Chemistry

Communication and Journalism

Continuing Education

Foreign Languages

Psychology

Chemistry
Stephen Drucker presented a talk titled "The S₁(n,π*) State of 2-Cyclohexen-1-one: Cavity Ringdown Absorption Spectrum and DFT Calculations" at the 61st International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy June 19 at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The abstract of the talk can be viewed online. Drucker's research students (now UW-Eau Claire graduates) Emily Gilles, Logan Ausman and Elizabeth Brown co-authored the talk along with S. Lee, J. Choo (Hanyang University, Korea), M. Rishard and J. Laane (Texas A&M University).

Communication and Journalism
David Gordon (emeritus) coordinated and participated in a panel discussion at the state Associated Press editors meeting in May in Wausau. The topic was "Online Ethics: What are the Boundaries?" and dealt with the ethical dimensions of such issues as the temptation to break a story without checking or copy editing it thoroughly, streaming video on newspaper Web sites (including the role that background music can play), and using online photo galleries as a vehicle to sell copies to the public. The panel and audience also discussed ethics concerns in relation to blogs (by "citizen journalists" and newspaper staffers) on newspaper Web sites.

Continuing Education
Julie Aminpour and Barbara Enright earned their certified program planner designation by attending the Learning Resources Network's Program Planning Institute June 12-16 in Portland, Ore., and passing the final exam. The exam tested knowledge and skill competencies in learning and teaching, finances and budgeting, brochures, marketing, promotion, program development, program analysis, pricing and program management.

Foreign Languages
Patrick Day had his chapter titled "The SAT French Test" published in McGraw-Hill's 2006 book "15 Practice SAT Subject Tests." Nuria Hoff and Paul Hoff (Foreign Languages/Honors Program) had their chapter, "The SAT Spanish Test," published in the same book.

Psychology
Kevin Klatt and several UW-Eau Claire students and recent graduates gave presentations at the 32nd Annual Association for Behavior Analysis Convention May 26-30 in Atlanta, Ga. Following are the presentation authors and titles, with asterisks denoting presenters: Poster presentations — UW-Eau Claire graduate Amanda Bever*, student Britta Fiksdal, Karen Renee Norman and Klatt, “An Intervention for Stereotypic Toe-Walking in a Young Girl with Autism: Self-Monitoring and Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behavior”; UW-Eau Claire graduate Regina Carroll*, student Sara Weinkauf, Fiksdal and Klatt, “Using Behavioral Procedures to Teach Vocal Verbal Behavior to Young Children with Autism”; UW-Eau Claire graduate Sara Czekalski*, graduate Nicole Berning and Klatt, “A Review of the Instructional Models used to Teach Skills to Children with Autism.” Symposium: UW-Eau Claire students Julie Ackerlund* and Sarah Tillman, Fiksdal and Klatt, “Comparing Different Prompting Procedures on Teaching New Skills to Children with Autism.”