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Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
Now you know
Students, faculty and the public now have an additional
opportunity to embark on a journey to the land of pharaohs and pyramids
during Spring Break, March 12-24, 2010.
A study trip set for Jan.11-23, 2010, is filled, according to
Steven Derfler, an art history professor at UWRF who leads the Egypt
study tour.
Cost is $3,950 plus tuition for students who are enrolled for
credit. The all-inclusive package includes round-trip airfare from New
York, all entrance fees, meals, domestic transportation, air tour to
Abu Simbel five-star accommodations including cruise ship with private
bath, transfers, hotel taxes, and porterage at airports and hotels.
For more information, visit
http://www.uwrf.edu/pa/2009/
0911/1109093.htm or contact
steven.l.derfler@uwrf.edu.
 
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UWS in the News
"Job
prospects, interest in environment drawing more college students to
agriculture schools,” Associated Press, Nov. 17.
"WISPIRG
marches on Capitol to promote green solutions to environmental issues,”
Daily Cardinal, Nov. 15.
"UW-Parkside
adds a little 'green'ery to campus,” Kenosha News, Nov. 15.
“Milwaukee
will be water center, UW official says,” Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel, Nov. 16.
"Minnesota,
other Midwestern states look to promote college degrees,”
Associated Press, Nov. 16.
To see news about
the UW System from around the state, visit
System’s clip sheet site to
read the stories or to subscribe to the daily briefing.
On Wisconsin
The following is a
digest of links to critical news and
information sources for UWRF employees:
The Wheeler
Report.
This is a daily listing of all news stories, editorials and press
releases affecting public issues in Wisconsin.
WisPolitics.Com.
State public policy news with a political interpretation.
WisconsinEye
News.
Wisconsin’s version of C-Span, with live coverage of the Legislature,
with the State Supreme Court and Executive Branch soon to follow.
UW System Board of
Regents Audio.
The Regents Web cast their monthly meetings held on the first Thursday
and Friday of each month.
UWS/UWRF Budget.
A handy index to the UW System executive and legislative advocacy
information on our budget proposals, analyses, and maps, charts and
graphs to support our positions.
Wisconsin
Legislature.
This site contains legislators’ profiles, committees, bill digests,
hearing schedules and links to Web casts of floor and committee
discussions
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"If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.”
-- Latin
Proverb
Women open season with big win
Lindsey Olson and the Falcon women's basketball
team opened the 2009-10 season crushing Crown College, 112-28, at
Karges Center Tuesday evening. The Falcons next home game is Thursday,
Dec. 5, against Stevens Point at 3 p.m. For
more
photos by
Jens Gunelson, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/photo_archive/.
Announcements
Webinar training sessions for Fox World Travel’s new
booking tool
On Monday, Nov. 30, UWRF will be implementing a new
online booking tool for Fox World Travel. Cliqbook, the new booking
tool, will be compatible with all standard internet browsers and is
expected to be very user friendly similar to many familiar commercial
booking sites. First visit http://www.uwrf.edu/pa/fd/Cliqbook.pdf
for important details about Cliqbook, then choose a webinar time below.
Fox World Travel is offering the following Cliqbook familiarization
webinars:
Monday, Nov. 30, 1 - 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 10 - 11 a.m. and 1 - 2 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 3, 1 - 2 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 4, 10 - 11 a.m.
Contact bonnie.benson@uwrf.edu
for registration links and system requirements for the webinar
sessions.
Annual one-day sale at Falcon Shop is Dec.
4
It's just around the corner. The annual one-day sale at the Falcon
Shop, UC, is Friday, Dec. 4 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Receive 20 percent
off all UWRF logo clothing and gift items. Contact bookstore@uwrf.edu.
Undergraduate regalia now available for
purchase
Undergraduate regalia is now available for purchase at the Falcon Shop,
UC, for students who are graduating in December. Contact bookstore@uwrf.edu.
