For the record

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

When Class Work and Religious Observances Conflict
Mandatory academic requirements should not be scheduled on days when a religious observance may cause substantial numbers of students to be absent from university functions. For the spring semester the policy specifically identifies Passover (Thursday, March 28) and Good Friday (March 29). Jewish holidays and observances begin at sunset on the evening preceding the given date (e.g., Passover eve day is March 27), and some holidays are celebrated during more than one day. Spring break is March 23-31.

Due to the university’s multicultural community, there are bound to be conflicts between mandatory academic requirements and religious observances other than those listed. Major religious observances celebrated by Muslim and Buddhist students, such as the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha (Feb. 23), for example, also occur during the academic year. A listing of religious holidays, though not exhaustive, is published by the National Conference for Community and Justice and is available at http://www.nccj.org; you may also obtain a copy of the listing from the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty, 130 Bascom Hall.

A student’s claim of a religious conflict should be accepted at face value. A great variety of valid claims exist for religious groups, and there is no practical, dignified and legal means to assess the validity of individual claims. Indeed, state law mandates that any student with a conflict between an academic requirement and any religious observance must be given an alternative means of meeting the academic requirement. The law also stipulates that students be given means by which they can conveniently and confidentially notify an instructor of the conflict.

Please adhere to the following three guidelines, which have been developed to provide clarity for students and instructors: (1) Announce early in the semester that students must notify the instructor within the first two weeks of class of the specific days or dates on which he or she will request relief. Including this information on your course syllabus is another method to make sure your students are informed of the policy; (2) Make-ups may be scheduled before or after the regularly scheduled requirements; and (3) It is understood that instructors may set reasonable limits on the total number of days claimed by any one student. Occasionally, students may not fully understand the necessity for prior notice, and under these circumstances, we urge you to be as flexible as possible. Our policy seeks to be sensitive to the individual needs of students.

Please advise your teaching assistants of this policy.

Finally, in a different but somewhat parallel situation, we urge fairness, compassion and sensitivity when a student approaches you or your TAs to request class time off due to a family emergency. Demonstration of your understanding in such a circumstance may be important to the student in getting through the crisis.

If you have questions, contact the Secretary of the Faculty office, Bascom Hall, 262-3956.

Semester Calendar
Last day to drop courses or withdraw without notations on transcripts:
Wednesday, Jan. 30

Last day to add courses for undergraduates and specials:
Friday, Feb. 1

Eid al-Adha:
Saturday, Feb. 23

Last day to drop courses for undergraduates, specials and professionals:
Friday, March 22

Spring recess:
March 23-31

Passover (first day):
Thursday, March 28

Good Friday (scheduled class day):
Friday, March 29

Last day to withdraw without academic penalty, for undergraduates and specials:
Friday, April 19

Last day to drop courses for graduate students:
Friday, April 19

Last class day:
Friday, May 10

Study day:
Saturday, May 11

Summary period:
May 12-18

Commencement ceremonies:
Doctoral/professional – Friday, May 17

Bachelor’s and master’s – May 18-19

Regardless of the date of the commencement ceremony, the official date of degree conferral on the diploma will be Sunday, May 19.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Evening MBA Scholarship Offered
The School of Business has designated one evening master’s of business administration scholarship each year for a UW–Madison employee. This scholarship will pay 90 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. Candidates apply to the evening MBA program and for the scholarship. Applicants who are admitted to the evening MBA program through the regular competitive process can be considered for the scholarship. The priority application deadline for the evening MBA program and the scholarship is Monday, April 1. The GMAT must be taken no later than Friday, March 15. For information, and to obtain application materials for the evening MBA program and the scholarship, contact Shannon Elliott, 3150 Grainger Hall, selliott@bus.wisc.edu, 263-1169.

Sea Grant Requests for Proposals
The National Sea Grant Office has posted official information on requests for proposals for fiscal year 2002 for three Sea Grant National Strategic Investments competitions in technology, marine environmental biotechnology and fisheries habitat together with information on two fellowship opportunities. These requests for proposals have been published in the Federal Register, and information is posted at: http://www.nsgo.seagrant.org/research/rfp/index.html.

