Developing a Strategic Vision for the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha Field Station

威斯康星大学沃基肖分校（UWW）要求提供资金，以进行远景规划和规划过程，这将导致为UWW现场站（UWWFS）制定新的10年战略计划。在过去的50年里，UWWFS一直在为UWW和更大的社区服务，但没有一个全面的研究、教育、数据存储、资金和维护计划。在2014年的第一个新董事在50年被雇用，并作为2018年7月1日的UWW校园（以前2年制本科院校）将合并与威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校（UWM），一个主要的研究机构（4年制本科和研究生）。这些过渡将伴随着重大的行政变革，但也带来了令人兴奋的机会，以指导UWWFS的愿景，以增加教育，研究和推广机会。为UWWFS的全面战略计划的潜在影响，包括扩大在科学，技术，工程，艺术和数学（蒸汽）学科的正规教育机会，为K-12和大学生在SE威斯康星州的多样化和往往代表性不足的人口，以及提供实地研究和专业发展机会，为他们的教师和工作人员在蒸汽和相关学科。 在UWWFS的研究将有助于了解自然资源，因为它们可以应用于各种领域，如气候学，进化生物学，恢复生态学和入侵物种的有效控制方法。此外，独特的木烧Anagama窑，艺术教室和车站的自然美景为艺术家和其他人文学科的用户提供了无数的机会使用车站。UWWFS的资源可以提供一个理想的户外教室，为更多的非正式社区蒸汽教育规划，使宝贵的公民在21世纪世纪。该设施还应作为威斯康星州东南部凯特尔冰碛区健全环境管理的典范。与UWM合并也带来了新的机会，例如UWM研究人员的使用增加以及与UWM现场站的合作项目。这是一个合适的时机来参与一个战略规划工作，以确保一个可持续的和有影响力的未来，为UWWFS站的活动将有助于科学知识和提供环境教育的社区成员。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。

The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha (UWW) requests funding to undertake a visioning and planning process that will result in the development of a new 10- year strategic plan for the UWW Field Station (UWWFS). For the past 50 years the UWWFS has been serving the UWW and larger communities without a comprehensive plan for research, education, data storage, funding, and maintenance. In 2014 the first new director in 50 years was hired, and as of July 1, 2018 the UWW campus (previously a 2-yr undergraduate institution) will merge with UW-Milwaukee (UWM), a major research institution (4-yr undergraduate and graduate). These transitions will come with major administrative changes, but also present exciting opportunities to direct the vision of the UWWFS to increase educational, research, and outreach opportunities to the community. The potential impacts of a comprehensive strategic plan for the UWWFS include expanding formal educational opportunities in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) disciplines for a diverse and often under-represented population of K-12 and college students in SE Wisconsin, as well as providing field research and professional development opportunities for their faculty and staff in STEAM and related disciplines. Research at the UWWFS will help in understanding about natural resources as they can be applied to a variety of fields such as climatology, evolutionary biology, restoration ecology, and effective control methods for invasive species. Also, the unique wood-fired Anagama kiln, art classroom, and natural beauty of the station offer myriad opportunities for artists and other users from the humanities disciplines to use the station. The UWWFS resources can provide an ideal outdoor classroom for more informal community STEAM education programming so valuable for citizens in the 21st century. This facility should also serve as a model of sound environmental stewardship in the Kettle Moraine area of SE Wisconsin. Merging with UWM also presents new opportunities such as increased use by researchers from UWM and collaborative projects with the UWM Field Station. This is an opportune time to engage in a strategic planning effort to ensure a sustainable and impactful future for the UWWFS whereby activities at the station will contribute to scientific knowledge and provide environmental education to members of the community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.