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Chapter I Contents: [ I.1 The L&S Mission ] [ I.2 L&S Academic Planning Council ] [ I.3 L&S Curriculum Committee ] [ I.4 L&S Faculty Senate ] [ I.5 L&S Administrative Structure ] [ I.6 Academic Associate Deans ] [ I.7 Units within the L&S Administration ] [ I.8 Current L&S Administrative Staff ] [ I.9 Paper and Request Flow ] [ I.10 Projected Dates & Deadlines ] [ I.11 Committees ] [ I.12 Preferential Balloting ] [ I.13 Quorum and Parliamentary Procedure ] [ I.14 Resources for Dept. Chairs ] [ I.15 Open Meetings ] [ I.16 Public Records ] [ I.17 Honorary Degrees ] [ I.18 University & College Policy Documents ] [ I.19 E-Mail Protocol ] [ I.20 Employee Political Activities ] [ I.21  Statement on Restructuring, Creation, or Discontinuance ]

I.8 L&S ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF - 2009 -2010
(This page was last updated on August 18, 2009.)

The extent of overlap in areas of L&S staff interest and responsibility makes it hard to create a tidy organizational chart depicting the duties of College administrative staff. (Despite that challenge, we've tried to create such a chart - but many of the people listed on it have responsibilities beyond the assignments depicted.) The listing provided below indicates who may be contacted first in each area. If it turns out that your query requires assistance from another source, we'll help you get it. 

Please consult the L&S directory (http://www.ls.wisc.edu/handbook/ChapterOne/directory.htm) or the campus directory (http://www.wisc.edu/wiscinfo/directories/) to locate telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.

Still having trouble getting answers?  
If you're shepherding a particular request through its process, 
you may find the Paper and Request Flowchart to be useful.

Academic Affairs (Student), including student advising, implementation of faculty policy on curriculum and degree requirements, and enrichment programs: Ann Groves Lloyd is the Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs; for specific questions, please refer to Chapter VI of this Handbook

Academic Program Review: Elaine Klein

Advanced Opportunity Fellowships (AOF): Judi Roller

Alumni Relations: Lucy Mathiak and Megan Costello

Assessment of Student Learning:  Elaine Klein

Area Studies Programs: Associate Dean for Research or Academic Associate Dean in relevant divisional area (Humanities, Natural, or Social Sciences)

Boards of Visitors : Megan Costello and Amanda Heggestad

Budget, Planning and Finance:

  • Annual unclassified budget and merit exercise--Anne Gunther, Diane Pladziewicz
  • Annual classified budget exercise (including LTE and student budgets) -- Diane Pladziewicz
  • Quarterly Budget Transfer Report, budget transfers--Diane Pladziewicz
  • Indirect Cost Allocations--Anne Gunther
  • Auxiliary and related budget preparation--Diane Pladziewicz
  • DoIt Terminal Transactions, Info Access and ISIS Authorizations--Anne Gunther
  • Instructional material photocopying requests--Brian Bubenzer
  • Alcoholic beverage service approval--Anne Gunther
  • UW-Foundation post-awards and trusts -- Mehdi Rezai

Business Services:

For:

  • Purchasing, travel, payments to individuals, non-travel advances and travel advances, requests for approval and reimbursement of moving expenses, non-salary payment transfers
  • Memberships, registrations, subscriptions, continue order requisitions (COR's) and gasoline bills
  • Purchasing cards
  • Revenue producing activities

Contact:

College Relations:  Lucy Mathiak and Megan Costello

Commencement: Megan Costello and Amanda Heggestad

Community-Based Research and Service Learning: Tess Arenas

Copyright Questions and Coursepacks: Brian Bubenzer

Course Access: Nancy Westphal-Johnson

Credit Outreach: Nancy Westphal-Johnson or Tammy Weisensel

Criminal Background Checks:

  • TA, PA, and Short-term Staffing - Shirley Holt
  • Non-instructional Academic Staff - Daun Wheeler
  • Classified Staff, Student Hourly - Mary Nuzzo
  • Faculty - Joyce Helt

Cross-College Projects: Judi Roller

Curricular Issues:
  • Course Packets/Copying Instructional Materials: Brian Bubenzer or Tom Boman
  • Course Proposals (New, Changed, Deleted):  L&S Curriculum Committee, c/o Elaine Klein
  • New Major/Degree/Certificate Program: L&S Academic Planning Council, c/o Academic Associate Dean (cc: Elaine Klein)
  • Changes to Existing Major/Degree/Certificate Program: L&S Curriculum Committee Chair (Professor Michael Morgan, c/o Elaine Klein)

Development: Lucy Mathiak and Megan Costello

Distributed Learning: Nancy Westphal-Johnson

Diversity Initiatives: Judi Roller; see also specific programs operating in Section VI, L&S Student Academic Affairs (http://www.ls.wisc.edu/handbook/ChapterSix/)

Extended Day Class Schedule : Nancy Westphal-Johnson or Tammy Weisensel

Events: Amanda Heggestad

Facilities
  • Remodeling, space, general facility issues:  Chris Bruhn
  • Request to name a room or wing of a building, or an "exterior amenity": L&S Academic Planning Council, c/o Dean Sandefur (cc: Elaine Klein, Chris Bruhn)

