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MAY 2011
TALKIN’
RESEARCH

Notes from 2420 Nicolet…
Difficult times, and
a positive outlook
Greetings from UW-Green Bay, and greetings from the great state of Wisconsin,
where despite an eventful and contentious spring, there remains much that brings us together.
One example is the extraordinary quality of work achieved by students enrolled in this state’s public
universities. We’re featuring examples of student research in this issue of Inside UW-Green Bay.
Last month, my wife, Cathy, and I joined a dozen UW-Green Bay students and their faculty advisers at
the Wisconsin State Capitol to participate in a day-long demonstration — not a protest, not a rally —
but a demonstration of student learning.
The annual Posters in the Rotunda event showcases the high-level problem solving being advanced by
our students. It’s a chance for students from each UW System university to display their work to peers,
state legislators, agency directors and education officials. The UW-Green Bay posters attracted much
attention, and we welcomed many of our area legislators (including all three of our alumni senators:
Dave Hansen ’71, Robert Cowles ’75 and Frank Lasee ’86). From both sides of the aisle, they were
generous with their time and complimentary of our students.
Of course, not all of our interactions with Madison this year have been so positive. In February, the
Governor’s austerity budget proposed deep cuts to the UW System. At UW-Green Bay, we face an
11 percent cut (about $2.5 million annually) in state taxpayer support, with benefit changes costing
employees another $2.1 million in reduced salary. Students here organized a campus rally questioning
the cuts, and I have hosted a series of all-campus Q&As to keep campus and community informed.
There is no doubt the reduction will be real, and painful, and we will need new tools if we are to emerge
a viable university. Fortunately, there appears to be a window of opportunity now with calls for more
management flexibility for all the UW System universities. I agree with the Regents and UW System
President Reilly that we can best accomplish these efficiencies as an intact system. I am asking our
friends to join us in support of the Wisconsin Idea Partnership as proposed by the UW System.
As I said recently to our faculty and staff: Even in difficult times, especially in difficult times,
our work is essential. We give people an opportunity for an outstanding college education at an
affordable price. We can all take pride in the rising generation of leaders getting their start today
at UW-Green Bay.
Thomas K. Harden
Chancellor

Inside UW-Green Bay
May 2011
Volume 37, No. 2
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4 Green cheese
Famous Wisconsin export goes sustainable
8 Fishy find
Student discovers Green Bay perch nursery
14 Sweet times in Titletown
Campus cheers Phoenix women, NFL champs
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RESEARCH TO WATCH…
STYLE POINTS FOR FACULTY — UW-GREEN BAY PSYCHOL-
OGY STUDENTS SURVEYING CLASSMATE ATTITUDES FOUND
“DRESS FOR SUCCESS” HOLDS TRUE EVEN FOR OTHERWISE
RESPECTED FACULTY MEMBERS: STUDENTS TENDED TO RATE
MORE CASUAL ATTIRE LESS FAVORABLY.
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Research for
undergraduates
It has long been a point of
pride that undergraduate
students add depth and
high-value experience to
their UW-Green Bay educations
by working closely
with faculty members on
significant, sophisticated
research.
The subject of our cover
story, the Language Learning
Lab, allows psychology
major Areanna Lakowske
of Sparta, as a sophomore,
to contribute to an
ongoing study of speech
development in young
children. Lakowske (here
with Human Development
student Craig Van Pay of
Green Bay) takes notes
and shares toys and “conversation”
with a visiting
toddler.
In this issue of Inside, we
sample the very impressive
range and noteworthy
results of UW-Green Bay
student research.

Accelerated learning
When toddlers go to college, researchers go to head of the class
The research subjects are young
— children ages 2 to 4 — and the
researchers are youthful, too.
As early as their sophomore years
at UW-Green Bay, undergraduates
are contributing to high-level
studies of cognitive development
and language acquisition in children.
“We’re pushing our students to
get involved in research as early as
possible,” says Prof. Jennifer Zapf.
Zapf directs the University’s Language
Learning Lab. Over the
course of the spring semester she
and four assistants worked with
more than 75 young children –
coordinating the short visits with
parent volunteers and local childcare
centers – to observe toddlers
at play and performing simple
tasks. The results inform various
studies and also enrich a general
database related to skill and language
development.
Zapf’s academic unit, Human
Development, has revamped its
curriculum to encourage new
students to take a building-block
research course early in their
college careers. Human Development
and Psychology are among
the University’s most heavily
enrolled majors, and Zapf draws
from among these and others in
recruiting research assistants.
“Making a research-methods
course a prerequisite has been
beneficial,” Zapf says. “Our students
get so much more out of their
upper-level classes. In my case,
when they come into my 400-level
Cognitive Psychology class where
it’s a very heavy research focus,
they have a solid background.”
