ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE UNITS
RESEARCH AND
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND EXTENSION (CEE)
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (ITS)
LA CROSSE EXERCISE AND HEALTH PROGRAM (LEHP)
LA CROSSE MEDICAL HEALTH SCIENCE CONSORTIUM, INC.
MISSISSIPPI
MURPHY
LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTER
UW-L PLANETARIUM
RIVER
RESEARCH AND
1120 Centennial Hall
608.785.5094
The primary goal of the Research and Resource
Center for Campus Climate is to build community to enhance the
campus climate while serving students, faculty, staff and the
greater La Crosse community. The Campus Climate Office strives
to foster an inclusive, collaborative, social justice approach
to achieving equity across the entire campus. The office
sponsors/supports:
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Educational programming & trainings (e.g. Awareness through Performance, intercultural sensitivity trainings, work/life issues, Diversity Dialogues, etc.)
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Cultural events
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Community outreach
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Diversity related organizations, committees, and offices
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Assessment of campus climate
The Campus Climate Office also hosts the Hate
Incident Reporting Form. The purpose of this confidential
reporting form is to monitor the occurrence of Hate Incidents
both on and off campus. The identity of the victim will be kept
confidential. Completing this form will not necessarily result
in criminal or university action; however, the type of incident
and/or the victim’s willingness to take further action will
determine whether or not additional steps will be taken. This
form can be found
www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate/htm/reporthate.htm
CONTINUING EDUCATION AND EXTENSION (CEE)
205 Morris Hall
608.785.6500
CEE works with faculty and departments to
extend the instructional, research and public service resources
of UW-L to individuals and organizations in western Wisconsin
communities and in other parts of the state. Some programs
attract national and international audiences.
Graduate and undergraduate credit courses are
offered off campus for part-time students, primarily K-12
educators and health and human service professionals. Some
courses are offered in partnership with the Cooperative
Education Service Agency (CESA) #4.
Conferences, workshops and other non-credit
instructional programs are conducted for selected professional
audiences, as well as the general public. Non-credit certificate
programs are offered in gerontology and autism spectrum
disorders. Learning in Retirement programs are offered
specifically for older adults. Continuing education units (CEUs)
or health education continuing education contact hours (CECHs)
are awarded when appropriate.
Science, humanities, and arts enrichment
classes also are offered for upper elementary, middle and high
school students.
Credit outreach courses and most non-credit
instructional programs are offered in partnership with
UW-Extension. Distance learning technologies are used for
selected audiences.
CEE staff work with faculty and off-campus
individuals to host conferences and annual meetings of
professional associations and other organizations.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (ITS)
103 Wing Technology Center
608.785.8774
ITS provides our campus community with the
technology necessary to facilitate and enhance learning through
these services: computer labs and classrooms, personal file
storage, technology help desk and training,
EagleApps (email)
powered by Google, network and infrastructure, and web services
including details on campus events, directories of people and
services and other information. Students can access their
academic information, tuition and fees, and register for classes
online using
WINGS. Many courses offer online resources through
Desire2Learn (D2L),
the campus supported course management system. Many of these
resources are available on or off campus through a web browser.
Computing and network information resources are widely used to
support instruction, research, student services and
communication and to create a community of shared inquiry.
Principles of responsible use, to which all users are bound, are
included in the student and staff handbooks, which are available
electronically on the web.
General computer access laboratories (GCA
Labs) are located around campus and are available to
students on average 80 hours per week during each term and
provide access to computers running Windows and Macintosh
operating systems along with a wide variety of application
software. Pay-for-print Laser printing is available in the labs
and classrooms. Click here
for the schedule of open hours for these laboratories available
each term.
The ITS Support Center provides
technical assistance, consulting, problem solving and training
on campus standard software. Assistance is available by phone,
email or on a walk-in basis. The ITS Support Center also
maintains a web site with self-help and support resources at
www.uwlax.edu/itssupport. Free technology
training for all students is available on all campus-supported
applications with many Q & A sessions offered for students
creating electronic portfolios and web pages.
The campus network reaches all
buildings, including residence halls. Residence halls have
individual network connections in each room plus a computer lab
in each hall is available to residents. Wireless network
connectivity is available in all academic buildings, residence
halls and many public areas on campus for students with mobile
computers.
Academic Technology Services provides
assistance in a variety of areas including audio and video
services, faculty development for using technology to enhance
learning, and distance education. Distance Education
facilities are located in Wing Technology Center, Morris
Hall, Graff Main Hall and the Health Science Center.
221 Mitchell Hall
608.785.8683
The LEHP program, in conjunction with the
LA CROSSE MEDICAL HEALTH SCIENCE CONSORTIUM,
INC.