Fundraising (University of Wisconsin Foundation): UW Foundation Staff

Instructional Computing Support:  L&S Learning Support Services (phone 2-4471)

Learning Support Services: Bruno Browning

L&S Community of Graduate Research Scholars (L&S C-GRS) : Judi Roller

L&S/School of Education Cross-College Initiatives: Judi Roller

L&S Administration Management Information Services: Griffith Randel

Parking: Lori Pendleton

Outreach Services: Nancy Westphal-Johnson or Tammy Weisensel

Payroll and IADS Forms (please note that some duties are allocated by Department UDDS):   

  • Sandra Englesby (Supervisor)
       All Departments (UDDS 0200-9700): All Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor Appointments
  •    Laura Breunig
       UDDS 0200-2300:  Unclassified, student assistants (TA, PA & RA), Employee-in-training, zero dollar appointments
  •    Lisa Oie
       UDDS 2400 - 6000:  Unclassified, student assistants (TA, PA & RA), Employee-in-training, zero dollar appointments
  •    Natialie Ben Zikri
       UDDS 6300-9700:  Unclassified, student assistants (TA, PA & RA), Employee-in-training, zero dollar appointments
  •   Ron VanWey
       All Departments (UDDS 0200-9700):  student hourly/Kronos, classified and LTE

Publications: Lucy Mathiak

Research Services:
  • Animal Care--Bill Barker
  • College-University Relations--Bill Barker
  • Community of Science Database--Bill Barker
  • Conflict of Interest Policy--Bill Barker
  • Gifts and Grants (budgets, proposals)--Linda Johnson
  • Human Subjects--Lil Larson
  • Intellectual Property--Bill Barker
  • Interdisciplinary Grant/Funding Initiative--Associate Dean for Research , Susan Ellis Weismer*
  • Invention Disclosures--Bill Barker
  • Material Transfer Agreements--Bill Barker
  • Post-Award Accounting--Mehdi Rezai
  • Principal Investigative Status--Linda Johnson
  • Research Policy--Associate Dean for Research Susan Ellis Weismer *
  • Sponsored Research Agreements--Bill Barker
  • Technology Transfer--Bill Barker
  • UW-Foundation gift deposits and expenditures--Mehdi Rezai

* NOTE: During Associate Dean Susan Ellis Weismer's sabbatical, Associate Dean Bill Barker will oversee this area.

Service Learning and Community-Based Research: Tess Arenas

Staff Benefits:

  • Employee Benefits-- Employee Compensation and Benefits (http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/ecbs/ecbs.html)
  • Sick leave and vacation for faculty and academic staff-- the unit's payroll coordinator or their L&S payroll contact in administration
  • Sick leave and vacation for classified staff--Ron Van Wey
  • Sick leave for graduate assistants--Nancy Westphal-Johnson or Brian Bubenzer
  • Retirement policies-- Employee Compensation and Benefits (http://www.bussvc.wisc.edu/ecbs/emp-retirement-menu.html)

Staffing (budgets, policy, recruiting, appointing, offer letters):

  • Faculty, all instructional staff other than TA, other unclassified appointments, classified, LTE, and student hourly are divided among the following: 
    • Dean Sandefur (Cluster Hiring)
    • Eric Wilcots (Natural Sciences)
    • Magdalena Hauner (Humanities)
    • Charles N. Halaby (Social Sciences)
    • Joyce Helt (Faculty)
    • Nancy Westphal-Johnson (Short-term staffing)
    • James Hovland (Short-term instructional academic staffing)
  • Teaching assistants, readers, graduate assistants --Nancy Westphal-Johnson, Brian Bubenzer
  • Faculty assistants -- James Hovland
  • Project assistants (funds other than 133 and 144)--Academic Associate Dean (please see the Flow Chart), Brian Bubenzer
  • Academic Staff (all funds) except short term instructional (see below), Research Associates, Research Assistants--Maggie Sullivan
  • Non-Faculty, Faculty Assistant (FA) Short Term Instructional Academic staffing:
    • Honorary Fellow, zero-dollar visiting faculty appointments--Joyce Helt
    • Adjunct appointments (budgeted) --James Hovland
    • Adjunct appointments (zero-dollar) --Joyce Helt
    • Emeritus appointments (budgeted) -James Hovland
    • Emeritus appointments (zero-dollar) --Joyce Helt
    • L/I appointments (budgeted) --James Hovland
    • L/I appointments (zero-dollar) --Joyce Helt
    • Volunteers -- James Hovland
  • Summer Sessions--Nancy Westphal-Johnson, James Hovland
  • Classified Staff: Policies and personnel transactions--Diana Allaby
  • Criminal Background Checks:
    • TA, PA, and Short-term Staffing - Shirly Holt
    • Non-instructional Academic Staff - Daun Wheeler
    • Classified Staff, Student Hourly - Mary Nuzzo
    • Faculty - Joyce Helt

TA Training and TA Resource Center:  Brian Bubenzer

Undergraduate Education (Administrative Issues): Nancy Westphal-Johnson

Website - L&S (www.ls.wisc.edu): Nancy Westphal-Johnson or Anne Gunther

Website - L&S Handbook only (www.ls.wisc.edu/Handbook):  Elaine Klein

Wisconsin Alumni Association: Kevin Check, WAA Staff

Updated: August 18, 2009 by tb / emk
URL: handbook/chapterone/chapter1-8.htm

 

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