Posted 1:37 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, 2015
This week's news and events.
U.S. News: UWL remains top-ranked in UW System
U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 America’s Best Colleges list of Best Regional Universities in the Midwest ranks UW-La Crosse as the state’s best and the No. 4 public university in the Midwest. Read more » |
In this issue:Announcements & Notices Campus Kudos Human Resources In The News Murphy Library Notes Thanks Classifieds |
2015 Academic Staff Excellence Award recipient Web Coordinator Maren Walz built cohesion across campus and eventually oversaw the migration of 15,000 webpages into a unified content management system in a year — something that typically takes up to five years. Read more » |
UWL Police working to curb bicycle theft
“Bait bikes” set up around campus are equipt with GPS, so campus police can track where stolen bikes go. Read more » |
Fun facts about UWL’s new students
Where in the U.S. do UWL's new students come from? How many valedictorians are in the group? Learn these answers and more. Read more »
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Ugetconnected: New online service connects college students, non-profits A new online service is helping La Crosse area non-profit agencies connect with students from La Crosse’s three colleges. Read more » |
UWL Art Gallery opens season with portraits, video, sound
[caption id="attachment_43411" align="alignnone" width="250"]  Amaya, 2014, Color Photograph[/caption]
A Wisconsin photographer and filmmaker explores the power and complexity of gender identity in the academic year’s opening show at the UW-La Crosse Art Gallery. Read more »
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UWL Farmer’s Market Opening Day is Sept. 14
Find great produce, flowers and more while supporting local vendors at the first farmer’s market of the season from 11 a.m.- 3p.m., Monday, Sept. 14, between Wittich Hall and Centennial Hall. Cash accepted only.LGBTIQQAAP Welcome Social Sept. 15
The LGBTIQQAAP Welcome Social will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. This is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff who identify with the LGBTQ+ Community and their allies to come together to celebrate the beginning of the school year. All are welcome.
Listening session Sept. 16 about African American experiences in La Crosse
The City's Human Rights Commission is holding a community listening session at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the Black River Beach House on La Crosse’s north side. For the September session, the commission is seeking African American people's experiences in the city of La Crosse. All are welcome.Sorority recruitment events Sept. 14-17
Want to add a chapter to your story? Check out Alpha Phi and Alpha Xi Delta during sorority recruitment. To find out more about Sorority Life at UWL follow @uwlpanhellenic on Twitter and Instagram.- Sisterhood Night - 5:30-8 p.m., Monday, Sept 14, Ward Room, Cartwright Center
- Leadership Night – 5:30-8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept 16, Ward Room, Cartwright Center
- Philanthropy Night – 5:30-8 p.m., Thursday, Sept 17, Ward Room, Cartwright Center
Bioresearch forum set for Sept. 17
Carston R. Wagner, professor and endowed chair in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, is the keynote speaker presenting "Chemically Self-Assembled Nanorings (CSANS): From Drug Delivery to Targeted Cell Therapy" at the Thursday, Sept. 17. The La Crosse Bioresearch Forum runs from 12:15-1 p.m. in the Overholt Auditorium, Gundersen Health System. The free forums are open to the public and hosted by the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders and the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation. Those attending should park in the Green ramp or use valet parking. Use the entrances at the north end and northeast side of the medical center.Academic Staff Council Campus Kick-Off event is Sept. 21
Chancellor Joe Gow to present Excellence Award Join members of the Academic Staff Council and other campus leaders for this year’s kick-off event at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, in the Cameron Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall. The event begins with the presentation of the 2015 Academic Staff Excellence Award to Maren Walz, web coordinator. The award is given annually to a member of the non-instructional academic staff who has excelled in performance and service. The presentation follows with a social gathering and information from recent Professional Development Award winners. Refreshments will be served. Join us as we recognize and celebrate the efforts of non-instructional academic staff that help UWL achieve its mission. For more information, contact ASC chair Pat Markos. For more on the Academic Staff Council visit www.uwlax.edu/academicstaff/Eagle Planner replaces Student + Staff Directory
A new calendar planner is helping students and staff schedule appointments and get acclimated to campus. The Eagle Planner has been distributed to on-campus students in residence halls, and to off-campus students at Textbook Rental. Faculty and staff received copies through campus mail.
The newly designed Eagle Planner combines the former Student+Staff Directory and student planner. A contract with the university and About Campus, who published both, expired at the end of the 2014-15 academic year. The company did not extend a new contract for a directory, but opted to publish an expanded planner that includes information previously published in the front section of the directory, along with important academic dates.
University Communications has coordinated the book and its distribution. The planner is free; supplies are limited. Copies are available at Textbook Rental. Refer any questions to Brad Quarberg, News & Marketing, bquarberg@uwlax.edu.
