Falcon Daily Archives

Campus master plans presented, discussed

Members of the campus community met Monday in the UC with representatives from the professional campus planning firm of JJR, Inc. of Madison to learn about three alternative master plans for the UWRF campus. Jon Hoffman of JJR, and the project manager for UWRF's master planning project, addressed the audience as part of the Campus Master Plan Open House. New building sites, locations for future roadways, parking lots, and land/boundary expansions were presented and discussed, all intended to cast a vision for the next 15-20 years. All presentation materials will be posted on the UWRF Integrated Planning website once received from JJR. Comments regarding the alternative plans can be sent via email to dale.k.braun@uwrf.edu. For more photos by Jens Gunelson, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/photo_archive/ later today.

Announcements

Testing Center needs adequate time to make effective plans
Rapidly increasing numbers of students have disabilities and should be allowed various types of test taking accommodations. To have that option in your course they should pro-actively provide you an individualized memo from Disability Services that identifies the nature of their particular accommodations. Even after receiving such a memo, wait for the students to outwardly request the accommodations on a per test basis. It's quite rare that any students use accommodations on all tests. They nearly always make decisions to use or not use accommodations upon personal and ever changing factors that are known only by individual students. This makes it their responsibility to plan ahead.

Of course it’s your option as a professor to conduct an accommodated test yourself. You may also refer such a student to the Testing Center so the test will be administered on your behalf. However, the Testing Center is not a drop-in place; adequate lead time is always required to make plans for each test. For a test to occur in the Testing Center, the student is supposed to complete the top portion of a purple test scheduling form, ask you to sign the bottom, and then the student is expected to deliver the form to the Academic Success Center by five days before the test. If the form is received with less lead-time, the Testing Center will make every reasonable effort to expedite the planning process. However, the center reserves the right to not become involved if there isn’t enough time to confidently plan the safe handling of your test. If that’s the case, you will be informed and can probably legally deny the accommodation for that particular test, or elect to allow the student a delayed test date at the Testing Center. Just as you expect the student to sufficiently study in advance of your test, please expect the student to approach you with a purple test scheduling form long enough in advance that the Testing Center can make effective plans. Every accommodated student has received both verbal and written instructions regarding these protocols. It’s recommended to consult Mark Johnson at 3531 before deciding to deny an accommodated test.

Cooking out in this great weather?
Falcon Foods is now open from 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Along with great cheeses and ice cream we have many varieties of bratwurst. Especially made for this fall is apple cinnamon bratwurst to compliment the crispness of a fall evening. Falcon Foods is located in 149 Food Science Addition. Call 3702 with questions.

October Campus Diversity Newsletter available online
The October Campus Diversity Newsletter is available online at
http://www.uwrf.edu/Sociocultural/Newsletters.cfm.

Upcoming Events

Thursday, Sept. 30, 1:30 p.m., Troy Burne Golf Course, women's golf vs. Augsburg.

Friday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Knowles Center, Kinni Outdoor Adventures Grand Opening. KOA, a program of Campus Recreation, provides outdoor adventure rental equipment at very affordable prices for UWRF students, faculty/staff and community members. Whether you're looking for camping or hiking gear, rock climbing equipment, golf clubs, inline skates or even cross country skis and snowshoes, KOA provides a new and affordable way to experience the outdoors. Stop by the Knowles Center to see the new equipment and rental center, climb the rock wall (10 a.m.-5 p.m.) and have Jimmy John's for lunch from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/kinniconnections/

Wednesday, Oct. 6-Thursday, Oct. 7, campus grounds, 19th Annual Outdoor Art Installations. Features outdoor works of art created by UWRF students and faculty designed to highlight a specific site on the UWRF campus grounds. Viewers are asked to please respect the artistic ideas and to not alter or damage the artwork. Site maps identifying the individual installations can be picked up in Gallery 101 or the Art Department, 172 KFA, beginning at 9 a.m. on Oct. 6. For further information, contact the Art Department at 3266.

Don't Forget

Tuesday, Sept. 28

* This is the last week to view Emeriti Professor James Engebretson's glasswork exhibition in Gallery 101, KFA. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. For more information, contact the Art Department at 3266.

* It's "Homecoming of Heroes" week. For a list of homecoming events, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/FalconPrograms/Homecoming.cfm.

Classified employment opportunity: part-time permanent Communications Specialist in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. If interested, visit http://www2.uwrf.edu/hr/cl_comm_specialist.htm to view details about the position and the application process. Application deadline is Wednesday, Sept. 29. Direct questions to Deb Schwab at 3221.

Classified employment transfer opportunity for a University Services Program Associate (100 percent) (Pay Schedule 02, Pay Range 11), Student Affairs-Residence Life/Student Rights & Responsibilities, 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, annually. The application deadline is 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30. If interested, contact Human Resources at 3221 to request a position description for specific duties and knowledge, skills, and abilities. To apply, complete a Job Transfer Request at http://www.uwrf.edu/hr/hr_forms/Classified/cl_job_transfer.doc. The recruiting process on campus proceeds as follows: 1. Interested individuals whose classification is identical to the title of the vacancy are contacted in seniority order to interview (i.e., a current University Services Program Associate for a University Services Program Associate vacancy). 2. If no one in the same title is interested, then interested individuals in the same or higher pay range are considered. It is management's option, however, to interview prior to obtaining the outside list or to consider as additional names to the outside list.