Dean of the Graduate School - UW-Milwaukee

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Dean of the Graduate SchoolThe University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications and nominations for the positionof Dean of the Graduate School. The Graduate School is a vibrant centerpiece of UWM’s growingmandate for research. The University seeks a distinguished individual of outstanding integrity to serveas Dean, providing strategic leadership and promoting excellence in all facets of the Graduate School’sactivities.The UniversityOne of two doctoral-granting institutions in the University of Wisconsin System, UWM was founded in1956 based on the belief that Milwaukee would need a great public university to become a great andthriving city. Quality education, excellence in research, and community service are all central to theUniversity’s mission. UWM enjoys a growing national reputation for excellence in research, qualitystudent education and sustained community engagement. In Southeastern Wisconsin, the university isviewed increasingly as an engine for economic development that is creating unique partnerships to thebenefit of faculty, staff, students, and the community, along with business and industry.UWM’s $705 million 2012-13 operating budget includes $257 million in federal aid, grants, andcontracts. The university’s workforce of almost 8,400 includes 874 faculty, 800 instructional academicstaff, 997 administrative staff, 1,349 graduate assistants, 3,011 student workers and 1,220 classifiedpersonnel. UWM is clearly focused on 21st century goals and objectives. In response to emergingopportunities and targeted priorities, the Board of Regents has included $10 million in the UW systemwidebiennial budget for 2011-13 to fund “Powering Southeastern Wisconsin’s Knowledge-BasedEconomy: Phase 2 of the UW-Milwaukee’s Research Initiative.”UWM is home to outstanding departments, academic centers, institutes, and laboratory facilities withworldwide reputations for innovation and excellence. UWM’s 183 degree programs include 96undergraduate degrees, 1 specialist and 86 graduate degrees, through 14 Schools and Colleges. TheSchools and Colleges include: Architecture and Urban Planning, Continuing Education, Education,Engineering and Applied Science, Freshwater Sciences, Graduate School, Health Sciences, Helen BaderSchool of Social Welfare, Information Studies, Letters and Science, Nursing, Peck School of the Arts,Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, and the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business. Highly regardedprofessional Schools and Colleges broaden and deepen the academic quality of UWM.2
In Fall 2012 UWM enrolled 29,145 students— 24,199 undergraduates and 4,946 graduate students.UWM is the second largest graduate degree-granting institution in the state, averaging over 3,150master's students and over 1,350 doctoral students per year. Many of these students earn prestigiousawards from institutions such as the Ford Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the McNairProgram, and the Big Ten Consortium for Institutional Cooperation.UWM is committed to diversity and has the largest undergraduate enrollment of students of color (over4,600) in the University of Wisconsin System. It also enrolls about 1,000 international students. UWMeducates more individuals who are age 35 and older than any other UW System institution, and enrollsmore than one-third of all UW System students age 60 and older. More than 1,200 students attendingUWM are military veterans or dependents—the largest total in the System. To ensure students areregarded on the basis of ability and not disability, the Student Accessibility Center opens additionaldoors through its Deaf/Hard of Hearing Program, Blind/Visually Impaired Program, Mobility/PhysicalDisabilities Services and more.At its core, UWM is a highly engaged community of faculty, staff, and students committed to learning,discovery, and creative expression. Multiple areas of excellence are present in many units within the artsand humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and professional schools across the campus. TheUniversity is a premier doctoral research university with 32 doctoral programs, and is intent onincreasing the level of extramural support and the number of doctoral programs, enhancing the ratio ofgraduate-to-undergraduate students, and continuing to increase the quantity and quality of research andscholarship.3
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