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his issue of UW Oshkosh Magazine
is the second in a three-part
series on the value and importance
of liberal education. The first issue
in this series was featured by two national
organizations: the American Council on
Education (ACE) and the Association
of American Colleges and Universities
(AAC&U).
Solutions for Our Future, an ACE
initiative, spotlighted the UW Oshkosh spring 2006 issue on
its Web site: “University of Wisconsin Oshkosh serves as national
model for having developed exemplary programs that
embrace the philosophy of liberal education.”
Carol Geary Schneider, president of AAC&U and national
director of the Liberal Education and America’s Promise Campaign
(LEAP), commented on the leadership UW Oshkosh
provided in linking LEAP and the Solutions for Our Future
initiatives in our magazine. She wrote: “We’re delighted that
UW Oshkosh has taken the lead in shaping this alliance ... Taking
responsibility for our shared futures is the whole point of a
liberal education.”
In this issue, we focus on professional studies programs. The
deans, the provost and I all put a high value on the broad-based
or general education that the student receives.
We educate people to provide innovative solutions to complex
problems by developing their creative and critical-thinking
skills. People who are going into the professions—to become
nurses or teachers or financial planners or accountants—will
serve a broad range of people. The world we serve is large,
complex and diverse.
We want our students to value the richness and diversity
of people in all their variety. This practicality has never been
more heightened. To be a successful nurse or teacher or business
leader, our students must be creative problem solvers. To be
effective, they also have to be good communicators in groups of
diverse people, as work, community and neighborhoods are
becoming increasingly more varied. When our students leave
UW Oshkosh, they’ll be prepared to communicate, value diversity
and use their minds to meet challenges in innovative ways.
Once our graduates are practicing professionals, they will
need to draw upon skills learned outside the content courses in
their fields. Consequently, we continue to work on the general
education curriculum and to promote either “double” minors or
majors to complement their professional studies. Just imagine
the value of combining a minor in theater arts with a major in
teaching or a minor in environmental studies with a major in
operations management or a minor in Spanish with a major in
nursing!
Each of our colleges looks for opportunities to develop
distinctiveness by promoting collaborations and partnerships
among the colleges. An exemplary new collaborative proposal
between the College of Business and the College of Letters and
Science is the Center for the Advancement of Sustainable Processes
and Environmental Research (CASPER), which is based
upon the premise that UW Oshkosh must foster a better understanding
between business and the natural environment because
traditional methods of extraction, manufacture and disposal are
destructive to the natural world and non-sustainable.
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As Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins and Paul Hawken
argue in “A Road Map for Natural Capitalism,” in the May-June
1999 issue of the Harvard Business Review: “Business strategies
built around the radically more productive use of natural
resources can solve many environmental problems at a profit.”
The CASPER proposal is a great example of providing
an “intellectual setting,” in which liberally educated students,
faculty, staff and members of the broader community can create
novel ideas to “... solve many environmental problems at a
profit.” Why not?
You will be learning more about CASPER, the friendly
“green” ghost, if you will, in our spring 2007 issue. These and
other stories will conclude our three-part series documenting
how liberal education enlightens the “real world.” Who wants to
live in the dark? No one!
I hope you will take pride in reading about our commitment
to meeting the need for our graduates to know how to appreciate
diversity, to communicate effectively with diverse groups of
people and to come up with innovative and novel solutions.
Richard H. Wells, Chancellor
From the dEANs
Fred Yeo, College of Education and Human Services
Al Hartman, College of Business
Rosemary Smith, College of Nursing
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he liberal arts are the basis for the professional education
provided by UW Oshkosh’s colleges of Education and
Human Services, Business and Nursing. We recognize
the value that the liberal arts have for our students, first to help
them be good citizens and second to help them develop in their
professional careers. Our nurses, teachers and business professionals
need to think critically, be creative, solve problems and
integrate information from various sources. Appreciation of
music and art in all of its forms, along with an understanding
of history and culture, help graduates navigate an increasingly
complex and diverse world.
We know that K-12 schools, healthcare agencies and businesses
seek well-rounded employees who demonstrate these
skills. It is our observation that the most successful professionals
are those who are not just technical experts but knowledgeable
about all aspects of life. As deans of three distinguished
professional colleges, we are grateful
for a strong College of Letters and
Science to provide our students with
the liberal arts education so critical
to their success.
on the cover
From the left, nursing major Robyn
Pollack, of Van Dyne; accounting
and finance major Gina Fochesato,
Peshtigo; and human services major
Jeremy Dallas, Oshkosh, with a
local elementary school student.
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uW oshkosh celebrates scholarship
Variety and curiosity reigned at the 13th annual
Celebration of Scholarship at UW Oshkosh in May.
Graduate and undergraduate UW Oshkosh students
from all academic disciplines participated. Individual
students, student teams, and/or student and faculty
teams presented their research at the daylong event,
hosted by the UW Oshkosh Office of Grants and
Faculty Development, Faculty Development Board
and School of Graduate Studies.
This year, Anthony Flanagan, an art education
major, presented visual art inspired by the saints, which
earned him a Deans’ Outstanding Undergraduate
Research Award for the work he completed with former
assistant art professor Themina Kader.
Flanagan was in Rome studying art history last May
with UW Oshkosh and the University of New Brunswick.
After having a few possessions stolen on a train, he
recalled St. Anthony, the patron saint of lost and stolen
items.
“In this democratic age, saints don’t translate into our
current culture,” Flanagan said. “I believe saints’ lives are
still relevant today.” His project “The Role of Saints in
My Recent Ceramic Work” reflects that sentiment.
With psychology emeritus senior lecturer, Kathleen
Stetter, psychology majors Lyubov Pirova, Laura
Felten and Tina Cummins presented their research
poster about children and spatial memory. They developed
a PowerPoint slide show that tested how children
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are distracted visually. “We wanted to know if various
visual distractions affected children’s performance in a
short-term spatial memory task,” said Cummins, who
plans to become a high school teacher.
Jane Ziemanski and nursing professor Stephanie
Stewart were curious about youth behavior as well.
Ziemanski, a nurse practitioner in cardiology at the
Marshfield Clinic, Wausau Center, received her master’s
of science degree in nursing from UW Oshkosh this
May. Her research explored the relationship between
perceived physical fitness and self-esteem in adolescents.
“I wanted to see if there’s a correlation between
fitness and the youths’ self-esteem, due to an increase
of adolescent obesity,” Ziemanski said. She sent out
310 surveys, and received 287 responses—an excellent
response rate of
92.5 percent.
“I discovered
that adolescents
don’t necessarily
know what aerobic
physical fitness is,
and that there is a
moderate positive
correlation
between physical
fitness and selfesteem,”
Ziemanski said.
—Marie Martin

Child dancers from the Menominee
Indian Tribe, Hmong dancers and
vocalists and Hispanic dancers were
among the performers at the first
Global Village at UW Oshkosh.
The event was the brainchild of
UW Oshkosh June graduate
Lyubov Pirova, a citizen of Russia
and Turkmenistan.
Eight students received the 2006 Chancellor’s Award
for Excellence this spring. Recipients included: Danica
Badtke-Shamsi, Rosendale; Fjorenca Bojaxhi, Vlora,
Albania; Iryna Depenchuk, Berdychiv, Ukraine;
Melinda Dorn, Appleton; Jessica Linberts, Fort Atkinson;
Olesya Savchenko, Odessa, Ukraine; Paul Stearns,
South Bend, Ind.; and Anne Thiel, Hilbert.
Twelve projects—on everything from
burning bones to the financial impact of
unethical behavior on insurance companies—are
featured in the first edition of a
student-funded UW Oshkosh student research
journal, Oshkosh Scholar. Student
editors are Shaheda Govani, Oshkosh,
and Jena Shafer, Waukesha.
Four UW Oshkosh psychology graduates are going to
make waves in the scientific study of aging. Brian Ayotte,
Valders; Andrea June, Menomonee Falls; Jessica
Linberts, Fort Atkinson; and Melissa Lunsman, Taylor
Falls, Minn. have recently conducted research activities
that represent the new generation of gerontologists.
Each has won awards, grants or fellowships to pursue
their education in gerontology.
The UW Oshkosh Model U.N. team extended its
“outstanding delegation” rating to 22 years at the recent
National Model United Nations competition at U.N.
headquarters in New York. It’s the longest string of
outstanding delegation awards for any university in the
world’s largest intercollegiate Model U.N. competition.
Anna Kovalenko of Belarus
has been admitted to the finance
doctorate program at UW-Madison
next fall, with tuition, healthcare
benefits and an annual stipend of
at least $27,000. She was a manager
of the UW Oshkosh Student-
Managed Endowment Fund.
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Rayna Andrews was completing
her degree at Xavier University of
Louisiana in New Orleans when
Hurricane Katrina struck last
August, closing the campus. When
she learned UW Oshkosh would
guarantee admission and a residence
hall room to those displaced by
Katrina, she jumped at the chance.
She’s a volunteer recruiter for UW Oshkosh precollege
programs, which help middle and high school students,
particularly multicultural and disadvantaged students,
prepare for college. This fall, she plans to take classes in
the Master of Public Administration Program.
UW Oshkosh business student Joshua Hardel,
Oshkosh, has received a $1,000 scholarship from Beta
Gamma Sigma, the nation’s top business honor society.
Hardel, an operations management major, was nominated
for the award by business professor Michael Godfrey.
UW Oshkosh 2006 Leadership Awards were presented
to the following 33 graduating seniors in May:
Audrey Baader, Nelson; Adam Bremberger, Slinger;
Rannon Bronecki, South Milwaukee; Kate Coker,
Takoradi, Ghana; Iryna Depenchuk, Berdychiv,
Ukraine; Laura Drake, Wauwatosa; Rebecca Edgren,
Oregon; Christina Evenson, Galesville; Kelly Fredrick,
Oshkosh; Kenlin Fredrick, Oshkosh; Shaheda
Govani, Oshkosh; Julie Herzig, Oshkosh; Noelle
Hoffman, Belle Plaine, Minne.; Stacy James, North
Fond du Lac; Becky Kissinger, Fond du Lac; Sonja
Kuhn, Winneconne; Jessica Linberts, Fort Atkinson;
Karl McCarty, Campbellsport; Alicia Nall, Baraboo;
Andrea Nauer, Menomonee Falls; Wendy O’Brien,
Prairie du Chien; Alicia Pechman, Antigo; Stefanie
Piper, Menomonee Falls; Lyubov Pirova, Russia and
Turkmenistan; Michelle Sarazin, New Lisbon; Lela
Schwitzer, Keshena; Jeffery Shimon, Kellnersville; Paul
Stolen, Oregon; Erin Tipler, Winneconne; Linda Walbrun,
Appleton; Brad Wanta, Appleton; Jessica Weed,
Wyalusing, Penn.; and Jennifer Zobrak, Lannon.
UW Oshkosh alumna Janelle
Morgan of Oshkosh has received
a Fulbright Teaching Assistant
award to teach English in Austria
beginning October 2006. Morgan
graduated in June with a German
education major and a minor in
speech.
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the dragons are coming
Imagine you and 21 friends feverishly paddling a
canoe the size of a school bus up the Fox River. As you
row, you focus on the drummer seated at the front of
the boat who’s banging out the rhythm of your paddling
stroke. Crowds of spectators line the river banks to
cheer you on. Experience the excitement of dragon boat
races—part of a fun-filled UW Oshkosh community
weekend planned Sept. 22–23.
The sixth annual Fall Fest on the Fox celebration,
which began the year of Chancellor Richard H. Wells’
inauguration, will also include a fish fry, art exhibit and
concert, featuring actor Jeff Daniels.
On Friday, get fueled up at the Fish Fry on the Fox
and Paddle Party from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Blackhawk
Commons.
On Saturday, an Oshkosh Community Dragon
Boat Race and Festival will celebrate education, community,
family, culture and the waterways of Oshkosh.
This fun activity for people of all ages will showcase the
fastest-growing water sport activity in the world today.
The dragon boats are usually 40 feet long and weigh
more than 500 pounds.
In partnership with UWO, the YMCA and the
Grand Opera House, the dragon boat race will be
held at Riverside Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will
feature entertainment, music, food and more. For more
information or to register a team, visit the Oshkosh
Community Dragon Boat Race and Festival online at
http://www.uwosh.edu/dragonboat/.
After the dragon boat race and festival, head over to
the Grand Opera House to see Jeff Daniels in concert.
Please visit Fall Fest on the Fox online for more information
at http://www.uwosh.edu/fallfest/.
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uW oshkosh computer
staff cut Energy bill
An energy-saving plan to put many
uw oshkosh campus computers into
a low-power “sleep” mode when they’re not in
use earned the university’s computing staff an
energy star Award from the u.s. environmental
Protection Agency (ePA).
Previously, only lab monitors and printers
went into standby mode after sitting unused.
Academic computing Director Laura Knaapen’s
staff developed a system to put the computers
to sleep after 20 minutes as well, saving about
$9,000 annually. in the “sleep” mode, computers
use only about 4 percent of their normal
wattage.
Arthur Rathjen, National Benevolent
Association (NBA) associate
vice president for development since
1999, has been named president
of the UW Oshkosh Foundation
and executive director of University
Advancement. The appointment was
effective June 26. Rathjen has more
than 20 years of successful fundraising
experience in higher educa-
tion and nonprofit organizations
(see page 26). Also, UW Oshkosh
alumna Donna O’Brien of Green
Bay has been named director of
development. O’Brien was vice
president and director of development
and public relations at the
Bellin College of Nursing. She will
focus on identifying donors, cultivating
relationships and raising funds.

A bachelor’s degree program in fire and emergency
response management, the only one of its kind in
Wisconsin, will begin this fall at UW Oshkosh, working
closely with Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC).
Twenty-five students will be accepted into the program
this fall, but at least 45 Wisconsin firefighters already
have said they want to enroll. “The collaboration with
UW-Extension and FVTC is an outstanding example
of the inter-institutional cooperation encouraged by the
Northeast Wisconsin Educational Resource Alliance
(NEW ERA),” Chancellor Richard H. Wells said.
Construction continues on UW Oshkosh’s $21-million
Student Recreation and Wellness Center, which is
scheduled to open fall 2007.
A plan is in the works to “grow” UW Oshkosh. As part
of a UW System effort, this plan, if funded by the state,
would improve student performance, educate older
students and minorities, provide urgently needed new
programs and meet the critical need for a more highly
educated workforce. By 2012, the plan would improve
student retention (10 percent), increase students of color
(75 percent), increase older adult students (58 percent)
and hike the number of degrees awarded (10 percent).
Wisconsin Review, the UW Oshkosh student literary
magazine, celebrated 40 years of publication this spring.
Through this publication and other activities, Wisconsin
Review introduces students and subscribers to fine contemporary
poetry, fiction and art. WRST-90.3 FM also
celebrated its 40th anniversary with a weeklong celebration
in April. WRST beams a 960-watt signal from a
tower atop the university’s Arts and Communication
Center and features Wisconsin Public Radio and local
programming.
An accelerated program to meet the growing need for
quality early childhood educators will begin in fall
2006. UW Oshkosh, in collaboration with Fox Valley
Technical College, received a $29,955 grant to implement
the program. Courses will be offered evenings and
weekends and will make use of the Internet and distance
education technologies.
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With a $10,000 federal grant, UW Oshkosh and the
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center will launch an effort
in October 2006 to make Shakespeare and his times live
throughout the Fox Valley. Shakespeare on the Fox,
which also involves the Grand Opera House in Oshkosh,
will bring the 16th century playwright’s message
to the 21st century.
