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3/08/2023

SNAPSHOT: Demetria Williams, the Queen of Crochet

By: Jillian Craig, Kenosha News

What once started as crocheting blankets as a hobby has grown into full-blown business for Demetria Williams, a Milwaukee native.

Williams, a senior studying psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, runs her business “Crochet Designs by Demi,” which sells custom crocheted clothing.



Between her business and her major, Williams discovered the therapeutic nature of crocheting, which sparked an interest in studying crochet therapy more in-dept after completing her undergraduate degree. Williams said she wants to research how crocheting affects mood and do her Ph.D. on crocheting after finding a lack of studies on crocheting specifically.

UW-Parkside Awarded the 2022 ALL IN Highly Established Action Plan Seal

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is one of 121 colleges and universities recognized for their commitment to increasing nonpartisan democratic engagement in 2022. 

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) announced that the University of Wisconsin-Parkside has been awarded a Highly Established Action Plan Seal. This seal is awarded to campuses that have worked to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement and graduate engaged voters by building a strong nonpartisan action plan.

ALL IN and the American Democracy Project, Campus Vote Project, NASPA Lead Initiative, and the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition created the Strengthening American Democracy Guide to help guide campuses on their journey to graduate democratically engaged students by building effective action plans. In 2019, a rubric based on the guide was released to allow campuses to self-assess the strength of their action plan.

Call for Nominations: UW-Parkside Diversity Award

The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion is now accepting nominations for the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Diversity Award. This university-wide award recognizes a faculty or staff member who makes outstanding contributions or efforts toward enhancing diversity and inclusion at UW-Parkside.

Nominations should be based on the nominee’s demonstrated leadership and notable contributions toward enhancing diversity and inclusion in one or more of the following areas:

• Demonstrating a consistent pattern of commitment to the recruitment and retention of an inclusive and diverse faculty, staff, or student body.
• Creating programs, initiatives, or projects in the areas of diversity and inclusion.
• Collaborating with campus or community groups to promote or implement programs, initiatives, or projects in the area of diversity and inclusion.
• Providing leadership and direction in building a welcoming and supportive campus climate.
• Providing significant mentorship or support to students, staff/and or faculty members who represent a particular segment of diversity within our community.
• Creating curricula that enable students to appreciate and understand the dynamics of diversity and inclusion.

(See full award criteria below)

Nominations must be submitted by March 17, 2023, to receive full consideration and self-nominations are encouraged.

Please note: Forms submitted without the nominator’s name cannot be accepted. If you have further questions, please contact Trina Patterson at x2090.  

Let us know: Communications Needs

Effective immediately, please send any requests or inquiries about stories, press releases, social media posts, or other communication needs to university.relations@uwp.edu and we will respond as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding!

Marketing and Design: Project Forms

Greetings from University Marketing and Design!

We have recently become a department of two staff and four students and had to make some adjustments. We need your help. Please use our Marketing and Design Project Request Forms and build a two week turnaround into your planning. There are four forms to provide a streamlined completion process. Just pick the one that seems closest to your needs.

If you have any questions, send us an email at umad@uwp.edu.

Chancellor’s Office Hours

Chancellor’s Office Hours for the Spring:

• Thursday, April 13 12:00-1:00
• Wednesday, May 17 12:00-1:00

If you would like to set up a time to talk with Chancellor Ford, email Rachel Stevenson stevensr@uwp.edu

Campus TikTok Policy Update

UW-Parkside Campus Community,

In recent weeks, UW System Administration, chancellors, and campus technology and communications leads have been in robust conversation about cybersecurity in general, and more specifically about the TikTok app. We have learned much about the very real risks to national, state and institutional cybersecurity – and just as importantly, the risks to our personal information security.

All UW campuses have been instructed to remove any installation of the TikTok application from university-owned devices by Friday, Feb. 17. 

Complying with this expectation requires two efforts on our part:



1. All colleagues who have TikTok installed on a university-owned device must uninstall the app by the end of the day Friday, Feb. 17. For assistance, contact the Tech Bar.
2. In the near future, CTS will implement a technical solution which will block the future use and installation of TikTok on CTS managed devices.

While we are only addressing university-owned devices with these actions, we urge everyone to learn more about the security risks in having the app installed on any device. This includes personal devices where we enter and view sensitive information, such as logins/passwords, and financial or medical information.