Nobel Prize Winning physicist to visit campus Sept. 24-25
Nobel Prize Winning Physicist David Gross will give a public lecture on “The Frontiers of Fundamental Physics” at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, in Skogen Auditorium A., 1400 Centennial Hall. A reception starts at 4:30 p.m. in Cameron Hall of Nations. Gross will explore some of the questions and proposed answers of fundamental physics, and how scientists might consider these ideas in moving forward toward a unified theory of physics — one that explains all of nature in a single theory.
Gross will also give a physics seminar on “The enduring legacy of Albert Einstein” at 3:20 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the same location. Gross earned the Nobel Prize for helping explain the strong force, a force that ties together quarks, the smallest pieces of matter in the universe.
Josh Hertel, Mathematics, had a paper "Understanding Risk Through Board Games" published in "The Mathematics Enthusiast," Volume 12, 2015. Hertel was also the organizer and presenter at the 2015 Conference on Research and Innovation in Teaching Mathematics with Technology held July 20-21 at UWL.
Teri Holford-Talpe and Liz Humrickhouse-Lee, both Murphy Library, presented "Gaining Ground: Building on College Level Information Literacy Skills" at the Lifelong Information Literacy (LILI) Conference at Loyola-Marymount University, Los Angeles, August 2015.
Susan Kelly, Mathematics, presented talks in August on two UWL youth programs, Girls in Science and Boys Science Exploration Camp, at the summer national meeting of the Mathematical Association of America in Washington D.C. and at the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium (WSGC) meeting in Oshkosh. Kelly has directed these programs for 17 and five years, respectively. In 2016, NASA astronaut Mark Lee will speak at these programs with funds from a WSGC grant.
Tom Kernozek, Health Professions, with HT Peng, WC Chen, K Kim, and CY Song, of the National Taiwan University Physical Therapy, published "Influences of Patellofemoral Pain and Fatigue in Female Dancers during Ballet Jump-Landing" in the International Journal of Sports Medicine 2015, Aug; 36(9): 747-753.
James Longhurst, History, was profiled in the Edge Effects blog Sept. 1. Edge Effects is a project of the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE), a research center within the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison.
Shauna Sallmen, Physics, and UWL alumna Diana Leystra Greene, published a paper "Modeling Indications of Technology in Planetary Transit Light Curves — Dark-Side Illumination" in the August issue of "The Astrophysical Journal."
Dick Snyder, professor emeritus, History, had a book of short stories "Boomerang: Short Stories in a Fictional Life," published by AuthorHouse, 2015.
Gary Walth, Music, presented two sessions on "Setting the Tone for Outstanding Choral Rehearsals With Purpose Driven Warm-ups" Aug. 5 at the Minnesota American Choral Directors Summer Conference at Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota.
Insurance Changes for Employees: informational sessions being offered. UPDATE: 2 Sessions Added
Human Resources will hold informational sessions on the upcoming changes to employee insurances. Beth Hill, assistant director of Benefits and Payroll, will discuss the changes that are coming in 2016, how the changes will affect state employee benefits, and how employees can control the cost of these changes. The informational sessions will be held:- Noon Monday, Sept. 14, 339 Cartwright
- 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, ICE 1st floor Murphy Library
- 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 18, 339 Cartwright
- 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, 339 Cartwright
- 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, 339 Cartwright
UWL in the news
A summary of some of the stories about UW-La Crosse spotted in the news. UWL Screaming Eagles hosting High School Band day, Sept. 3, News8000.com - WKBT UW-La Crosse's Screaming Eagles Band will be hosting the 5th annual High School Band Day Friday at the university's season opener. La Crosse Oktoberfest celebration generates $15 million for local economy, Sept. 4, WEAU Research conducted by the Economics Department at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater during Oktoberfest in .. High hopes for new University of Wisconsin science buildings, Sept. 4, The Courier Life News High hopes for new University of Wisconsin science buildings ... Construction on an $82 million science labs building at the La Crosse campus will ... UW-La Crosse welcomes class of 2019 September, WEAU The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is welcoming about 3,300 new students to campus this weekend. The new class UW-L move-in weekend begins, Sept. 5, WXOW.com If you were driving in the campus area Friday, you may have noticed a lot of traffic. It'sUW-La Crosse's move-in weekend. One university program is ... 'Chicago' returns to UW-L stage, La Crosse Tribune The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse theater department presents two encore performances of “Chicago” to raise money for theater student ... Residents can speak out during healing event, Sept. 7, La Crosse Tribune If they have, they can express themselves even more,” said Thomas Harris ofUniversity of Wisconsin-La Crosse's multicultural services. “If you UW-L Police Introduce Safety Upgrades and New Tactics for School Year, Sept. 8, WXOW.com Today was the first day of classes at UW-La Crosse, and campus police are hoping for a safe school year. They increased patrols to ensure safety as .. UWL gives students 'Sample of the City' Sept. 9, News8000.com - WKBT Sample of the City. WKBT, News8000.com. LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) -. Students atUW-La Crosse are learning more about what the city of La Crosse ... UW-La Crosse remains top-ranked in the UW System, Sept. 10, News8000.com - WKBT U.S. News & World Report's 2016 America's Best Colleges list of Best Regional Universities in the Midwest ranks UW-La Crosse as the state's best ... US News ranks UW-L as best college in UW System Sept. 10, La Crosse Tribune The ranking continues UW-L's trend of being ranked among the Midwest's top four regional public universities for the past 15 years. Truman State ... UW La Crosse Ranks Tops In US News & World Report, Sept. 10, WXOW.com UW-La Crosse has continued its string of strong showings in ratings of Midwest colleges. U.S. News & World Report's 2016 list puts UW-L in the top ... Let's value and retain Wisconsin's teachers Sept. 10, La Crosse Tribune The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse saw overall enrollment increase from 2011 to 2014, but in the same years education saw a 10 percent drop.
