College of Education and Human Sciences/Student Support Services/Services for Students with Disabilities

Development/Alumni Relations

Learning and Technology Services

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Condolences

College of Education and Human Sciences/Student Support Services/Services for Students with Disabilities
MaryEdna Hagen (College of Education and Human Sciences) and Cynthia Welch (Student Support Services/Services for Students with Disabilities) attended the Wisconsin Division International Association of Administrative Professionals Annual Meeting and Education Conference May 15-17 in Appleton. Hagen is completing her second term as division treasurer and her fourth year on the division board of directors. She previously served two terms as division secretary. Welch served as the 2007-08 division by-laws and standing rules chair and will continue in that position for the 2008-09 year. Both Hagen and Welch, members of the Chippewa Valley Chapter IAAP, serve on the Chippewa Valley Technical College Business Technology Advisory Board. Welch also serves on the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce Youth Leadership Eau Claire Selection Committee.

Development/Alumni Relations
Robin Leary, the District 23 supervisor for the Eau Claire County Board, was quoted in Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton's Wisconsin Women = Prosperity — A Statewide Economic Development Initiative Progress Report, which was published in May.

Learning and Technology Services
Brian Hogan co-authored a book titled "Deploying Rails Applications: A Step-by-Step Guide" with Ezra Zygmuntowicz, Bruce Tate, Clinton Begin and Geoffrey Grosenbach, which was published in May by The Pragmatic Programmers. More information about the book is available online.

Multicultural Affairs
Jesse Dixon has been selected for membership on the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity National Advisory Committee. His term on the committee will run through June 2010. The advisory committee assists the staff of the Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies at The University of Oklahoma by making recommendations regarding the center’s annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education. NCORE is the leading and most comprehensive national forum on issues of race and ethnicity in American higher education. The conference focuses on the complex task of creating and sustaining comprehensive institutional change designed to improve racial and ethnic relations on campus and to expand opportunities for educational access and success by culturally diverse, traditionally underrepresented populations.

Condolences
Condolences to Pam Blanchette, management and marketing, and husband Jim, whose daughter, Lindsay, died May 13 in Boyd. Full obituary.

Condolences to Barbara Lozar, psychology, whose mother, Marta Lozar, died May 10 in Eau Claire.

Condolences to Marguerite Middendorp, Learning and Technology Services, whose mother, Patricia Tschernach, died May 31 in Rice Lake. Full obituary.