UW-EXTENSION - February 4th UW-Extension will host a Dedication and Grand Opening Ceremony for the Pyle Center. The Dedication and Grand Opening are scheduled from 1:00-1:30 pm with a Reception and Tours following. During February 4th and 5th the Board of Regents will also hold their meeting at the Pyle Center.

UW-OSHKOSH - New Position - Instructional Developer - works closely with faculty to expand and enhance use of instructional technologies. Duties include: develop and implement a comprehensive training program for effective use of technology for teaching and learning; design and develop Web-based courses and curricula; work with faculty to define instructional objectives and strategies; assist faculty in determining appropriate use of various media; produce educational materials for use in teaching, publications, and audiovisual programs; conduct faculty workshops in such areas as educational theories, educational technology, distance learning strategies, asynchronous distance learning, and student support mechanisms; monitor emerging technologies for integration into instruction.

For qualifications and application information contact: Chair, Screening Committee, c/o Assistant Vice Chancellor's Office, Information Technology Division, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, WI 54901. Review will begin March 1, 1999 and will continue until the position is filled. (From John Berens, Instructional Developer, UW-Oshkosh)

UW-PLATTEVILLE - Several Professors at UW-Platteville have conducted a research study to help determine if an electronic environment would be conducive for students to openly discuss issues of race, culture, class, and gender within their immediate campus and surrounding community. In addition to discussing field/classroom experiences and reading, the UW-Platteville students communicated weekly and set up email partnerships with inner-city students in Milwaukee. To read more about this diversity initiative, go to: http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/tttv3n8.htm (From (TTT) Teaching with Technology Today - Newsletter Vol. 3, #8, 19 Jan 99)

UW-STEVENS POINT -Scott Frazier, Health Exercise Science & Athletics Department (HESA) Helps Tomorrow's Teachers UW-Stevens Point. Frazier is currently developing a Distance Learning Seminar to enhance communication while student teachers work on site (at schools, off-campus). Using Microsoft Net Meeting software, students, their peers and professors will be able to see and talk to each other on a system that would work much like a videophone. To read the article, go to http://www.uwsa.edu/olit/ttt/tttv4n1.htm

NEW POSITION - Outreach Program Manager in Outreach Education Office. Administers non-credit programming and services for UWSP Extension; coordinates professional development workshops, seminars and conferences; provides leadership for the design, development, marketing, fiscal management, implementation and evaluation of non-credit professional development short-courses, workshops, and conferences in a variety of content areas with a primary emphasis on small and large business; develops and implements contractual services and is responsible for the solicitation of and sales to business and other external clients. The Program Manager provides the linkage between the educational needs of individual and groups of citizens and the educational and administrative resources of UWSP; builds and sustains relationships with the appropriate faculty, department chairs and Deans; participates in strategic planning at the departmental and division level and in the implementation of those plans within a team management environment; reports to the Director of Outreach Education within UWSP Extension. Deadline is February 16, 1999.

For qualifications and application see: (See the Web site at http://extension.uwsp.edu. Click on Program Manager Position (then scroll down). ( From Barbara Inch Co-chairperson, Search and Screen Committee).