Faculty members believe students
will have better opportunities to
develop their skills and build a
portfolio. Instead of waiting until
their senior year and perhaps a
single project with one professor,
motivated individuals can participate
in several research studies
and, as Zapf says, “they’ll have varied
experiences with three different
faculty members and subjects,
and get three letters of recommendation,
instead of just one.”
At the Language Lab, the newest
study involves the question
of whether seemingly small differences
in word structure or
complexity can affect a toddler’s
ability to remember not only the
word itself but also the associated
object or picture.
For example, Zapf explains, the
word “dogs” requires more effort
to pronounce, because of its backto-back
consonant sounds, than
the equally short
word “keys.” The
study is ongoing, but
early results point
to a correlation
between struggling
to pronounce a new
plural and remembering
the concept,
words or meaning.
Student Craig Van
Pay presented the
preliminary findings
at the annual
student research
fair at UW-Green
Bay. His professor
suggests the
project could be
the topic of a major
academic paper
within a year.
“For a student to be
listed as the co-author of a paper,
as an undergraduate, is something
special,” says Zapf, who notes
that a third co-author is a highly
respected professor at Northwestern
University collaborating on
the same project.
A number of major universities
have language learning labs, Zapf
“I’d say we’re
relatively unique
for a campus
this size.”
–Prof. Zapf
says, among them the University
of Illinois and Indiana University,
where she did her
own undergraduate
and graduate work.
Some small- to midsize
institutions
also have speech
therapy programs
which tend to
focus on delayed
or impaired speech
development.
The program at
UW-Green Bay, she
believes, is different
because of the
school’s size and
the lab’s emphasis
on core research
involving typical
language formation
in small children.
“I’d say we’re relatively
unique for a
campus this size,” she says. “Also,
what’s cool for our students is
they’re not just feeding numbers
into the computer, or doing
paperwork. They’re working with
children, connecting with the
parents and child-care providers,
and learning five different experimental
procedures, all at once.”
For language researchers,
video was baby blockbuster
It was an internet and morning news sensation: Sam and Ren babbling away,
captured on Mom’s camcorder as they gestured, laughed and conversed in a
secret baby language.
The video of the 17-month-old twins and their irresistibly adorable exchange
left most viewers smiling. At UW-Green Bay, where students assist on speechacquisition
studies with toddlers roughly the same age, there were smiles of
recognition, too.
“The basic things we’re seeing in that video, much of it is familiar to our
students,” says Human Development Prof. Jennifer Zapf. “It does show that
human communication is not just about words but how we say them.”
Not only were Zapf’s students excited by the clip — it demonstrated the
currency and public fascination with this type of research — the larger
academic world was chattering, too. On the day the video went viral, Zapf
was at her field’s major annual conference, the Society for Research in Child
Development. “Everybody was talking about it. Whether it could be classified
as ‘language’ was the great debate.”
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Going green with cheese
Interns help shipping industry think outside the box
When a customized containermanagement
company specializing
in two of Wisconsin’s
most famous products —
cheese and beer — wanted to
gauge the performance of one
of its best-selling containers, it
asked a neighbor.
Tosca, Ltd., partnered with
experts from UW-Green Bay’s
Environmental Management
and Business Institute (EMBI)
and a few good interns.
The result, says Greg Gorski,
Tosca VP of operations, was
“a very successful, mutually
beneficial project meeting the
needs of both the private sector
and academia.”
Tosca’s business is national in
scope, supplying returnable
containers for bulk shipment
of food products including
dairy, fresh produce, meat and
poultry. The Green Bay firm
has also handled beer keg distribution
and repair for more
than 50 years.
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With interest in sustainability
on the rise, Tosca set out to
perform a comprehensive lifecycle
analysis of its standard
wood “640” cheese box, compared
to a plastic alternative.
“The scope included not only
the manufacturing of the
wood and plastic components,”
Gorski explains, “but transportation,
repair, and wash
analysis.”
With an eye on cost effectiveness
through sustainable
practices, EMBI interns and
UW-Green Bay undergraduates
Steven Teclaw and Phillip
Davister set out to analyze the
energy and material requirements
of the 640 and improve
its environmental footprint.
They spent long hours in the
plant working with Tosca team
members to gather data.
Graduate student Adam Snippen
volunteered his time to
help refine the data inputs,
assumptions and analysis.
UW-Green Bay environmental
engineer and professor John
Katers oversaw their research.
As the project was being
finalized this
spring, Tosca’s
Gorski was
already labeling
it a success.
“Their analysis
was extremely
comprehensive
and the results
of their work
will be applied
directly to our
Sustainability
Goals and
‘Green Tier’ program.”
