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Friday, May 6, 2011 Now you know On June 22-23, UW-River Falls will once again host a Minnesota Twins Youth Baseball Camp. Twins Training Camps are open to youth ages 8 to 18. Camps address general baseball skills including hitting, defense, throwing, pitching, strength and conditioning and mental skills. The camp will feature National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, and St. Paul native, Paul Molitor as a special instructor. More information on the camp may be found on the Minnesota Twins website. Submit an item to Falcon Daily Subscribe to Falcon Daily Falcon Daily Archives Feedback on Falcon Daily Visions and Values website. Strategic Planning website. Academic Affairs: • Excused class absences • Class cancellations • Faculty/staff searches • Retention, promotion, tenure notices • Governance committee meetings • Grants information • Graduate exams UWRF home page UWRF News Source Guidance on Political Campaign Activities UWS in the News "Walker declares 'State Employee Recognition Day'," WISC-TV, May 4. "Analysis of the New Badger Partnership reveals areas needing improvement," Column, Badger Herald, May 5. To view 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 HRS Project. The UW System's Human Resource System, or HRS, is a new integrated system for all human resources, benefits and payroll operations across all System campuses. 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.

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”--Michael Jordan WIAC softball tourney begins Falcon Athletics is hosting the WIAC Softball Tournament at Ramer Field today. The double-elimination tournament runs through Sunday. Visit the Falcon Athletics website for more information. Photo by Jens Gunelson. Announcements Email workshops held next week Email workshops will be held next week on campus in the Gray Lab of Chalmer Davee Library. Dates are: May 9, 8:30-9:30 a.m.; May 10, 8:30-9:30 a.m.; May 11, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.; and May 12, 3:15-4:15 p.m.   Commencement, May 14, 2011 – attention marchers UW-River Falls will conduct two Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 14. For those marching in the 9:30 a.m. ceremony (CAFES, CBE and Graduate Studies) the suggested arrival time to Hunt Arena for lining up is 8:45 a.m. For those marching in the 2 p.m. ceremony (CAS and CEPS) the suggested arrival time to Hunt Arena for lining up is 1:15 p.m. Please remember that parking is a challenge so you will need to adjust your arrival time accordingly. Contact dianne.m.monteith@uwrf.edu if you have any questions. Thank you for joining us on this special day as we acknowledge and celebrate the success of our graduates! Dean Van Galen Upcoming Events      Monday, May 9, 11 a.m., 353 KFA: Faculty Senate Executive Committee for 2011-2012 meeting. Please visit http://www2.uwrf.edu/faculty_senate/committees_exec.html or contact Wes Chapin at wes.chapin@uwrf.edu or 3318. Don't Forget Friday, May 6 *  12 -1 p.m., AGS 327, AG Business Candidate Teaching Presentation.  *  4 -5 p.m., UC Falls Room, DOC Recognition of Graduates and International Students. DOC will be hosting an reception to recognize graduating seniors and international students that will departing this spring. Please stop by and congratulate our graduates and say farewell to great friends. For more information please contact fpmulticultural@uwrf.edu. Falcon Daily switches to Tuesday/Thursday publication next week Falcon Daily will begin its summer schedule next week due to email migration and staff availability. It will publish only on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning May 10 until late August. Please plan accordingly. Classified employment opportunity Classified employment transfer opportunity for an Animal Research Technician-Senior (100 percent) (Pay Schedule 06, Pay Range 11), Laboratory Farms/Equine Enterprise, 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday–Friday, with some rotating weekends required. Application deadline is 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 10. If interested, contact the 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/HumanResources/HRForms.cfm. The recruiting process  proceeds as follows: 1. Interested individualswhose classification is identical to the title of the vacancy are contacted in seniority order to interview (i.e., a current Animal Research Technician-Senior for an Animal Research Technician-Senior 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.Classified employment opportunity Classified employment opportunity Classified employment transfer opportunity for a University Conference Coordinator (100 percent) (Pay Schedule 07, Pay Range 04), Student Affairs, 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, with some evening and weekend hours.  Application deadline is 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 11. 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 found at http://www.uwrf.edu/HumanResources/HRForms.cfm. 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 Conference Coordinator for a University Conference Coordinator 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.

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