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8/28/2024

UW-Parkside Welcomes Devon Borst as Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Community Partnerships

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is excited to announce the appointment of Devon Borst as the new Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Community Partnerships.

Borst officially joined the university Aug. 19, bringing with him nearly two decades of experience in philanthropy and community engagement, particularly within the Kenosha and Racine areas. In his new role, Borst will be responsible for leading the university’s efforts in philanthropy, alumni relations, corporate partnerships, and community engagement. His work will focus on securing vital philanthropic support, fostering strong relationships with alumni, and enhancing the university's impact across the region.

Borst has a distinguished career, having held key leadership positions at the Shalom Center of the Interfaith Network, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, Ascension All Saints Foundation, and Ascension Wisconsin Foundation.



A proud UW-Parkside alumnus, Borst has a significant personal connection to the university as well as deep roots in the community.

UW-Parkside Welcomes Dr. Matt Cecil as Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Matt Cecil as Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs. Dr. Cecil brings more than 25 years of higher education experience to UW-Parkside, including 16 years in key administrative positions where he has consistently advanced academic excellence and inspired faculty and students alike.

Dr. Cecil comes to UW-Parkside from Northern Kentucky University, where he served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs. His tenure was marked by significant advancements in student success initiatives and faculty engagement.



Before his time at Northern Kentucky University, Dr. Cecil held leadership roles at Minnesota State University, Mankato, serving first as Dean of the College of Arts & Humanities and later as Interim Provost. His extensive administrative experience also includes his work as Director of the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University and as a department administrator at South Dakota State University. Dr. Cecil began his academic career as a faculty member at Purdue University and later at the University of Oklahoma, where he developed a strong foundation in teaching and research.

Mark Your Calendars for Homecoming 2024!

UW-Parkside is set to host its Homecoming from Oct. 10-13, a weekend that promises to be filled with celebration, reconnection, and school spirit. Alumni, students, and friends of the university are encouraged to take part in the festivities, with a lineup of events designed to engage and inspire.



This year’s Homecoming theme, “Always a Ranger,” celebrates the enduring spirit and lifelong connection of the UW-Parkside community. It reflects the pride and loyalty that graduates and current students share.

Provost In-service focused on Mental Health, Wellness and Student Success

The 2^nd Annual Provost In-Service focused on Mental Health, Wellness, and Student Success is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 28 from 1– 4:15 p.m. The afternoon will start with Linda Marchlewski, EAB Consultant for Moonshot for Equity sharing a national and state Perspective on Mental Health, Wellness, and Student Success. Click here for the complete afternoon agenda and session locations.

PEAG Welcome Back Mixer!

Ranger Welcome Volunteer Opportunities 

It is hard to believe it is August already and that we will soon be starting the fall 2024 semester! The Ranger Welcome program is set to kick off Sunday, Sept. 1 with Move-in and runs until Friday, Sept. 6. The week is packed with events and resources to welcome new & returning students to campus. We need your help to ensure these programs run smoothly!

Volunteers are needed throughout the week for a variety of tasks including the following:

• Ask Me Tables: Greeting students on the first and second day of classes and helping them find their way to classrooms and answering questions.
• Move-In Help: Greeting and welcoming students and families at the move-in check-in station, checking IDs, and handing out welcome packets.
• Parent/Guest Hospitality Tent: Greeting and mingling with families as they move students into Ranger Hall and Pike River Suites. Handing out swag items such as tote bags, notepads, and pens for parents/guests. 
• Kick-Off Speaker: Helping with wayfinding to Main Stage Theatre for our Kick-Off Speaker, Aaron K. Wilson.
• New Student Welcome Party: Helping with distributing t-shirts, snow cones, popcorn, and general crowd control.
• New Student Convocation: Greeting students as they arrive, handing out academic planners and vouchers for the Athletic Open House later that day, seating students, and walking them over to The Commons in Wyllie Hall after the program for the Chancellor’s Picnic.
• Walk Your Schedule: Walking students through the academic buildings to help them find their classrooms prior to the first day of classes. 
• Welcome Tables: Taking first-day-of-school photos with cut-out props and handing out fruit cups. These tables are next to the Ask Me Tables in the Rita & Student Center and are also in Ranger Hall & Pike River Suites. 

Ask Me Table volunteers will receive a FREE green Ask Me shirt if you do not already have one. If you are volunteering for a different event, you will receive a FREE Ranger Welcome t-shirt (while supplies last). T-shirt pick-up will happen on Thursday, Aug. 29 and Friday, Aug. 30 in Student Engagement & Connection (Student Center L104) from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. You will also receive additional volunteer instructions on Monday, Aug. 26 regarding your volunteer role, such as where to report and what to expect.

