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11/09/2022

Root-Pike Win and UW-Parkside Receive Fund for Lake Michigan Grant for Campus Stormwater Innovation

Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network (WIN) is partnering with the University of Wisconsin Parkside and the Fund for Lake Michigan to reduce the stormwater runoff to the Pike River with a regenerative stormwater conveyance (RSC) system. This month, the Fund for Lake Michigan awarded Root-Pike WIN a $70,000 grant to help build an RSC along University Drive on the UW-Parkside campus. The University is contributing to the project as well by selling energy back to the grid via their campus solar panel farm. 



RSC systems are a series of planted infiltration pools overlying a sand and woodchip bed. The design allows for flexibility in pool size, elevation, and location such that the entire RSC can be sculpted into the existing landscape, ultimately minimizing disturbances and associated costs due to excavation. Since the RSC is a sand/woodchip-based system, stormwater pollutants will be filtered from runoff, resulting in improved water quality and ecological benefits for the downstream Pike River. Even with the added benefits, project costs associated with the RSC are similar to those using the standard pond design. 

UW-Parkside Hosts a Prelude to Upcoming One-Man Play: Carpa Revolution

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside will sponsor the creation of a one-man play performed by Fred Blanco in fall of 2023, titled Carpa Revolution. The play will depict the struggles of the Mexican Revolution and relating the Mexican experience to the struggles of today. In a prelude of the performance, Blanco will be offering a workshop as an introduction to the theatrical work, and to provide insight into the creative process. This event will be held in the Black Box Theatre on Thursday Nov. 10, from 4-6 p.m. and is free and open to the public.



Made possible by a grant from the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning and Excelencia in Education, the one-man theatrical presentation ‘Carpa Revolution’ will chronicle the Mexican Revolution of 1910. The story is told through the eyes of a Mexican vaudevillian, Mario, during the backdrop of the revolution and the traveling tent shows of Mexico, known as Las Carpas De Mexico.

DeAndre Taylor serves as faculty for ACPA- College Student Educators International's 16th annual Institute on the Curricular Approach

Dr. DeAndre Taylor, director of housing and residence life, served as faculty for ACPA- College Student Educators International's 16th annual Institute on the Curricular Approach. The Institute on the Curricular Approach (ICA) is a professional development opportunity that provides an overview and training on how to start, grow, and apply the curricular approach to individual student affairs departments, divisions, and institutional initiatives. Since its inception, ICA has drawn thousands of participants from across the United States and worldwide. The Institute is the only event of its kind where schools can learn how to implement this model. Dr. Taylor served as institute faculty for new participants and led workshops on actualizing and sequencing the learning process and utilizing ACPA's Strategic Imperative for Racial Justice and Decolonizationas an organizational change framework. Dr. Taylor was also featured in an introductory video about integrating the Strategic Imperative and the curricular approach. Dr. Taylor is also Chair-elect for ACPA's Commission for Housing and Residential Life. 

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What We’re Hungry For: How Food Pantries Fed Rural Wisconsin During the Pandemic

An award-winning documentary, What We’re Hungry For: How Food Pantries Fed Rural Wisconsin During the Pandemic, will kick off Kenosha County Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week with a showing on Nov. 14, The program will run from 5:30-7 p.m., starting with the showing of the 45-minute documentary followed by a discussion of the issues and possible solutions to food insecurity in the region.

Where: UW-Parkside, Student Center Cinema

When: Monday, November 14, 5:30-7:00

Cost: Free

UW-Parkside Veterans Week to Feature ‘I am Not Invisible’ Exhibit

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is honored to host the “I am Not Invisible” (IANI) exhibit, to be displayed in the Brookwood Foundation Main Place in Wyllie Hall from Monday, Nov. 7 through Friday Nov. 11.

Student Loans Forgiven Under PSLF

In Oct. 2021, the Department of Education (ED) announced temporary changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program rules to help more borrowers benefit from the program while ED works to rewrite the rules to make it more effective. The PSLF program, established in 2007, forgives the remaining balance on a qualifying borrower’s eligible loans after they have made 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working full time for a qualifying employer.

The temporary waiver eases some requirements so that eligible borrowers can have any prior period of repayment qualify, regardless of loan program, repayment plan, or whether the payment was made in full or on time. The current deadline to apply is Oct. 31.

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United Way Workplace Giving Campaign 2022

The United Way Workplace Giving Campaign will take place Monday, Nov. 7 through Friday, Nov. 18.

As a special incentive, donors will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win some great Parkside prizes, such as:

·      A month of reserved parking in the Chancellor’s parking spot in the Student Center lot

·      Two free coupons for a canoe or kayak paddle at the UW-Parkside REC

·      A voucher good for a UW-Parkside Continuing and Professional Education course or workshop

·      Four Bear Club tickets to any Parkside winter sporting event

·      UW-Parkside swag compliments of the campus bookstore 

·      Two tickets to a 2022-2023 theater production of your choice thanks to the College of Arts and Humanities

·      A free mug of coffee compliments of Dining Services 

Giving is easy. Now through November 18 visit www.unitedwayracine.org/uwp to donate through payroll deduction or make a one-time gift with a credit card. No matter how you choose to give, you can designate your gift to the United Way of Kenosha County, United Way of Racine County, or both.