We are grateful to everyone for taking cybersecurity seriously. 

If you use TikTok as a part of your work responsibilities and have any questions, please share them with us in University Relations – university.relations@uwp.edu. We do not have every answer at this time but will continue to learn more in coming weeks. Additional questions can be directed to Jordania Leon-Jordan, CIO or Kong Phang, Deputy CIO.

National Survey of Student Engagement

Remind your first-year and senior students to look for an email in your RangerMail inbox or a message on Canvas with a link to the National Survey of Student Engagement on March 1. They can take 15 minutes to share their thoughts. NSSE is a chance to provide feedback and help make UW-Parkside better. In appreciation for participating, we will enter all students who complete the survey by April 21 into a drawing for 100 gift cards worth $20 each. Chances of winning depend on how many complete the survey. Your participation is appreciated!

Win Prizes with Ranger Wellness and Fitness!

The Ranger Wellness and Fitness committee would like to invite you to join us for planned wellness activities on campus. Check out the activities and more using the link below.

This year, the Committee is adding an incentive to increase wellness participation on campus. Employees who complete three on-campus wellbeing activities will be entered into a drawing to win a gift basket. In addition, employees who participate in the Group Health Insurance Program and complete the activities required to earn the Well Wisconsin $150 incentive, can use this as one of the three activities required to be entered into the drawing and your name will be entered twice! If you do not use the Well Wisconsin incentive, your name will only be entered once: Here are two examples of how you can be entered into the drawing:

(name entered twice)

1. Participate in the Stress Less Challenge
2. Participate in Mindfulness and Yoga
3. Earn the Well Wisconsin $150 Incentive

(name entered once)

1. Participate in the Stress Less Challenge
2. Participate in Mindfulness and Yoga
3. Participate in the Invitational Step Challenge

As stated, these are two examples. You can choose the three types of activities that you wish to participate in. Note: If you choose to use the Well Wisconsin incentive, you must show proof of participation by sharing a copy of the email confirmation that you receive.

Below is a list of the drawing dates. In the meantime, we thank the CNHS team for their generosity for putting together the gift basket for the April drawing. 

• Jan 31 to April 15 drawing on April 30, 2023
• April 16 to July 15 drawing on July 31, 2023
• July 16 to Oct 13 drawing on Oct 31, 2023

For more information, please contact Dalinda Galaviz, galaviz@uwp.edu.

Reminders:

Don't forget to pick up your wellness & fitness t-shirt and bag in the Marketing department, Wyllie 3209. 

Take pictures of yourself or with your colleagues with your t-shirt and email them to Dalinda Galaviz (galaviz@uwp.edu)! 

Make time for your wellbeing!

Employee Engagement Events

Thank you all for taking time to attend the past three years of Employee Engagement events! It's been fun and nice getting to know each other. Please take time for yourself and join UW-Parkside employees for more fun. Click on the link below to access what's happening in 2023! See you soon!

Travel Policy Update

Website and Newsletter: 

A new UW Parkside Travel Website is now available on TravelWIse. Please bookmark this page as it is often updated with news and contains links to many helpful travel resources.

Sign up for the monthly travel newsletter. Policy updates and relevant information is communicated in this newsletter.

General Questions: email amahn@uwsa.edu. Turn around expectation is no greater than 24 hours (except on weekends/holidays)

For questions about TER status/questions post submission: email expenseauditing@wisconsin.edu

For Discussion/Unique Scenarios/Walkthrough of TERs/Policy Exceptions: Schedule time via Calendly. May be scheduled anytime, up to ½ hour in advance. A Teams or Zoom invite(you choose during the scheduling process) will be sent immediately. 

Self Paced On Demand Training:  Canvas Online Training is available for general travel policy training. 

For Specialized Training: (Admins or other high volume complex travels): Schedule 1 hour via Calendly

For in-person trainings: On-site days are generally the 3rd Tuesday of each month. The on site dates are noted on the UW Parkside Travel page. Please send an invite via calendy to reserve a block of time. 

Nominate an alum for UW-Parkside's 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards!   

The UW-Parkside Distinguished Alumni Awards celebrate and honor the rich legacy of learning and accomplishments by graduates who have excelled in their chosen field or perform exemplary service to the community. Nominees must have earned a bachelor’s or master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. 