Student Engagement & Connection greatly appreciates your help in making Ranger Welcome a success! Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

New and Expanding Resources Available to Support Students

Increasing support for a student’s well-being is an important student success initiative. UW-Parkside, with the support of the Universities of Wisconsin, has expanded its collaboration with Mantra Health.  In addition to virtual therapy, psychiatry and 24/ 7 crisis support, the Care Hub by Mantra will also provide short-term wellness coaching and, in the moment, support called Connect Now.  For more information on the Care hub by Mantra, click here.

Other resources to support student wellbeing include:

FREE, Anonymous, 24/7 virtual peer-to-peer support. A safe place where students can connect with others about what’s going on in their lives – big or small.  Togetherall is moderated by clinical professionals.

YOU can help students find information on a variety of topics such as managing stress or time management, setting goals, and connecting with campus resources.

Finally, students can tell us they need additional support through the Handraise feature on the Navigate app.

We have also simplified our Mental Health and Counseling website to make it easier for students to find the resources they need.

Please help us raise awareness of these resources and normalize “help-seeking" behavior by mentioning this in your classrooms or in individual appointments with students. 

If you have any questions, please contact Renee Kirby, Director of Student Health, Counseling, and Accessibility Services, or Steve Wallner, Dean of Students.

Helpful Resources

As the semester progresses, you may notice that students may be more stressed, experiencing more academic difficulties or having non-academic challenges.

Here is a quick reminder about the resources available to assist you:

• The Red folder website -- This website is designed to help faculty, staff and others to recognize, respond effectively to and refer students as necessary. 

• Food and Shelter Resources – This website provides information about on campus and community resources.

• ConnectNow - As part of the Care Hub by Mantra, students can get in-the-moment support and problem solving. 

• The Navigate Ad Hoc report - Any faculty or staff member can use this form to report academic concerns such as changes in attendance, declining performance or non-academic concerns (undergraduate students only) To learn “How to file an ad hoc report, check out this KB documents -https://kb.uwp.edu/130519 

Questions?  Contact Steve Wallner, Dean of Students wallner@uwp.edu

Early Alert Campaign Timeline

Early Intervention can change the outcome of a student’s semester.  Please help us better support students through Navigate Early Alerts. You can report concerns or send positive kudos in Navigate through the targeted Progress Report Campaigns or the ADHOC report. 

The following Targeted Progress report campaigns will be sent:   

Timing  Type  Week 1 Attendance Week 5 Academic Progress  Week 6 Athlete Academic Progress  Week 9 Math 100 Academic Progress 

Please close each individual request even if you have no feedback.

If you have a concern about an undergraduate student that you did not receive a request on or if the concern develops later in the semester, please use the ADHOC report. You can use this report to report both academic and non- academic concerns. 

Check out these KB documents for help on “how to file”

Questions? Contact Marissa Delwiche, Executive Director of Advising and Academic Support delwiche@uwp.edu.

Countdown to Carnegie

The Countdown to the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement is on and we need you! UW-Parkside will be among the many higher ed institutions that submit a proposal for Carnegie Reclassification. We need your help to gather information about community engagement across our institution. We are proud of the history of community engagement at UW-Parkside. We are seeking information about community engagement initiatives, projects and partnerships with which you've been involved. Please fill out this quick survey. Email any questions to karp@uwp.edu. 

Relevant links: https://uwparkside.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2fW5rdds8rwzu9U

UW-Parkside Server Migration and Changes

There are changes coming this summer to UW-Parkside servers and applications. This is part of a broader, long-term project to consolidate IT services across the Universities of Wisconsin.  

Why the change?

This project aims to consolidate data centers and computing infrastructure to the Hybrid Cloud at UW-Madison to increase efficiency and effectiveness, improve IT disaster recovery and resilience, and significantly reduce cybersecurity risk.

When will this change occur?

In June 2024, we started migrating the data systems and applications from the current environment to the Hybrid Cloud environment hosted at UW-Madison.  This transition will continue until the end of the year. 

This transition will be a phased approach, where we will be moving data systems and applications individually over the upcoming months. 

What do I need to do? 

Not everyone will be directly impacted, and you may not be contacted.

When we are preparing to move a data system or application you utilize, you will receive an email with more details about the day of the move, whether you can expect any outages during the move, and or changes you may need to make.  

These emails will come from uwsa-harmonyproject@wisconsin.edu. You will not be notified when every data system or application moves, you will only receive notice when your application is moving.  

As always, feel free to reach out to the CTS TechBar with any questions you may have, and please look for another email from uwsa-harmonyproject@wisconsin.edu in the coming weeks with more details and what you can expect for this move. 

Marketing and Communications Needs

Due to the high volume of requests to University Relations at this time of the year, please utilize the forms below to help us better track and complete requests.

