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Campus News ArticlesUW System hammers last nail during chancellor inaugurationSystem president dubs chancellor 'Gandhi on ice'ByMore than eight months after his selection and more than four months after taking office, Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich spoke of using the right tools at his inauguration Friday afternoon in Gantner Hall of Haas Fine Arts Center. In his inaugural address, titled "If I had a hammer," Levin-Stankevich focused on the strengths of UW-Eau Claire and the importance of using the talents of each individual as tools to better serve the university and Eau Claire communities. Festival celebrates cultural awarenessInternational Folk Fair the largest event of its kind in Chippewa ValleyByMore than 40 groups representing more than 50 cultures participated in the International Folk Fair Sunday in Davies Center. Fay Bobb, program assistant for the Center for International Education, which sponsored the fair, said the event is the largest of its kind in this area and started 30 years ago. Doyle plans to raise tuition tax deductionsLieutenant governor presents incumbent's plan to alleviate finances for middle-income families if re-elected Nov. 7ByIn a visit with College Democrats Friday morning, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton presented the gubernatorial administration's plan to raise tuition tax deductions if Gov. Jim Doyle, D-Wis., is re-elected to a second term. Under the plan, the deduction would expand to match the tuition at UW-Madison, which is $6,000 this year, meaning the full cost of tuition could be deducted at any UW campus. University Senate opposes proposed marriage amendmentBody cites complications in retaining, recruiting UW System facultyByEchoing the recent decision by the UW System Board of Regents, University Senate voted Tuesday in opposition of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage and similar unions in the state of Wisconsin. Senator Sherrie Serros, an associate professor of mathematics, made the motion offering the same concerns as the Board did Oct. Service-Learning program receives national recognitionEau Claire among 141 colleges nationwide recognized for distinguished general community serviceByUW-Eau Claire was recently named to the first-annual President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. "(The award is) designed to increase public awareness of community service by college students and to recognize and promote exemplary programs," said Don Mowry, director of the Center for Service-Learning. Geology project investigates tsunami deposits on West CoastUW-Eau Claire professor and senior use ground-penetrating radar to assist in their findings in OregonByFor some academic and scientific scholars, field research can take weeks or even years to conduct, but one group from UW-Eau Claire carried out the task in just a few days. "We basically left and did midnight to midnight and overnight trips so that we could work three long days in the field and collected the data with the people out in Oregon," said Harry Jol, professor of geography. |
