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Chartwells returns as UW-L food service provider June 15 UW-L returns to Chartwells as its food service provider. Dining options will be available in Cartwright Center on Monday, June 15. Read more »

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UW-La Crosse alum begins Peace Corps service in Togo Zoe Slattery, 25, of Verona, was accepted into the Peace Corps and left for Togo June 9 to begin training as a health volunteer. Read more »	UW-L greenhouse gas emissions are significantly lower than in 2011 UW-L is much more environmentally friendly today than it was only four years ago, considering a report on its total greenhouse gas emissions. Read more »
Traveling with a purpose When UW-La Crosse senior Anna Monson first came to college, she was completely undecided on what she wanted to do. Now, only three years later, she has found her passion for traveling abroad as a therapeutic recreation major to work alongside children with different abilities. Read more »	Forging a connection between science, art: Metal art skills help on-campus bee research https://youtu.be/qEFQ0CMDmdQ Some would run the other way, but Barrett Klein, UW-L assistant professor of Biology, wanted a closer look at the dozens of newly spawned bees and their nests near Murphy Library and Wittich Hall. Read more »

 

LIVEMAROON closes out another successful year

[caption id="attachment_41574" align="alignright" width="350"] The campus community got together June 9 at the Dog Days of Summer event.[/caption] More than 150 campus employees enjoyed food, fun and conversation during the third annual "Dog Days of Summer" at the campus gazebo June 9. The “Dog Days of Summer” was sponsored by a University Dining Services Special Promotions grant written by the LIVEMAROON committee. LIVEMAROON, a campus-wide effort to revive campus spirit, is completing its fourth year aimed to embody a campus filled with passion, friendship, community and pride. The initiative is coordinated and sponsored by University Communications. The LIVEMAROON door prize winners and their prizes included: Ben Chenault – flag Pat Markos – flag Vickie Bain – coffee mug Tami Belden – coffee mug Jo Ann Kuester – frisbee & T-shirt Jane Morgan – frisbee & T-shirt Deanna Wachter – frisbee & T-shirt Liz Zuege – frisbee & T-shirt Heather Holm – T-shirt Josh Kraft – T-shirt Tracy Noyes – T-shirt Sue White – T-shirt

Campus parking update

Switchgear project will impact visitor parking in the stadium lot. The pay station was removed in the stadium parking lot (C-2) as construction continues around campus. Construction will impact the spaces in the lot that face East Avenue. Visitors may purchase a permit to park elsewhere in the lot or use meters/pay stations located in the following lots: C-1 (across from Graff Main Hall off State Street), C-7 (Recreational Eagle Center), C-9 (behind Mitchell Hall), C-10 (Center for the Arts), or C-12 (Cleary Alumni & Friends Center). Short-term, yellow meters are available in lots around campus and provide 20-minute parking. Contact Parking and Transportation Services at 608.785.8061 or by email for assistance.

UW-L seeks 55+-year-olds for research on activity devices

Participants are needed for a UW-L physical activity research study of those 55 and older who have been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment. Nancy Richeson, associate professor in the College of Science and Health Department of Recreation Management and Therapeutic Recreation, is conducting the research. It will examine the feasibility of using the FitBit Zip™ and Accusplit Eagle AE 120 XL pedometer on daily physical activity for older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The participants will take part in a two-week program in August to test the feasibility of the two devices on predicted cost, usability and interest. The program will consist of pre- and post-test data collection, including the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire, plus the Mini Mental Status Exam, Demographic Questionnaire and follow-up interview. A one-on-one counseling session will be followed by two weeks of monitoring usage. Participants will receive more information about physical activity and skills, motivation to take part in physical activity, and incentive for increasing daily activity. Participants will be able to keep the device they are using. No monetary compensation will be given. For more information about the project and to enroll, contact Richeson at 608.785.8205, or nricheson@uwlax.edu, or visit http://www.uwlax.edu/profile/nricheson/.

Retirement open house June 18

Join Tim Walls in celebrating his retirement from 1:30-3 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at 235 Morris Hall. Cake and punch will be provided.

UW-L Adopt-A-Highway group to hold clean-up June 24

The university Adopt-A-Highway group is participating in the second Roadside Clean-up this summer. The group meets at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, at Korn Clements (Hwy. 33) and picks up trash from Korn Clements to Korn Coulee Road on Hwy. 33. Participants bring food to share for the party afterward. If interested in participating in the group, open to all employees and their families, contact coordinator Brad Quarberg at bquarberg@uwlax.edu. This summer people will get outside a little more for exercise, dining and traveling. The following are some resources from the La Crosse County website to help make good choices and be well informed on restaurant inspections, traveler's health and staying active. Read more Dustin Barton, Brian Oyen, and David Pehl, all University Police Officers, recently completed a five week, 40-hour course on Crisis Intervention Training. The training included understanding various mental illnesses, responding to someone in crisis, and assisting and getting services for people in need. Keith Beyer, Chemistry, and Christian Pearson, '13, published "Solid/Liquid Phase Diagram of the Ammonium Sulfate/Succinic Acid/Water System" in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 119, 4317-4328. The research was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and was an invited paper for the Mario J. Molina (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1995) celebration issue published May 14. Eric Kraemer, Philosophy, presented "Atypicality, Cognitive Science, and the Limits of Functionalism" at the Cognitio 2015 Interdisciplinary Conference on the Mind, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada, June 8. [caption id="attachment_41555" align="alignright" width="300"] Kathryn Thompson, UW-L student and Eagle Apprentice[/caption] Kathryn Thompson, UW-L student and Eagle Apprentice, presents the undergraduate research she did as a UW-L freshman on the “Effects of Hibernation on the Enteric Nervous System of Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel Colon” during a meeting in early June in Duluth. Thompson’s faculty adviser is Sumei Liu, associate professor of Biology. Read more about their research at http://news.uwlax.edu/digest-this-uw-l-gut-research-aims-to-advance-medicine/) Nathan Warnberg, Mathematics, had his paper "Path cover number, maximum nullity and zero forcing number of oriented graphs and other simple digraphs" published in Involve: a Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 8: 147-167, 2015.