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UWM Vision Statement We will be a top-tier research university that is the best place to learn and work for students, faculty, and staff, and that is a leading driver for sustainable prosperity. We will accomplish this through a commitment to excellence, powerful ideas, UWM Vision Statement community and global engagement, and collaborative partnerships.
We will be a top-tier research university that is the best place to learn and work for students, faculty, and staff, and that is a leading driver for sustainable prosperity. We will accomplish this through a commitment to excellence, powerful ideas, community and global engagement, and collaborative partnerships.
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Table of Contents 5
Welcome Message from Inauguration Co-chairs
6-7 Delegates 8-9
Inauguration Program
10-11 Meet Chancellor Mark A. Mone 12-13 People of UWM: enrollment, entrepreneurship and
research updates
14-17 Progress at UWM: a decade of campus expansion 18-19
UWM Today: points of distinction and noteworthy facts
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A Brief History of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Thank You Message from the Chancellor
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The Making and Meaning of the Chancellor’s Medallion
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Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and Select Mission of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee The Core Mission of the Doctoral Cluster and UWM Guiding Values
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Welcome to the inauguration of Dr. Mark A. Mone as ninth chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. As honorary inauguration co-chairs, we invite you to join in this celebration as friends and supporters, alumni and students, faculty and staff of Wisconsin’s premier public urban research university. From its earliest days as the Milwaukee State Normal School, founded in 1885, this university has educated the professionals and experts that our city and state have needed to thrive. In the late 1800s, the city needed educators to meet its needs as a growing American metropolis. Today, our city, state, and the world need so much more, and the boundaries of UWM have pushed far beyond Milwaukee’s East Side. From UWM’s Harbor Campus on Lake Michigan to Innovation Campus near Milwaukee County Research Park, the boundaries and priorities of UWM have expanded greatly. Today is a celebration for and about Milwaukee and its hometown university, UWM. As this university continues its tradition of training new generations of talent and nurturing future leaders for our city, state and world, Milwaukee and UWM will continue to grow stronger together. We thank you for joining us as we celebrate this milestone in UWM’s history.
Cordially, Daniel Bader ’06
Mary ’78 and Ted Kellner
Tonit Calaway ’89
Gale Klappa ’72 ’11
Beth ’69 and John Pritchard ‘69 Sara J. Swanson, Ph.D.
John W. Daniels ’14
Marianne ’13 and Sheldon Lubar ‘88
James Ziemer ’75 ’86 ’08
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Delegates 1636 Harvard University James H. Hunter III Alumnus
1701 Yale University James Courtright Alumnus
1746 Princeton University Michael Mueller Alumnus
1754 Columbia University Bruce Eben Pindyck Alumnus
1787 Franklin & Marshall College Karyn Morrione Frick Alumna
1820 Indiana University Douglas Fisher Alumnus Kathleen Jawin Alumna
1842 Mary Baldwin College Caitlin Henck Alumna
1842 Ohio Wesleyan University Kristin L. Papoi Alumna
1846 Carroll University Pamela Pinahs-Schultz Faculty
1846 Saint Vincent College Anthony T. Serra Alumnus
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1847 Lawrence University Barbara Lawton Alumna, former Wisconsin Lt. Governor
1851 Ripon College Dante A. C. Houston Alumnus
1851 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Claude Schuttey Alumnus
1853 Washington University in St. Louis Allan Froehlich Alumnus
1855 Michigan State University Scott Adams Alumnus
1861 Luther College Neal Nottleson Regent Emeritus, Alumnus
1866 University of Wisconsin-Platteville Dennis Shields Chancellor
1868 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Beverly Kopper Chancellor
1869 Southern Illinois University- Carbondale JoAnne Graham Alumna
1871 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Lane Earns Provost
1872 Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University Dr. J. Douglas Rizzo Alumnus
1878 Duquesne University Steven Daniels Alumnus
1881 Concordia University William Cario Senior Vice President of Academics
1881 Marquette University Daniel Myers Provost
1885 University of St. Thomas Gretchen Werner Schuttey Alumna
1887 Alverno College Kathy Lake Vice President for Student Success
