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Lumen Program Form: Supporting Information Section

Series of linked KnowledgeBase documents that includes instructions for accessing and completing the Lumen Program form, start to finish. This document provides direction for completing the fields in the Supporting Information section of new and change proposals.
Supporting Information alleviates the burden of creating memos for each program proposal that comes through. The set-up in Lumen Programs allows for proposers to enter supporting information from individuals, OR an upload for emails or letters of support. The entire section is only available when the program proposal is a degree/major, certificate, capstone, or named option. 

List name and department of those who are in support of this proposal.

This field is connected to the database, which contains most of the individuals that work at UW-Madison. Enter one approval per line. To add more than one person, click the green plus sign for additional rows.
Add a new row
Name (Last, First): Always search for an individual by last name. If you search by first name, it will not pull up individuals.
Date of contact/support letter received: Enter the date in which support was received by the program. Preferred format is: [year]-[month]-[day]. Example: 2019-08-01
School,College, or Department: Select from the drop down the department in which the person supporting the program is associated with.
Comment by contact person: This can be copy/pasted from emails.
On behalf of: This can be used if someone is entering information but didn't personally receive the support information.
If those supporting the proposal provided a letter or email of support upload here. A letter is NOT required. Upload any other explanatory information about support from other UW-Madison units.
This upload field is intended for PDFs. The form will support word documents, but the preferred format is PDF. Appropriate kinds of uploads would be emails or memos.
File names should follow a standard naming convention: Support_[Transcript Text, Award]_[school/college, or department]_[date(year+month+date)]
Example: Support_BusinessBusinessAnalyticsMS_ISchool_20181127
 
Additional Information:
This field is utilized for any additional items that do not fit into other categories on the form. Additional approval information from the Higher Learning Commission, Board of Regents, or UW System will be located here. 
File names should follow a standard naming convention: [Approving Group]_[Transcript Text, Award]_[Short description of item]_[date(year+month+date)]
Examples: 
BoR_AppliedBiotechnologyMS_NOIApproval_20181217
HLC_AppliedBiotechnologyMS_NewApproval_20190802
SystemAdmin_AppliedBiotechnologyMS_NewRequestCollaborationMemo_20190215


Keywordsproposal support, additional information   Doc ID85078
OwnerKaren M.Group Lumen and Guide
Created2018-08-21 12:21:52Updated2024-01-17 16:27:17
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