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Featured Articles Reilly appoints Reynolds selected for Fulbright-Hays seminar Pearson named associate director of admissions Kilcrease to resign effective July 15 Tuition, Midwest Student Exchange Program among regents' May meeting topics Eight honored for contributions to student development and diversity Alumni gift creates biology grant program WCME library to be named for Morris Hayes New Web design catches on across campus Online calendar of events: Are your events posted? |
Reilly appoints UW-Eau Claire chancellor search and screen committee Members of the UW-Eau Claire chancellor search and screen committee are Robert Hooper, professor of geology (search and screen committee chair); Kristina Anderson, executive director of enrollment services and director of admissions; Jeff Baldovin (student representative); Linda Carpenter, professor of communication disorders; Mickey Crothers, associate professor of psychology; Deborah Durcan, vice president of finance, UW System; Avril Flaten (student representative); Charles Grossklaus, president, Royal Credit Union (community representative); Scott Hartsel, professor of chemistry; Irene Lazda, associate professor of foreign languages; Douglas Olson, assistant professor of public health professions; Andrew Phillips, interim associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of graduate studies; Patrick Quinn, president, Ayres Associates (community representative); Alan Rieck, assistant professor of music and theatre arts; Michael Rindo, executive director of university communications; M. Cecilia Wendler, associate professor of nursing; and Martin Wood, professor of English and English department chair. The committee must recommend at least five finalists for the chancellor position to Reilly and the Special Regent Committee, who in turn will recommend one of the finalists to the UW System Board of Regents for appointment. In recent years, the search and screen process for UW System chancellors has taken from 6 to 10 months, from the authorization to recruit through the final appointment by the Board of Regents. See the Board of Regents Policy 88-2, "Search and Screen Procedures for Chancellors," and the UW System's "Responsibilities and Procedures for Search and Screen Committees for Chancellors." Reynolds selected for Fulbright-Hays seminar Pearson named associate director of admissions Kilcrease to resign effective July 15 Oklahoma State University boasts the largest student union in the world, totaling 611,000 square feet. “This is an opportunity of a lifetime," Kilcrease said. "Oklahoma State is considered one of the best student unions nationally.” The new position also provides Kilcrease and his wife the opportunity to be closer to home and family. Kilcrease has been acting as staff adviser to the Davies Center Exploratory Committee examining issues and alternatives relating to Davies Center and University Recreation facilities. University Recreation Director Thomas Patt, who also has been participating in the committee proceedings, will remain involved to provide continuity. The search for a new director of University Centers and Programs will begin immediately. Following Kilcrease's departure, Bill Harms, associate vice chancellor of student services, will act as interim director. Tuition, Midwest Student Exchange program among Regents' May meeting topics May 2005 regents' meeting day 1 news summary Eight honored for contributions to student development and diversity
Alumni gift creates biology grant program
An opportunity fund grant program for UW-Eau Claire biology students has been created through a $20,000 endowed gift from Steve and Julie Henseler to the UW-Eau Claire Foundation's Fulfilling the Promise of Excellence campaign.
The fund will provide grants for biology students to pursue activities outside the classroom that enhance their education.
Students must develop a project proposal and budget and establish a mentor relationship to qualify for a grant.
The Henselers received their bachelor's degrees in biology from UW-Eau Claire in 1989. Full story. WCME library to be named for Morris D. Hayes
The Wisconsin Center for Music Education — a state-of-the-art center that will provide music teachers, students and community members with innovative music education programs and resources — will name one of its libraries after a UW-Eau Claire professor emeritus of music. The Center, which is slated to open in July in Waunakee, will include the Morris D. Hayes Choral Library, named after the man who served as the director of choral activities at UW-Eau Claire from 1966-1987. "I deeply appreciate the honor that has been bestowed upon me," Hayes said of the library, which is being built by the Wisconsin School Music Association. "I owe it all to those talented students who I had the privilege to work with at UW-Eau Claire. Their preparation before entering the university can be credited to the excellence of the music programs in the public schools." A state and national leader in music education during his years at UW-Eau Claire, Hayes is donating his personal music collection to the Center, which is the first facility of its kind in the country. Full story. New Web design catches on across campus
Page by page, UW-Eau Claire's Web site is transforming from a conglomeration of many looks to a collection of subsites with a more unified appearance. Many departmental and administrative Web sites have been redesigned in the months since a new design for the university's top-level pages was released last June. View a listing of some of those redesigned sites. As summer approaches, departments and units interested in updating their Web sites using the new campus Web site design templates can do so with assistance from Web Development Services. Read more about how to get started and how Web Development staff can help you update the look of your Web site. Online calendar of events: Are your events posted?
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May 9, 2005
UW System President Kevin Reilly has appointed a search and screen committee to assist in identifying a new chancellor for UW-Eau Claire. Reilly, along with UW System Special Regent Committee
Chair Peggy Rosenzweig, will visit UW-Eau Claire from 1-3 p.m. May 17 to charge the committee. 
Dr. Kate Reynolds, UW-Eau Claire assistant professor of foreign languages, will spend five weeks in Thailand, Laos and Vietnam this summer through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad seminar, "Highlighting Southeast Asian Heritage & Culture in the Curriculum." At UW-Eau Claire, Reynolds directs teaching of English to speakers of other languages and teaching English as a foreign language programs. More than 200 K-12 and university-level educators applied for the Fulbright-Hays seminar, with just 18 selected to participate. The group will visit southeast Asian schools, meeting with educators, attending seminars and workshops relating to the people and culture, and participating in other activities intended to further their understanding of the region. 
Director of University Centers and Programs E. Mitchell Kilcrease will resign effective July 15, 2005, to accept a new position as student union director at Oklahoma State University. Kilcrease has served in his current position since July 2002.
Tuition funding options and the potential for UW System schools to join a multi-state student
exchange program were two of many topics discussed during the first day of the UW System Board of Regents meeting at UW-Stout May 5 and 6. Day 2 business included clarification by Regent President Toby Marcovich of the board’s role in creating and enforcing employment contracts for UW System chancellors. Read more about the Regents' two-day May meeting:
