Phoenix 3.0 - University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

In 1970, new campusmeant new lifeForty years old, a stay-at-home mother andsuddenly widowed with four children ages 4through 16, Kathryn VerKuilen surveyed heroptions.Something happening across town, on GreenBay’s east side, caught her eye.It was early 1968 and ground had been brokenon a new four-year university. At the time,the Green Bay Center on Deckner Avenueoffered only freshman/sophomore-level classesas a feeder to the main University of Wisconsincampus in Madison, 140 miles away.The placebound VerKuilen had never beenmuch interested in the Center. Having startedschool in Madison before starting a family, shealready had two years of college. When shelooked to the construction on Nicolet Drive,though, she saw a future.“I had to do something, I had to find a job,”she says now. “I had volunteered a lot at JacksonSchool where my kids went to school and Ithought, I’ll go back and finish my degree andbecome a teacher. Plus, I’d be off when thechildren were off.”thenAbout that PhoenixIn May it will be 40 years since the studentvote that gave UW-Green Bay the Phoenix.Dean Tremble, a retired military officernow living in Sparta, wrote recently to attacha name to a longstanding mystery. He saidhe and Omega Kappa buddy Fred Bloedhorncontributed the idea and art behind the entrysubmitted anonymously to the contest. Tremble’sinspiration was that, from the humble oldDeckner Avenue campus, a great new universityon the bayshore would arise out of theashes. “Every time I see the Phoenix on TV, Ihave to say, ‘That was my idea,’” Tremble says.“My little claim to fame.”2 April 2010VerKuilen enrolled as one of UWGB’s first students.She got her bachelor’s from the Collegeof Community Science in December 1970.“I think I was the oldest one in that class,” sherecalls. “The younger kids were all very nice...professors, staff… a wonderful experience.”Within a month of graduation she had a job,at Morgan L. Martin Elementary. A year later,she transferred to the new MacArthur Schoolcloser to her west side home. She taught therefor more than 20 years before retiring.Each of her own children went on to graduatefrom college. Two grandchildren includingone at UW-Green Bay (facing page) are followingher lead into education careers.VerKuilen’s UWGB memories include a speechcourse with Prof. Jack Frisch that first summerafter her husband’s death. She recalls lecturesby transportation expert Donald Gandre, whodescribed the tradeoff of precious farmlandbeing paved over by the region’s first four-lanehighways. She remembers an independentstudy with economics professor Jim Murray,who grew up on a South Dakota reservationand spoke so reverently of native culture.“That first year it was a small school and thestudents and faculty were very close,” shesays. “In my anthropology class, we thought itwould be fun to have a dinner, and I said ‘Whydoesn’t everybody come over to my house?’“I set up card tables all over the house, andall the college-age students and the professorand his wife came, too. They were from India,and she was wearing a beautiful saari and hadthe ornamental (bindi) dot on her forehead,and we enjoyed each other’s company andcultures. I’ll always remember that evening.”VerKuilen still has some of her old textbooks.She hauled out a favorite, Earth and Man, for aphoto prop. It was written by a favorite UWGBprofessor, Frank Byrne, on a topic she enjoyedstudying, geology.Actually, there were few classes she didn’tenjoy. It was, after all, her new life.“There were just a lot of really good people. Itwas a perfect fit.”

Names ofJune 1, 1970graduateslisted in program:John Beauchamp, Managerial SystemsDeceasedBarbara Ward BelschnerHumanism & Cultural Changeresides today in Tulsa, Okla.Richard Berceau, Humanism& Cultural Change, Prior Lake, Minn.Cynthia Manders BessonModernization Processes, Green BayPat Sturchio Bhatt, Communication &the Arts, Chino Hills, Calif.Margaret Kirschling Borremans, HCCDale Buckmaster, Managerial SystemsMiddleton, Wis.R. Scott Burkhardt, EnvironmentalControl, Oconto, Wis.Virginia Carpentier, Communication &the Arts, Green BayYvonne Nortwen Chambers, Humanism& Cultural Change, Conover, Wis.Robert Cherry, Humanism & CulturalChange, MilwaukeePatricia Koester DavisHumanism & Cultural ChangeFuture teacher follows ingrandmother’s footstepsUW-Green Bay has beenaround long enough that twogenerationPhoenix families arecommon. Now, it’s time for athird generation.When Drew Mulloy ’10 recentlytook his grandmother, KathrynVerKuilen ’70, on a drivingtour of his school, it was alsoher school. And she couldn’tbelieve all the changes.“The whole time we were drivingaround, she went on and onabout all the new buildings andhow different everything was,”Mulloy says.While their alma mater haschanged radically — in 1970there were only three buildings— there’s a family resemblancein their Green Bay experiences.Mulloy transferred in afterattending the University ofSt. Thomas in the Twin Cities.He’s on track to student teachin fall and receive a bachelor’sin Education with a minor inEnvironmental Sciences.He plans a career in elementaryeducation, inspired partly byhis grandmother (story on facingpage). Widowed young butintent on a better life for herfamily, she built upon creditsearned many years previousand persevered to graduation.“I have always admired howstrong she was for doing that,”Mulloy says. “I also appreciatehow perfect it was for her thatthis university opened in hercity at just the right time.”UW-Green Bay is perfect forhim, too, He’s saving expensesthis semester by living at herhome. He also has the benefitof homework help from a talentedgrad with professionalexpertise in his chosen field.“It’s fun because we’re alwayscomparing what has changed,the different teaching methods.How do you handle challengingstudents? How do you teachreading? She’s interested inall the new methods, and I’minterested that in many areasthe pendulum seems to havegone back to methods from herdays in college.”nowJoyce Herlache DeBauche, Human BiologyDeceasedGary DeGrave, Regional AnalysisCorpus Christi, Tex.John DePauw, Ecosystems AnalysisGreen BayNancy Ably DePrey, Regional AnalysisGreen BayFlorence Killsdonk DoverspikeHumanism & Cultural Change, AntigoKathleen McDonough GerdsHumanism & Cultural Change, PulaskiEugene GeurtsEcosystems Analysis, De Pere, Wis.Helen Halpern GlickmanHumanism & Cultural Change, Green BayJanet Hart, Modernization ProcessesDeceasedJohn Harvey, Managerial SystemsBurnsville, Minn.April 20103

Card games, Shorewood and draft-lottery memoriesKicking back at the old Shorewood Club.Playing cards in the Deckner Center cafeteria.That’s what a few of UW-Green Bay’sfirst graduates remember about studentlife that first year at the new University.Harold Baker ’70 says his student job wasas a bartender. It was an era when it waslegal for 18-year-olds to consume beer.Baker worked the bar at Shorewood, whichwas the old clubhouse of the former privategolf course on the site.“Shorewood hosted dances, some bandsand the like,” says Baker. “My main memorywas the day (Dec. 1, 1969) when wewatched the very first military draft lotteryon TV at the club. There were cheers, andprobably tears, as each birth date wasdrawn from the tub and was assigned thenext priority number to be drafted.”Keith Pamperin ’70 says Shorewood “reallywas the place to meet and greet afterclass and school functions, serving as ourstudent union.”Baker, who went on to a 30-year careerwith Thrivent Financial for Lutherans afterreceiving his Managerial Systems degree,“For those of us who were there,it’s hard to believe that it’s goingto be our 40th!”Michael McDaniel, MGSSedona, Ariz.Retired airline captainHobbies: Hiking, skiing, motorcycles,travel and volunteering atthe Animal ShelterWilliam HeardenUrban Analysis, Green BayKenneth Hogg, Humanism& Cultural Change, DuluthRobert Hyde, Humanism &Cultural Change, Three LakesPhilip Ihlenfeldt, ManagerialSystems, Green BayMarjorie Brick Jehle, ModernizationProcesses, ManitowocDale Johnson, ManagerialSystems, Neenah4 April 2010thentakes it a step further. For many students,the club was the new campus.“That first year, some of us pretty much didall our class work at the Deckner campus,”Baker recalls. “To be sure, we spent verylittle time at the new site, other than beingat the Shorewood Club.”Ron Opicka ’70 remembers the cafeteriaat the Deckner Avenue center filled withclassmates intently focused on… theircards. “Sheepshead, cribbage, a lot ofchess, and bridge was popular at the time,”he says.Other memories include the popularfundraiser of spray-painting a junker carwith slogans or drawings and then sellingtickets to students to express their opinionswith a maul or sledgehammer. Politicsand civil-rights issues also played out instudent theatre productions of the era,Opicka remembers.Readings and teach-ins, either at Shorewoodor the Deckner Center (above) woulddraw attentive student audiences.Another early campus fixture was the“Bluewhale Coffeehouse.” It was little morethan a makeshift stage and wooden signfor a backdrop, set up on Saturday nightsat the old Shorewood Club, but it anchoredthe student music scene. The “Whale” wentaway by 1987 when the old clubhouse wastorn down and the new union expanded.The coffeehouse music scene has revivedthis decade with the Common GroundsCoffeehouse proving popular at the UniversityUnion.