Changes to photocopiers and public-access workstations
The library's photocopiers, which are located on the first floor near the microfilm shelves, are multifunction machines that scan items to email or external drives. To print paper copies from these machines, users must visit the administrative office, Room 111, between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Staff will assist with copying and will take payment of $.10 per page for copies.The six public access workstations have been reconfigured. Two are standing computer stations that require no login and are restricted to library resources and government websites. The other four, which require login with NetID, are seated computer stations with access to all resources. These can be used by members of the public, who must print a temporary login and password at the nearby ID kiosk.
Career Services recognizes internship advisers
The Career Services staff would like to thank the faculty and instructional academic staff listed below who voluntarily advised interns during fall 2014; spring 2015; and summer 2015. The Cooperative Education and Internship Program this past year generated 1,983 credits for academic departments. We sincerely appreciate the support that the Cooperative Education and Internship Program receives.- Accountancy – Julie Ancius
- Archaeology – Constance Arzigian, David Anderson
- Art – Misha Bolstad, Jennifer Terpstra, Karen Terpstra
- Biology – Michael Abler, Eric Strauss
- Communication Studies - Linda Dickmeyer, Anthony Docan-Morgan, Dena Huisman, Ronda Leahy, Dan Modaff, Pamela Morris, Charissa Niedzwiecki, Nicole Ploeger-Lyons, Michael Tollefson, Patricia Turner
- Computer Science – Martin Allen, Andrew Berns, Samantha Foley, Thomas Gendreau, Kenny Hunt, Joshua Hursey, Kasi Periyasamy, David Riley, Steven Senger, Mao Zheng
- Economics – Taggert Brooks, Nabamita Dutta, Adam Hoffer, Abdul Khandker, Sheida Teimouri
- English – Susan Crutchfield, Marie Moeller, Kathryn Parker, Lindsay Steiner
- Environmental Studies – Alysa Remsburg
- Finance – Curtis Brye, Lise Graham, Diana Tempski, Shane VanDalsem, Rob Wolf
- Geography/Earth Science – Colin Belby, Cynthia Berlin, Gargi Chaudhuri, Paul Reyerson
- Health Professions – Deborah Dougherty, Joan Temple
- History – Ariel Beaujot, John Grider, Jennifer Trost
- Information Systems – Hua Dai, Peter Haried, Kyung Yang
- Management – Nicole Gullekson, Christa Kiersch, Justin Kraemer, Allan Macpherson, Weina Ran, William Ross, Jr., Andrew Stapleton, Charles Swayne, Jonathan Ying
- Marketing – Gwen Achenreiner, Stephen Brokaw, Elizabeth Crosby, Barbara Larsen, Maggie McDermott, Kristy McManus, Kelly Nowicki, Susan Whitewater
- Mathematics – Barbara Bennie
- Microbiology – Bernadette Taylor
- Modern Languages – Heather Linville
- Political Science/Public Administration – Jeremy Arney, Jo Arney, Alan Bigel, Ray Block, Tim Dale, Stephen McDougal, Adam Van Liere
- Psychology –Casey Tobin
- Sociology/Archaeology – Nicholas Bakken, Laurie Cooper-Stoll, Enilda Delgado, Lisa Kruse, Peter Marina, Timothy McAndrews, Carol Miller, Dawn Norris, Kimberly Vogt
- Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies – Jodi Vandenberg-Daves
