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Featured Articles Islamic scholar Ingrid Mattson to speak tonight Student Senate commits $250,000 to Hobbs project Women's basketball team loses in second round Students present research at state capitol event Blugold athlete, coach receive WIAC honors Input invited regarding University Bookstore Innovative course teaches collaborative leadership International Poetry Reading participants sought |
Islamic scholar Ingrid Mattson to speak tonight
Ingrid Mattson, a scholar focused on Islamic law and society and Christian-Muslim relations, will speak tonight at UW-Eau Claire as part of The Forum lecture series. Her program, titled "The Qur'an: Its Relevance and Impact on Society," will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Schofield Auditorium. Mattson is a professor of Islamic studies and director of Islamic chaplaincy at the Macdonald Center for Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Conn. Canadian-born, raised Catholic and a convert to Islam, Mattson lived in Pakistan in 1987-88 and worked with Afghan refugee women. In 1995 she served as adviser to the Afghan delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Dr. Helaine Minkus, associate professor of geography and anthropology, will host a pre-Forum hors d'oeuvres reception with Mattson in The Dulany, Davies Center, from 6-7 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance or at the door. Full story.Student Senate commits $250,000 to Hobbs project Following the Senate vote, the UW-Eau Claire Foundation provided an additional $250,000 in matching funds. Combined with the students' allocation, the university's total contribution of $500,000 represents one-fourth of the Future of Ice campaign goal. Future of Ice campaign partners include the city of Eau Claire, UW-Eau Claire men's and women's hockey programs, Eau Claire Figure Skating Club, Eau Claire Memorial and North high school hockey programs, and Eau Claire Youth Hockey. Full story. Women's basketball team loses in second round The Blugolds ended their season with a 23-7 overall record. This season’s trip to the NCAA championships was the first since 2003. Full story.
Students present research at state capitol event
Ten UW-Eau Claire students presented research projects to legislators, state leaders and UW System alumni and supporters during "Posters in the Rotunda: A Celebration of Undergraduate Research," held March 5 at the state capitol in Madison. Participating students, their faculty mentors and research topics were:
Blugold athlete, coach recieve WIAC honors
Senior Michelle Burns, a four-year member of the Blugold women's basketball team, has been named Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and the WIAC Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete. Full story. The WIAC also announced last week that UW-Eau Claire women’s track and field head coach Chip Schneider has been named the conference’s indoor coach of the year. Full story. Input invited regarding University Bookstore
Read a memo from Andrew Soll, Business and Student Services, including information to keep in mind when considering input to present at the meetings.
Innovative course teaches collaborative leadership
When students repeatedly describe a class as a "fantastic experience" or "the best, most meaningful educational experience I've ever had," something powerful and interesting is going on, UW-Eau Claire educators say. Faculty in the College of Education and Human Sciences have been hearing such praise from students in response to an innovative class they've developed that brings faculty and students from several subject areas together in a single course. For the past five semesters, Dr. Susan McIntyre, Dr. Deborah Pattee and Dr. Michael Kolis from the curriculum and instruction department have taken four separate teaching method courses known as "the Block" (General Methods of Teaching, Middle Level Methods and Curriculum, Teacher Assisting, and Content Area Reading and Study Strategies) and collapsed them into one. Dr. Alan Rieck and Dr. Vanissa Murphy from the music and theatre arts department co-facilitate the class. The faculty members collaboratively teach a cohort of students from different subject areas. Full story. International Poetry Reading participants sought
To be included on the list of readers for the event, those interested should immediately send an e-mail to Dr. Jeff Vahlbusch, foreign languages, with "poetry reading" in the subject line. The message should include the prospective reader's name, e-mail address and chosen language. Readers will be scheduled as the event time permits. Prospective readers may then choose a short poem
(under 40 lines) in any language but modern English and send Vahlbusch
electronic copies of the poem and its English translation in a Microsoft
Word file. Participants are encouraged to send their poems with full
bibliographic information and translation as soon as possible, but no
later than midnight April 9. Full
story.
Displaced New Orleans artists exhibit works Curated by the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans, the exhibit features the works of eight artists in a variety of mediums. Ferrara has worked with New Orleans artists who were displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Foster Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 6-8 p.m. Thursday and 1-4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. No University Bulletin next week
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March 10, 2008
The UW-Eau Claire Student Senate voted March 3 to commit $250,000 to the 
Despite a 16-0 run late in the second half, the UW-Eau Claire women’s basketball team came up short, falling 70-63 to Simpson College (Iowa) in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Division III women’s basketball championships March 8 in Indianola, Iowa.
This spring, UW-Eau Claire will seek proposals leading to a new contract for the operation and management of the University Bookstore and Instructional Resource Rental Center in Davies Center. University Centers administration seeks input regarding changes in services to be considered for the new contract and encourages students, faculty and staff to express thoughts on the bookstore and IRR during one of the following meetings:
