Proposed graduate curricular changes in College of Arts and Sciences

The following courses have been proposed as new or revised graduate course offerings or for deletion from the graduate curriculum.  If you have questions or objections, contact Dr. Margaret Cassidy at cassidml@uwec.edu or 715-836-3152 within 30 days of this notice, posted Aug. 2, 2013.

New Course Proposals
HIST 525 History and Memory in Europe, 3 crs.
HIST 545 Civil Rights and American Memory, 3 crs.

Revision of Existing Courses
MUSI 545 Voice Pedagogy, 3 crs. (change of when offered)
WMNS 696 Capstone: Social Justice Practicum, 3 crs. (change of course components)

Deletion from Curriculum
MUSI 515 Piano Pedagogy, 2 crs.
MUSI 675 Piano Literature, 3 crs.

Electrical outage planned for Aug. 3

An electrical outage is planned from 6-10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3. The following buildings will be without electricity during that time: Schofield Hall, Hibbard Hall, Davies Student Center, Zorn Arena, Brewer Hall and Centennial Hall. Emergency generators will run in all of the buildings except Centennial Hall during the outage for loads that are connected to emergency power. Air conditioning will not be in operation during the outage.

Open forums for dean of students finalists

The search committee for the position of UW-Eau Claire dean of students has scheduled open forums for each candidate. At each session, the candidate will make a 15-20 minute presentation followed by time for questions and interaction with the candidate by faculty, staff and students.
The finalists and the dates, times and locations of their open forums are as follows:

• Thursday, Aug. 1: Joe Abhold, 1-2 p.m., Ho-Chunk Room, Davies Center.
• Friday, Aug. 2: Phil Covington,1-2 p.m., Ho-Chunk Room, Davies Center.
• Monday, Aug. 5: Mark Rameker, 1-2 p.m., Ho-Chunk Room, Davies Center.
• Tuesday, Aug. 6: Gayle Spencer, 1-2 p.m., Menomonie Room, Davies Center.

A survey for faculty/staff/student feedback will be distributed at each forum.

The finalists' résumés are posted on the UW-Eau Claire employment website.