Welcome Board of Regents University of Wisconsin System

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Welcome Board of Regents University of
Wisconsin System

• October 4 5, 2001

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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EXCELLENCE

• Our Measure ? Our Motto ? Our Goal

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University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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Mission

• Undergraduate education
• Graduate education
• Scholarly activity and research
• Continuing education and community service

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Enrollment PlanningGuiding Principles

• Protect traditional core
• Serve unmet needs
• Increase access
• Obtain adequate support

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This is an outstanding university today, right
now, in the classic, traditional sense.

Inaugural Address Chancellor Mash
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EXCELLENCE
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What and how we teach our students, the
experiences we recommend to them and provide for
them, and the way we help them connect learning
with living are critically important and must
undergo continual change.
Inaugural Address Chancellor Mash
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Forum on the Liberal Arts
UW-Eau Claire
August 21, 2001
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Liberal Arts
liberalis the liberal arts
liber free
rodbati one grows
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Student Outcomes of a Liberal Education

• They listen and they hear
• They read and they understand
• They can talk with anyone
• They can write clearly and persuasively
• They can solve a wide variety of problems

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Student Outcomes of a Liberal Education

• They respect rigor not so much for its own sake
  but as a way of seeking truth

• They practice humility, tolerance and
  self-criticism
• They understand how to get things done in the
  world
• They nurture and empower the people around them

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Student Outcomes of a Liberal Education
More than anything else, being an educated
person means being able to see connections that
allow one to make sense of the world and act
within it in creative ways.
William CrononFrederick Jackson Turner Professor
UW-Madison
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Liberal Arts

• General Education Core

• Courses in Arts and Sciences
• Courses across the Curriculum
• Co-curricular Engagement
• Experiential Learning

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Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will
remember. Involve me and I will understand.

• Chinese Proverb

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Blooms Taxonomy of Thinking Skills

• Evaluation
• Synthesis
• Analysis
• Application
• Comprehension
• Knowledge

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Marks of Excellence
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The Center of Excellence Faculty/Student Research
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Center of Excellence for Faculty and
Undergraduate Student Research Collaboration

• The University of Wisconsin Systems designated
  Center of Excellence for Faculty and
  Undergraduate Student Research Collaboration
• Center of Excellence made awards of more than one
  half million dollars (522,965) for
  faculty/student collaborative research in 2000-01
• 432 out-of-class collaborative research projects
• Involving 364 faculty mentors

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Center of Excellence for Faculty and
Undergraduate Student Research Collaboration

• 124 undergraduate students presented papers or
  posters at regional, national, and international
  professional meetings
• UW-Eau Claire students were major participants in
  the 15th National Conference on Undergraduate
  Research
• UW-Eau Claire and the Center of Excellence hosted
  the 3rd UW System Symposium for Undergraduate
  Research and Creative Activity with participation
  from 13 UW institutions

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Student-Faculty Interaction Outside the Formal
Classroom

• A powerful force in student learning and
  development

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Marks of Excellence Across the Curriculum and
the Campus
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Focus on One of Our Marks of Excellence

• UW-Eau Claires
• Center for Service-LearningDr. Donald Mowry,
  Director

Center for International EducationDr. Karl
Markgraf, Director
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Focus on One of Our Marks of Excellence

• UW-Eau Claires
• Center for Service-Learning
• Dr. Donald Mowry, Director

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Education is not preparation for life.
Education is life itself.
John Dewey
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Service-Learning

• Since 1995, 30 hours of Service-Learning are
  required in order to graduate from UW-Eau Claire.
  This requirement is unique to UW System schools.
• The Community Action and Lifelong Learning (CALL)
  program was a foundation a long-established
  program to match students with volunteer
  experiences in the community.
• Service-Learning differs from volunteering in its
  emphasis on bringing the service hours back to
  the curriculum and its ability to enhance
  critical-thinking skills.

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The National and Community Service Trust Act of
1993
Service-learning means a method under which
students ... learn and develop through active
participation in thoughtfully organized service
that

• is conducted in and meets the needs of a
  community
• helps foster civic responsibility
• is integrated into and enhances the academic
  curriculum of students
• includes structured time for students ... to
  reflect on the service experience
  

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Service-Learning as a Milking Stool

• Service-learning is minimally a three-legged
  stool in which the interests and needs of the
  community, the student and the academic
  institution must be balanced. Each entity must be
  given and must take an equitable responsibility
  for the service and learning.

