The College-at-the-Core

STATE-OF-THE-COLLEGE

• 1623 new students this fall/993 are in COLS

• 4200 student majors

• 160 tenure-track faculty

• 75 academic staff

• 45 university staff

The College of Letters and Science

Be sure to pick up…

• COLS Internal Grants - Deadlines/Descriptions

• Community Lecture Series Brochure

• This PP available on Our Website (www.uwsp.edu/cols)

COLS Office Staff- Serving You!

Dean…........................................................... Chris Cirmo

Dean’s Assistant……………………………………. Pat Kleman

Office Assistant……………………………………… Dawn Haynes

Associate Dean (Budget, Personnel)…………Todd Good

Associate Dean (Students, Curriculum)…….Dona Warren

Assistant for Marketing, Events, Comm.……Scott Tappa

Director of Development………………………….Tony Romano

Continuing Education Liaison………….……… Julie Hellweg

COLS CST (IT) Team Leader/Coordinator … Aaron Schaufenbuel

COLS Promotions/Retirements

Tenure and Associate Professor:● Brad Mapes-Martins (Poli Sci)● Anju Reejhsinghani (History)● David Snyder (Chemistry)● Lynn Ludwig (English)● David Roloff (English)● Vera Klekovkina (WLL)

Full Professor:● Lawrence Morgan (English)● Jody Lewis (Psychology)

Academic Staff:● Ann Kiefer (Senior Lecturer)

Retirements:● Dennis Riley (Political Science)● David Tamres (Physics/Astro)● Bill Lawler (English)● John Droske (Chemistry)● Sue Brewer (History)● Catherine Ligman (Poli Sci)

Faculty Awards

Excellence in Teaching Award● Brian Barringer (Biology)● Vera Klekovkina (WLL)● Erica Weisgram (Psychology)

University Scholar Award● Karin Fry (Philosophy)● Nate Bowling (Chemistry)

University Service Award ● Robin Tanke (Chemistry)

Excellence in Academic Staff● Al Bond (Information Tech)

WI Teaching Fellows● Vera Klekovkina (WLL)● Valerie Barske (History and IS)

Justus and Barbara Paul Award● Erica Weisgram (Psychology)

Eugene Katz Dist Faculty Award● Sonny Smart (S/SW)

COLS 2016-17 Community

Lecture Series(Tuesdays, Pinery Room,

SP Public Library, 6:30pm)

Taped for Wisconsin

Public Television

COLS Faculty Forums- Wed/Thurs 4:00pDate Presenter / Topic

Room

10/13/16 David Chan (Philosophy): “The Morality of Drone Warfare”

227 CCC

11/09 /16 Joshua Horn (Philosophy): "Leibniz on Possible Worlds and the

Problem of Evil"

233 CCC

12/01/16

Shanny Luft (Religious Studies): “Christian Gamers and Sacred

Communities Online”

227 CCC

2/09/17

Tom Reich (University Library): “A Memorial - James H.

Albertson and the Wisconsin Team: Fifty years ago, Air America

Crash March 22, 1967”

TBA CCC

3/08/17 Daniel Graf (Biology): “A ‘Big Data’ Approach to Biodiversity

Research: Global Diversity of Freshwater Mussels”

TBA CCC

4/13/17 Sue Bailey (Sociology and Social Work): “Heroin: It’s Not Just

for Twentieth Century Gutter-Dwelling Hobos Anymore”

TBA CCC

5/04/17 Pat Dyjak (English): “Why George Zimmerman Got Off: Cultural

Myths and Metaphors and Their Power Today”

TBA CCC

Updates…Academic Affairs

• Provost Greg Summers…

Business Affairs

• VC Greg Diemer…

Advancement

• VC Chris Richards…

Common Council

• Chair Ken Menningen…

COLS BUDGET

UWSP Structural Deficit: approaching…$?M

COLS GPR: FY 16 /$619K

• Losses of tenure-track positions• Losses of academic staff positions• Two-year temporary positions/curricular prioritizations• Consolidation of University Staff Positions

FY 17 /$417K• S&E Reductions Across the Board• Losses of Academic Staff Positions• Curricular Prioritizations • University Staff Positions• COLS Office Budget Reductions• New Program Revenue Models

