Counseling Services seeks interim director

Counseling Services at UW-Eau Claire seeks an interim director for a one-year term begining in September.
The position description details the responsibilities of the interim director. A master's degree and significant clinical counseling experience is required, and administrative or management experience is an asset. Those interested in applying are asked to submit a letter of interest, a resume or curriculum vitae and a list of three references to Jodi
Thesing-Ritter, associate dean of students, by e-mail at thesinjm@uwec.edu by July 20.

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.

• Application deadline extended for MEPD program.
• Continuing Education to offer 'Ethics and Boundaries' programs.
• Chippewa River Adventure Camp for Boys to be offered.

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

Investment counseling to be offered

TIAA-CREF consultants will be available to discuss financial matters with UW-Eau Claire employees June 29 and 30 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Maple Room of Davies Center. Call 800-732-8353 to schedule an appointment. More information.

Continuing Education offerings

Connecting campus and community. Continuing Education serves a wide variety of nontraditional students. Following is a link to a news release about an upcoming Continuing Education program.

• Course in national standards for American Sign Language to be offered.

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

Summer parking regulations announced

Parking and Transportation Services announces the following summer parking regulations, in effect from May 24-Aug. 27.

Permits required:
• Hibbard lot: "F" and "GF" permits required as posted.
• Phillips* and Nursing lots: "F," "S" and "GF" permits required as posted.
• Murray lot: "F" permits required.
• McPhee lot: "F" and "S" permits required as posted.
• All meters will be enforced Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-9.p.m.

* Portions of the Phillips lot may be closed due to a steam line project.

Free parking:
• Haas Fine Arts and Water Street lots.
• Putnam, Bridgman, Chancellors, Oakridge, Governors and Towers "F" and "R."

More information is available on the Parking and Transportation Services website.

Associate vice chancellor finalists to interview on campus

Finalists for the position of associate vice chancellor for undergraduate studies at UW-Eau Claire will interview on campus during the weeks of May 17 and May 24. Each finalist will hold an open forum during his or her campus visit. All UW-Eau Claire students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the forums.

All forums will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Davies Theatre, Davies Center. The dates of the four finalists' open forums are as follows. (Each candidate's name is linked to his or her curriculum vitae):

• May 18: W. Raymond Smith, former associate vice provost, executive director of Instructional Support Services and University Division director, Indiana University.
• May 20: Sonia S. Cowen, director, Daniels Leadership Center and the Yates Leadership Challenge Courses, and LTG Beckel Endowed Chair at the New Mexico Military Institute.
• May 24: Jeanne M. Clerc, professor of health sciences and former associate provost for extended studies and distance learning/professor of educational leadership, Western Illinois University.
• May 27: Susan C. Turell, interim associate vice chancellor and dean of undergraduate studies, UW-Eau Claire.

UW-Eau Claire employees and students are invited to complete the online Associate Vice Chancellor Candidate Feedback Form after attending each finalist's open forum.

Test scoring hours, grade submission deadline reminders

LTS Help Desk (OL 1106)

• May 17-20: 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
• May 21: 7:30 a.m.-7:15 p.m.
• May 22 and 23: Closed.
• May 24 and 25: 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.

Registrar's Office (Schofield 128)

• May 17- 21: 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
• May 22 and 23: Closed.
• May 24 and 25: 7:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

The deadline for submitting grades online for the spring 2010 semester is 4 p.m. May 25. For more information, contact Barb Thom, Registrar's Office, at thombd@uwec.edu or 715-836-3837.

Undergraduate catalogs for 2010-11 available online

The 2010-11 undergraduate catalog now is available online as a searchable PDF. Printed catalogs will be available in June. If, after reviewing the PDF version of the catalog, you or your fellow staff members believe that the PDF version will meet your needs and a hard copy catalog is not needed this year, e-mail Barbara Arnold at arnoldb@uwec.edu before June 4. Those she hears from will not be included in the hard copy catalog distribution in the future.

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.

• Continuing Education to offer fall personal enrichment courses.
• Worksite wellness conference set for June 8.

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

Proposed graduate curricular change in College of Arts and Sciences

The following course has been proposed as a new graduate course offering.

New course proposal: Engl 727, Studies in Scientific and Technical Communication, 3 crs.

If you have questions or objections, contact Margaret Cassidy at cassidml@uwec.edu or 715-836-3152 within 30 days of this notice, posted May 18, 2010.

Dean of students search: Finalist open forums viewable on video

UW-Eau Claire employees and students can view videos of the recent dean of students finalist open forum presentations by following these links (to view, enter full UW-Eau Claire e-mail address in username field and UW-Eau Claire password):

• Brian Carlisle video
• Orinthia Montague video
• Jodi Thesing-Ritter video
• Eric Norman video

UW-Eau Claire employees and students are invited to complete the online Dean of Students Candidate Feedback Form after attending or viewing video of each finalist's open forum. The finalist feedback form submission deadline is 10 p.m. Monday, May 17.

College of Business dean candidates to interview on campus

Finalists for the position of dean of the College of Business at UW-Eau Claire will interview on campus during the next two weeks. Each finalist will hold an open forum during his or her campus visit. All UW-Eau Claire students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the forums.