Do you know an alum who deserves this award? UW-Parkside is accepting nominations for its 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards. The deadline for nominations is March 20, 2023.

To learn about past Distinguished Alumni Award recipients or for more information about the awards, please visit https://www.uwp.edu/alumni/awards/. If you have any questions please contact Alumni Relations Manager, Jenn Busch.  

Civic Action Plan

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside seeks to live the Wisconsin Idea as an authentic community partner and steward of place as well as an effective laboratory for its students to learn through community engagement. By signing the Campus Compact Civic Action Statement in November 2015, Chancellor Deborah Ford pledged to develop a plan that deepens and strengthens the campus commitment to community engagement and provides guidance for implementation of action steps to do so. The plan was created through the efforts of a team of faculty, staff, administrators, and community partners who collected input and feedback during 2016. This included focus groups, facilitated discussions, and surveys of students, faculty, staff, and community members.

HLC 2023 Update

On March 13 and 14, 2023, the HLC review team will be visiting our campus for the 10-year comprehensive review. 

During the visit, they will meet with several campus leaders and stakeholders.

You can find more information regarding the visit on the website below.

The website provides more details on the following aspects of the HLC 2023 visit:

Criteria for Accreditation, Prep Questions, How to Provide Feedback, Campus Communications.

In case you missed the presentations, videos and slides are available for the chapter/criterion presentations in the "Campus Communications" section of the website:

https://www.uwp.edu/explore/aboutuwp/hlc2023/

We appreciate your involvement with the HLC accreditation process.

Monday, March 13 7:30-6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 14 7:30-1:30 p.m.

Watch the Administrative Transformation Program (ATP) Readiness Workshop #3: “Foundation Data Model”

ATP will conduct Readiness Workshops on a variety of topics monthly, through go-live in July 2024. Recordings are available to anyone with a UW login. The “Foundation Data Model” workshop introduces the concepts of Worktags, cost centers, and cost center hierarchies. You can learn more about this workshop on the ATP website:

Save 50% on purchases in the Brickstone Grill & Eatery!

A commuter dining plan can be used to pay for purchased in all campus dining locations.

Sign up for a Commuter Plan November 28 through March 24, 2023

Sign up and more information at uwp.edu/diningplans or stop by the Campus Concierge.

Now on Amazon!

Support Parkside Athletics! Grab the gear on Amazon!

Freshwater Opportunities Bulletin: Request for Proposals

The Freshwater Opportunities Bulletin is published the first Wednesday of each month. It

provides information about upcoming conferences, employment opportunities, collaborative courses and experiences, and other water-related opportunities for students, faculty, and staff at UW System institutions.

Please share these opportunities widely on our campus. Visit their website for the latest opportunities: freshwater.wisconsin.edu. 

Paws to You

Paws to You is an employee appreciation program designed to offer gratitude to a fellow coworker. Maybe they helped you complete a task or project and it made a large impact on the outcome. You can show them thanks and appreciation by sending them a Paw they are able to display for all to see in their email signature, and a running total of all Paws will be displayed here on the Paws to You website. So what are you waiting for?

Save Clam Shell Containers for Parkside Community Garden!

Help our community gardeners feed food insecure students and community members by saving your clam shell containers. Bring saved containers to Alex Hobbs in the Student Success and Learning Commons. Thank you!

Winter Weather Campus Notice

With winter approaching, this is a reminder of UW-Parkside policies in the event of inclement weather and weather emergencies. This policy extends the application of UW System Administrative Policy 1235 to the UW-Parkside campus. It draws important distinctions between the university remaining open, which classes will be canceled, and closing the university. During a weather emergency, a decision may be made to:

1. Keep the university open.

2. Keep the university open, cancel in-person classes on campus, but allow hybrid, asynchronous, and synchronous online classes to be offered.

3. Close the university.

1. Inclement Weather: University Remains Open

When there is inclement weather and the university remains open, students and employees should use their own judgment in attending classes and reporting to work. 

Decisions affecting morning and afternoon classes are ordinarily made by 6 a.m.; decisions affecting evening classes that start after 4:30 p.m. are ordinarily made in the early afternoon (see Notification below). If emergency weather conditions develop during the workday and supervisors desire to have employees leave early, the supervisor's decision must comply with university guidelines. 