• Social Media…Scott

• Website Management…Scott

• Special Events and Plans This Year…Scott

• Univ Relations and Communications (URC)Update and Media Protocols…Nick

Marketing/Media/Events(Scott Tappa, Nick Schultz)

• CST Staff Changes and New Office Locations

• Classroom Standard Room Upgrades

• Office 2016/Office 365

• MS Visio and Project Availability

COLS Technology Updates(Aaron Schaufenbuel)

• Capital Campaign

• Scholarships

• Initiatives/Naming and Equipment Funds

COLS Development and Advancement(Tony Romano, Julie Smith, Chris Richards)

Academic and Career Advising Centers

COLS Academic and Career Advising Center(COLS ACAC)

Room 108 CCC

-- Our New People…- Extra Course Sections

(Funded by Differential Tuition)

Role of SGA

Other Updates• University College

• Honors Program

• HLC Quality Initiative

• Data Analytics Major and Sentry Endowments– CNMT/SBE

• Criminal Justice Minor/SSW

• Reallocation of Space in the Current Science Building

• Herb Garden Updating/Maintenance/Plans

• Humanities Initiatives – Data Ethics, Applied Humanities,

Civil Discourse Forums (“Making Our Point”)

• New Sabbaticals Protocols and Review Structure

• Post-tenure Review Standardization and Updates

The FAST/TRACK Project

On-Line/Distance Education -Summer/Winterim Priority Classes

(CE, Eric Simkins, Julie Hellweg, Tom Gospodarcyk)

• We need each academic department to be thinking about and decide on a set of courses which can be offered on-line, summer or winterim, and which can serve to alleviate bottlenecks, recruit new students, or assist students in completing the GEP.

• I charge each academic department with having this discussion and sending me a priority list of courses and rationale…”none” is not an option…will enlist the help of Eric Simkins

Academy of Letters and ScienceExecutive Board (voting members)

• Steve Regnier (President)• John Finn• Julie Lassa• Alan Marten• Sue Wilcox• Robin Tanke (Sciences and Math)• Mark Ferguson (Social Sciences)• Vera Klekovkina (Humanities)• Chris Cirmo (Dean)

• Disciplinary Advisory Committees

New Science Building…Progress

Under CoverFebruary 2017Commissioning

Spring 2018OccupancyFall 2018

PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Aquaponics Innovation Center

Sentry Insurance Endowments In Data Analytics

Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)

• Allen F. Blocher Planetarium

• Arthur J. Pejsa Observatory

• Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility

• Museum of Natural History

• Center for Athletic Scheduling

• GIS Center

• Center for the Small City

• Community Research Center (CRC)

• Center for Civil Discourse/Applied Ethics….?

COLS Centers…Our Outreach Arm

COLS Priorities/Initiatives• Strategic Initiatives in the Humanities – NEH, Applied Humanities

• Institute for Civil Discourse/Applied Ethics - Events

• Certificates and Interdisciplinary Offerings –Ongoing

• Testing of the New COLS Advising Model – COLS ACAC

• Social Media/Recruiting/Alumni Career Nights and Colloquia

• Fundraising Initiatives for Facilities, Curricula, Fellowships

• Creating Unique Curricula and Focused Position Justifications

• Keeping Excellence at the Center of what we do!

Our New Colleagues - IntroductionsFaculty/Academic Staff/University Staff

Introductions By:

• Biology (Karin Bodensteiner, Chair)

• Chemistry (Paul Hladky, Chair)

• CNMT (Tim Krause, Chair)

• English (Michael Williams, Chair)

• Mathematical Sciences (Andy Felt, Chair)

• Psychology (Craig Wendorf, Chair)

• Physics and Astronomy (Mick Veum, Chair)

• Philosophy and Religious Studies (Shanny Luft, Chair)

• Political Science (John Blakeman, Chair)

• Sociology and Social Work (Bob Enright, Chair)

Dean’s 2016 “Reads”

An engine needs both gas and oil……the engine runs on gas, but lives on oil.

Uncle Mike Cirmo

A great university needs both students and staff……the university runs on students, but lives on staff.

We add gas often, sometimes changing brands and grades…we change the oil periodically to save wear and keep our engine running

We hire a mechanic to give us advice, best practices, and sometimes tell us “you need to check your transmission, some slippage is occurring”

Please attend

University

Convocation,

Friday

(tomorrow) @

10:30am!