For the Record

AWARDS

Student Personnel Association
The Student Personnel Association is seeking nominations for the annual SPA Awards. You are encouraged to nominate someone you know for outstanding achievement in student services. SPA is indebted to the Office of the Chancellor, the Norman Bassett Foundation, the Ineva Reilly Baldwin and Ira L. Balwin Endowment for Student Services, and the SPA membership for their annual support of these awards. Neither the nominator nor the nominee needs to be a current member of SPA.

Nominees for the Chancellor’s Award (amount 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 over 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.

EMBA Scholarship for Not-for-Profit Executive
The School of Business is offering a two-year scholarship for its fall 2004 Executive MBA program to a qualified applicant who works full-time with a not-for-profit Wisconsin organization. The scholarship covers 75 percent of the program fees for the two-year program. Applicants must meet program criteria. Application deadline is June 1. Information: Constance Rieben, crieben@bus.wisc.edu, 265-2034; http://www.bus.wisc.edu/execmba/.

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.

Student Research Award
The Student Research Award Competition of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy is seeking papers. The association is an internationally recognized venue for undergraduate and graduate interdisciplinary research dealing with Cuba’s domestic issues, its foreign relations, and Cuba in comparative perspective. The Jorge Pérez-Lopez Research Award for graduate and undergraduate papers carries an award of $500 and $250, respectively, an invitation to present the paper at the ASCE annual conference, a complementary membership in the association and publication of the paper in the ASCE Proceedings.

Papers received or postdated by May 1 will be considered. Entries must be accompanied by a letter stating the name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail address of the nominee, and a brief statement describing the merits of the nomination. Send a hard copy of the manuscript to Enrique S. Pumar, Student Research Award Committee Chair, William Paterson University, P. O. Box 0567, McLean, VA 22101-0567. Send an electronic attachment of the paper to: students.papers@ascecuba.org.

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

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 April 1 and Oct. 1. Requests for applied funds of less than $2,000 are due the first of each month. Grants in either category can be used to 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 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 Call for Proposals
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. Knapp funds are not often used for purposes that can and should be supported elsewhere. Nor is the committee inclined to support exhibitions or lectures because other campus committees (e.g., Anonymous Fund Committee, Lectures Committee) have them as a central funding target. 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 of the application to: Knapp Committee, 133 Bascom Hall. The two- to three-page application should answer:

1. What is the basic plan of the proposed project?
2. Why is this an important project and how will it reach members of the university community?
3. How will it enrich its intended audience, especially undergraduate students?
4. Who is involved?
5. Which university departments or programs will participate in the project?
6. Is this a new project or one that the Knapp Bequest or other university sources have supported in the past?
7. Will other funding sources be expected to share costs?

In addition, include a budget page that identifies project expenses and lists funding sources. Requests to fund the purchase of large equipment must be justified. If the project involves the purchase of food, be aware that the Knapp Committee will not generally fund this type of expense without compelling justification. Each proposal should address the question of how the project would be affected if the Knapp request and/or other requests were denied or reduced in amount. If attempts to obtain other support have already been made and denied, include this information.

Also include a cover letter from the department chair or person principally responsible for the project; a vitae (not more than one page) of the project director; two or three letters of support, including one from the department or program chair if different from the project director as identified above.

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

Tinker-Nave Fund Short-Term Field Research 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.

To apply, send a cover letter describing the project and explaining how it relates to WAGE’s agenda, a 250-word dissertation abstract, a detailed chapter-by-chapter outline and a curriculum vitae. Two letters of recommendation must be sent separately — one letter must be from the dissertation committee chair who should address the quality of the work and the likelihood of timely completion during the assistantship. A second letter should come from another member of the faculty, preferably someone who works on issues related to the WAGE agenda.

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.

Global Studies Fellowship
Global Studies Program’s Kloeck-Jenson International Internship Grants and Predissertation Travel Grants are available for summer and 2004-05 to assist graduate students interested in social justice issues outside of the United States. International Internship Grants are for approximately $2,500 for a 10-week internship at an institution outside the United States relevant to students’ research interests. Predissertation Travel Grants for approximately $1,000 support students’ summer exploration of potential research sites outside the United States. Graduate students in all departments are eligible. Application deadline: Friday, Feb. 20. Eligibility, submission details and applications: http://www.wisc.edu/globalstudies/. Information: Global Studies Program, 265-2631.

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.