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 » |
In this issue:
Announcements & Notices
Be Well @UW-L
Campus Kudos
In The News
Classifieds |
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 »
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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 »
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LIVEMAROON closes out another successful year
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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 LIVE
MAROON committee.
LIVE
MAROON, 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 LIVE
MAROON 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 h
ttp://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.
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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.
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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.
UW-L in the news
A summary of some of the stories about UW-La Crosse spotted in the news.
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State track and field meet begins Friday," June 4, News8000.com - WKBT. "I think it has to do a lot with the community, what La Crosse offers." ... Buchholtz said UW-L is also an attractive venue for the state meet because of the ...
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UW-L prepares for WIAA athletes," June 4, WXOW.com. "It marks the 25th consecutive year La Crosse has hosted the event. ... get to know all the athletes and coaches," Adam Kleman, a junior at UW-L said.
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On tap: Big crowds and high drama at the WiAA state track meet," June 5, La Crosse Tribune. During the two days of the meet at Veterans Memorial Stadium on the UW-La Crosse campus, those high school athletes, coaches, officials, ...
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Wisconsin State Track helps attract future students to UW-L," June 7, News8000.com - WKBT. Three thousand Wisconsin high school students are competing at the State Track and Field Championships in La Crosse. University officials say with ...
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UW-L student hoping to break power lifting world records," June 8, News8000.com - WKBT. Andy Askow, a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student, is the number one ranked power lifter in the world in his age group, and now heads to the ...
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UW-La Crosse begins welcoming new freshman class," June 8, News8000.com - WKBT. A few hundred students who will be calling La Crosse home this fall got their first taste of college life Monday as UW-La Crosse held its first freshman ...
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David Blackey: UW professors have earned tenure," June 8, La Crosse Tribune. I have audited classes at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for 10 years. The 10 professors I had in the English and history departments were the ...
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Kind drafts resolution in support of Wisconsin Idea," June 11, La Crosse Tribune. The La Crosse Democrat introduced a resolution Wednesday ... Moore — recognizing the importance of the university's mission statement, which Gov. ...
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