Campus Connection - Jan. 12-18, 2009

Awareness through Performance poster

Awareness through Performance to kick off Chancellor's All-University Address

UW-L's Awareness through Performance group will also kick off the Chancellor's spring All-University Address at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Graff Main Hall Auditorium. The group of faculty and staff will present a 20-minute performance followed by Chancellor Joe Gow's address.

The All-University Fiesta Luncheon, which follows the Chancellor's All-University Address, runs from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. The luncheon includes cheesy nacho chips, Cowboy Caviar and Spanish rice, as well as a beverage and dessert for $7. Ticket sales end Friday, Jan. 16. Purchase tickets at the Information Counter in Cartwright Center. Office hours are 7:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday through Friday and 3-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

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Or mail a check made payable to UW-La Crosse with the Fiesta Flier reservation form (download the Fiesta Luncheon reservation at www.uwlax.edu/universityrelations/images/2009/spring/january/FiestaLunch2009.pdf) to Reservations Office, Room 223, 1725 State St., La Crosse, WI 54601. Payments received by mail will be processed upon receipt. Tickets will not be mailed. Pick up tickets at the ticket table just prior to the luncheon.

Awareness through Performance:
'Privilege Unplugged III' to debut Jan. 25

Find out more about privilege and power by attending UW-L's Awareness through Performance: "Privilege Unplugged III." Performances are 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Jan. 25 and 26, in Graff Main Hall Auditorium.

The performances examine privilege and power and help increase awareness of their permeation in the community, culture, and world. The performances also facilitate dialogue toward greater understanding and strive to positively affect change.

Go to www.uwlax.edu/universityrelations/images/2009/spring/january/BeThere09.pdf to download a PDF poster to display.
For more information on Awareness through Performance, visit www.uwlax.edu/campusclimate/atp.

Joe Gow headshot
Chancellor Joe Gow

Chancellor announces open forum schedule for spring semester

Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend Chancellor Joe Gow's Open Forums and ask the chancellor and his staff questions and discuss projects and programs of interest. Open Forums for the spring semester are from 3-4 p.m. on the following dates and locations:

  • Friday, Jan. 30, Strzelczyk Great Hall, Cleary Alumni & Friends Center
  • Friday, Feb. 20, Strzelczyk Great Hall, Cleary Alumni & Friends Center
  • Friday, March 13, Strzelczyk Great Hall, Cleary Alumni & Friends Center
  • Friday, April 3, Graff Main Hall Auditorium
  • Friday, May 1, Strzelczyk Great Hall, Cleary Alumni & Friends Center

Eagle mascotUW-L eagle names down to six
Contest runs through Jan. 16

Baldy. Eddie. Edgar. Ernie. Screech. Talon.

One of those six names will be the name of UW-L's eagle mascot. The university’s eagle mascot has cheered on athletic teams for nearly 20 years — without a name. Most fans refer to the mascot as “The Eagle,” but in January that will change.

Students, faculty and staff can vote for one of the names that made it through the first round of competition that involved names submitted by students. Voting runs through Friday, Jan. 16.

The top three winning names will be announced during the 3 p.m. men’s and 5 p.m. women’s home basketball games against UW-Eau Claire Saturday, Jan. 24. When the winning name is announced that day, the eagle will debut its new UW-L jersey.

One person who votes for the winning name will be selected randomly to win a life-time general admission all-sports pass to all home athletic contests, excluding conference and regional tournament games.

For more information about the contest, or to take part in it (students and employees only), visit: Name-the-eagle Web site at www.uwlax.edu/name-the-eagle/.

Passport to Technology logo

Passport to Technology 5 set for Jan. 21

Mark your calendars for the fifth annual Passport to Technology program. This year’s program, 1-5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Wing Technology Center, features “Saving Time, Saving Money and Enhancing Learning.” Participants will learn how technology can increase efficiency by saving time and money, and enhancing teaching and learning through a wide variety of creative presentations.

Last year over 100 attended. “Feedback from faculty and administrators in previous years has been extremely positive to the variety of technology sessions,” states Director of Educational Technologies Jim Jorstad.

A variety of information technology experts will direct an assortment of repeating concurrent presentations and workshops for faculty and staff, as well as offer hands on time with Tablet PC lab from Toshiba Corp. 

The Passport event concludes with a nationwide discussion by experts on how universities are creatively managing technology and staff during the current worldwide economic challenge. The UW-L Foundation will provide snacks and beverages. Corporate sponsors will provide door prizes. Participants receiving at least four stamps on their "passport" will be eligible for a door prize drawing at 5 p.m. in 102 Wing Technology Center. Participants may pick up their passports at the registration desk in Wing Technology Center at 12:30 p.m. the day of the event.

For more information about Passport to Technology 5, visit www.uwlax.edu/edtech/passport5 or contact Project Assistant Christa Jentz at jentz.chri@students.uwlax.edu or 785.5050; or Jim Jorstad at jorstad.jame@uwlax.edu. To reserve a spot, e-mail edtech@uwlax.edu. Space is limited.

