Dr. Patrick Glenn Hagen has held several administrative and teaching positions within the University of Wisconsin system since 1996. His most recent role is as Senior Special Assistant to the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges, where he supports the Chancellor's transition of the UW-Richland campus to a regional administrative model. Prior to this role, Dr. Hagen served as the Campus Executive Officer and Dean of UW-Richland from 2010 to 2015, where he oversaw enrollment management, budgeting, facilities planning, and community partnerships. He has a PhD in German literature from UW-Madison and has taught German language and literature courses since 1995.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
March 28, 2016
Dr. Patrick Glenn Hagen
24970 Smart Lane
Richland Center, WI 53581
(608)-383-3020
patrick.hagen@uwc.edu
POSITIONS HELD
January 1, 2016-present: Senior Special Assistant to the
Chancellor, University of Wisconsin Colleges.
July, 2010-December 31, 2015: Campus Executive Officer/Dean,
University of Wisconsin-Richland (UW-Richland).
May, 2008-June, 2010: Chair, Humanities Department (English,
Foreign Languages, and Philosophy) at the University of
Wisconsin-Platteville (UW-Platteville)
June 2006: Tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in
Humanities Department, UW-Platteville.
August, 1996-June, 2010: Head, UW-Platteville German Program.
1996-2001: Lecturer in German at UW-Platteville.
1995-1996; fall 1994: Visiting Instructor of Modern Languages
and Literature at Beloit College.
EDUCATION December, 1997: Ph.D. in German literature at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison).
December, 1988: MA in German Literature at the UW-Madison.
May, 1986: BA with a degree in German literature and an Honor’s
degree in political science at the UW-Madison.
July, 1983-August, 1984: Participated in the DAAD-sponsored
“Deutschlandkundlicher Sommerkurs” at the Universität
Regensburg; Rotary International Scholar at the Universität
Hamburg, West Germany.
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2. THESES 1997: “’Deutscher ohne gesellschaftliche Legitimation, Jude ohne
Zugehörigkeit:’ Cultural Mediation in Jakob Wassermann’s
Franconian Novels.” Directors: Klaus Berghahn and James
Steakley.
1986: Senior Honor’s Thesis entitled “The Social Democratic
Party of West Germany and the NATO Two-Track Decision of
December 12, 1979.”
ADMINISTRATION
Senior Special Assistant to the Chancellor, University of
Wisconsin Colleges. Lend support to Chancellor Cathy Sandeen to
help transition the UW-Richland campus to a regional
administrative model. Attend meetings, consult, and provide
support as needed.
Campus Executive Officer/Dean, UW-Richland, a two-year,
freshman-sophomore, liberal arts campus in the University of
Wisconsin System.
Institutional Profile: UW-Richland is one of thirteen campuses in
the University of Wisconsin Colleges (UWC). It provides
affordable access and a strong transfer mission to comprehensive
institutions in the University of Wisconsin System and beyond.
Duties:Serve as UW-Richland’s campus executive officer and
dean. Provide vision and leadership to enable the campus to grow
and thrive within the context of UWC. Represent the interests of
the central administration and serve as a liaison between the
institutional office and the campus. Implement the policies and
procedures of UWC. Oversee enrollment management and
marketing. Manage the academic program. Foster the
development of faculty and staff. Ensure that campus programs
are assessed and that campus leaders and staff are evaluated on an
annual basis. Hire and supervise 50 faculty and staff. Oversee a
$4.0 million annual budget. Develop and maintain strong
relationships between the campus and the city, county, and region.
Play an active role on community boards and participate in
regional organizations. Collaborate with area businesses and
organizations to improve the work force. Assist foundation
executive secretary in development work. Lobby on behalf of UW-
Richland with state legislators.
Selected Accomplishments:
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3. Transitioned the campus into a revenue-based budget model in
2011. Met tuition revenue targets for four of my five years at UW-
Richland. Balanced the budget each of the five years. Established
a reserve account of $1,000,000.