Scholarship applications available Nov. 24
Campus-wide scholarship applications for the 2010-11 academic year are
available Nov. 24 through Jan 8, 2010. CAFES applications are currently
available and will be until Dec. 18. Scholarships are awarded on a wide
variety of factors including major, future career goals, GPA, hometown,
leadership and more. Each year, the UWRF Foundation provides hundreds
of scholarships to students totaling more than $550,000. Applications
are at http://www.uwrf.edu/financialassistance/scholarships/scholarships.htm.
Contact Logan Spindler at ext. 3505 or scholarships@uwrf.edu.
UWRF Alumni Association cruise opportunity
Join the UWRF Alumni Association for the Mediterranean
Inspiration Cruise, coordinated by
Oceania Cruises and GoNext Travel. Offered to alumni and friends of
UWRF starting from $3,738. For information, visit http://www.gonext.com/medinspiration_10_17_10.html
or call 800-842-9023. Book by Feb. 26, 2010. Contact melissa.wilson@uwrf.edu.
Two funding opportunities
1. U.S. Department of Education: Centers
for International Business Education Program. Coordinates programs
of the Federal government in the areas of research, education, and
training in international business and trade competitiveness; and to
provide grants to pay the Federal share of the cost of planning,
establishing, and operating Centers for International Business
Education. Deadline is Dec. 8.
2. U.S. Department of Education:
International Research and Studies Program. Provides grants to
conduct research and studies to improve and strengthen instruction in
modern foreign languages, area studies, and other international fields.
Deadline is Jan. 12, 2010.
Upcoming Events
Friday, Nov. 20, 2:05 p.m., women’s hockey vs.
Superior.
Friday, Nov. 20, 7:05 p.m., men’s hockey vs.
St. Norbert.
Don't Forget
Wednesday, Nov. 18
* noon, breezeway, Davee Library, Coffee with The
Times: "National Race for the Greenest Campus: Where is UWRF?” Led
by Kelly Cain, UWRF academic program director for sustainability. Free
and open to the public. Refreshments served. For more information,
including the articles that serve as the starting point for this
discussion, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/adp/.
* 3:10 - 4 p.m., Room 271, CSH, STEM
Education Symposium: "Workshop Physics," presented by physics
Professor Earl Blodgett. This first STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics) Symposium talks about a new innovation
which improves student learning by blurring the boundaries between
lecture and laboratory. Contact michael.a.kahlow@uwrf.edu
or call ext. 3339.
* 3:30 p.m., Willow River Room, UC, Faculty Senate meeting.
Contact David Rainville at ext. 3654 or david.p.rainville@uwrf.edu.
* 5 p.m., Room 231, UC, Stuttering
Support Group for adults who have frequent contact with
children who stutter. Contact Jerry Halvorson at 715-792-2863.
* 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Karges
racquetball courts, Pro Racquetball Clinic. Free. The
Racquetball Club is sponsoring two pro racquetball players for
tonight's clinic. For more information and to register, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/racquetball
or email sara.lake@uwrf.edu.
It is not too late to register for tonight's clinic!
It's International Education Week. For a complete
schedule of events, visit
http://www.uwrf.edu/globalconnections/.
Today's events include a
Mini Global Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Falcon's Nest,
UC; Pulitzer Center speakers from 4 to 4:50 p.m., Riverview
Ballroom, UC.
Classified employment transfer opportunity:
Communications
Specialist (100 percent) (Pay Schedule 07, Pay Range 05),
University Communications, 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday,
annually. The application deadline is 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19. If
interested, contact the Human Resources Office at ext. 3221 to request
a position description for specific duties and knowledge, skills, and
abilities. To apply, complete a Job Transfer Request found at http://uwrf.edu/hr/hr_forms/Classified/cl_job_transfer.doc.
Interested individuals whose classification is identical to the title
of the vacancy are contacted in seniority order to interview (i.e., a
current Communications Specialist for a Communications Specialist
vacancy). If no one in the same title is interested, then interested
individuals in the same or higher pay range are considered; however, it
is management’s option to interview prior to obtaining the outside list
or to consider as additional names to the outside list.
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