Campus Connection - June 29-July 5, 2009
- UW-L's John Ready exhibiting artwork on Milwaukee’s RiverWalk
- La Crosse Area Day: another home run
- Freedom Fest honors veterans
- UW-L student receives veterans scholarship
- Bookstore and Textbook Services announce temporarily closed dates
- New UW-L residence hall public meeting set for July 14
- Human Resources
- In the news
- Oral defense: Sarah Carlson
- Classified ads
UW-L's John Ready exhibiting artwork on Milwaukee’s RiverWalk
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Visitors to Milwaukee’s RiverWalk are getting a close-up look at large, over-sized decorative jewelry created by UW-L Art Gallery Director John Ready.
Ready, who began his art career as a jeweler but has changed his focus to sculpting, began installing “River Gems” in May for the exhibit that runs through 2010. The works include huge steel rings along the walk, necklaces on bridge houses, earring-like pieces on lights, and brooches on buildings. The pieces will change over time to better integrate them with specific locations along the route.
Ready created the large-sculpted jewels primarily from recycled materials. Among them: bowling balls, aluminum Jell-O molds, cookware, pots, martini shakers, lamp parts, vases, chains and more. He found most of his items for the works from Goodwill and Salvation Army. Ready hopes the pieces will make viewers think about objects they’re planning to toss and how them might re-use them instead of throwing them out.
Ready was intrigued about making art specifically for the city. “I’m motivated by creating sculptural art that works within the context of the city,” he explains. “I’m hoping the pieces become the talk of the town.”
Milwaukee’s RiverWalk is celebrating its 20th year. Ready’s installation is the first public art created for the walk.
See some of the works at: www.onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/riverwalkart.html.
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La Crosse Area Day: another home runJoe Crede, Ryan Braun, Casey McGehee and Prince Fielder weren't the only ones hitting home runs on June 25. Thirty-nine buses, including one leaving from UW-L's Cleary Alumni & Friends Center, took nearly 2,000 baseball fans to Milwaukee for La Crosse Area Day at Miller Park. Although a 6 - 4 victory for the Minnesota Twins was disappointing for Brewers fans, overcast skies kept temperatures to a tolerable level. La Crosse area fans enjoyed live music and a tailgate party of brats and hot dogs before the game and air-conditioned buses for the ride home. Find out more about La Crosse Area Day at http://www.holmenwi.com/holmenpr/brewerbustrip.htm. See video clips of the game at the Milwaukee Brewers site at http://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=mil. |
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| A motorcycle rally followed by a Michael Martin Murphy performance, photo right, brought many Freedom Fest participants to campus June 20. Photos by Paul Currier, Educational Technologies. | |
Freedom Fest honors veterans
A motorcycle rally at Veterans Hall of Honor at the Veterans Memorial Sports Complex at UW-L followed by a Michael Martin Murphy performance brought many Freedom Fest participants to campus June 20.
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| Approximately 150 volunteers, including many UW-L students, employees, alumni and retirees, helped to make Freedom Fest weekend a success. Diana Johnson, English, was one of 53 guardians on the Freedom Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. She's pictured here with her father, Walter "Walt" Neubauer, at the National World War II Memorial. Photo by Sue Lee, University Relations. |
Other Freedom Fest events were concerts by The Remainders and Lonestar, a Freedom Honor Flight and the 11th Annual Deke Slayton Airfest. The airfest included U.S. military and internationally-known civilian performers with air- and ground-based activities featuring static display aircraft, NASA information and exhibits.
This is the second year that a Freedom Honor Flight left the La Crosse airport taking 100 military veterans to memorials in Washington, D.C., including the National World War II Memorial which opened to the public in April 2004. Senior veterans — World War II survivors — were given top priority for the free trip.
The Freedom Honor Flight organization is organizing another flight for October. The Freedom Honor Flight is part of the Honor Flight Network, a national non-profit organization created solely to honor America's veterans. Find out more, including how you can help as a donor or volunteer, at www.freedomhonorflight.org/.
For photos of the trip, visit http://picasaweb.google.com/sueellenlee0/FreedomHonorFlightJune202009# and http://s702.photobucket.com/albums/ww27/johnbeere/Honor%20Flight%2006-20-2009/?albumview=slideshow&track=share_email_album_view_click.
For photos of the World War II Memorial, including several of the June 20 group, by Stephen R. Brown, author of the book "WWII Memorial: Jewel on the Mall," visit http://wwiimemorial.typepad.com/my_weblog/.