1893 Medical College of Wisconsin John R. Raymond, Sr., MD President and CEO
1894 University of Wisconsin
Stevens Point Bernie Patterson Chancellor
1895 Northern Illinois University
1913 Mount Mary University Eileen Schwalbach President
1916 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire James C. Schmidt Chancellor
1937 Cardinal Stritch University James Loftus President
1946 Claremont McKenna College Steven Zimmerman Alumnus
1946 Le Moyne College Richard T. A’Hearn Alumnus
1965 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Gary Miller Chancellor
1968 University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac John N. Short Dean and CEO
1968 University of Wisconsin-Parkside Deborah Ford Chancellor
1973 Wisconsin Lutheran College Daniel W. Johnson President
Douglas D. Baker President
1913 College of Saint Benedict Diane Govern Alumna
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Inauguration Program The Office of the Chancellor thanks the UWM Foundation for its generous support of activities and events held in honor of the inauguration of Chancellor Mark A. Mone. Prelude UWM Wind Ensemble, Dr. John A. Climer, Conductor
Processional Alleluia! Laudamus Te by Alfred Reed (1921-2005) Delegates from Institutions of Higher Education University of Wisconsin System Chancellors Student Association Executive Committee University Staff Council Academic Staff Committee
University Committee Academic Deans Council Chancellor’s Cabinet University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Platform Party
Presentation of the Colors and National Anthem UWM Color Guard and Kathryn Henry ’15, Soloist
Welcome and Introduction of Special Guests Gale Klappa ’72 ‘11, Master of Ceremonies Chairman, President and CEO, Wisconsin Energy Corporation and WE Energies UWM, Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications cum laude, 1972 UWM, Honorary Doctor of Commercial Science, 2011
Greetings from the State of Wisconsin Reggie Newson ‘03, Secretary, Department of Workforce Development
Greetings from the Wisconsin Congressional Delegation U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Greetings from Milwaukee County Chris Abele, County Executive
Greetings from the City of Milwaukee Tom Barrett, Mayor
Student Performance Prelude in E Major, BWV 1006, by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Samuel Hines, Classical Guitar
Greetings from the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Regent José Vásquez ‘75 UWM
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UWM Students: Transforming Their Futures Greetings from the University Committee John Reisel, Chair
Poetry Reading Kimberly Blaeser, Wisconsin Poet Laureate
Greetings from the Academic Staff Committee Robin Weigert, Chair
Greetings from the University Staff Council Stan Yasaitis, Chair
UWM Alumni: Impacting the World Introduced by Tonit Calaway ‘89
Greetings from Colleague Institutions Douglas D. Baker, President, Northern Illinois University
UWM: Changing Lives Through Community Engagement Introduced by John W. Daniels ‘14
Greetings from the UWM Foundation Board of Directors Christina Fiasca ‘80, Chair
Presentation Ewa Barczyk, Director, UWM Libraries Lynne Pearson ‘88, President, Friends of the UWM Golda Meir Library
The Making and Meaning of the Chancellor’s Medallion Investiture of the Chancellor Ray Cross, President, University of Wisconsin System
Inaugural Address Mark A. Mone, Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Student Performance Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine by Eric Whitacre UWM Concert Chorale, Zachary Durlam, Director
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Meet Chancellor Mark A. Mone Dr. Mark A. Mone was named ninth chancellor of the University of WisconsinMilwaukee on Dec. 15, 2014. He served as interim UWM chancellor from May to December of 2014. Chancellor Mone’s tenure has been shaped by accomplishments and initiatives that strengthen the university’s commitment to a high quality education for all students, transformative research, community engagement and a deepening of UWM’s entrepreneurial culture. Proof of Chancellor Mone’s commitment to entrepreneurial and leadership education is shown through the landmark $10 million gift from Sheldon and Marianne Lubar that he helped secure for the Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship and Welcome Center. Chancellor Mone has lauded faculty efforts to grow research excellence at UWM, including a nearly 5 percent increase in research awards in 2014-15 and a $300,000 National Science Foundation Innovation Corps grant to recruit and train academic teams to commercialize their research. In 2015, Chancellor Mone created the Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Veterans, further acknowledgement of UWM’s niche as the state’s leading educator of veterans and a prominent veteran-serving