Campus Connection

Strategic planning, compensation highlighted during All-University Address Over the past year UWL has had to make important decisions surrounding cuts to its budget, as well as faculty and staff compensation, in the wake of a $250 million cut to the UW System. Read more »

In this issue: Announcements & Notices Be Well @UW-L Campus Kudos UWLDining Human Resources In The News Murphy Library Resources Thanks Classifieds

UWL Football means business   The UWL football team is taking a new approach this season. It’s running its organization like a business. Read more »	A backstage pass to UWL classrooms Ninety UWL instructors, staff and students invited colleagues to take a behind-the-scenes look at instruction during the Conference on Teaching and Learning on Sept.1. Read more »
UWL Theatre remounts ‘Chicago’ The UW-La Crosse Department of Theatre presents the encore performance of “Chicago” to raise funds for UWL theatre student scholarships. Read more »	UWL faculty offer public speaking advice Learn some of of the most practical public speaking suggestions, summed up in eight principles. Read more »
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month UWL will mark the national celebration of Hispanic culture and history with a series of presentations, discussions, films and more on campus and throughout the community. Read more »

La Crosse MTU to offer bus route that circles UWL, Western

Starting Tuesday, Sept. 8, the La Crosse MTU will be offering a new service for students and staff called MTUGO. The route will circle the UWL and Western Technical College (WTC) campuses and will provide access to most academic buildings and more convenient transportation between the student intensive residential areas, UWL and WTC. To use MTUGO, students just need to present their UWL Student I.D. card and staff with a valid UWL bus pass can also take advantage of the service. Fall Semester 2015

• Starts on Tuesday, Sept. 8 and ends on Tuesday, Dec. 22
• No service during Thanksgiving Break – Nov. 26, and 27

Spring Semester 2016

• Starts on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 and ends on Friday, May 13, 2016.
• No service during Spring Break - March 14-18, 2016.

Daytime Service every 10 minutes

• Monday - Friday: 7:10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Evening Service every 20 minutes

• Monday - Friday: 5-10 p.m.

Please visit the MTUGO website to view the route map.

Weekend event aims to bring gamers together at UWL

A UW-La Crosse weekend event aims to bring together gamers from across the region. “Coulee Con” will run Friday, Sept. 11, through Sunday, Sept. 13, in Cartwright Center. The convention is being put on by the UWL Tabletop Gaming Club in partnership with local gaming organizations. Organizers hope it will become an annual event. The weekend will bring together several gaming genres including board games, collectible card games, role-playing games and tabletop miniatures. The main hall, Valhalla, will feature tournaments, a games library, a silent auction, a raffle, vendors and an artist alley. Additionally, demonstrations of two live action role-play systems will take place in Lindner Forest on campus during Friday and Saturday. Two local gaming businesses, River City Hobbies and Apex Hobby Shop, will sponsor gaming halls in Cartwright Center with a variety of events. In addition to preplanned events, attendees are encouraged to bring their own games to play at open tables in all venues. Registration is $15 for students and $25 for others for a three-day pass purchased online. At-the-door, registration for a three-day pass is $20 for students and $30 for others. One-day passes are available for $10 at the door. A Family Day pass (Saturday only) for two adults and up to four children 15 and under is $20 online and $25 at the door. Get complete details and register at: couleecon.com.

The Sword's 'High Country' to be featured at the Sept. 11 Album Encounters

The next Album Encounters multimedia light and laser show will feature The Sword's "High Country" at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in 20 Cowley Hall. Admission is $5. For more information, contact Bob Allen at allen.robe@uwlax.edu or 608.785.8669. See more about the Planetarium at www.uwlax.edu/planetarium.

The Money Monologues set for Sept. 14

A re-enactment of people’s real-life experiences related to money is set for 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at Toland Theatre, Center for the Arts. These first-hand experiences will pull heartstrings and produce laughter as you either relate, empathize or learn the impact financial dispositions create in people’s lives. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Provide feedback related to UWL’s reaccreditation process

