Research Symposium sets participation record

On site video by UW-Stevens Point student Shane Stricker (4 minutes)

A record 178 students and 74 faculty participated in poster and oral presentations at the thirteenth annual COLS Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 27.  Students and faculty collaborated on research topics spanning twelve departments.

Over 100 research presentations were featured including: 

Biology—Comparing Rainbow Trout Growth Rates Based on Two Different Feeding Techniques
Chemistry—A novel molybdenum complex: Potential photovoltaic material?
Computing and New Media Technologies–Developing an Application for Researching the Health of the IT Sector in Central Wisconsin
English—“A Unique and Valuable Educational Model": Cornerstone Press, a Student-Staffed Publishing House
Foreign Languages—A Comparison of National Water Management Frameworks: United States and Germany (European Union)
Geography and Geology—Identification of Future Residential Land Use Areas in Marshfield
History—Libraries to the People: The Traveling Libraries of South Wood County, Wisconsin: 1896-1914
Mathematical Sciences—Using mixed integer linear programming to create a multisport, multiyear athletic schedule for the Ohio Athletic Conference
Physics and Astronomy—An Ultrasensitive Laser Interferometer for Detecting Motion with Picometer Resolution
Political Science—The Free Movement of Europeans: Immigration in the European Union
Psychology—Counseling Psychologists’ Use of Positive Psychology At Work: A Survey
Philosophy—Moral Limits On War: A Response to Clausewitz

Photos and more information is available here. 

Community Lecture Series scheduled for 2012-13

The 2012-13 Community Lecture Series will include national subjects such as the fall election and local topics like documenting life stories of Portage county elders.  All lectures will begin at 7 p.m. at the Pinery Room of the Portage County Library.  Additional information will be available in August.

Sep 13 – The Geospatial Revolution: Reshaping the World with Geo-based Technologies, Keith Rice
Oct 11 – The 2012 Election: To Infinity and Beyond – Or Not, Dennis Riley
Nov 8 – Raising the Thanksgiving Turkey: History, Nature, Culture, Neil Prendergast
Dec 13 – Let’s play tag with "Jumping-genes": Soybean research at UWSP, Devinder Sandhu
Feb 14 – The Educational and psychological Benefits of Study-Abroad Programs, Justin Rueb
Mar 14 – Acid Rain to Wood Smoke: Air Quality Challenges in Wisconsin, David Snyder
Apr 11 – Understanding Family Conflict at the End of Life, Amy Boelk
May 9 – Life Story Legacies: Students Document the Lives of Local Elders, Lynn Ludwig

Previous lectures on video are available here.
 

COLS faculty and staff earn University Awards 

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point recognizes outstanding faculty and academic staff across campus with the annual University Awards.  Six COLS faculty and staff received University awards in 2012.

University Excellence in Teaching:
Valerie Barske, History
Alek Toumi, Foreign Languages

University Scholar Award:
Susan Brewer, History
Dan Breining, Foreign Languages

University Service Award:
Nancy LoPatin-Lummis, History

Academic Staff Excellence Award:
John Hardy, Biology

Parts needed for jQuery-UI Accordion Menu:

1.) Embed links in a hidden web part that go to the jQuery custom library and CSS at the root of SharePoint in /SiteAssets/scripts/jQuery-ui. (These links are in the Hidden CEWP above)

2.) Create a Content Link in a CEWP to a text file containing a short script and the HTML for the accordion menu structure. (Must be linked this way to keep SharePoint from appending code to CEWP each time page is saved--for more on this, see http://www.tcscblog.com/2012/01/17/insert-javascript-into-a-content-editor-web-part-cewp/)

3.) Custom styles in a Hidden CEWP (above) to change the look just for the instance of the menu on this page.

NOTE: This menu cannot be edited from here! To change the menu's contents you must open and edit the "accordion.txt" file in /cols/SiteAssets/js/accordion.txt and resave.