That means, in addition to
addressing basic performance
of the 640, the work has marketing
value because new and
existing customers increasingly
express interest in sustainable
practices.
“The UW-Green Bay
students were very
energetic and diligent
in meeting our needs
on this project.”
–Tosca’s Greg Gorski
Says Teclaw, a senior Environmental
Science and Policy
major from Rhinelander, “This
internship was one of the
most important opportunities
I’ve had at
UW-Green Bay,
especially as it
applies to realworldexperience.”
He said he
was especially
pleased to be
able to tackle
a project in
holistic fashion,
rather than
from a single
perspective, and that it helped
a local employer.
“Being an environmental science-oriented
student, taking
business classes is something I
would not have normally done.
EMBI makes sure students go
in with a multi-disciplinary
approach to their internships.”

Student drills down on ‘S-commerce’
When UW-Green Bay students
displayed their work at April’s
undergraduate research fair at the
State Capitol, a poster by Lijun
Chen attracted attention.
Chen, a Business Administration
major from Shandong, China, is
exploring an emerging variant of
e-commerce — “s-commerce” —
that uses social media to leverage
relationships, gather data and
influence or make sales.
Helping hospital take own temperature
On a college campus and a hospital
campus, teams of UW-Green
Bay students help administrators
sift their options in waste-stream
efficiencies and energy savings.
At the University, student
researchers donned rubber gloves
and boots on Earth Day to pick
through dumpsters for trends in
recycling compliance.
Meanwhile, at Aurora BayCare
Medical Center, interns from the
Her experiment assessed the experience
of 270 students navigating a
site chosen at random from among
six possibilities: the corporate website
or Facebook page of Sony, HP
or Lenovo computers. She found
that social media still lags in overall
consumer trust, and the amount of
data collected doesn’t much affect
that trust. S-commerce sites need
to communicate concern for confidentiality
and integrity.
University have gathered data to
help the hospital reduce its energy
needs and waste.
The Aurora BayCare project
involving the students has resulted
in creation of both an “Energy
Team” and a “Green Team,” better
communication of sustainable success
stories to hospital employees,
and documentation and analysis of
waste-reduction efforts.
Where green is golden:
Recycling at Lambeau
When memories of the magical Super Bowl season of 2010 return
for one group of UW-Green Bay students, images of trash, dumpsters
and tailgate leftovers won’t be far behind.
And those memories should be entirely positive.
A team of interns from UW-Green Bay’s Environmental Management
and Business Institute (EMBI) spent much of the academic year
helping the Green Bay Packers assess and upgrade their game-day
recycling efforts at Lambeau Field.
With 70,000 fans in the bowl, thousands of tailgate parties in the
lot, and roughly 7 million tons of recyclables already collected on an
average Sunday, the project — still under way as of spring 2011 —
tackles an issue with plenty of upside. Economics Prof. John Stoll of
EMBI advised the students including Michelle Bartoleti (above).
RESEARCH TO WATCH…
HYDROGEN FUEL CELL — WITH A UW SYSTEM GRANT
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CHEMISTRY PROF. MICHAEL
ZORN, STUDENT JESSE CAHILL IS TESTING PHOTOCATA-
LYTICS AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE AS A LOW-COST ALTER-
NATIVE TO PRECIOUS PLATINUM IN FUEL-CELL DESIGN.
May 2011
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Students grow by
working with loss
Psychology Prof. Illene Noppe is a nationally prominent scholar on grief
and coping, especially among young people.
Her students share in her discoveries. In fact, Noppe’s students have been
instrumental in the baseline surveys that inform her work, in changing
University policies to promote better awareness of student grief issues,
in running a week-long summer camp for children, and establishing an oncampus
support network and memorial garden.
On planting day each May, students and employees set in flowering annuals
to recall deceased faculty and students as well as loved ones, friends,
miscarried pregnancies and other losses.
Noppe notes that many young people struggle with issues of bereavement.
An internet survey by her students revealed that, on average, one in
two collegians has suffered a loss within the last two years, with some lives
and studies greatly affected.
Among those most active with Noppe’s work is Human Development major
Amanda Brodhagen. She’s a leader of the support chapter and flower project,
and she also served as head counselor for the Camp Lloyd experience
for children experiencing loss. Brodhagen says of both the research and
her camp work with children, “It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done.”
RESEARCH TO WATCH…
PLANNING IN ECUADOR — FOUR URBAN AND REGIONAL
STUDIES STUDENTS WERE SELECTED TO TRAVEL WITH PROFS.
MARCELO CRUZ AND ADAM PARRILLO TO THE AMAZON AND
TENA, ECUADOR, TO RESEARCH AND ASSIST WITH THE CITY’S
HOUSING AND URBAN DESIGN PLAN.
