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Title: UW-River Falls

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Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Now you know

The River Falls Area Research Center & University Archives, located in the lower level of Davee Library, is one of 14 research facilities in a statewide network coordinated by the Wisconsin Historical Society in partnership with the University of Wisconsin System.

Its holdings focus primarily on the four counties designated to the River Falls ARC by the Wisconsin Historical Society: Burnett, Pierce, Polk, and St. Croix. It does, however, have miscellaneous items, such as plat maps or written histories, that cover counties outside of the region.

For more information, visit
http://www.uwrf.edu/library/arc/.

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• Governance committee meetings
• Grants information
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UWS in the News

"UW System to ask for dismissal of union petitions," Associated Press, Nov. 18.

"Wis. governor nixes UW System water consultant," Associated Press, Nov. 17.

"Chancellor challenges idea that two year colleges aren't an effective way to achieve bachelor's degree," Wisconsin Public Radio, Nov. 17.

"Defining accountability," Inside Higher Ed, Nov. 18.

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

"If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.”

-- Pearl S. Buck

University Archives & ARC share new space

The Area Research Center & University Archives moved earlier this fall just down the hall from its old location on the lower level of Davee Library. The Center is up and running and is open during most University business days. For more specific hours, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/library/arc/geninfo.php. Collections include maps, newspapers, church and cemetery records, census records, naturalization papers, school records, tax and assessment rolls, vital statistics, photographs, and permanent historical records of UWRF. Photo by Jens Gunelson.

Announcements

Business Clothing Drive through Dec. 4
The UWRF Business Association is collecting gently used women’s and men’s business clothing during the week of Nov. 30 to Dec. 4. Collected business clothing will then be donated to Rise, Inc.’s Michael’s Closet which provides people who have disabilities and other barriers to employment with appropriate interview clothing and accessories to give them that ‘something extra’ they may need to launch a new career. Michael’s Closet also provides people with the knowledge and means to project a professional appearance at their job interviews as well as give them some basic outfits for their interview and the first few weeks of employment. If you have business attire that you no longer wear, consider donating those items to those in need. A donation box will be located in Room 127 South Hall. Contact the Business Association at busiassoc@yahoo.com.

Upcoming Events

Friday, Nov. 20, 5 - 8 p.m., Gallery 101, KFA, Student Art Show Reception. UWRF art students Tom Fritchen and Christy Nelson exhibit their senior show Nov. 19 - 24 in fulfillment of B.F.A. degree requirements.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2:05 p.m., women’s hockey vs. Superior.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 7:05 p.m., men’s hockey vs. St. Norbert.

Don't Forget

Thursday, Nov. 19

* noon - 1 p.m., St. Croix Room, UC, Classified Employees Lunch & Learn Series: Home Energy Seminar presented by Weston Arndt, energy efficiency program coordinator. Sponsored by the Employee Development Committee. Contact elaine.m.baker@uwrf.edu.

* 3:30 p.m., Room 16, North Hall, Mathematics Seminar: “SoTL in Mathematics Content Courses for Future Teachers” by Kathy Tomlinson, Don Leake, Laurel Langford, and Erick Hofacker. Faculty will discuss their SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) projects that infused K-12 exemplars into mathematics content courses over the past two years.

* 7 - 8:30 p.m., Abbott Concert Hall, KFA, International Education Week event: "Ana's Playground." Question and answer session to follow the film.

For more International Education Week events happening today, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/globalconnections/.

UWRF spirit day is every Friday. Everyone is encouraged to wear clothing with the UWRF logo each and every Friday.

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.