institution in the Midwest. The university is one of only 15 Pat Tillman Military Scholar University Partners in the country, and one of only 50 universities with a “VetSuccess on Campus” counselor. UWM’s profile and engagement within the metropolitan Milwaukee community has been elevated through key initiatives led by Chancellor Mone and supported by the partnerships and expertise of faculty, staff, alumni and community members. In January 2015, UWM was certified a top university for community engagement by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Chancellor Mone joined leaders of Milwaukee Area Technical College and Milwaukee Public Schools to form the M³ initiative to boost K-16 education and build a pipeline of Milwaukeearea students who will become the highly educated, skilled workforce southeastern Wisconsin needs. UWM
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Early in his tenure as chancellor, Mone finalized negotiations with the Wisconsin Center District to rename the downtown arena the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. No new campus funds or tax dollars were needed to fund this sponsorship, and UWM now has a prominent downtown home venue for commencements, basketball games and other events. Prior to being named chancellor, Dr. Mone was a professor of management in the Lubar School of Business. From 2011-14, he served UWM as the Chancellor’s Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate. In that role, Dr. Mone worked with the campus’ senior leadership, governance groups and all stakeholders to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan and campus-level programs to improve the organizational climate. Dr. Mone has been on the UWM faculty since 1989, serving for more than 15 years as the associate dean for Executive Education and Business Engagement. In that role, he led the Lubar Executive M.B.A. program and management development programs for business, healthcare, non-profit and other firms. Dr. Mone has taught courses in management, team building and communication; behavioral research methods; and human resource management. His executive and management learning programs have helped build dynamic teams at major organizations that include the BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Johnson Controls, Rockwell Automation, Kohler Company, the University of Wisconsin System, We Energies, Kohl’s, Manpower, Fiserv, Medical College of Wisconsin, MillerCoors, Ingersoll-Rand, Regal-Beloit Corporation and others. Chancellor Mone holds a B.S. in management from Central Washington University, an M.B.A. from Idaho State University and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior and organization theory from Washington State University. He is married to Dr. Sara Swanson, professor of neurology and Neuropsychology Division chief at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and they have two college-aged children, Eric – a Class of 2015 UWM accounting graduate – and Emily, a sophomore at the University of Colorado. Max, the family’s yellow lab, is enjoying his new home in the chancellor’s residence.
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People of UWM To understand how faculty, staff and students strengthen the university, transform Milwaukee and innovate Wisconsin’s economy and future, we invite you to get to know UWM just a little bit better. Our strength. It is the 27,000 students who learn here, and the 3,500 faculty and staff who make UWM thrive. And UWM is about people: About the students preparing to take on careers in the greater world – but also about the people of Greater Milwaukee and the state. It was the Wisconsin Idea, now more than 100 years old, that first established that the boundaries of the university are the boundaries of the state.
Our success. Of course the primary focus at UWM is student success. But even in that focus, UWM provides vital benefits throughout southeastern Wisconsin. • UWM graduates 5,000 students a year, and an overwhelming 74 percent of graduates
live and work in Wisconsin. • UWM educates more than 1,000 military veterans, more than any other university
in Wisconsin. • UWM provides access to higher education for many people who are the first in their
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Leading the way. University faculty are deeply involved in research that produces discoveries and creates new knowledge. In August, a $1.2 million research grant – part of a larger $20 million program – was announced for nanoparticle research led by faculty in the School of Freshwater Sciences. Engineering faculty are collaborating with Johnson Controls to help reduce the world’s reliance on internal-combustion engines. Kenosha-based Snap-on Inc. recently introduced an industrial wrench designed by UWM engineers to reduce shoulder, hand and back injuries.