Garry HesserDepartments of Sociology and Urban
StudiesDirector of Experiential Education,
Augsburg College
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Service-Learning as Learning

• I read
• and I forget,
• I see
• and I remember,
• I do
• and I understand.

Confucius
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Why Do It??

• Relevancy, Retention, Responsibility
• Citizenship
• Campus-Community Collaboration
• Empowers Students
• Teaching Innovations for Faculty
• Personalizes Education
• Enhances Learning
• Alumni Giving

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Service-Learning as a Means to Promote Civic
Engagement

• Current levels of political engagement, political
  knowledge, political enthusiasm are at alarmingly
  low levels
• Education should prepare students for active
  citizenship
• Service-Learning can have a positive impact on
  academic learning as well as an impact on moral
  and civic commitment

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The most important thing I learned is how
important it is to help others Take this course
seriously, because if you put the effort in, it
will be the best class you take I learned that
it is important to volunteer because we often get
caught up in our own lives and we forget about
other people. Its a good way to get out of your
own world and experience a different
perspective Life is not always as good as you
have it The most important thing I learned was
about me and responsibility I learned a
valuable lesson about myself, the ability to
teach which may change my life by what I decide
to do with it
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Ive decided to continue volunteering once a
week at the hospital because I enjoy experiencing
the small miracles that occur within the waiting
room They say that society has gotten worse
over the past few decades, well, for a few hours
each week I get to see how society should really
be. Experiencing this helps keep me centered in
my life and keeps everything in perspective.
Who would have thought that the one thing I was
required to do would be one of the most
fulfilling experiences I get to take away from
college. Im thankful the university has this
requirement, because all students should have the
opportunity to experience what Ive been lucky to
experience this past summer volunteering.
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Service-Learning Options

• Credit Option - Imbedded as a Requirement or
  Option in Course or Curriculum
• Freshman Experience Capstone Internship
• Non-Credit Option - Outside curriculum
• On your own with encouragement and support
• With a group of students
• At a distance
• Faculty/Student Collaborative Research

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Service-Learning as an Urban Plunge
Direct services and political advocacy for the
poor as part of the 5th annual Newman Student
Association Chicago Urban Plunge during the 2001
Winterim
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Service-Learning and At-Risk Populations
New Beginnings
A tutoring program for expelled and at-risk youth
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Service-Learning and Computers/Technology
Developing Web site for middle school Middleton,
Wisconsin
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Service-Learning and the Arts
Rebecca Stoll, a senior art major, felt that by
doing this project she would be able to connect
to people in the community and their ideas on
the role art plays with this city. 
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Service-Learning and Athletics
Coaching a Youth Soccer TeamEau Claire, Wisconsin
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Non-course Completions January-September 2001

• 468 total completed projects
• 378 full or 30-hour projects
• 90 half or 15-hour projects
• 12,690 total community service hours

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Service-Learning as Faculty/Student Collaborative
Research
Consumer Obstacles to Health Care Study as
partnership between two social work faculty and
two Blugold Scholars
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Service-Learning as a Capstone
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Service-Learning, Literacy and Diversity
Reading Partner ProgramEau Claire Area School
District
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Service-Learning and Travel Abroad

• Summer youth programIzamal, Mexico

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Web Project Posting
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New Initiatives

• Multidisciplinary, Problem-Based, Collaborative
  Learning Groups of Faculty and Students
  Addressing Community Issues
• Campus Compact in Wisconsin (joining 21 other
  states and 620 campuses)
• Community Education, Family-Community-School
  Partnerships and Service-Learning Educational
  Reform Coalition

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Service-Learning
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Focus on One of Our Marks of Excellence

• UW-Eau Claires
• Center for International Education
• Dr. Karl Markgraf, Director

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Study Abroad Enrollment
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UW-Eau Claire A National Leader in Study Abroad

• UW-Eau Claire is one of 107 universities that
  collectively send over one-half of all American
  students to study abroad programs
• In 2001-02, 402 students will study abroad on
  UW-Eau Claire programs
• UW-Eau Claire graduates study abroad at 8 times
  the national average rate

Source 1999 Institute for International
Education Open Doors Report
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Hallmarks of Excellence in Study Abroad

• Outstanding advising and student service
• before they go
• while they are abroad
• after they return 
• Curriculum Abroad is linked to the Curriculum
  on-Campus
• 98.75 of the students UW-Eau Claire sends abroad
  are our own students
• The curriculum delivered abroad is developed in
  cooperation with Eau Claire faculty

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Hallmarks of Excellence in Study Abroad

• We emphasize the STUDY in Study Abroad
• High academic standards for admission
• Commitment to long-term programming 19 of 23
  programs are a full semester abroad
• Our short-term programs are discipline-specific
  and very focused
• Tribal Cultures of Northern Thailand The
  Hmong, Karen and Akha
• The American War in Vietnam
• Nursing in Costa Rica
• Spanish language and Mexican culture

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Where in the World are We Going?
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What are Our Students Doing Abroad?

