TO:  Faculty, Staff, & Others
FROM:  Baha Balantekin
SUBJECT:  Department Meeting, Wednesday September 3rd, 2008, 12:05 p.m., 5310 Chamberlin

• Announcements
• Delegations of Authority:
  • to the Chair for supplies and capital expenditures.
  • to the Salary Committee for recommendations on salaries.
  • to full professors for recommendations on promotion to full professor.
• Enrollment Update—Jean Johnson
• Vote—Faculty Senate (Mark Saffman and Andrey Chubukov)
• Emeritus Vote—Dave Huber
• Emeritus Vote—Mathew Jaworski
• Matters Arising

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Congratulations to Pupa Gilbert on winning an American Competitiveness and Innovation (ACI) fellowship from NSFs Division of Materials Research. For more: http://www.nsf.gov/mps/dmr/awards/ACI_Fellows_Announcement.pdf.
• Fall Picnic is scheduled for Sunday Sept. 7, 2008, 1:00-5:00 p.m. at Hoyt Park on Madison's near West side, 3902 Regent Street.
• Sabbatical leave requests due to Karyn Matchey by Tuesday, September 30 (http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/grants/facsabblvprog.html).
• Fall Research Competition deadline is Sept 12.  Applications at web site (http://info.gradsch.wisc.edu/research/researchfunding/fc/announcement.html).
• Baldwin Proposal deadline is September 24. (http://www.provost.wisc.edu/baldwin/pre_call.html).
• Research Service Grants -- due in department September 30, 2008 (http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/grants/researchservicegrants.html).
• Faculty Development Grants -- due in department October 1, 2008 (http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/grants/pdf/appforfacdevgrt.pdf).