Managed $110,000 staff budget reduction in FY14. Re-
conceptualized the functions of non-instructional academic staff
and classified staff on the UW-Richland campus.
Grew international enrollments by 225% since 2010. 14% of
campus enrollment is currently international.
Expanded concurrent enrollment program with area high schools
by 678% since 2009 producing $137,000 in revenue in FY15.
Assisted Executive Director of the Richland County Campus
Foundation 2010 to the present. Met with donors and spoke with
them on the phone. Helped raise $2.4 million in scholarship
funding and $2.5 million unrestricted since 2010.
Hired a new campus Executive Team and worked with these
campus leaders to create an esprit de corps and an administrative
vision for the campus.
In 2014-15, chaired the chancellor’s Retention Task Force
producing a report that summarized retention data in UWC and
made a series of recommendations for improving retention across
the institution.
Served on three task forces—Inclusive Excellence, Restructuring
the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and ESL.
Served on two CEO/Dean searches, including a search for a
founding dean of UWC Online.
Assisted the provost in implementing UWC’s Bachelor of Applied
Arts and Science degree. Served as liaison between UW-Richland
and UW-Platteville in realizing our version of the degree-
completion program. Led implementation on the UW-Richland
campus. Established articulation agreement with Southwest
Technical College for the applied pathway.
Built a new dormitory with the Campus View Corporation in 2014
to accommodate growth in residential enrollment.
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4. Completed a five-year strategic plan in 2011 and a ten-year
campus facilities master plan in 2014.
Received a $15,000 grant from the Woodman Foundation to create
the new Woodman Learning Center in the Miller Memorial
Library.
Hired an ecologist to begin a wildlife resources management
transfer program. Secured $50,000 in start-up
funding from campus reserves to begin an undergraduate research
program at the campus farm.
Over five years, developed a sister-city relationship between
Yueqing, China and Richland Center, Wisconsin. Hosted three
delegations from Yueqing. Took a delegation from Richland
Center to Yueqing. Established a summer English-language camp
in Yueqing through Continuing Education and welcomed the first
students from Yueqing to UW-Richland in fall 2014.
Partnered with Southwest Partners to create a Career Education
Cooperative program to prepare high-school students for careers in
manufacturing.
Made regular presentations to local and regional service clubs,
including Rotary, Lions, and Kiwanis on developments at UW-
Richland, UW Colleges, and UW System as well as live interviews
on the local radio station and recorded interviews on cable
television.
Selected Conferences, Training, and Professional
Development:
January 2015: Attended the Centennial Annual Meeting of the
AACU entitled “Liberal Education, Global Flourishing, and the
Equity Imperative,” in Washington, D.C. This included
participation in the Centennial Symposium entitled “America’s
Global Future: Are College Students Prepared?” and the
Presidents’ Forum. Washington, D.C.
November 2014: Attended 2014 TIAA-CREF Institute Higher
Education Leadership Conference in NYC.
June 2012: Attended UB Tech 2012, University Business
Leadership Institute, Las Vegas.
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5. January 2012: Attended the Association of American Colleges and
Universities’ (AACU) annual meeting entitled “Shared Futures:
Reclaiming a Democratic Vision for College Learning, Global
Engagement, and Success. Also participated in the workshop
“Long-term Planning: The Integration of Finances and Programs”
presented by staff from Lawrence University, and the Presidents’
Forum. Washington, D.C.
November 2010: Attended AACU’s conference entitled “Facing
the Divides: Diversity, Learning, and Pathways to Inclusive
Excellence in Houston, Texas. July 2010: Led a UW-Richland
team to the Noel-Levitz Conference in Student Recruitment,
Marketing, and Retention, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Papers:
June 2015: Presented “Recruitment and Retention of International
Students: Best Practices at the University of Wisconsin-Richland”
at the Regional and Branch Campus Administrators 2015
Leadership Conference in Longboat Key, Florida.
Selected Panels:
Presented at “The Future of Our Public Schools and Higher
Education in Wisconsin Panel Discussion” sponsored by The
Madison Institute in April, 2015 in Richland Center, Wisconsin.