• Learning
• Providing service
• Experiencing another culture
• Teaching
• Expanding their horizons
• Becoming global citizens

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The Whole World Comes to Eau Claire
In 2001-02, UW-Eau Claire hosts

• 153 full-time international students
• 81 ESL students
• 12 visiting international scholars

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Our Global Diversity is Outstanding
153 International Students Represent 47 Countries
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Making Eau Claire a Home Away From Home
These are people with whom I share everyday
life. The most important thing for me is that
when I am going back to the house, I do not feel
like I am going back to someone elses house I
feel that I am going to the place where I am
comfortable.
Rusudan KilaberiaGeorgia
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Making Eau Claire a Home Away From Home
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Economic Impact

• UW-Eau Claires International Students
  contribution from tuition and fees, and living
  expenses for 2000-01

More than 2.6 million
Source 1999 Institute for International
Education Open Doors Report
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International Education contributes to our
students personal growth in ways far beyond what
traditional classroom learning can help them
achieve.
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"Studying abroad gave me a chance to gain an
outside perspective on myself and my country. I
began to question things about my life that I had
never questioned before.... I learned to be open
minded about different people and ideas."
"Studying abroad changed my
life. It expanded my world, gave me insight into
both different cultures and my own, and helped me
to understand who I am as well. It was honestly
the best 4 months of my entire life."
"Costa Rica was an experience of a
lifetime. You will gain a deeper appreciation of
culture and realize that differences make us
unique and special. They bring us close to one
another."
-Angela McAllister (Fall 1999) Australia
-Rebecca Platt (Spring 1999) England
-Kristin Paschke (Fall 1999) Costa Rica
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"This past semester in Monterrey contributed
greatly to my understanding of Mexican culture,
history and politics. The interaction with both
Mexican and other international students was
entertaining and enriching. The sharing of our
views of Mexico, the U.S. and the rest of the
world widened my horizons and opened my eyes to
other opinions. Overall, it was an unforgettable
experience that helped me look at where I want to
go in life." "Any study abroad program is a
step toward independence and one step closer to
understanding the world around you. I learned
more about my feelings toward my own culture
because I now have something to compare it to. It
was invigorating, challenging (to the mind and
heart), exciting, and it has made me realize how
much life and earth have to offer me."

-Elizabeth Peters (Spring 2000) Mexico
-Stephanie Carlson (Spring 2000) Scotland
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First hand experiences in a Hmong village, in
Northern Thailand
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What and how we teach our students, the
experiences we recommend to them and provide for
them, and the way we help them connect learning
with living are critically important and must
undergo continual change.
Inaugural Address Chancellor Mash
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Marks of Excellence
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Measures of Excellence
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Measures of Excellence

• UW-Eau Claire accounting graduates ranked 3rd in
  the nation for pass rate for all parts of the CPA
  exam

• UW-Eau Claire Entrepreneur Program extends its
  reach into the Chippewa Valley
• Biology department ranks No. 7 among U.S.
  undergraduate programs producing female Ph.D.s

• Chemistry department ranks No. 1 among U.S.
  undergraduate programs producing Ph.D.s

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Measures of Excellence

• Jazz Ensemble was named the Outstanding
  Collegiate Big Band in USA by Down Beat magazine
  3 times in the last 5 years

• Forensics Team finished in 4th place overall at
  the 2001 National Forensics Association
  Tournament, and one of our public communication
  majors won the National Interstate Oratory
  Contest

• 3 geography faculty are the only U.S.
  participants in a multinational, multimillion
  dollar Ecozone study funded by the Canadian
  government

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Measures of Excellence

• Allied Health Professions has ongoing
  collaborative relationships with the J.J. Keller
  Co., Wisconsin State Lab of Hygiene, Center for
  Disease Control and Prevention, National
  Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
  Xcel Energy, Hutchinson Technology, Minneapolis
  Health Department, Eau Claire County Health
  Department, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency,
  Koch Refinery, Kraft Foods Corp., Metropolitan
  Mosquito Control District of St. Paul, Wisconsin
  Division of Health

• The 492 members of the Blugold mens and womens
  athletics program achieved a combined 3.0
  grade-point average for the academic year

