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Lecture series features democracy scholar

The fourth annual Edward N. Peterson Lecture Series featured democracy scholar Elaine May Wednesday in the UC. Professor May's lecture examined democracy and security during the Cold War. Peterson, whom the lecture series is named after, was a UWRF professor of history from 1954-2005 who had a passion for teaching topics relating to World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. For more photos by Jens Gunelson, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/photo_archive/ later this week.

Announcements

Online seminar addresses cheating
All faculty are invited to view an online seminar, "The New (and Old) Ways Students Cheat: What You Can Do About It," on Wednesday, Oct. 13, from 1-2 p.m. in the St. Croix River Room, UC. Presented by Scott L. Howell, Ph.D., of Brigham Young University's continuing-education department. Sponsored by the College of Business and Economics.

Nominations for My Success stories sought
University Communications is seeking suggestions for new My Success student stories for promotional use. For examples of the types of students we are looking for, visit http://www.uwrf.edu/stories. Contact lisa.stratton@uwrf.edu with any suggested students.

October Board of Regents meeting
A live Webcast of the October Board of Regents meeting is available today, Oct. 7, from 10 a.m.-noon and Friday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m.-noon at http://www.uwex.edu/ics/stream/regents/meetings/. An agenda can be found at
http://www.uwsa.edu/bor/meetings/archive/2010.htm.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, Oct. 9, 8 a.m.-1p.m., Mann Valley Lab Farm, Fall 2010 Compost Sale. $30/yard. Also offered Oct. 16. Contact the CAFES Dean's Office at 3535.

Wednesday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Riverview Ballroom, UC, 19th Annual Career Fair. The fair is an excellent opportunity for students, faculty and staff to network with more than 80 representatives from a variety of organizations and graduate schools. Career Services would like to encourage faculty to bring their classes or encourage student attendance. Contact Career Services by noon on Tuesday, Oct.12, if you would like a class sign-up sheet to be available for your students.

Don't Forget

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. Please respect the artistic ideas and do 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.

* 8 a.m.-4 p.m., UC lobby, Fall Plant Sale sponsored by the UWRF Horticulture Society. Also happening Friday, Oct. 8. Contact molly.gilbert@uwrf.edu.

* 7:30 p.m., Abbott Concert Hall, Fall Band Concert, featuring the UWRF Symphony Band, directed by Kristin Tjornehoj and the UWRF University Band, directed by Gary Bird. Admission: adults/$5, seniors/$3, students/$2.

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.