From: DDDH Send Date: March 1, 2007 11:59:26 AM CST To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: New Grievance Procedures Reply-To: DDDH Send NEW GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES for Faculty/Instructional Staff and Students will become effective on March 1, 2007.Ê The complete procedures are now available online at http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/ policies_proced.html. New Grievance Procedures for Academic Professional Employees are in development; until then, the procedures established in March 22, 1989 and revised in 2003 remain in effect for AP's. Please watch your email and the Faculty Affairs website for information about training sessions, which will be held during March, April, and over the summer.Ê For additional information, please contact Laura Stempel at (faculty/instructional staff) or Linda Deanna at (students). Mrinalini C. Rao, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of Illinois at Chicago Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs (M/C 103) Room 2715 University Hall 601 South Morgan Street Chicago, Illinois 60607 Ph. (312)413-3470; Fax (312)996-1700 http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/rao.html http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpb/pages/rao/rao.htm Assistant: Laura Stempel, For appointments, please contact Kristy Kambanis at From: DDDH Send Date: March 7, 2007 11:00:26 AM CST To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: FIPSE FY 2007 Comprehensive Program Update Reply-To: DDDH Send FIPSE FY 2007 Comprehensive Program Update Ê The U.S. Department of Education recently reported that the budget for the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Comprehensive Program has been unexpectedly reduced.ÊÊ The Department now only expects to fund about 17 Comprehensive Program awards of $200,000 each this year. The agency only intends to give 1 month to respond to the new program announcement due out by late March/early April. Ê The Department released tentative invitational priorities which are expected to be contained in the forthcoming announcement. The Department does not give applications that meets these invitational priorities a competitive or absolute preference over other applications. Ê Invitational Priorities: Invitational Priority 1: Projects encouraging higher levels of access, persistence, and completion of graduation requirements for higher education. Ê Invitational Priority 2: Projects aligning curriculum on a state or multi-state level between high schools and colleges, and between two-year and four-year postsecondary programs, to ensure continuing academic progress and transferability of credits (note - not UIC partnering with local community colleges but a regional alignment). Ê Invitational Priority 3: Projects improving the mathematics and science proficiency of postsecondary students including preservice math and science teachers. Ê Invitational Priority 4: Projects to enable postsecondary students, including preservice teachers, to achieve proficiency or advanced proficiency or postsecondary institutions to develop programs in one or more of the less commonly taught languages: Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, and languages in the Indic, Iranian, and Turkic language families. Ê Invitational Priority 5: Projects designed to disseminate successful strategies to achieve the goals of any of the above invitational priorities serving postsecondary education. Ê TheÊ Comprehensive Program is the central grant competition of FIPSE.Ê Information about last year's FIPSE program can be found at http://www.ed.gov/programs/fipsecomp/index.html Ê Questions regarding this announcement can be directed to Mr. Anthony Halford in OVCR atÊ 32-996-7036 or ahalford@uic.edu Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê From: DDDH Send Date: March 8, 2007 4:17:07 PM CST To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: Research Development Services Workshop - Funding: Finding Expected and Unexpected Sources Reply-To: DDDH Send Research Development Services Workshop Funding: Finding Expected and Unexpected Sources Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10 am Ð 11:30 am B-11 AOB, training room 11A Ê The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Research Development Services is offering a workshop on Wednesday, March 28th at 10 am entitled Funding: Finding Expected and Unexpected Sources.Ê The first half of this workshop will provide an overview of searching for funding opportunities using various online search tools including Community of Science (COS) and Grants.gov.Ê The second half of this workshop will be an open session for targeted keyword searches and will allow time for questions.Ê This workshop is intended for new investigators or investigators new to UIC.ÊÊÊ Ê The workshop will be held in the Administrative Office Building (AOB), 1737 West Polk Street, Room B-11, training room 11A.Ê Space is limited to 18 workstations.Ê Ê To register for this event: 1. Go to www.uictraining.org. 2. Login or if a first-time user, click on ÔRegister with us.Õ 3. Select ÔCourse CatalogÕ from the menu bar on the left. 4. Under ÔGeneral Research,Õ find the workshop/course/event of interest and click on the title. 5. Click on Register. 