mental Retard & Human Dev (50% ). Apply by December 5.

Clinical / Health Sciences

036206: Clinical Asst Prof
Med Sc/Medicine (100). Apply by December 15.

Communications

038451: Assoc Outreach Spec/Sr Outreach Spec
Bus/School of Business (100). Apply by December 13.

038476: Assoc Media Spec/Media Specialist
Ag&Lsc/Soil Science (100). Apply by December 15.

038563: Assoc Media Spec/Media Specialist
Bus/School of Business (100). Apply by December 7.

038599: Media Specialist
G Serv/University Communications (100). Apply by December 7.

Computer / Information Processing

038602: Assoc Inf Proc Conslt/ Inform Process Conslt
Bus/School of Business (100). Apply by December 28.

038695: Assoc Inf Proc Conslt/ Inform Process Conslt/Sr Inform Proc Conslt
Grad/Biotechnology Center (100). Apply by December 14.

038696: Assoc Systems Prgrmmr/ Systems Programmer/Sr Systems Programmer
Engr/Engineering Experiment Station (100). Apply by December 6.

Instruction

036821: Clinical Asst Prof
Med Sc/Medicine (100). Apply by December 15.

038446: Lecturer
L&S/Computer Sciences (50% ). Apply by March 9.

038549: Instructional Spec
Ag&Lsc/Food Science (100). Apply by January 1.

038658: Assoc Instructnl Spec/Instructional Spec
Sohe/Pre-School Laboratory (75% ). Apply by December 13.

038671: Lecturer
L&S/Psychology (40% ). Apply by January 15.

038679: Lecturer
L&S/Languages And Cultures of Asia (33% ). Apply by December 5.

038689: Assoc Lecturer/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
Engr/Mechanical Engineering (25% ). Apply by December 5.

Library Services

038628: Academic Librarian/Sr Acad Librarian
Med Sc/Health Sciences Library (100). Apply by December 15.

Research

037867: Assistant Scientist
L&S/Astronomy – Space Astronomy Laboratory (100). Apply by February 2.

038382: Research Prog Mgr II
Ag&Lsc/Animal Science (100). Apply by January 2.

038554: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist
Engr/Engineering Experiment Station (100). Apply by December 31.

038580: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist
Med Sc/Anatomy (100). Apply by December 31.

038636: Asst Researcher
Educ/Wis Center For Education Research (50% ). Apply by December 5.

038687: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist
Grad/Biotechnology Center (100). Apply by December 6.

038690: Asst Researcher/Assoc Researcher
Vet M/Medical Sciences (100). Apply by December 5.

038694: Assoc Research Spec
Grad/Primate Research Center (100). Apply by December 6.

Student Services

038552: Student Sv Pr Mgr II
Ag&Lsc/Biology, Center For (100). Apply by December 6.

038668: Student Services Spec/ Sr Student Serv Spec,
U Hsg/Rl Administration (100). Apply by December 8.

Director of Development and Publications (100)
Other
UW-Extension PVL#: A01005
Contact: Wisconsin Humanities Council, 608-262-0706. Apply by December 15

Program Officer (100)
UW-Extension PVL#: A01007
Contact: Wisconsin Humanities Council, 608-262-0706. Apply by December 15

Due to publication schedules and limited space, not all Academic Staff or Limited vacancies are listed in Wisconsin Week. Complete descriptions of all vacancies (including faculty) are available on the Web at http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/ohr/employment/employ.html [click on “Position Vacancy Listings (Faculty, Academic Staff and Limited Positions”)] or at the Academic Personnel Office, 174 Bascom Hall (263-2511).

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