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September 11, 2013
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By Katie Kane Staff Writer
Fairhaven Retirement Com- munity in Whitewater held a lec- ture open to the public that high- lighted critical events and people at UW-Whitewater. Chancellor Richard Telfer presented the lecture. He spoke mostly about the evolution of our campus from 1983 to 2013. He touched on new and old buildings and how our campus is working to be more sustainable. He also spoke on technology and how it has become such a huge part of student life since 1983. Kari Boren, outreach pro- gram manager at UW-Whitewa- ter, works with Fairhaven to pro- vide these free lectures that are available to the public. ”This is an opportunity for us to extend our reach beyond campus and really to increase our outreach efforts to the com- munity and letting our faculty and staff share their expertise in some of their research areas,” Boren said. Fairhaven has a lecture each Monday during the semester, each highlighting a different top- ic with different guest speakers. Resident Gerrie Carney rec- ommends them to all students “These lectures are well worth attending,” Carney said. “It’s great to learn about different things going on.” Many residents wish to see more students and community members at the lectures to bring in more ideas and a different in- sight. Gloria Madsen, director of leisure services at Fairhaven, is excited about the advances in technology and being able to re- ally give people an insight into where UW-Whitewater is headed. “This is a form of continu- ing education, and we are able to look at what actually is going on at the university,” Madsen said. Eric Brown, assistant pro- fessor of biological studies, will speak next Monday about Nano- technology’s impact on our lives during the last 30 years. KaneKL16@uww.edu
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Junior starting running back Ryan Givens, right, led the Warhawks with 51 yards on eight carries on the ground through three quarters before sophomore running back Dennis Moore took over in the fourth quarter. Givens and Moore helped the ’Hawks score 17 unanswered points to start the 2013 season 1-0 with a 17-7 win.
New advising report up and running New features focus on better interface for users By Lucas Wimmer Assistant News Editor
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lapsed,” Lee said. make it user-friendly,” Prather All three students agreed the said. “We have been working new report will make it easier to with it since June or July.” be prepared for their advising ap- During the summer, there pointments by were training sessions on how allowing them to use the new AAR for stu- to be more orga- dents and staff, academic advisor nized and more Jacque Pittz said. prepared. Registrar Jodi Hare said The new more of these training sessions AAR has cre- will be available during the se- ated an ease on mester, but they will be targeted Lee the advisors and more toward staff, advisors and the students. support staff. Some of the academic ad- During the summer, train- visors had the ing sessions opportunity to were available work with the at least once a t’s easier to read, week. During Registrar’s Of- ¿ FH WR PDNH because what you have some weeks, sure the goals were avail- completed is collapsed. they were met. One able multiple of those advi- days. Cayla Lee, sors was Benja- H o w e v e r, junior the training ses- min Prather. Prather said sions will be working with held to once per the Registrar’s week during the RI¿ FH KHOSHG PDNH WKH $$5 HDV semester, and they will only be ier to use for students. held until advising appointments “We had some input with See Advising Page 3 WKH 5HJLVWUDU¶V 2I¿ FH RQ KRZ WR
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