‘A sea of oozing slime’ atbirth of campus housingForty years ago this summer, construction of the BayApartment complex put nine two-story buildings withthe capacity to house nearly 600 students right nextdoor to the new UW-Green Bay. And a prolonged rainyspell put the first tenants ankle-deep in mud.“It was just a sea of oozing slime out there. No landscaping,just mud and straw,” recalled Class of ’71 grad DavidKohn, who moved into one of the units in August 1970and snapped these photos. “Construction wasn’t evencomplete on many of the units, and I had to sleep on thefloor of someone else’s place until mine was finished.”“The Bay Apts” began as a commercial operation managedby Inland Steel Development Corp. Their developer,David Carley, an anti-war candidate for Wisconsingovernor, was a public figure in those days; in March1971 students celebrated the opening of a coffeehousein the Building 107 basement by naming it Carley’sPlace in their then-landlord’s honor.By 1980 the apartments were purchased on behalf ofthe University, providing the core for new residence halland apartment-suites buildings and today’s ResidenceLife complex of nearly 2,100 beds.Worth noting: The yellow school bus in the 1970 photowas most likely the “Deckner Shuttle,” which transportedstudents between the new Shorewood site andthe downtown UW Center campus on Deckner Avenue,where many classes still were held.“I ended up being good friends withfounding chancellor Ed Weidner.He was just brilliant.”thenKathleen McDonough GerdsPulaski H.S. teacher, adviser‘Eco U’ claim to fame: Helpedorganize first Earth Day extravaganzaat Brown County Arena forcollege honors projectMarilyn Neitzel MooreModernization Processesresides today in Green BayRonald OpickaEcosystems Analysis, CascoMichel Paque, RegionalAnalysis, Oklahoma CityBernard Petras, ModernizationProcesses, Green BayMary Lucci Quarters, Green BayHumanism & Cultural ChangePamperin Hall• Three stories, 51,000 squarefeet, $8 million cost• 32 suites housing 126 students• Precast concrete and steelconstruction• Each suite has living roomand kitchen, private bedrooms,toilet and shower rooms• Rental rate approximately$4,350/year for a private room8 April 2010

Ronald RetherfordHumanism & Cultural Changeresides today in New Berlin, Wis.Rick Riehl, Humanism& Cultural Change, West BendAssociate Athletics Director, SIDConcordia UniversityMarilyn Krause Rotter, Humanismand Cultural Change, Green Bay,returning adult student whograduated at 33, still active withvolunteer workHarry Schaefer, ModernizationProcesses, ManitowocLucille Ely Schwarz, ManagerialSystems, Cheyenne, Wyo.“I think I must be oneof the few 1970 gradsstill working.”Ronald OpickaEcosystems AnalysisCEO of East ShoreIndustriesFavorite faculty: AlLoomer, Paul Sager,Chuck Rhyner, GeorgePetrie, Lloyd NesbergStudent sustainability internsays, ‘Watch your waste’nowAerosol cans, print toners andbatteries have joined paper,cans and plastics as mustrecycleitems at UW-Green Bay.In many ways, history is repeatingitself at a place that helpedmodel recyling as one of theregion’s first major institutionsto embrace the practice 40years ago (photo on facingpage, above).As the sustainability intern atUW-Green Bay, Molly Collard(above) has focused her attentionon spreading the word of“RecycleMania” to the campus.Collard is looking, along withthe University’s SustainabilityCommittee, to heighten aware-ness of recycling here… andthe price we pay if we don’t.“Paper, disposable cups andsilverware, and packaging allhave a price,” Collard said. “Theless we use, the less we pay for.”Collard believes that by raisingawareness and competing thisspring in a national competitioninvolving schools nationwide,UW-Green Bay lives outits environmental mission.“We were founded on environmentalprinciples, and wereonce known as Eco U,” Collardsaid. “Being vigilant aboutrecycling is a great way to showwe still are striving to live up tothat mission.”Still charged up about recyclingCamera batteries, watch batteries, car batteries… 9v, AA,AAA, C, D… lithium, nickel cadmium, lead-acid and more. Whenbatteries have given their last spark of energy to the Universityand re-charging isn’t an option, there’s now a safe place theycan call home. UW-Green Baysupport staff members and theClassified Staff Advisory Councilhave been promoting a new batteryrecycling program with dropoffpoints across campus. Thebatteries — bagged in plastic orwith terminals taped to minimizefire hazard, leakage and corrosion— are then gathered for recycling.April 201011

For first grads, UW-Green Bay meant something differentUW-Green Bay began life as an experimentaluniversity with a highly innovative curriculum.Interdisciplinary research and problem solvingwere founding principles.The first grads, however, experienced a blend.“We were a transition class,” recalls oneDecember grad, Harold Baker ’70. “We startedin a two-year school that was changed to athennowMary Renn ShawModernization Processesbed and breakfast ownerLincoln Park area, ChicagoHelen Siebers, Humanism& Cultural Change, Sun PrairieMaxine Lichterman SmithModernization Processes, deceasedKathleen Hunkele SosnouskiModernization Processes,FitchburgScott Storm, Managerial SystemsJan Swokowski, Communication& the Arts, Mishicot, Wis.Michael ThorManagerial Systems, deceasedKathleen Seymour Vander VeldenUrban Analysis, AppletonLinda Vanderloop, Humanism& Cultural Change, deceasedMary Van Slyke Wink, Growth& Development, AppletonAlice Raith Yoder-WhitmoreHumanism & Cultural Change“Memories? Thefeeling that we were getting asmall, private-college atmosphereat state college prices. Sitting inthe lecture hall while they werestill hammering and sawing in therooms next door. How miserablyfreezing it was to walk from theparking lot to the buildings whenthe winter winds were blowing inoff the bay. Brrrrrrr!... “Kathleen Seymour Vander VeldenUrban Analysis, Class of 1970Chaplain at Bethel Home,Oshkoshfour-year school while we were there, so weactually followed the Madison curriculum. Theone exception was that we did complete twelvecredits of LES, Liberal Education Seminars.”Incoming students didn’t have majors,they had “concentrations” with names likeCommunication-Action, Ecosystems Analysis,Environmental Control, Growth and Development,Modernization Processes, PopulationDynamics and the famous Analysis-Synthesis.(Many thought its institutional abbreviation,ANAL SYN, was naughtily amusing.)While that early terminology has evolved,interdisciplinarity and problem solving remaincornerstones. And early grads still swear by it.“I tell everyone that the broad-based educationI got at UWGB was the best preparationpossible,” says Sherry M. Steffel ’70, today anenvironmental attorney for the state of Wisconsin.She studied ecology here, then earnedmaster’s in limnology and land-use planning,and a law degree, from UW-Madison. “Whenall my friends from high school went off tocollege, I stayed in Green Bay, my home town.The best decision I ever made.”12 April 2010