6. If you are unable to attend, please un-register or contact Continuing-Ed@listserv.uic.edu. Ê Please contact Jennifer Czak (jpaliga@uic.edu) or (312) 996-2590 with any questions. From: DDDH Send Date: March 9, 2007 2:58:30 PM CST To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: Economic Development Council Forum: Successful Incubator and Tech Park Models Reply-To: DDDH Send The Technology Commercialization Task Force of the Economic Development Council is pleased to present a Breakfast Forum focused on successful incubators and tech park models for technology commercialization and the impact on economic development. Ê Topic:Ê Successful Incubator and Tech Park Models for Technology Commercialization Day/Date:Ê Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time:Ê 7:30a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Location:Ê Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Address:Ê 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago IL 60604 Ê The Forum will feature Ilse Treurnicht, the CEO of the MaRS Discovery District in downtown Toronto, Canada.Ê The MaRS Centre, which opened in May 2005, comprises 700,000 square feet in three buildings occupied by over fifty companies and organizations.Ê The facility is expected to grow to overÊÊ 1.5 million square feet within the next two years.Ê The Centre is designed to serve as a platform for regional innovation based in an urban setting, bringing together people and enterprises that are synergistic with respect to innovation and commercialization. Ê In addition, representatives of four major tech parks in Illinois will describe the activities and future vision for our local incubator and tech parks.Ê The Forum will be presented in a panel format with ample time allotted for audience discussion.Ê . Ê The cost of the Breakfast Forum is $50.00/$35.00 for members.Ê Reservations are mandatory. To reserve on-line, visit www.edcchicago.org, or contact the Economic Development Chicago office by telephone: 773-279-8787; or by email: edcchicago@ameritech.net .Ê Ê Following the Forum, Illinois Global Partnership has arranged for a program and tour of the Illinois Science and Technology Park in Skokie and the University Technology Park at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.Ê The tour includes lunch.Ê Buses will depart following the Forum at 11:30 a.m.Ê The additional cost for this program is $25/$15 for members.Ê Again, reservations are mandatory.Ê Reservation must be received by March 16, 2007. Ê For more detailed information on the Forum, please visit: http:// tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/air/index.shtml. Ê Questions on the Forum may be directed to David Gulley, dgulley@uic.edu. Ê Ê From: DDDH Send Date: March 16, 2007 2:54:25 PM CDT To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: New Faculty Affairs Newsletter Now Online! Reply-To: DDDH Send The latest issue of the Faculty Affairs newsletter is now available online at http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/faculty/ FANewsletterMarch_2007.pdf. If you have any trouble using this link, simply go to the UIC home page, click the "For Faculty" button in the top navigation bar, and follow the links to the Faculty Affairs page. Mrinalini C. Rao Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs From: DDDH Send Date: March 22, 2007 3:01:47 PM CDT To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: Grants and Contracts Sponsored Project Expenditures Reports Available Online Reply-To: DDDH Send Date: March 22, 2007 To:ÊÊ ÊÊDeans, Directors, Department Heads, Academic Fiscal Officers, and BusinessÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Administrators From:Ê Vanessa Peoples, Director of Grants and Contracts Ê Re:ÊÊ ÊÊGrants and Contracts Sponsored Project Expenditures Reports Available ÊÊOnline The Office of Grants and Contracts has published on the OBFS Web site the Grants and Contracts Sponsored Project Expenditures Reports for Fiscal Years 2004, 2005, and 2006. The documents posted online replicate the documents available in print (grey book), with the exception of Sections 5 & 7 which are the detailed listings of research and other sponsored program expenditures.Ê It has been determined that individuals that use these sections find the printed version easier to reference.Ê To request a hard copy of the report, please contact the Office of Research Services at 312-996-2862. To access the online reports on the OBFS Web site, go to the Grants & Sponsored Projects Web page and then to the Sponsored Project Expenditures section (select the Chicago link).ÊÊ This section is at: < http://www.obfs.uillinois.edu/obfshome.cfm? level=2&path=grantsp&xmldata=expenditures > Note that to access these reports you will need to logon with your Enterprise ID and password (the one you use to access the Banner system). If you have any questions regarding these reports, please contact UIC Grants and Contracts at gcopost1@uillinois.edu or 312-996-3373. Ê Note: Some e-mail programs split long addresses (URLs) across 2 or more lines. If you cannot reach the desired page by clicking on the links provided, try copying all the text between the parentheses into your browser's address bar. There should be no spaces in the URL. From: DDDH Send Date: March 23, 2007 3:37:55 PM CDT To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: TCF Banking Relationship for Students Reply-To: DDDH Send TO: Deans, Directors, & Department Heads FROM: Michael DeLorenzo, Assistance Vice Chancellor RE: TCF Banking Relationship for Students DATE: March 23, 2007 Ê The University i-card Programs office is pleased to announce a new exclusive banking relationship for students with TCF Bank. The relationship offers students with the opportunity to open a ÒTotally Free Student CheckingÓ account, which may be linked to their i-cards for use as an ATM and PIN-based debit card. ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ An RFP process was conducted to bring this service to both the Chicago and Urbana-Champaign campuses. TCF branch locations at UIC will open in the Student Center East and the Student Center West in the coming months and ATMs will be placed in convenient high traffic areas on campus. ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Creating a simple solution for students to bank on campus and providing parents with easy access to transfer funds to studentsÕ accounts are the major goals of this initiative. The program is similar to currently existing agreements at Northern Illinois University and DePaul University. Ê Ê Ê From: DDDH Send Date: March 26, 2007 3:29:33 PM CDT To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Report, entitled "Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago: A Campus-wide Survey of Climate, Obstacles and Opportunities" Reply-To: DDDH Send To:ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Deans, Directors and Department Heads Ê From:ÊÊ Eric Gislason, Vice Chancellor for Research ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ Re:ÊÊÊÊÊÊ Interdisciplinary Research Report, entitled ÒInterdisciplinary Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago: A Campus-wide Survey of Climate, Obstacles and OpportunitiesÓ Ê Date:ÊÊÊ March 23, 2007 Ê Over the past few years, the administration, faculty, and research professionals at UIC have shown considerable interest in facilitating interdisciplinary research on campus.Ê In 2006, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research provided seed funding for the creation of several interdisciplinary research centers on campus to encourage interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary scholarship and education.Ê One of the initial efforts of one of these centers, the UIC Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Violence, has been to conduct a study of interdisciplinary research at UIC.Ê Ê In April and May of 2006, UIC faculty and research professionals participated in an online survey regarding interdisciplinary research (IDR).Ê The survey was conducted to 1) assess the climate and interest in IDR at UIC; 2) identify any perceived obstacles to IDR initiatives on campus; and 3) make policy recommendations for the growth of IDR at UIC.Ê The results of this study have been presented in an interdisciplinary research report, entitled ÒInterdisciplinary Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago: A Campus-wide Survey of Climate, Obstacles and Opportunities,Ó prepared by: Dennis P. Rosenbaum; Amie M. Schuck; Mark A. Mattaini; and Erika Adams. Ê The report is available to the UIC community by visiting the OVCR website at the following link: http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/ research/funding/limited_competitions/IDR_Report_2007.pdf .Ê Direct questions regarding the report to Dr. Rosenbaum at dennisr@uic.edu. Ê Dr. Carl Bell, Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Research on Violence at UIC will take the lead in facilitating discussion of the report.Ê Contact Dr. Bell at ccbell@uic.edu.Ê Ê From: DDDH Send Date: March 27, 2007 11:31:40 AM CDT To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: Budget Management and Financial Summaries Reply-To: DDDH Send The Budget Management and Financial Summaries, previously referred to as the ÒRedbookÓ reports, are a compilation of significant financial and statistical information related to UIC.Ê Specific budget policies governing State/ICR Funds, an overview of the Student Fee planning process as well as a series of fiscal year end financial reports are among the topics listed and described in the table of contents of this OBFS publication. The FY2006 and FY2007 Budget Management and Financial Summaries and last yearÕs FY2005 and FY2006 edition are now available on-line. This information can be found on the Provost's Office of Budgeting and Program Analysis website and also on the OBFS Budgeting Chicago Campus webpage. Access to this data requires a UIC enterprise logon ID and password. Please contact the UIC Campus Budget Office at 6-4951 for detailed information or questions related to the Budget Management and Financial Summaries. Heather J. Haberaecker, PhD Executive Assistant Vice President for Business Ê and Finance/Chief Business Officer University of Illinois at Chicago 809 S. Marshfield, Room 611 (MC078) Chicago, IL 60612 (312) 996-2860 (phone) (312) 996-7287 (fax) hjh2@uillinois.edu From: DDDH Send Date: March 27, 2007 3:22:03 PM CDT To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: Fiscal-Year-End Closing and Opening Information Now Available Reply-To: DDDH Send Date: March 27 2007 To: Deans, Directors, Department Heads, Academic Fiscal Officers and Business and Financial Administrators From: Heather J. Haberaecker, Executive Assistant Vice President for Business and Finance Re: Fiscal-Year-End Closing and Opening Information Now Available Ê The Office of Business and Financial Services has published the annual guidelines and calendar of critical dates to assist departments with the fiscal year closing and opening activities.Ê The FY07 Closing/FY08 Opening Procedures document and other important information, including dates and procedures for FY07 year-end Labor Redistributions, can be accessed from the Year-End Procedures section of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Web page at: < http://www.obfs.uillinois.edu/obfshome.cfm? level=2&path=accounts&xmldata=yearend > This financial information is critical to the integrity of the University's financial statements. Please share this required information with personnel responsible for the business and financial activity of your unit.