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Kudos, Eric Loepp!

We’d like recognize the work of Eric Loepp, assistant professor of political science and director of the Learning Technology Center. He and two other political scientists assembled more than 30 chapters on how to teach the political science research process.

The anthology, “The Palgrave Handbook of Political Research Pedagogy,” is divided into four sections covering information literacy, research design, research methods, and research writing. This book addresses why political science programs teach the research process and how instructors develop their pedagogical approaches when teaching research courses. It offers a variety of perspectives on pedagogical approach, student audience, and the role of research in their curricula by focusing on the experiences that have guided instructors’ philosophies and related teaching practices.

Sounds like a lot of hard work, Eric, way to go!

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UW-W NCBI DEI Workshops

UW-Whitewater has been a campus affiliate of the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) since 2018. The National Coalition Building Institute is an international leadership organization that provides training in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in community organizations, K-12 schools, college and university campuses, corporations and law enforcement. 

Academic Affairs proudly offers these important workshops that have the potential to impact the lives of our Warhawk faculty, staff and students.

ICIT staff are encouraged to take part in the NCBI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion workshops offered on campus. See the NCBI at UW-W workshop calendar or visit the signup tool to see session details and dates as well as to register.

See what participants of recent workshops are saying about their experiences.

The NCBI team can schedule workshops for groups/units at times other than the pre-scheduled sessions. And they also offer a shorter “Controversial Issues” model in addition to the EDI workshops.

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January 3rd Party Patch

Starting Tuesday, January 18, the January third-party patch will be available for ICIT staff. ICIT staff will be in the first group to have the update available for installation prior to the full-campus release on Thursday, January 20. To review what is included in this patch, please see KB0010991.

The patch runs differently for macOS and PC/Windows devices:

  • macOS devices will receive a pushed update on January 18 1 that will run silently in the background. If your Mac is not on the campus network (remote employees), your device will need to be connected to Cisco AnyConnect VPN for a few hours to complete the update.
  • PC/Windows devices will see notification when the patch becomes available in Software Center on January 18.
    • Prior to updating, please close Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. Windows users who do not self-install the update by Thursday, January 20 at 7 am will have the update pushed to their computer. At that time, the push can be deferred for 24 hours, after that deferral, Chrome and Firefox must be closed before starting the installations.
    • Employees not on the campus network will need to connect to Cisco AnyConnect VPN for a few hours to complete the update.

Both Mac and Windows users can reference KB0011003 for more information on the push process.

If you experience any issues during or after the install process, please contact Joel Koszyczarek.