Campus Connection - Aug. 10-16, 2009

Jessie Hermes and Danielle Balistrieri in front of posters

Students present research at 3rd annual research poster session Aug. 6

Twenty-nine students presented research at the 3rd annual College of Science and Health research poster session Aug. 6. Three of the students and their presentations include:

  • UW-L senior Jessie Hermes, left in photo above, a biology major from Green Bay, presented "Is Simulated Climate Change Driving Microevolution in a Northern California Meadow?" Northern California is predicted to have increased rainfall due to impending climate change. Her poster demonstrates the research she did on how adding water via sprinklers to a plot of northern California grassland might influence species change over time. Hermes has a minor in chemistry.

  • Danielle Balistrieri, right in photo above, is working on an Early Adolescence — Adolescence Licensure in education, and has broad field science and biology majors. The UW-L senior from West Allis will graduate in December. She presented "Connecting Scientific Research and the Classroom." She worked with Meredith Thomsen, and Tim Gerber, both biology, to create a lesson plan connected to her research experiences that will expose students to how science is conducted outside the classroom. 

  • UW-L sophomore Yer Lor, below, photo center, of La Crosse is majoring in cellular and molecular biology. Her poster, "Morphology and DNA Phylogeny in the Land Snail Family Polygyridea," illustrates research she and colleagues performed using DNA sequencing to help determine if current relationships and species identification within this family of approximately 400 species of land snails is accurate or needs to be reconsidered.

For more information, visit www.uwlax.edu/universityrelations/campusconnection/2009/summer/july/27/index.html#poster.

Photos and article by Larry Sleznikow, Educational Technologies.

Yer Lor explaining her poster.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burger

All-University address, Centennial Hall ground-breaking, picnic are Sept. 2

The fall semester chancellor's address is Wednesday, Sept. 2, in the new Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex. The rain site is Graff Main Hall Auditorium. At 10:30 a.m., Chancellor Joe Gow will give his address. A brief ground-breaking ceremony for the new Centennial Hall immediately follows at 11:45 a.m. near the Hoeschler Clock Tower. A picnic in the Graff Main Hall yard is scheduled after the ground-breaking ceremony.

The picnic menu includes chicken breast, hamburger or garden burger with baked beans, potato salad, cole slaw, canned soda, UW-L Centennial Cake and ice cream. Cost is $6.75. Download, print and fill out the reservation form at www.uwlax.edu/chancellor/Picnic-All-Univ2009.pdf and return it and payment to 223 Cartwright Center. Make checks payable to UW-La Crosse. Those ordering by mail will pick up tickets at the luncheon. The last day to purchase tickets via campus mail is Friday, Aug. 21. Walk-in purchases at 223 Cartwright Center will be accepted through Friday, Aug. 28.

Classified staff will be granted 1-1/2 hours of release time as long as adequate office coverage is ensured.

Associate Professor Emeritus Paul Keaton’s lessons true beyond classroom

Associate Professor Emeritus Paul Keaton died at age 66 in his home July 31. His funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Bethany Evangelical Free Church in La Crosse. Burial will be in Chapel of Devotion Mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in La Crosse. Friends may call from noon to services Aug. 13 at the church. A complete obituary will be provided by Dickinson Family Funeral Home.

Campus Connection Editor Sue Lee interviewed and photographed Associate Professor Emeritus Paul Keaton July 20 and 21 on his May 24 retirement for this article to be printed in an upcoming College of Business Administration "Building Bridges" magazine. Keaton died July 31.

An avalanche of technological changes occurred since 1978 when Associate Professor Emeritus Paul Keaton started teaching management classes at UW-L. Despite those changes, learning, growing and giving back were themes that remained constants in what Keaton taught.

Paul Keaton
Associate Professor Emeritus Paul Keaton taught management courses in Wimberly Hall since 1978. He retired from UW-L May 24. He died at age 66 in his home July 31.

And in how he lived.

After retiring from UW-L May 24, Keaton planned to get in touch with and help young entrepreneurs by volunteering his time and expertise as a business counselor to SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business. The nonprofit association is dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and to the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide.

But working with SCORE after he retired didn’t happen. Keaton died at age 66 in his home July 31.

When asked in a July 20 interview what he’d like his students to take away from the experience of having him as a professor, he said, “Ask good questions and think. There are always different sides — at least two — to every issue.”

The impact of technological advances is no exception, he said. “Technology has changed how we teach and learn. With today’s technology everything is happening in real time. Information is being spread to more people at lightening speed. It’s harder to protect secrets and to control information. Rumors spread faster and to more people.”

Technology has increased the need for people to act even more responsibly, Keaton warned. People need to ask if information is accurate, to consider what information they’re disseminating. “Ideas have origins and they have consequences,” he noted.

Technological advances have also made it possible for businesses to grow and prosper internationally. He told students to anticipate working on an international level. He advised students to learn another language to be more valuable in today’s business world. It’s also important to be aware of cultural differences to avoid making faux paus, he said.

Although by the time a textbook is written it’s already lost its currency, he said, the ability to trust those you’re working with remains.

“People are always the key in management,” Keaton said. “A manager can’t afford to live and work in isolation. Understand your employees. Talk to them. The worst case scenario as a manager is to have your employees be suspicious of what you’re really after. Trust is key.”

Keaton told students to draw from college.

“Your greatest acquisition at UW-L was learning how to learn and think,” he said. “Now it's your turn to give back to the world from your store of learning!”

Funds needed to continue baseball, tennis for 2009-10 school year

Eighty-five donors have given to baseball and 32 have donated to tennis. Nonetheless, while both programs have made solid progress toward their fundraising goals for the coming year, they have yet to reach the minimum amounts needed to continue the programs in 2009-10. Specifically, as of Aug. 5 baseball needs to raise another $7,258 and tennis $3,060. Although additional monies may have been pledged, funds need to be in hand by the beginning of the new academic year in order for the university to enter into contracts with the coaches for the coming season.

To make a gift contact Pat Stephens, L Club/UW-L Foundation, at 785.8153 or stephens.patr@uwlax.edu.

For more on men's tennis, visit www.uwlax.edu/ATHLETICS/mtennis/.

For more on baseball, visit www.uwlax.edu/Athletics/MBaseball/.

See also www.saveuwlbaseball.com, a Web site devoted to keeping the UW-L baseball program alive.

See also "Baseball, tennis fundraising efforts ‘solid,’ but short of goals," La Crosse Tribune, Aug. 6. Full story: www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/08/06/sports/uwl.txt.

Training sessions to drive 12-15 passenger vans begin Aug. 18

Anyone who plans to drive 12-15 passenger vans this fall needs to attend one of three training sessions. Sessions run from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, and Wednesdays, Aug. 19 and Sept. 16. Sessions are limited to eight people per date and cost $60 per person. For more information and to register, call 785.8586.

The next training sessions are planned for January. For details of the new training policy taking effect this year, visit the Risk Management Web site at www.uwlax.edu/budgetandfinance/riskmanagement/vandriverprogram2.htm.

Marcia Naber retirement get-together is Aug. 20

After 15 years overlooking the alley at Wilder Hall and six months in a cubicle at Teigen Lanes in the bowels of UW-L’s Cartwright Center, Marcia Naber has decided to scatter the pins and retire from Career Services. Join the all-star Career Service team as Naber hangs up her regulation bowling shoes and strikes out after a full-time career of 36 years. Plan to attend a get-together in her honor from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, in the Eagle’s Nest Sports Bar.

Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation's Microbiology and Cancer Research labs' open house is Aug. 28

Learn about the research and tour the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation's Microbiology and Cancer Research Laboratories at an open house from 3-6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, in the La Crosse Health Science Center, 1300 Badger St.

Discover the growing volume of science research conducted in La Crosse. Lab research has resulted in over 100 scientific publications, several patents and successful commercial applications. This past year an additional lab dedicated to basic science students concerning blood and tumor cancers has been established.

For more information, go to http://www.uwlax.edu/universityrelations/images/2009/summer/august/HSC_open2.pdf

To download a poster of the event to post or distribute, go to http://www.uwlax.edu/universityrelations/images/2009/summer/august/HSC_open1.pdf.

Six to be inducted into UW-L Athletic Wall of Fame Sept. 13

RSVPs due Sept. 4

UW-L will induct five former student athletes and a former coach in the Wall of Fame. A brunch and induction ceremony is set for Sunday, Sept. 13, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. A reception begins at 10 a.m., brunch follows at 10:30 a.m. and the program starts at 11 a.m. Cost is $20 per person. To attend, RSVP by Friday, Sept. 4, by calling 608.785.8490 or 877.895.2586.

UW-L Athletic Wall of Fame inductees for 2009 include:

  • Ray Bright, '64
  • Tony Christnovich, '73
  • Kathy Ermler, '73
  • Mark Guthrie, former track and field coach
  • Barbara Jacobs, '71
  • Lt. Col. Charles Wimmler, '57

The wall was established in 1969 to pay tribute and recognition to former student athletes, coaches and friends of the university. It is intended to enhance school tradition by honoring those who have displayed exceptional ability while attending UW-L. For more, including past recipients and information on how to nominate someone, visit www.uwlax.edu/athletics/traditions/wallfame/.

