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Campus News ArticlesUWEC reaches for ethnic, racial equityTeam to study diversity in majors, programsByUW-Eau Claire is preparing a new effort to achieve ethnic and racial equity on campus. Steve Tallant, provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs, said the university will create a team in January to study ethnic and racial equity as part of the "Equity Scorecard" program. Bill would preserve students' health careDoyle expected to sign legislation aimed at those who leave school illByGovernor Jim Doyle is expected to sign the Roessler/Nygren Student Health Insurance bill, which passed with a unanimous vote in the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate Oct. 24. The bill allows college and technical college students on medical leave with a serious illness to keep their health insurance for up to a 12-month period. They're running in remembranceEvent honors life of student who died in traffic accident, raises scholarship moneyByMore than 100 people plan to gather at the outdoor track behind McPhee Center Saturday morning for a moment of remembrance. All together, they will walk a lap around the track, beginning the first "Racin' for Jason" relay event in honor of Jason Schluter, the 23-year-old kinesiology major who died in a traffic accident in Georgia last spring. Proposed segregated fee changes draw criticismMadison student group says UW System is curbing student power, UWEC Student Senate president disagreesByAll UW System chancellors received copies Monday of a proposed segregated fees policy that could alter what student organizations can and cannot do with state funds. A committee of System administrators and students met Nov. 7 to discuss minor changes to the System's current policies regarding the use of student segregated fees and to condense the two current policies into one document, said UW-Eau Claire Student Senate President Ray French, a member of the committee. Annual event asks smokers to quit for a daySmokers, nonsmokers can benefit from on and off campus activitiesByEven those who hadn't planned to quit smoking for today's Great American Smokeout could end up kicking the habit - for the rest of their lives. Ashley Borman, a health education assistant at Student Health Services, said she has seen it happen. A woman who wasn't going to participate in the Smokeout gave away her cigarettes on a whim. UW-Eau Claire Foundation surpasses fundraising goalDonations to fund facilities, scholarships, technology, faculty and staff developmentByThe UW-Eau Claire Foundation set a goal to raise $50 million by Dec. 31. There's more than a month to go and the Foundation's goal has been met and exceeded by $2 million. At an Oct. 26 meeting, the Foundation board discovered they had $52 million in gifts and commitments, according to a university press release. |