Retiree group looks aheadto history, scholarshipsCAMPUS NEWSPhotographicrecallThe Retiree Association andthe Alumni Association aregearing up for a major effortthat could finally attach names,dates and details to hundredsof photographs from UW-Green Bay’s early years.The University was diligent indocumenting facilities, people,events and activities of the late1960s and 1970s. From filmnegatives to black-and-whiteprints to color slides, thoseimages have been preservedand protected. Few, however,carry captions or subject IDs.An initial selection of photoswill be archived to the web asa forerunner to a larger andmore systematic project. Yourhelp in ID’ing familiar faces andscenes is welcome. You cancheck in on the project at www.uwgb.edu/alumni/.When about 75 UW-Green Bayretirees and their guests metlast fall in the Phoenix Roomto reflect on 40 years at theirfavorite institution, it was a blendof old and new.The “old” was the dinner itself— retirees have held an annualreunion at UW-Green Bay formore than a decade — but the“new” describes a number ofmajor initiatives.For starters, the UW-Green BayRetiree Association, foundedin 2008, has elected to dropits $5 per year membership feethis July 1, when all current andfuture retirees will automaticallybecome members.The group’s president, KenFleurant, also announced thatthe Association would award itsfirst student scholarship ($500)this semester.Perhaps the biggest developmentinvolves the launch of anoral history project. Chairedby Betty Baer, it will focus onUW-Green Bay’s first decade andthe creation of the distinctivecurriculum. Committee membersare combing the Cofrin Library’scollections. Interviews are underway with the help of a UW-Madison oral-history specialist.“The hope is to tap into thememories of our early faculty andstaff,” Fleurant said, “and havethose memories preserved.”Retiree Association officers areFleurant, Mike Murphy, BettyBrown, Sally Mancoske, DennisRader, Beverly Hendricks andBarbara McClure-Lukens. Theirwebsite is www.uwgb.edu/retiree/.Any Phoenixtreasures inyour attic?We know it’s unlikely anyone stillhas the original mascot costumestowed away… but maybe youhold rare Year One souvenirs likethe Bay Badgers pennant on ourback cover. Don’t sell it on e-Bay.Special Collections in the CofrinLibrary is always on the lookoutfor items of possible historicinterest. E-mail our librarian/curator Deb Anderson (andersod@uwgb.edu)if you think yourfind might be one-of-a-kind.Paging your memories:‘Sheepshead’ revisitedSheepshead Review, UW-Green Bay’s studentpublishedjournal of the arts since 1975, is pullingtogether a special alumni edition, and they’re alsolooking to add alumni content to their website.“If you held a position with the journal or were publishedin any issue, we want to hear from you,” saysJennifer Stallsmith, this year’s editor-in-chief.The collection of fiction, poetry and visual art was anannual project for 25 years before dropping out of circulationin 1999. It re-launched in 2003 with a dedicatedcore of students and a modified title (Review instead ofRevue). Today, the number of active contributors exceeds40 and content has expanded to include creative nonfiction pieces,acclaimed author interviews, and special theme sections. Alumni interestedin re-engaging should visit www.uwgb.edu/sheepshead.April 201013

CAMPUS NEWSFans, team celebrate special season for Phoenix women“Our strength coach would be happybecause my vertical increased bytwo feet,” junior Heather Goldensaid at the time. “I practicallyjumped through the roof.”The players hadn’t been optimisticafter an upset loss in the HorizonLeague tournament, but the NCAAbid was a mark of respect. Thatjudgment was validated whenGreen Bay upset ACC power Virginia69-67 in the tournament’sfirst round.They won their first 16 games. Theyrose to No. 17 in the AP rankingsand No. 14 in the USA Today/ESPNcoaches’ poll. They finished 28-5,came within a game of the Sweet16 and earned the program’s 10thNCAA Tournament bid in 13 years,and second in three seasons underhead coach Matt Bollant.Ad Scientiam RenovandamThat’s the new Latin motto forUW-Green Bay, recently approvedby the Faculty Senate. Ad means“toward” or “for.” Scientiam is thesource of the word “science,” but inthe Latin of ancient Rome it meantboth “learning” and “knowledge,”and thus spans the teaching andresearch aspects of academic life.Yet, in a season of special momentsfor UW-Green Bay women’s basketball,the wildest celebrationtook place off the court, in the DePere living room of assistant coachMike Divilbiss.That’s where players and coachesgathered March 15 to watch theNCAA selection show on ESPN.Renovandam comes from a verbthat means “to renew,” “re-create,”or “innovate.” The phrase ties in tothe University’s original innovativefocus but also to the Phoenixre-emerging from the ashes. Thephrase could find use in academicceremony and on official institutionaldocuments.Like The Phoenix, Building 109 Rises AgainSeven months after sustaining heavy damage by fire, Building 109,one of UW-Green Bay’s original apartment buildings, was rebuilt andreopened in time for spring semester. An early-morning electrical firein the unoccupied building — vacant for summer — gutted a goodportion of the structure last June 25. The incident took 17 units and63 beds off-line for fall, but some students opted to live off-campusfor the semester while others were accommodated by doubling up inapartment-suite units nearby.Absolute pandemoniumbroke out when UW-GreenBay’s name appeared on theTV screen with a surprisingat-large invitation to “The BigDance.” A video of the screaming,leaping, deliriously happy playerscontinues to get hits on the PhoenixAthletics website.Bauer-Dantoin Clark Staco‘Dash for Cash’ approachbrings help for HaitiUW-Green Bay faculty, staffand students — like manyAmericans — responded withpersonal donations followingJanuary’s devastating earthquakein Haiti.The campus community tookthe additional step of mobilizinga “UWGB Stands WithHaiti” group response. Studentsfrom the Pre-Med Club, theSocial Work Club and the studentchapter of the WisconsinEducation Association staffeddonation tables and also fannedout during timeouts at Phoenixbasketball games in “dash forcash” collections. They raisednearly $5,000 for the medicalrelief agency Partners in Health.“We were all so pleased with thegenerosity,” said Prof. AngelaBauer-Dantoin, who assisted andadvised the drive.Also garnering attention wasthe facsinating online blog andcross-country quest of formerPhoenix runner Abe Clark ’09.On Feb. 15 he set off from Oceanside,Calif., pledges in hand,headed for a June 30 finish inAtlantic City, N.J. His 2,800-milerun is raising money for an aidorganization repairing quakedamagedwells in Haiti.Another recent graduate,Carl-Eric Staco ’08, a native ofHaiti, e-mailed on-the-groundperspective in the days after thedisaster.14 April 2010

