Faculty/academic staff workshops and programs

Allied Health Professions

Communication and Journalism

Economics

Foreign Languages

Geology

Music and Theatre Arts

Births and Adoptions

Condolences

Faculty/academic staff workshops and programs
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs announces the following program deadlines:

        • The Academic Staff Professional Development Program deadline for the second competition is Dec. 1.
        • The Guest Lecturers, Artists and Other Professionals Program and the Workshops and Special Projects Travel Program deadline is the first working day of the month.

Allied Health Professions
Jennifer Johs-Artisensi presented an educational session titled "What Do You Mean You Don't Want to Play Bingo?" at the 2003 Care Providers of Minnesota Convention and Expo Nov. 17 in Minneapolis, Minn.

Communication and Journalism
Judy Sims presented a paper titled "Pluralism as Diaploki: The Interplay of Politicians and Media Owners in Greek Radio Broadcasting" at the Competitive Papers on Politics in the Media session at the National Communication Association Convention Nov. 21 in Miami, Fla. The paper abstract can be viewed online.

Economics
Rula Qalyoubi Kemp presented a paper titled "Effectiveness of Internet Pricing Models over a QoS Architecture" at the 28th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks Oct. 20-24 in Bonn, Germany.

Foreign Languages
Carter Smith presented a paper titled "The Cave and the City: Reading the Urban in Two Contemporary Peninsular Novels" at the Ninth International Culture and Power Conference Nov. 4-7 in Lisbon, Portugal.

José A. Valero had his article titled "Manuel José Quintana y el sublime moral" published in Hispanic Review, Vol. 71.4, Autumn 2003, pages 585-611.

Geology
Several UW-Eau Claire faculty members and students gave presentations at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Nov. 2-5 in Seattle, Wash. UW-Eau Claire student and faculty names and presentation titles follow. Student Nick Freiburger, Kristina Beuning (Biology) and colleagues, “Widespread Drought in Tropical East Africa During the Grand Solar Maximum.” UW-Eau Claire graduate Sarah Gordee, J. Brian Mahoney and colleagues, “Magmatic Episodicity in the Eastern Coast Plutonic Complex, Bella Coola, British Columbia.” Mahoney, student Sarah Prindiville and colleagues, “Geochemical Characteristics of Glaciogenic Sediments, Puget Lowland, Washington.” Mahoney and colleagues, “Belt Supergroup Detritus in the Nanaimo Group: a Robust Provenance Tie to Northern Latitudes” and “Ongoing Isotopic Characterization of USGS Standards: MC-ICPMS and TIMS Data from the Pacific Centre for Geochemical and Isotopic Research, University of British Columbia.” Karen Havholm and colleagues, “Mineralogy of Beach and Dune Sand, Southeastern Shore of Lake Michigan.” Student Jeremy Treague and colleague, “Geological Context of Peat Deposition in Cumbebin Swamp, Northeastern New South Wales: A Geological Framework for Carbon Sequestration Studies.”

Music and Theatre Arts
Paul R. Kosower performed an organ recital Nov. 9 at First Presbyterian Church in Chippewa Falls.

Births and Adoptions
Jim Franklin, Facilities Planning and Management, is the proud grandparent of Jessica Ann Conover, born Nov. 14. in Brighton, Colo., to his oldest daughter, Chris and her husband, Darren. Jessica joins her sister Raeanna.

Kay Kennedy, philosophy and religious studies, announces grandchild No. 12. Richard Samuel (Sam) Kennedy was born Oct. 8. His oldest cousin, Will Swanson, is a UW-Eau Claire freshman.

Renee Strehlau, Facilities Planning and Management, and her husband, Daniel, are the proud parents of Logan Daniel Strehlau, born May 29.

Condolences
Condolences to the family of George Henderson, who died Nov. 16 in Eau Claire. Henderson was a faculty member in the mathematics department from 1976-87. Full obituary.