The UWL campus community is invited to continue participating in the reaccreditation process by providing their feedback on the draft of UWL’s Assurance Argument. This document provides campus responses to five criteria within a strict word limit. This document, along with supporting evidence, will be reviewed by the peer reviewers who will visit campus in April 2016. The link to the draft, as well as instructions for and the survey for feedback are available on the UWL reaccreditation website. The Firm Footing quality initiative, adopted by the campus in 2012, was one component of this process. The final report has been submitted to HLC. It can also be viewed on the UWL reaccreditation website. The survey for feedback on the Assurance Argument will close on Friday, Oct. 9. In addition to the survey for feedback, questions about the HLC accreditation process can be addressed at the Provost's Office Hours in October and the Chancellor's Open Forums throughout the school year. Ray Block, Political Science and Public Administration, and Laurie Cooper Stoll, Sociology, published "Intersectionality and Cyberbullying: A Study of Cybervictimization in a Midwestern High School" in Computers in Human Behavior, June 2015. Enilda Delgado and Laurie Cooper Stoll, both Sociology, published "Beyond the Black-White Test Score Gap: Latinos' Early School Experiences and Literacy Outcomes" in Journal of Latinos and Education, August 2015. Víctor M. Macías-González, History, was appointed visiting scholar at the Institute for Ethnic Studies of the University of Nebraska, Aug. 24-29. Macías-González was a guest at the annual retreat, and gave public talks about his research, service, and outreach efforts at UWL. William Ross, Management; former UWL faculty Victor Chen, Information Systems; and recent UWL graduate Evan Newman, authored the chapter "Human Resource Recruiting and Selection Using Cellphone Apps," published in the Encyclopedia of Mobile Phone Behavior Zheng Yan, Ed. (c) 2015, IGI Global.

Chartwells opening week hours of operation Sept. 8-13

Cartwright Center

• The Galley 7:30 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday-Friday
• The Cellar 10:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m. Sunday-Saturday
• Einstein Bros Bagels 7:30 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Friday 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Saturday

Whitney Center

• Main Residential Dining 7 a.m.–8 p.m. (hours vary for each station)
• Chars 10 a.m.–8 p.m. (hours vary for each station)
• Badger Street Station Mondo Subs 10:30 a.m.–12 a.m. Sunday-Wednesday 10:30 a.m.–1 a.m. Thursday-Saturday On the Go 7 a.m.–3 a.m. Monday-Friday

Centennial Hall

• On the Go 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Friday
• WPS Starbucks 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Friday

Murphy Library

• On the Go 10:30 a.m.–6 p.m. Monday-Friday Closed Saturday and Sunday

• Peet’s Coffee 4 p.m.–10 p.m. Sunday 7:30 a.m.–10 p.m. Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday

UW-L chancellor highlights successes at fall welcome, Sept. 3, La Crosse Tribune Gow said UW-L is up for its 10-year re-accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission, and the university will be doing more to address issues of ... Heavy traffic expected for UW-L move-in days, Sept. 3, La Crosse Tribune “We are looking forward to welcoming students and their families to campus,” says Lisa Weston, UWL Residence Life student services coordinator.

Schedule library instruction sessions

Every year, thousands of UWL students benefit from hands-on research instruction on topics like search strategies, source evaluation, and database orientations. Librarians work with faculty and staff to create sessions tailored to the needs of students, including supporting specific assignments within a course. Instructors can bring classes to the library, or a librarian can visit the classroom. Faculty and staff are encouraged to request instruction sessions as early as possible because the program gets busy, particularly in the opening weeks of the semester. To learn more or schedule a session, visit the library instruction website at http://www.uwlax.edu/MurphyLibrary/Services/Library-instruction/. Requests can also be emailed to libinstruct@uwlax.edu. Direct questions or special requests to Katie Fox, Instruction Librarian, at kfox@uwlax.edu.

Submit Course Reserves Requests

Faculty and staff are encouraged to make course reserves requests as soon as possible. Allow one week for course reserves processing. The course reserves request form can be found at the library home page in the left-side navigation menu under Services>Borrowing. A direct link to the form is: http://www.uwlax.edu/MurphyLibrary/Services/Borrowing/Course-reserves/ Kudos to UWL’s IT Department for successfully launching the VoIP project in about one month. A total of 1625 phones were deployed. A project of this scale typically takes one year to complete. Among the many staff who dedicated their time and talent, a very special thank you goes to Lea Butterfield, UWL’s telecommunications coordinator, for her dedicated work on the project.

For sale

• One boy's 21-speed Mongoose XR-75, 24-inch diameter tires, orange body.
• One girl's 21-speed Mongoose 2.1 Ledge, 24-inch diameter tires, deep pink body.

Both in great shape, $40 each. View pictures at http://lacrosse.craigslist.org/bik/5192366619.html. Contact Rebecca LeDocq at rledocq@uwlax.edu for details.