Sea Grant is also seeking applications for two fellowship programs to fulfill its broad educational responsibilities, to strengthen the collaboration between Sea Grant and the National Marine Fisheries Service, and to strengthen ties between academia and industry:
The due date for receiving preliminary proposals for National Strategic Investments and applications for Fellowships is 5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 15, in the Wisconsin Sea Grant office.

We will also be posting official information on the UW Sea Grant Web site at http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/index.asp. For information, contact sgiproposals@seagrant.wisc.edu.

Teaching and Learning Award and Grant Opportunities
This is a call for proposals for three opportunities for awards and grants for teaching and learning funded through the Chancellor’s Office. Detailed information is on the Web at the addresses listed below for each program. The contact person for all of these programs is Chris Carlson-Dakes, associate director of Creating a Collaborative Academic Environment, cgcarlso@facstaff.wisc.edu, 263-4259.

Chancellor’s Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching
An award of $50,000 will be presented to two departments, schools or programs that have worked to improve the community of teaching and learning. One award will be granted for large departments, schools or programs (25 or more faculty and instructional academic staff), and another for smaller departments, schools or programs (24 or fewer faculty and instructional academic staff). More information can be found on the Web at http://www.wisc.edu/provost/ccae/pga/department.html. The deadline for pre-proposals is Friday, Feb. 22.

Chancellor’s Grants for Collaboration in Teaching
Six awards of up to $15,000 each will be awarded to tenured faculty. These awards are intended to re-invigorate senior faculty by funding a collaborative teaching project resulting in an expanded curriculum. The award would grant released time from one undergraduate course for one semester so that several faculty may develop a cross-disciplinary course intended primarily for undergraduates. Once developed, this course will be installed within the curriculum of the participating departments and taught by a faculty team. Information at: http://www.wisc.edu/provost/ccae/pga/collaboration.html. The deadline for proposals for this award to be approved by respective deans’ offices is Friday, March 1.

Teaching Enhancement Grants
The TEG program assists in implementing innovations in undergraduate education that would otherwise not be funded. TEGs focus on undergraduate students’ active participation in their education (in-and-out-of-classroom trips, meetings with visiting guests, etc.) with additional benefits (Comm-B credits, interdisciplinary endeavors). Information can be found on the Web at http://www.wisc.edu/provost/ccae/pga/teg.html. The deadline for TEG proposals to be submitted to respective deans’ offices is Friday, Feb. 22.

Compton Peace Fellowship
The African Studies Program has received a grant from the Compton Foundation to support dissertation research in Africa by Africans. The goal of the Compton Peace Fellowship Program is to build intellectual capacity to address the challenges of conflict resolution, peace and security in Africa. The grant supports dissertation fieldwork in Africa conducted by UW–Madison graduate students who are citizens of an African country, and who plan to focus their careers on African problems, ideally from an African home base. Four fellowships will be awarded in 2002.

Expenses covered: The fellowship will pay round-trip international air fare to Africa for the dissertator, plus a nine-month stipend of about $13,000, paid in three installments over the course of the fellowship.

Deadline for application: Friday, March 1 Mailing address for applications: African Studies Program-Compton Fellows Committee; c/o James Delehanty, 205 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1397. For information: contact the African Studies Program, 262-2380, jmdeleha@facstaff.wisc.edu.

Foreign Language and Area Studies Graduate Fellowships
The African Studies Program administers a program of Higher Education Act Title VI graduate fellowships for the study of African languages and area studies. The Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowships seek to improve language and international studies in the United States. Proposed African languages that are eligible for the FLAS program at UW–Madison are Arabic, Hausa, Swahili, Yoruba and, pending approval, Zulu.

Michigan State University will hold the Summer Cooperative African Language Institute. Please check the Web, http://www.isp.msu.edu/ AfricanStudies/SCALI/scali.htm for summer African language offerings.

The fellowships cover tuition and a stipend for one academic year or for one summer. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Applications by students in professional fields are encouraged. Fellows must be admitted to or be enrolled in graduate programs.

