SPORTS, PAGE 6 NEWS, PAGE 3 ETCETERA, PAGE 8 Women’s hockey team River Falls businesses, including Family Modest Mouse returns places third nationally Fresh and St. Croix Lanes, are now offering with fresh, sundry yet again. discounts to UWRF students. sound. University of Wisconsin River Falls TUDENT OICE MarchS 27, 2015 www.uwrfvoice.com V Volume 101, Issue 19 ‘Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop’ now offered on campus Brooke Brokaw gender wage gap is the income dif- Students will also learn how to how to benchmark salary and ben- country and are a partnership be- [email protected] ference between men and women in develop a personal budget to deter- efits. tween American Association of earnings. mine salary needs. “Students have to do research University Women and the Wage The first ever “Start Smart Salary “It is an important workshop for “We will look at developing a and understand what the fair market Project. Negotiation Workshop” will be held any undergraduate to attend to learn bare-bones budget. Having students value in the geographic region they This is the first time that an event from 2-5 p.m. on April 8 in the St. about the wage gap and how it af- think through realistic price tags as- are seeking and applying for jobs,” like this will be available to UWRF Croix River Room in the University fects your long-term financial fu- sociated with living expenses such Pfeiffer said. students. In the past, students could Center. ture,” Heidtke said. as rent, car payments, and student When it comes to thinking about only meet one-on-one with a Career The event is open to all students The current gender wage gap loan payments so they know what salary and benefits, Pfeiffer empha- Services advisor or attend a class and is free to register, but the three translates to females earning $0.78 they need to live,” Pfeiffer said. sizes that it is all about building a presentation to learn about these hour hands-on interactive workshop on the dollar compared to their male As students prepare to graduate case. topics, but now seemed like the will be capped at 30 participants. counterparts. they will also need to think about “When it comes to negotiation, right time to host this event. The workshop will be hosted by According to the Institute for negotiating their first salary. students have to build a case found- “Spring seems like the right time Career Services and presented by Women’s Policy Research, the pay “The workshop offers an oppor- ed on skills, experiences, and edu- to host an event like this with the UW-River Falls Assistant Direc- gap between men and women is tunity to practice wage negotiation- cation they bring, and what benefits volume of graduates in May,” Pfei- tor of Career Services McKenna smaller than it was in 1960, but if not an easy thing to do but an essen- they will bring to that company,” ffer said. Pfeiffer and UW-Eau Claire Career progress continues at the same rate tial part of the job search,” Heidtke Pfeiffer said. For more information or to regis- Services Associate Director Staci as the last few decades, the income said. Start Smart Salary Negotiation ter for the workshop, go to http://bit. Heidtke. divide won’t close until 2058. The workshop will teach students Workshops are held all across the ly/1ACgE8L. Heidtke has hosted this workshop at Eau Claire and received positive feedback from participants. “Participants said it was incred- ibly helpful information, they re- ceived valuable knowledge for negotiating salaries and benefits,” Heidtke said. The workshop will be discussing four main topics that could poten- tially affect any working adult, so it’s important for students to attend to gain the skills and knowledge they will need in the future. “It’s important for students to know that they can advocate for themselves,” Pfeiffer said. “The purpose of negotiation is to get paid fair-market value, and I think a lot of times students don’t understand that there are opportunities to nego- tiate.” One topic that the workshop will cover is the gender wage gap. The Photo courtesy of Career Services Student represents UWRF on ‘National Ag Day’ Derin Loe many congressman and women said. “We also discussed what has others until he was selected to the “My favorite part is simply meet- [email protected] during National Ag Day to discuss passed or been vetoed such as Key- ACA. ing these amazing and important agriculture and to sway them into stone Pipeline Legislation.” Krull had a busy week as he met people in the world around us and UW-River Falls sophomore Bryce supporting bills that would help the Krull explained that many of the with news outlets like CNN and the having direct access to these peo- Krull participated in “National Ag agriculture industry. bills that were discussed during the New York Post as well as local rep- ple,” Krull said. Day” at Capitol Hill in Washington Krull was one of 13,000 appli- week could have a big impact on the resentatives. For ACA, National Ag Day is one D.C. over spring break, where he cants who applied for the ACA. He U.S. economy depending on if they He personally met with Wis- of its key initiatives every year. This joined 99 other student representa- had to go through rigorous inter- pass or not. consin Senators Ron Johnson and was the 42nd anniversary of Na- tives in the activities. viewing and testing as well as sub- Krull was raised on his family’s Tammy Baldwin, which Krull said tional Ag Day which is celebrated Krull was elected by the Agri- mit writing examples in order to be registered dairy farm where he were well informed and aware of throughout the country. National Ag culture Council of America (ACA) selected. gained his passion for agriculture. what the ACA were most concerned Day is dedicated to increasing pub- along with 99 other student repre- “It’s an extreme honor to be able Dairy farming has been in Krull’s about. lic awareness of agriculture’s vital sentatives from across the country to go,” Krull said. family for generations. Krull first Krull briefly met with Wisconsin role in today’s society. Both the to participate in activities in Wash- Krull never thought at his age he got involved with agriculture orga- District Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner ACA and National Ag Day program ington D.C. on March 18. would be able to represent the ACA. nizations with the Future Farmers of and spoke with his staff. He also met were started in 1973. Krull and the other student repre- “The week started out with some America (FFA) and continued to get with the U.S. Secretary of Agricul- For Krull, the trip to Washington sentatives shared their personal sto- training and awareness events on involved with other agriculture or- ture and Deputy U.S. Secretary of D.C. was “amazing” and one of the ries and discussed the importance of bills that are pending moving to ganizations like Agriculture Future Agriculture, along with many other most productive trips to Washington agriculture in today’s society. The committee, as well as bills on both of America (AFA), 4-H, Wiscon- leaders and businessman while in D.C he has had. student representatives met with floors for House and Senate,” Krull sin Holstein Association and many Washington D.C. ‘Equal Pay Day’ to inform students about pay equality Britany Bonney tween men and women. made me realize some of the things people learn salary negotiation “Equal Pay Day,” which will pro- [email protected] “We’ve always been concerned AAUW stood for was something I techniques. vide more information that people with women getting a fair shake and was interested in pursuing,” Olle- Salary negotiation is another rea- can take with them about pay equal- “Equal Pay Day” is the day when helping with discrimination,” Dan- LaJoie said. son why women might not be get- ity. the amount of money a woman ielson said. ting paid as much as men said Olle- The AAUW will also have Pay- makes this year will have caught According to the AAUW website, The purpose of “Equal LaJoie. day candy bars for all to enjoy. up to the amount of money a man the organization has been around Pay Day” is to bring “Negotiating as a man does, There will also be a display in Da- made last year, and this year “Equal for over 130 years and works to im- does not necessarily give you the vee Library. Pay Day” lands on April 14, and the prove the lives of women. awareness of the issue same results as a woman, so this is According to the AAUW website, American Association of University Maureen Olle-LaJoie, head of that women today are a great opportunity for university AAUW also conducts research on Women (AAUW) will have a table library systems and technology at students to learn these skills,” Olle- issues related to gender equality in in the University Center to provide UW-River Falls, said she wanted to still earning less than LaJoie said. education in the workplace. information about pay equality. get involved with AAUW after she men, even with the same Danielson said there are some AAUW also helps shape the lives The purpose of “Equal Pay Day” attended a session at the River Falls amount of education and other strategies that people can do of the next generation of women is to bring awareness of the issue Public Library.