ORSP announcements

The Office of Research and Sponsored Program's final Grants Educational Series presentation for the fall semester will be held from 12:10-12:50 p.m. Dec. 1 in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Old Library 1142. Dr. Dave Lonzarich, ORSP faculty fellow, will present "Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research." The next presentation will be held Jan. 11, 2012.

UW System offers guidance on political activities

UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff are encouraged to review the UW System guidelines on political campaign activities at system institutions. The guidelines are available on the government relations pages of the UW System website.

Center for Service-Learning receives Jeans Day for Charity donation

UW-Eau Claire's Center for Service-Learning received more than $700 as the September recipient of the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram's Jeans Day for Charity donation. The purpose of Jeans Day for Charity is to bring area businesses, schools and organizations together to raise funds for local charities. Businesses are invited to participate by allowing their employees to wear blue jeans on the last Friday of each month, with each employee paying $1 for the opportunity to do so. The money is collected and donated to a different charity each month. Although the donation will be used to champion projects throughout the year, the CSL already has used a portion of the donation to collect, repair and distribute on a no-cost basis more than 20 bicycles that were abandoned on campus. Through UW-Eau Claire's Wheel Fix It program, Eau Claire community organizations Positive Avenues, The Community Table and InnTowne Hotel received refurbished bicycles.

Proposed changes in College of Education and Human Sciences

The following curricular changes were approved by the College of Education and Human Sciences Curriculum Committee on Oct. 21, 2011, and are to be effective with the 2011-12 academic year. If you have questions or concerns, contact Dr. Marie Stadler at stadlema@uwec.edu or 715-836-4861 with 15 days of this notice, posted Nov. 13, 2011.

• View biology changes.
• View geology changes.
• View physics changes.
• View social work changes.
• View special education (CSD) changes.
• View special education (KINS) changes.
• View special education (music) changes.
• View TESOL changes.

Condolences

Condolences to the family of Donna Johnsted. Johnsted, a former Registrar's Office staff member, passed away Nov. 8 in Eau Claire. Full obituary.

Vote for Blugold Beginnings in Pepsi Refresh Project competition

UW-Eau Claire's Blugold Beginnings program recently entered the Pepsi Refresh Project competition and now is in the running to win a $50,000 cash prize. The 10 projects that receive the greatest number of votes through Nov. 30 will receive $50,000 to fund their proposals. The Blugold Beginnings proposal was created to fund next spring's Fifth-Grade Campus Tour Day event April 26-27, 2012, which will host 1,600 fifth-graders on campus to learn about college. Campus support and participation with voting could greatly assist Blugold Beginnings in its quest to fund the spring event. Visit the Blugold Beginnings Pepsi Refresh Project Web page to vote for the project. For more information, contact Lissa Martinez, Blugold Beginnings program coordinator, at
715-836-3651 or martinlj@uwec.edu.

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 upcoming Continuing Education programs:

• Continuing Education to offer spring and summer personal enrichment classes for adults.

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

Chancellor to host campus budget information sessions

Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich will host several sessions to share what information is known about the state and campus expectations regarding the reductions to UW-Eau Claire state funding allocations. Members of the campus community are invited to attend any of these sessions. Each session will begin with a presentation, put together by Academic Affairs and Budget/Finance, of changes to UW-Eau Claire's financial situation, followed by a description of the present and expected course of affairs and a question-and-answer period.

The sessions will be held as follows:

• Thursday, Nov. 3, 3:30–4:30 p.m., McPhee Center 162
• Friday, Nov. 4, noon–1 p.m., Hibbard Hall 100 (The presentation portion of this session was broadcast live via web streaming. View archived video webcast and PowerPoint presentation.)
• Friday, Nov. 4, 3:30–4:30 p.m., Schneider Hall 100
• Tuesday, Nov. 8, 4-5 p.m., Tamarack Room, Davies Center

Position open for ORSP faculty fellow

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs seeks a faculty fellow for the 2012-13 academic year. The fellowship allows faculty to experience new perspectives on the research enterprise, and to contribute to enhancement of research programming at UW-Eau Claire through special projects developed in conjunction with ORSP staff. The primary focus of the fellow will be to work on special projects and assist with various aspects of ORSP programming. More information is available on the faculty fellows Web page. The application deadline is Dec. 5.

Proposed changes in College of Arts and Sciences

Following are proposed changes in the College of Arts and Sciences. If you have questions or concerns, contact Dr. Sean McAleer at mcalees@uwec.edu or 715-836-2975 within 15 days of this notice, posted Nov. 4, 2011.

• View proposed changes.

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 upcoming Continuing Education programs:

• Supervisory management workshops to be offered this fall.

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

Proposed graduate curricular changes in College of Arts and Sciences

Following are proposed graduate curricular changes in the College of Arts and Sciences. If you have questions or concerns, contact Dr. Margaret Cassidy at cassidml@uwec.edu or 715-836-3152 within 30 days of this notice, posted Nov. 2, 2011.

• View proposed changes.

Proposed changes in College of Arts and Sciences

Following are proposed changes in the College of Arts and Sciences. If you have questions or concerns, contact Dr. Sean McAleer at mcalees@uwec.edu or 715-836-2975 within 15 days of this notice, posted Nov. 2, 2011.

• View proposed changes.

Condolences

Condolences to the family of Randolph Studier. Studier, a retired Continuing Education staff member, passed away Oct. 26 in Eau Claire. Full obituary.

Condolences

Condolences to Dr. Richard Buck (emeritus), foundations and library science, whose wife, Linda Buck, passed away Oct. 30 in Eau Claire. Full obituary.

Condolences

Condolences to the family of Mary Kemp. Kemp, a former staff member in the American Ethnic Coordinating Office (now Office of Multicultural Affairs) and the foundations of education (now education studies) department, passed away Oct. 26 in La Mesa, Calif. Full obituary.

Power outage planned for 5 a.m. Nov. 3

The power to Schofield Hall, Davies Center, Zorn Arena, Brewer Hall, Campus School and Hibbard Hall will be turned off for approximately one hour beginning at 5 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3. This outage is necessary to connect the new Davies Student Center to the main campus power distribution system. Power is expected to be restored by 6 a.m. that morning. For more information, contact Mike Traynor, Facilities Management, at 715-836-2211 or traynom@uwec.edu.

Condolences

Condolences to the family of Harry J. "Jim" Webb. Webb, a retired staff member from UW-Eau Claire's Small Business Development Center, passed away Oct. 28 in Eau Claire. Full obituary.

Condolences

Condolences to Penny Odell, Purchasing, whose mother-in-law, LaDonna Odell, passed away Oct. 26 in Eleva. Full obituary.

Get the shot, not the flu!

Student Health Service will host flu shot clinics from 4-7 p.m. Nov. 1 in the Hilltop Conference Room and from 4-7 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Haas Fine Arts Center. The cost of the vaccine is $15 for students and $20 for faculty and staff. Cash or checks will be accepted. Flu shots also are available by appointment by calling Student Health Service at 715-836-5360. More information is available on the Student Health Service website or by calling 715-836-4311.