Prof. Fencl one of six named to lead UW System ‘Faculty Collaboratives’


Six faculty members from across the state have been selected to lead the UW System’s Faculty Collaboratives project, which will work in collaboration with the Association of American Colleges and Universities and four other states to make student learning outcomes and proficiencies key measures of student success. Supported by a grant from the Lumina Foundation, the UW System team will create a state-based, faculty-led “innovation hub” focused on advancing curricular reforms that lead to deeper student engagement, and higher retention and graduation rates. Physics Prof. Heidi Fencl of UW-Green Bay’s Natural and Applied Sciences unit is among the six. The others are political scientist Peggy James, UW-Parkside; political scientist Timothy Dale, La Crosse; chemist Caroline Geary, UW-Fox Valley; political scientist Tracy Slagter, Oshkosh; and geographer Dale Splinter, Whitewater.