Faculty and staff invited to join McIntyre Library's HMAA fundraiser

ORSP deadline announced

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Faculty and staff invited to join McIntyre Library's HMAA fundraiser
It's time again for McIntyre Library’s annual holiday giving project, which as in years past is a fundraiser to purchase rice for the Hmong Mutual Assistance Association. The current economic crisis, combined with a worldwide rice shortage that has driven the cost of rice up by as much as 50 percent in recent months, makes the need great this year. The HMAA is a social service agency that serves the local Hmong community in a number of ways. HMAA operates a food pantry and assists in housing, employment and translating services. It works in concert with other area services to assist our Hmong community.

For more than a decade, the McIntyre Library Staff Association has held the annual fundraiser through which voluntary contributions have totaled thousands of dollars. Last year the effort raised $485 to purchase 925 pounds of rice. Many families rely on this service for their basic sustenance.

The project is open to anyone wishing to contribute. If you choose to participate, please make checks payable to McIntyre Library Staff Association and submit them to Dan Hillis, Staff Association treasurer, 5012 McIntyre Library, by  Friday, Dec. 12. Names of contributors will be included on a card accompanying the donation and given to the HMAA. Contributors who wish to remain anonymous should indicate their preference. For more information, contact Jill Markgraf at markgrjs@uwec.edu or 836-5357.

ORSP deadline announced
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs announces the following deadline:

        • The Academic Staff Professional Development Program deadline for the second competition is Dec. 1.

Faculty/Academic Staff Forums
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs will present its final Faculty/Academic Staff Forum for the fall semester. The program will be held from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. in Room 2023 of McIntyre Library.

        • Nov. 19: Kristin Schaupp, philosophy and religious studies, "Saints, Heroes and the Supererogatory."