Healthy Titans was introduced this spring to “educate,
motivate and empower” UW Oshkosh employees to
make healthy lifestyle choices. Modeled after the national
effort called Healthy People 2010, the program includes a
contract with “ThedaCare at Work” to provide employees
with a health-risk assessment to identify health issues they
are at risk for and steps to address those risks.
Faisal Zanoon, an assistant sociology
professor from the West Bank
An-Najah National University in
Nablus, Palestine, taught “Islam and
Society,” during the three-week spring
interim. Zanoon’s visit, sponsored
by the Fulbright Visiting Specialist
Direct Access to the Muslim World
program, was hosted by the UWO’s
Institute for the Study of Religion,
Violence and Memory.
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An Essential Education
Liberal studies key for professional success.
By Natalie Johnson
A UW Oshkosh nursing student takes a theatre
class. A business major wants to brush
up on water-quality issues. A future middle
school math teacher signs up for a semester
of creative writing.
These are not trivial pursuits, according
to leaders in higher education who track
trends in America’s workforce.
“Increasingly in our knowledge-based
society, the need for employees to
be broadly educated and creative,
critical thinkers is crucial,” said
UW Oshkosh Chancellor Richard
H. Wells. “Employees need
to know how to research problems
and challenges in their
fields and to come up with
innovative solutions.”
UW Oshkosh’s Career Services
director Ted Balser
tells students they need
to think about education
for a lifetime. His advice
is based on projections
that half the jobs
in the next 10 years
haven’t even been
invented yet.
No matter the degree, UW
Oshkosh graduates should
be able to describe themselves
as Balser does on his
own business card: Explorer,
Strategist, Problem Solver.
“Knowing how to communicate
in broad, varied ways Richard Wells
has become essential as
cultures of the world become more interconnected,”
Wells said. “Public school classrooms
across the nation are becoming more
diverse; nurses are serving patients with a
broad range of backgrounds; and businesses
are going global.”
UW Oshkosh students in the professional
colleges of Business, Education and Human
Services and Nursing must learn
how to connect and compromise in the
workplace with people who have a plethora
of cultural and individual differences. These
skills come not from the content courses in
their major but rather from a solid foundation
in the arts, humanities and sciences
garnered from their general education
requirements.
“It’s really about learning to live in a world
that is shrinking,” Balser said.
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In his introduction to philosophy course syllabus,
UWO assistant professor Laurence Carlin puts it this
way:
The value of such an education could not be
exaggerated, for it exposes one to a wide range of
perspectives on and ideas about humans and the
world in which they live. Moreover, such an education
fosters critical thinking, clear and effective communication
and the importance of understanding views
that conflict with one’s own.
This commitment to a liberal education is
evident across campus from day one. As part
of the university’s Odyssey orientation pro-
Speaking Freely
Onomatopoeia: a tricky word
to define and almost impossible
to spell. Whatever it means (and
however it’s spelled), it’s sheer
vocal magic to Green Meadow
Elementary School students in
Oshkosh.
As part of the Eighth Annual
Speech Festival titled “The Animals
Talk Back,” kindergarteners
through fifth-graders experimented
with oral communication
to create a program that explored
bringing literature to life for an
audience with vocal tone and
speed, alliterative sounds,
volume, rhythm and cooperation.
But pieces that demonstrated
onomatopoeia—words that
imitate natural sound—were
performed with particular relish.
The festival is the brainchild
of UW Oshkosh communication
professor Lori Carrell.
“This project started as a way
to give something to my children’s
school,” said Carrell, whose
professional interests center on
speech communication education.
“From that simple gesture, it developed
into a professional pursuit,
then a research opportunity
and, finally, a long-term service
learning project.”
Carrell’s students, as part of
their Speech in the Elementary
Classroom spring interim class,
descend upon Green Meadow to
teach the children oral language
and listening skills.
“There is emphasis on ‘whole
language’ in language arts instruction
at the elementary school
level,” said Carrell. “While the goal
of such ‘whole language’ programs
is to teach
reading, writing,
speaking and listening
together, often there is
a ‘hole’ in ‘whole’ language. We
know how to teach reading and
writing, but expect students to
speak and listen well without providing
content and skill practice in
those two critical areas of literacy.”
As part of the federal “No Child
Left Behind” program, oral language
skills are tested, yet Carrell
finds it disheartening that most
children do not get formal speech
instruction until the 10th grade,
and only then as a high school
elective. As a result, speech communication
becomes a “painful
pill” that most people first suffer
as college freshmen.
Carrell’s program, which enlists
the efforts of UW Oshkosh communication
education students,
teaches the elementary students
progressive lessons each year.
Starting with the kindergarteners
learning to “be the boss of their
own voices,” discovering variations
in volume, rate and pitch, and
evolving to the advanced ability to
gram, freshmen take part in a Common Intellectual
Experience with classmates.
“The Common Intellectual Experience is designed
for students to incorporate perspectives from
many different disciplines while exploring their own
respond to another speaker at a
distance, each student is provided
with instruction that increases oral
language and listening competencies.
“The number one fear of
Americans for the past 50 years
is public speaking,” Carrell said.
“Wisconsin teachers report being
scared to teach elementary
school-aged children speech
because of their own fears; they
don’t want to inflict their own pain
on children. Moreover, they are
unsure how to teach it.”
According to Carrell and evidenced
by the sparkle of Speech
Festival performers, however, children
embrace oral communication.
The adults’ fear is not one that the
children tend to experience. She
said it is a pleasure to see children
grasp it at an age when it is fun
for them.
“Teaching this to children when
they are so excited to learn it and
to perform makes more sense
Odyssey,” explained Debbie Gray Patton, assistant
dean of students.
For fall 2006, freshmen will examine the theme
of social justice by attending the play The Heidi
Chronicles and reading the book The Mercury 13:
The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream
of Space Flight.
And that’s just the start. For the next two years,
these students will take a core set of classes that
serves as the foundation for their major.
than waiting until they get too
self-conscious,” she said. If all
students had speech and listening
instruction in elementary
school, perhaps that adult fear
of public speaking would eventually
change!”
So enter the cacophony of
sounds: hissing snakes, ribbiting
frogs and axes that whack
and chop. Green Meadow’s
students create a rain-forest
that becomes a backdrop for an
ecology lesson (below).
Fourth-grade teacher and
program liaison Mark Scheer
has seen changes in his students
as a result of the program.
“We were no strangers to the
traditional school play, but this
was so above and beyond that,”
Scheer said. “When we saw how
great it was for the kids, we
embraced it and it just snowballed.”
Book reports and
reading aloud in class
have taken on new flair
as Scheer’s students
practice vocal inflections
and interpretive reading.
He also noted the development
of the UWO students
as they gained confidence
working with the Green Meadow
students. He felt that many of
the university students found
their footing as teachers, and
working with the elementary
school students sparked their
passion (right).
“This was the first taste that
I’ve had in front of the classroom,”
said Shane Boettcher,
a UW Oshkosh student. “A
class like this offers students
an opportunity to really put
their skills to the test; I learned
something about myself every
day.”
Carrell appreciates the support
of the Green Meadow staff.
“The speech teaching process
is very noisy,” Carrell said.
“This is a time of noise and
chaos—albeit structured and
strategic chaos—as part of the
educational process. The staff
has been very accommodating
to this program, which has been
such a gift to UWO.”
The project may also extend
the field of knowledge in
elementary speech education.
Carrell tested the oral language
competence of fourth
graders at two schools—Green
Meadow and another Oshkosh
school that follows an identical
language arts curriculum. The
only difference between the
two schools was that the Green
Meadow students had five years
of speech instruction through
this Speech Festival program.
Not surprisingly, the Green
Meadow students’ oral communication
skills far outweighed
the students from the other
school; Carrell plans to publish
the results of her study.
“There is not a study out
there yet that validated elementary
speech education,” Carrell
said. “This is significant, and it’s
my hope that it could have a
major impact on oral communication
instruction and funding.”
—Heidi Heidenreich
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Getting down to business
For UW Oshkosh business majors,
the key to success is becoming
knowledgeable about the world so
they can be “well-rounded” employees,
said College of Business dean
Al Hartman.
“It is important for business leaders
to understand the social sciences,
so they can determine how business
will be affected by changes in the Al Hartman
political and social environment,”
he said. “It is important to understand the arts and
creativity as we compete globally, not so much on our
ability to mass produce but on our ability to innovate.
And business leaders must understand the sciences
so that they can make sense of research findings that
could affect their businesses.”
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools
of Business–International, (AACSB International),
which accredits UWO’s College of Business, requires
that no more than half of a student’s credits for
graduation be in business courses.
Trotting the Globe
Everyone knows that business
has gone global. Some firms are
moving or expanding overseas;
many are selling their products
and services in Europe, South
America and Asia. And it’s just
going to increase.
That’s a big reason the UW
Oshkosh College of Business
puts so much emphasis on studyabroad
programs. But it’s more
than that. Study-abroad also helps
students be better citizens of the
world … and the U.S.
“All students
should participate
in study-abroad,”
said Master’s of
Business Administration
Program director
Don Gudmundson.
“It broadens their perspective.
They see things that
are happening in the world
differently after they travel.”
Gudmundson and his wife,
foreign language professor
Fumiko Fukuta, led a study-
abroad trip to Japan for the
third time this spring. Economics
professor Marianne Johnson
initiated a study-abroad trip to
Peru in 2004 (photo above)
and will co-lead one of
two study trips to Peru
in 2007. In January,
management professor
Ashay Desai
led a study-abroad
class to Eastern
Europe.
All three
agree that internationalexperience
is almost
a necessity for
today’s business
student.
“We can
study different
cultures and the
“Sometimes students complain about the general
education requirements, but I tell them that having a
strong liberal arts education prepares them for work
and life. This knowledge and these skills will help
them be successful at upper levels of management
and in their communities,” Hartman said.
Wells also sees potential for more students to
combine a College of Letters and Science major
or minor with a major or minor in one of the professional
colleges, such as a business major with a minor
in environmental studies. “Just think about all of the
way they do business, but seeing
it first-hand makes it real,” said
Johnson, who has been to five
countries since she arrived at UW
Oshkosh five years ago and will
travel to Vietnam in January.
“In today’s world, students
must have some degree of international
exposure before they can
go into the job market,” Desai
said.
Seymour student Beau Buchmann
(photo left) said his 2004
trip to Peru was a life-changing
experience.
“After going to Peru, I had a
whole new perspective on life,”
said Buchmann, who followed
the Peru trip with a study tour to
Greece in 2005 and one to Great
Britain last summer. “Seeing all
the poverty made me happy for
what I have at home and all the
opportunities I have.”
This summer, Buchmann
was selected for the Engalitcheff
issues surrounding the environment that impact
businesses,” he said.
Last April, the College of Business teamed with
the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance to offer
a symposium to explore the “myths, realities and
promise” of using sustainable building practices in
a new UW Oshkosh academic building, planned for
construction in 2007.
Besides “going green,” UW Oshkosh business
graduate students will soon have the option of
going global.
“In a day and age when global business is
converging and the world is emerging as a
single large market for products and services,
it has become increasingly impor-
tant for business organizations to be
equipped with strategies and employees
qualified to tackle global markets and
cultures,” Hartman said.
To prepare students for this everchanging
environment, the College
of Business will begin a Global
Institute on Comparative Political
and Economic Systems at
Georgetown University. He’s
also working as an intern at the
U.S. Treasury Department.
“I really like UW Oshkosh
because of the econ faculty, but
there is not much diversity on
campus,” Buchmann said. “Also,
you learn a lot about yourself
when you study abroad because
you are constantly outside your
comfort zone.”
Melissa Cousineau of
Combined Locks, senior manager
of dedicated operations at
Schneider National and an MBA
student at UW Oshkosh, went to
Munich, Germany, and Prague,
Czech Republic, with Desai’s
group in January. She had previously
spent several months of
study-abroad in Mexico.
After 10 years of varied
business experience, Cousineau
said she was beginning to feel
confident she knew how things
worked in business. But things
work differently in other countries.
In Munich, for example,
assembly-line workers are allowed
one beer per shift.
“To continue to be a successful
nation, understanding
the importance of values and
cultures is important,” she said.
“Those individuals and compa-
nies who truly understand and
respect the details will distinguish
themselves with success.”
Cousineau said Schneider
has opened an office in the
Czech Republic.
“Touring the businesses
there was an invaluable experience,”
she said. “My one-week
snapshot showed me that
country is full of people who are
highly skilled and eager to work
and grow.”
Faculty members who led
the business study trips saw
their students grow in confidence
shortly after they landed
in the countries they visited.
“For some, it was their first
plane trip,” Gudmundson said.
“The first days were mind-
bending. But as time went on
and we visited various businesses
and cultural venues,
they began to overcome their
Master’s of Business Administration Program
in August 2007, in collaboration with universities in
Germany and India. Thirty students—10 from each
country—will take courses together and participate
in mixed discussion groups. They also will meet
three times for two weeks each–once in each of the
three countries.
Marketing major Amy
Schmidt in the library.
inhibitions about meeting different
people and being among
people who live differently than
they do.”
Eastern Europe is a potential
market of the future
for American business, as the
region catches up to the more
advanced countries of Western
Europe
In Prague, Desai’s students
visited a McDonalds and learned
from the local franchisee how
McDonalds is trying to penetrate
the urban market in the
Czech Republic.
“They’re establishing modern,
upscale restaurants, because
people there do not like
fast food,” he said. “It was like
a three-star restaurant! There
were waiters. They offered beer.
So far, it’s working for them.”
—Frank Church
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Teaching for a changing society
“As the guardians of the past and
the cultivators of the future, public
schools in America have an enormous
responsibility,” said Fred Yeo,
dean of the College of Education and
Human Services. “And we here at
UW Oshkosh have the responsibility
of educating many of those future
teachers for Wisconsin’s schools.”
Long gone are the days when
a two-year teaching certificate
was enough. As American society has grown more
complex, so has the need for teachers with greater
breadth and depth of subject-matter knowledge.
Teaching Success
School can be hard, and a good
teacher must often reach beyond
the classroom to attain success.
And if she is a good teacher, she
will learn along with her students.
In a sense, that is what’s happened
in the Northeast Wisconsin
American Indian Teacher
Training Project. The UW
Oshkosh-College of Menominee
Nation (CMN) project,
funded by nearly $1 million from
the federal government, has been
a huge success.
The work—special scheduling,
counseling and other support to
help students through a demanding
program—went well beyond
the classroom. And the teacher, in
this case the UW Oshkosh College
of Education and Human Services,
learned a lot.
The program is giving 13 Native
American women from the
Bad River, Menominee, Oneida
and Stockbridge-Munsee reservations
the chance to complete
an incredibly arduous educational
journey to earn teaching degrees.
How arduous? In each of the
past two years, the students had
just two weeks off.
How successful has it been?
All graduated in May, including six
with honors and two with straight
As.
The students themselves
brought diversity to UW Oshkosh.
In the future, it is hoped their
students will bring further diversity
to UW Oshkosh and other UW
System campuses.
Fred Yeo
When they begin teaching this
fall, they will increase the number
of state-licensed Native American
classroom teachers in Wisconsin
by more than 11 percent. Research
shows that Native American
students often learn better
from Native American teachers.
The project began with an
articulation agreement between
CMN and UW Oshkosh so that
credits earned at CMN and twoyear
technical colleges can transfer
to UW Oshkosh.
The students, all paraprofessionals
at tribal schools or
homemakers, received monthly
stipends so they could leave their
jobs to attend UW Oshkosh full
time. Many had children who also
needed support while their mothers
attended school.
At the same time, school districts must comply
with the federal No Child Left Behind Act that calls
for more accountability for results, more choices for
parents, greater local control and flexibility, and an
emphasis on doing what works based on scientific
research.
