Announcements from Women in Higher Education

Faculty/academic staff workshops and programs

Art & Design

Chemistry

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Announcements from Women in Higher Education
The Eau Claire chapter of Women in Higher Education invites all UW-Eau Claire women employees to join their group. WHE seeks to improve opportunities for women in higher education and meets for a variety of professional and social activities.

Winter Potluck:
The WHE winter potluck is an opportunity for all campus women to get re-energized for the coming semester, meet new people and exchange ideas on a variety of topics. The event will be held Thursday, Feb. 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the home of Paula Stuettgen. For more information about the potluck or to RSVP, see the Winter Potluck invitation.

Membership for 2006-07:
WHE members are the group's greatest asset, and new members are always welcome. Annual membership dues are $5 for part-time staff members and $10 for full-time staff members.

Upcoming WHE Events:
        • Feb. 28, 4:30-6:30 p.m. (location to be announced.) Women on Wednesdays event, co-sponsored with AAUW: Marc Goulet, mathematics, will present "Opportunities for Wisconsin Women in Science, Technology and Engineering."
        • March 14, (time and location to be announced.) Women on Wednesdays/Women's History Month event, co-sponsored with the Commission on the Status of Women: Recreation of Judy Chicago's Dinner Party.
        • Women on Wednesdays event on alternative healing methods tentatively scheduled for April.
        • May 3 and 7, luncheons with the chancellor (time to be announced), Heritage Room, The Dulany.

For more information about WHE or its upcoming events, contact Linda Spaeth at spaethlj@uwec.edu.

Faculty/academic staff workshops and programs
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs announces the following program deadlines.

Program Deadlines:
        • The UW System Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity abstract and application deadline is Feb. 5.         • The deadline for Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates Grants, University Research and Creative Activity and the Kell Container Corporation Scholarship for Faculty/Student Collaborative Research is Feb. 15.

Art & Design
Anders Shafer (emeritus) presented a lecture titled "Making an Illustrated Children's Book" Feb. 21 at Winona State University in Winona, Minn. The lecture was part of WSU's semesterlong series titled "Celebration of the Book 2007: The Artist and the Book."

Chemistry 
Fred King recently had an article titled "Alternative Approach to the Derivation of Dispersion Relations for Optical Constants" published in the Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, Vol. 36, pages 10427-10435, 2006.

Learning and Technology Services
Bill Hoepner has been named Volunteer of the Year by the Epilepsy Foundation of Western Wisconsin. Bill volunteers his time and photographic skills to support a number of foundation events throughout the year.