Jeanne Skoug, director of Career Services, was quoted in "Weeklong Event Offers an Organized Chance to Explore," an article about UW-Eau Claire's annual Explore Your Possibilities Week, in the January 2011 issue of Campus Career Counselor, a national publication for career services professionals at more than 400 college and university campuses.
UW-Eau Claire graduate Sean Carey was featured in the Feb. 3 Volume One story "Big Names Join S. Carey Tour."
Dr. Justin Patchin, political science, was quoted in the Feb. 3 Wisconsin Radio Network story "Teens health event to cover cyberbullying."
The Feb. 3 fire in the Haas Fine Arts Center was the subject of the Feb. 3 WQOW-TV story "UWEC building evacuated after curtains catch fire."
UW-Eau Claire student Tim Duffy was interviewed for the Feb. 4 WQOW-TV story "UW-Eau Claire celebrates Reagan's 100th birthday."
"Portals and Passages," a CD featuring music written for solo piano by Dr. Ethan Wickman and performed by Dr. Nicholas Phillips (both of the UW-Eau Claire music and theatre faculty), was reviewed in the Feb. 6 issue of The New York Times. The review is available online.
The UW-Eau Claire news release "Celebrities lose influence in Super Bowl ads, researchers find," which features Super Bowl ad research by Dr. Chuck Tomkovick and Dr. Rama Yelkur, management and marketing, was posted to more than 200 websites Jan. 26. View list. The research also was highlighted in the following media: BenMaller.com, CNBC.com, Profitable.com, WQOW-TV, WEAU-TV, SuperBowl-ads.com, NYSportsJournalism.com, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Sports Business Journal Daily, Advertising Age (Jan. 31), Facebook.com, Fidelity.com, SeekingAlpha.com, autoblog.com, bullfax.com, Zap2it.com, The Globe and Mail, Leader-Telegram, Advertising Age (Feb. 6), The Telegraph, Investor Vortex, Slate, NewsTalk 980 radio — Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (link not available), Madison Who's Who, KYTX-TV and Milwaukee Magazine.
Work by Dr. Sean Hartnett, geography and anthropology, was featured in the Jan. 15 Chippewa Herald article "Wissota group unveils colorful, detailed new lake map" and in the Jan. 14 Leader-Telegram article "Group offering free, detailed maps of Lake Wissota." Hartnett's maps can be viewed online.
UW-Eau Claire Chancellor Emeritus Don Mash and student Ashley Hofer were quoted in the Feb. 4 Leader-Telegram article "Pittsburgh fans show off team colors in Packers Country."
UW-Eau Claire alumni Marianne Daw and Jane Kangas were featured in the Feb. 2 WEAU-TV story "Teacher wins classroom makeover." Daw also was featured in the Feb. 2 Leader-Telegram article "Augusta school gets grant for mold."
UW-Eau Claire alumnus Charlie Szews appears on the Feb. 2 CNBC video "Manufacturing Muscle."
UW-Eau Claire alumnus Tim Abraham was featured in the Feb. 2 Leader-Telegram article "Eau Claire man carves out a sign of allegiance to Packers."
Dr. Justin Patchin, political science, was quoted in the Feb. 1 Newsworks article "Internet can prolong agony of bullying."
UW-Eau Claire alumna Juli Pitzer was featured in the Jan. 28 University of Kansas news release "Doctoral student’s film on Topeka movie palace premieres on Kansas Day."
Dr. Charlene Burns, philosophy and religious studies, was quoted in the Jan. 31 Leader-Telegram article "Local residents watch rioting erupt in Egypt."
Dr. Mohamed Elgindi, mathematics, was interviewed for the Jan. 31 WQOW-TV story "Locals talk about turmoil in Egypt."
Jian Luo, art & design, will discuss the digital art exhibit currently on display in UW-Eau Claire's Foster Gallery during Wisconsin Public Radio's "Spectrum West" Feb. 4. The show can be heard on WHWC, 88.3 FM, at 5 p.m. More information.