NASCAR? IN THE DINING ROOM? TO PROMOTE ECOLOGY? YESIt had to be one of the most popularlunchtime specials in the longand colorful history of the UniversityUnion’s Cloud Commons(formerly the Nicolet Room).An oversized model racing layoutdrew participants and spectatorsto the Commons on March 2. Thetrack was used to promote a cam-Whether trying to recreate the armorthat made Alexander’s armies great,or sifting through centuries-oldRoman trash, Humanistic Studies Prof.Gregory Aldrete is gaining nationalrecognition.When Aldretereceived a 2009Excellence inTeaching Awardfrom the AmericanPhilologicalAssociation, hewas named “bestclassics professorAldrete in the nation”by the leadingassociation of classics professors. Healso traveled to Rome to share hisanalysis for the documentary series“Trashopolis” on the ways sanitationand garbage have influenced theworld’s great cities.To enhance their teaching, threeprofessors have been granted fullsabbaticals by the UW System Boardof Regents for 2010-11. HistorianClifton Ganyard of HumanisticStudies will investigate the secret statepolice forces in Germany and Japanduring the 1930s and 1940s. WarrenJohnson of Human Biology will producea textbook on biotechnology fornon-science majors. E. Nicole Meyerof Humanistic Studies will developa Great Works course and completea manuscript regarding childhood,family and autobiography in Frenchliterature. Five faculty members werepus appearance by eco-activistand NASCAR hopeful LeilaniMunter.Munter, an accomplished racerand stunt driver, shared her messagethat even drivers and racingfans can achieve sustainable,carbon-neutral lifestyles, despitetheir high-octane passion forFACULTY and STAFFawarded single-semester releases.“Emerging Intelligence in ArtificialNeural Networks and GeneticProgramming” is the topic of PeterBreznay of Information and ComputingScience. Heidi Fencl will developan online tutorial for introductorycollege physics. Cheryl Grosso ’78of Arts and Visual Design (music) willpursue new compositions and developan interdisciplinary course on thework of avant garde composer JohnCage. Laurel Phoenix of Public andEnvironmental Affairs will examineenvironmental policies of the eightstates and two Canadian provincesthat border the Great Lakes, and hercolleague Denise Scheberle willcomplete a book of case studies for usein her Environmental Law class.Homer SimpsonMarches on Washington:Dissentthrough AmericanPopular Culture isthe eye-catchingtitle of a newbook co-edited byProf. Tim Dale,Social Changeand Development. The book examineshow dissenting voices have becomepop-culture staples — from televisionsitcoms to talk shows to hip-hopmusic. Also recently published is theEncyclopedia of Urban Studies; Prof. RayHutchison of Urban and RegionalStudies contributed content andserved as general editor.speed. Both NASCAR and IndyCar teams are well-positioned topilot projects involving alternativefuels and clean energy, she said.Munter’s visit was hosted by theOffice of Student Life as part ofUW-Green Bay’s yearlong CommonTheme focus on sustainabilityand environmental awareness.In January, UW-Green Bay grantedemeritus status to 11 newly retiredmembers of the faculty and academicstaff. Those honored for long anddistinguished careers were WilliamConley, Business Administration;Sue Keihn, former dean of students;geographer William Laatsch; CraigLockard, Social Change and Development;Barbara McClure-Lukens,a staff member in Outreach andExtension; economist Larry Smith;Sandra Stokes of the Educationfaculty and the Women’s and GenderStudies unit; former Counseling andHealth Services director Karen Swan;poet and Humanistic Studies facultymember Denise Sweet; Jan Thornton,longtime leader of Outreach and AdultAccess; and Lynn Walter of the SocialChange and Development faculty.The Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerceselected two from UW-GreenBay for its 2010 “People You ShouldKnow” list in Bay Business Journalmagazine. Credited with makingsignificant contributions to theirprofessions were Associate Provost forInformation Services Kathy Pletcherand Director Christina Trombleyof UW-Green Bay’s Small BusinessDevelopment Center.Karen Lacey, senior lecturer inHuman Biology and director of theDietetic Program, is president-elect ofthe Wisconsin Dietetic Association.Prof. Regan A.R. Gurung of HumanDevelopment and psychology ispresident-elect of the Society forCAMPUS NEWSStudent chefs haverecipe for successStudents Leah Korger andRhianna Kunes — the “EdibleAlchemy” team — took home tophonors in UW-Green Bay’s firstIron Chef-style competition at theCloud Commons dining room.Their creations included tomatoslices lightly breaded and fried,served with an avocado sauce;seared flank steak with pine-nutinfusedcouscous and asparagus;and spiced apple slices toppedwith coriander whipped creamand caramel. Runner-up teamswere “Small Hall, Big Flavor,” “TheCheesy Macs” and “We’re Golden,Not Burnt.”Teaching of Psychology, which hasmore than 4,000 members nationwide.He will become president in 2011.History Prof. Andrew Kersten hasbeen awarded the Frankenthal Professorshipfor a five-year term through2014. Recipients receive a stipend forresearch expenses or special projectsbenefitting students or service to thecommunity. Kersten is the seventh UW-Green Bay faculty member (and secondKersten) to be awarded the title. Hisfather, Prof. Emeritus Frederick I. Kersten,was a philosophy and humanitiesscholar who held the Frankenthal from1984 through 1988.One of UW-Green Bay’s foundingfaculty members and most well-knownpersonalities, Prof. Ganga Nair, diedMarch 10 in GreenBay at age 80. Nairwas an internationallyknownresearcher whoadvised the UnitedNations andforestry organizationsworldwideon tree diseasesNair and deforestationissues. Also passingaway earlier this year was longtimetypist and secretary Marie Garot,familiar to students and alumni in theCollege of Creative Communication,and the Rev. Charles Mocco, a Catholicpriest who served at the EcumenicalCenter in the 1990s.April 201015

CAMPUS NEWSPhuture is now forfirst PhreshmanKa Vang is the fresh face of thePhuture Phoenix program.In fall, members of the originalfifth-grade cohort are scheduledto arrive as new freshmen.As a mid-year graduate of PrebleHigh School, however, Vang beatthem to the door.The daughter of Hmong immigrantswho spoke little English,she was 11 when she made thatfirst visit: “I remember the tourand it was fun, but I can’t saythat I knew at that moment I wasgoing to college. I suppose it wasplanting a seed.”Vang, a Human Developmentmajor, was greeted here by herPhuture Phoenix mentor andfriend, Kacey Thomson (above).For more on Vang’s trailblazingsuccess, see Inside online.WPS Weyers gift helps power college dreamsLeaders of the Phuture Phoenix program at UW-Green Bay were ecstatic to receive word of a largegift earlier this year from the Wisconsin PublicService Foundation, but not surprised by the nameit honors.That’s because former CEO and WPS presidentemeritus Larry Weyers has long been associatedwith the support and promotion of education inthe region, and the gift seemed like a natural fit.The Larry L. Weyers Phuture Phoenix Scholarshipwill provide 31 scholarships over five years to assiststudents attending UW-Green Bay.The Phuture Phoenix program is a university/communityenterprise inspiring at-risk, underprivilegedyouth to attend college. The program has alreadyserved more than 10,000 students in its seven-yearhistory with campus visits, tutoring and mentoringpartnerships.With the first participants now reaching college-age,the importance of scholarships grows. In total, about20 renewable scholarships of $1,000 each are availableto assist the first Phuture Phoenix arrivals. Formore on the Weyers scholarship and previous majorgifts to the endowment, visit Inside online.Scholarship recallsBayfest creatorArts Management students willbenefit from a new scholarshipin memory of Tim R. Quigley,Bayfest founder and longtimepromotions director for PhoenixAthletics, who died last April atage 68. He acted in early theatreproductions and studied ceramicsat UW-Green Bay, and builta national reputation as a festivaldirector who celebrated thearts, culture and community.His daughter, Tina Quigley ’90,heads Arts Events, Inc., a localorganization partnering on thescholarship. To make a gift tothe fund, contact Lisa DeLeeuwat deleeuwl@uwgb.edu.New Founders president grateful for ‘gift’Scott Wochos knows quality in higher education. A Duke University gradwith a Harvard law degree, he can also be considered this community’sNo. 1 booster of UW-Green Bay. Wochos is incoming president of theschool’s Founders Association, succeeding John Heugel on July 1.“Last year, we had something like 2,000 individuals contribute to ourefforts,” he said in remarks on campus. “Faculty, staff, students, alumni...and people like me who live here and want to see UW-Green Bay succeed.This University is an absolute gift to have in this city.” Wochos is seniorvice president and general counsel for Green Bay Packaging, Inc. For moreon his remarks about the Founders Association, visit Inside online.Extra PointsA $4,000 grant from theGreen Bay Packers Foundationwill help kick off aspring program for parentsof Phuture Phoenix students.The initiative will make apoint of bringing parentsto campus for a tour andconsultation with FinancialAid and Admissions staff.Says Phuture Phoenix stafferStephanie Cataldo-Pabich’91, “Parent involvement is anessential component.”April 201017

