Dennis
Warner to present family show
A free outdoor family show by Dennis Warner will
highlight UW-Eau Claire's Summer Session Programs for the week of
July 1.
His concert will begin Monday at 7 p.m. on
the Central Campus Mall (rain site: Schofield Auditorium).
Refreshments will be sold. Audience members are invited to bring
blankets or folding chairs for lawn seating.
Blending acoustic folk-country music and
humor, Dennis Warner presents upbeat, up-tempo kids and family
concerts popular in more than 100 cities each year - from small
village gatherings in Alaska to huge auditoriums in Florida. His
credits include hosting "Jammin' with Dennis Warner," a
special live radio show broadcast by National Public Radio
affiliates, and featured spots on NPR's "Great Acoustics
Live!" and "River City Folk." He has been invited to
perform at the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Warner has been honored as a finalist in
the Emerging Songwriters Showcase at the internationally renowned
Kerrville Folk Fest, and he has appeared many times at The Bluebird
Cafe, the Nashville club known for discovering new and exciting
songwriters. His fifth album, "My World," features strong
lyrics, solid guitar work, and performances by Prudence Johnson and
Peter Ostroushko.
Also on campus during the week of July 1
are these free events:
- Concerts by UW-Eau Claire and area jazz musicians will be
presented from noon to 1 p.m. Monday through Wednesday on the
Central Campus Mall (rain site: The Cabin of Davies Center). A
variety of grilled lunch items will be sold.
- "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1943), a poetic tragedy about
mob violence, will screen Tuesday at noon and 7 p.m. in Davies
Theatre, continuing the Summer Cinema series about people making
moral choices in an immoral world.
When a rancher reportedly is murdered by
cattle rustlers, the people of a lonely Nevada cattle town take
justice into their own hands. Henry Fonda stars as a drifter who
comes to the men's defense in this classic Western based on Walter
Van Tilburg Clark's 1940 novel. The 75-minute black-and-white film
will screen via video projection.
Summer Session Programs continue through
Aug. 1.
Foundation
welcomes new director of annual giving and donor relations
Heidi Fisher has been named director of annual
giving and donor relations for the UW-Eau Claire Foundation.
Fisher, a 1990 education graduate of UW-Eau
Claire, will begin her new position July 22. She will fill the
position left by Ann Moyer, who is relocating with her family to
southern Wisconsin.
“I’m pleased to welcome Heidi to the
Foundation staff,” said Kimera Way, UW-Eau Claire executive
director of development. “She brings to the position valuable
perspectives gained from years of working in the nonprofit sector
and her coursework in a master’s degree program in nonprofit
management. Her insights will be an important addition as we
continue our efforts with the Fulfilling the Promise of Excellence
campaign for UW-Eau Claire.”
As director of annual giving and donor
relations, Fisher will develop short- and long-term plans to
increase annual private support from alumni and friends of UW-Eau
Claire. Some of her responsibilities will include overseeing direct
mail solicitations, targeted appeals, the Foundation’s
telemarketing operation, the annual campus campaign, and donor
stewardship programs.
Fisher also will be a member of the
professional staff of Fulfilling the Promise of Excellence, UW-Eau
Claire’s first comprehensive fund-raising campaign to secure $35
million in private support for the university’s people and
programs. She will be accountable for the success of the annual
giving component of the campaign.
“I am eager to have the opportunity to work
with the UW-Eau Claire Foundation and begin to repay some of the
debt that I feel I owe both public education and the Eau Claire
community,” Fisher said. “I appreciate the confidence UW-Eau
Claire has placed in me and look forward to participating in the
present and the future of the UW-Eau Claire community.”
Previously Fisher worked for nine years in
various staff and volunteer positions with Literacy Volunteers of
America-Chippewa Valley, where she was Chippewa County coordinator,
tutor training coordinator, a state trainer, volunteer tutor, board
member, programming and planning chairperson and Reading Is
Fundamental chairperson.
In May 2003, Fisher will graduate from
Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., with a master of arts degree
in nonprofit management.
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Liz Wolf Green,
Editor
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(715) 836-4741
· Diane
Walkoff, Editorial Assistant ·
Updated: July 1, 2002
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