Ê It is important to carefully review these guidelines, policies, and critical dates and ensure that this information is properly recorded in the University's financial system for inclusion in University financial statements. For questions regarding the fiscal year-end closing/opening requirements refer to the OBFS Contacts portion of the FY07 Closing/ FY08 Opening Procedures document, available at the link above. Note: Some e-mail programs split long addresses (URLs) across 2 or more lines. If you cannot reach the desired page by clicking on the links provided, try copying all the text between the parentheses into your browser's address bar. There should be no spaces in the URL. Ê From: DDDH Send Date: March 29, 2007 11:10:28 AM CDT To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: Issues Regarding Summer/Fall 2007 Registration Reply-To: DDDH Send TO: Deans, Directors and Department Heads FROM: Margaret Grosch Director, Programs and Academic Assessment RE: Issues Regarding Summer/Fall 2007 Registration As you may know, summer and fall 2007 Advance Registration begins on April 2, 2007. Since the summer and fall 2007 Schedule of Classes is currently being advertised, no changes may be made to course numbers, credit hours, titles, prerequisites, or any other course-related information listed in the Schedule of Classes (Timetable), nor may new courses be created at this point for summer or fall 2007. Of course, subject to faculty availability, and in response to student demand and enrollment patterns, new sections of approved courses may be added at any point during the registration cycle to meet student needs. In order to protect students' registrations as much as possible, the following changes may not be made after the start of Advance Registration (April 2, 2007) if the section contains more than 5 students: -changes of the meeting time at which a section is scheduled; -changes in the days for which a section is scheduled; -dropping of a section; -capping the enrollment of a course below the number of already registered students. If a department wishes to request an exemption from the moratorium, a written request with a rationale should be presented to the line college for review and, if approved, directed to Midge Grosch (mmgrosch@uic.edu) in the Office of Programs and Academic Assessment for review and action. Section changes with five or fewer registered students do not require Programs Office review at any point during the registration cycle and may be effected by contacting the Schedule of Classes (Timetable) Office at extension 3-3640 directly. Colleges or schools may wish to approve and/or be notified of these types of changes, depending on college/school policy. The Office of Registration and Records will be informed of all dropped sections and will be asked to remove students' names from these cancelled sections. Regardless of how many students are already registered in a changed or dropped section, it is the responsibility of the department or college to notify these students of any change. Beginning the first day of instruction for the term, departments may change the meeting time and days for which a section is scheduled, regardless of the number of students already enrolled, so long as: a) the number of instructional hours is preserved; b) all students concur with the schedule change; and c) the Schedule of Classes (Timetable) Office is notified of the change in order to adjust University records for the term and make certain there are no room conflicts with the new schedule. If you have any questions about the above information, feel free to contact Kim Neumann via e-mail at khubalik@uic.edu or Julie Kofod at jkofod@uic.edu. From: DDDH Send Date: March 30, 2007 10:10:12 AM CDT To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: Library Open Longer Hours Reply-To: DDDH Send The Richard J. Daley Library and the Library of the Health Sciences- Chicago will be open longer hours for the remaining weeks of the Spring semester.Ê Ê Effective April 1st the Daley Library, which now closes at 9 PM Sunday through Thursday, will close at 11 PM on those days.ÊÊ On April 15th, the Library of the Health Sciences will extend its hours, closing at 1 AM, instead of at 11 PM, Sunday through Thursday.Ê Friday and Saturday hours will remain unchanged.Ê Ê ÒWe are pleased that we are able to respond to studentsÕ requests for longer library hours,Ó stated University Librarian Mary Case.Ê ÒThe recent survey conducted by the library as well as meetings with student groups all showed that limited hours was one of usersÕ chief complaints about library services.Ê We hope that extending library hours will allow more students to take advantage of the library and the many services and resources we offer.ÓÊ Ê A complete schedule of University Library hours is posted on the LibraryÕs web site http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/admin/services/ schedules From: DDDH Send Date: March 30, 2007 1:55:34 PM CDT To: DDDH@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU Subject: UIC NCA Reaccreditation Self-Study report Reply-To: DDDH Send > As you know, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central > Association will soon review UIC for reaccreditation. A team of > peer evaluators will visit UIC April 15-18, 2007. > > The baseline documentation for this review consists of an extensive > Self-Study and associated information. The preparation of the Self- > Study started in early 2006 and was completed this month. This is > a critically important component of the North Central Association's > reaccreditation review of UIC. The document can be viewed at http:// > www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/nca/index.html. Hard copies will be > distributed shortly. > > Needless to say, reaccreditation is an important process for UIC as > it will demonstrate the enormous progress that has been made in all > of our areas of endeavor since the last review in 1997. > > Thank you, > > UIC NCA Reaccreditation Steering Committee > > Russell Betts > Lon Kaufman > Mo-Yin Tam > Stephen Wiberley