Continuing Education offerings

Connecting campus and community. Continuing Education serves a wide variety of nontraditional students. Following are links to news releases about upcoming Continuing Education programs.

• Professional development series for sign language interpreters offered.
• Summer Institute Design-a-Cover Contest winners announced.
• Small Business Development Center to offer QuickBooks workshops.
• New Financial Management Series to be offered.
• Supervisory management workshops to be offered.

Additional information can be found on the Continuing Education Web site or by calling 715-836-3636.

Graduate Curricular Changes in College of Arts and Sciences

Following are graduate curricular changes in the College of Arts and Sciences. If you have questions or objections, contact Margaret Cassidy at cassidml@uwec.edu or 836-3152 within 30 days of this notice, posted Jan. 28, 2010.

• View changes.

Campus Campaign 2010 kicks off this week

The UW-Eau Claire Foundation's 2010 Campus Campaign, "Championing Excellence," kicks off this week. UW-Eau Claire employees will receive an e-mail providing complete details about contributing to the Campus Campaign.

Leslie Huntington, head coach of the Blugold women's fastpitch softball team, and Bernard "Duffy" Duyfhuizen, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of English, are serving as this year's Campus Campaign chairs. Read a letter from the chairs and find additional campaign information on the 2010 Campus Campaign Web site.

Mark your calendar: The UW-Eau Claire Foundation will host its annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Luncheon Thursday, Feb. 25, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Council Fire Room-Willow Lounge, Davies Center. University employees are invited to come when they can and stay as long as they are able.

For more information about Campus Campaign, contact Diane Doudna at maillto:doudnadn@uwec.edu or 715-836-3819.

Call for nominations for 2010 women's studies awards

Since 1982 UW-Eau Claire's women's studies program has recognized exemplary student projects and research nominated by faculty mentors. Emphasizing the contributions and roles of women, these works demonstrate the importance of creative student-faculty collaboration. In addition to originality, timeliness and contributions to the field, award criteria include emphasis on women and the potential impact of the project. Papers and projects in fulfillment of class requirements during the sessions of spring, summer and fall 2009 are eligible for nomination. Students do not need to be enrolled during the fall 2009 or spring 2010 semesters to be eligible. Information about entry categories and awards is available online. You also may e-mail Katherine Rhoades at rhoadeka@uwec.edu or Judy Gray at grayjm@uwec.edu, or call 836-5717 for more information. The entry deadline is Feb. 5, but early entries are encouraged.