UW Oshkosh offers a number of opportunities to
education and human services students that respond
to these changing times. The college is the largest
in the state for training reading specialists as well as
special education teachers.
To learn what it’s like to teach in an urban setting,
six education students had the opportunity to take
part in an urban field experience to shadow a teacher
at Hayes Bilingual School in Milwaukee for a week
during fall interim.
“These women had to complete
three years of work in two years,
taking as many as 31 credits a semester
and 17 credits in summer
school!” said Suzanne Doemel,
project coordinator at UW Oshkosh.
At a post-graduation party at
Menominee Park in Oshkosh, more
than 174, including students’
families and campus faculty and
staff, attended. On June 3, at the
CMN graduation, the 13 also were
honored with traditional Menominee
cedar-and-rose corsages.
CMN and UW Oshkosh now
want to get federal funding for a
second group. The two schools
also are working on a joint fouryear,
early-childhood degree
program for CMN that would help
further increase the number of
rigorously trained Native Ameri-
Education professor Lenore Wineberg said the
unique program improves the students’ teaching
practices, broadens cultural attitudes and promotes
a career interest in teaching in urban schools. The
UW Oshkosh students attended daily seminars to
reflect on their classroom experiences at the Hayes
school, where the students are Hispanic and African-American.
Two UWO students assessed how the teachers
responded to the cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds
of their students.
“The teachers at the school realize the diversity
in their classes and embrace it,” wrote one
student. “They know the students may not
be able to afford certain things, so they
supply them those materials. They also
try to teach their students to respect
people of cultures that may be
different from their own.”
A similar understanding is
required of human services
majors.
“Human services is
a generalist degree—meaning
we give students the skills to
work with people as individuals,
in groups, organizations
and communities, both local
and international,” said Janet
Hagen, Human Services
and Professional Leadership
Program coordinator. “Our
can teachers in tribal schools
throughout Wisconsin.
Doemel, a 57-year-old retired
Oshkosh school teacher
hired half-time to lead the
project at UW Oshkosh, called
it a “labor of love.” People from
throughout the university “all
worked so hard to help these
women get where they are today,”
she said.
“I can’t tell you how much
we’ve raised the awareness of
our college’s staff and faculty
on the culture and values Native
American students bring to
the classroom,” Doemel said.
“We’ve all learned so much.”
Kim Reiter-Summers
(pictured at left with family),
the mother of four, ages 6-16,
was a teacher’s aide at Oneida
Elementary when she began the
program. Despite her grueling
class schedule, she continued to
volunteer whenever possible as
a classroom aide at the school.
“Education is so valuable
in today’s world, you can’t get
a decent job without it, and I
want these children to be able
to grow up with an education
that I could take an active part
in,” said Reiter-Summers, who
said the goal of tribal schools,
such as Oneida Nation Elementary,
is to provide the educational
keys to the future while
also preserving valuable Oneida
traditions.
“You need to know who you
are and where you come from
in order to know where you are
going,” she said.
Joyce Menchaca worked at
Keshena Head Start when she
began the UW Oshkosh program.
The mother of four children,
she said she sometimes
didn’t get home until 11 p.m.
after a night class in Oshkosh.
“What was so nice was that
a group went through it togeth-
students need to have a broad understanding of
the human condition from many perspectives—art,
literature, science—to have a thorough understanding
of human behavior.”
Whether they find work as probation officers,
alcohol and drug abuse counselors or senior center
activity coordinators, human services grads must
understand people and organizations, act as team
players and take initiative to solve problems. “They
also must have a worldview,” Hagen said.
Human services major
Jeremy Dallas in a
science lab.
er and helped support each other,”
Menchaca said. “We didn’t
have to worry about things like
scheduling classes and financial
aid. All we had to worry about
was our schoolwork.”
It was culture shock in the
beginning, Menchaca said.
“I’m older now, and I was
with others from the reservation,
so I was ready to speak
up when I had questions and
needed help,” she said. “Younger
students do not always
speak up. That’s why they have
trouble.”
Others in the program include
Richelle Braun, Diane
Burr, Kamay Dickenson,
Kathy Doxtater, Michelle
Mahkimetas-Kurkiewicz,
Carrie Ninham, Linda Orie,
SoHappy Otradovec, Lela
Schwitzer, Linda White and
Beth Waukechon.
—Frank Church
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Nursing the whole person
The same is true for nurses.
“The general education courses help
our nursing students learn to think
more broadly,” said College of Nursing
Dean Rosemary Smith. “Our
students need that type of insight
because nursing is really the art of
working with people.”
UW Oshkosh is the second largest Rosemary Smith
producer of nursing bachelor’s degree
graduates in Wisconsin. “Well-educated nurses are
critical to patient satisfaction and quality care,” Smith
said.
In fact, research shows that a nurse with a bachelor’s
degree could make all the difference for patients.
Humanizing Healthcare
To the outsider, the nursing
profession seems pretty cut and
dried: change an IV, check vitals,
administer meds and discuss
symptoms with the patient. That
is, until the nurse pulls out the
poetry of Ellen Kort and begins
reading.
In her efforts to “humanize
healthcare,” Suzanne Marnocha
(right), of the UW Oshkosh College
of Nursing teaches a class to
up-and-coming nursing students
that uses key areas—literature,
art, music, sociology and psychology—to
bring them to a better
understanding of themselves, an
understanding that allows them to
more effectively administer care
to others.
Since nursing promotes wellness
and cares for the human
response to illness, the accepted
view of nurses who only change
IVs or empty bedpans cannot
recognize the complexity or depth
of the profession. Marnocha understands
this, and by the time
her class has ended, so do her
students.
Although the self-discovery
exercises offer valuable lessons
that each nurse will bring to patient
care, Marnocha’s Images and
Experiences: Nursing and the Arts
class seems to present more of a
survey of the liberal arts than an
entry-level, overview nursing class
…until you start looking at what
the real lessons being taught are,
that is.
“I work with students from
the beginning of the first class to
understand how important each
student’s experience is to their
role as a nurse,” Marnocha said.
“We also work to develop the
confidentiality, the trust and the
sharing that is essential to be an
effective caregiver.”
In a class with as many as
50 students, Marnocha carefully
constructs an atmosphere
that encourages students to trust
themselves and each other. The
class begins with an introduction
to the role that spirituality, music,
art and literature can have in
influencing individuals personally,
while subtlety teaching them some
ground rules about the importance
of positive interpersonal communication.
In 2003, University of Pennsylvania professor
Linda Aiken published a study in the Journal of
the American Medical Association that linked rates
of surgical patient mortality to whether nurses had
bachelor’s degrees.
Aiken found that for surgical patients at 168
hospitals, death rates were nearly twice as high at
hospitals where less than 10 percent of nurses had
bachelor’s degrees as they were at hospitals where
more than 70 percent did.
Smith said nurses with two-year degrees can do
the tasks of nursing, but they lack a greater understanding
of the depth and variability of human beings
“I like to give them a brief
lesson that not paying attention
or showing interest while another
person is talking short changes
their own experience,” Marnocha
explained. “It’s important for
nurses to learn how to share an
experience of their patient. This
is also an opportunity for me to
introduce them to the concept of
confidentiality—what we share in
the classroom stays within the
group—an important lesson for
those in healthcare.”
Though healthcare professionals
are charged to remain clinically
objective, Marnocha encourages
her students to address the human
element in their patients.
This lesson, she maintains, begins
with students understanding their
own experiences.
as well as crucial problem-solving, critical-thinking
and people skills that bachelor’s-prepared nurses
gain from studying the humanities and social
sciences.
Opportunities for students in the college to
broaden their perspectives include clinical study at
UW Oshkosh’s Living Healthy Community Clinic,
which provides confidential, cost-effective medical
care to the uninsured in Winnebago County.
Student also can take part in an annual
three-credit international study tour that
focuses on comparing nursing and healthcare
in other countries.
Creating a fulfilling life
Students will appreciate knowing
about different cultures, the arts and history
more as they age, Hartman said.
“It will be important in their work and
social life,” he added. “Success in business
is often the ability to sell your idea,
which requires communication skills
and the respect of the audience. That
respect comes from values, skills and
knowledge.”
A broad background makes for a
more balanced life, Wells said.
“A liberal education is valuable to
you as a person, because there is more
to life than work. You might be a nurse
“Your experience is a part of
you, and how you embrace the
positive aspects of that experience
and overcome the less
favorable parts defines who you
will be as a nurse,” she said.
“It is important that you have
a grasp of that when you begin
working with patients.”
Students share many of their
personal and family stories of
health and illness. One student
described the intense experience
of delivering her infant in
the hospital and working closely
with the RN at the bedside. The
nurse was so knowledgeable
and helpful that she inspired
the student to become a nurse.
Other students have described
sitting in Intensive Care with a
dying loved one and watching
nurses interact with their family
member. These stories of health
and illness are celebrated and
honored as critically important
in each student’s life.
Though the class structure is
geared toward self-awareness,
Nursing major
Jenny Weber in
the ceramics lab.
the lessons presented also encourage
students to help their
patients during times of duress
with less traditional methods.
Given tools of a different sort,
students, as nurses, have a new
repertoire from which to draw.
“One of my students reported
to me that she had a patient
who was terrified by the pain
and confusion she was experiencing,
and my student used
poetry as a therapeutic distraction
as the patient’s analgesic
set in,” Marnocha said. “The
effect on the patient is two-fold:
that the caregiver would take
time to provide an empathetic
response resonates; but also
the unexpected touch of poetry,
art or music in a clinical
setting—that unexpected
gesture—also distracts the
patient from their pain.”
Marnocha encourages
students to use methods that
address each patient’s needs.
One story she recounts for her
class involves a patient she was
attending as he died.
who is passionate about the arts. For a fulfilled life,
people need to be exposed to lots of ideas and get
lost in their passions.”
“I knew his family was
deeply religious, and I could see
he was in pain and afraid as he
was bleeding to death. I came
very close to him, locked his
gaze and quietly began reciting
The Lord’s Prayer to him.
There was a meaningful look
that passed between us, and
he slipped away. I was later
able to tell his family what had
happened, and the experience
brought them peace in their
grief.”
Marnocha tells her students
that in a therapeutic sense,
they don’t have to embrace the
patient’s spiritual view in order
to give them pain relief and
comfort.
“I encourage my students
to share their experiences and
learn from each other,” Marnocha
said. “We all have mistakes
and victories to learn from, and
we only get better when we can
learn and share.”
—Heidi Heidenreich
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o most, soothingaromatherapy
and a good
massage sound like an
afternoon at the spa.
But to Roxana Huebscher
and the students
in her Natural Alternative
Complementary
(NAC) Healthcare certificate
program, these
sessions offer serious
health benefits.
The certificate
program offers registered
nurses with either
a bachelor’s or master’s
degree the opportunity
to supplement their
conventional nursing
backgrounds with
training in therapeutic
and curative arts. Until recently, these unconventional
therapies have been discounted.
Holistic principles, which center on mind/body connections,
allow nurses the tools to focus some of their
care on healing, and keeping healthy, the full person:
mentally, emotionally and spiritually as well as physically.
“We need NAC therapies to enhance our intervention
options,” Huebscher explained. “NAC therapies
play a role in high-level wellness, health promotion,
disease prevention and illness, disease and symptom
treatment.”
When viewing a person as a being whose different
parts are interdependent and sustain each other, the
caregiver has more options available than simply prescribing
a pill. Using energy therapies, massage, imagery,
aromatherapy and acupuncture, among others, the
alternative therapies offer patients—and their nurses—a
full spectrum of options rather than those that are just
pharmaceutical.
Healthcare practitioners have long known that
physical symptoms do not occur in a vacuum, so treating
the whole person makes sense. For instance, stress
can manifest itself in symptoms that range from sleep
disturbances to irritable bowel syndrome, from muscle
pain to high blood pressure, from inability to concentrate
to substance abuse. Addressing how the individual
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Alternative therapies program offers nurses more ways to heal.
Roxana Huebscher uses massage therapy techniques to supplement
conventional treatments.
approaches life can begin
to eliminate the symptoms
and prevent the stress
from taking such a toll.
Student Mary Beatty,
who is Director of Health
Services for the Waupun
School District, transferred
to the program
when she heard NAC
principles were being
taught.
“I have been interested
in holistic nursing care for
many years,” Beatty said.
“I’ve been a nurse in various
settings for more than
15 years and seen an overreliance
on the ‘quick-fix’
or ‘pill cure.’ People are
so rushed and preoccupied
these days, that, for many,
there’s little time to take responsibility for our own wellness,
illness prevention and just being still.”
The certificate program, which began in 2005, gives
students the basics of holistic health. Using the therapies
to complement conventional treatments, nurses in
the program are better equipped to address the physical
complaints that arise and to promote wellness that may
prevent illness from occurring in the first place.
“Knowledge of NAC is beneficial because we increase
the options that are available to provide care to
patients,” said Huebscher, whose 2004 reference guide
Natural, Alternative, and Complementary Health Care
Practices has been embraced by healthcare practitioners.
“We are able to answer patient questions about NAC
and provide information about NAC benefits and concerns.
Many patients are already using forms of NAC
therapy, and providers need awareness.”
For the nurses enrolled, the goal is still to address
patient wellness—except they focus on the whole person
instead of an ailment.
“From my own experience, I have learned that a
person’s mind, body and spirit are intertwined and really
can’t be separated,” Beatty explained. “Taking care and
paying attention to each helps a person stay well and
balanced.” —Heidi Heidenreich
simMan-ager
Dian Pasquini, nursing lab manager
Dian Pasquini has
worked with many
top-notch instructors
since she joined the
College of Nursing
nearly 30 years ago.
Perhaps none is
more engaging than
SimMan.
The computerized
“model” patient isn’t
exactly an instructor,
but he is helping keep UWO on the cutting edge of
nursing education. The lifelike model can mimic human
heart rhythms, blood pressure, lung function and more.
“The lab gives students an opportunity to learn clinical
nursing skills, from taking blood pressures to starting
IVs,” Pasquini said. “First they practice on our models
and later on each other.”
Several grants and anonymous gifts have funded
SimMan, hospital beds and other equipment in the
nursing learning laboratory, where Pasquini works as
manager.
In addition to working with SimMan and other
models, Pasquini coordinates everything that happens in
the lab, including teaching lab course sections, ordering
and inventorying supplies, scheduling student workers
and monitoring supplies and equipment.
But students are the reason Pasquini loves coming to
work each day.
“They are an inspiration and a testament to the dedication
it takes to become a nurse,” she said.
Watching students mature professionally as they
move through the program is a great source of pride for
Pasquini.
“It is phenomenal to think I can impact their learning
in a positive way,” she said.
Pasquini also works hard for the Accelerated Bachelor
of Science in Nursing Program, teaching two-week
intensive labs each August and January that last an
exhausting 12 hours a day. And she coordinates the
college’s Accelerated Nursing Assistant Program, which
she helped to develop with two colleagues.
“I work with phenomenal instructors,” she said.
“That is what helps everything run smoothly and helps
students learn so effectively. —Sheryl Hanson
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MaryBeth Petesch, field experiences director
In an office populated
by educational publications
and thriving
plants, MaryBeth
Petesch refers to her
desk as her “command
center.” As
the field experiences
director and the certifying
officer for the
College of Education
and Human Services,
Petesch is an expert coordinator, responsible for finding
professional placements for the college’s students.
To arrange nearly 1,000 professional placements
in 2005-2006, Petesch sent thousands of faxes, e-mails
and phone calls to contact schools and human service
agencies, both regionally and sometimes nationwide, to
solicit opportunities and make arrangements. An organized
and efficient staff helped. “The support I get from
my colleagues is great,” she said.
