Vol.
54,
No. 5
• Fifth
Week • Fall
Semester • Sept. 18, 2006 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
Featured Articles UW-Eau Claire named a Best Midwestern College Speaker to address children's rights in South Africa Hall of Fame/Super Six awards banquet to honor current, former Blugold greats Faculty, academic staff receive grants from UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity University home page gets a face lift |
UW-Eau Claire named a Best Midwestern College UW-Eau Claire is one of 163 schools to receive the "Best Midwestern College" designation and is included on a list of 150 Best Value Colleges. Kristina Anderson, executive director of enrollment services at UW-Eau Claire, said UW-Eau Claire continues to be a first-choice campus for talented students. "The faculty and staff work hard to nurture our students, and in an era of rising tuition across the country, UW-Eau Claire continues to be an excellent education value. Being recognized for that excellence by the Princeton Review is certainly an honor." Full story. Speaker to address children's rights in South Africa
The rights of children in South Africa will be the topic of a presentation by Andreis Viviers, a guest lecturer in UW-Eau Claire's department of social work, at noon Thursday, Sept. 21, in the Arrowhead Room of Davies Center. In his presentation, "For the Children: UNICEF and Children's Rights in South Africa," Viviers will discuss his current projects for UNICEF in South Africa and the surrounding nations of southern Africa. The focus of the project is children's participation in their own lives through involvement in planning for themselves. Viviers is a social worker employed by UNICEF South Africa. He currently supervises UW-Eau Claire social work student Alex Galston, an intern in a community development project in rural South Africa. Full story. Hall of Fame/Super Six awards banquet Tickets are $20 per person for the social hour, dinner and program and should be reserved by Sept. 22 by contacting the UW-Eau Claire Alumni Association at (715) 836-3266 or alumni@uwec.edu. See the athletics Web site for past Blugold Hall of Fame inductees and Super Six Award winners. Faculty, academic staff receive grants from Receiving curriculum development grants are Debra Barker, English, for the project “A Gathering of Spirits: American Indian Women Writers” and Linda Carpenter, communication sciences and disorders, for the project “Serving Racially, Ethnically, Culturally, and Linguistically Diverse Populations: A Proposal for a New Course in CSD.” Receiving campus activities grants are Beverly Soll, Activities and Programs office, and Toni Poll-Sorensen, music and theatre arts, for their project “Evidence: The Ronald K. Brown Dance Company”; Jerry Young, music and theatre arts, for the project “Residency by Jon Sass”; and Paul Kaldjian, geography and anthropology, for the project “Latinos Lecheros: A Symposium on the Critical Contribution of Mexicans to Western Wisconsin's Culture and Economy.” Full story. Campus installs lightning prediction system Three sets of warning horns and strobes have been installed around the UW-Eau Claire upper campus. They are located at Bollinger Field, the Hilltop tennis courts and Simpson Field. Full story. Day of Caring kicks off United Way basket raffle
UW-Eau Claire's Day of Caring event Sept. 15 launched the third annual theme basket raffle to benefit the United Way of Greater Eau Claire and its member agencies. Thirteen baskets created by UW-Eau Claire employees were displayed on the Central Campus Mall, and raffle tickets were sold for chances to win the baskets in a drawing to be held Sept. 29. Raffle tickets still can be purchased from the campus departments and offices sponsoring baskets, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 28 and 29 in the east lobby of Davies Center. University employees willing to help sell tickets Sept. 28 and 29 should contact Jacqueline Bonneville at 836-3487 or bonnevjk@uwec.edu by Sept. 20. The following are the basket sponsors and themes:
|
|
Top
News l Calendar
l Faculty/Staff
News l In
the News l Notices
l
Archive
News
Bureau
Julie Poquette, Editor, UW-Eau Claire News Bureau, Schofield 201, (715) 836-4741
Diane Walkoff, Editorial Assistant.
Updated:
September 18, 2006
UW-Eau Claire has been named by The Princeton Review as a 2007 Best Midwestern College and earlier this year was named one of America's Best Value Colleges. 
Seven former Blugold athletes and a former head women's basketball coach will be inducted into the Blugold Hall of Fame, and six current student athletes will be honored with the university's Super Six Award at a banquet Sept. 30 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at The Plaza Hotel & Suites, Eau Claire. The 2006 Blugold Hall of Fame inductees will be 
The UW System 
UW-Eau Claire has installed a lightning prediction system designed to predict a lightning strike within a defined geographical region. Using sensors connected to a computer, the system is able to measure and analyze the electrostatic field in the atmosphere. Once pre-established detection limits are reached, the system activates a series of horns and strobe lights to warn those outside to seek shelter. Since the system is automated, it can provide warning even when there appears to be no evidence of lightning. 