3065 Health Science Center
608.785.5150
http://home.lmhsconsortium.org
The La Crosse Medical Health Science
Consortium (LMHSC) is an alliance of two comprehensive medical
centers and three higher education institutions: Franciscan
Skemp/Mayo Health System and Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center;
and the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Viterbo University,
and Western Technical College (WTC). The five partners formed
the consortium in 1993 to provide a means for working
collaboratively to provide better healthcare, strengthen the
healthcare workforce, and encouraging strong health science
research initiatives. The Consortium continues to work toward
these goals through collaborative projects in population health,
nursing, clinical placements, cultural competency, and workforce
issues in 20 counties of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. In
2009, two new partners were welcomed to the Consortium: the La
Crosse School District and the La Crosse County Health
Department.
The Consortium is located in, and responsible
for the operation of, the $ 27.1 million Health Science Center
(HSC), which opened in 2000. The HSC was built with the support
of all five partners, the state of
608.785.8464
MVAC is an archaeological research,
preservation and public education unit of the
sociology/archaeology department that conducts excavations,
surveys, and a pre-collegiate education and public programs.
MVAC preserves sites and collections, and works with
archaeologists in the sociology/archaeology department to
provide opportunities for student participation in
archaeological research and pre-professional training and
experience. The archaeology laboratory is a location for much
course-related student research and contains space to curate
artifacts recovered from field projects. Field studies are
conducted regularly to learn about the prehistoric and early
historic cultures of the upper
MURPHY LIBRARY RESOURCE CENTER
608.785.8507
The facility provides a variety of seating,
individual study carrels, and group study rooms, a café, and
other welcoming spaces. The building and addition contain almost
535,000 volumes in open stack collections, including books,
maps, periodicals, and microfilm. An online catalog allows users
to find materials in local, other University of Wisconsin, and
regional catalogs along with links for finding materials held in
libraries worldwide. The catalog is part of an integrated system
that links library holdings, full text electronic materials, and
request forms into a single interface.
The library is rich in international and
multicultural materials, supporting campus diversity by
providing circulating books, reference materials, multimedia
collections, and electronic materials that represent a wide
spectrum of peoples, groups, races, ethnicities, and choices.
The Special Collections/Area Research Center
contains the university archives, rare books, over 3,000 hours
of oral history interviews, a 180,000-image photo collection,
5,000 books on Wisconsin history, and is a regional depository
for State Historical Society records and documents.
The periodicals collection consists of more
than 47,763 full text journals available electronically through
subscription databases, nearly 1000 current print subscriptions,
368 current print subscriptions, 17,000 current electronic
subscriptions, and a bound back file of more than 51,000
volumes. A searchable periodicals holdings database provides
specific location and linking information for all print and
electronic periodicals available to Murphy Library users. The
microform holdings consist of 17,163 microforms including
periodicals, deep back files of major city newspapers,
government publications and various other titles.
Computer facilities include dozens of desktop
computers, laptops and other technology resources available for
checkout, and wireless access throughout the library. Electronic
library materials are available campus-wide, and in most cases
from off campus. Through the library Web site, students are able
to access more than 300 subscription databases, 65,600
periodical titles, and library services such as electronic
reference, electronic course reserves, book renewals, and more.
An adaptive technology room is provided for people with special
needs.
The multimedia collection consists of
audio-visual materials in a variety of formats such as DVD,
CD-ROM, and videotape and is located in the library’s Curriculum
Center. These materials can be checked out or viewed using
facilities within the library. The library is a selective
depository for state and federal documents and provides access
to hundreds of thousands of government documents, including
print, microfilm, and online collections. The Interlibrary
Loan/Document delivery department provides prompt access to
materials not available at UW-L through its participation in a
variety of integrated systems that facilitate sharing among
libraries throughout the world. By cooperative agreement,
students also may use the libraries of
For more information about
Murphy Library,
please visit their website.
020 Cowley Hall
608.785.8669
The planetarium has served the university,
area schools, private groups, and the general public since 1965.
Several thousand people attend presentations at the planetarium
each school year. Bright stars and major constellations are
pointed out in the simulated sky. Each program also includes a
multi-media presentation on various subjects in astronomy and
space science.
4043 Cowley Hall
608.785.8261
www.uwlax.edu/biology/rivercntr
The
120 Wimberly Hall
608.785.8782
The SBDC helps business owners start and grow
their businesses through research, on-site programs, advising
and educational programming. As one of
Case studies sometimes are conducted by
advanced students under faculty supervision.
In partnership with UW-Extension, the SBDC
provides non-credit continuing education programs for business
people in a seven-county region. Topics include business plan
development, marketing, sales, finance, human resources, and
other small business concerns. The Supervisory Management
Certificate Program provides practical training for both new and
experienced managers. In addition, the SBDC provides speakers,
programs and trainers to individual firms and groups.
Some research, such as feasibility and impact
studies, is conducted for area businesses. Local economic data
is accessed through the SBDC Web site.