Congratulations to the following College of Letters & Science staff members who all received a 2011-2012 College of Letters & Science Professional Development Grant:
- Castillo, Mark, Department of Mathematics
- Fox-Anderson, Jane, Department of Geoscience
- Goldade, Bruce,Department of Chemistry
- Heming, Kristi, Department of Chemistry
- Karnaky, Alissa, School of Social Work
- Klipstein, Bob, Department of Art History
- Little, Darcy, Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program
- Machaj, Mary, L&S Administration
- Myhre, Kathleen, Department of Chemistry
- Schultz, Amy, Department of History
- Stegeman, Erin, Survey Center
- Thiele, Lynn, Department of Zoology
- Van Ruyven, Dee, Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia
- Yaeger, Sara, Department of Physics
- Zeps, Dace, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies
The College makes $5,000 per fiscal year available to fund meaningful professional development opportunities for College classified staff.
The program is in response to the Classified Staff Issues Committee's concern that some classified staff members do not have funding available to them to attend training and professional development opportunities, particularly employees in small departments and those in technical and blue collar positions.
Please refer to the following website for additional information on these grants: http://www.ls.wisc.edu/csic/initiatives.htm.
Employees received grants for training in the following areas:
Financial Research Administration Conference 13, DoIT Access Beginner & Intermediate, Drupal training, MATC Excel Intermediate, DoIT Adobe Illustrator Beginner & Intermediate, DoIT Beginning Dreamweaver, DoIT Acrobat 9: Beginners, Wisconsin Certified Public Manager Program, DoIT InDesign CS5: Beginners, DoIT Microsoft Excel Workshop: Intermediate and Advanced, Certified Administrative Professional Exam/AAP Membership, NCURA National Professional Conference, UW Small Business Development Center: Web Marketing Series, DoIT Access 2010 Beginners & Intermediate and IAAP Membership & Participation