Month: October 2018

The UW-Green Bay Office of the Chancellor emailed the following message from Chancellor Gary Miller to faculty and staff on Thursday, October 25, 2018.

Dear colleagues,

On Monday, October 29, you will be receiving two emails that I hope will excite you. One email will arrive in your inbox from UW-Green Bay Advancement inviting you to help us do more of the great things we are doing for students and our learning environment. Gifts from employees make a meaningful impact on students through scholarships, academic program support, and improving our facilities. The second email will be from University leadership active with our local United Way. For generations United Way has fostered good work in all of our communities and your support is vital to helping those in need who just need a helping hand.

Georgia and I support both and we encourage you to consider supporting these programs with an outright, one-time gift or a gift that can be made via payroll deduction.

Thank you!

Gary L. Miller
Chancellor

Today, UW-Green Bay Provost Greg Davis issued a memo to the University community announcing that he is returning to teaching beginning in Fall 2019. Within a half-hour, the UW-Green Bay Office of the Chancellor emailed a response expressing Chancellor Miller’s honor and gratitude to Davis for his service and leadership. See both memos below.

SUBJECT: Return to Faculty
DATE: October 17, 2018
TO: University Community
FROM: Gregory Davis, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

SUBJECT: Return to Faculty
TO: University Community
DATE: October 17, 2018
FROM: Gary L. Miller

The UW-Green Bay Office of the Chancellor emailed a memorandum from Chancellor Miller and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Climate Eric Arnenson to the University community on Thursday, October 4, 2018. In a continuing effort to create a more inclusive community, UW-Green Bay has adopted a formal land acknowledgment to honor our native peoples. The land acknowledgement was developed by UW-Green Bay First Nations faculty to be incorporated into signature University events. Faculty and staff are encouraged to incorporate the land acknowledgment into syllabi, publications and programs as appropriate.

UW-Green Bay Land Acknowledgement

The UW-Green Bay statement of land acknowledgment is as follows. Please do not paraphrase or change the wording as it was purposefully crafted.

We at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay acknowledge the First Nations people who are the original inhabitants of the region. The HoChunk Nation and the Menominee Nation are the original First People of Wisconsin and both Nations have ancient historical and spiritual connections to the land that our institution now resides upon.

Today, Wisconsin is home to 12 First Nations communities including the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Potawatomi Nation, Ojibwe Nation communities, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Nation, and the Brothertown Indian Nation.

Memorandum

Memorandum: Land Acknowledgement Syllabi and Other Usage
To: University Community
From: Gary L. Miller, Chancellor
Eric E. Arneson, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Climate
Date: October 4, 2018

The UW-Green Bay Office of the Chancellor emailed the following memorandum and guidelines documents on Monday, October 1, 2018 notifying UW-Green Bay employees of phase two of ongoing performance-based funding from the State of Wisconsin in 2018-19. This funding was identified in a Performance Based Distribution memo dated May 31, 2018.

Memo: Performance-Based Funding Distribution – Phase 2
To: UW-Green Bay Employees
From: Gary L. Miller
Date: October 1, 2018
Attachment: Performance-Based Funding Distribution Guidelines