ALUMNI NOTESLong-lost films bring 1969 team into focusInterested in ordering a copy of oneor more of these Buss Era games? Youcan contact the UW-Green Bay specialcollections unit within the Cofrin Libraryat (920) 465-2539, orspeccoll@uwgb.edu. Each disc is $7.18 April 2010Pictured above, the 1969-70 Bay Badgers basketball team, seated fromleft: Bob DeVos, Bob Popp, Ray Willis, Dennis Woelffer, Bruce Johnson,Wayne Wilson; back row: Assistant Coach Chuck Aslakson, MarcSchmidt, Terry Schott, Jim Hafeman, Bud Mocco, Coach Dave Buss.Former University of Wisconsin-GreenBay head basketballcoach Dave Buss didn’t want thePhoenix program’s first seasonsto fade into obscurity.Thanks to his generosity, morethan 100 long-forgotten gamefilms from the earliest seasonsof the men’s basketball programhave been converted into digitalformat and will be availablefor public viewing through theUniversity Archives at CofrinLibrary.“Back then we shot 16 mmfilms of the games and it wasreally expensive,” said Buss, nowretired and living in HorseshoeBay, Texas, a community about50 miles west of Austin. “Thiswas the only recorded evidenceof their playing careers and thefilm was deteriorating. I thoughtif we don’t save it now, it’s notgoing to be preserved.”The collection includes the University’svery first game, a 99-70defeat of Milton College on Dec.3, 1969. Guard Dave Haglundscored the program’s first basket,taking a pass from Ray Willison a cut down the lane.You can view a list of gamesavailable on DVD, and a briefclip of Haglund’s historic basket,online at http://blog.uwgb.edu/inside/index.php/featured/giving-back/02/25/vintagebasketball/1970sDaniel Keegan’72 communications,director ofthe Milwaukee ArtMuseum, deliveredthe DecembercommencementaddressKeegan and shared earlyUWGB memories.He told the 400 graduates: “Whateveryou do from this day forward,make yourself indispensable… Youare stepping into a world that isvastly different, … in an economicenvironment stressed like no otherin recent memory. But ladies andgentlemen, that is precisely youropportunity. If everything weregoing along beautifully why wouldthe world need you?... You are thefuture. And the world needs you.”Russ Roland ’72 managerial systems,was featured in The BusinessNews for his work starting Bay LakesCommercial Realtors in Green Bay,which recently marked 31 years inbusiness.Diana Brown ’76 growth anddevelopment, has won accoladesfor her work with N.E.W. CurativeRehabilitation, in particular herwork with seniors and individualswith disabilities. She foundedthe agency’s Adult Day Programsto serve families and individualsaffected by dementia, and createda new class for those in the earlystages of memory loss. She earnedthe Ruth Von Berhen Award fromher national professional associationin recognition of this work.Paul Wozniak ’78 science andenvironmental change and ’94master’s of environmental science,has accepted the position of seniorconsultant-energy practice withNavigant Consulting,basedin Madison. Hisresponsibilitiesinclude measuringimpacts fromenergy efficiencyimprovements inhomes and businesses.WozniakJames Olds ’76 communicationand the arts, Dane County juvenilecourt commissioner, retired inDecember having presided over25,000 juvenile cases in 22 years.Bryan Boettcher ’78 regionalanalysis, of Quick Signs, Green Bay,is the 2009 board of director’s vicepresident for The Military AvenueBusiness Association. Other boardmembers include Michael Cuene’89 business administration andeconomics, of Broadway Automotivein Green Bay, and Dan Burich ’90business administration, of BayMotel and Restaurant.

ALUMNI NOTESCheri Ebert-Sheehy ’79 communicationand the arts with a specialinterest in music, is a music specialistfor the La Crosse Public Schools.Laura (Bogard) Griffin ’80 communicationand the arts, is an arttherapist for RCS Empowers, Inc.,Sheboygan.1980sWilliam Seleen ’80 humanisticstudies, is a local director for Habitatfor Humanity. He oversees theorganizations “ReStore” in GreenBay, which accepts donations ofnew and used building materialswith proceeds benefitting Habitatprojects.Ivan Delbecchi ’82 businessadministration, has been namedmanaging director of Baylake InsuranceAgency Inc., Green Bay.Daniel Conley ’83 masters ofenvironmental science,a professorat Lund Universityin Sweden, hasbeen awarded a2010 Pew Fellowshipin MarineConservation toConleyexamine solutionsfor reducingnutrients in theBaltic Sea. The award providesConley $150,000 for a three-yearstudy of so-called “dead zones”where oxygen depletion has allbut eradicated marine life. A FortLauderdale, Fla. native who earnedhis undergraduate degree at TulaneUniversity before earning his master’sin Green Bay, he went on fora Ph.D. in chemical oceanographyat the University of Michigan. Formore on Conley and his work, seeInside online.Chuck Stark ’83 business administration,is a sales and service representativefor Lifetouch NationalSchool Studios in Eau Claire.Michael Dempsey ’84 communicationand the arts, is a designer andthe director of technical trainingfor the Pacific Conservatory forthe Performing Arts in Santa MariaCalif. He designs scenes, lightingand costumes for the professionalconservatory theatre. He is alsothe immediate past national chairof design for theKennedy CenterAmerican CollegeTheatre Festival.His work hasbeen published inrecent editions ofthe textbook SceneDesign and StageLighting.DempseySherry (Bardouche) Berg ’85managerialaccounting, is aCPA and partnerat Anderson, Tackman& Co., PLC,a regional firmheadquartered inGreen Bay.BergYue Rong ’86 Master’s in environmentalscienceand policy, workswith groundwatercontaminationissues as programmanager forthe CaliforniaRegional WaterQuality ControlBoard, Los Angelesregion. He serves on the scien-Rongtific advisory board for the annualconference of the Association ofEnvironmental Health and Sciences.Rong also is associate editor for thepeer-reviewed journal Soil and SedimentContamination and the Journalof Environmental Forensics. In 2008,he was re-elected board presidentof the Southern California ChineseAmerican Environmental ProfessionalAssociation.David Wage ’86 physics, is therecipient of his local Chamberof Commerce “Speak Up Award,“acknowledging his support for variousManitowoc County causes andorganizations. He and his wife areco-owners of HFM Innovations andHeavy Metal Fabricators. He hasbeen chamber chairman, and beeninvolved with the “Thunder on theLakeshore” air show, the MetroJamfestival and other Lakeshore-areaevents. “I love our community … itis a wonderful place to live and raisea family,” Wage says.Tom Feld ’87 science and environmentalchange, joined FoxwoodAssociates Inc., a Green Bay-basedmanagement-advisory company, asan adviser within Foxwood’s financialservices practice.Diane (Engel) Mier ’87 managerialaccounting, is a quantitative riskanalyst with Integrys Business Support,LLC in De Pere.Chee Ong ’87 business administrationand economics, is an executivedirector with UOB Kay Hian PteLtd., an amalgamation of eightstockbroking houses in Singapore.Martin Webber ’87 businessadministration and communicationprocesses, is a self-employed commoditiestrader.Carol (Sweetland) Karls ’89communication and the arts, is thebusiness and community developmentmanager at Wisconsin PublicService in Green Bay.Maria (Fisher) Lasecki ’89 psychologyand human development,is the operations manager with theNEW Zoo of Brown County.1990sTerri Bonino ’92 communicationand the arts and communicationprocesses, is a member-at-largewith the Lakeshore Area HumanResources Association and worksfor ABR Employment Services,Manitowoc.Kenda (Gerbers) Brunette ’93communication processes andbusiness administration, is a salesassociate for Coldwell Banker, TheReal Estate Group Inc., Green Bay.Tom Eggert ’93 business administrationand human development, isan account executive for FulfillNet,Green Bay.David Meyer ’93 business administrationand economics, is a seniorfinancial advisor for AmeripriseFinancial, Marshfield.Tania (LeCloux) Meyer ’93 businessadministration and managerialaccounting, is a financial advisor forAmeriprise Financial in Marshfield.Jay Wille ’93 business administrationand political science, ofMetLife Greater Wisconsin, wasawarded the Life UnderwritersTraining Council Fellow designation.Scott Jaeger ’94 communicationand the arts and communicationprocesses, is a videographer forDiscover Mediaworks. He has shotfor programs including DiscoverWisconsin, Into the Outdoors, TrailNation, American Snowmobiler, andFamily, Inc.Patricia (Intribus) Montour ’94accounting and business administration,is a CPA currently employedas controller for Castle Rock RenewableFuels, LLC, Necedah.Nicole (Merkel) Reetz ’94 Englishand humanistic studies, has beenworking through AmeriCorps Vistafor the Stockbridge Munsee FamilyServices in the after-school programand teen mentoring program.Logan Vander Velden ’94 RegionalAnalysis, returned to campus foran alumni event earlier this year.He spent a half-season on theLos Angeles Clippers roster andappeared in 15 games for the NBAteam in 1995-96. His internationalplaying career was much longerand included a year in Switzerlandand overseas in Portugal, Japan,Venezuela, Uruguay and Chile, andback in the United States with theContinental Basketball Association,International Basketball Associationand American Basketball Association.He resides today with his familyin Fort Wayne, Ind., and worksfor the financial software companyInvestigo.Stacy (Davister) Bouche ’95 businessadministration and economicsand a 20-year veteran of the bankingindustry, is the mortgage salesmanager at Baylake Bank’s LuxemburgFinancial Center.Dr. Vickie Marie Cloutier ’95human biology and psychology, isa family practitioner at ThedaCarePhysicians-Shawano.Tim Dunne ’95 communicationprocesses and human development,is a senior field sales engineer withBaldor Dodge Reliance, an internationalmanufacturer and distributorof industrial electric motors, transmissions,drives and generators.Holly (Terrien)Rottier ’95 musicand secondaryeducation, wasappointed lastsummer as schoolsdirector for theCatholic Dioceseof Green Bay, withRottier responsibility for62 schools. She was formerly principalof a Catholic elementary schoolin Little Chute.Penny Schampers ’95 accountingand business administration, is aCPA with Hawkins, Ash, Baptie &Company, LLP, serving as chairpersonof the firm’s not-for-profitdivision.Amanda Johnson-Vergara ’96communication and the arts,psychology and women’s studies,is the team manager of Bank ofAmerica’s Home Retention Divisionin California.Ryan Kauth ’96 human biology, isa business banker at Investors CommunityBank in Manitowoc.Navy Lt. James Stockman ’96human biology, is a Navy publicaffairs officer at U.S. Africa Commandlocated at Kelly Barracks,Stuttgart, Germany. Africa Commandhas administrative responsibilityfor U.S. military support toU.S. government policy in Africa,and includes military-to-militaryrelationships with 53 Africannations.Kelley Hinton ’97 English andsecondary education, is an academiclibrarian and one of five atUW-Waukesha named an Arthur M.Kaplan Fellow for 2009-10, recognizingoutstanding contributionsto education made by UW Collegesfaculty and staff.April 201019

