A Message of Reflection and Thanks | |
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As we enter the beginning of the holiday season, we are reminded of the importance of coming together as family and friends. Unfortunately, we are experiencing increases in hate and violence against many communities. The senseless killing of the four students in Idaho, as well as the three University of Virginia students who were gunned down by a classmate leaves us feeling overwhelmed and confused. We are also devastated by the shooting that occurred at Club Q, a club for the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This latest atrocity happened just hours before the Transgender Day of Remembrance, which commemorates people lost to anti-transgender violence, emphasizing Black, Brown, and Indigenous Transgender women and femmes, who are the most vulnerable to anti-trans violence and non-binary hate.
While these incidents occurred miles from UW-Parkside, we recognize that many people in our community may feel afraid and alone with news of unsettling acts of violence. Whenever one community is hurting, we all are. The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is proud to stand up against violence in any form. Our deepest sympathies go out to all of the victims, their families, and loved ones.
Please know that there are resources available to assist students, faculty, and staff as we deal with these recent tragedies. For faculty and staff, the Employee Assistance Program, Kepro, is available to support you with any worries or fears you may have. For students, if you need immediate mental health support, please visit the Student Health and Counseling Center for resource options. You may also reach out to the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and the LGBTQ+ Center in the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.
We all have a responsibility to protect the safety of our learning environment. If you see something, say something. As a learning community, we value respecting one another, our differences, our values, and our similarities.
As we enter the holiday season, take time to be with loved ones, friends, and family. Take time to reflect on what is important to you and make time for yourself.
Thank you!
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The Office of Multicultural Affairs
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The Fish Bowl: The Rivalry of NWL Teams, UW-Parkside Alumni, and Goldfish | |
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By: Chase Fisk
You may have heard of the Subway Series between Major League Baseball rivals the New York Mets and the New York Yankees, but what about the fishy battle between two Northwoods League (NWL) baseball teams on Wisconsin’s eastern coast?
Allow us to introduce The Fish Bowl; a unique battle between the Kenosha Kingfish and the Lakeshore Chinooks, both teams are members of the Northwoods League. The Lakeshore Chinooks are members of the Great Lakes West region of the NWL and play out of Kapco Park in Mequon, Wisconsin.
What is the Fish Bowl Series?
This new series features two of the closest teams in proximity to each other in the league and is also a rivalry between two alumni Âof the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Sports Management program. Each team plans to face each other two to four times each summer and the games are split evenly for home and away field advantages. The summer of 2022 was the first season this series was played since being introduced by Bill Fanning, the owner of the Kenosha Kingfish.
Not only do the two teams compete in an even series for bragging rights, but the two organizations agreed to include Goldfish into the rivalry. Yes, you read that right, Goldfish. The team that loses the series each year will be tasked with taking care of two orange Goldfish until the two teams compete again.
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UW-Parkside Recognized as a 2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting | |
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Today, The University of Wisconsin-Parkside has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) as a 2022 ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting. The ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting recognizes colleges and universities for making intentional efforts to increase student voter participation. UW-Parkside joins a group of 394 colleges and universities recognized by ALL IN for completing these four actions:
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Let us know: Communications Needs | |
Effective immediately, please send any requests or inquiries about stories, press releases, social media posts, or other communication needs to university.relations@uwp.edu and we will respond as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding! | |
UW-Parkside to Host Series of Community Town Halls | |
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside will host a series of town halls in December for community residents to hear about new possibilities sparked by technological developments that could increase well-being in local neighborhoods. The town halls, hosted by UW-Parkside at various community locations, will give residents the opportunity to share their perspectives on gaps in services in areas such as transportation, health, education, security, and access to government services. | |
Happy Thanksgiving! No classes after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 23!!! | |
Facilities Management wants your feedback. Take the cleaning survey here. The survey is open until Dec. 16 at 11:59 p.m. | |
Student Loans Forgiven Under PSLF | |
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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.
Read more here.
Resources:
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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! | |
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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!
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2022 Winter Holiday Office Hours | |
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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.
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PHOTOS FROM THIS SEMESTER | |
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