T. Rowe Price to host webinar Sept. 13

UW System employees are invited to participate in a free, one-hour webinar titled "Getting To and Through Retirement: How Investing in a T. Rowe Price Retirement Fund Can Help" at noon and 6 p.m. (Central time) Sept. 13. T. Rowe Price is one of the investment companies in the UW System tax-sheltered annuity 403(b) program. Wyatt Lee, associate portfolio manager for T. Rowe Price, will lead the webinar, which will include a question-and-answer session. Those interested in participating are asked to register online.

Condolences

Condolences to Jim Folstad, Mail Services, whose mother, Lucille Folstad, passed away Aug. 30 in Altoona. Full obituary.

Condolences

Condolences to the family of Luanne Coy. Coy, widow of the late Dr. Richard Coy, UW-Eau Claire professor emeritus of history, passed away Aug. 30 in Eau Claire. Full obituary.

Ameriprise representative on campus Sept. 21

Andrew Court, a financial adviser for Ameriprise, will be available to share information with UW-Eau Claire staff members about 403(b) accounts and other financial topics relevant to today's market from 10 a.m.-noon Sept. 21 in the Birchwood Room of Davies Center. Those interested in meeting privately with Court are asked to contact him at 715-834-7280 or andrew.j.court@ampf.com. Walk-ins also are welcome. More information.

WAGE Center announces name change

The name of the Women's and Gender Equity Center (known as the WAGE Center) at UW-Eau Claire has been changed to better reflect the inclusion of programming and services to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities. The center's name now is the Women's and LGBTQ Resource Center. The Women's and LGBTQ Resource Center advocates for the welfare of women as well as the LGBTQ community. The staff provides resources, information and programming in coordination with academic departments, advisory committees and other organizations that address challenges faced by women and the LGBTQ campus community. Full story.

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 foot and nail care program.
• Entrepreneurial Training Program to be offered.
• Continuing Education to offer ACT prep course this fall.
• Two geriatric health workshops offered by UW-Eau Claire Continuing Education.
• Continuing Education to offer leadership certificate programs for nonprofit professionals.
• New programs for nonprofit professionals to be offered.
• Nonprofit board development workshops to be offered.

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

Save the date: Admissions open house is Aug. 29

Admissions staff members invite the campus community to an open house from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Aug. 29 in Schofield 111. Information about UW-Eau Claire's freshman and transfer class as well as tips for recruitment collaboration will be shared. Light refreshments also will be available. For more information, call the Admissions office at 715-836-5415.

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 course deletion. 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. 22, 2011.  

New Course Proposals
ANTH 632, Anthropological Fieldwork Methods and Research Design, 3 crs.
ENGL 724, Poetry Writing Seminar, 3 crs.
HIST 517, Studies in the History of Race in the U.S., 3 crs.
HIST 519, Studies in Comparative, Transnational and Pacific World History, 3 crs.
HIST 520, Studies in the History of the Americas, 3 crs.
PSYC 574, Cognitive Neuroscience, 3 crs.
WMNS 535, Transnational/Global Feminisms, 3 crs.
WMNS 606, Queer Theories and Sexual Politics, 3 crs.

Revision of Existing Courses
FREN 555, Contemporary French Civilization, 3 crs. (change of repeatability, prerequisites, and when offered)

Course Deletions
CJ 515, Freedom of Expression, 3 crs.
HIST 512, The Crusades, 3 crs.
HIST 514, The Renaissance, 3 crs.
HIST 574, Imperial Russia, 1682-1894, 3 crs.
HIST 640, History of the United States, 1917-1945, 3 crs.
HIST 654, American Economic History, 3 crs.

Ceremony honoring the life of Barbara Lozar

A ceremony honoring the life of Dr. Barbara Lozar, UW-Eau Claire professor of psychology, who passed away Aug. 11, will be held Tuesday, Aug. 30, in the Council Fire Room of Davies Center. Music will begin at 3:30 p.m. for those who wish to gather beforehand, and the program will begin at 4 p.m. A full obituary will be posted, and condolences may be shared, on the Fuller-Speckien-Hulke Funeral Home website. Also view Dr. Lozar's CaringBridge website and a Leader-Telegram story about her life.

Condolences

Condolences to the family of Dr. Barbara Lozar. Lozar, a professor of psychology at UW-Eau Claire, died  Aug. 11, at Dove Healthcare South, Eau Claire. A celebration of Dr. Lozar's life at UW-Eau Claire is being planned. View Dr. Lozar's CaringBridge website and obituary.

Condolences

Condolences to the family of Dr. Roger E. Mitchell. Mitchell, a UW-Eau Claire professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology, passed away July 23 in Portland, Maine.  Full obituary.

McPhee parking lot to close for resurfacing

The McPhee parking lot on UW-Eau Claire's upper campus will close Aug. 10 for resurfacing and is expected to reopen Sept. 1.

Condolences

Condolences to Judy Berthiaume, News Bureau, whose father, Louis Berthiaume, passed away Aug. 6 in Suring. Full obituary.

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:

• Supervisory management workshops to be offered this fall.
• Continuing Education to offer sign language classes.
• Senior Americans Day will not be held in 2012.

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

FEIS hearing for new education building set for Sept. 13

A public hearing to present the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed UW-Eau Claire Education Building project will begin at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 13 in the Potawatomi Room (Room 231) of Davies Center. Free parking will be available in the Hibbard lot or for a fee in the metered lot south of Zorn Arena. View FEIS public meeting legal notice. More information about the building project is available online.

Open interview sessions set for counselor/psychologist finalists

Members of the university community are invited to attend open interview sessions with the finalists for two counselor/psychologist positions in UW-Eau Claire's Counseling Services. All open sessions will be held in the Arrowhead Room of Davies Center.
 
The finalists, whose application letters and curricula vitae are available on the UW-Eau Claire employment website, and open session dates/times are as follows:

• Aug. 1 — Mary Belknap, 1:30 p.m.
• Aug. 3 — Davin Maijala, 9 a.m.
• Aug. 3 — Jennifer Wilson, 1 p.m.
• Aug. 4 — Kristin Hoff, 9:30 a.m.
• Aug. 4 — Jenny Gabler, 2:30 p.m.

D2L outage planned for Aug. 17-18

A D2L outage is planned from 10 p.m. Aug. 17 through 10 a.m. Aug. 18 for a software upgrade. D2L will be completely unavailable during the outage. For more information, call the LTS Help Desk at 715-836-5711.

Children's Center to sponsor cookie, lemonade and craft sale July 27

The school-age students from the UW-Eau Claire Children's Center invite staff members, students and community members to their cookie, lemonade and craft sale from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. July 27 (postponed from July 20) on the Campus Mall. Proceeds from the sale will support the students' summer activities at the Children's Center. For more information, contact Savanah Milander at gordonsj@uwec.edu or 715-836-2178.

No public surplus sale July 8

Due to the flooding in the basement of Campus School and the ongoing cleanup and restoration, there will not be a public surplus sale on Friday, July 8. For more information, contact Steve Slind at slindsd@uwec.edu or 715-836-4643.

D2L outage planned for July 16

A D2L outage is planned for Saturday, July 16, from 6 a.m.-6 p.m. The outage is necessary to replace database hardware and to upgrade to SQL 2008. For more information, call the LTS Help Desk at 715-836-5711.