ALUMNI NOTESAdult Degree grad has drive to excelFor Vickie Dansbury ’06, pursuingher UW-Green Bay degree meantweekends away from home and onthe road.The Beloit resident used the University’sAdult Degree option tocomplete much of her coursework viathe internet. Still, there were manytimes she would leave her job at theDane County Mental Health Centerin Madison on a Friday night, drive toGreen Bay for Saturday classes, andmake the three-hour commute homeon Sunday.That persistence paid off. Dansburyearned her bachelor’s in interdisciplinarystudies in December 2006.(That’s her, at right, celebrating withfriend and UW-Green Bay mentorDottie Stepian.)Dansbury later followed up witha master’s in marriage and familycounseling from Edgewood College,Madison. She is now a member of theBoard of Directors for the WisconsinAssociation of Marriage and FamilyTherapists.Matt Schueller ’97 nutritionalsciences, is senior vice president ofmarketing for Enzymatic Therapy. Arecent profile in a Green Bay AreaChamber of Commerce publicationnoted his success in anticipatingtrends in the marketplace includinga new product line, organic dietarysupplements.Bill Milne ’98 business administration,economics and Spanish, hasjoined the law firm of Weld, Riley,Prenn and Ricci S.C. in Eau Claire. Heis a member of the firm’s business, realestate and estate planning section.Women in Management-Fox CitiesChapter announced appointmentsof three UW-Green Bay graduates:Cully Sheahan ’86 communicationand the arts,of Robert W. Baird& Co. as president;Mandy Soland ’98human developmentand psychology,of Elexco Inc.as the awards chair;Amy Austin ’07elementary education,of Prospera Credit Union asSheahantreasurer.Michael Zahn ’98 business administrationand economics, is theowner of the Truyman-Haase-Zahninsurance agency of Green Bay.20 April 2010Education, service to others, and thedesire to address community needsare motivating factors.With her own education, she cites herhusband, Robert, for helping her restarta journey begun decades earlier.Robert proudly rented a bus sodozens of family members and friendsfrom southern Wisconsin could seeher graduate from UW-Green Bay.Veronica Brieno-Rankin ’99 earthscience, recentlyreturned from a10-day field program,the “ResearchExperience in CarbonSequestration.”She is president ofGeoSeq International,an energyRankinconsulting firmSouth Range, Mich.KaraLynne Moore ’99 businessadministration, joined the businessservices team of Community FirstCredit Union, headquartered inAppleton.Ryan Ruzziconi ’99 political scienceand public administration, isgeneral counsel for Diplomat SpecialtyPharmacy, Inc., in its SchwartzCreek, Mich., headquarters.2000sKathryn Goffard ’00 environmentalpolicy and planning, is a newemployee of Fox Valley TechnicalCollege as a medical/administrativecoding instructor.Jerome Morris ’00 political science,coordinates the state GEAR UP (Gainingan Early Awareness and Readinessfor Undergraduate Programs) servicesfor the Newton-Conover (N.C.) CitySchools. He is also a music ministerfor Greater Faith Missionary BaptistChurch.Vickie’s parents, born in the 1920sand from a time when few African-Americans could even consider highereducation, had never before seen acollege commencement.“I think that watching me graduate,they ‘got it.’ They understood why Ihad been gone all those weekends,”Vickie recalls.Michelle Shea ’01 human development,is a case manager for the HolidayHouse of Manitowoc County,Inc., which provides services toindividuals with disabilities.Mathew Bartkowiak ’02 individualmajor, is an assistant professor ofEnglish at UW-Marshfield. His firstbook, The MC5 and Social Change:A Study in Rock and Revolution, waspublished in 2009 and his secondbook, Sounds of the Future: Essays onMusic in Science Fiction Film, will beout this year.Michael Brown ’02 urban andregional studies and ‘04 master’s ofscience in environmental scienceand policy, is a planner for the villageof Montgomery, Ill.Brian DeBauche ’02 businessadministration and social work,is an advanced business processanalyst for Thrivent Financial forLutherans in Appleton.Alissa (Huntley) Langenberg’02 business administration, is anaccount relationship specialist forGannett Wisconsin. She earnedcompany Pinnacle AdvertisingAwards for March and Decemberlast year.Kristy Watzlawick-Hensley ’02business administration, is a careerservices specialist for ITT-TechnicalInstitute in Carmel, Ind.Greg Babcock ’03 political scienceand public administration, is nowwith Wanezek & Jaekels of GreenBay, specializing in family law, civillitigation and general practice.Rachel Galetka ’03 businessadministration and communicationand the arts, is the senior staffingspecialist for Flex-Staff, Inc. in EauClaire.Andy Gurka ’03communicationprocesses andpolitical science,is the director ofLiving LearningPrograms for theUniversity of Richmond.GurkaBryan Hermus ’03 business administrationand psychology, is the vicepresident of sales at Louis HoffmannCo., an ornamental-metal manufacturerin Menomonee Falls.Marcus Reitz ’03 communicationprocesses, is the director of clientsatisfaction for FulfillNet, Green Bay.Lori Wachter ’03 nursing, is theconsumer safety officer for theDepartment of Health and HumanServices in Silver Spring, Md.Heidi Kleinhans ’04 communicationprocesses, is the marketingplanner and coordinator for NsightTelservices, Green Bay.Jennifer (Hallam) Nelson ’04social change anddevelopment, is theexecutive directorfor Literacy GreenBay, Inc. and wasrecognized as oneof Green Bay’s “40Under 40 PeopleNelsonYou Should Know,”in 2009. She alsoserves on the Brown County PlanningCommission on Transportation.Adam Seitz ’04 urban studies, is anapprentice for Azco industrial constructionservices in Appleton.Maria (Goin) Seitz ’04 psychology,is a training specialist for ProsperaCredit Union in Appleton.Amanda (Bergene) Sitkiewitz’04 Spanish, was singled out bythe Manitowoc County Chamber’syoung professionals organization asa “Future 15” person to watch. She isa branch manager-commercial loanofficer for Shoreline Credit Union.Cathy (Wagner) Vosters ’04 businessadministration, is a treasurymanagement sales representative forCitizens Bank in Green Bay.Amanda Zeman ’04 business administration,was named manager of thetax team of Kroening, Stangel, Swetlik& Zinkel LLP CPAs in Manitowoc.Elizabeth Zeman ’04 urban studies,works as a grants coordinator for theRawhide Boys Ranch in New London.

