University Centers

Malinda Hebert and Candy Wilson were invited to co-author a feature story for the Winter 2009 issue of College Services, the quarterly magazine of the National Association of College Auxiliary Services. Their article, "Marketing HEOA," explains how the University Bookstore at UW-Eau Claire plans ahead to become compliant with the Higher Education Opportunity Act.

Academic Skills Center/Women's Studies

Patti See's article on gratitude, "Today is a good day to count your blessings," was published Nov. 26 in the Chippewa Herald. Women's studies staff members Barbara Kernan and Katherine Rhoades were interviewed for the article.

ORSP workshops and programs for faculty and academic staff

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs announces the following program deadline for faculty and academic staff:

▪ The Academic Staff Professional Development Program deadline for the second competition is Dec. 1.

Learning and Technology Services

Julia Lehman Caldwell had her article "One Way to Advocate Equity for Women Staff on Campus" published in the November 2009 issue of Women in Higher Education.

McIntyre Library

Dr. Janice Bogstad's articles on medieval pilgrimage, 'Auxerre,' 'Bruges,' 'Low Countries' and 'Pilgrimage Routes,' were published on pages 35-36, 63-65, 349-353 and 559-563,respectively, of the Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage, Larissa J. Taylor et al., editors, Brill, 2009.

Condolences

Condolences to Betty Feia, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, whose husband, David, passed away Nov. 22 in Eau Claire. More information.

Learning and Technology Services

Rick Mickelson's photograph of Blugold tennis player Gina Dahl, at left, received third-place honors in the sports action category in the University Photographers' Association of America image competition for October. (Click on photo at left to view larger image.)

Communication and Journalism

Dr. Mary Hoffman has co-authored the text "Organizational Rhetoric" for undergraduate and graduate courses in fields such as organizational communication and public relations that teach about organizations and their messages. Hoffman's co-author is Debra Ford, assistant dean of student affairs at the University of Kansas School of Nursing. Full story.

Nursing

Dr. Susan Moch gave a presentation titled "Creating Healthy Work Environments Through Undergraduate, Interdisciplinary Teams" at the Work, Stress, and Health 2009 Conference Nov. 8 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Sociology

Dr. Tarique Niazi's article "Tax offers Pakistan escape from poverty" was published in the Nov. 20 issue of Asia Times.

McIntyre Library

Ronadin Carey, Lindsay Simonsen and Bryan Vogh had their article titled "Low-cost method of removing periodical duplicates using a collection growth formula at a medium-sized academic library" published in Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services, Vol. 33, issue 4, pages 119-122 (2009).

Dr. Janice Bogstad had her review of the 2008 book "Metadata for Digital Resources: Implementation, Systems Design and Interoperability" by Muriel Fouloneau and Jenn Riley published in Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services, Vol. 33, issue 4, page 134 (2009).

Recent promotions, grants of tenure, new appointments

Congratulations to UW-Eau Claire faculty and academic staff members who recently were promoted and/or granted tenure. View list. We also welcome new UW-Eau Claire staff members.

Foreign Languages

Dr. Jessica Sertling Miller gave a presentation titled "Wordplay in French: the 'verlan' language" at the fall conference of the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers Nov. 5-7 in Appleton.

Foreign Languages

Dr. Dominique Thévenin gave a presentation titled "Novella as a Genre" at the fall conference of the Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers Nov. 5-7 in Appleton.

Condolences

Condolences to Chip Eckardt, Learning and Technology Services, whose father, Paul Eckardt, passed away Oct. 22. Full obituary.

Condolences to Gail Nelson, accounting and finance, whose mother, Norma McCabe, passed away Nov. 13 in Eau Claire. Full obituary.