Petesch establishes clinical experiences for all secondary
education students and then finds placements for
all education students later as they move into student
teaching. She also is the college’s internship liaison and
coordinates placements in public service agencies for
students studying human services.
Petesch has bolstered the position since 1999 to
better meet the needs of students and student teacher
supervisors and facilitate better communication and
professional experiences.
Professional experiences combined with a liberal
education are paramount to Petesch. “General education
courses provide a solid foundation for a career as a
teacher. The professional field experiences challenge and
help define our students.”
With a bachelor’s degree in resources management,
biology and environmental education from UW-Stevens
Point and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction,
science education from UW-Madison, Petesch’s
passion for education is evident.
Petesch supervised student teachers at UW-Madison.
After moving to Oshkosh, she worked in a similar capacity,
supervising student teachers and teaching.
“I enjoy the challenges and stimulus of my job,” Petesch
said. “I try to emulate the lifelong learning quality
we encourage for our students.” —Marie Martin

Being a school system superintendent
isn’t easy. Students, parents,
staff, taxpayers and the media make
managing conflict a regular
part of Fond du Lac School
District Administrator Greg
Maass’ job.
But he continues to show
up at work every day because
leadership is where his heart is.
When he sees people grow
personally and professionally,
he knows he has done his job. Greg Maass
The teachers, administrators
and support staff, Maass, ’75, said,
are the reason his district recently ranked
in the top 15 of 2,800 school districts
nationwide.
“I think there are reasons why some
schools succeed and some fail,” he said. “It’s all about
the people who work here. They have high standards
and expect a lot from our students, and our students
deliver.”
Like Maass, many of Fond du Lac’s teachers got their
start at UW Oshkosh. Physical education teacher Gail
(Bradley) Cameron, ’83, recently returned from the
2006 USA Jump Rope Championship at Disney’s Wide
World of Sports with five top 10 awards. Cameron’s
18-member Fond du Lac Wizards, the only Wisconsin
team, has competed regionally and nationally for the
past three years. Helping coach the team is another UW
Oshkosh alumna, Diane (Zedler) Looker, ’75.
Cameron formed jump rope clubs in the Fond du
Lac schools because she recognized a need for an easy,
inexpensive activity that could include every student.
She had no idea how popular it would become.
Only 13 students participated the first year, 1994.
Today, seven of nine Fond du Lac elementary schools
have a jump rope club. “Some of the Wizards have been
with me since second grade,” she said.
Cameron credits recently retired UWO physical
education instructor Shirley White for inspiring her.
“Shirley treats everyone with kindness and fairness
every day,” she said. “I try to be like her.”
A commitment to the futures of young people led
middle school teacher Gordon Olson, ’93, to pursue a
career in education.
“I recognized it is a profession where you can make
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a big difference in people’s
lives,” he said.
Olson is respected
throughout the district
for his work in alternative
education programs
for students who have not
been successful in the traditional
educational setting.
Olson, who is pursuing
a doctorate in cultural
foundations of education
at UW-Milwaukee, is
married to another UW
Oshkosh education alum,
Judy (Freimuth) Olson,
’84, MSE ’89. She works
in the district as a program
support teacher for students
with emotional and behavioral disabilities.
James Gryzwa, ’72, MS ’78, who served in various
teaching and administrative roles throughout his 33-year
career in the district, witnessed first-hand the powerful
machine behind the district’s tremendous success.
“The district has acknowledged and empowered
teachers to be leaders and partners in the educational
process,” he said.
Another UWO alum, Marian (Lomurro) Sheridan,
’76, works as a nurse for the Fond du Lac district.
She spent much of her career in public health,
earning statewide accolades for her efforts to increase
smoke-free environments. A few years ago, she joined
the school district as coordinator of School Health and
Safety.
And what a few years it’s been. Sheridan developed
the Fond du Lac TeenScreen program, which helps
identify youth at risk for depression, suicide and other
mental health issues. Every ninth grader in the district
has the opportunity to participate in the assessment. Last
year, Sheridan accepted the National Model TeenScreen
Award from Columbia University.
Sheridan also won the 2005 UW Oshkosh College
of Nursing’s Nightingale Award, which recognizes
nurses who excel in the nursing practice.
“UW Oshkosh offered the opportunity to be
involved in many community initiatives,” she said.
That set the foundation for my commitment to public
health.” —Sheryl Hanson
Gail Cameron coaches jump rope team
member Madeline Finn of Fond du Lac.
publications
Michael Ford, professor, reading education, coauthored with Michael Opitz,
University of Northern Colorado, “Assessment Can Be Friendly” in The
Reading Teacher, May 2006. Also coauthored with Michael Opitz and Matthew
Zabaracki, Books and Beyond: New Ways to Reach Readers, published by
Heinemann, Sept. 2006.
Martin Gruberg, professor, political science, wrote “Participation by Women
in the 2005 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting” in PS:
Political Science & Politics, Jan. 2006.
Alan Lareau, associate professor,
foreign languages and literatures, coproduced
an audio CD with Gerhard
Zeyen, Fünf Minuten Weltgeschichte:
Kabaretchansons von und mit Curt
Bry—Von Werner Fincks ‘Katakombe’
zum Exilkabarett 1932-1965 on the
Bear Family Records label, Germany,
2006. Also wrote, “Großstadträume,
Großstadtreime: Die Kabarettrevuen
von Friedrich Hollaender, 1926-1967”
in Street Scene: Der urbane Raum im
Musiktheater des 20. Jahrhunderts, Stefan
Weiss and Jürgen Schebera (eds.),
published by Waxmann, 2006.
Daniel Lehrman, associate professor, geology, coauthored with J. L. Payne,
of Stanford University, Jiayong Wei of the Guizhou Bureau of Geology and
Mineral Resources in China, and A.H. Knoll, of Harvard, “Recovery from the
End-Permian Extinction in South China” in Palaios, Jan. 2006.
Ava McCall, professor, curriculum and instruction, wrote, “Enriching State
Studies: Examples from Experienced Teachers” in Social Studies and the Young
Learner, Feb. 2006.
Susan McFadden, professor, psychology, wrote, “Creating and Sustaining
Selfhood: Autobiographical Memories from Early Childhood Through Old
Age” in The Gerontologist, winter 2005. Also wrote a chapter for Handbook of
the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Raymond Paloutzian and Crystal Park
(eds.), published by Guilford, New York, N.Y., 2006.
Arthur Pontynen, professor, art, wrote, For the
Love of Beauty: Art, History and the Moral Foundations
of Aesthetic Judgment, published by Transaction
Publishers, New Brunswick, N.J./London,
2006.
Todd Sandrin, assistant professor, biology
and microbiology, coauthored “Influence of a
Nonaqueous Phase Liquid on Biodegradation of
Phenanthrene,” in Biodegradation, 2006.
James Simmons, professor and chair, political
science, wrote in association with Routeledge, “If
it Weren’t for Those Nader Voters We Wouldn’t
Be in This Mess” in New Political Science, June
2006. Coauthored chapter with Benjamin Page,
Northwestern University, “Education for the
Poor” in At Issue: Is Poverty a Serious Threat? M. Munoz (ed.), published by
Thomson Gale, 2006. Wrote “Transitional Regime,” in Governing the Small
City, E. Miller and R. Wolensky (eds.), published by Foundation Press, 2005.
Robert Stelzer, assistant professor, biology and microbiology, coauthored with
Gene Likens, Institute of the Ecosystem Studies, “The Effects of Sampling
Frequency on Estimates of Dissolved Silica Export by Streams: The Role of
Hydrological Variability and Concentration-Discharge Relationships” in Water
Resources Research, spring 2006.
Wendy Strauch-Nelson, assistant professor, art, wrote, “Art Education in the
Marketplace” in Art Education: The Journal of the National Art Education Association,
March 2006.
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Awards and Honors
Lynn Brandt, student services coordinator, Center for New Learning, was
elected secretary of the Northeast Wisconsin Consortium for Adult Education,
July 2006.
Karina Cutler-Lake, assistant professor, art, won a Dr. Toy Smart Play/Smart
Toy Award from the Institute For Childhood Resources, San Francisco, Calif.,
April 2006 for the design of Europe and Asia GeoPuzzles geographical puzzles
for children. She also designed the Africa GeoPuzzle for GeoToys/GeoPuzzles,
June 2006.
Michael Ford, professor, reading education, selected host for “Behind the Lesson”
for the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board Public Television
Series for the Professional Development of Teachers. The series will be the
companion piece to a new children series called “Into the Book,” 2006.
Timothy Gleason, assistant professor, journalism, was awarded Top Faculty
Paper from the Central States Communication Association, Indianapolis, Ind.,
April 2006.
Richard Masters, associate professor, art, was awarded third place for his piece
“Intersections” at “Backroads & Boulevards,” a national juried exhibition at the
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 2005.
James Paulson, professor, chemistry, was appointed as the external assessor
for the Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University,
Muscat, Oman, June 2006.
Beth Richards, Center for New Learning, was elected chair-elect of the Northeast
Wisconsin Consortium on Adult Education, July 2006.
Leona Whitman, director, Living Healthy Community Clinic, was appointed
to Coordinated Community Response Team, Christine Ann Center, Oshkosh,
April, 2006.
Patrick Wilkinson, director, Polk Library, was elected to the executive committee
for Members Council of the Online Library Computer Center, June
2006.
presentations
Joyce Andrews, professor, music, performed with pianist Beverly Hassel, “British
Composer Alison Bauld and Shakespeare’s Women” at the International
Congress of the International Alliance of Women in Music, at the Florida
International University, Miami, Fla. May 2006.
Michael Ford, professor, reading education, presented “The Intersection of
Technology and Instruction in Multimedia Approaches for Teaching Reading
in Elementary Classrooms: Views from Both Sides of the Ocean,” “When
Pop Culture, Technology and Teachable Moments Collide: Implications for
Classroom Practices in Reading Programs” and “Using Nonfiction for Guided
Reading” to the International Reading Association, Chicago, spring 2006. Also
presented “Best Practices in Reading and Writing Programs: What We Can
Learn from Exemplary Teachers” to the North and South Dakota Association of
Elementary School Principals Mid-Winter Convention, Mandan N.D., winter
2006; and “Making Out with Frogs: Finding the Bridge Over the Troubled
Waters of No Child Left Behind” to the Wisconsin State Reading Association,
Milwaukee, winter 2006.

Martin Gruberg, professor, political science, presented “You Bet on It!” and
“Chicago, Bloody Chicago” at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences,
Baltimore, Md., winter 2006; and “The New Orleans Catastrophe: Lessons in
the Politics of Disasters” at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago,
spring 2006. Also presented with K.C. Wong, former criminal justice professor,
“Intergovernmental Relations Between Central and Regional Governments in
the USA Homeland Security and Emergency Response” and “The Impact of
USA Patriot Act on American Society: The Case of the Muslim Community
International” at the International Political Science Association meeting in Fukuoka,
Japan, summer 2006; presented “John Wilkes Booth & Adam Clayton
Powell, Jr.: People’s Choice & Legislative Proscription” to the Wisconsin Political
Science Association, Milwaukee, fall 2005.
Judy Lambert, professor, reading education, presented “Teaming for Success:
Raising Literacy Standards Through Summer Institutes” at the International
Reading Association, Chicago, spring 2006. Also presented “Student-Involved
Classroom Assessment: A Springboard for Improved Learning” to the Colloquium
on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Madison, spring 2006; and
“Using Cooperative Literacy Strategies to Enhance Content Learning” at the
Silver Lake College Special Education Conference, Manitowoc, spring 2006.
Melanie Marine, lecturer, Reading Study Center, presented “Surviving High
School-Study Skills for High School Students” to Upward Bound of UW-
Sheboygan, summer 2006.
William McConkey, instructor, Center for New Learning, presented “Staying
Positive,” “Professional Communication,” and “Bringing Out the Best in Other
People” to the Chamber of Commerce and Businessmen/Businesswomen of
Manitowoc Area, winter 2006. Also presented, “Bringing Out the Best in Other
People” to the Wisconsin Chapter of Insurance Accounting and Systems
Association, Madison, spring 2006; “Time Management and Delegation” to the
Association of Wisconsin Counties and Cities, Glenview, spring 2006; “Stand
Up Humor as Communication” to the Sister Bay Lions Club, spring 2006; and
“Total Quality Management: Service and Communication” to Lutheran Social
Services, Appleton, winter and spring 2006.
Susan McFadden, professor, psychology, presented “Persistent Problems in the
Psychology of Religion, Spirituality and Aging” to the Gerontological Society
of America, Orlando, Fla., fall 2005. Also presented “Sources of Meaning in
Old Age: What is the Role of Religion?” to the Society for the Study of Human
Development, Asilomar, Calif., fall 2005.
Gail Panske, chair and professor, art, displayed her mixed media pieces “Scar
Tissue” at the Commonwealth Gallery, as part of the National Invitational
Exhibition, Madison, April 2006. Also displayed “On Art, the Escarpment, and
Looking Through the Trees” in the Common Ground Exhibition, which was
part of “Living on the Edge” events at Main Street Art Works, Hilbert, spring
2006.
James Paulson, professor, chemistry, presented “The Role of Protein Phosphatase
1 Downstream from MPF Inactivation in Exit from Mitosis” to the School
of Life Sciences Research, University of Dundee, Scotland, and to the Wellcome
Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, spring 2006.
Kenneth Price, associate professor,
mathematics, presented with
John Koker, mathematics, and
other UW System faculty their new
mathematical game, “Face Off” at
the Wisconsin Section Meeting of
the Mathematical Association of
America, Whitewater, April 2006.
James Simmons, professor and
chair, political science, presented
with Bryan Lilly, business, “Political Disengagement on Campus” to the Midwest
Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, April 2006.
Elizabeth Wade-Sirabian, associate professor, foreign languages and literatures,
presented “Making Magic and Mischief: Conrad Buitzruss’s Years at the University
of Heidelberg (1422-1427)” to the Popular Culture Association, Atlanta,
Ga., April 2006.
Robert Stelzer, assistant professor, biology and microbiology, presented “Carbon
Sources for Lake Sturgeon in Lake Winnebago,” to the Wisconsin North
American Benthological Society, Anchorage, Alaska, spring 2006.
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Wendy Strauch-Nelson, assistant professor, art, presented “Japanese Culture
and Art Education” to the National Art Education Association Conference,
Chicago, spring 2006.
Grants
The grants listed began between January 1, 2006, and June 30, 2006, and
represent those projects that have received funding for $5,000 or more. They
are listed by project director.
Ben Arbaugh, management and human resources, Graduate Management
Admission Council (GMAC) Research Project, $65,250, GMAC.
Michael Beeth, curriculum and instruction, Aligning Inquiry-Based Science
Instruction, $61,050, UW System-Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(ESEA).
Stephen Bentivenga, biology and microbiology, Plants and Soil Microbes, Year
2, $14,429, National Science Foundation (NSF) and University of Pennsylvania.
Lori Carrell, communication, Differences That Make a Difference in the
Teaching/Learning Process, $18,000, UW System Office of Professional and
Instructional Development.
Susan Finkel, curriculum and instruction, Accelerated Licensing Program for
Early Childhood Professionals, $29,995, UW System.
Toivo Kallas, biology and microbiology, Redox Regulation and Function-Quinone
Reductase Site, Continuation, $119,016, NSF.
