For the Record

Policies and procedures

Anti-discrimination Training
This fall UW–Madison will offer training for Teaching Assistants and Program/Project Assistants focusing on diversity, discrimination and harassment. The sessions are presented by the Equity and Diversity Resource Center in conjunction with the Teaching Assistants’ Association. TAs and PAs are strongly encouraged to participate.

TAs who complete the two sessions and have completed the requisite semesters of teaching will receive the “experienced” rate of pay at the start of the next instructional period. TAs who are currently paid at the “experienced” rate of pay and have not previously taken the sessions must complete the training program in order to continue to receive the higher rate. Even though PAs no longer receive a higher stipend for attending these sessions, they are welcome and encouraged to attend and participate.

Each session will be held seven times this fall, with a make-up session in January. Pre-registration is required; the form is available from your department secretary or supervisor, or at the Academic Personnel Office, 174 Bascom Hall.

All sessions will be in Memorial Union unless otherwise noted. The remaining sessions will be held on the following dates and times.

Session one: Discrimination and Harassment on the Basis of Sex or Sexual Orientation

Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, Oct. 28, 4-7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 30, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Union South; Saturday, Oct. 30, 1:30-5 p.m., Union South.

Session two: Discrimination and Harassment on the Basis of Race, Disability or Other Categories

Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, Nov. 11, 4-7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 13, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 13, 1:30-5 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1-4:30 p.m.; Thursday, Nov. 18, 4-7:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 23, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Make-up session, Friday, Jan. 14: Sexual Harassment, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Racial Discrimination, 1:30-5 p.m.

Questions: Academic Personnel Office, 263-2511.

Grants and fellowships

Teaching and Learning Projects
The Teaching Academy is committed to the improvement of teaching and learning, both on campus and in the larger academic community. To this end, the Academy plans to provide funds to support projects with the potential to advance teaching and learning. A total of $5,000 is available to be divided between one and five awards. Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 27.

Faculty and academic staff, both members and non-members of the Teaching Academy, on the UW–Madison campus are eligible to apply. The proposal application is available by request, through the mail, by e-mail, or it can be found at our web site. Contact: Rosemary Griffith, 258-8817, or griffith@mail.bascom.wisc.edu, or visit: http://www.wisc.edu/teaching-academy.

Academic Staff Professional Development Grant Program
The Academic Staff Professional Development Grant program is being offered once again for UW–Madison academic staff. UW funds will match department funds for projects that begin on or after Jan. 1 and end before July 1, 2001.

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.

If you have a split appointment and your proposal is related to all units for which you work, you must obtain the endorsement of each unit. If approved by your department(s), your application will be reviewed by the dean’s/director’s office and a committee of academic staff. Recommendations will be made to the director of the Office of Human Resource Development for final selection. Approved proposals will receive funds from the UW System account on the basis of an equal match by college or department.

For application instructions, visit: http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/ohr/hrd/hrdgrants.html.

Contact Marlene Vlachina, Office of Human Resource Development, 263-2511, if you have questions. Submission deadline: Department Chair, Oct. 29; Dean/Director, Nov. 8; OHR, Nov. 22.

Social Science Research Council
This competition provides support for predissertation training and research abroad for students from social science fields – including economics, sociology, political science, psychology, history, anthropology, geography and demography – with previously limited overseas training. The IPFP invites applications for 12-month training fellowships to prepare for eventual dissertation research in Africa, Central Asia and the Caucasus, China, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Near and Middle East, South Asia or Southeast Asia. There are no citizenship requirements for the fellowships, but foreign nationals are discouraged from proposing to study their own culture. Deadline: 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 3. Applications are available in the International Fellowships Office, 328 Ingraham Hall.

An informational meeting with Professor Daniel Doeppers for SSRC IPFP will be at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 26, in 206 Ingraham Hall. Information, contact Elena Hsu, 262-9632, or e-mail: fellow@macc.wisc.edu.

International Research and Exchanges Board
The board administers academic exchange programs for U.S. scholars traveling to Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Mongolia. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Grant opportunities include:

A) Individual Advanced Research Program: Grants of one to 12 months to predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars for research at institutions in Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Mongolia. American scholars in policy research and development, and cross-disciplinary studies are strongly urged to apply. Deadline: Nov. 1.

B) Short-Term Travel Grants: Grants for scholarly projects focusing on Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia and limited opportunities for Mongolia.

Deadlines are Feb. 1 and June 1.

Information: IREX-International Research and Exchange Board, 1616 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20006; (202) 628-8188; or visit: http://www.irex.org/.

Position vacancies

Administrative
035040: Associate Dean, Med Sc/Administration (25% ). Apply by November 1.

035522: Associate Dean, Educ/General Administration (50% ). Apply by November 1.

035523: Associate Dean, Educ/General Administration (50). Apply by November 1.

035635: Assoc Outreach Spec/Outreach Specialist/Sr Outreach Spec, Bus/School of Business (20% ). Apply by November 3.

035645: Admin Program Spec/ Sr Admin Prgm Spec, Ath/General Operations (100). Apply by November 1.

Clinical / Health Sciences
035176: Clinical Asst Prof, Med Sc/Medicine (60% ). Apply by December 1.

035260: Clinical Asst Prof/Clinical Assoc Prof, Med Sc/Medicine (100). Apply by November 15.

035587: Clinical Asst Prof, Med Sc/Medicine (100). Apply by January 1.

035644: Clinical Asst Prof, Med Sc/Obstetrics & Gynecology (100). Apply by November 30.

035681: Clinical Assoc Prof, Nur/Research (25% ). Apply by October 26.

Communications
035234: Assoc Artist, L&S/Elvehjem Museum of Art (100). Apply by October 26.

Computer / Information Processing
035604: Inform Process Conslt/ Sr Inform Proc Conslt, Med Sc/Health Sciences Library (100). Apply by October 29.

035655: Programmer Analyst, L&S/Botany (30% ). Apply by October 26.

Instruction
035354: Outreach Specialist, Ag&Lsc/Dairy Science (100). Apply by October 29.

035379: Asst Faculty Assoc/Assoc Faculty Assoc, Engr/Engineering Professional Development (100). Apply by November 15.

035444: Lecturer, L&S/School of Music (80). Apply by November 15.

035684: Lecturer, L&S/History (40). Apply by October 29.

035686: Lecturer, L&S/History (40). Apply by October 29.

035687: Lecturer, L&S/History (40). Apply by October 29.

035688: Lecturer, L&S/History (40). Apply by October 29.

035720: Lecturer, Env St/Academic Programs (40). Apply by October 29.

Research
035193: Assoc Researcher, L&S/Computer Sciences (100). Apply by October 26.

035332: Associate Scientist/Senior Scientist, Grad/Biotechnology Center (100). Apply by October 27.

035708: Assoc Research Spec/Research Specialist, Med Sc/Medicine (50% ). Apply by October 27.

Student Services
035240: Dean Of Students (L), DOS/Administration (100). Apply by October 31.

035640: Assoc Stu Serv Coord/ Student Services Cord, L&S/Zoology (100). Apply by November 1.

Due to publication schedules, not all Academic Staff or Limited vacancies are listed in Wisconsin Week. Also, because of limited space, Complete descriptions of all vacancies (including faculty) are available electronically through the Web at http://www.wisc.edu/ohr/employ.html [click on “Position Vacancy Listings (Faculty, Academic Staff, and Limited Positions”)] or at the Academic Personnel Office, 174 Bascom Hall (263-2511).

UW–Madison is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer.

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