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P.J. O'Rourke at UW-Eau Claire Sept.
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Five students travel United
States and Mexico offering volunteer service
UW-Eau Claire to participate in Wisconsin’s
first PK-16 service learning conference
UW-Eau Claire to host Wisconsin
Geographical Society
Math conference to feature internationally
known experts
Office of Multicultural Affairs
holds annual picnic
Homecoming 2003 set for
Oct. 3-4
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Shedding some light on the latest buzz
Adjustments to executive salary pay
ranges
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have been a number of news reports and newspaper editorials in the past
week regarding the UW System Board of Regents teleconference vote to
adjust executive salary pay ranges. UW System vice president of University
Relations Linda Weimer has issued the following clarification of the
action taken by the Regents:
"Every biennium, the UW System Board of Regents
adjusts the salary ranges for faculty, academic staff and the executive
salary group. This year, the Regents will recommend new faculty minimums
and academic staff salary ranges at the October meeting.
After following the standard procedure for giving
notice of an open meeting, the board met by teleconference on Sept.
2 and adjusted the executive salary ranges to move forward with the
UW-Milwaukee and UW-Stevens Point chancellor replacement searches. No
raises to anyone in the executive salary group were awarded at the September
meeting and none have been awarded since.
The 35 people in this category - president, vice presidents,
chancellors and provosts — are required by law to be paid at the
minimum of their respective peer ranges but in fact, 12 are not paid
at the minimum of last year's salary ranges. This is, in part, because
this executive salary group was not awarded the 2.1 percent raise given
to other faculty and staff last January.
UW System President Katharine C. Lyall will ask a
national consultant to review the executive group ranges and will discuss
that review with the Regents before any further action is taken. In
any case, President Lyall and UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley already
are paid above the minimum of their ranges and would not quality for
any such adjustment."
Possibility of increased insurance premiums
There also has been reporting about a concept
being discussed that would tie increased insurance premium payments
to a possible faculty and academic staff pay plan. Read
about it online.
UW System has told campuses the insurance premium/pay plan is "simply
a concept that is not even in draft form. This concept is one of many
options being considered to avoid a zero pay plan."
UW-Eau Claire representatives to President Lyall's Compensation Advisory
Committee are gathering feedback on the insurance premium/pay plan concept
and will report their findings to President Lyall. In the meantime,
UW-Eau Claire budget and human resources officials are working with
the UW System to determine how changes in the state insurance premium
structure will affect employee contributions to their health plans.
Information will be provided to faculty and staff as it is available.
P.J. O'Rourke at UW-Eau Claire
Sept. 17
 Political
satirist P.J. O’Rourke will open the 62nd season of The Forum
at UW-Eau Claire on Wednesday, Sept.
17. His presentation, “The Politics
of Worry — Government vs. the Free Market: Which is Worse?”
will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Zorn Arena.
With more than a million words of trenchant journalism under his byline
and more citations in The Penguin Dictionary of Humorous Quotations
than any other living writer, P.J. O’Rourke has established himself
as one of the funniest speakers in America. He is the best-selling author
of ten books, including “Parliament of Whores,” “Give
War a Chance,” “Eat the Rich” and “The CEO of
the Sofa.”
P.J. O'Rourke is known as a hard-bitten, cigar-smoking conservative.
In fact, he bashes all political persuasions. Whether dealing with the
inner workings of Washington, the shifting political sands of the new
world order, or his own living room, O’Rourke is a savvy guide
to national and world affairs. His razor-sharp insights inform and entertain,
and audiences may be in peril of injury from laughter. For ticket information,
go to the Service Center.
Five students travel
United States and Mexico offering volunteer service
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| Luke Peters, a junior from Appleton, is
among five UW-Eau Claire students who are taking the semester off
to volunteer their services. (UW-Eau Claire photo by Rick Mickelson.) |
Three UW-Eau Claire students, long with two
other UW System students, have formed their own volunteer service organization
and are taking the fall 2003 semester off to help underprivileged people
in the southern United States and Mexico.
The idea for Students Building Communities Through Service was conceived
more than a year ago as a group of about 20 friends sat kicking ideas
around in the basement of one of their homes. Over time the group dwindled
to five, but those five have since managed to establish themselves as
an organization, complete with Web site and financial support from individuals
and businesses.
Luke Peters, Mark Lee, Christopher Wilcox, Mike Van Handel and Adam
Slota said they hope to use their mental, physical and spiritual resources
and talents to make a difference in communities in Natchitoches and
New Orleans, Louisiana, and Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico. Full
story.
UW-Eau Claire to participate in Wisconsin’s
first PK-16 service learning conference
The director of the Center for Service-Learning
at UW-Eau Claire will be among those honored during Wisconsin’s
first PK-16 Service Learning Conference, planned for Sept. 18 at UW-Madison.
Donald Mowry will be recognized for his work with a planning group that
helped to launch Wisconsin Campus Compact, a statewide association of
college presidents and chancellors committed to strengthening citizenship
skills and values by promoting community service and service learning.
UW-Eau Claire’s Jumpstart Program also will be spotlighted during
the conference. Full
story.
UW-Eau Claire to host 57th
annual meeting of the Wisconsin Geographical Society
The department of geography and anthropology
will host the Wisconsin Geographical Society’s 57th annual meeting
Sept. 19 and 20 at the Davies Center.
The conference will include paper and poster sessions, student paper
and poster competitions, a GIS data workshop, a Friday night banquet
with keynote speaker, a Saturday luncheon and several field trips.
“Perhaps the most important goal of this meeting is to build lines
of communication between the different geography departments in the
region” said Tim Bawden, UW-Eau Claire assistant professor and
WGS state coordinator. “Hopefully, that will generate some sharing
of ideas and perhaps collaborative teaching and research projects in
the future.” Full
story.
UW-Eau Claire math conference to
feature internationally known experts
The department of mathematics will host a mathematics
conference Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20-21, in Room 101 of Hibbard
Hall.
“Invariants, Differential Operators and their Relation to Combinatorics
and Geometry” will feature presentations by Roger Howe, Yale University;
Harm Derksen, University of Michigan; Tuong Ton-That, University of
Iowa; Gail Ratcliff, East Carolina University; and Vic Reiner and Dennis
Stanton, University of Minnesota. All are internationally known experts
in this field.
“Having mathematicians of this caliber visiting our campus indicates
the high level of involvement of the UW-Eau Claire mathematics department
with the larger mathematical community,” said Provost and Vice
Chancellor Ron Satz. Full
story.
Office of Multicultural Affairs
holds annual picnic
The Office of Multicultural Affairs welcomed
incoming freshmen and transfer students as well as continuing students
during a picnic Sept. 5 at Owen Park. Lots of food, activities and about
160 people made for a successful event. Here are a few photos from the
gathering.
| UW-Eau Claire photos by Rick Mickelson
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Mark your calendar:
Homecoming 2003 set for
Oct. 3-4
Join UW-Eau Claire employees, students and alumni
from near and far for Homecoming 2003, to be held Friday and Saturday,
Oct. 3-4.
"Come Back for the Camaraderie" is this year's Alumni Association
theme. Although the Camaraderie, the popular social haunt of so many
people, was destroyed by fire on Jan. 7, 2001, Homecoming 2003 will
bring the spirit of "The Cam" alive once again.
Homecoming Week will be celebrated on campus, Sept. 29-Oct. 5, with
the theme "Deal 'em a Royal Flush." For details check out
the Alumni Homecoming
Web site and the Student
Senate Homecoming Web site — and watch the University
Bulletin for more information.
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