DOMESTIC INTERCULTURAL IMMERSIONS - SSS 208
Donna Lehmkuhl, Co-Coordinator for Logistics
E-mail: lehmkud@uwec.edu
Phone: 715-836-6011
Kate Mastruserio Reynolds, Co-Coordinator for Project Development
Email: reynolkm@uwec.edu
Phone: 715-836-4067
FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (FYE) - SSS 208
Bob Knight
E-mail: knightrm@uwec.edu
Phone: 715-836-4353
Provides new freshmen at UW-Eau Claire the opportunity to take a FYE course to assist them in making a successful transition to college life. These are small sections of regular university courses (English composition, Math, Biology, Sociology, History, etc.) that are open only to freshmen. Each class has a student mentor as well as an experienced faculty member eager to help students in their adjustment to college.
HONORS PROGRAM - SSS 209
Jefford Vahlbusch, Director
Phone: 715-836-3621
E-mail: Pam Golden, Program Associate (goldenp@uwec.edu)
The University Honors Program enables high-potential, highly motivated, high-achieving students to go as far in their intellectual, personal, and professional development as possible in four years of undergraduate study.
The University Honors Program creates a dynamic, inclusive, innovative learning community of students and faculty; enables students to integrate their learning opportunities into a coherent, high-value, individualized program of study; helps students develop the knowledge, skills, and values they will need to become leaders in their chosen professions and to live productive, useful, satisfying lives; promotes and supports intellectual and scholarly achievement, great teaching and learning, and student-faculty collaboration across the university.
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, CENTER FOR - S 111
Karl Markgraf, Director
Phone: 715-836-4411
E-mail: cie@uwec.edu
The Center for International Education makes study abroad available to every UW-Eau Claire student. At UW-Eau Claire, study abroad is affordable, and is connected to the curriculum to allow students an academic experience abroad, without unnecessarily adding time to their graduation goals. With study abroad programs on every populated continent, 25% of our students choose to take part in the life-changing experience of living and learning in another country, and in another culture.
The Center for International Education also welcomes students and scholars from throughout the world. Hosting students from nearly 50 nations, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire creates a global community in western Wisconsin. The Center for International Education offers many exciting programs that promote cross-cultural learning: these include our Host Friend/Host Family Program, International Speakers Bureau, the Buddy Project, the Peer Guide Program, and the International Ambassador Program. In addition, excursions to local cultural events and attractions are organized every semester for the benefit of our international students and scholars.
RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM – OL 2134
Patricia Quinn, Director
Phone: 715-836-4912
E-mail: quinnpa@uwec.edu
The McNair Program's mission is to infuse new talent into the American Research Community. McNair staff members assist eligible upper-division undergraduates to aspire to and pursue research-based doctorates. This curriculum-based program that participants complete over two years includes intensive mentoring, special courses and co-curricular offerings, collaborative research and grant preparation, internship opportunities, and training for graduate school application and fellowship competitions.
McNair Scholars enter the program via faculty nomination and application. Participants are drawn from two targeted groups--
- academically talented 1st generation students from low-income families, and
- academically talented students from racial/ethnic backgrounds that remain traditionally underrepresented among American doctoral recipients.
SERVICE-LEARNING, CENTER FOR – HSS 205
Don Mowry, Director
Phone: 715-836-4649
E-mail: srvlearn@uwec.edu
Provides students with an opportunity to serve their community, apply knowledge gained in the classroom, enhance their critical thinking skills and become informed, active, responsible, and ethical citizens. All candidates for the baccalaureate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire must satisfactorily complete 30 or more hours of approved service-learning activity. UW-Eau Claire’s service-learning requirement fosters habits of public engagement and service to society.
Title III - OL 2134D
Transforming Our Future - Strengthening Institutions GrantLaurel Kieffer, Title III Grant Activity Director
E-mail: kieffelb@uwec.edu
Phone: 715-836-3789
The core of this Department of Education five-year grant (10/1/09 – 9/30/14) is to financially support faculty and instructional academic staff development that ties to general education reform efforts. The thrust of the faculty development is to promote pedagogical strategies that enhance integrative learning, multicultural learning, and global learning infusion into general education courses.
There are several projects that are being funded, at least in part, through Title III dollars. The one that may be most familiar to the campus community is the Bundle Pilot Project. Other learning community efforts are also in the works for forthcoming academic years to include expanded living and learning communities, linked courses for first year and continuing students, and increased efforts to improve retention of transfer students. The grant also supports the development and implementation of a Connected Learning Advising system to assist students in more intentionally planning and following through on their curricular and co-curricular experience while at UW-Eau Claire.
Measures that the grant-supported efforts hope to impact include improved student views of the value of their general education experience, improved global preparedness, improved fifth-semester retention (especially for at-risk students), improved time to graduation, and improved graduation rates.