Gregory Kleinheinz, biology and microbiology, Vilas County Well Monitoring,
$35,400, Vilas County Health Department; Urine Odor Project, $14,800,
Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR)
U.S. Environmental Protection Act Beaches 2006, $56,000, Door County
Health Department; Ashland County Well Monitoring Project, $5,300,
Ashland County Health Department; Food Service Sanitation Project, $15,000,
Foodservice and Packaging Institute Inc.; Door County Soil and Water
Conservation Project, $57,377, Door County Soil and Water Conservation
Department; Lake Superior-Kewaunee Beach Monitoring, $35,000, Wisconsin
DNR; Lake Superior Beach Monitoring-Ashland, Bayfield, Iron and Kewaunee
Counties, $35,000, Wisconsin DNR.
John Koker, mathematics, Summer Language Institute for American Youth,
$8,810, U.S. Department of State and UW-Green Bay.
Richard Krueger, Center for Community Partnerships, UW Extension Small
Business Development Center, $42,082, UW Extension-Small Business
Administration.
Michael Lizotte, Aquatic Research Laboratory, Launching a Stream Monitoring
System-Winnebago Pool Region, $7,226, Wisconsin DNR.
Michael Lizotte, biology and microbiology, Winnebago Pool Aquatic Invasive
Species Education, $75,000, Winnebago County and UW Extension.
Byron Malsin, Center for Career Development and Employability Training,
Transportation Improvement Program and Restitution, $129,321, Winnebago
County Department of Human Services; Department of Health and Family
Services (DHFS), Income Maintenance Training and Technical Assistance,
$3,253,454, Wisconsin DHFS.
Joshua Ranger, archivist, Neenah/Menasha History Project, $8,400, Cooperative
Educational Service Agency 6.
Perry Rettig, Provost’s Office, UW Oshkosh Graduation Project, $75,000,
UW System.
Stephen Rose, curriculum and instruction, Closing the Gap: Collaboratively
Taught Method Courses, $39,000, UW System.
Marsha Rossiter, Center for New Learning, Northeast Wisconsin Educational
Resource Alliance Bachelor of Applied Studies Degree, $75,000, UW System.
Susannah Sandrin, Women and Science, Children’s Literature and Science
Program, Year 2, $68,316, UW System-ESEA; Gender in Science and Engineering,
Opportunities for Women, $199,891, NSF; Astronomy is for Girls
Too, $6,087, Wisconsin Space Grant.
Robert Stelzer, biology and microbiology, Capacity of Forest Streams for
Nutrient Uptake, $49,154, U.S. Forest Service.
HiGHLiGHts
Sept. 15-Oct. 15 Hispanic Heritage Month, events throughout
UW Oshkosh campus. (920) 424-3081.
Sept. 26 8 p.m., “The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell,” John Crawford
will share stories of his experiences during six years of service in the
National Guard; Reeve Memorial Union, Ballroom. (920) 424-1230.
Sept. 27-30 7:30 p.m., Oct. 1 2 p.m. The Heidi Chronicles, UW Osh-
kosh Theatre Production, Fredric March Theatre. (920) 424-7043.
Sept. 28 8 p.m., “Prism,” a saxaphone quartet; part of the Chamber
Arts Series; Music Hall. (920) 424-4224.
Sept. 29 8 p.m.-Midnight, Halloween Dance, River Center.
(920) 424-0788.
Oct. 1 1:30-3:30 p.m., Infusion, Inspired by Nature: Music from the
Gardens, featuring Sunflowers by Harvey Sollberger for flute and
vibraphone, and Sierra Scenes for soprano and brass quintet, Paine
Art Center and Gardens. (920) 424-4224.
Oct. 14 10 a.m. Homecoming parade, followed by 11 a.m. pregame
celebration; 1:30 p.m. football game vs. UW-Platteville, UW Oshkosh
campus. (920) 424-1034.
Oct. 10 8 p.m., “Bloody Mary: Make-Up to Die For,” Bobby Weiner,
one of America’s best special effects makeup artists, recounts her experi-
ences; Reeve Memorial Union, Ballroom. (920) 424-1230.
Oct. 19 8 p.m., “Mercury 13: The Untold Story,” presentation by
Martha Ackmann, author of The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of
Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight (Random
House, June 2003); Reeve Memorial Union, Ballroom. (920) 424-1230.
Oct. 20 8 p.m., UW Oshkosh Jazz Ensemble, Music Hall. (920) 424-4224.
Oct. 22 3 p.m., UW Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, Music Hall.
(920) 424-4224.
Oct. 22 7 p.m., UW Oshkosh Choirs, Music Hall. (920) 424-4224.
Oct. 26 5-7 p.m., Halloween Carnival, Reeve Memorial Union,
Crescent Café. (920) 424-2164.
Oct. 29 3 p.m., UW Oshkosh Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band,
Music Hall. (920) 424-4224.
Nov. 6 8 p.m., UW Oshkosh Percussion Ensemble, Music Hall.
(920) 424-4224.
Nov. 7 8 p.m., Infusion, German Arts: Enduring Classics, featuring
Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D major, K285, and the music of Johannes
Brahms, Music Hall. (920) 424-4224.
Nov. 9 9 p.m., Comedian Eric O’Shea, Reeve Memorial Union, Titan
Undergound. (920) 424-2164.
Nov. 14 8 p.m., “Getting Real With the Cast of Black.White.,”
members of the Black.White. cast will share their experiences from the
provocative hit television show; Reeve Memorial Union, Ballroom.
(920) 424-1230.
Nov. 16 8 p.m., Claremont Trio, part of the Chamber Arts Series;
Music Hall. (920) 424-4224.
Nov. 29–Dec. 2 7:30 p.m., Dec. 3 3 p.m., Picnic, UW Oshkosh
Theatre Production, Fredric March Theatre. (920) 424-7043.
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Campuswide event
Art exhibition
Lecture/program
a uW Oshkosh community celebration
Friday, Sept. 22, 2006
5-7:30 p.m., Fish Fry on the Fox*,
UW Oshkosh’s community celebration,
featuring great food and entertainment,
Blackhawk Commons.
(920) 424-0344.
6:30-8:30 p.m., Artist’s Reception,
paintings by Li Hu, Gail Floether
Steinhilber Gallery. (920) 424-2242.
Saturday,
Sept. 23, 2006
9 a.m., Parents’ Breakfast with
the Chancellor*, pre-registration
required; Reeve Memorial Union.
(920) 424-3100.
Musical performance
Theatre production
Movie
Dec. 1 9 p.m.–12:30 a.m., Club Underground Dance Party, Reeve
Memorial Union, Titan Undergound. (920) 424-2164.
Dec. 3 3 p.m., Philippine Christmas Celebration with the Asian
Student Association, Father Carr’s Place 2B. (920) 254-4715.
Dec. 7 8 p.m., UW Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, Music Hall.
(920) 424-4224.
Dec. 10 3 p.m., UW Oshkosh Choirs, Music Hall. (920) 424-4224.
Dec. 10 7 p.m., UW Oshkosh Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band,
Music Hall. (920) 424-4224.
Dec. 16 Fall Commencement, UW Oshkosh. (920) 424-0344.
Jan. 15 5-9 p.m., Martin Luther King Jr., Banquet, UW Oshkosh
campus. (920) 424-3080.
Feb. 21–24 7:30 p.m., Feb. 25 2 p.m., A Crooked Man, written by
UW Oshkosh playwright Richard Kalinoski, UW Oshkosh Theatre
Production, Fredric March Theatre. (920) 424-7043.
Feb. 23–28 Winter Carnival, fun winter events for the entire campus
community. (920) 424-2164.
March 1 8 p.m., Comedian, Eric “Smooth E” Schwartz, Reeve
Memorial Union, Titan Underground. (920) 424-2164.
March 7 8 p.m., “Behind the Scenes of CSI: Crime Scene Investiga-
tion,” presented by Dr. Gary Telgenhoff, forensics pathologist and
deputy medical examiner in Las Vegas, who assists on the hit television
show CSI, Reeve Memorial Union, Ballroom. (920) 424-1230.
9 a.m.-4 p.m., Oshkosh Dragon
Boat Festival, dragon boat races,
entertainment and music, events,
food and more, sign up to be on a
team, watch teams compete or be
a volunteer. (920) 424-2242.
4 p.m., 8 p.m., Jeff Daniels in
Concert*, 20th anniversary
season kickoff, tickets on sale
at the Grand Opera House.
(920) 424-2355.
*Ticket required
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titan
sports
Women’s outdoor track team
Wins seventh NcAA title
uW Oshkosh scored 52 points, including 28 by
Robyn Jarocki, to win the team title in May
at the NCAA Division III Women’s Outdoor
Track and Field Championship in Lisle, Ill.
The NCAA Division III outdoor title was the seventh
for UW Oshkosh. The team, which also captured
the top award at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship
held in March in Northfield, Minn., finished
the 2006 track and field season unbeaten after outscoring
every indoor and outdoor opponent.
Williams College (Mass.) finished second to UWO
at this year’s NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship.
Jarocki was named the meet’s Outstanding Field
Athlete for the third straight year, after finishing first in
two events and second in another.
In addition, UW Oshkosh also received multiple
All-America performances from Nadine Pieske and
Danielle Rankin.
UW Oshkosh’s latest NCAA Division III title was
the 24th in school history.
Jarocki also was named 2006 NCAA Division III
Women’s Outdoor Athlete of the Year.
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uWo Finishes 33rd in
directors’ cup standings
uW Oshkosh placed 33rd in the competition for
the 2005-2006 United States Sports Academy
Directors’ Cup, a prestigious all-sports award
presented annually to the best overall NCAA Division
III athletics program in the country.
Developed as a joint effort between USA Today and
the National Association of Collegiate Directors of
America, the directors’ cup is the only national allsports
competition that recognizes colleges with the best
overall athletics program.
UW Oshkosh scored 328 points for its 33rd-place
finish. The Titans counted 100 points in women’s indoor
and outdoor track and field, 85 in men’s indoor and
outdoor track and field, 57 in men’s cross-country, 50 in
women’s volleyball and 36 in women’s cross-country.
UW Oshkosh has recorded eight top-15 finishes in
the rankings.
Former titan Inducted into
track & Field Hall of Fame
L
aura (Horejs) Lambert, ’92,
one of the most heralded
distance runners in both UW
Oshkosh and WIAC history, was
among six individuals inducted into
the United States Track and Field
and Cross Country Coaches Association’s
NCAA Division III Track and
Field Hall of Fame in May.
Lambert is the second UW Oshkosh athlete to be so
honored, with the other being 2004 inductee Melissa
Mueller.
Lambert competed in women’s indoor and outdoor
track and field at UW Oshkosh from 1989 to 1992.
During that time, she helped the Titans to NCAA Division
III outdoor titles in 1990 and 1991. She also played
a key role in helping UW Oshkosh capture four indoor
(1989-1992) and three outdoor (1989-1991) Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships.

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foundation news
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foundationnews
Proven Fundraiser
Heads Foundation
Arthur H. Rathjen, a veteran fundraiser who has led
two major capital campaigns at other universities, took the
helm of the UW Oshkosh Foundation June 26.
With more than 20 years of successful fundraising experience
in higher education and nonprofit organizations,
Rathjen joined the Foundation as it prepares to launch its
largest capital campaign ever.
“This is a time to listen and discern areas of excellence
and improvement for Foundation programs and activities,”
he said. “Collectively, the staff will work together to implement
a ‘best practices’ approach to successful fundraising.”
As Foundation president and executive director of
University Advancement, Rathjen will lead the university
in launching a multimillion dollar capital campaign to
help build a new academic building and support student
scholarships and faculty/student scholarly projects. The
task is daunting, but Rathjen’s track record shows he can
handle the job.
“Arthur has extensive experience at all levels of annual
giving, alumni relations, capital campaigns, major gifts
solicitation, planned giving and nonprofit management.
He’s just the person we need as we continue this new,
ambitious chapter in our university’s history,” Chancellor
Richard H. Wells said.
His most recent post was associate vice president for
development at the foundation of the National Benevolent
Association, formally the 49th largest nonprofit in the
nation and the largest in St. Louis. His duties included
expanding the nonprofit social and health service agency’s
fundraising program.
Foundation Board President Walter Scott, of W. F.
Coe & Associates, said the Foundation board was im-
pressed with Rathjen’s organizational skills as a manager
and his experience working with university foundations.
“Mr. Rathjen’s success in fundraising and so many
other areas of university advancement make him a perfect
fit for this position,” Scott said. “He will help UW Oshkosh
provide northeastern Wisconsin
with the more highly skilled and
educated citizens and cultural resources
it will need to prosper.” n
“This is a time to listen and discern areas of excellence
and improvement for Foundation programs and activities,”
A Challenge to New
Alums: Stay Connected
In her commencement address to the spring 2006
graduating class, Alumni Association President Michelle
Hammett encouraged the newest group of UW Oshkosh
alumni to “Share your pride, show your pride and stay
connected.”
Nearly 1,400 June graduates joined more than 65,000
others as UWO alumni. Some alumni sustain formal connections
with UWO as mentors, board members, advisers
or employees. Others serve as unofficial ambassadors,
boosters and cheerleaders. Their personal success drives
the success of UW Oshkosh. And as the prestige of the
university grows, their degrees are regarded with increasing
respect.
Many alumni “give back” by making contributions to
the UW Oshkosh Foundation. Their gifts support scholarships,
research and academic departments. Alumni
contributed more than $1,160,000 during 2005-2006.
Alumni giving serves not only as an important source of
financial support but also influences how the university is
perceived.
As Hammett knows, giving back is a win-win situation
for graduates and their alma mater. n
UW Oshkosh Foundation
Board Adds Six Members
The Foundation welcomes the following
new members to its Board of Directors:
Carla Altepeter has been president and chief
executive officer of CitizensFirst Credit Union
for 14 years. She received a bachelor’s degree
in business administration from the University
of Phoenix in 1991, a master’s degree in business
administration from UW Oshkosh in 1998
and is currently working on a master’s degree in management
from UW-Milwaukee. She serves on various boards
and committees locally and on credit union boards at the
state and national levels.
James Gryzwa earned two degrees from
UW Oshkosh: a bachelor’s degree in special
education in 1972 and a master’s degree in
curriculum and supervision with an emphasis
in special education administration in 1978.
He was employed by the Fond du Lac School
District for 32 years, during which time he held a variety of
administrative positions, including elementary and junior
high school principal, special education/Title I programs
coordinator, acting superintendent and human relations
director. He also served on the board of directors for
Brooke Industries, DARE and the Fond du Lac Public
Library.
Thomas R. Kell received a business degree
with an accounting emphasis from UW
Oshkosh in 1972. Since 1974, he has worked
for Kell Container, first as an accountant and
then as president before the sale of the family
business in October 2004. Following the tragic
death of his brother, John Kell, in August 2005, he was
appointed president of Kell Container-Great Northern. He
retired in August 2006. Active in the Chippewa Falls community,
he has been involved in Rotary Club, Chamber of
Commerce, Chippewa Valley Technical College Foundation,
the YMCA, the Community Foundation of Chippewa
County, United Way and the Central Lutheran Foundation.
William A. Raaths received a bachelor’s degree
in economics from UW-Madison in 1969
and a master’s degree in business administration
from UW Oshkosh in 1974. He has served
as chief executive officer for Great Northern
Corporation since 2002. He is currently on
the board of directors for First National Bank-Fox Valley,
United Paper Corporation, YMCA Fox Cities, St. Elizabeth
Hospital Foundation, Rotary International and Valley Packaging
Inc.
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Paul Schlindwein attended UW Oshkosh
for one year and then transferred to UW-
Madison, where he received a bachelor’s
degree in finance in 1984 and a law degree
in 1987. He is of counsel to the law firm of
Ruder, Ware & Michler in Wausau and was a
practicing attorney until 1999. He is president and principal
for two privately held investment companies. He also
is principal and director of the Dudley Foundation and two
private family foundations.
