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News ArticlesBake sale spotlights pay inequalityGroup focuses on gender differences in national wagesByach April the AAUW celebrates Equal Pay Day. According to the AAUW Web site, this is the day when women's pay catches up to men's from the previous year. The event is celebrated nation wide in several ways, including inequity bake sales such as the one held in Eau Claire on Tuesday. Emergency texting system availableSafety measure brought to campus in wake of college shootingsByStudents at UW-Eau Claire now have the option to receive alerts as text messages from campus security when there are emergency situations. Election results stand, revote deniedAfter problems with online voting system, Student Senate holds election resultsByStudent Senate voted 11-14-2 Monday night against holding a paper ballot re-election for the presidential and vice presidential candidates Wednesday through Friday of this week. Hmong history examinedSpeaker at Hmong Culture Fest addressed group's situation in Thailand, United StatesByAt the 19th installment of the Hmong Culture Fest Saturday afternoon, a room of around 150 people was asked how many of them had been born in Laos. Roughly a third of the quiet crowd raised a hand. Fulbright award sends professor to chilePastrana to work in neo-liberal education, aims toward holistic learning approachByJill Pinkney Pastrana, who teaches Foundations of Education, just joined the ranks of elite academics across the country as a Fulbright Scholar. She is one of four UW-Eau Claire professors honored with the competitive national grant in the last 11 months, which sponsors research for up to a year in a foreign country. Studies examine cross-sex relationshipsProfessors, students discover new connection between romantic friendship, relationshipsByApril Bleske-Rechek, assistant professor of psychology, teamed up with students to research what different sexes and age groups had to say about attraction among friends. |