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Measures of Excellence

• School of Nursing is a state/regional leader in
  distance/electronic delivery of course
  work/programming
• Marshfield-Eau Claire programming since 1988
• Statewide Collaborative Nursing Program online
• Clinical practicum option of MSN online
• International programming to commence in Fall 2001

• School of Education partnered with College of
  Menomonee Nation, Lac du Flambeau School
  District, Wisconsin Department of Public
  Instruction, and Wisconsin Indian Education
  Association to prepare Native American elementary
  teachers

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Measures of Excellence

• A UW-Eau Claire undergraduate geology major won
  the first-place award for her poster at the
  annual international conference of the Geological
  Society of America
• One of our faculty members is conducting research
  at important Israeli archaeological site,
  including Qumran, funded by the Merrill Foundation

• Our department of communication and journalism,
  in partnership with South Dakota State
  University, has been funded by a large grant from
  the Knight Foundation to help educate Hmong and
  American Indian journalists

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U.S. News World ReportBest Colleges
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U.S. News World ReportBest Colleges
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NSSE National Survey of Student Engagement

• Supported by a grant from The Pew Charitable
  Trusts
• Joint undertaking of the Indiana University
  Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning
  and the National Center for Higher Education
  Management Systems
• In 2000-01 UW System supported participation by
  all UWs to survey first-year and senior students
• Focus on students and reframing the discussion
  about a quality education

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NSSE National Survey of Student Engagement
Measures of effective educational practices in
the classroom and interactions with others

• Level of academic challenge
• Active and collaborative learning
• Student-faculty interaction
• Enriching educational experiences
• Supportive campus environment

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NSSE National Survey of Student Engagement
Extent to which our students engage in a variety
of good educational practices

• Enriching Educational Experiences
• Over three quarters (78) of seniors did an
  internship or other type of field experience
• Almost 9 out of 10 (88) did community service or
  volunteer work during college
• Over one-half (57) had a culminating senior
  experience (capstone course, project, thesis,
  etc.) 
• Supportive Campus Environment
• More than 80 indicated UW-Eau Claire emphasizes
  spending significant amounts of time studying and
  doing academic work
• Almost 85 indicated they feel safe at UW-Eau
  Claire, no matter where they are or what time of
  day it is 
• One of many tools to assess and improve our
  living-learning environment

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Summary Statement
Vision
Strategic Plan
Quality
Growth
Service
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Summary Statement
Vision
Strategic Plan
Quality
UW-Eau Claire
Growth
Service
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Service-Learning Photo Album
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Center for International Education provides
programming in

• International Folk Fair
• International Speakers Bureau
• International Roundtables
• Spring reception honoring graduating
  international students
• Cross cultural organizations more than 15
  separate organizations that foster global and
  cross-cultural awareness
• Special annual events bringing international
  students together with the community

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Differential Tuition1 Million Annually
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Measuring Excellence

Interactive universities ...
contribute significantly to the economic and
cultural development of their communities,
regions and states.
Allan W. Ostar President Emeritus American
Association of State Colleges and Universities
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We intend to focus our attention and our
resources on the needs that must be met which we
are best equipped to do well,
while we connect, collaborate and partner
everywhere possible.
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In all that we do, we will not forget that the
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is not the
end product our students, our region and our
state are that.
Were an investment vehicle, a public agency
carrying out a regional agenda for the benefit
of statewide development.
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Making Eau Claire a Home Away From Home

• Kay has made a very positive contribution to my
  life. She has sacrificed her time patience, and
  kindness in return for nothing. To be honest, I
  do not know how I would have survived my first
  semester without her.

Adeyemi Oluwabukola
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Making Eau Claire a Home Away From Home

• They have been there for me every single time
  Ive needed someone to talk to, to share a
  good/bad time with.

Laura Jaramillo
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Making Eau Claire a Home Away From Home

• They came into my life a little more than three
  months ago and even though I am traveling 6500
  miles back to Denmark they will still be part of
  my life. I cannot thank my host parents enough.

Kim Brunn
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Making Eau Claire a Home Away From Home

• They do not treat me like a guest, someone they
  should take care of with extra effort, but more
  like a part of the family, I feel comfortable to
  be with them.

Noriko Ishigaki
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Making Eau Claire a Home Away From Home

• She is very caring and sensitive to each of us
  who is trying to learn a very different culture
  than our own. Her caring is as real as my mother
  back in Japan. She is very open-minded to
  different cultures.

