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Featured Articles Tallant named president of Texas A&M-Kingsville NSF grant of $404,305 supports software project Kate Hale is Campus Sustainability Fellow Marching band to play at Packers season opener UW System gives guidance on political activities On-campus farmers market opens Sept. 4 Renovations made for The Cabin's 40th season Service Center opens Haas ticket office |
Tallant named president of Texas A&M-Kingsville NSF grant of $404,305 supports software project
Dr. Paul Wagner, UW-Eau Claire associate professor of computer science, has received a $404,305 National Science Foundation grant to develop portable and customizable software for hands-on, computer-intensive educational workshops. The three-year NSF grant is a phase-two grant that builds on work Wagner and other UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff completed through a previous NSF grant to create a laptop-based computer security workshop program. The new grant will allow the team to take the next step and make the program work in a wireless environment. Going wireless will greatly expand the uses of the program, Wagner said. Now used just for workshops on computer security, once wireless the program also will be usable for workshops on other computer science topics as well as for more general education uses, he said. Full story. Kate Hale is Campus Sustainability Fellow
Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich has named Dr. Kate Hale, a UW-Eau Claire adjunct assistant professor of English, as the university's Campus Sustainability Fellow. This is a new half-time appointment created as part of the implementation of the Centennial Plan, the university's strategic plan, which calls for identification and prioritizing campus improvements focusing on sustainability. “Dr. Hale has an intense interest in the environment," Levin-Stankevich said. "She demonstrated her organizational skills during a previous term as interim affirmative action officer, and I needed help in making sure that our sustainability efforts and my signing of the Campus Climate Commitment will be moved forward in the coming year.” As the Campus Sustainability Fellow, Hale will work with the chancellor’s Climate Commitment Advisory Group to identify ways to expand participation in sustainability efforts. She will help to coordinate and support sustainability efforts currently operating on campus and assist in the development of new efforts. She will serve as a liaison with other campuses, community organizations, government representatives and other local enterprises related to sustainability efforts. In addition, Hale will help track UW-Eau Claire's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint as part of the Presidents' Climate Commitment, a national effort at increasing sustainability. Full story. Marching band to play at Packers season opener
The UW-Eau Claire Blugold Marching Band will perform a halftime show during the Green Bay Packers season opener against the Minnesota Vikings Sept. 8 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. The band's director, Dr. Randal Dickerson, a UW-Eau Claire associate professor of music, recently received word that an opening for the halftime slot was available. The last-minute opening occurred when a retirement ceremony to honor former Packers quarterback Brett Favre was cancelled after Favre's recent decision not to retire and his subsequent trade by the Packers to the New York Jets. "The Packers media director called me on Wednesday morning during our practice at Carson Park," Dickerson said. "Knowing it was a call from Green Bay, I took the phone call with the band watching and listening. At the end of the call I gave a 'thumbs up' gesture to the band, and they all screamed." The Sept. 8 performance will be the Blugold Marching Band's second appearance at a Green Bay Packers home game. The group first performed at Lambeau Field in October 2004. Full story.
UW System gives guidance on political activities On-campus farmers market opens Sept. 4 
Renovations made for The Cabin's 40th season
The Cabin, the performance space in UW-Eau Claire's Davies Center that presents the longest-running coffeehouse series in the nation, has been completely renovated in preparation for its 40th anniversary season. Cosmetically, the space has a new professional-looking performance stage and front-of-house control area. Technical modifications to The Cabin represent a considerable upgrade into the professional production world, including a state-of-the-art lighting and sound system. Full story. The Cabin will begin its 40th anniversary season Friday, Sept. 5, with a performance by Minneapolis indie acoustic artist Andy Elwell. Full story. Service Center opens Haas ticket office Tickets for all campus events will be sold at the Service Center's ticket office in the fine arts center's main lobby. Walk-up patrons may purchase tickets using cash, check, MasterCard, Visa or a Blugold account. The ticket office will be open Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and will be closed during holidays and academic breaks. Tickets for campus events are also available at the Service Center in Davies Center's east lobby. Standard hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. The Service Center is a part of the University Centers, a student affairs unit of UW-Eau Claire. For more information about services and hours call 715-836-2637 or 800-949-8932. During September a series of Chinese cultural events will welcome four Chinese students, the first participants in the China 1+2+1 Partnership Program, to UW-Eau Claire and share Chinese culture with the campus and the Eau Claire community. The events will start with the showing of the international film "House of Flying Daggers" at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, in the television lounge of Katherine Thomas Hall. On Wednesday, Sept. 10, the newly formed Mahjong Club invites students and community members to learn how to play the Chinese game of mahjong from 4:30-6 p.m. at Intermezzos Cafe in Davies Center. See a UW-Eau Claire news release for dates, times and descriptions of these and additional events.
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Diane Walkoff, Assistant Editor. Updated: July 28, 2008.
Dr. Steven Tallant, UW-Eau Claire provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, was named this morning by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents as the next president of Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Tallant will begin his duties as president Oct. 1. 
With many political campaigns gearing up for the November elections, UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff are encouraged to review the UW System guidelines on political campaign activities at system institutions. The guidelines are available on the 
A mini farmers market featuring fresh produce, flowers and other local specialties will be on the UW-Eau Claire campus from 7:30-11:30 a.m. every Thursday from Sept. 4 through Oct. 23. 
UW-Eau Claire will offer event ticket sales in Haas Fine Arts Center weekdays beginning Monday, Sept. 8.