Engaging the community. Faculty, staff and students here nurture more than 2,100 partnerships with businesses, schools and non-profits. Education students learn and teach at 170 locations. Nursing students learn and work at 180 locations. Arts students host more than 300 performances annually. In addition, UWM students volunteer 43,000 hours in community and service learning projects every year. So people make UWM, but through our people’s efforts in teaching, research and community engagement, UWM makes Milwaukee, too – for the benefit of all its people.
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Progress at UWM Recent expansions have reshaped UWM’s original East Side Campus, and are expanding the impact of UWM research and academics, entrepreneurship and community engagement to innovate and revitalize southeastern Wisconsin.
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Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex Flooded with natural light and built to strict environmental standards, the six-story Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex hosts laboratories, classrooms, offices and meeting spaces for three academic disciplines: physics, chemistry and environmental health sciences. The first East Side Campus academic construction project in 20 years – and UWM’s first interdisciplinary building – the KIRC officially opened its doors October 2015.
Freshwater Sciences Starboard Facility Just a few feet from Lake Michigan’s southside-Milwaukee shoreline stands a major addition to the study of freshwater sciences: the new Starboard Facility of UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences. Opened in summer 2014, the facility comprises 92,000 square feet: pathogen-testing facility, biosecure and quarantine labs and the Great Lakes Genomics Center, America’s only DNA sequencing lab dedicated to water and environmental issues.
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Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship and Welcome Center Across the street from the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center is Innovation Campus, a 72-acre, next-generation technical research park where UWM scientists collaborate and share ideas with nearby medical professionals. The first building on the grounds opened in 2014, featuring a rapid prototyping center that faculty and research/business partners are using to design and build products that support healthcare companies and providers.
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Progress at UWM Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health Faculty, staff and students of UWM’s newest school/college moved into this renovated Pabst Brewery site in 2012, where they share space with a satellite office of the Milwaukee Health Department. The downtown LEED GOLD-certified building’s laboratories, test kitchens, open-concept study areas and analytics labs make it the perfect space to collaborate with dozens of community partners to educate and empower a healthier Milwaukee.
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Northwest Quadrant Purchased by UWM in 2010, this 11-acre campus has been renovated from vacant hospital to a hub for student learning and academic life at UWM. The UWM Children’s Learning Center opened its new and expanded facilities there in 2014, and several academic programs have relocated there, including the School for Information Studies. Also on site at NWQ are state of the art active learning classrooms, a health-food store and additional student parking.
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Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship and Welcome Center In July 2015, the university announced a most generous gift from Sheldon and Marianne Lubar to establish the Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship. With support from UW System and other private donors, total investment in the project will be about $25 million, which will include construction of a new building at the corner of E. Kenwood Boulevard and Maryland Avenue that will be home for the entrepreneurship center and an adjoined welcome center. This building will be the first stop for prospective students and others visiting UWM when it opens in late 2018.
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UWM Today Students
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Our 27,000 students come from every county in the state, every state in the country, except Alaska, and 118 countries. The diversity of the student body is demonstrated by 32 percent of new UWM freshmen who are individuals of color; 27 percent of these students are from underrepresented populations. Overall, 26 percent of the university’s student population is composed of individuals of color, with 22 percent of those students coming from underrepresented populations.
UWM offers 186 academic programs, including 93 bachelor’s degrees, 59 master’s degrees and 34 doctoral degree programs.
This fall, 4,229 UWM students identified themselves as U.S. Armed Forces veterans and dependents — 414 new freshmen alone — making UWM the largest veteran-serving university in the University of Wisconsin System. UWM enrolls the most veterans of any college or university in a six-state region.
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Campus Beyond the 104-acre main campus on Milwaukee’s East Side, UWM consists of Innovation Campus (72 acres); off-campus properties that have facilities for the School of Continuing Education and Zilber School of Public Health, both in downtown Milwaukee; and the School of Freshwater Sciences on Milwaukee’s inner harbor on Lake Michigan. Along North Avenue, about a mile south of campus, are the University Housing facilities Kenilworth Square, RiverView and Cambridge Commons. Through its Field Station, UWM also holds hundreds of acres with natural areas scattered across Wisconsin that include bogs, forests, the Downer Woods and a former iron mine that is now the largest bat hibernaculum in the Midwest.
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Economic Impact A vital economic driver in the Midwest, UWM has made an annual economic impact of $1.5 billion in Wisconsin since 2012. More than 15,000 Wisconsin jobs are created and/or supported by UWM.
There are 3,563 faculty, academic staff and university staff employed at UWM. A survey of the nation’s 198 leading public and private universities showed that UWM had the 12th lowest ratio of instructional, research and service staff and 14th lowest ratio of administrative staff to students served. The university truly does more with less.
Research Research expenditures at UWM for the 2014-15 academic year totaled $62 million, which includes a 5 percent increase in research awards last year. Since the UWM Research Foundation launched in 2006, the portfolio has grown to include hundreds of active matters that have led to 165 patent filings. Currently, there are eight facultyled businesses with ties to the research foundation, 39 issued patents and 29 active licenses taken on UWM intellectual property.
Alumni Living alumni of UWM total 160,000-plus worldwide. Remarkably, more than 74 percent of UWM graduates live and work in Wisconsin.
Schools and Colleges Community Engagement UWM has been building bridges and nurturing partnerships with nonprofits and service providers across southeastern Wisconsin for nearly 30 years. In 2015, the White House and Carnegie Foundation recognized UWM for this work with two major commendations: placement on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll and a community engagement classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. On average, our students volunteer 43,000 hours per year, and UWM faculty, staff and students partner with more than 2,100 business and community partners in southeastern Wisconsin.
Entrepreneurship UWM is a living laboratory of innovation and engaged research. Entrepreneurship and collaboration are hallmarks of curricula across our 14 schools and colleges. In July 2015, the university secured a most generous gift from Sheldon and Marianne Lubar that will fund creation of the Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship. The center will bring together interdisciplinary leadership training and education, ideas challenges and design and product development courses already underway at UWM. To date, the impact of our student-centered entrepreneurial ecosystem has resulted in:
School of Architecture & Urban Planning Peck School of the Arts Lubar School of Business School of Continuing Education School of Education College of Engineering & Applied Science School of Freshwater Sciences Graduate School College of Health Sciences School of Information Studies College of Letters & Science College of Nursing
• 200 product ideas from UWM students
in less than three years through our Student Startup Challenge. • 18 student/alumni businesses started
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A Brief History The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was born in 1956, with the merger of two Milwaukee institutions of higher learning. But its roots go back to 1885, when the Milwaukee Normal School was founded at 18th and Wells streets, offering a two-year education curriculum. The school moved to what is now Mitchell Hall in 1909. UWM’s other predecessor was the University of Wisconsin-Extension, which took over responsibility for UW instruction in Milwaukee in 1920. Milwaukee Normal School eventually became the Wisconsin State College-Milwaukee in 1951, before finally merging with UW-Extension’s Milwaukee campus in 1956. UWM was born. The new university grew steadily, adding buildings from three other institutions as they were vacated in the 1960s. Three residential towers were built in the 1970s to accommodate a growing statewide student population. UWM also grew in stature, awarding its first doctoral degree (mathematics) in 1963. By 2000, its Ph.D. offerings had expanded enough to earn UWM inclusion among America’s top 102 public doctoral research universities. And it grew in its ability to raise funds, establishing the UWM Foundation in 1974, and in 2008 completing a Campaign for UWM with more than $125 million pledged. The 2000s include a series of milestones: the opening of the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, and a fourth Sandburg tower, in 2002; a Sweet 16 appearance for men’s basketball in 2005; the new Pavilion athletic complex and Kenilworth Square in 2006; and establishing the new