Resources for Search Committees: Information for Prospective Faculty Members
Welcome! This webpage provides prospective and new faculty members with information about UW-Madison and the Madison community. Faculty search committees may share this website with newly hired faculty and faculty candidates who are considering a position at UW-Madison.
A note on terminology: In some links to campus and UW System web pages the terms "unclassified employees" or "employees covered by the Wisconsin Retirement System" are used -- they refer to faculty and to "academic staff" positions. "Academic staff" include researchers, instructors, and other positions in outreach and student services.
Because links and resources change regularly, please contact us to make suggestions for additions and notify us of corrections and/or broken links.
Information for Prospective Faculty Members*
Information about the University, its governance and structure
- About UW-Madison
- About shared governance
- Information for faculty and staff at UW-Madison
- Campus and Visitor Relations
- Campus leadership
- Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff Programs
- Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate, and Chief Diversity Officer
Information about employee leave and benefits
- Information about benefits
- Information about leave
- Balancing Family and Work: UW-Madison Family Leave Related Policies for Faculty, Academic Staff, and Limited Appointees
- Information about Federal and State Family and Medical Leave Acts (FMLA)
Faculty development, mentoring, and support programs
- New Faculty Programs and Events
- Women Faculty Mentoring Program
- Faculty Networking Lunch Series
- Graduate School Resources and Funding
- Employee Support Services
Campus offices and resources for childcare and work-life balance
- Office of Childcare and Family Resources
- Lactation rooms on campus
- Balancing Family and Work: UW-Madison Family Leave Related Policies for Faculty, Academic Staff, and Limited Appointees
- Information about Federal and State Family and Medical Leave Acts (FMLA)
- Information about Workplace Flexibility policies and programs
- Employee Assistance Office
Campus resources for dual-career couples
- Strategic Hiring Initiative for Dual-Career Couples — includes resources to assist with recruiting or retaining a tenure-track faculty member by hiring the spouse/partner into a faculty position (priority given to dual career hires that contribute to faculty diversity)
- Dual-Career Couple Assistance Program — provides assistance to faculty spouses/partners seeking non-faculty positions on campus and in the broader community
Campus offices and organizations
responsible for equity, diversity, and inclusion
- Vice Provost for Diversity and Climate & Chief Diversity Officer
- Creating Community Website — information, events, resources related to equity, diversity, and inclusion on the UW-Madison campus
- Office of Compliance
- Office for Equity and Diversity
- Equity and Diversity Committees in each school, college, or unit
- Ombuds Office for Faculty and Staff
- University Committees — See Campus Diversity and Climate Committee; Disabilities Accommodation Advisory Committee; Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee; and Women in the University
- Women Faculty Mentoring Program
- WISELI's links to UW Organizations for Women in Science and Engineering
- WISELI's links to UW Organizations fostering Diversity
Campus offices and programs providing
resources and services for people with disabilities
- Disability Policies and Information
- Employee Disability Accommodation Website,
Disability Coordinator/Employment: Barbara Lanser - McBurney Disability Resource Center
- Index of Campus Assessibility Resources
- Waisman Center Resources for Families
Campus offices and resources for international faculty and staff
Campus organizations and resources for the LGBTQ Community
- University Committees: See Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues
- Gender and Sexuality Campus Center — as a unit of the Division of Student Life, the LGBT Campus Center primarily serves students, but also provides networking and resources to faculty and staff
Campus religious organizations and institutions
- Religious Communities represented by University Religious Workers
- Student Religious Organizations (Note: sort by "religious") — some organizations serve faculty, staff, and the local community as well as students
About Madison and vicinity
- Information about Madison from UW-Madison
- Official "City of Madison" website
- Madison, Wisconsin — awards and rankings
- Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau — includes "Living in Madison"
- City of Madison Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Associations
- Local communities (cities, towns, villages) in and around Madison
Public and private schools
Public schools
Private schools — no religious affiliation
- Eagle School
- Horizon High School
- Madison Community Montessori School (non-denominational)
- Madison Country Day School
- Madison Waldorf School
- Walbridge School
- Wingra School K-12
Private schools — with religious affiliations
- Abundant Life Christian School
- Blessed Sacrament School (Catholic)
- Capitoland Christian School
- Eastside Lutheran School
- Edgewood Campus Grade School (Catholic)
- Edgewood High School (Catholic)
- High Point Christian School
- Holy Cross Lutheran School
- Lighthouse Christian School
- Madinah Academy of Madison (Islamic)
- Madison Jewish Community Day School
- Our Lady Queen of Peace School (Catholic)
- Our Redeemer Lutheran School
- St. Ambrose Academy (Catholic)
- St. Dennis School (Catholic)
- St. James School (Catholic)
- St. Maria Goretti Parish School (Catholic)
- Three Angels Christian School (Seventh-day Adventist)
Cultural and community organizations and resources
- Association of Indians in America-Wisconsin Chapter
- Centro Hispano
- Jewish Federation of Madison
- Latino Chamber of Commerce of Dane County, WI
- Latino Support Network (LaSup)
- Madison Black Chamber of Commerce — includes the Black Business Directory, 2016-2017 edition which lists many organizations including:
- Boys & Girls Club of Dane County
- 100 Black Men
- Madison Network of Black Professionals
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- Urban League of Greater Madison
- Young, Gifted, and Black Coalition
- Wisconsin Women of Color
- Outreach: South Central Wisconsin's LGBT Community Center — includes a directory listing non-profit & social groups and LGBT friendly businesses.
