Employment

Student Development and Diversity Recognition Award nominations due March 17

Nominations sought for Classified Staff Excellence Award

Mathematics department to offer summer workshops

UW-Eau Claire students participate in ‘Collegiate Click Drive’

Conflict management workshop to be offered

Proposed curricular changes in College of Professional Studies

Proposed graduate program changes in College of Professional Studies

Dulany Inn to offer St. Patrick's Day buffet

Employment
A list of all currently available job openings and additional information about each position, including application procedures, may be found on the Academic Affairs employment opportunities Web site.

    • Continuing Education: Three positions as outreach specialists as follows: one in PK-16 professional development programming; one in health and human services programming; and one in business programming and regional service — 836-5745.

Student Development and Diversity Recognition Award nominations due March 17
The Office of Student Development and Diversity invites nominations for the first Student Development and Diversity Recognition Awards to be presented April 21.

The awards recognizing people who have shown exemplary efforts in facilitating the development of students and in promoting diversity on campus will be given in the following areas: Staff Excellence, Student Organization, University Staff Excellence, Instructional Excellence, Student Assistant, Diversity Teacher/Scholar and Diversity Advocate.

Nomination information should be sent to the Office of Student Development and Diversity, Schofield 240, by March 17. For additional information, contact Jan Sloan at sloanj@uwec.edu or 836-5992.

Nominations sought for Classified Staff Excellence Award
The Classified Staff Awards Committee invites nominations for the Excellence in Performance Award to be given in fall 2004. The UW-Eau Claire Foundation will present $1,500 to the recipient. Any permanent member of the classified staff with a 50 percent or greater appointment may be nominated for the award.

Nominations should be forwarded to the Classified Staff Awards Committee, Chancellor's Office, Schofield 204, by April 13. For additional information, contact any of the following Classified Staff Awards Committee members: Mike Alred, alredmd@uwec.edu, co-chair; Sylvia Emerson, emersosa@uwec.edu, co-chair; Shelle Manning, manninma@uwec.edu; Patricia Imbery, imberypa@uwec.edu; or Steve Slind, slindsd@uwec.edu.

Mathematics department to offer summer workshops
The UW-Eau Claire mathematics department will offer several workshops in summer 2004. The workshops, scheduled for June and July, will be taught by M. El-Gebeily of the department of mathematical sciences at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Additional details and a workshop list can be found by clicking on "Summer 2004 Workshops" on the mathematics department Web page.

For more information, contact Mohamed Elgindi at elgindmb@uwec.edu or 836-2768.

UW-Eau Claire students participate in ‘Collegiate Click Drive’
The Student Life and Diversity Commission of UW-Eau Claire Student Senate is participating in the third annual nationwide “Collegiate Click Drive.” The Click Drive started Feb.14 and will run through March 26.

The project encourages college students and communities across the United States to help raise up to $1 million for micro-credit programs in developing countries.

To help raise money for those living in poverty, go to the PovertyFighters Web site, select UW-Eau Claire from the drop-down menu and click “Go.” Participants may register two clicks per day. For more information about the drive, contact Laura van Zandt at vanzanl@uwec.edu or 833-8018. Full story.

Conflict management workshop to be offered
UW-Eau Claire Continuing Education/UW-Extension will present “Facing Conflict Head-On!” a two-day seminar designed for small business owners, managers, supervisors, team leaders, project coordinators, administrators or others who manage people or work in a team-based environment.

The seminar will be offered March 17-18 at Sweetwaters Restaurant in Eau Claire. Workshop facilitator Robert Jeffers will examine the nature of conflict, how innate preferences shape conflict and how learned behaviors impact conflict. Participants discuss the conflict process, identify frequent root causes of organizational conflict and learn a process for diagnosing root causes of impasse. Full story.

Proposed curricular changes in College of Professional Studies
Following are proposed curricular changes approved by the School of Education Academic Policies Committee. If you have questions or concerns, contact Steve Tallant at tallansh@uwec.edu within 15 days of this notice publication in the University Bulletin.

Comprehensive Major: Kinesiology, Physical Education Teaching Emphasis (Code 991-056)
From: 2003-04 Catalogue, pages 205-206.
To: Sixty-three credits, including the Core (Kins 190, 194, 304, 308, 426) plus Kins 290, 293, 295, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 327, 328, 484, 487, 493, 496; Sped 200, 306. Additional requirements include: Biol 151 (GE-II) is a prerequisite to Kins 194, and Phys 100 (GE-II) is a prerequisite to Kins 304. See chart on page (?) for GE requirements.

Major: Theatre Arts, Early Adolescence/Adolescence Teaching (Code 601-202)
From: 2003-04 Catalogue, page 124.
To: Theatre Arts, Teaching (Code 601-xxx)
Thirty-six semester credits: C I 361; Thea 121, 125, 130, 220, 228, 321, 332, 335, 421, 425, 434, 189/389 (1credit). Additional requirements include: Theatre education majors and minors are required to take the following fine arts courses in their General Education/elective programs: one music course from Musi 100, 102, 110, 340; Engl 190; one of Art 105, 106; one dance course from Dnce 101, 112, 114.

Proposed graduate program changes in College of Professional Studies
The following change, approved by the School of Nursing Graduate Curriculum and Admission Committee and the nursing graduate faculty, is proposed by the dean of graduate studies for the master of science in nursing program.

    • Discontinue written comprehensive examinations as a required component of the master of science in nursing graduate student exit requirements. Thesis/scholarly project requirements that include an oral presentation will continue.

If you have questions or concerns, contact Mark Clark at clark@uwec.edu within 30 days of this notice publication in the University Bulletin. If there are no objections to the proposed change in requirements, the change will take effect for students completing the degree in August 2004.

Dulany Inn to offer St. Patrick's Day buffet
A special St. Patrick's Day buffet will be offered March 17 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Dulany Inn, Davies Center. The buffet will include: mulligatawny soup, grilled Reuben or Rachael sandwiches, luck of the Irish boiled dinner, hay and straw fettuccini, corned beef and cabbage, leprechaun vegetables, wee folk salad, blarney salad, O'Malley's fruit salad and complimentary desserts. Cost is $6.25 per person. Call 836-5261 for reservations.