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One hundred veterans and 53 guardians, along with several other volunteers, took the Freedom Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., June 20 to visit the National World War II Memorial (photo above). The group also visited the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Iwo Jima Memorial. Photo by Sue Lee, University Relations. |
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UW-L student receives veterans scholarship
UW-L sophomore and Navy veteran William John Westerman was just one of many veterans honored June 20 at the second annual Freedom Fest. He and nine other military veterans attending UW System schools each received $1,000 Weber Veterans Scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year.
The Weber Veterans Scholarship was established in 2008 by Donald J. and Roxanne Weber of La Crosse in honor of Donald's father, Donald P. Weber. Both Weber men are veterans of the Armed Forces. Donald P. served in World War II and Donald J. in Vietnam.
This year's other scholarship recipients were:
- Colton Z. Connor, Army National Guard, a junior at UW-Madison
- Isaac Nathaniel Dorsch, Marine Corps, a sophomore at UW-Madison
- Susan Larson, Air Force, a senior at UW-Stevens Point
- Jared Leable, Army, a sophomore at UW-Eau Claire
- Brad Miller, Army, a graduate student at UW-Whitewater
- Eric O’Leary, Marine Corps, a junior at UW-Milwaukee
- Jessica L. Prell, Army, a graduate student at UW-Madison
- Edward N. Rothbauer, Army, a graduate student at UW-Madison
- Shawn Siebold, Army, a senior at UW-Madison
They were honored during a program between music performances by The Remainders and Lonestar at the La Crosse Municipal Airport.
For photos and more on this year's scholarship recipients, visit www.uwlax.edu/universityrelations/images/2009/summer/june/SoldierProfiles1.pdf and www.uwlax.edu/universityrelations/images/2009/summer/june/SoldierProfiles2.pdf.
For more information on Weber Veterans scholarships, visit http://www.foundation.uwlax.edu/applications/WeberVeteransScholarship.pdf.
Bookstore and Textbook Service announce temporarily closed dates
The University Bookstore and Textbook Rental Services will be closed for inventory beginning Monday, June 29. UW-L has partnered with the Follett Higher Education Group to manage the bookstore and Textbook Rental Services effective July 1. Textbook Rental Services will resume Monday, July 6, for students needing books for summer classes. The University Bookstore will open later in the week.
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| Download the full Public Notice Final EIS and Public Meeting New UW-L Residence Hall announcement at www.uwlax.edu/universityrelations/images/summer/June/Final_EIS_Flyer.pdf |
New UW-L residence hall public meeting set for July 14
A public meeting to present the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for UW-L's new residence hall project will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in Port O’ Call, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. Representatives of UW-L, Residence Life, UW System Administration, the Division of State Facilities, Ayres Associates and the A/E design team are presenting the meeting.
A description of the project will be presented. The State of Wisconsin has retained Ayres Associates to prepare the EIS for the new residence hall.
The Final EIS Document is available for public review and comment at Murphy Library, at the La Crosse Public Library and online at http://www.ayresprojectinfo.com/UWL-New-Residence-Hall-EIS.
Anyone should identify support, issues or concerns they believe should be addressed in the Final Record of Decision for the proposed project orally or in writing by July 14. To submit comments in writing contact:
Dennis L. Johnson, PE |
or | Terri Reda |
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Notice of Classified Exam Center opportunities
The next monthly exam center is scheduled for Saturday, July 11. To view the list of exams being administered to pre-register for the exam, and for additional application procedures, visit https://wiscjobs.state.wi.us/public/links_summary_page.asp?catid=70. Pre-registration by Wednesday, July 1, is required for all exams. Confirmations will have the location of the exam and additional application procedures.
New employees
Nicholas Schloesser and Todd Severson, research interns in River Studies Center, June 1.
Kristin Koepke, media specialist in Provost Office, July 1.
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UW-L baseball: "Schwarz maintains cautious optimism," La Crosse Tribune, June 23. The e-mail from Chris Schwarz had better news than Zach Thiel ever could have expected. It had been 10 days since Thiel launched his Web site devoted to keeping the UW-L baseball program alive. By Monday, www.saveuwlbaseball.com had more than 1,000 hits. And Schwarz, UW-L’s coach, let Thiel know $15,000 of the $50,000 it would take to sustain the Eagles for the 2010 season had been raised. Full story: www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2009/06/23/sports/1sports23.txt.
"UW staff could be assigned to unions," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 25. Thousands of currently unrepresented academic staffers at UW campuses could be assigned into existing unions — rather than having the chance to vote — under a provision included in the state budget, state officials say. Full story: www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/49149167.html
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Sarah Carlson, Ed.S. school psychology master's degree candidate, "Resilience of Inner City Students with Emotional Behavioral Disabilities: A Predictive Factor," 2-4 p.m. Monday, June 29, 303 Graff Main Hall. Adviser: Jocelyn Newton.
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