Bus

Contract to ride La Crosse MTU buses at reduced fare renewed

U-PASS continues into 2009-10

Faculty and staff can ride La Crosse City buses for $70 a year. The university's U-PASS contract with the La Crosse MTU will continue for 2009-10. Faculty and staff can purchase an MTU bus pass for unlimited rides any of MTU's six routes. Those purchasing passes can take advantage of pretax payroll deduction. Passes are available in the Cashier's Office, 121 Graff Main Hall, and are valid Sept. 1, 2009 through Aug. 31, 2010.

The U-PASS program offers daily unlimited fare-free passage on all MTU routes for students. From the fall of 2000 through 2008, MTU buses have provided 897,000 U-PASS rides. The program is a joint effort by the UW-L Student Association, UW-L Administration and MTU. For more information about U-PASS and city bus routes, visit www.uwlax.edu/af/upass/.

Campus Kudos

 

 

 

Adrienne Loh, chemistry, has been awarded $150,000 from the National Institutes of Health for her research proposal "Balancing Electrostatic Interactions and Steric Hindrance for the Optimization of Helical Stability in Peptide Antibiotic Models." The award period is Aug. 15, 2009-Aug. 14, 2012.

UW-L freshman Kathryn Gilson and sophomore Stephanie Lamoreaux, members of the La Crosse Blue Stars, marched in the Drum Corps International World Championships in Indianapolis. See La Crosse Tribune Aug. 6 articles: "Blue Stars win three solo, ensemble titles" at www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/08/06/newsupdate/16bluestars.txt, "Two UW-L students: Blue Stars takes hard work but is ‘really rewarding’" at www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/08/06/news/z05stars.txt and "Storm damages Blue Stars’ props," at www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/08/06/news/z06props.txt.

Stephanie Thorson, Counseling and Testing, for her participation as La Crosse Miss Wisconsin International in the Miss Wisconsin International 2009 competition July 18-25 in Chicago. For more on the competition, visit www.miss-international.us/.

Human Relations

 

 

 

Transfer opportunities

UW-L has transfer opportunities for:

  • a 100 percent office associate in Business Services. Pay Schedule Range is 02/9.
  • a 100 percent University Services Associate 2 in the Admissions Office. Pay Schedule Range is 02/10.

Those interested at or above the pay ranges indicated may apply by contacting Kathy Ring at ring.kath@uwlax.edu or by phone at 785.6499. For additional information, including full position descriptions, visit www.uwlax.edu/hr/employment. Deadline to sign up for these transfers is noon, Monday, Aug. 17.

New employees

  • Matthew Evensen, administrative specialist, Campus Climate Office, Aug. 1.
  • Cynthia Scarpa, associate student services coordinator, International Education Office, Aug. 1.
  • Lore Vang, formerly a residence hall manager, student services coordinator, Career Services Office, Aug. 1.
  • David Crewe, research intern, exercise and sport science. Aug. 12.

In the news

 

 

 

 

"Plenty of sand excavated for new academic building at UW-L," La Crosse Tribune Aug. 5. This construction site looks like a giant sandbox. Contractors are digging a huge hole — and moving heaps of sand — as they begin laying the footings and foundation for an 180,000- square-foot academic building at UW-L. Full story: www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/08/05/news/z03hole05.txt.

"Former UW-L players Joe and Katy Werner’s passion for basketball has taken them both a long way — around the world to the pro ranks in Australia — but nothing could be further from the truth," La Crosse Tribune, Aug. 5. Having been separated or sharing living quarters with others for most of the two years they have been married, you might think the honeymoon was over before it even started for Joe and Katy Werner. Full story: http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/08/05/sports/00lead.txt.

Oral Defense

 

 

 

Bui Thanh, master of public health-community health education candidate, "Development of a Training Manual for Businesses Regarding the Impacts of Domestic Violence," 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, 4 Wing Technology Center. Adviser: Dan Duquette, health education/health promotion.

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For sale

Four tickets to Wisconsin Badger football games: Sept. 5 vs. Northern Illinois (6 p.m. game); Sept. 12 vs. Fresno State (11 a.m. game); and Sept. 19 vs. Wofford — Band Day (11 a.m. game). Section I, Row 60 & 61. Must take all four tickets. Face value is $39 per ticket. Call 783.7370

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