Awards
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The following standing committees and their bylaws are created by action of the senate to support its work.
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Faculty Development (FDC)
Faculty Development Committee (FDC) meets on Wednesday’s normally only during the Fall semester, from 2:15 – 3:30 pm in GMH 327.
2024-2025 Membership
CURRENT, MICHAEL D |
KORTENKAMP, KATHERINE V |
MCCRACKEN, CHRISTOPHER W |
BRATINA, BONITA JO |
SAMBU, DANIEL K |
MANNO, CHRISTINE MARIE |
REDMAN, RENEE S |
KAUR, JASPREET |
MINDEL, DAVID M |
Duties and Responsibilities
- Advocating for the initiation, development, and implementation of funding programs concerned with improvement of instruction and faculty development.
- Establishing and reporting on priorities for faculty development and improvement of instruction programs.
- Establishing written screening and selection procedures, and providing guidelines for grant proposals related to improvement of instruction and faculty development.
- Reviewing, screening, and approving for funding proposals, which are related to the improvement of instruction and faculty development and forwarding the results of this review to the Office of the Provost.
Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports and committee documents for the Faculty Development Committee.
Research & Grants
2024-2025 Membership
CALDWELL, JACOB TROY |
FELIX-HIGHSMITH, SHANNA NATALIA |
KABASHI, LEMA |
LI, XINHUI |
MARSHIK, TESIA T |
NORRIS, DAWN R |
SCHWARTZ, CHRISTINE P |
STIVERS, GAH MING TSANG |
WISINSKI, JACLYN ANNE |
Bryn Rouse, Ex-Officio member
Duties and Responsibilities
- Establishing written guidelines and screening and selection procedures for research proposals.
- Establishing written procedures for evaluating and ranking research proposals.
- Receiving and evaluating research proposals from members of the faculty.
- Apportioning institutional funds for research and informing grant recipients of their awards.
- Providing applicants who did not receive grant money reasons for denial.
- Advising the coordinator of gifts and grants in the solicitation of grant monies.
- Providing the UW-L Foundation with a list of committee faculty members from which it may select advisory members for its Grants and Review Committee.
Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports and committee documents for the Research & Grants Committee.
Scholarships & Awards
2024-2025 Membership
TORIBIO, SHERWIN G |
SMITH, TERENCE C |
CORDES, TANYA J |
ECKROTE-NORDLAND, MARISSA DAE |
LIU, SHIANG |
KRAGE, VALERIE ANNE |
STENSEN, ZACHARY LEWIS |
ROZEK, ELLEN K |
YANG, CHANGYU |
Undergraduate Student Representatives
Duties and Responsibilities
- Screening applications for scholarships and awards and recommending their recipients.
- Providing the UWL Foundation with a list of committee faculty members from which it may select advisory members for its Scholarship Committee.
Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports and committee documents for the Scholarships & Awards Committee.
Undergraduate Research
2024-2025 Membership
BEYER, KEITH D |
GERACI, ANGELA ANN |
HULTQUIST, AGATHA SKIERKOWSKI |
LU, WEIXU |
NICODEMUS, AMY J |
TRIMMER, TIFFANY A |
VAUGHN, CODY NATHANIEL |
VIDDEN, CHAD N |
YU, ALDER MICA |
Nick Bakken, Ex-Officio
Duties and Responsibilities
- Establishing written evaluation procedures and criteria for funding undergraduate research proposals.
- Establishing written procedures for applying for undergraduate research funds.
- Publicizing the availability of undergraduate research funds and the procedures for applying for those funds.
- Receiving and evaluating research proposals from undergraduate students.
- Apportioning institutional funds for undergraduate research.
- Advising the coordinator of gifts and grants in the solicitation of grant monies to support undergraduate research.
- Planning and conducting an annual Undergraduate Research Day, as well as other means of disseminating undergraduate research results.
Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports and committee documents for the Undergraduate Research Committee.
If you require further information, email the faculty senate office
at senate@uwlax.edu or call 608-785-8018.