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Phillips Hall improvements
approved
Hobbs Observatory to dedicate
new telescope
Health insurance open enrollment
ends Oct. 24
BearingPoint issues final report
on administrative computing environment
UW-Eau Claire celebrates National
Chemistry Week
Student Recognition Awards
honor efforts of professor and program assistant
Area physicians to help pre-med
students learn about medical profession
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Phillips Science Hall improvements
approved
Project total $1.9 million
The State Building Commission has approved $1.9
million for improvements to Phillips Science Hall at UW-Eau Claire.
The commission voted Oct. 15 to approve the All Agency Project Request
submitted by UW-Eau Claire for the 2003-05 biennium.
The funds will be used for a variety of projects, including modifications
to a number of classrooms that will accommodate installation and use
of new instructional technology; replacement of floor tiles and cabinetry
throughout much of the building; replacement of ceiling tiles in the
office wing; and upgrades to the heating system that will reduce noise,
increase efficiency and allow for improved climate control to protect
sensitive scientific instruments. Full
story.
Hobbs Observatory
to dedicate new telescope
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George Stecher, associate professor
of physics and astronomy, and Bob Elliott, professor emeritus
of physics and astronomy, are excited about the many advantages
of the new 14-inch telescope at Hobbs Observatory.
(UW-Eau Claire photo by Rick Mickelson.) |
Hobbs Observatory’s new telescope will
be dedicated during a “first-light” celebration at 7:30
p.m. Friday, Oct. 24,
at the observatory at Beaver Creek Reserve.
“When a telescope is christened, the event is called a ‘first-light’
ceremony,” said George Stecher, associate professor of physics
and astronomy at UW-Eau Claire. Stecher and other physics and astronomy
faculty members take students out to Hobbs for research projects.
“Members of the local astronomy club were the impetus for getting
the new telescope. They started about a year ago, researching the equipment
and figuring out how to get the money to pay for it,” Stecher
said.
The dedication ceremony will honor those who worked “behind the
scenes,” as well as the groups that funded the project, said Bert
Moritz, president of the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society. The program
will include several short talks about the telescope and future research
that can be done with it, as well as a time to observe through the main
telescopes. Full
story. 
Health insurance open enrollment
ends Oct. 24
 Do
you understand the changes in the health insurance program? How about
the prescription drug coverage? And, what are the details of the new
Standard Plan and Three-Tier program? If you're still confused, mark
your calendar to attend the last health insurance presentation beginning
at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 21, in Davies Theatre. Human
Resources staff will be available to answer
your health insurance questions and assist you with your health insurance
application.
There also is a lot of helpful
information about the health insurance program changes on the Human
Resources Web site.
Health insurance change applications
are due in the Human Resources office no later than 4:30
p.m. Friday, Oct. 24.
BearingPoint issues final report
on administrative computing environment
BearingPoint (formerly KPMG) consulting has issued
its final report regarding a strategic plan for modernizing UW-Eau Claire’s
administrative computing environment. This environment contains student
information, human resources, financial and other data systems that
provide information for decision making and enhance administrative operations.
The consultant's final report
is available online.
The next steps, facilitated by Chancellor Mash, will
be to determine the appropriate strategic direction and process for
the campus.
UW-Eau Claire celebrates
National Chemistry Week
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Joey Rosemeyer, a junior chemistry
major from Platteville, worked with Mike Carney, associate professor
of chemistry, on a research project this summer.
(UW-Eau Claire photo by Rick Mickelson.) |
The American Chemical Society-Student Affiliate
at UW-Eau Claire will host several activities Oct.
19-25 to celebrate National Chemistry
Week. This year’s theme is “Earth’s Atmosphere and
Beyond.”
“The goal of National Chemistry Week is to celebrate chemistry
and its applications to everything in our world, as well as to educate
people about what chemistry can do for them,” said Philip Cannon,
president of the ACS-SA at UW-Eau Claire. Full
story.
Student Recognition
Awards honor efforts of professor and program assistant
Two UW-Eau Claire employees will receive the
2003 Student Recognition Awards for their work with students with disabilities.
Awards will be presented to Faith Bogstad, a program assistant in the
department of biology, and Darwin Wittrock, professor of biology, at
3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22,
in the Tamarack Room of Davies Center. A reception will be held from
3-4 p.m.
“I am very honored to receive an award such as this, and surprised
as well,” said Bogstad, who has worked in UW-Eau Claire’s
department of biology for two years. Bogstad was one of nine program
assistants nominated by self-identified students with disabilities.
Wittrock was one of 23 faculty members nominated for demonstrating excellence
in teaching and advising, academic support, and acceptance and understanding
of the individual needs of students with disabilities. Wittrock, who
is in his 28th year of teaching at UW-Eau Claire, feels this award comes
primarily from his work with visually impaired students. Full
story.
Area physicians to help pre-med
students learn about medical profession
A project to connect pre-medicine students and
area physicians is under way at UW-Eau Claire.
The idea is to help students make contacts with local physicians so
they can get advice, learn more about medicine as a profession and do
job shadowing, said Joe Eaton, a senior pre-med student from Eau Claire
who initiated the project.
“You always hear as a student that you should get some hands-on
experience with the career you think you want to pursue,” Eaton
said. “I thought it would be a really good idea for the university
to help pre-med students learn more about what it’s like to be
a doctor before they graduate.”
Eaton talked to Jeanne Skoug, director of Career Services at UW-Eau
Claire, about the need and she helped him develop a plan, which they
are now presenting to administrators at hospitals and clinics in Eau
Claire. To date, more than 50 physicians have expressed an interest
in the project. Full
news release and Leader-Telegram
story.
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