FALCON DAILY

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

"Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world." -Voltaire

Spring Dance Theatre Concerts Begin Tonight

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The University of Wisconsin-River Falls Dance Theatre presents its annual spring concert beginning tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Blanche Davis Theatre, Kleinpell Fine Arts building. Admission is $10/adults, $8/seniors (60+), and $5/students and children. Tickets are available at the University Theatre Box Office, KFA between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. or by phone at 3114. The Box Office is also open one hour prior to all performances. Photo by Kathy M Helgeson.

Announcements

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Egerstrom to Lead New Unit
UWRF is merging the Admissions Office with New Student Family Programs to create a new unit of Admissions and New Student Programs, and Sarah Egerstrom has been appointed as director. The appointment is a two-year interim position with a search intended to occur in spring 2016. Sarah brings great leadership skills and experience in both recruitment and retention of students. Please congratulate Sarah on her new role.

Center for Innovation and Business Development Ribbon Cutting on April 8
The campus is invited to a ribbon cutting ceremony for the renovated east office addition of the River Falls Municipal Power Plant (401 S. Winter) scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8. The updated space will house the newly created UW-River Falls Center for Innovation and Business Development and relocated Small Business Development Center. The ceremony is co-sponsored by UW-River Falls and the River Falls Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau. For more information contact Blake Fry at 3711 or email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

Ag Industries Club Offering Lawn Mower Tune-Up Services
The Ag Industries Club is providing lawn mower tune-ups through April 14. Lawn mowers may be dropped off behind the Ag Engineering Annex from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. April 5 and 6 or by appointment. Tune-ups are $40 for push mowers and $75 for riding mowers. Pick-up and drop-off services are $20 within five miles of campus with additional charges for extended trips. For more information or to make a reservation, contact Miles Erickson at 651-274-8437 or email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

Voting Open for Classified Staff Advisory Council
The online ballot for the Classified Staff Advisory Council elections is now available.  All classified staff and limited term employees are eligible to vote.  A complete list of candidates and the categories they are eligible to represent is available at http://www.uwrf.edu/ClassifiedStaffAdvisoryCouncil. Votes may be cast for one representative within each group. Voting closes at 3:00pm on April 18. To place your vote visit http://uwrf.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1S2N0j5FWy4pEGN. For more information email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

Upcoming Events

Friday, April 4, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., 102 Hagestad, Reception for Experience Scotland Resident Director. Visit with Resident Director of the Experience Scotland: Wisconsin in Scotland program, Patty Watters. Patty has served as the Resident Director of the WIS program since 2007, and will be on campus for a short visit.

Don't Forget

Wednesday, April 2

*  11 a.m., 140 KFA, Faculty Senate Executive Committee. For more details or an agenda visit http://www.uwrf.edu/FacultySenate/Committees/StandingCommittees/ExecutiveCommittee.cfm or email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

*  3 p.m., 152 CSH, Dr. Laura Nuttall of the Center for Gravitation, Cosmology, and Astrophysics at UW-Milwaukee will discuss the search for gravitational waves with the LIGO detector.  Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the UW System Women & Science Program. For more information, please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

*  4 p.m., Trimbelle River Room, UC, Language Matters Series "What Can Linguistics Learn from Biology? Three Arguments in Favor of Consistent Theory of Part-of-Speech Subclassification," presented by faculty member Vladimir Pavlov. For more information, contact r<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

*  6 p.m., 200C Hudson Center, Full-time MBA Information Session. Learn more about the Full-Time MBA program and meet with Director of Graduate Studies Leanne Van Allen and with other prospective MBA students. RSVP at 3335 or email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

*  7:30 p.m., Davis Theatre, KFA, Dance Theatre Spring Concert featuring two professional guest artists from the Twin Cities. Admission is $10/adults, $8/seniors (60+), and $5/students and children. For more information, email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

*  8 p.m., 271 CSH, Public Astronomy Talk and Observatory Viewing. Free and open to the public. At 8 p.m., Physics Professor Eileen Korenic will present "Lagrange Points--Astronomy's Balancing Act," followed by telescope viewing on the third floor observation deck at 8:30 p.m. All observatory viewings are dependent on a clear sky. Call 3560 after 6 p.m. or visit http://www.uwrf.edu/PHYS/Schedule.cfm and click on "observatory" to verify that the sky is clear enough for viewing. The talk will go on as scheduled regardless of the weather.

The following classified employment opportunities are available:
* Painter - deadline is today.
* UW Administrative Program Supervisor - deadline is Friday, April 4.
* IS Technical Services Specialist (re-announcement) - deadline is April 15.
If interested, visit https://jobs.uwrf.edu/postings/search to view details about the positions and the application process. Direct questions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

Now You Know

Andris Straumanis, associate professor of journalism, has been selected to participate in a summer institute at New York's Columbia University on the history of Eastern and Central European immigrants and refugees. The institute, "America's East Central European Immigrants & Refugees: Migration and Memory," is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. It will take place from June 8-29 at Columbia's East Central European Center. More information on the summer institute is available online at http://nehsummerinst.columbia.edu<http://nehsummerinst.columbia.edu/>.

Education News
"UW-River Falls reaches worldwide<http://www.agriview.com/news/youth/uw-river-falls-reaches-worldwide/article_ead565a4-88ef-50a2-9376-319ccd22ef8f.html>," Agri-View, March 31
"Farmers working to improve watersheds<http://www.thecountrytoday.com/farm/article_3e3068b2-b8e2-11e3-bfab-001a4bcf887a.html>," Country Today, March 31.
"Senate to vote on UW research bill<http://www.channel3000.com/education/senate-to-vote-on-uw-research-bill/25262944>," WISC-TV, April 1.
To view news about the UW System from around the state, visit the UW System's clipsheet<http://www.wisconsin.edu/clipsheet/index.php>.

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