School of Freshwater Sciences and Zilber School of Public Health in 2010. Research and entrepreneurship have taken on elevated prominence in the recent decade, as UWM has articulated a commitment to revitalizing the economy of southeastern Wisconsin. Annual research expenditures of around $60 million have placed UWM at the top of research rankings for urban institutions, and the UWM Research Foundation, established in 2006, has helped negotiate 29 active licenses on intellectual property developed by university faculty. Making its home in the economic, cultural and commercial heart of the state, UWM enjoys thriving partnerships with more than 2,100 business and nonprofit partners across southeastern Wisconsin. These partnerships helped UWM earn its first community engagement classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2015. Next for UWM is the construction and grand opening of the Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship. The building will open in late 2018, bringing together in one cutting-edge structure the interdisciplinary leadership training, ideas challenges and design and product development courses that are the foundation of UWM’s thriving, student-centered entrepreneurial ecosystem. That building will be only the second new academic construction project on UWM’s original East Side Campus in 20 years. The other is the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex, which opened Oct. 2, 2015 at the intersection of Kenwood and Maryland avenues.
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The University of Wisconsin, incorporated in 1848 soon after statehood, holds its first class, under the direction of Professor John Sterling, on Feb. 5.
The Milwaukee Normal School opens at 18th and Wells streets in Milwaukee, with a two-year curriculum in teacher training. The school has 46 students.
The former Normal School, now called Wisconsin State College-Milwaukee, merges with the UW Extension’s Milwaukee campus to become UWM, with 6,195 students. Classes start Sept. 24.
Past UWM Chancellors J. Martin Klotsche, 1956-1973*
John H. Schroeder, 1991-1998
Werner A. Baum, 1973-1979
Nancy L. Zimpher, 1998-2003
Leon M. Schur (Interim), 1979-1980
Robert C. Greenstreet (Interim), 2003-2004
Frank E. Horton, 1980-1985
Carlos E. Santiago, 2004-2010
Norma S. Rees (Interim), 1985-1986
Michael R. Lovell (Interim), 2010-2011
Clifford V. Smith, Jr., 1986-1990
Michael R. Lovell, 2011-2014
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UWM has the great fortune of dedicated and renowned faculty and academic staff who teach, advise, guide and conduct research with our students, and university staff who support us all. We achieve the significant accomplishments that we do – and there are many – only through our people. I value every individual who contributes on a daily basis to the critical mission of our institution. You make UWM what it is, and I am sincerely grateful for you and your contributions. —Mark A. Mone Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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The Making and Meaning of the Chancellor’s Medallion Water is central to the Chancellor’s Medallion. Quite literally. The medallion, specially designed for the inauguration of Chancellor Mark A. Mone, has at its center a clear Lexan plastic chamber that contains distilled water from Lake Michigan. Associate professor of jewelry and metalsmithing Frankie Flood designed and fabricated the medallion. Flood explained that the medallion’s design came from discussions with Chancellor Mone about his personal background and vision for UWM’s future. The medallion’s Lexan chamber is surrounded by a golden sunburst or nimbus and suspended from a chain with links made up of black and gold figures reminiscent of Native American totem poles from Mone’s original home in the Pacific Northwest. These figures represent the gathering of students and faculty that come together at Milwaukee, the “Gathering place [by the water]” (from the Ojibwe word ominowakiing) to engage in research that forms the “totems” or ideals that UWM projects into the world and immediate community. The figures contain spheres representing the knowledge that students gain at UWM – spheres that grow larger when students bring that knowledge to their careers in the community. The figures represent Chancellor Mone’s first priority for the university: student success. And both the spheres and the water chamber represent the university’s connection to the Milwaukee region along Lake Michigan. That connection is based on the service UWM provides Milwaukee through research that matters, and also its thousands of significant engagements throughout the community, enhancing the region’s economic and cultural wellbeing. Flood said the Lexan chamber contains a magnifying lens behind the UWM logo that is reminiscent of a ship’s porthole. When viewed through this lens, a laser-engraved map of Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee area is visible and magnified. Flood said the Lexan chamber is also like a ship’s porthole. This represents the university, too: “UWM becomes this lens … which students are able to look through and see their own future and how they will fit into that community beyond the university.”
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Regents of the University of Wisconsin System John Robert Behling
Eve Hall
Janice Mueller
Mark J. Bradley
Nicolas Harsy
Drew Petersen
José Delgado
Tim Higgins
Charles Pruitt
Tony Evers
James A. Langnes III
S. Mark Tyler
Margaret Farrow
Edmund Manydeeds
José F. Vásquez
Michael M. Grebe
Regina Millner
Gerald Whitburn
Select Mission of The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee In addition to the UW System and core missions, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has the following select mission:
To fulfill its mission as a major urban doctoral university and to meet the diverse needs of Wisconsin’s largest metropolitan area, the University of WisconsinMilwaukee must provide a wide array of degree programs, a balanced program of applied and basic research, and a faculty who are active in public service. Fulfilling this mission requires the pursuit of these mutually reinforcing academic goals: • To develop and maintain high-quality
undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs appropriate to a major urban doctoral university. • To engage in a sustained research
effort which will enhance and fulfill the University’s role as a doctoral institution of academic and professional excellence. • To continue development of a balanced
array of high-quality doctoral programs in basic disciplines and professional areas. • To attract highly qualified students who
demonstrate the potential for intellectual development, innovation, and leadership for their communities. • To further academic and professional
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• To establish and maintain productive
relationships with appropriate public and private organizations at the local, regional, state, national, and international levels. • To promote public service and research
efforts directed toward meeting the social, economic, and cultural needs of the State of Wisconsin and its metropolitan areas. • To encourage others from institutions in
the University of Wisconsin System and from other educational institutions and agencies to seek benefit from the University’s research and educational resources such as libraries, special collections, archives, museums, research facilities, and academic programs. • To provide educational leadership in
meeting future social, cultural, and technological challenges.
The Core Mission of the Doctoral Cluster As institutions in the Doctoral Cluster, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee share the following core mission. Within the approved differentiation stated in their select missions, each university shall: • Offer degree programs at the
baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral levels. • Offer programs leading to professional
degrees at the baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate levels. • Conduct organized programs of research. • Promote the integration of the extension
function, assist the University of Wisconsin-Extension in meeting its responsibility for statewide coordination, and encourage faculty and staff participation in outreach activity.
• Encourage others in the University of
Wisconsin System and in other state and national agencies to seek the benefit of the unique educational and research resources of the doctoral institutions. • Serve the needs of women, minority,
disadvantaged, disabled, and nontraditional students, and seek racial and ethnic diversification of the student body and the professional faculty and staff. • Support activities designed to promote
the economic development of the state.
UWM Guiding Values University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee faculty and staff during the 2012-2013 academic year drafted and approved the UWM Guiding Values. We value: • Innovation, leadership, and collaboration
that fosters learning through education, scholarship and research, and public service. • Opportunities for open inquiry to support
the positive transformation of individuals (students, faculty, and staff), institutions, and communities. • A caring, compassionate, and collegial
community characterized by mutual respect and safety.
• Ethical behavior, based on integrity,
accountability, and responsibility in all practices as a student-centered learning organization. • Transparent and inclusive decision-making. • Stewardship of resources that promote
sustainability, prosperity, and equity for all in the local and global communities. • Pride in our institution, our unique
qualities, and our vital role.
• Diversity in all of its definitions, including
who we are, how we think, and what we do.
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