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University Personnel Development Committee - UPDC |
UW-Stevens Point Funding Opportunities:
Guidelines (Guidelines and forms are available as WORD documents in public folders or hard copies are available in the Grants Office, 204 Main).
Academic Staff Professional Development (Provides an opportunity and source of support for increased effectiveness by expanding the knowledge of academic staff (all categories) in their areas of expertise. This program also addresses the need for refining and developing skills for renewal and for retraining of personnel within and across program units.)
Classified Staff Grants (The purpose of these grants is to support all categories of classified staff for development and training.)
Creative Dissemination Fund (Provides support in the dissemination of work in the media - new in 2004/2005.)
Curriculum Development Grant (Assistance to individuals and departments or units for the development of new and/or innovative classes, teaching strategies, methods of classroom presentation, and the development and implementation of innovative assessment strategies for curriculum improvement. Only credit-bearing courses will be eligible for this program.)
New Faculty/Staff Grant (For 1st and 2nd year faculty and all categories of 1st and 2nd year academic staff funding opportunity for research or development projects.)
Publication Fund (maximum per individual in any three year cycle is $2,500 for refereed publication of scholarly work)
Sabbaticals - Sabbatical help link (faculty members with at least six or more years of full-time instructional service or its equivalent)
UPDC Grant (UPDC grants generally fall into one of two categories: research or development. Research is defined as a systematic scholarly investigation of some phenomenon or series of phenomena. Development projects will focus on the development of University personnel, not programs. Faculty and all categories of academic staff may also make requests in this grant category for retraining or renewal projects.)Final Report Form - As part of the requirements for UPDC grants, a report detailing the accomplishment of the objective shall be submitted to the Grant Support Services Office within one year of the date the grant is awarded.
Committee Members 2007/2008- Richard Ruppel-Chair (Foreign Languages), Anita Wright-Vice Chair (Grant Support Director), Susan Brewer (History), JoAnne Evica (Residential Living-Classified Staff Rep), Don Guay (Paper Science/Engineering), David Henry (Communicative Disorders), Anne Hoffmann (Health & Wellness Programs), Nisha Fernando (Interior Architecture), Terri Muraski (Library), Keith Rice (Geography/Geology), Robin Tanke (Chemistry), Kristin Thielking (Art & Design), Robyn Woytasik (General Ledger).