Wayne A. Trembly has worked in the spring
industry since 1981 in various capacities
from spring maker to engineer to president of
Oshkosh Coil Spring. During that time, employees
at Oshkosh Coil Spring grew from five
to 103. He is a member of the National Spring
Manufacturers’ Institute and the Chicago Associates of
Spring Manufacturers, where he has served as chair of the
technical committee at past conventions. He was president
of Chamco from 1999 to 2000.
UW OSHKOSH FOUNDATION
BOArd OF direCtOrS
CHAIRMAN
Walter J. Scott Jr.
W. F. Coe & Associates
VICE CHAIRMAN
Gregory J. Cleven (‘86)
President, CEO
HyperX Systems
SECRETARY/TREASURER
David L. Omachinski (‘74)
CEO
Magnum Products
NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHAIR
Katherine M. Reff (‘76)
Community friend
OUTREACH COMMITTEE CHAIR
John M. Wollner (MBA ‘95)
Corporate Relations Director
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
MEMBERS
Carla L. Altepeter (MBA ‘98)
President, CEO
CitizensFirst Credit Union
Craig C. Culver (‘73)
President
Culver Franchising Systems
Michael P. Dempsey (‘74, MBA ‘77)
President, CEO
Fox Valley Region/Associated Bank
H. Gene Drecktrah
Retired biology professor
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
James J. Gryzwa (‘72, MS ‘78)
Retired Superintendent
Fond du Lac Area School District
Thomas R. Kell (‘71)
Retired President
Kell Container
Robert L. Keller (‘69)
Chairman, CEO
J. J. Keller & Associates
William A. Raaths (MBA ‘74)
CEO
Great Northern Corporation
Charles P. Savino (‘67)
President
Sa-Von Investment Company
Paul C. Schlindwein II
Of counsel
Ruder, Ware & Michler
Wayne A. Trembly
President
Oshkosh Coil Spring
Susan Vette
Community friend
C. William Whitlock
Regional President
US Bank
Elizabeth A. Wyman
Community friend
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Richard H. Wells
Chancellor
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Michelle M. Hammett (‘81)
Human Resources Manager
Banta Digital Group
Arthur H. Rathjen
President, University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh Foundation
HONORARY MEMBERS
Jean I. Caudle (‘38)
Retired education professor
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Allen D. Guentzel
Retired executive
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
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New Funds
n Allen K. Butcher Music Education Scholarship was
established in memory of the well-known Fox Valley trumpeter
and music faculty member from 1971 to 1995, who
died in January. To promote his love of people, music and
music education, Butcher’s family and friends established
this fund for full-time undergraduate students pursuing
a degree in instrumental music education. Recipients’
primary instrument must be wind or percussion.
n James Grunloh Economics Study Abroad Scholarship
supports economics majors and minors participating in
economics study-abroad programs. Grunloh began teaching
at UW Oshkosh in 1969 and has been the Center for
Economic Education director for many years. He won a
UW System Regents Teaching Excellence Award in 1995.
In the early 1990s, he began retraining educators of the
former Soviet Union in market economics.
n Robert (Pete) Havens Scholarship was established
by the professor emeritus of counselor education, who
retired in 2003 after 36 years at UWO. The award will
support graduate counseling students. The first recipient
was Timothy Locum, center, with Havens and Chancellor
Richard H. Wells.
n Clarice Mae (Johnson) Mandel of Madison was an
elementary school teacher who continued a family tradition
by earning her degree from Wisconsin State College-
Oshkosh in 1958. Her mother, Martha Saffran Johnson,
had graduated from Oshkosh State Normal School in
1914. Mandel taught in Oconto and Goodman. After she
passed away in May, her family and friends established
this scholarship, which will be given to elementary education
students from the Midwest.
n Oshkosh Rephotographed was a spring 2006 semester
project for art students in upper-level photography classes
taught by Don Stolley. Thirty-two students were each
assigned a black-and-white print from Oshkosh Public Museum
archives. They then shot photos of the same location
today. Student photos were displayed at Stolley Studio,
featuring the old and new prints matted and framed side
by side. The project was sponsored by a $2,000 grant
from the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation.
n Harry Ostendorf Endowment Fund honors the former
accounting professor’s 30 years of service and dedicated
mentoring of UW Oshkosh students. The endowment will
provide scholarships to accounting students and funds to
develop, retain and recruit outstanding faculty.
n Project ADELANTE is a program that prepares teachers,
parents and schools to support children learning
English as a second language. Funding is available for
teachers pursuing licensure in ESL and/or bilingual education,
bilingual high school students interested in teaching
careers, family education programs and workshops for
university faculty integrating issues relevant to immigrant
languages and cultures into course curricula.
n Beatrice M. Rake of Oshkosh was impressed by the
nursing care she observed while volunteering at Mercy
Medical Center. After learning that many of the nurses
she encountered had received their education at UWO,
Rake set up a bequest to fund the scholarship, which will
be awarded to students in the clinical major of the basic
undergraduate nursing program, with selection based on
financial need.
n Sales and Marketing Professionals of Northeast
Wisconsin Scholarship is awarded to marketing majors
with a minimum grade-point average of 3.3. Awards will
be based mainly on the breadth and depth of professional
development experiences related to marketing, particularly
experiences that demonstrate initiative and leadership.
n Kathleen Stetter (‘67 and MS ‘88) taught experimental
psychology for 30 years and led students on international
research trips to Belize and Brazil, giving the UWO
psychology department the distinction of being the only
department in the country that regularly sponsors two
international trips. When Stetter retired this spring, the
Kathleen Stetter Student Travel Award was established to
enable psychology students to present research at conferences
and participate in study-abroad opportunities.
n Two faculty members responsible for the growth of the
medical technology program have teamed up to invest
in the future of the program and its students. Thanks to
an additional gift from professor emeritus Mary Rigney, a
fund already created by John Strous has been renamed
the John E. Strous and Mary M. Rigney Medical Technology
Endowment Fund. Strous has been medical technology
program director since 1991. Rigney served as the
program director from 1985 to 1991. The fund will support
scholarships and the medical technology program.
n Virchow Krause & Co. LLP Scholarship provides
financial support to full-time undergraduate accounting
students of at least junior status. Recipients must have a
grade-point average of at least 3.0 and possess outstanding
qualities of character, scholarship and leadership.
Center interns Learn, Serve
The old adage says the best way to learn it is to do it,
and student interns at UW Oshkosh’s Center for Community
Partnerships do plenty.
Each semester, more than 40 students from all of the
university’s four colleges work for agencies, schools and
local businesses on everything from technology training
and Web design to newsletter publication and accounting.
“We work with our clients to develop internships
that fulfill their needs and provide our students the type
of learning experience they are looking for,” said Chad
Kopitzke, a 1997 College of Business graduate and CCP
operations manager. “Students want to get a chance to
apply their classroom experience to the real-world before
they graduate.”
They get that opportunity at the CCP, in spades.
Under new director Linda Bartelt, a former executive
with Kimberly Clark, CCP is stepping up efforts to
provide area businesses access to university faculty and
staff expertise and also is expanding its student internship
program.
Current employers of CCP interns range from businesses,
such as Culvers and Miles Kimball, to agencies,
such as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
and the Oshkosh Area School District (OASD).
Vanessa Madison (standing in photo above), a senior
majoring in special education from Rosendale, is one of
more than 20 CCP interns who work as technology training
consultants for the OASD in a project that began about two
years ago, as part of school district efforts to comply with
federal No Child Left Behind requirements.
“I’m getting so much experience working with teachers
and learning about what happens in the special education
classroom, before I even do my student teaching,” said
Madison, who will student teach next spring and hopes to
graduate in December 2007.
Madison, an honors student, wants to work about 25
hours a week as a CCP training consultant this fall, despite
having a 19-credit course load and another part-time job
as a waitress.
“It’s been such a valuable learning experience,” said
Madison, who teaches special education teachers how to
use a variety of software. One program prepares indi-
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vidualized education plans for students. Another, which
will go districtwide for the first time in 2006-2007, assists
students who struggle with the printed page.
“It’s such a great program, I can’t wait to teach people
how to use it,” Madison said. “There’s so many things that
students will be able to do with it that will help them learn
better.” n
NeW MArketiNg
StrAtegy UNderWAy
in an effort to bolster public awareness about UW
Oshkosh and to help increase enrollment and support
for the university, Chancellor Richard H. Wells
charged an 11-member team in February to develop
an Integrated Marketing Plan.
“in a climate of dwindling state and federal support
for higher education, colleges and universities
have turned to the principles of integrated marketing
to streamline and coordinate marketing efforts across
their campuses,” said Sue Neitzel, capital campaign
director for the UW Oshkosh Foundation. Neitzel and
Birgit Leisen-Pollack, assistant professor of marketing,
are heading up the team.
integrated marketing involves a data-driven approach
to developing and delivering quality educational
programs targeted at segmented audiences and
developing coordinated communication strategies to
promote those programs, Neitzel explained.
“Feedback from faculty, staff, students, alumni,
donors and external constituents strongly suggests we
need to continue to improve how we are perceived,
appreciated and valued by our external constituents,”
Wells said. “While our current marketing activities
have improved, they remain, in large part, inconsistent,
uneven and highly decentralized without much
coordination.”
the team is currently developing a first draft of
the plan to present to the campus community for
feedback this fall.
to further the effort, the position of University
relations director, previously held by robin Asbury,
has been significantly modified to better reflect best
practices in integrated marketing and communications.
Wells has launched a search for a new executive
director of integrated marketing and communications
to head the University Relations office. A new director
is expected to be in place by October.
Besides Neitzel and Leisen-Pollack, other members
of the integrated Marketing team include Linda
Bartelt, Center for Community Partnerships director;
Tim Danielson, assistant admissions director; Megan
Del Debbio, student marketing intern; Chris Haywood,
student activities coordinator; Natalie Johnson,
University relations interim director; William Raaths,
UW Oshkosh Foundation Board member; Mary Simon,
program assistant; Tom Sonnleitner, Administrative
Services vice chancellor; and James Tsao, journalism
department chair. n
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ten to receive
2006 Alumni Awards
Ten UW Oshkosh alumni will be honored for outstanding
professional and civic accomplishments during the
university’s Homecoming celebration. The awards dinner
will be held Friday, Oct. 13 in Reeve Memorial Union.
distinguished Alumni
Recipients of the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award,
the Alumni Association’s highest honor:
Samuel Cargile is senior director of
grantmaking at the Lumina Foundation
for Education in Indianapolis, where his
grant-making focuses on issues in higher
education that particularly affect low-income
students and students of color. He designed
and implemented the foundation’s first two
national initiatives, co-designed and managed a $60-
million community college initiative and managed the
grants budget to achieve payout targets of $28 million in
2003, $36 million in 2004 and $50 million in 2005.
Prior to joining Lumina, he held key roles at the Wallace
Foundation in New York City and the Lilly Endowment
in Indianapolis. Between 1987 and 1991, he was
UW Oshkosh’s assistant vice chancellor for the Division of
Academic Support, and later served as executive assistant
to the chancellor.
He also created the Office of Minority Education at the
American College Testing (ACT) Program in Iowa City.
Cargile earned two degrees from UW Oshkosh–
a bachelor’s degree in secondary education in 1972 and a
master’s degree in guidance and counseling in 1973. He
later earned a doctorate in urban education at UW-
Milwaukee.
Theresa (Babbitt) Kline is a psychology
professor at the University of Calgary in Alberta,
Canada. She founded the university’s
industrial/organizational psychology doctoral
program, presently the top-rated program of
its kind in Canada.
Kline earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology in
1982 from UW Oshkosh. Later she earned a master’s in
psychology and a doctorate in industrial/organizational
psychology, both at the University of Calgary.
In 2004, the University of Calgary recognized her as a
“High Flyer,” meaning her faculty evaluation placed her
in the top 1 percent of the university’s faculty. She has
served on the Canadian Psychological Association’s Board
of Directors and is part of its speakers/consultants group.
Her third book was published in February 2005.
James Ransom Jr., a 1983 UW Oshkosh
graduate, is president of Curwood, a
subsidiary of Bemis Inc., that develops and
manufactures high-barrier films and packaging
solutions for the meat, poultry, cheese
and other selected food industries. Bemis is
the global leader in flexible packaging with
sales in excess of $3 billion and listed on the New York
Stock Exchange.
Ransom, who joined Bemis Company in 2002, previously
served as president and chief executive officer of
Promo Edge, a packaging and marketing services subsidiary
of Wisconsin-based Menasha Corporation. He also
served as executive vice president of Milwaukee-based
Everbrite, a point-of-purchase and display design firm and
manufacturer, and as a senior manager of Arthur Andersen
Co. in Milwaukee.
Ransom, a CPA, earned a bachelor’s degree in
business, with a major in accounting. His wife, Kristin
(Kirchhoff) Ransom, is a 1983 graduate of UW Oshkosh.
Scott Ransom graduated summa cum
laude with a bachelor of business degree
in accounting in 1985. He is president and
chief executive officer of Marshall Erdman &
Associates, the nation’s leading integrated
design-builder of hospitals, clinics, ambulatory
care centers and medical office buildings.
Marshall Erdman, the founder, recruited Ransom
in 1994 as director of finance. He held the title of chief
financial officer and later president before becoming chief
executive officer in 2003.
Founded in 1951 and headquartered in Madison, the
company has six offices across the country and more than
500 employees, with annual revenues of more than $250
million and a pipeline backlog of more than $1 billion.
Ransom led a management and private equity buyout
of the firm in 2003. Since the Erdman family relinquished
control of the company, he has been instrumental in devising
and implementing a far-reaching strategic plan to help
the company grow and better service healthcare providers
and their patients.
Outstanding young Alumni
Recipients of the 2006 Outstanding Young Alumni
Award, which recognizes the professional accomplishments
and future promise of alumni who graduated within
the past 15 years:
Deborah (Nelson) Carr received her
bachelor’s degree in radio, television and
film at UW Oshkosh in 2000. Carr has
worked as a news anchor and reporter at
WLUK-TV, FOX 11 in Green Bay, KVEW-TV,
ABC 42 in Kennewick, Wash., and at KPSP-
TV, CBS 2 in Palm Springs, Calif.
In 2004, while living in California, she transitioned
into documentary work as a coordinating producer for Bill
Brummel Productions. She produced eight documentary
specials for the History Channel, among them Rwanda:
Do Scars Ever Fade?, which won a Peabody Award from
the International Documentary Association. It also was
nominated for an Emmy Award. Her most recent production,
Standing Tall at Auschwitz, premiered on the History
Channel earlier this year. As a freelance producer, she also
has worked for the BBC and Court TV.
Chad Damro received a bachelor’s degree
in international studies and political science
at UW Oshkosh in 1995, a master’s in
international relations at Syracuse University
in 1997, and a doctorate in political science
from University of Pittsburgh in 2002.
He is a lecturer in international politics
and co-director of the Master of Science Program in
International and European Politics at the University of
Edinburgh in Scotland. He teaches courses about the
European Union and trans-Atlantic relations. He has published
scholarly articles in prestigious journals, including
Journal of European Public Policy; European Journal of
International Relations; European Foreign Affairs Review;
Environmental Politics; and Environment and Planning.
Damro also has presented scholarly papers at conferences
throughout Europe, and guest-lectured at several
universities. He is completing the manuscript of his forthcoming
book, Cooperating on Competition: The Politics
of Dispute Prevention in Transatlantic Competition Policy,
which will be published by Palgrave Publisher, London.
