Announcements

No Campus Connection on Monday, July 6

Please note that there will be no Campus Connection campus email newsletter on Monday, July 6, due to the Fourth of July holiday. Please plan announcements accordingly. Campus Connection will resume on Monday, July 13.

Terry Stika retirement reception

Please join us to recognize and celebrate Terry Stika's more than 34 years working in Murphy Library! Refreshments will be available from 2-3 p.m. in Murphy's Mug in the library. 

Summer memberships at the Recreational Eagle Center (REC)

Is your current gym overcrowded? Why not take advantage of the slow summer months and low-cost memberships at the Recreational Eagle Center (REC)? During the summer months the REC is your oasis of fitness.      

Memberships to the REC are available to faculty and staff for as low as $25 per month during the summer months. Membership includes:     

  • Ability to sponsor guests (up to three per visit) for appropriate guest fee 
  • Academic year only 

Rec Sports is offering a one-time, 15% discount to all new, first-time faculty/staff/affiliate members until July 18. Use the promo code SAVE15% to get your discounted price. 

If you are still deciding on purchasing a membership, Rec Sports offers a one-week free trial membership for all current UWL faculty, staff, affiliates, retirees, and emeriti for the opportunity to try out the facility and its amenities. The one-time free trial can be used any time throughout the year. To request a free trial membership, visit the REC Information Counter or purchase it online by using the promo code “FREEWEEK”. 

Current UWL faculty and staff may purchase a membership online with a credit card payment (payroll deduction not available online). Payroll deduction, retirees, emeriti and spouse/partner memberships (spouse/partner eligibility verification required) must be purchased in person at the REC Information Counter. Payment options at the REC include check, credit and debit. 

Please reach out if you have any questions! We are available at recoffice@uwlax.edu or 608.785.5225.

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Louise Zamparutti profile photo Louise Zamparutti English

Louise Zamparutti, English, presented "Rhetoric of Historical Revisionism" at American Society for the History of Rhetoric conference on May 22 in Portland, OR.

Louise Zamparutti profile photo Louise Zamparutti English

Louise Zamparutti, English, presented "Italy's Anne Frank and the Rhetoric of the Foibe" at the Nordic Conference for Rhetorical Research: Rhetoric and Democracy Revisited on June 10 in Oslo, Norway.

Darci Thoune profile photo Darci Thoune English

Darci Thoune, English, co-authored the article "Renewing Our Vows: Reflecting on a Year of Cultural Assessment Conversations" in "WPA: Writing Program Administration," published on June 19 by Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Mao Zheng profile photo Mao Zheng Computer Science

Biyasu, A., Zheng, M., Computer Science, co-authored the chapter "Improving Retail Sales Forecast Accuracy Using XGBoost: A Machine Learning Approach" in Ferens, K., Deligiannidis, L., Arabnia, H.R., de la Fuente, D., Olivas, J.A. (eds) Applied Cognitive Computing and Artificial Intelligence. eBook ISBN 978-3-032-22205-3, Print ISBN 978-3-032-22204-6. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2933. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-22205-3_7

Mao Zheng profile photo Mao Zheng Computer Science

Mao Zheng, Computer Science, co-authored the article "Transformer Based Sentiment Analysis of Gaming Discourse: A Kaggle Study Toward Esports Stance Modeling" in 2026 IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology, published on May 21 by IEEE Conference Proceeding.

Remembering

Julia Lynn Hagen, '84 Alumna

Alumna Julia Lynn Hagen, '84, died June 10. For more information see the obituary.

Gerald LaVerne Strittmater, '67 Alumnus

Alumnus Gerald LaVerne Strittmater, '67, died June 11. For more information see the obituary.

Diane R. Brys, '03 Alumna

Alumna Diane R. Brys, '03, died June 17. For more information see the obituary.

George Kiehl, '80 Alumnus

Alumnus George Kiehl, '80, died Sept. 11, 2022. For more information see the obituary.

Sandra "Sandy" M. (Schild) Wardwell, '62 Alumna

Alumna Sandra "Sandy" M. (Schild) Wardwell, '62, died Dec. 14, 2020. For more information see the obituary.

Joan A. (Larson) Olsen, '57 Alumna

Alumna Joan A. (Larson) Olsen, '57, died April 21, 2013. For more information see the obituary.

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