Campus Connection

Youth camp is about fitness, fun

Kids will play sports and games while learning about sportsmanship, nutrition, teamwork, fitness and more during the UW-L Summer Youth Sports and Fitness Camp Aug. 1-3 at UW-L.

Riverside Jazz Party to conclude series

The La Crosse Jazz Orchestra will conclude the 37th annual Gertrude Salzer Gordon Jazz in the Park series with an afternoon and evening of music from 2:30-10 p.m. Sunday, July 17, in La Crosse’s Riverside Park.

Upward Bound: Campus program gets high school students on the path to college

Larry Xiong didn’t know if he wanted to go to college when he was a freshman in high school. Today the Holmen High School junior is debating whether he’ll major in psychology or sociology once he gets there. Read about the program that put him on the college path.

ESL252 research presentations set for July 11

International students who will graduate soon from English as a Second Language will present their research Monday, July 11. Doors open at 1 p.m. in 337 Cartwright Center. The first round of presentations begins at 1:30 p.m. A second round begins at 2:40 p.m. Students will present research in Cartwright Center rooms 330, 331 and 332. Click here to download a PDF with more information. Presenters and topics include:

• Lei (Leo) Ren: The Legal Drinking Age
• Xuan (Heidi) He: The Effects of Online Social Networking
• Guangze (Andrew) Zheng: Photoshop’s Effects on Teenagers
• Jingru (Kerry) Guan: Mandatory Recycling
• Wenxin (Wency) Zhu: Gay Marriage Rights
• Sirun (Roger) Chen: The Benefits of Bilingual Education
• Kazumi Hara: Breast Cancer Screening
• Xiang (Daniel) Li: Police Investigation Laws
• Jing Han: Alternative Energy

Democratic Recall Primary election slated for July 12 A Democratic Recall Primary election will be held Tuesday, July 12. Information is available at the City of La Crosse and at the County of La Crosse websites. Symbiosis and subversion is topic of July BioResearch Forum Dr. Erik S. Barton, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C., is the guest speaker at the July 14 La Crosse BioResearch Forum. He will present "Symbiosis and Subversion: Immune Modulation During Gamma Herpesvirus Latency" from 12:15-1 p.m. Thursday, July 14, in the Overholt Auditorium. Forums are held monthly. Forums are free and open to the public and are hosted by the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders and the Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation. Download a 2011 La Crosse BioResearch Forum schedule. Parking is available in the Green ramp (see map) or use valet parking. Use the entrances at the north end and northeast side of the medical center.

Kitty Club summer picnic set for Aug. 4

UW-L's Kitty Club summer picnic will run from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at Washburn on the Park. Parking is available behind Washburn off Ninth St. A $10 fee includes Pogy's chicken, potato salad, pasta salad, fresh fruit, coleslaw, rolls, butter and a beverage. Send payment by Friday, July 29, to Diana Johnson, 1827 Green Bay St., La Crosse, WI. Membership in the Kitty Club and participation at their two annual events is a time-honored campus tradition. “Kitty” refers to the time when the club was started as a way to support the female clerical staff on campus. To purchase gifts and host social events the members would toss money into a “kitty” and the committee members would use it to meet the needs of the group. The group helps build relationships and provides opportunities to network with others who are tied by heartstrings to UW–L. Membership is open to all clerical support and related classification whether male and female.

DigiCOPY training sessions to be held Aug. 17 and 18

DigiCOPY's Implementation Team has been testing and customizing UW-L's online ordering system for the new printing service. Training sessions for the campus are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 17 and 18.  Watch upcoming Campus Connections for registration, account authorization details and more details. Elizabeth Zuege is assisting DigiCOPY with the transition to the campus. All electronic files from Document Services have been returned to departments and faculty as PDFs for future printing needs. For more information, contact Zuege at zuege.eliz@uwlax.edu or 785.8501 Direct questions regarding printing to DigiCOPY Customer Service Representative Kensey Vanderschaaf or District Sales Manager Patrick Thoney. Click here for more information.

Take our new home page for a test drive

You can now try out new navigation on UW-L's home page. This home page will be used during the 2011-12 school year, but first UW-L’s Web Advisory Committee wants your feedback. Click here.

Teach on a cruise ship. Find out more.

Royal Caribbean International is offering the opportunity for current and retired college and university faculty and staff — including current and past adjunct and part-time faculty — to participate as lecturers in its on-board ship Enrichment Program. This program provides guests with the option to attend lectures on fun and interesting topics while aboard ship during their cruise. Professor Emeritus Phil Wilson is coordinating lecturers. Find out more about the program. To apply contact Wilson at pkwilson@centurytel.net or 782.8350.

Retirements

The following people have or will retire:

• Gary Johansen, IS Network Services, University Centers, June 28
• Rose Baumgarten, Political Science, June 30
• Mary Johnson, Sociology and Archeology, June 30
• Nancy Jones, Records and Registration, June 30
• Sharyn Lehrke, Records and Registration, June 30
• Larry Menden, Power Plant,  June 30
• Ellen Nordstrom Parker, Murphy Library, June 30
• Janice Ruesch, Murphy Library, June 30
• Charlene Sauer, Modern Languages, June 30
• Kathleen Schultz, History, June 30
• Arla Wojahn, University Communications, June 30
• Ronald Burr, Custodial Services, July 1
• Mike Breidel, Custodial Services, July 8

Professor Emeritus Eugene Millich

UW-L Professor Emeritus Eugene Millich died July 3. Millich was an associate professor of library science from 1957 to 1988. He was instrumental in establishing the medical library at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital. Click here for the complete obituary. Thank you to everyone who made my retirement celebration so special! Your kind words and hugs will stay with me forever. I shall miss you. — Sharyn Lehrke, Records and Registration, retired June 30.