Michael Hammarlund received a
bachelor’s degree in international studies
and political science at UW Oshkosh
in 1992. As a legal assistant in the firm of
Thompson Hine in Cleveland, Ohio, he is a
member of the legal team in complex litigation
in high-value and high-profile, corporate
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cases involving federal and international regulations and
intellectual property rights in global firms functioning in
many nations.
Hammarlund’s work involves highly technical legal
research, preparation of materials used in complex cases
and case strategy, as well as witness preparation and client
relations. In addition to serving as a legal researcher,
Hammarlund recently became the supervisor of legal support
for the entire firm. He now supervises 85 paralegals
and legal researchers who support the firm’s 370 lawyers.
CONtACt tHe
ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE
alumni@uwosh.edu
(877) UWO-ALUM or (877) 896-2586
www.uwosh.edu/alumni/
Melissa (Ewey) Johnson received a
bachelor’s degree in journalism at
UW Oshkosh in 1995. She is a writer and
editor in New York City, and got her start in
the magazine business as an assistant editor
at EbonyMan magazine in Chicago.
After EbonyMan ceased publication, she
became an assistant editor at Ebony, a national monthly
celebrity and lifestyle magazine for African-Americans.
There she wrote a cover story on Grammy winner Lauryn
Hill.
She then moved to Birmingham, Ala., to work as an
assistant editor at Cooking Light, the nation’s most widely
circulated epicurean magazine. Johnson served as the
health and fitness representative on the Cooking Light
Cruise, an annual cruise in partnership with Norwegian
Cruise Lines, which features specially designed programming
and events for Cooking Light readers.
Johnson also worked for Time Inc., as a senior associate
editor in the strategic communications division, where
she edited publications for clients, including Unilever,
Nestle and McDonald’s. As a freelance writer, her articles
have appeared in Cooking Light, Essence, Heart & Soul,
Honey, Black Issues Book Review, Real Health and other
publications.
Alumni Anniversary Awards
The Alumni Anniversary Awards, which recognize
professional and civic achievements of members of the
50th anniversary class, will be presented at the Reunion
Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 13 in Reeve Memorial Union.
Members of 40th and 50th anniversary classes will attend,
as well as Golden Titans who graduated more than 50
years ago.
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Ginny (Moore) Kruse, ‘56, is emerita
director of the Cooperative Children’s Book
Center (CCBC), a part of UW-Madison’s
School of Education, where she served from
1976 to 2002. The CCBC is a unique School
of Education study and research library for
adults with an academic, professional or
career interest in contemporary or historical U.S. children’s
and young adult literature. The development of unique information
services and methods of outreach are hallmarks
of Kruse’s leadership at the CCBC. In 1978, she founded
what later became the award-winning CCBC Intellectual
Freedom Information Services for Wisconsin teachers and
librarians. She is a well-known children’s book commentator
on Wisconsin Public Radio and author of reviews and
columns for several journals, including School Library
Journal, Christian Century, Rethinking Schools and Book
Links. She received her master’s degree in library science
from UW-Madison in 1976.
Leonard Tews, ’56, is faculty emeritus
of the UW Oshkosh biology department.
He taught from 1964 to 1996, serving as
department chair from 1976 to 1982. Tews
taught classes in general biology, crisis
of the biosphere, mycology, mushroom
identification, medical mycology and survey
of microorganisms. He took courses in medical mycology
at Mayo Clinic and at the Center for Disease Control at
Emory University. In 1983, he completed a sabbatical at
the University of Rhode Island, where he conducted and
published research on mycorrhizal fungi. Tews received a
master’s degree from Indiana University in 1958 and his
doctorate from UW-Madison in 1964. He played cello in
the Oshkosh Symphony for many years. In his retirement
in Seattle, he is active as a poet, community volunteer and
English as a second language tutor.
CALL FOr
NOMINATIONS
Nominations for the 2007 Distinguished
Alumni and Outstanding Young Alumni
awards are due April 1, 2007. For more
information, visit www.uwosh.edu/alumni/
events/alumni_awards.php or call
(877) 896-2586.
Alumni e-Mail
Addresses Coming Soon
The UW Oshkosh Alumni Association announces
an exciting new benefit for all alumni. Beginning this
fall, alumni can register for a free e-mail account through
the university. Watch eNews and the alumni Web site for
details.
HOMECOMING
2006
What better time to reconnect with old
friends than during Homecoming, when
the Alumni Relations Office does much
of the event planning work for you.
Homecoming 2006 will be held Saturday,
Oct. 14, but reunion and awards
events on Friday extend the celebration.
Remember, the alumni staff can provide
names and other contact information for
friends who have lost touch.
For more Homecoming information,
contact the Alumni Relations Office at
(877) UWO-ALUM or (920) 424-2178.
Visit China, germany/
Czech republic in 2007
The UW Oshkosh Alumni Association will partner
with group travel specialist GoNext to offer two exciting
trips in 2007–Treasures of China and Yangtze River Cruise
April 12-24, and Germany’s Rhine River and the Czech
Republic Sept. 19-27.
Find out more at GoNext’s Web site, www.gonext.com/
uwok/index.htm, or by calling (800) 842-9023.
Alumni Career
Services Offers Help
UW Oshkosh’s Frank Holmes, ’94, MSE
’01, can help you reach your career goals.
As alumni career adviser for the Alumni
Association and Career Services, he provides
complimentary services to alumni,
including career advising, job search
preparation, informational interviewing and
job shadowing, resume and cover letter advising and mock
interviews.
For a one-time, $25 fee, alumni may access the Titan
Jobs Online Career Connection, a powerful Web tool that
includes a resume upload feature. Alumni can search
and apply for jobs online. Titan Jobs even allows users to
view names of companies that have accessed their online
resume.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13
Reunion Luncheon
40 th and 50 th anniversary
classes and those who previously
reached their 50-year
milestone are welcome. Alumni
Anniversary Awards presented.
11 a.m.–1 p.m., Reeve Memorial
Union. $10 per person.
Alumni Awards Dinner
Eight alumni will receive awards
from the UW Oshkosh Alumni
Association.
5:30 p.m., Reeve Memorial
Union Ballroom, Room 227.
$25 per person.
Holmes also helps alumni find their niche in the career
world with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator/Strong Interest
Career Report. This service costs $25 for test materials and
$20 per hour for follow-up career counseling, if applicable.
To schedule an appointment, contact Holmes at
holmes@uwosh.edu or call (920) 424-0743.
Alumni Benefits Abound
It’s no secret that alumni of UW Oshkosh receive some
perks, but do you know about all of them?
Alumni eNews, an electronic alumni newsletter.
UW Oshkosh Magazine, published twice annually.
Polk Library privileges. For information, visit
www.uwosh.edu/library/ or call (920) 424-7315.
Alumni Career Services consultation. E-mail holmes@
uwosh.edu or call (920) 424-0743.
Alumni travel program, featuring special rates on tours
with GoNext, the Alumni Association’s group travel partner.
Visit http://www.gonext.com/uwok/or call (800) 842-9023.
Reunion planning assistance. With the Alumni Office’s
help, you can find classmates with whom you’ve lost
touch. E-mail alumni@uwosh.edu.
Loan consolidation program. Reduce monthly student
loan repayments and lock in at a low interest rate. Administered
by CFS Affinity Services. Visit www.uwosh.alcp.org/
or call (800) 961-6942.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14
9 a.m., complimentary
continental breakfast, Pollock
Alumni House.
10 a.m., Homecoming parade,
featuring the Oscar Mayer
Weinermobile. Algoma
Boulevard.
11 a.m., pregame celebration,
Tent City, south of Titan
Stadium, Josslyn Street. Free
food, refreshments and entertainment.
1:30 p.m., football game
vs. UW-Platteville,
J. J. Keller Field at Titan
Stadium.
2006 Homecoming Parade
Grand Marshal Ed Roland
‘93, mobile marketing
manager for Oscar Mayer.
alumninews
After game: 5th Quarter, Hilton
Garden Inn, 1355 W. 20th
Ave., Oshkosh. Complimentary
soda, refreshments and hors
d’oeuvres.
There’s no charge for these Oct.
14 events, except for football
game tickets, available on game
day at the stadium.
Check www.homecoming.
uwosh.edu for a full schedule
of events.
GRAND MARSHAL
Fredric March Theatre discounts. With a UW Oshkosh
Alumni Association membership card, alumni pay only $6
per performance.
Alumni affinity credit card. Show alumni pride and
know that a portion of every purchase comes back to your
Alumni Association.
For more information, visit www.uwosh.edu/
alumni/perks/, call the Alumni Relations Office at
(877) 896-2586, e-mail alumni@uwosh.edu.
Mentor a Student
Anytime, Anywhere
The eMentors program allows alumni to share career
advice with a current UW Oshkosh student at any time
and from any location.
The mentor-student relationship can be as simple
as an e-mail or two, or as in-depth as a job shadowing
opportunity.
eMentors is a partnership between UWO Career
Services and the Student Alumni Ambassadors, the
student arm of the Alumni Association.
Find a link to the registration page and answers to
eMentors frequently asked questions at www.uwosh.
edu/alumni/mentors.
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Class Notes
56 Barbara (Koplein)
Elleman (EHS) donated several
thousand volumes of children’s
books to the Eric Carle Museum
of Picture Book Art in Amherst,
Mass. The collection has been
named The Barbara Elleman
Research Library.
61 Russell Hanseter (EHS),
’75 MST, is retired. He is a
former state commander and
national vice commander of the
American Legion, and director
emeritus, Badger Boys State.
62 Sandra Gruhle (EHS) retired
after 30 years of teaching high
school English and 15 years
of teaching college writing at
Lakeland College and Milwaukee
School of Engineering.
65 Faye (Zietlow) Clow (LS) is
director of the Bettendorf Public
Library Information Center in
Bettendorf, Iowa.
67 Kenneth Mauritz (EHS), ’70
MST, is a professor at University
of Southern Mississippi. He
performs research and teaches
in the area of Polymer Science.
69 Jerold Wertheimer (LS) retired
from Unisource, in Orlando.
70 Okechukwu Ogike (LS)
works with the government in
Nigeria.
James Young (LS) coached
Olympic athletes from around
the world for 25 years.
71 R. Jeffrey McDorman (EHS)
retired after 28 years with
Racine’s Recreation Department.
William Weber (LS) is chair of
the Council of Fellows, a body of
the most distinguished scientists
and engineers at Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory.
72 Gary Dundas (LS) completed
32 years with Allstate Insurance
Co. in Maryland.
73 Through a group called
Hearts in Motion, Patricia
(Steiner) Kramer (N) provided
cervical cancer screenings to
poor women of Guatemala. She
and her husband, Jeff, live in
Oak Creek.
74 Jillane (Zellner) Fredericks
(LS) is sales director for
KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas. Her
husband, Philip Fredericks, ’73
(LS), is a regional vice president
for Pacific Life.
Eugene Lorge (LS) retired from
the Army as a lieutenant colonel.
75 William Raffel (B) retired
from Omni Tech Corporation.
76 Eric Anderson (LS), ’89
MS, is a social studies teacher
at Woodworth Middle School in
Fond du Lac.
77 Joyce (Orth) Uglow (EHS) is
the principal for Dyer Intermediate
School in Burlington.
She received an Outstanding
Administrator Award at the 2006
Wisconsin State Reading Association
Convention in Milwaukee.
78 Cynthia Wengelewski-
Petre (EHS) is the high school
coordinator for youth ministry at
St. Anthony at the Lake Catholic
Parish in Pewaukee.
80 Curt Drumm (LS) heads a
full-service flight operation at the
Manitowoc Airport, Lakeshore
Aviation.
81 Jaye Alderson (LS) is assistant
director of publications and
marketing at Ripon College. She
has a daughter, Lili.
eNEWS, the Alumni Office’s electronic newsletter, is
mailed to more than 21,000 alumni every three weeks.
Visit www.uwosh.edu/alumni/enews/public_html/
Susan (Fornasiere) Suchomel
(N) is a nursing instructor at
Madison Area Technical College.
She also is a Cardiac Intermediate
Care Unit nurse at Meriter
Hospital in Madison.
84 Valerie (Nevitt) Pfeiffer (B)
is director of product development
for Network Health Plan.
85 Joy V. Smith (LS) is author
of Taking Tawny Home, a sequel
to her children’s story entitled,
Lost in the Long Dark.
86 Anthony Ungerer (LS) is
president of EHS Regulatory
Affairs for PETRA Environment
Consultants Inc.
87 Bonnie Auxier (LS), ’96
(EHS), ’02 MSE, is an art
teacher in the Neenah Joint
School District.
Ted Wahoske (B) was promoted
to the rank of major in the U.S.
Air Force.
89 Tina Ottman-Boykin, MSE,
is a counselor for Nett-Work
Family Counseling and Cornerstone
Counseling Services.
Timm Jacobson (B), MBA ’06,
is a casualty claims district
manager for American Family
Insurance.
90 Anthony Novinska (LS) is
a packaging industry search
consultant for Global Recruiters
Network.
Laura (Lewis) Riskus (LS) is
senior human resources information
analyst for Kraft Foods.
Jan (Kohlbeck) Scoville (LS),
’92 MSE, is executive
director of the Ecumenical
Center at UW-Green Bay.
Tami (Cabrera) Weinmann (LS)
owns Muddy Paws Cheesecake
in Minneapolis, Minn.
91 Tim Roth (LS) started TR
Services LLC, a full-service
machining company.
93 Kimberly Kendall (LS) is the
viewer services coordinator for
KAET-TV Channel 8 in Tempe,
Ariz.
94 Ahmet Karagozoglu, MBA,
was promoted to tenured associate
professor at Hofstra
University in New York.
Chad Koplien (LS) practices commercial
litigation in Madison at
Lee, Kilkelly, Paulson & Younger.
Claudia (Dufek) Klein (EHS)
teaches abnormal psychology at
Blackhawk Technical College.
Anne Stueber (EHS) is a middle
school teacher in Hillsborough,
Calif.
96 Thomas Jacques, MBA, is
area sales manager for North
American Cerutti Corporation in
Green Bay.
Sarah (Evenson) Merranko
(LS) and her husband, Keith,
welcomed daughter Julia Ellen in
March in Prince Frederick, Md.
97 Allen Baylor (LS) is an IT
project manager at GE Healthcare
and completed his master
of business administration from
Loyola University of Chicago. He
recently married Charlene Nash
in Negril, Jamaica.
Craig Meyer (B), ’04 MBA, is a
financial consultant and registered
investment adviser with
Watermark Financial Services
Inc. in Appleton.
98 Charles Anderson (LS),
graduated in 2004 from Marquette
University Dental School
and is a dentist in Franklin.
He and his wife, Laurie
(Woodring) Anderson (N),
have two children.
Michelle (Johnson) Andrews
(LS) and Matthew Andrews, ’01
MBA, welcomed daughter Hannah
Elizabeth in February.
Jessica (Lemke) Angell (B) and
her husband, Ryan, welcomed
their first child, Abigail Lynn, in
March.
Stacey (Kirk) Flom (LS) served
six years in the U.S. Air Force.
She and her husband, Thomas,
live in Korea where she teaches
English as a second language.
Jamie Reimer (B) is production
scheduler supervisor for
Greenheck Fan Corporation in
Schofield. He and his wife,
Jennifer, have two boys.
Jessica (Martin) Riley (LS) has
had her novel, Riding With Larry
Resnick, accepted for publication
by HarperCollins. She is
a grant writer for CESA 6 and
resides in Oshkosh.
Lisa Weinshrott (LS) is production
stage manager for the
Nevada Ballet in Las Vegas.
99 Megan (Link) Bocksnick
(LS) and Hans Bocksnick (LS),
’99, were married in December.
She is an adjunct theatre
lecturer at UW Oshkosh.
