A Companion Document for Enhancing Department Climate
Tools for Effective Leaders
The Campus Climate Networking Group identified leadership as one of four areas to address at its November 5, 2002 meeting. Jeffrey Hamm and Gary Mitchell, members of the group, developed a list of actions and strategies leaders could implement to improve climate. This list continues to be useful for leaders striving to improve climate.
Engaging Everyone in the Life of the Department
The UW–Madison Office for Strategic Consulting developed a matrix that department chairs can use or customize when assigning departmental members to committees and roles in order to ensure that opportunities are well-distributed.
Campus Resources
The UW–Madison campus offers an abundance of excellent programs and a host of talented and helpful people who can assist you in your efforts to help make our campus a “positive, supportive place to work, learn, and live.” The menu below provides information about and links to the many programs and people you can rely on for assistance and advice. Please click on each item in this menu to view the resources.
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Initiatives, programs, and offices related to climate
- Campus Strategic Framework, 2015-2019: For Wisconsin and the World
- Creating Community: Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement/Vice Provost for Diversity & Climate
- Office of Compliance
- Office for Equity and Diversity (OED)
- Office of Human Resources
- Office of the Secretary of the Faculty
- Campus Diversity and Climate Committee — for details and membership click here
- Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People in the University — for details and membership click here
- Committee on Women in the University — for details and membership click here
- Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff
- Ombuds Office for Faculty and Staff
- Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI)
Policies regarding climate-related issues
- Academic Staff Policies and Procedures
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Equal Opportunity Discrimination/Harassment Complaints
- Consensual Relationships (UW–Madison Faculty Legislation)
- Consensual Relationships (UW Board of Regents Policy)
- Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Retaliation
- Faculty Policies and Procedures & Faculty Legislation
- Family related leave policies
Note: Family related leave policies are currently under review due to changes in state law in effect since January 1, 2015. Until further notice, refer to the following existing UW–Madison policies:- Balancing Family and Work: UW–Madison Family-Related Leave Policies for Faculty, Academic Staff, and Limited Appointees
- For University Staff, see: Leave without Pay Provisions, FMLA, ADA, and Leave of Absence without Pay
- Information about the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act and the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Act
- Hostile and Intimidating Behavior
- Letters & Sciences Climate Committee – Principles of Community for L&S
- Faculty Tenure Guidelines
- Standard Salary Equity Review (faculty)
- Creating and Maintaining a Safe Learning and Work Environment at UW–Madison: Responsibilities, Resources and Reporting Requirements
- Title IX — UW-Madison policies
- Title IX — Mandatory Employee Training: Preventing Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence at UW–Madison
- Wisconsin Open Meetings Law
- Wisconsin Public Records Law
Resources for faculty & staff
- Campus Accessibility Resources
- Campus Childcare and Family Resources
- Campus Diversity and Climate Committee — for details and membership click here
- Creating Community: Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement
- Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People in the University — for details and membership click here
- Committee on Women in the University — for details and membership click here
- DELTA Program/Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL)
- Dual-Career Couple Assistance Program
- Faculty Strategic Hiring Initiative
- Gender and Sexuality Campus Center
- LGBT staff/faculty group on Facebook
- Mentoring Programs and Requirements
- STEM Diversity Network — networking and online resources
- Study of Faculty Worklife at UW–Madison (WISELI)
- Consultation about student mental health concerns (University Health Services)
- UW Women in IT (UW-WIT)
- Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI)
Resources for students
- Black Graduate & Professional Student Association
- Campus Women’s Center (student organization)
- Center for Academic Excellence (College of Letters and Science)
- Center for Educational Opportunity
- Chancellor’s and Powers-Knapp Scholarship Programs
- Division of Student Life
- Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
- Gender and Sexuality Campus CenterPronouns Guide
- Graduate Assistants’ Equity Workshops (OED)
- Graduate Research Scholar Communities (GRS)
- International Student Services
- McBurney Disability Resource Center
- McNair Scholars Program
- Multicultural Graduate Network (MGN)
- Multicultural Student Center (MSC)
- Office of Campus Childcare and Family Resources
- Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives
- Seeking Educational Equity Through Diversity (SEED)
- Options for assistance and/or reporting sex discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence or stalking
- The Pride Society (student organization)
- University Health Services (UHS)
- University Housing: Center for Cultural Enrichment (CCE)
- Wisconsin Involvement Network (Student Organizations)
- WISELI’s links to organizations for Women in Science & Engineering
External Resources
The Department Chair – Newsletter (published four times per year; UW–Madison NetID required)
American Council on Education (ACE) Leadership Academy for Department Chairs
Association of American Colleges and University (AACU) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Excellence
Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA): Academic Leadership Programs: ALP and DEO UW–Madsion BTAA contacts: Mo Noonan Bischof, Associate Vice Provost, 265-4413 Michael Bernard-Donals, Vice Provost, 262-5246
Suggested Readings
WISELI’s Climate Workshops for Department Chairs: Summative Evaluation Report
Pribbenow, Christine Maidl et al. October 8, 2007. “Climate Workshops for Department Chairs.” In Summative Evaluation Report of the Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI). Pp. 70-79.
Climate Change at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: What Changed, and Did ADVANCE Have an Impact?
Sheridan, Jennifer; Christine Maidl Pribbenow; Eve Fine; Jo Handelsman; and Molly Carnes. 2007. “Climate Change at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: What Changed, and Did ADVANCE Have an Impact?” Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network (WEPAN) 2007 Conference Proceedings. June 2007.
WISELI’s Climate Workshops for Department Chairs: Evaluation Report
Pribbenow, Christine Maidl. July 14, 2005. “WISELI’s Climate Workshops for Department Chairs: Evaluation Report.”
WISELI Department Climate Workshops: Formative Evaluation Report
Pribbenow, Christine Maidl. November 14, 2003. “WISELI Department Climate Workshops: Formative Evaluation Report.”
Acknowledgements
WISELI would like to thank the following UW–Madison faculty and staff members who served on the team that helped design this guide: Molly Carnes, Susan Coppersmith, Maury Cotter, Bernice Durand, Patrick Farrell, Eve Fine, Rosa Garner, Linda Greene, Jo Handelsman, Linda Heideman, Kathleen Holt, Christine Pribbenow, Eden Inoway-Ronnie, Donald Schutt, Jennifer Sheridan, and Lillian Tong. Thanks also to WISELI staff members, Deveny Benting and Sarah Marxhausen, for all their help.
Preparation of this resource guide was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF #0123666). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Copyright 2004 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Revision Copyright 2018.