Monday Memo September 17, 2018
Dean's Message: Update on Staff Reorganization
Dear Colleagues:
President Bendapudi joins us tonight at 5 p.m. for the kickoff for the A&S Yearlings Club monthly meetings at 4309 W. Broadway. If you haven’t yet been to a Yearlings Club meeting, I recommend coming tonight. It is a wonderful forum—always interesting and an opportunity to discuss issues that are of importance to West Louisville.
Switching gears, we are in the home stretch of our staff reorganization. It hasn’t been easy, as any change is difficult and a change that involves centralization of some tasks is especially challenging. The process has been delayed and more complicated than expected because of changes in CFO and COO, the evolution of central administration’s Business Ops, and multiple budget cuts imposed along the way. There have been communication difficulties across all levels, and some transparency was lost along the way as positions that might have been eliminated were re-assessed.
While I recognize that not everyone is happy with the proposed changes, the changes do accomplish what we’ve been tasked to do by the UofL Board of Trustees and the Strothman report. Additionally, I think we can take comfort in the fact that we can meet the goals set for us without reducing staff. HR still needs to review all of the revised JDFs, but only lateral changes or increased salaries and upgraded classifications are the expected outcome. I’m grateful to everyone who has carried on during the planning years, and especially the many people who have worked hard to devise plans that advance both personnel expertise and interests, while also helping to improve equity in workloads and overall efficiency.
Rest assured that we will greet 2019 with current JDFs and clear work expectations! Like you, I am eager to move on from reorganization to other priorities, most especially to professional development which I know is of major interest. I’ll likely have more to report at the State of the College and at our fall semester staff meeting. In the meantime, please mark your calendars for the annual A&S State of the College Address on 9/26, and feel free to contact me with ideas or concerns.
Thank you for your service to A&S and to UofL.
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Ph.D.
Dean
Announcement: 2018 State of the College
State of the College Address scheduled for 9/28
The A&S State of the College Address is Friday, 9/28 at 3pm in Humanities 100. All A&S faculty and staff are welcome to attend. Supervisors, if possible, please try to make arrangements so that any staff who wish to attend can do so. If you are unable to make it, but would like to watch a lives tream, you will need to join the private A&S Faculty & Staff Facebook group in advance at www.facebook.com/groups/uofl.as.facandstaff.
Great Place to Learn
University Writing Center
The University Writing Center serves all UofL faculty, staff, and students. Our individual consultations provide feedback on any type of writing at any point in the writing process. Invite us to your classes or meetings for a brief introduction to our services or customized workshop. We also facilitate a faculty and graduate student writing group. Visit our websiteto schedule appointments, view the writing group schedule, browse our resources, and request class visits.
Center for Asian Democracy annual lecture
The Center for Asian Democracy's Annual Lecture is this Tuesday, 9/18, 6pm, at the Louisville Free Public Library. Presented by the World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana, the UofL Center for Asian Democracy, Louisville Free Public Library, and the Crane House. To learn more about this event and to reserve tickets, click here.
Fall literary series will feature poets, novelists
Poets and a novelist will interact with University of Louisville students and faculty about their work when they come to campus this fall for a literary series featuring distinguished writers. The English department’s creative writing program offers the free, public readings and master classes through the Anne and William Axton Reading Series. For more information, click here.
Great Place to Work
Phi Beta Kappa Membership Survey
If you are a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society - the oldest liberal arts and sciences honors society in the country - AND work for the University of Louisville, please take one minute to fill out this form.
New Safe Escort Service
The Student Activities Board is excited to announce the arrival of the new campus night shuttles which will be up and running starting tonight. These shuttles – the Card Cabs – will operate every Monday through Saturday from 10:00 PM to 4:00 AM. They are completely free to all members of the campus community who register with their louisville.edu emails and will serve all of Belknap campus and the neighboring residential areas. Please visit ridegotcha.com/cardcab/ for information on how to download the app and use the service. You can also call (502) 653-2396 to request a ride.
Great Place to Invest
Limited Submission: Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
These awards provide seed money for research by junior faculty at member institutions of Oak Ridge Associated Universities (that's us). The awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty and result in new funding opportunities. Full-time assistant professors within two years of their initial tenure-track appointment (1/07/2017 through 1/07/2019) at the time of application are eligible. Research projects must fall within one of these five disciplines:
- Engineering and Applied Science;
- Life Sciences;
- Mathematics/Computer Sciences;
- Physical Sciences;
- Policy, Management, or Education
Award Amount: $5,000 over the course of one year. If selected, UofL is required to match at least $5,000. Be aware: UofL is limited to two applications and will decide which two to submit via an internal application process determined by peer review. Anyone interested in submitting for this program should email William Metcalf or resdevel@louisville.edu with any questions. Submissions are due by November 7, 2018.
UofL awarded $750,000 NSF grant
Michael Menze and several colleagues (Medicine, Engineering, and the Associate VPR) have just been awarded a $750,000 NSF grant. The project, Development of Delivery Devices to Enable Cell Transformation or Preservation is a collaboration between Paula J. Bates, Eugene Krentsel, Michael A. Menze, Jonathan Kopechek, and Robert S. Keynton.
Diversity & Inclusion
Social media campaign commemorating global revolutions
The Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research recently launched a social media campaign on Twitter and Instagram commemorating the global revolutions that arose 50 years ago in 1968. You may find material of interest to your classes/work/activism. Please follow, repost, promote, and help build traffic: Follow on Twitter | Follow on Instagram
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