00 Brian Diehls (LS) manages
the technical manual effort
for heavy tactical vehicles that
Oshkosh Truck Corporation
produces for the U.S. Army.
Matthew Dillenburg (B) and his
wife, Judy, welcomed their first
child, Madelyn Lauren.
John Feld (LS) is an account
supervisor for the public relations
firm Fleishman-Hillard’s in
Minneapolis.
Jason McKean (EHS) graduated
in 2005 from Southern Illinois
University with a master’s degree
in higher education. He is a
resident director at University
of Illinois-Chicago’s Housing
Department.
01 Nicholas Del Carlo (LS)
earned a master’s degree in
management and organizational
behavior from Benedictine University
in Lisle, Ill.
Scott Graffin (MBA) completed
a doctorate in business management
at UW-Madison. He is
an assistant professor at the
University of Georgia.
Greg Matzek (LS) is an account
executive for GMR Marketing in
New Berlin and sports anchor
for AM 620 WTMJ in Milwaukee.
Richard Springer (LS) is associate
attorney with Regas,
Frezados & Dallas in Chicago.
02 Tricia (Wright) Butler (B)
and her husband, Stephen, live
in Miami Beach, where she is
the human resource manager for
Ocean Drive Magazine.
Meghan (Hermann) Blyth (LS)
and Alex Blyth were married in
January in Sydney, Australia,
where they reside.
Eric Maloney (B) is operations
manager at Convergys CMG.
Pam (Matzke) Warnke (LS) is
the morning anchor at WAOW-
TV in Wausau.
03 Stephanie Haak (B) is an
applications specialist and business
manager for EMSystem LLC
in Milwaukee.
04 Shannon Milbrath (B) and
her husband, Troy, welcomed
daughter, Emerson Elizabeth.
They also have two sons, Alexander
and Jackson.
Julia (Meek) Moore (N) is a
registered nurse in a level three
neonatal intensive care unit near
Chicago.
05 Sarah Otto (LS) is a graphic
designer for J. J. Keller & Associates
Inc. in Neenah. She plays in
a women’s flat track roller derby
league in Madison for the Mad
Rollin’ Dolls.
06 Nicole Flaig (N) is an RN
on a medical/surgical floor at
the New London Family Medical
Center.
COLLEGES
B Business
EHS Education and
Human Services
LS Letters and Science
N Nursing
GRADUATE DEGREES
MA Master of Arts
MS Master of Science
MBA Master of Business
Administration
MSE Master of Science
Education
MSN Master of Science
in Nursing
MPA Master of Public
Administration
MST Master of Science
in Teaching
David Lezotte (LS) is the broadcasting
and media relations
director for the Clinton Lumber-
Kings single-A baseball club of
Clinton, Iowa, an affiliate of the
Texas Rangers.
Janelle Morgan (EHS) is a
Fulbright teaching assistant in
Linz, Austria.
Victoria (Webb) Bird (LS) is an
advertising sales representative
for the Eagle Herald in Marinette.
She married Charles Bird
III in June.
Passings
20s
Myra (Siebensohn) Chase
(EHS), ’27, Sussex, Aug. 17,
2005
Mildred Zettler (EHS), ’27 and
’66, Oshkosh, May 22, 2006
30s
Merton Anunson (EHS), ’34,
Racine, Sept. 22, 2005
Maxine Goold (EHS), ’38, Madison,
Feb. 27, 2006
Naomi Mardelle (Beck) Hirsig
(EHS), ’34 and ’64, West Bend,
April 23, 2006
Burton Keefe ’38, Oshkosh,
June 28, 2005
John Konrad ’38, Milwaukee,
Oct. 5, 2005
John McCormick (EHS), ’35
and MSE ’67, Shawano, April
7, 2005
Mary (Hickey) Rueter (EHS),
’30 and ’47, Beaver Dam, Sept.
5, 2005
Theora (Bloedel) Smith (EHS),
’32 and ’64, Whitewater, April
16, 2006
Betty (Vanderheiden) Willey
(EHS), ’39, Kaukauna, April 13,
2006
40s
Robert Arseneau (EHS), ’40,
Apple Valley, Calif., March 9,
2006
Merland Bersch (EHS), ’49,
Oshkosh, Dec. 26, 2005
John Flood (EHS), ’40, Huntington
Beach, Calif., Jan. 23, 2005
Stanley Gores, ’40, Fond du
Lac, Oct. 14, 2005
Edith (Ring) Hein (EHS), ’46
and ’67, Salemville, May 7, 2006
Earl Hutchinson (EHS), ’41,
Nov. 11, 2005
Lucile (Palecek) Krueger (EHS),
’46 and ’73, Chippewa Falls,
Dec. 25, 2005
Joan (Belonger) Liebhaber
(EHS), ’42 and ’47, Scottsdale,
Ariz., Dec. 5, 2005
Robert Menke (EHS), ’42,
Tempe, Ariz., Aug. 26, 2005
SUBMit yOUr
CLASS NOTES
James Olp ’40, Yardley, Pa.,
Feb. 14, 2005
Merlin Schwertfeger (EHS), ’42,
Oshkosh, Feb. 28, 2006
Ruth (Hansen) Yoakum (EHS),
’42, Tucson, Ariz., March 22,
2006
50s
Kathleen (Keller) Gordon (EHS),
’58, Oregon, Nov. 9, 2005
Francis Grott (EHS), ’51, Mt.
Prospect, Ill., Nov. 17, 2005
Robert Hanneman (EHS), ’58,
Greenfield, Feb. 10, 2006
Clarice Mandel (EHS), ’58,
Madison, May 20, 2006
Gilbert Pollnow (EHS), ’50,
Oshkosh, Dec. 16, 2005
Lorraine Schultz (EHS), ’55,
Oshkosh, April 14, 2006
Gladys (Cherney) Steinbrecker
(EHS), ’52, West Bend, Feb. 1,
2006
Paul Thoman (EHS), ’57,
Neenah, Jan. 27, 2006
Amy Thomas (EHS), ’55,
Peshtigo, Jan. 12, 2006
Lucille Vogel (EHS), ’55, Manitowoc,
Feb. 16, 2006
Lionel Whiting (EHS), ’54 and
MST ’67, Oconto, Dec. 21, 2005
60s
June (Prochnow) Barden (EHS),
’64, Cambria, Nov. 27, 2005
George Broderick (EHS), ’60,
Winneconne, Dec. 20, 2005
Donald Burr (LS), ’67, Sturgeon
Bay, March 14, 2005
Josephine (Zurn) Cole (EHS),
’65, Lynchburg, Va., April 6,
2006
Ann (Lorenz) Conrad (EHS), ’65,
Two Rivers, Oct. 16, 2005
Dorothy Dembroski (EHS), ’61,
Oconto, May 3, 2006
Donna (Meyer) Futrell (EHS),
’66, Appleton, April 22, 2006
Judith (Schleinhege) Hart
(EHS), ’64, Elkhorn, June 6,
2005
Submit your class notes using the online form at
www.uwosh.edu/alumni/current_affairs/yournews.php
Bernard Kasierski (LS), ’63,
Princeton, Jan. 23, 2006
Shirley Klein (EHS), ’62,
Nekoosa, Feb. 25, 2005
Jane (Beck) Krahn (EHS), ’65,
Wabeno, May 31, 2006
Joyce Krueger (EHS), ’64, Dickson,
Tenn., Nov. 5, 2005
Judy (Trochinski) Lese (EHS),
’68, Princeton, March 15, 2005
Glen Miller (EHS), ’65, Sheboygan
Falls, Nov. 29, 2005
Kenneth Newhouser (LS), ’68,
Neshkoro, Feb. 3, 2006
Verna Pauly (EHS), ’65, Appleton,
May 17, 2006
Steffen Petersen (LS), ’69,
Sparta, April 18, 2005
Roger Raddatz (EHS), ’60,
Carmel, Ind., May 12, 2005
Muriel Rauwerdink (EHS), ’69
and MSE ’74, Nixa, Mo., Dec.
11, 2005
Enanda Reinertson (EHS), ’60,
New Holstein, Dec. 13, 2005
Edna Schmidt (EHS), ’65,
Shawano, June 17, 2006
Ruby Schultz (EHS), ’62, Sheboygan,
Sept. 5, 2005
June (Lee) Schwalm MST ’69,
Oshkosh, June 2, 2006
William Simpson (EHS), ’68,
Menasha, Dec. 14, 2005
Paul Swenson (LS), ’61, Malone,
Sept. 27, 2005
Myrtle (Petiniot) Vandenhouten
(EHS), ’62, Green Bay, March
12, 2005
Dorothy Voigt (EHS), ’65, Potter,
Sept. 28, 2005
June Younk (EHS), ’67, Algoma,
March 30, 2006
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70s
Robert Clark (LS), ’73, Lone
Tree, Colo., May 6, 2006
Robert Evjue (LS), ’75, Wausau,
March 27, 2006
John Howlett MBA ’74, Spokane,
Wash., July 4, 2005
Thomas Kneepkens (B), ’77,
Oshkosh, Jan. 22, 2005
Mary (VandeVen) Kuehnl, (LS),
’78 and MSE ’88, Oshkosh, Dec.
29, 2005
John Luehrs ’70, Arlington, Va.,
May 14, 2006
Marcella Lutz (EHS), ’71,
Oconto Falls, Jan. 8, 2006
Claudia (Sturm) Meyer (EHS),
’74, Beaver Dam, April 19, 2006
Adeline Niemeier (EHS), ’71,
Malone, March 16, 2006
Linda (Schober) Pennell (LS),
’74, Mesa, Ariz., June 11, 2005
Wilhelm (Bill) Presnow (EHS),
’72, Fond du Lac, March 9,
2006
Mary (Verhoven) Rechek (EHS),
’77, Reedsville, April 28, 2006
Reid Richter (B), ’79, Oshkosh,
Nov. 20, 2005
Andrew Schmanski (LS), ’73,
Arvada, Colo., March 9, 2006
Thomas Surprise (LS), ’71,
Mosinee, Jan. 28, 2006
Cynthia (Larson) Svetlauskas
(EHS), ’70, Appleton, May 26,
2006
Sheila (Gottschalk) Twesme
(EHS), ’76, Shawano, May 13,
2006
Brian Wehr (B), ’76, Neillsville,
Dec. 22, 2005
James Weyenberg (EHS), ’78,
Kaukauna, Jan. 25, 2006
Frederick Wolfe (EHS), ’78,
Menominee, May 11, 2006
80s
Constance (Ladwig) Bardon
(EHS), ’87, Plymouth, Oct. 14,
2005
Julie Burns (N), ’89, Oshkosh,
April 10, 2006
Sheryl (Boltz) Hanni (LS), ’80,
Iron Ridge, March 18, 2006
Scott Imig (B), ’81, DePere,
Jan. 10, 2006
Anthony Kearns (B), ’80, New
Port Richey, Fla., March 9, 2006
Carol (Reichenberger) Kurr
MSE ’87, Oshkosh, Feb. 15,
2006
Sandra Nickeson (LS), ’80, Saint
Louis, Mo., Aug. 3, 2005
Barbara O’Connell MA ’80,
Appleton, May 19, 2006
Andrew Phillip (EHS), ’86,
Oshkosh, Dec. 6, 2005
Richard Rayford (B), ’84, Schofield,
May 6, 2006
90s
Julie (Aulik) Baerwald (LS), ’96
and (N) ’00, Fond du Lac, Dec.
28, 2005
Scott Holmes (EHS), ’91, Tomahawk,
June 6, 2006
Christine Neuman, MBA ’92,
Sturgeon Bay, Aug. 26, 2005
00s
Tamara (Burr) Holguin (LS), ’00,
Chandler, Ariz., May 2, 2006
Jeremiah Oestreich (LS), ’03,
Hartford, Oct. 8, 2005
Craig Sechrist (LS), ’05, Neopit,
Sept. 13, 2005
Former Faculty
and Friends
Vincent Almazan, foreign
languages and literature, 1984-
1995, died January 2006
Ann Bielak, facilities management,
1963-1985, died Feb.
11, 2006
Allen K. Butcher, music, 1971-
1995, died Jan. 22, 2006
Lowell Edge, mathematics,
1966-1986, died Aug. 17, 2005
Earl Hutchinson, education and
human services, 1946-1992,
died Nov. 11, 2005
Robert Lansman, biology/microbiology,
1991-2001, died Jan.
31, 2006
Gerald Larson, facilities management,
died June 20, 2005
Gloria Link, theatre, 1959-1992,
died Feb. 24, 2006
Linda Knapp McCreery, academic
counselor, 1982-1999,
died Dec. 26, 2005
Mildred Nasgowitz, EHS, 1946-
1977, died June 24, 2006
Ruth P. Nelson, associate dean
of students and associate professor
of sociology, 1956-1969,
died May 1, 2005
Lee Newcomer, history, 1960-
1983, died March 13, 2006
Robert Pickering, professor/
dean EHS, 1965-1994, died
Jan. 8, 2006
Gilbert Pollnow, computer
science/chemistry, 1961-1988,
died Dec. 16, 2005
Carl Potratz, facilities management,
died Jan. 29, 2006
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Michelle (Janik) Hammett ’81
Human Resources Manager
Banta Digital Group
VICE PRESIDENT
Traci (Hanson) Raether ’87, MSN
’95
Vice President
Quality and Organization Development
Evergreen Retirement Community
SECRETARY
Steve Buss ’86
Executive Director,Young Eagles
Program
Experimental Aircraft Association
TREASURER
Jim Rath ’76
Account Executive
Wisconsin Public Service
Richard Bidwell ’70
Retired clergy
Jean (Gorr) Caudle ’34 and ’38
Retired Faculty
UW Oshkosh College of Education
and Human Services
Liz Gesicki ’92
Community friend
John Giesfeldt ’84
Public Relations Manager
Directions Incorporated
Kay Hansen ’68 and MST ’79
Retired educator
Neenah Middle School
Peter Hansen ’68
Retired educator
Winneconne High School
Gini Hendrickson ’98
Attorney
Cassiani Law Offices
Frank Holmes ’94 and MSE ’01
Academic Adviser
UW Oshkosh Student Support
Services
Marie (Garczynski) Keefe ’79
Sales professional
Jessica King ’98
Attorney
Steinhilber, Swanson, Mares,
Marone & McDermott
Joseph J. C. Smith, sociology/
anthropology, 1969-2005, died
Jan. 8, 2006
William (Bill) Treible, purchasing
agent for printing, 1995-
2005, died June 28, 2006
Millan Vuchich, economics and
urban affairs, 1964-1988, died
Sept. 17, 2005
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BOArd OF direCtOrS
Tom LaFontaine ’72 and MSE
Guidance ’82
Educator
Berlin High School
Ronald Langacker ’93
Vice President
EP-Direct Printing
Melanie (Harring) Marine ’98 and
MPA ’00
Lecturer
UW Oshkosh Reading Study Center
Jean (Goodwin) Nelson ’49
Retired
UW Oshkosh Alumni Director
Ronald Schreier ’68 and MSE
Guidance ’70
Vice Principal
Appleton West High School
ALUMNI AMBASSADOR
REPRESENTATIVES
Justin Latham ’99
Marketing Manager
Appleton Performance Packaging
American Plastics, Co.
John Schorse ’82
Financial Planner
Ziblut Financial Network
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REPRESENTATIVES
Ben Arbaugh
Associate Professor of Business
Administration
UW Oshkosh College of Business
Ted Balser
Director
UW Oshkosh Career Services
Mike Cowling
Associate Professor of Journalism
UW Oshkosh College of Letters and
Science
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AMBASSADOR REPRESENTATIVE
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UW Oshkosh student, business
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2006-2007
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