2. Inclement Weather: University Open; Cancel In-Person Classes on Campus but continue online courses

When the university remains open and in-person classes do not meet on campus, employees must use their own judgment in reporting to work. In-person classes on campus are canceled but online classes (e.g., hybrid, asynchronous, and synchronous) are offered. Extracurricular activities such as athletic events, concerts, and special presentations may or may not take place as scheduled. Please visit the UW-Parkside website for the most up-to-date information.

Decisions affecting morning and afternoon classes are ordinarily made by 6 a.m.; decisions affecting evening classes that start after 4:30 p.m. are ordinarily made in the early afternoon (see Notification below). If emergency weather conditions develop during the workday and supervisors desire to have employees leave early, the supervisor's decision must comply with university guidelines. 

3. Inclement Weather: University Closed

When the university is closed, in-person classes will not meet on campus and all extracurricular activities are canceled.  In-person classes on campus are canceled but online classes (e.g., hybrid, asynchronous, and synchronous) are offered. Certain campus operations must continue despite the weather: campus police services, snow removal, power-plant operation, food service for residential students, etc. For employees in these areas, please contact your supervisor for schedule details. If the university is closed, the Human Resources Department will inform employees about the proper method for reporting lost time.

Notification

Inclement Weather: University remains open – If inclement weather requires the administration to make an announcement about the university remaining open, a notice will be posted on the UW-Parkside website and social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn), and will be sent by email to all faculty, staff, and students.

If you have subscribed to Ranger Alert, you will also receive a notice indicating that the university remains open. You may also access this information on area radio and television stations, including their social media accounts and mobile apps.

Inclement Weather: Class are cancelled OR university is closed – If all classes are canceled OR if the university is closed due to inclement weather, a notice will be posted on the UW-Parkside website and social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn), and will be sent by email to all faculty, staff, and students.

If you have subscribed to Ranger Alert, you will also receive a classes-canceled or university-closed text message on your cell phone. You may also access this information on area radio and television stations, including their social media accounts and mobile apps.

Most radio and television stations ordinarily confine announcements to whether the university is open or closed, and the announcement may not make the distinction between classes being canceled and the university being closed. It is always a good idea to check the UW-Parkside website for the most accurate information.

Here is a list of radio and television stations that are most likely to carry campus news during inclement weather:

Kenosha radio stations: WLIP (1050 AM), WIIL (95.1 FM), WGTD (91.1 FM)

Racine radio stations: WRJN (1400 AM; 98.1 FM; 99.9 FM; @wrjnnews), 92.1 VTY Country (92.1 FM), WGTD (91.1 FM)

Milwaukee radio stations: WTMJ (620 AM)

Milwaukee TV stations: WTMJ (Channel 4), WITI (Channel 6), WISN (Channel 12), WDJT (Channel 58)

Chicago Information: (https://www.emergencyclosingcenter.com/) or radio stations, WBBM (780 AM), WGN (720 AM), and Chicago TV stations, channels 2, 5, 7, 9, and 32.

Radio and television stations will receive class cancelation information for that day no later than 6:30 a.m. If UW-Parkside is not mentioned by the media, assume the university is open and classes are being held.

University Relations

university.relations@uwp.edu

Crepes for Lunch



Wednesday, March 8 | 12 to 1 p.m. | Brookwood Foundation Main Place

Students from the French program will make crèpes "live" on Main Place for the Parkside community to enjoy on site. Each person will have a choice of three toppings to fill the crèpe. 

AbbVie Hiring Event

Monday, March 13 | 10-11:40 AM/2-4 PM | Student Center Ballroom

AbbVie is a global, research and development-based biopharmaceutical company committed to developing innovative advanced therapies for some of the world's most complex and critical conditions. The company's mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to markedly improve treatments across four primary therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, virology and neuroscience. In more than 75 countries, AbbVie employees are working every day to advance health solutions for people around the world.

Student Showcase and Quick Pitch Registration and Abstract Submission

Friday, March 17 | End of Day | Student Center Ballroom

The UW-Parkside Student Showcase is a campus-wide event in which all UW-Parkside students (undergraduates and graduate students) are encourage to participate. A project might be an independent work conducted outside of a classroom setting, in collaboration with a faculty or staff mentor, it could be a project associated with a course during the summer, fall or spring semester.