PEAG Shelter Supply Drive from Oct. 3 to Nov. 14

The Parkside Employee Alumni Group (PEAG) is collecting donations for HALO and the Shalom Center for this upcoming holiday season from Oct. 3 to Nov. 14. Items being collected include: hygiene products, feminine hygiene products, non-perishable food items, diapers and pull ups (sizes 4, 5, and 6), laundry soap, ziplock bags, Clorox wipes, and shower shoes. Look for drop-off bins at various locations around campus! 

NCUR 2023: Student draft abstracts and information due for UW-Parkside funding 

Reminder, the submission of student abstracts for consideration of UW-Parkside funding to attend the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2023 is due to David Higgs by Friday, Nov. 11.

To submit a student abstract for consideration of UW-P funding, please email David Higgs (higgs@uwp.edu) by Friday, Nov. 11, the following information:

1. Name and contact information (email and phone) of primary student presenter (one who would be attending and presenting)  
2. Title of presentation  
3. Draft Abstract (use same format and word limit as NCUR's, one paragraph and ~250-word limit)
4. Name of other student co-authors, if any. If there are student co-authors, please indicate if student co-author(s) hope to also attend and present
5. Name and contact information of Faculty Mentor sponsoring the research

Funding to attend:

Funds for students to attend will be provided by the Provost Office. These funds will cover the registration fee, transportation (via UW-P chartered Coach Bus), and hotel lodging (via UW-P reserved hotel rooms) for eligible presenting undergraduate students and some faculty mentors. 

About NCUR 2023:

Regarding NCUR 2023 conference itself. It will be held at UW-Eau Claire on Thursday- Saturday April 13 – 15, 2023. However, the UW-P bus will need to leave the evening of Wednesday April 12 to be at UW-Eau Claire for the Thursday morning openings events. For more details see the NCUR website:  https://www.uwec.edu/ncur/

Note about UW-System Symposium and the UW-Parkside Student Showcase in 2023:

There will NOT be a UW-System Symposium in Spring 2023 due to NCUR being in state and hosted by UW-Eau Claire this year.  However, UW-Parkside will still host the annual UW-Parkside Student Showcase in April 2023. 

UW-Parkside Police Department Self-Defense Classes

The UWP Police Department is now offering self-defense classes. The purpose of the UWP PD Self-Defense Program is to provide the UWP Campus Community (Faculty, Staff, and Students) with the EDUCATION of situational awareness and basic self-defense techniques in an active and supportive environment.

Class Dates: 

• Saturday October 1, 8 am - 12 pm SAC L155
• Saturday October 22, 8 am - 12 pm SAC L155
• Saturday November 12, 8 am - 12 pm SAC L155

Paws to You

Paws to You is an employee appreciation program designed to offer gratitude to a fellow coworker. Maybe they helped you complete a task or project and it made a large impact on the outcome. You can show them thanks and appreciation by sending them a Paw they are able to display for all to see in their email signature, and a running total of all Paws will be displayed here on the Paws to You website. So what are you waiting for?

Save Clam Shell Containers for Parkside Community Garden!

Help our community gardeners feed food insecure students and community members by saving your clam shell containers. Bring saved containers to Alex Hobbs in the Student Success and Learning Commons. Thank you!

First Generation Week Reception: Nov. 9

National First Generation week is Nov. 7–11. On Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 12–1 p.m. there will be a first generation reception in Main Place. Cake will be served.

2022 Winter Holiday Office Hours

Thanksgiving Holiday

On Friday, November 25, the day after Thanksgiving, university offices will be closed to the public. Employees may choose to take a vacation day, work from home (if the job is conducive and with approval from the supervisor), or come into the office and work as normal.

Christmas Holiday



Beginning December 27 through December 30, 2022 university offices will be closed to the public. Employees may choose to take vacation time, work from home (if the job is conducive and with approval from the supervisor), or come into the office and work as normal. 

There are some exceptions to this notice for areas that support 24-hour, 7 days-a-week operations such as the police department, heating plant, housing services, and other essential student-facing departments. Other less-than-essential student-facing departments should make sure students are able to reach someone in the department, if needed, via call forwarding or email.

Because Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve fall on Saturdays this year, eligible employees will receive floating holidays for both days. Christmas Day and New Year’s Day both fall on Sundays, and therefore the holidays are observed on Monday, December 26, and Monday, January 2, respectively. 

Below is an outline of how the floating holiday may be used: 

• An eligible employee may use floating legal holiday hours prior to the date on which the holiday occurs. 
• Floating legal holidays (for eligible employees) must be used by the end of the year in which it was granted.
• University staff must use the hours on or before December 31 of the calendar year granted.
• Academic, and Limited staff must use it on or before June 30 of the fiscal year granted.
• If the hours are not used by the end of the designated year, the hours are lost and cannot be carried into the following year (calendar or fiscal).

The full policy may be found here.

If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at 262-595-2204 or Aaron at shanahaa@uwp.edu.