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Personnel

Academic Staff - Information and Resources

Who are we?UW-Eau Claire campus

UW-Eau Claire academic staff are unclassified professional, administrative and instructional personnel with duties that are primarily associated with higher education institutions. Academic Staff serve our students in positions such as academic advisors, counselors, outreach and laboratory managers, teachers and lecturers. Academic staff work in areas providing direct support to students or in administrative areas providing oversight, direction and planning for major functional areas of the university.

Academic Staff positions are categorized into two major groups:

  • Administrative & Professional (non-teaching) Academic Staff (APAS - category A)
  • Instructional and Research Academic Staff (IRAS - category B)

Resources Available for all Academic Staff:

A wealth of resources are available for academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The following provides information relevant to the professional enhancement of all academic staff. Also, specific information is provided for Instructional and Research Academic Staff (IRAS) as well as for the Administrative and Professional (non-teaching) Academic Staff (APAS).

Resources for Instructional and Research Academic Staff (IRAS):

Resources for Administrative and Professional Academic Staff (APAS):

Academic Staff Personnel Committee:

Membership: The committee includes nine members: four University Academic Staff senators elected by the University Academic Staff members of the Senate, four academic staff elected by the Academic Staff, at large, and one administrator selected by the Chancellor. Two seats must be held by teaching academic staff members. Members shall serve three-year terms. If the term of the Academic Staff Representative, on the Academic Staff Personnel Committee expires, then he/she becomes an ex officio (and voting) member of the Academic Staff Personnel Committee for the remainder of his/her term of office as Academic Staff Representative.

Functions: The Academic Staff Personnel Committee shall consider and recommend policies affecting the Academic Staff in regard to status, salary, indefinite appointment, promotion, and working conditions. It shall also consider and recommend the practices and procedures for implementing those policies and serve as the agent for revision and amendment of the UW-Eau Claire Academic Staff Personnel Rules.

Academic Staff Representative:

The Academic Staff Representative shall represent the academic staff at UWS meetings of the Academic Staff Representatives and at other appropriate meetings where concerns of the academic staff are discussed and shall be responsible for reporting actions and information relevant to academic staff to the University Senate and to the Academic Staff Personnel Committee. UW-Eau Claire's Academic Staff Representative is Jennifer Brockpahler, brockpja@uwec.edu

Employee Assistance Program (EAP):

The UW-Eau Claire Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is a workplace service that assists individuals in dealing with personal difficulties that may be affecting career performance and personal success. An individual's participation is free, voluntary, confidential, and not part of his or her personnel records. All EAP files are confidential and kept at UW-Eau Claire Counseling Services. Most individuals are self-referred however, a supervisor or administrator can make a referral if work performance is below standards. All UW-Eau Claire Staff, Faculty, and their family members are eligible to utilize the program.

EAP services include: individual and group counseling, assessment, referrals, follow-up, consultation, and outreach. EAP services are located at Counseling Services in Old Library 2122. To get more information about the program an individual can walk in, call Counseling Services at 836-5521, e-mail Pete Chellman, EAP Coordinator at chellmpa@uwec.edu, or visit the counseling website at www.uwec.edu/counsel/.

UW-Eau Claire Excellence in Performance Award for Administrative & Professional Academic Staff:

The Excellence in Performance Award is given annually to a member of the administrative and professional academic staff who, in the opinion of their colleagues, excel in the areas of performance and service. Excellence in performance is the primary criterion for the award, but evidence of outstanding service to the University beyond the scope of university employment enhances a nomination. Any full-time member of the administrative and professional academic staff is eligible to be nominated for the award; and any member of the academic staff, faculty, administration, or student body may make a nomination.

All nominations are solicited and received by the Academic Staff Awards Committee which is appointed by the Chancellor from recommendations by the Academic Staff Nominating Committee. Any full-time member of the non-instructional academic staff may serve on the Awards Committee. The Committee evaluates the nominations for each award and forwards its selections to the Chancellor.

The first Excellence in Performance Award was awarded in 1987. The Foundation currently provides $1,500 for the award recipient.

UW-Eau Claire Excellence in Teaching Award:

The Excellence in Teaching Award is given annually to a member of the faculty or instructional academic staff who, in the opinion of alumni, have stimulated students to high standards of scholarship, both in and out of the classroom, and have inspired active interest in learning and in self-improvement. Faculty and instructional academic staff are eligible if their teaching FTE (as listed on position control) is 50 percent teaching or more and they have been employed at the University for at least one year prior to the year during which the balloting is being done. Faculty/staff who have received the award within the immediate ten-year period are ineligible.

Alumni from the most recent graduating class do not receive ballots. Those from the next three most recent graduating classes are eligible to vote. They indicate first, second, and third choices selected from the list of eligible faculty and teaching academic staff.

Currently, the Foundation provides a $1,500 award for the recipient.


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