Posted 12:51 p.m. Monday, July 8, 2013
This week's news and events.
Remembering Wittich; family donates self portrait of UW-L’s physical education pioneer
Four generations of the Wittich family returned to campus in May bearing a memento of Walter Wittich, a prominent pioneer of UW-La Crosse’s physical education program. The family donated a painted, self-portrait of Wittich that had sat in granddaughter Carol Bowman’s closet in Lodi, Wis. for years. The painting will definitely find a more prominent place on campus, said Bowman after presenting the painting to UW-L Chancellor Joe Gow. Read more »
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12 students: One major research question
Summer is a great time to be a scientist.,In UW-L Biology Professor Scott Cooper’s lab, students can spend four to five hour stints on research without the interruption of class schedules and homework. Cooper has 12 students in his lab this summer. Four are Central High School graduates who now attend schools other than UW-La Crosse. Read more »
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Faculty explore next generation science with K-12 teachers
UW-La Crosse physics faculty and K-12 teachers are continuing a partnership to prepare teachers to meet new Next Generation Science Standards, recently released in April 2013. Teachers from three area school districts participated in a summer workshop for teachers June 17-21 and June 24-28 at UW-L. Read more » |
July 2013 Financial Aid newsletter for students now available
The July 2013 Financial Aid Edition of Eagle Mail newsletter is now available at www.uwlax.edu/finaid/newsletter.html. In this issue you will find articles about:- Activating your ID card
- How to limit your loans
- What “It Make$ Cents!" is
- Your other loan eligibility
- Information about scholarships that are due in July
- Ask Earnest – answers to pertinent financial aid questions
Sustainability issues are topic of UW-L conference
A conference on creating community leaders who work with sustainability issues will be held at UW-L. The Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) will hold a biannual conference on “Cultivating a Community of Leaders: You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader” Thursday, July 18-Sunday, July 21. The conference aims to bring together NWEI partners, community organizers, faculty, and students to explore the relationship between leadership and change while becoming a leader in sustainability. Topics will include sustainability and health care, what it means to be a land ethic leader, servant leadership, bridging faith and sustainability, developing purpose as a green professional, and more. NWEI will celebrate its 20th anniversary and launch a new digital platform. General program speakers include Richard Kyte, director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University, and Tia Nelson, executive secretary of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands for Wisconsin. Find complete conference details at www.uwlax.edu/ContEd/
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Paul LaCoste, Maintenance, left, was named La Crosse County's Solid Waste Department's driver of the month for July for being a cautious, safe and friendly driver.[/caption]
Mark W. Chavalas, History, reviewed B.S. During, A. Wossink, and P.M.M. Akkermans, eds., "Correlates of Complexity: Essays in Archaeology and Assyriology Dedicated to Diederik J.W. Meijer in Honour of His 65th Birthday" (Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor Het Nabije Oosten, 2011) for the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 369 (2013) pp. 251-2.
Shelly Lesher, Physics, presented the poster "Lifetimes Measurements in 160Gd" at the International Nuclear Physics Conference in Florence, Italy, June 4. She was one of 15 participants in the "Global, Regional and National Actors in the Governance of the Atom: a Focus on Europe and the Middle East" at the European University in Florence June 11-13. The executive training seminar brought together scholars, practitioners and diplomats from the U.S., the European Union and the Middle East to asses the role of global, regional and national actors in the regulation of nuclear trade and production.
Steven Simpson, Recreation Management and Therapeutic Recreation, delivered the keynote "Mr. Democracy and the Common Person's Educator: John Dewey Beyond Experience and Education" at the symposium of the Asian Association for Experiential Education in Taipei, Taiwan, on July 24.
Classified Excellence Appreciation Breakfast set for Tuesday, July 23
The 17th annual appreciation breakfast for classified staff will be held Tuesday, July 23, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. All classified staff are guests of the chancellor. Food will be served 7:15-8:45 a.m. Classified staff were emailed invitations and should RSVP by Tuesday, July 16. Work with supervisors to ensure campus and departmental needs.
Classified staff family members, faculty and academic staff who want to attend the breakfast should send a check for $11.50 made payable to the UW-L Foundation by Tuesday, July 16, to Kathy Ring, 144 Graff Main Hall. For more information, contact Classified Recognition Committee members Madeline Holzem, Ben Kolpitcke, Cyndi Taylor, Jim Treu or Kathy Ring.