- Also see Spectrum Magazine Directory, 2012.
Religious organizations and institutions
Madison's places of workshop are far too numerous to list here. The directories listed below provide links and information to places of workshop that cater to wide variety of faiths and denominations including: African Methodist Episcopal, Assemblies of God, Bahai, Baptist, Buddhist, Catholic, Episcopal Evangelical. Greek Orthodox, Islamic, Jewish, Lutheran, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Quaker, Sikh, United Church of Christ, United Methodist.
Resources for childcare and eldercare
- Community Coordinated Child Care (4C) — Childcare resources and referrals
- Satellite Family Childcare — Madison accreditation agency and referral services
- Wisconsin Regulated Childcare Search
- Wisconsin Department of Health Services: Programs and Services for Older Adults in Wisconsin
Resources for people with disabilities
Resources for members of LGBTQ communities
- Outreach: South Central Wisconsin's LGBT Community Center — includes a directory listing non-profit & social groups and LGBT friendly businesses.
Ethnic grocery stores, beauticians, and barbers
- Jewish Federation of Madison — includes a community directory listing a variety of community organizations, kosher caterers, sources of kosher food, and more.
- Latino Chamber of Commerce of Dane County, WI — incluse a business directory listing restaurants, bakeries, grocers, ice cream parlors, and more.
- Madison Black Chamber of Commerce — includes the Black Business Directory, 2016-2017 edition which lists nearly 200 businesses ranging from artists to business consultants; restaurants and caterers; grocers; hair and beauty services; lawyers; and more. It also lists predominantly black churches, community organizations, motivational speakers, and published authors
Grocery stores
In addition to the directories provided above, see this Sept. 22, 2011 newspaper article on Madison's ethnic grocery stores, and the following:
- African Market; 805 S. Gammon Road; 441-0276
- Asian Midway Foods; 301 S. Park Street; 255-5864
- Bombay Bazaar; 753 S. Gammon Road; 270-9822
- El Mercadito; 916 S. Whitney Way; 441-7375
- Imperial Garden; 2039 Allen Blvd.; 238-6445
- India House; 709 S. Gammon Road; 268-0240
- Jamerica Grocery & Deli Restaurant; 1236 Williamson St.; 608-251-6234
- La Hispana Grocery Store 3060 Fish Hatchery Rd. Madison, WI 53713 608-277-1750
- Latino Grocer 7 Fair Oaks Avenue
- Lee’s Oriental 3240 University Avenue 231-1593
- Maharani Indian Grocery Store 6719 Odana Road 827-7188
- Mercado Marimar 2102 S. Park Street 260-8924
- Oriental Shop 1029 S. Park Street 251-7991
- Oriental Food Mart 1206 S. Park St. Madison, WI 53715 255-0326
- Rising Sons Laotian & Thai Deli 617 State St. Madison, WI 53703 Phone: 608-661-4334
- Super Tienda Latina 6005 Monona Drive 221-2203
- Tobacco Deals and Halal Meat Market 2618 E. Washington Ave. Madison, WI 53704 244-0484
- Yuw-Wah Oriental Foods 2328 S. Park Street 257-9338
Media outlets serving diverse communities
- Asian Wisconzine Magazine
- Capital City Hues
- La Comunidad News
- LaMovida Radio Station
- Madison 365
- Madison Times
- Our Lives Magazine — Celebrating Madison's LGBT and Allied Community
- UMOJA Magazine
- Voz Latina
- WORT Community Radio 89.9FM — includes Hmong Radio, Sundays 6-8am; Salamat, Arabic news and music, Sundays 6-6:30pm; Neustro Patio, Spanish language news, Tuesdays 7-8pmRock en Espanol, Thursdays 11pm-2am; Los Madrugadores, Spanish music and conversation, Saturdays 5-8am; and more
*Acknowledgment
Information provided here is based on earlier resources guides prepared by Sarah Pfatteicher for the College of Engineering and Dawn Crim for the Office of the Chancellor, Community Relations.