Sachie Makabe
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Liberal Arts

• Courses in the Arts and Sciences
• General Education Core
• Curriculum
• Co-curricular Engagement

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Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I will
remember. Involve me and I will understand.

• Chinese Proverb

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Making Eau Claire a Home Away From Home

• Someday I wish I could give an international
  student the attention and care that my host
  friend has given me.

Enkelejda Kapia
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Outline

• Definitions
• Why Do It?
• Options and Examples
• Statistics
• Scrapbook

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Service-Learning Options

• Stand Alone Course
• Imbedded as Requirement or Option
• Outside Curriculum
• Freshman Experience
• Capstone Course
• On Your Own With Encouragement and Support
• Distance Education
• Faculty/Student Collaborative Research
• Interdisciplinary Multiyear Project

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Service-Learning Projects

• Computer / Technology Needs
  
• Develop web pages
  
• Manage database
  
• Assist youth in learning computer skills
• Environmental / Health Issues
  
• Campaign to promote a tobacco-free environment
  
• Inform the public about problems through
  environmental programs
  
• Conduct conservation projects on public lands

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Service-Learning Projects

• Social Services / Special Needs
  
• Answer phones for a crisis phone line
  
• Develop brochures for a food pantry
  
• Coach Special Olympics sporting activities
  
• T-Ball Swimming Track Golf Tennis
  Softball
• Sport / Athletic Events
  
• Instruct children in many different sports
• Summer Camps / Youth Activities
  
• Volunteer as a camp counselor
  
• Mentor Girl/Boy Scouts
  
• Plan 4-H activities

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Service-Learning Projects

• Miscellaneous
  
• Write grants
  
• Plan and carry out fundraisers
  
• Public Access Community Television
• School Activities
  
• Read and listen to children read
  
• Tutor at-risk students
• Senior Citizens Activities
  
• Deliver meals to the elderly
  
• Help with therapeutic activities for the elderly

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Community Development Projects

• Costa Rica
  
  Teaching English to children
• Mexico
  
  Teaching ecology, human development, human
  values, and service in a summer camp
• Chicago, IL and Washington D.C.
  Provide service to low income persons

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Service-Learning and At-Risk Populations
New Beginnings A tutoring program in Eau
Claire, Wisconsin, for expelled and at-risk youth.
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Service-Learning and Computers/Technology
Developing Web Site for middle school in
Middleton, Wisconsin
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Service-Learning and Travel Abroad

• Summer youth program
• in Izamal, Mexico

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Non-credit Completions 1/01 to 9/01

• 468 Total Completed Projects
• 378 Full or 30-hour projects
• 90 Half or 15-hour projects
• 12,690 Total Community Service Hours

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University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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Service-Learning Simple Principles
The principles behind service-learning are
simple

• Tie the often abstract features of academic
  learning to real social challenges
• Make learning useful
• Awaken students to social, economic, and cultural
  problems
• Help learners become teachers, and teachers
  learners

• Chris AnsonAssociate Professor of English,
  University of Minnesota

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What and how we teach our students, the
experiences we recommend to them and provide for
them, and the way we help them connect learning
with living are critically important and must
undergo continual change.
Inaugural Address Chancellor Mash
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Measures of Excellence

• UW-Eau Claire Accounting graduates ranked 3rd in
  the nation for pass rate for all parts of the CPA
  exam
• UW-Eau Claire Entrepreneur Program extends its
  reach into the Chippewa Valley
• Chemistry department ranks number 1 among U.S.
  undergraduate programs producing Ph.D.s
• Biology ranks number 7 among U.S. undergraduate
  programs producing female Ph.D.s

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Measures of Excellence

• Jazz Ensemble was named the Outstanding
  Collegiate Big Band in USA by Downbeat Magazine
  3 times in the last 5 years
• Forensics Team finished in overall 4th Place at
  the 2001 National Forensics Association
  Tournament, and one of our Public Communication
  majors won the National Interstate Oratory
  Contest
• 3 Geography faculty are the only US participants
  in a multinational, multimillion dollar Ecozone
  study funded by the Canadian government

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Measures of Excellence

• Jazz Ensemble was named the Outstanding
  Collegiate Big Band in USA by Downbeat Magazine
  3 times in the last 5 years
• Forensics Team finished in overall 4th Place at
  the 2001 National Forensics Association
  Tournament, and one of our Public Communication
  majors won the National Interstate Oratory
  Contest
• 3 Geography faculty are the only US participants
  in a multi-national, multi-million dollar Ecozone
  study funded by the Canadian government