Both academic year and summer FLAS applications are available at the African Studies Program, 205 Ingraham; 262-2380. Application deadline is Monday, Feb. 11. For information, contact Eileen McNamara, fellowships coordinator, African Studies Program, 262-4461, emcnamar@facstaff.wisc.edu.

Teaching Academy Fellows
Nominations are invited for fellows in the Teaching Academy. Nominees may be any members of the faculty or of the academic staff involved in undergraduate, graduate or outreach teaching. Nominees should be outstanding university educators who are concerned about teaching and enriching the learning environment at this university. 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.

The Faculty Senate established the Teaching Academy in 1993. Alone and in concert with other campus-based bodies, the Teaching Academy strives to enhance the quality of education. In monthly meetings, it develops strategies for highlighting the important place of teaching at a large research university, promoting a culture that supports and rewards excellent teaching, and encouraging serious reflection on critical issues that concern teaching and learning in a university setting.

The work of the academy is also done within its five task forces:
1. Task Force on Celebrating Effective Teaching,

2. Task Force on the Peer Review of Teaching,

3. Task Force on Information Technology,

4. Task Force on the Uniqueness of Teaching on a Research Campus, and

5. Task Force on the Scholarship of Teaching.

Members of the academy are active in one or more of the task forces.

People should be nominated in recognition of their excellence and for participation in a spirited forum for discussion, debate and enhancement of teaching. Nomination procedures and forms can be found on the Teaching Academy’s Web site at http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/teaching-academy. Paper copies can be requested at 263-7748 or schierhappell@bascom.wisc.edu. The schedule of dates for the process is: application deadline, Friday, March 1; notification of selection, early to mid-April; and induction, Wednesday, April 24.

Academic Staff Professional Development Grant Program
The Academic Staff Professional Development Grant

program will be offering a grant competition for 2002 for all UW–Madison staff who hold at least a 50-percent appointment for projects that begin on or after July 1 and end before Dec. 31.

UW System funds will match department funds for projects that occur within that time period. The primary focus of proposals should be on training and/or retraining to improve the effectiveness of academic staff members in their current roles. Proposals for enhancing abilities that enable a staff member to compete for a more responsible position will have a lower priority. The program has these main objectives: individual professional development, improved program quality, improved institutional effectiveness, and/or design for diversity. Application deadline: Friday, March 8. Recommendations must be forwarded by Friday, March 15, to the Office of Human Resources for final selection. Approved proposals receive funds from the UW System account on the basis of an equal match by college or department. Application instructions: http://www.ohrd.wisc.edu/GR/grants.htm. Information: 263-2511.

Undergrad Research Scholarships
The Provost’s Office announces the following research

opportunities to encourage collaborative research between undergraduate students and faculty/instructional academic staff members. Please bring these scholarships to the attention of qualified undergraduate students. Individual faculty and instructional academic staff members may submit no more than three student applications per award program. Application forms are available from the Provost’s Office, 150 Bascom Hall, or at the Web sites listed below. Questions may be directed to the Provost’s Office, 262-1304, prov@bascom.wisc.edu.

Wisconsin/Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships provide support for collaborative research between undergraduate students and faculty or instructional academic staff members. Fellowships provide a grant of $3,000 to the student and $1,000 to the faculty/staff supervisor to help defray the costs of research. Students must have at least junior standing at the time of application. Due Friday, Feb. 8. http://www.wisc.edu/ provost/undergrad/hilldale.pdf.
Holstrom Environmental Scholarships are awarded for collaborative research on environmental issues between undergraduate students and faculty or instructional academic staff members. A scholarship provides a grant of $3,000 to the student and $1,000 to the faculty/staff supervisor to help defray the costs of research. Students must have at least junior standing at the time of application. Due Friday, Feb. 8. http://www.wisc.edu/ provost/undergrad/hilldale.pdf.
Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowships are awarded to undergraduate students for research- service projects involving community organizations under the supervision of a faculty or instructional academic staff member. Students must have at least sophomore standing at time of application. Applications, due Thursday, Feb. 21, are available at Room 154, Morgridge Center, Red Gym. http://www.morgridge.wisc.edu/wif.html.
Academic Excellence (University Book Store) Awards recognize undergraduate students who are enrolled in a degree program during the first and second semesters of 2001-02 and who have distinguished themselves by completing outstanding independent projects at UW–Madison. Due Friday, March 1. http://www.wisc.edu/ provost/undergrad/bookstore.pdf.