All forums will be held from noon-1 p.m. The dates and locations of the three finalists' open forums are as follows:

• May 12, Davies Theatre, Davies Center: Robert Sutton, associate dean, UW-Eau Claire College of Business.
• May 17, Schneider Hall Room 100: Diane Hoadley, dean, Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences, Eastern Illinois University.
• May 19, Schneider Hall Room 100: Anagappa Gunasekaran, chairperson, department of decision and information sciences, and director, Business Innovation Research Center, Charlton College of Business, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
 
UW-Eau Claire employees and students are invited to complete the online College of Business Dean Candidate Feedback Form after attending each finalist's open forum. More information.

Faculty, staff invited to participate in 'Dismantling Racism' workshop

UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff are invited to a two-day workshop titled "Dismantling Racism: The Beginning" from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 26 and 27 in the Presidents Room of Davies Center. Dismantling Racism is a process of antiracist organizational assessment and change. Participants undergo a frank and honest evaluation of individual and organizational assumptions and views about race, power and privilege and then commit to an ongoing process of antiracist organizational change. The workshop will help establish the fourth cohort of participants who will become part of a universitywide, multiyear Dismantling Racism process begun in the College of Arts and Sciences in 2008. Many members of the first three cohorts report that they have found the experience to be profoundly rewarding and enlightening.

Those interested in participating are asked to e-mail Kathy LaValley at lavallkg@uwec.edu by May 17. More information about the program as well as a news release about last year's initiative are available online.

Reception to honor retiring employees, those reaching career milestones

UW-Eau Claire's Service Recognition and Retirement Reception will be held May 12 from 3-5 p.m. in the Council Fire Room of Davies Center. Retiring employees and those approaching the anniversary of their 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th and 40th years of service will be honored. The event is open to all faculty and staff. More information.

Proposed changes in College of Business

Following are proposed changes in the College of Business. If you have questions or concerns, contact Dr. Bob Sutton at suttonr@uwec.edu or 836-4187, within 15 days of this notice, posted May 5, 2010.

Change the accounting minor to require ACCT 314 rather than providing the choice of ACCT 312 (Managerial Accounting) or ACCT 314 (Cost Accounting).

It was moved and seconded by the College of Business Curriculum Committee to approve the following ACCT 312/314 requirement change for BSAD, MGMT, and MKTG majors, including all emphases:

From: ACCT 312 or 314 (312 recommended)
To: ACCT 312

Dean of students finalists to hold open forums during campus visits

Finalists for the position of dean of students at UW-Eau Claire will interview on campus during the weeks of May 3 and May 10. Each finalist will hold an open forum during his or her campus visit. All UW-Eau Claire students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the forums.

All forums will be held from 11 a.m.-noon in Davies Theatre, Davies Center. Open forum dates for the four finalists are as follows (each candidate's name is linked to his or her curriculum vitae):

• May 3: Brian A. Carlisle, dean of students and associate vice president, San Francisco Art Institute.
• May 6: Orinthia T. Montague, associate vice provost/dean of students at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. 
• May 10: Jodi M. Thesing-Ritter, associate dean of students at UW-Eau Claire.
• May 13: Eric M. Norman, associate dean of students and director of Student Advocacy & Accountability at Louisiana State University.

UW-Eau Claire employees and students are invited to complete the online Dean of Students Candidate Feedback Form after attending each finalist's open forum. More information.

Summer utility outages, projects announced

In 2010, as in past years, Facilities Planning and Management will take advantage of the summer period of low facilities use to perform essential maintenance, repair and construction that would be more disruptive at other times of the year. Some of the more disruptive or localized construction projects have already been announced or otherwise arranged. View project schedule for summer 2010. For more information, contact Terry Classen at classetl@uwec.edu or 715-836-5278.

Guaranteed faculty/staff parking information

Application information for 2010-11 Guaranteed Faculty/Staff (GF) parking permits has been distributed by e-mail to all UW-Eau Claire employees. Those who currently have GF permits must submit new applications.

A UW-Eau Claire parking map and GF permit application are available online. The application should be filled out, saved and sent as an e-mail attachment to GFparking@uwec.edu by May 7. Notification of approval or denial will be e-mailed to each applicant in July.

For more information about the application process, contact Dorothy Nelson, Budget and Finance, at nelsondo@uwec.edu or 836-5182.

'Breakfast — or Lunch — with Honors' planned for fall

Faculty and academic staff members are invited to present a topic and lead a discussion for the fall 2010 "Breakfast with Honors" or "Lunch with Honors" series.

Breakfasts are held from 7-7:50 a.m. Tuesdays or Wednesdays and include coffee, juices, milk, croissants, bagels, toast and pastries. Lunches, which feature house-made pizza, are held from noon-12:50 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays. The audience typically is made up of 15-20 students from the Honors Program.

Those interested in presenting are asked to e-mail Dr. Jeff Vahlbush at vahlbujb@uwec.edu with a presentation title and time/day preferences by May 7.

Campus climate open house set for April 27

The campus community is invited to an open house from noon-1:30 p.m. April 27 with Dr. Sue Rankin, UW-Eau Claire's climate survey consultant, who will discuss the results of the fall 2009 campus climate survey. Survey results soon will be available online.