ALUMNI NEWSJosh Bayer ’05 human biology, is astaff pharmacist with King SoopersCorporation in Longmont, Colo.James Boeck ’05 computer science,is a senior multi-disciplined engineerfor Raytheon Missile Systems,Tucson, Ariz.Ben Elsner ’05 business administration,is a provider claimsresolution specialist for UnitedHealthcare in Green Bay.Orin Kipp ’05 business administration,graduated from William MitchellCollege of Law in May and passed theMinnesota Bar Exam in October. TheStillwater native practices real estatelaw with his father at Kipp & Kipp, LLC.Mike Klemens ’05 urban studies,is a transportation liaison for theWill County Governmental Leaguein Joliet, Ill.Robert Logemann III ’05 businessadministration, is a lead teller forHarbor Credit Union in Green Bay.Troy Smits ’05 human developmentand psychology, is the head cheerleadingcoach at DePaul Universityand is also an adviser trainer forAveda at the John Hancock Centerin downtown Chicago.Katie (Legler) Wagoner ’05 humanbiology, is a health promotionconsultant for Franciscan SkempHealth Solutions in La Crosse.Jessica Allen ’06 business administration,is working in humanresources with AEI Dish in Seymour.Margaret Bendzick ’06 humanisticstudies, is the associate dean of studentsand faculty for the MinnesotaSchool of Business, Richfield campus.Brian Dimmer ’06 social changeand development, graduated fromMarquette LawSchool in 2009 andbegan work for Petit& Dommershausen,S.C. as an associateattorney focusingon criminal defenseand criminal appellatelaw.DimmerAndrew Mertig ’06 communications,is a resident director for ConcordiaUniversity in Mequon.Kelly Samz, ’06 human biology, isthe dietitian for Shady Lane NursingCare Center and Laurel Grove AssistedLiving and Sunrise Rehabilitation,Manitowoc. She is responsible forquality assurance and the nutritionassessments including the creation andmonitoring of nutritional care plans forresidents. She earned a master’s degreein food and nutritional sciences fromUW-Stout. A member of the WisconsinDietetic Association, she serves as thenew-member communications representative.Danielle Behrle ’07 communications,is a designer with the corporateoffices of Shopko stores in Green Bay.Aubrey (Sutter) Brennan ’07 music,is a volunteer and site coordinator forthe Green Bay Botanical Gardens.Ashlie DuChateau ’07 publicadministration, is assistant marketingcoordinator with Vorpahl Fireand Safety, Green Bay.Megan Karas ’07 psychology, isa second-yearAmeriCorps memberand serves on theWIARC board, whichinvolves 700 AmeriCorpsmembers inWisconsin. She haswon recognition forher Project YouthKarasefforts with at-risk youth and familiesin Sheboygan County.Debbie Lucas ’07 social work, completeda year-long term with OeDaeLanguage Institute in South Koreawhere she taught English.Vanessa (Sobeck)Moran, ’07 elementaryeducation,teaches third gradein the Howard-Suamico SchoolDistrict at MeadowbrookElementarySchool.MoranDebra Niesen ’07nursing, is an allied health instructorat Fox Valley Technical College.TV reporter returnshome to a winnerJill Wunrow, a 2002 UW-GreenBay communications graduateand former sportscaster, pickedthe right time to return home toher alma mater.Wunrow joined the Phoenix Athleticsstaff last August as assistantsports information directorand an in-studio host for theprogram’s internet TV shows. It’sbeen a win-win — or better said,a win, win, win — ever since.The men’s soccer team made itsfirst NCAA tournament appearancein 30 years. The women’sbasketball team won 28 games,earned its customary bid to theAngela Walschinski ’07 businessadministration, an accountassistant with Leonard & FincoPublic Relations, Inc., was namedby the Green Bay Area Chamber ofCommerce as one of 10 rising professionalsto watch out for in 2010.She won praise for her professionalachievements as well as for organizinga clothing drive for the needy inBrown County.Heather Workman ’07 humanbiology, is a registered dietitian.She received her master’s degreein public health nutrition from theUniversity of Minnesota-Twin Cities.Bill Curtis ’08 political science,is deputy director for WinnebagoCounty Emergency Management.He is completing his master’sdegree with studies in threat andresponse management at the Universityof Chicago.Molly (Cox) Demrow ’08 elementaryeducation, is a kindergartenteacher for the Oshkosh AreaSchool District.Lawrence Eslinger ’08 master’s inenvironmental science and policy,a research assistant at UW-GreenBay, was appointed aquatic invasivespecies coordinator for OneidaCounty in northern Wisconsin’slakes region.“Big Dance” and claimed its highestnational ranking, 14th in thecoaches’ poll, midway throughthe season. Throw in big years formen’s basketball (another 20-wincampaign and newfound tournamentsuccess) and women’sswimming and diving with a sixthstraight Horizon League championship,and it has been a publicist’sdream.Wunrow interned at the PhoenixSports Information Office duringcollege, and graduated to jobs asa television sportscaster, photographer,and reporter in the GreenBay, Peoria, and Wausau markets.Caitlin (Olsen) Fraser ’08 theatre,is helping to start a company,Chamber Theater, in Santa Fe, N.M.Shiyanke Goonetilleke ’08 communications,is agraduate studentin the collegecounseling andstudent developmentprogram atSt. Cloud State(Minn.) University.ShiyankeApril 2010He is the servicelearning,eventsand marketing graduate assistant forthe institution’s Volunteer Connectionoffice, and a coordinator for theGender Violence Prevention Program.Daniel Keiser ’08 mathematics, isa foreign exchange specialist for M&IMarshall & Ilsley Bank in Milwaukee.Kayla (Gries) Kiehl ’08 businessadministration, is a personal bankerfor Community Bank & Trust inPlymouth.Samuel Pecard ’08 communicationand the arts, graduated from the U.S.Coast Guard Recruit Training Centerin Cape May, N.J.Kevin Panzarella ’08 businessadministration, is a disability insuranceunderwriting specialist forthe Northwestern Mutual FinancialNetwork in Franklin.Her boss and colleague, Phoenix SIDDrew Harris, says Wunrow sharesmuch of the credit for helping positionthe UW-Green Bay program asa leader in video and internet exposure.Her “Monday Minute” weeklywrapup show generated thousandsof hits for the site.For an expanded version of this story,www.uwgb.edu/inside/1004/wunrow— Story by Lauren Muench ’0921