New Grant for 2002
Faculty and academic staff are invited to apply for Teaching and Learning With Technology grants, which support faculty and academic staff who create pedagogies that use instructional technology to enhance teaching and learning in a credit course. Grants totaling $100,000 will be awarded this year. Deadline is Wednesday, April 3. For details, see http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/ltde/grant/index.htm#doit.

Jewish Studies Course Grant
Faculty are invited to submit proposals to develop a new course to be cross-listed between their home department and Jewish Studies. The course would contribute to the core curriculum of Jewish Studies and be offered for the first time in fall 2003 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 faculty member with research budget of up to $4,000. Up to $12,000 will be awarded in 2001-02. A faculty committee will select the winner(s). 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 new Jewish studies major. A draft syllabus would also be helpful. Proposals should be submitted to: Course Incentive Grant, Center for Jewish Studies, 308 Ingraham Hall.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

International Opportunities Month
Departments across campus will join together in February to sponsor events to acquaint students with the breadth of international internship, work, study and travel opportunities available. From alumni panel discussions to Peace Corps information sessions, these events are as widely varied in format and content as the topics they address.

Kicking off the month, Global Connections will present a night of mambo dancing and music on Saturday, Feb. 2, in Tripp Commons, Memorial Union, 9 p.m. Following mambo dance lessons, locally renowned Tony Castanedas Latin Jazz Quintet will provide live music.

Sharing his international experience, Lands’ End vice president for international, Sam Taylor, will present, “So You Want to Work Internationally — Are You Ready?” Tuesday, Feb. 5, 5:30-7 p.m., in the Morgridge Auditorium of Grainger Hall. Taylor will discuss his global career path, current responsibilities at Lands’ End and advice he has for students who want to follow a similar career path.

On Monday, Feb. 11, in 4151 Grainger Hall, 4 p.m., Christine Elder from the State Department will discuss careers in the foreign service.

The International Work, Study and Travel Fair will be Tuesday, Feb. 19, 3-7 p.m. in Great Hall of

Memorial Union. The event brings together a variety of international work, study and travel options. Students can “shop around” to explore the opportunities in person. A “European Magic” 11-day tour, seven-country roundtrip ticket, will be offered as a door prize.

Many other events are scheduled for International Opportunities Month, and a full listing and description of activities can be seen at http://www.wisc.edu/ciber/intlopp. Questions can be directed to Susan Huber Miller, assistant director of the Center for International Business Education and Research, 263-7682, shubermiller@bus.wisc.edu.

Down Syndrome Study
John Marshall is recruiting young adults with Down

syndrome for a medication research study. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the study medication for the improvement of cognition and function in people with Alzheimer’s disease, but it is still experimental for use in people with Down syndrome.

Participants must be between ages 18 and 35; able to attend four four-hour visits to the clinic; willing to take medication daily for 12 weeks (half of subjects enrolled will receive the study medication and half will receive placebo, a look-alike medication that does not contain active medication); and have a reliable caregiver who will accompany subject to all visits. Contact Emily Crawford, clinical research coordinator, 265-8245.

Study for Breast Cancer Survivors
Lisa Sanborn, kinesiology, is seeking volunteers for an exercise study looking at physical fitness and physical activity levels. The study involves three visits to the UW Sports Medicine Fitness Center and includes a diagnostic exercise test. Breast cancer survivors should be 50-69 years of age, post-menopausal, diagnosed with stage I-III breast cancer, be at least three months post-treatment but not more than two years post-treatment, free from cardiovascular disease and free from any orthopedic problems. For information, call 263-0854 or e-mail lsanbor@education.wisc.edu.

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