Participated in “Finding Common Ground,” a panel discussion on
the impact of the 2011-2013 biennial budget on various public
educational institutions in the River Valley. Sponsored by
Concerned Citizens of the River Valley. March 2011
Participated in a panel discussion on Governor Walker’s biennial
budget at Richland Center High School. March 2011.
Community Activities:
2010-present: Columnist every five weeks for The Richland
Observer.
2012-2015: President, Rotary Club of Richland County.
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6. 2012-2015: Chair, Richland Rejuvenates’ Making-a-Difference
Awards, a community awards program.
2013-present: Board Member, Neighborhood Housing Services of
Southwest Wisconsin.
2014-2015: Partner, Youth and Family Initiative Project sponsored
by the Richland County Ministerial Association.
2014-2015: Member, Richland Center Mayor’s Tourism
Committee.
2012-present: Chair, Richland Center-Yueqing Sister-city
Committee.
Memberships:
Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2010-present.
CHAIR 2008-2010: Department Chair of Humanities (English,
Philosophy, and World Languages) at the University of Wisconsin-
Platteville. Supervised 45 professors, instructors, and classified
staff members. Led the department in programmatic and curricular
development. Managed hiring of faculty and instructional staff.
Served on Dean’s Executive Council.
TEACHING 1996-2010: Associate Professor of German at UW-Platteville.
Taught survey courses in all periods of German literature and
culture, German civilization, phonetics, German language, and
world languages teaching methods. Also taught Introduction to
Intercultural Communication; Teaching 4060, Teaching World
Languages: Theory and Practice; Action Research for the ELL
program. Developed and taught in China English 5260, Language
and Culture, and English 7250, Sociolinguistics and Language
Teaching. Supervised student teachers.
Selected Leadership and Shared Governance:
Fall, 2009-Spring, 2010: Chair, Faculty Senate, UW-Platteville.
Fall, 2009-Spring, 2010: UW-Platteville Faculty Representative to
UW System.
Fall, 2009-Spring, 2010: Member, Chancellor’s Cabinet, UW-
Platteville.
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7. 2003-2005: President of the Wisconsin Chapter of the American
Association of Teachers of German.
2003-2005: Member of the Wisconsin Association for Language
Teachers’ Executive Board.
Selected Accreditation and Assessment:
February, 2008: Participated in the AACU Conference entitled:
“Integrative Designs for General Education Assessment.”
Boston, Massachusetts.
2007-2010: Member, UWP’s General Education Task Force.
March, 2002: Attended annual meeting of the Higher Learning
Commission, Chicago, Illinois as part of the provost’s team.
May-June, 2000: Visited and evaluated study abroad programs in
Germany. Sponsored by the UW-Platteville’s Institute for Study
Abroad.
Selected Publications:
Article: “Cultural Mediation in Jakob Wassermann’s Das
Gänsemännchen” (work in progress).
Affiliate newsletter: American Association of Teacher of German-
Wisconsin Chapter, Voice of WAFLT, Volume 33. Number 1, Fall
2005, pp. 62-63.
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8. Affiliate newsletter: American Association of Teacher of German-
Wisconsin Chapter, Voice of WAFLT, Volume 32, Number 1, Fall
2004, pp. 58-59.
Article: “Teaching Mutlticulturalism in the German Language
Classroom: A Topic for Professional Development in the Age of PI
34,” Voice of WAFLT, Volume 31, Number 2, Spring 2004, pp. 14-
15.
Book review: Wulf Koepke, Die Deutschen, third edition, Die
Unterrichtspraxis, 36.2 (Fall 2003), pp. 218-219.
Book review: “Deutsch Plus,” Die Unterrichtspraxis, 35.1 (Spring
2002), pp. 91-92.
Teaching Unit: “Materials for Teaching Der Besuch der alten
Dame,” published by the American Association of Teachers of
German, pp. 1-26, 2001.