ALUMNI NOTESJennifer Schanen ’08 socialwork, graduated from AmeriCorpsNational Civilian Community Corps(AmeriCorps NCCC) Pacific Region,wrapping up ten month of communityservice nationwide. She is nowthe community outreach specialistwith Wise Women Gathering Placein Green Bay.Brian Bar ’09 psychology, was partof a team of AmeriCorps NCCC(National Civilian CommunityCorps) members responding to aflooding disaster in Greater Atlanta.His team removed five tons ofdebris, gutted five houses, sanitizedthree houses, and coordinated 34volunteers.Sarah Benzshawel ’09 businessadministration, works with WSPackaging Group, Inc. in Green Bay.Elizabeth (Chapin) Breitenfeldt’09 accounting and businessadministration, is an associateaccountant at Integrys BusinessSupport in Green Bay.Autumn Brown ’09communications,is employed by TheDiamond FactoryLLC jewelry store inGreen Bay.BrownAbe Clark ’09 communicationand the arts, set off Feb. 15 fromOceanside, Calif., on a five-month,2,860-mile run to Atlantic City, N.J.A former Phoenix cross-countryrunner, Clark is raising money forLiving Water International, a Christianorganization dedicated to helpingcommunities secure clean water.The beneficiary will be residentsof Haiti where the organization isrepairing hand pumps damaged bythe January earthquake. Clark wasdocumenting his epic journey athttp://www.runningwater.cc/.Terry Evans ’09 human development,is enjoyinga spectacularseason, as couldbe expected, asan Americanbasketball importwith the RSVStahnsdorf club inEvansthe German proleague’s seconddivision. A club webpage, translatedfrom German, suggests that theformer Phoenix standout has beenone of the team’s top rebounders,and it also reported that in one win,“Terry Evans opened the game witha dunking.”Nicholas Hitt ’09 communications,is a veteran service representativefor the Department of VeteranAffairs in Milwaukee.A.J. Kasten ’09 social change anddevelopment, works with LTE ResidenceServices and the Office ofResidence Life for UW-Green Bay.Ryan D. Miller ’09 business administration,is a credit analyst at TheBusiness Bank, Appleton.Wade Moder ’09 environmentalpolicy and planning,began asix-month term forWisconservationCorps in Madison.He serves on theboard of directorsfor Yahara RiverGrocery Cooperativein Stoughton.ModerJoAnna (Marineau) Monfils ’09chemistry and human biology,works in research and developmentas an encapsys lab technician forAppleton Papers, Inc.Kimberly Vickman ’09 environmentalsciences, is a laboratorytechnician for Food Safety NetServices in Green Bay.Steven Wicks ’09 human developmentand psychology, has enrolledin the Ph.D. track in humandevelopment and family studies atOregon State University, and servesas a graduate teaching assistant inthe subject of human sexuality.Gabrielle Zander ’09 communications,works two jobs at Columbus(Wis.) Community Hospital. One ofher jobs there is as a switchboardoperator and registering patients atnight. She was just hired as a marketingand foundation assistant/event planner. She is also a pharmacytechnician at a drug store.Marriages &UnionsMaria Fisher ’89 toChad LaseckiLaura Anderson ’01 toJerry KaczmarekKristy Watzlawick ’02 toJames HensleyLori Wachter ’03 toGerald PodskalnyKim Gregory ’04 toIvan JaquezLaura Neuens ’06 toEric Studee ’06Courtney Hendricksen ’07to Warren WippertMolly Cox ’08 toEric Demrow ’06Kayla Gries ’08 toCasey KiehlMelissa Kemps ’08 toBradley Zuleger ’08Caitlin Olsen ’08 toJohn FraserElizabeth Chapin ’09 toSeth BreitenfeldtAshley Ferraro ’09 toMathew GruentzelThe Lean Team: UW-Green Bay crew helps kids eat rightWhen the Green Bay Boys andGirls Club expanded its fitnessprogram to include lessons in goodnutrition, it called on UW-GreenBay’s dietetic internship programto help.Every Tuesday, Casey McKenzieand three of her fellow studentslead kids in an evening of games,physical activities and simple lessonson healthy living. “We try notto structure the classes like a lecture— they get enough of that atschool,” says McKenzie. “Our mainfocus is to help them understandthe link between eating the rightfoods and staying active.”She makes sure that when theyoungsters snack, it’s somethingthat is both nutritious and tasty, andeasy for them to make at home. Thegoal is to provide tools and motivationfor children to make healthychoices, and not just “because momtold me to.”As a dietetic intern, McKenzie isprepping for the Registered DietitianExam. The 37-week internship programis but one aspect of a rigorouscertification process.UW-Green Bay assigns its studentsto settings that include hospitals,long-term care facilities, a collegecafeteria, public school food-serviceoperations, community health clinics,a Native American health center, andUW-Cooperative Extension agencies.Areas of study include medicalnutrition therapy, food service andcommunity nutrition.— Story by Paul Mee, editorial intern,Marketing and University CommunicationSarah Jadin, Casey McKenzie, Kim Beyer and Jessica Schroeder try to get local schoolchildrento realize that eating right and exercising can be fun. The four are students inUW-Green Bay’s dietetic internship program.22 April 2010

ALUMNI NEWSJust add water:Alumni volunteersaid 8,000 runnersJoin us Sunday, May 16, asapproximately 8,000 marathonersand half-marathoners pass ourway during Green Bay’s CellcomMarathon. The Alumni Associationstaffs a water station from 7to 10 a.m. before we head to thefinish line for food and refreshments.It’s a great time, and volunteersreceive a free t-shirt. Callor e-mail to volunteer, at (920)465-2586 or alumni@uwgb.edu.It’s time for the annual Scholarship Golf OutingEnjoy a day of golf and fun with fellow graduates and friendsin the 30th annual Scholarship Golf Outing. Proceeds benefitstudent scholarships. The event is Friday, June 11, at Royal ScotGolf Course in New Franken. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Thecost is $80 for an individual and $320 for a foursome. We can pairyou up, if needed. The day includes a putting contest, 18 holesof golf with power cart,lunch, raffle, hole events,hors d’oeuvres receptionand more. Prizes awardedfor team play, low gross andlow net (using a handicapscoring system). Want todonate a prize or sponsora golf hole? Contact theAlumni Office at (920)465-2586, or alumni@uwgb.edu.See you at the ballparkYour Alumni Association will be gathering for two baseball gamesthis summer:• The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers host the Burlington Bees atFox Cities Stadium, Grand Chute, at 6:35 p.m., Saturday, June26. Tickets are $8.50 each. Tailgating in Grid #9.• Tuesday, Aug. 10 is UWGB Alumni Night at Joannes Stadium,Green Bay. The Bullfrogs host the Wisconsin Woodchucksat 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 each and include your admission,a Bullfrogs hat, and a hot dog and soda voucher.Watch the alumni calendar of events for details and updates.Or contact the Alumni Office at (920) 465-2586, oralumni@uwgb.edu.To affinity…and beyond!The Alumni Association partners with nationally recognized,pre-approved companies to offer discounted products and servicesto UW-Green Bay graduates. These are called affinity programs.Often, when a graduate takes advantage of the offer, a fee/donationis made to the Alumni Association from the partner company.Plus, the personal savings can be substantial. Find out more atwww.uwgb.edu/alumni/benefits.html. To name just a few:• Go Next Travel – first-class overseas trips toEurope and Asia• Bank of America – credit cardwww.uwgb.edu/alumni/creditcard.html• Liberty Mutual – home and auto insurance• American Insurance Administrators – group life insurance,health insurance and financial services plans• Phoenix Bookstore – 10% off in-store and onlinegift apparel purchases• Three Green Bay Area hotels – offer discounted ratesA scholarship for your little Phoenix? Apply by JulyUW-Green Bay-bound students who are following in the footstepsof their parents, step-parents, legal guardians or grandparentscan apply for the Alumni Association’s Legacy Scholarship. One$2,000 scholarship starting the 2010-11 academic year willbe awarded. The application is due at 4 p.m. Friday, July 30.Selection will be made by Friday, August 6, 2010. All applicationmaterials are subject to verification by the Alumni Association.Call (920) 465-2586, or e-mail alumni@uwgb.edu with anyquestions. Award criteria and an application can be found atwww.uwgb.edu/alumni/benefits/scholarships.asp.April 201023