Campus building projects in the works
Offices relocated

Many campus facility changes are in the works this spring, summer and fall. Among them:

  • Phase I of the Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex. UW-L will host the state track meet in the new facility in June.
  • The new academic building, "Centennial Hall." Construction documents will be released February with bids due March. The goal is to begin construction after the end of the spring semester in May and be ready for occupancy August 2011.
  • Completed the program planning for a new residence hall. The hall will be located on Coate Field and provide 500 bed spaces and offices for Residence Life. Expected occupancy for students is September 2011.
  • Renovations to 140 Cowley Hall. Renovations set for this summer.
  • Chemistry lab renovations. If approved at the State Building Commission this spring, construction will begin in late summer or early fall.

In preparation for the new academic building, Wilder Hall will be vacated and many people and offices will begin to relocate to new spaces either temporarily or permanently. Offices moved during the semester break include:

  • Campus Climate from 227 Graff Main Hall to 147 Graff Main Hall.
  • The Learning Center from Whitney Center to 256 and 257 Murphy Library.
  • The Research Center for Cultural Diversity and Community Renewal (CDCR) from 270 Murphy Library to 335 Morris Hall.
  • Student Support Services from Wilder Hall to 270 Murphy Library.
  • The Reserve Officer Training Corps program (ROTC) from Wilder Hall to the lower level of Whitney Center.
  • Residence Life from 213 Wilder Hall to 103 Whitney Center.
  • Career Services and Academic Advising from Wilder Hall to the lower level of Cartwright Center (the former bowling alley space).

Other moves set for this spring:

  • Provost Kathleen Enz Finken and staff, including Karyn Cecele, Bill Cerbin and Bob Hoar; and Terri Thill, Institutional Research; to move from 145 Graff Main Hall to 227 Graff Main Hall during the spring semester.
  • Counseling and Testing will move from Wilder Hall to 170 and 180 Morris Hall the week following final exams at the end of the spring semester.
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Mark W. Chavalas, history, had three reviews published in the Near East Archaeological Society Bulletin vol. 53 (2008):

  • J. Bingen, Hellenistic Egypt: Monarchy, Society, Economy, Culture (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007), p. 46;
  • M. A. Flower, The Seer in Ancient Greece (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008), pp. 47-8.
  • 96. S. Ratto, Ed., Dictionaries of Civilization: Greece (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008). Tr. R. M. Giammanco Frongia, pp. 46-7.

Cary Heyer, University Relations, presented "Building Rapport With Reporters: A Crash Course for Administrators" during the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District V conference in Chicago in December. The session included attendees from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Continuing Education logo
Access spring catalog

Access, Continuing Education and Extension's semi-annual catalog of UW-L outreach programs and related news, was distributed Thursday, Jan. 8, in the La Crosse Tribune. See it online at www.uwlax.edu/Conted/pdf/2009accessspring.pdf.

Films that illuminate aging journeys with poignancy, power and delight are the focus of "Aging and Film: (MORE) Stories from the 3rd Age." The program runs from 4-9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, in Port O’ Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. Cost is $25. To register, call 785.6500.

human resources

New employees

Timothy Foster, facilities maintenance worker advanced, Physical Plant; Jerome Holter, custodian, Recreational Eagle Center; and Carrie Johnson, accountant, Business Services; all Jan. 5.

Paul Iverson, police officer, Protective Services, Jan. 12.

In the news

"UW-La Crosse tests out new parking meter technology," La Crosse Tribune, Jan. 2. Tired of searching pockets, purses and seat cushions for enough coins to fill a parking meter? You may not have to if you park at the UW-L. The university is testing new parking meters that accept debit and credit cards, in addition to coins ... Full story: www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/01/02/news/z03meters.txt.

Obituary
A. Vincent Weber

A. Vincent Weber

Professor Emeritus A. Vincent Weber dies Dec. 28

UW-L Professor Emeritus A. Vincent Weber died Dec. 28. During his 33 years at UW-L, Weber served as professor of biology, director of the School of Heath and Human Services, and associate dean of the College of Arts, Letters and Sciences. He also served on the board of directors of the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center and represented the Center on the United Fund For the Arts and Humanities Board of Directors. Funeral services were held Jan. 3. Memorials may be sent to the UW-L Weber Scholarship Fund, UW-L Foundation, 615 East Ave. N., La Crosse.

See also "A Life remembered: Weber had a way with faculty, students," La Crosse Tribune, Dec. 31, 2008, www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2008/12/31/news/z06life.txt. See La Crosse Tribune obituary at www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2008/12/30/obituaries/obits30.txt.

Classified ads

Wanted

Men, aged 50-75, for graduate study subjects. Jenna Shatzer, a graduate student in UW-L's Clinical Exercise Physiology program is writing her thesis on the effects of Viagra on blood pressure post-exercise. She needs subjects who are in good health, not on blood pressure medications and who exercise regularly. A total of seven hours will be needed over three separate sessions. All testing will be supervised by a physician. Contact Shatzer at shatzer.jenn@students.uwlax.edu or 788.6584

For sale

1979 Marshfield Mobile Home in Anderson Mobile Park, West Salem. $10,000 OBO. Call 608.780.0994 or 704.778.7910. For details, along with photos, see www.uwlax.edu/universityrelations/images/2009/spring/january/ForSale.pdf.

Large format Epson Photo 1280 inkjet printer. Designed for fine printing photos up to 13" x 19", as well as routine printing. Accepts cut and roll paper. 796.1992 or seaquist.robe@uwlax.edu.

Getting information into the Campus and Eagle Connections

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