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Monday, Aug. 22
Faculty and Instructional Academic Staff Contractual Period Begins.

New Freshmen and Transfer Student Orientation. Skylight Lounge, Davies Center, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

McIntyre Library Exhibit. Featuring "Faces from Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, 1971," a double show of color and black and white photography by UW-Eau Claire alumnus Nile Ostenso. The photographs were taken during a monthlong drive through Central America in 1971. The exhibit, presented in celebration of national Hispanic Heritage Month, will be on display in the Grand Corridor of McIntyre Library through Sept. 30.

Tuesday, Aug. 23
Opening Meeting of the Faculty and Academic Staff. Schofield Auditorium, 8:30 to 10 a.m.

Reception for Faculty and Academic Staff. Sponsored by the University Foundation. Tamarack Room, Davies Center, 10 to 11 a.m.

Workshop for First Year Experience Instructors. Schneider 100, 1 to 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 24
Orientation for New Members of the UW-Eau Claire Community. Tamarack Room, Davies Center, 8 to 11:30 a.m.

Luncheon for New Faculty and Staff. Sponsored by the Office of Student Development and Diversity. Dulany Inn, Davies Center, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Analysis and Discussion of Student Engagement. Kris Anderson, Admissions; Debbie Gough, Advising and New Student Initiatives; and Kay Magadance, Institutional Planning, will present “Engaging Our Students — An Analysis and Discussion of UW-Eau Claire’s Results from the National Survey of Student Engagement and Characteristics of the Freshman Class.” Tamarack Room, Davies Center, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 25
NET Workshop. Maryellen Weimer, author of the book "Learner-Centered Teaching" and associate professor of teaching and learning at Berks-Lehigh Valley College of the Penn State University system, will present a workshop on learner-centered teaching. Registration information is available online. Council Fire Room, Davies Center, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Interim Chancellor’s Opening Meeting with Classified Staff. Tamarack Room, Davies Center, 1 to 2 p.m. The meeting will be held at an alternate time and location Aug. 29.

Reception for Classified Staff. Classified staff members, including LTEs, are invited to attend. Hosted by Interim Chancellor Larson; sponsored by the University Foundation. Skylight Lounge, Davies Center, 2 to 2:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 26
Departmental/Unit Meetings. Various locations, 9 a.m. to noon.

College Meetings. Various locations, 1 to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 27
No Events Scheduled.

Sunday, Aug. 28
No Events Scheduled.

Monday, Aug. 29
Second Annual NET SoTL Symposium. Kathleen McKinney, Cross Endowed Chair in SoTL, Illinois State University, will be the keynote speaker for the symposium. The symposium also will feature presentations by 2004-05 NET Teaching Scholars Gary Don, music and theatre arts; Selika Ducksworth-Lawton, history; Bob Eierman, chemistry; Tomomi Kakegawa, foreign languages; Paul Kaldjian, geography and anthropology; Geoff Peterson, political science; and Mitra Sadeghpour, music and theatre arts. Registration information is available online. Tamarack Room, Davies Center , 1 to 4:30 p.m.

Interim Chancellor’s Opening Meeting with Classified Staff. Presidents Room, Davies Center, 8 to 9 p.m. See related item Aug. 25.