Administrative Transformation Program (ATP) Updates

Workday Go-Live Revised to 2025 

The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved a revised timeline for the Administrative Transformation Program Workday implementation. Go-live is now scheduled for July 2025, revised from July 2024. End-user training will begin in March 2025.

The revision will provide adequate time to prepare for a successful implementation. We will continue to partner with ATP as we get ready for the transition to Workday.  

ATP will standardize finance, human resources, and research administration processes, such as payroll and expense reporting, across the UW System. To learn more about Workday and subscribe to the ATP Touchpoints newsletter, visit the ATP website.  

What Is ATP?

The Administrative Transformation Program (ATP) is on a mission to rebuild finance, human resources, and research administration systems at every institution within the University of Wisconsin System. The goal is to reduce the complexity of the current administrative environment and refocus valuable staff time on UW’s mission of education, research, and outreach.

To make this vision a reality, we’re working with people across the UW to standardize processes and implement new, best-in-class technology to support these essential functions.

Technology

To standardize business processes and integrate our systems, ATP will implement Workday and Huron Research Suite to replace HRS, SFS, and hundreds of ancillary systems across the UW.

• Get to know Workday
• Get to know Huron Research Suite

People

ATP's success depends on knowledgeable staff who apply their time, talent, and expertise — both on and off the program team.

• Meet the ATP team
• Meet the Change Network

Process

Our business process redesign work is based on a tiered governance structure and tested methodology that includes faculty and staff from across the UW System.

• See how we're redesigning business processes
• See our governance framework

Watch the latest ATP video: What’s Changing: Moving from UDDS to Workday Organizations

The newest video from ATP, “What’s Changing: Moving from UDDS to Workday Organizations,” explains how Workday organizations will provide a new structure for Universities of Wisconsin business processes.

Introducing Top Jobs & Internships This Week



Every week you will now find Top Jobs & Internships This Week in Midnight Ranger featuring 20 new opportunities to whet your appetite and remind you that Handshake is the #1 platform employers use to post internships and entry-level jobs for college students nationwide. Handshake is available for free to all students, faculty, and staff. Handshake is also where all career events are posted like local and regional career fairs, our on-campus Meet The Recruiter employer visits, employer recruiting events and information sessions, career preparation workshops and more.

Kenosha Mammoths Rugby Club Exclusive Scholarship Opportunity

Kenosha Mammoths Rugby Club is excited to offer an exclusive scholarship opportunity for students interested in playing rugby for the Kenosha Mammoths Rugby Club. 

The Kenosha Mammoths Rugby Club is an amateur men’s rugby club team that plays rugby in the Chicago Area Rugby Football Union.

Whether you are an experienced rugby player or new to the sport, we encourage you to apply for this scholarship and become a part of our dynamic rugby community.



Questions can be emailed to Mammothscholarship@gmail.com

UW System Regent Policy 4-21 Commitment to Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression

Please take a few minutes to review the policy regarding our commitment to Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression. Please see your immediate supervisor with any questions you may have.

Communications Needs: Share your news!

Please submit any requests or inquiries about stories, press releases, social media posts, or other communication needs through the Let Us Know form and we will respond as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding!

University Relations: Marketing and design project forms

Use this form to request digital and print design items. If you're looking to promote your event on University social media or via the news media, please use the Share Your News form. Notes: A deadline of less than three weeks is a "rush" job. We may not be able to accommodate the timeline. However, you should still submit the form. Your order will move more quickly through the design process, if you respond to emails with questions and approvals.

Improve Your "AIM"

AIM is the system that faculty and instructional academic staff use to track and record their teaching, research/scholarship/creative work and service activities, and to prepare their Annual Activity Reports. The information you provide in AIM is used to generate your profile on the UW-Parkside website. Your Dean may also use AIM data for reporting and recognition within the college.

From March 24, 2020 to March 24, 2021, there were more than 97,000 unique page visits to AIM profiles!



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.

Paws to You is an employee appreciation program designed to offer gratitude to a fellow coworker. 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 on the Paws to You website.

Introducing Bear Boxes!

Dining Specials



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Brickstone Grill & Eatery Hours

Brickstone Grill & Eatery Convocation Day (8/28) Lunch Special at Down Home -

$6 Cheese tortellini w/marinara, Italian side salad & garlic bread

Brickstone Grill & Eatery Fall Hours (Beginning 9/4)

Summer Hours for Dining Services

Wyllie Market

Fall Hours: Beginning 9/4

Monday–Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Encore

Fall Hours: Beginning 9/4

Monday–Thursday 8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Friday: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday: CLOSED

The Den

Fall Hours: Beginning 9/9

Monday – Thursday 7-10 p.m.

Book & Brew

Fall Hours: Beginning 9/4

Monday–Thursday: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Friday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.