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Artwork displayed outdoors today

In its 19th year, featured outdoor works of art created by UWRF students and faculty are highlighted today and tomorrow on the UWRF campus grounds. This year, 51 exhibitions are scattered around the campus as part of the 2010 Outdoor Art Installations. For more photos by Jens Gunelson, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/photo_archive/ later this week.

Announcements

My UW System portal workshops
DoTS will be hosting a number of workshops in the next couple weeks on the new My UW System portal. Come and learn how to access your employee pay statements and how to access the annual benefits enrollment. Workshops coming up include:
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2-2:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 11, 2-2:30 p.m.
Monday, Oct .11, 3:30-4 p.m.
All are held in the Gray Lab in the lower level of the Davee Library.

Faculty research abroad fellowship program
The Department of Education has announced another Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program. This grant provides faculty members of institutions of higher education the opportunity to engage in research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. For more information, visit http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=58297 or e-mail molly.van-wagner@uwrf.edu.

Upcoming Events

Friday, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m., Abbott Concert Hall, Guest Recital: Coca Bochonko, viola and Shannon Loehrke, piano. Free. Contact roger.mcvey@uwrf.edu.

Saturday, Oct. 9, 2 p.m., Ramer Field, soccer vs. UW-La Crosse.

Don't Forget

Wednesday, Oct. 6

* today and tomorrow, 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. Please respect the artistic ideas and to not alter or damage the artwork. Maps identifying individual installations can be picked up in Gallery 101 or the Art Department, 172 KFA. Contact the Art Department at 3266.

* 10-11 a.m., Blue Lab, Davee Library, CMS Open Lab. Get assistance from the Web Development Team with your Web development needs. Open labs are scheduled every Wednesday.

* 3 p.m., Ramer Field, tennis vs. UW-La Crosse.

* 3:30 p.m., Willow River Room, UC, Faculty Senate meeting. For an agenda, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/faculty_senate. Contact james.madsen@uwrf.edu or call ext. 3196.

* 4 p.m. reception; 5 p.m. lecture; 6 p.m. discussion, Kinnickinnic Theater, UC, The Edward N. Peterson Lecture Series: "Security Against Democracy: The Legacy of the Cold War at Home" by Elaine Tyler May, professor of American Studies and History, University of Minnesota. May examines the tension between the competing movements for democracy and security during the Cold War, generating fears that resonate with our own time. For more information, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/HIST/PetersonLectureSeries.cfm.

Classified employment transfer opportunity: Groundskeeper (100 percent) (Pay Schedule 03, Pay Range 08), Facilities Management, 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, annually. Application deadline is 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 7. If interested, contact the Human Resources Office at 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 groundskeeper for a groundskeeper 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.