Book review: Ulrich Struve’s Kaspar Hauser. Der Findling in der
Literatur. Monatshefte, Vol. 85, No. 2, pp. 230-232 (Summer
1993)
Selected Papers:
February 29, 2008: Paper presenter at the Humanities Forum,
paper entitled “Talk to Me: The ACTFL Oral Proficiency
Guidelines-Speaking and an Upper-Division German Course.”
April 13, 2004, OPID Spring Conference, Examples of Work in
Progress (Wisconsin Teaching Fellows), Paper topic: “The ACTFL
Proficiency Guidelines and the Teaching of a German
Conversation and Composition Course at UW-Platteville.”
2002: Chaired paper session entitled “Making Small Beautiful:
New Curricula in Small Undergraduate German Programs.”
Presented paper: “David Meets Goliath: Small Programs, Big
Issues, ACTFL Conference, November 22-24,2002, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
1999: “From Where I Hang My Hats: Reflections on the Journey
from Graduate School to a One-Person German Program,” ACTFL
Conference, Dallas, Texas, November 20.
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9. 1997: “Distorted Man: Satire in Thomas Mann’s Tristan,” A multi-
media lecture as part of the Department of Liberal Studies series
on the Mann family, UW-Madison, April 1.
Selected Panels:
November, 2008: Member of Panel Discussion entitled: “College,
Curriculum, Communication: Can We Talk?” at the Wisconsin
Association for Language Teachers Conference, Appleton, WI.
2002: “Teaching German in Wisconsin,” WAFLT Conference,
Appleton, WI, November 1, 2002.
2002: “Foreign Language at ALL Levels: One Region’s
Perspective,” WAFLT Conference, Appleton, Wi, November 2,
2002.
Selected Workshops:
November, 2005: Organized “Keep Your German Program
Strong,” a half-day workshop at the Wisconsin Association for
Language Teachers’ Conference in Appleton, Wisconsin.
June, 2003: Organized and co-presented “Teaching Diversity in
the German Language Classroom: Multimedia Approaches to
Crossing the Cultural Divide” at UWP.
Selected Awards and Grants:
April 9, 2016: Neighborhood Housing of Southwest Wisconsin,
Service Award.
December 31, 2015: “Dr. Patrick Hagen Day in Richland Center,”
proclamation of Mayor Paul Corcoran and City Council.
September 2015: Named Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary Club of
Richland County.
October 2014: College of Liberal Arts and Education’s Excellence
in Teamwork Award for General Education Task Force.
December, 2009: Commencement Marshal, UW-Platteville.
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10. Fall, 2009: College of Liberal Arts and Education Outstanding
Service Award.
2003-2004: Wisconsin Teaching Fellow.
2001: German Government TraiNDaF (leadership) grant.
1986: Phi Beta Kappa.
1983-1984: Rotary International Scholarship to Hamburg, West
Germany.
Memberships:
American Association of Teachers of German (AATG): 1990-
2010.
AATGWI: 1990-2010.
Modern Language Association: 2008-2010
National Council of Teachers of English: 2008-2010
Wisconsin Association of Language Teachers: 1994-2010
REFERENCES
Dr. Norlene Emerson, Professor of Geology/Geography, UW-
Richland, (608)-647-6186, ext. 109, norlene.emerson@uwc.edu
Mr. Ron Fruit, Owner, WRCO AM-FM Radio, Richland Center,
Wisconsin. (608)-647-2111, rfruit@wrco.com
Ms. Annette Hackbarth-Onson, Director of Admissions, Lake
Superior State University, 906-635-2693,
ahackbarthonson@lssu.edu
Dr. Greg Lampe, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs, University of Wisconsin Colleges, (608)-263-1794,
greg.lampe@uwc.edu
Mr. Dundee McNair, Associate Dean for Administration and
Finance, Southwest Region, UW Colleges, (608)-604-2356,
dundee.mcnair@uwc.edu
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11. Dr. John Short, President, University of Maine at Fort Kent, (207)-
834-7504, john.short@maine.edu
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