UWM Chancellor Michael Lovell sent an email to faculty and students yesterday announcing that Joan Prince, the university’s vice chancellor for partnerships and innovation, was recently nominated by President Obama to serve as alternate representative of the U.S. at the United Nations when its General Assembly convenes for the 67th time next week.
Lovell writes:
Dear UWM Faculty, Staff and Students,
I am very pleased to tell you that a member of our UWM leadership team has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve in a position at the United Nations.
Vice Chancellor Joan M. Prince, who has been an integral part of the UWM family for four decades, is to become Alternate Representative of the United States to the Sixty-seventh Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
The appointment, with the rank of Ambassador, has been tentatively approved by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, with full voice vote from the Senate floor expected later this month. She will be sworn in by the President and Ambassador Susan E. Rice on Sept. 18 and will begin her duties as the United States diplomatic representative with the opening of the General Assembly later that day.
Please join me in congratulating Joan on her nomination to serve our country. She will continue to be a vital and contributing member of the UWM family during her appointment and is sure to open more doors for international opportunities for our students, faculty and staff.
The announcement can be found on the website of the Office of the Press Secretary at The White House.
Best,
Michael R. Lovell
Chancellor
The White House released this bio of Prince earlier this week:
Dr. Joan M. Prince is Vice Chancellor for Partnerships and Innovation at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Previously, from 1996 to 2000, she was Manager of the Health Professions Partnership Initiative at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. From 1982 to 1996, Dr. Prince was a Clinical Laboratory Supervisor at the Franciscan Shared and Medical Sciences Laboratories. She has worked concurrently as a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since 1984. Additionally, Dr. Prince has served on a number of boards and committees, including the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, the Council on Foundations, the Urban Libraries Council, and the Congressional Black Caucus Scholarship Committee. Dr. Prince received a B.A. in Biology, a B.S. in Medical Technology, an M.S. in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Urban Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