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Finding poetry in Human Development
Carleen Horner feels strongly that her poetry puts the “human” in
her Human Development major.
The returning adult student and published poet from Sturgeon Bay
works days for a private company that manages personal-care workers
to serve populations including the mentally ill and developmentally
disabled. She fits in studying and writing around a busy family life.
Horner exhibited a series of 10 poems recently that she says helped her.
She also says she hopes they will help others examine and value their
own real-life experiences, and tell “the great stories, which most people
don’t get a chance to tell.”
Photo courtesy of
Kayla Bauer
Lens on a lakeshore town
Student Jason Houge arrived in
Algoma, a small Lake Michigan
town 30 minutes east of campus,
in summer 2009. He moved into
a modest downtown apartment,
found work at the local winery
and began photographing the
area, he says, “as a way to meet
people and to become a part
of the community.” Houge’s
documentary photography had
Excerpts from ‘You Want to Know Who You Are’
You want to know who you are,
but turn to other people, searching outside of yourself.
You want to be satisfied with what you do,
but don’t do anything that makes you feel satisfied.
You want to taste the freshness of new ideas,
but eat bologna sandwiches every day for lunch.
You want to feel the hand of another between your fingers,
but never reach out your own hand.
You want to see your true potential,
but close your eyes when you look in a mirror.
already won notice. Among the art
major’s many accomplishments, he
received an Associated Collegiate
Press award for news photography,
and studied briefly with National
Geographic photographer David
Alan Harvey in New York. Houge’s
“Algoma Project: Small Town Life
in the Midwest” was exhibited at
UW-Green Bay in spring 2011.

The Facebook Factor
Top psych researcher teams with students on ‘status’ of learning
Many college students are
supremely confident in their
abilities to tune out, shift
attention and re-focus in the
blink of an eye — to toggle
back and forth, for example,
between textbook and text
messaging — while maintaining
what they believe to be
peak performance.
UW-Green Bay Prof. Regan
Gurung, the reigning state professor
of the year and the 2011
president of the National Society
for the Teaching of Psychology,
provides a more educated
analysis.
“The reality? We as humans
cannot multi-task very efficiently,”
Gurung states.
He and his students take social
media seriously. Three students
this past semester pursued
Facebook projects, and another
five assisted Gurung on texting
research.
Nationally, academic studies
are taking off like “hits” on a
viral video. (Gurung wasn’t
the first professor to observe
a growing number of students
texting and using Facebook
during class, although in his
case it was for a teacher generally
regarded among his
University’s most popular and
engaging.)
Still, research in some areas of
social media, such as Facebook
and its potential impact on
learning, is lacking.
Gurung says there are clear
positives. Facebook and other
networking sites can increase
brain activity, boost self
esteem, and they have people
reading now more than ever.
The quandary for educators is
how to adapt the technology
to advance course topics and
complement classroom learning,
without aggravating multitasking
overload.
Karlie Martens, a senior psychology
major, is trying to
quantify the Facebook factor
in an introductory course in
which use of the class page is
optional.
“Facebook is an evolving feature
in the class-
room,” she says.
“We are looking
at how students
use Facebook to
relate to each
other and their
professors, as
well as how
active the student
is in their
learning environment
based
on their use of
the class Facebook
page.”
It’s Gurung’s hope that such
pages can be yet another tool
for keeping students engaged
in relatively large introductory
Award-winning
Prof. Regan Gurung
will speak at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, May 17, in
MAC Hall 204 in a
free public program
on the topic of social
media and learning.
courses. “Meeting students
where they live, at all hours of
the day and night, should allow
them to apply what they are
learning in real time,” he says.
Stephanie Freis, a junior psychology
major, is researching
online attitudes
and usage.
“We’re analyzing
how perceptive
students are on
Facebook and
how their interactions
may be
affected through
the medium,”
Freis says. “It is
my hope that
the research we
are completing
with Dr. Gurung
somehow helps make a difference
in the world… improving
students’ experiences with
technology while increasing
consideration for others.”
May 2011
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Fish factory
Student discovers hidden, vibrant resource in city’s shadow
Most Wisconsinites know
Wequiock Creek, if they know
it at all, as the little stream that
falls over a 30-foot ledge just
north of campus.
Some summers the falls dries
to a trickle, but the roadside
park remains a pleasant stop
along Highway 57, the busy
four-lane to Door County.
UW-Green Bay environmental
science student David
Lawrence knows the creek’s
entirety. He’s especially familiar
with the stretch downstream
where it slows, deepens
and feeds the bay of Green Bay
and the ecologically valuable
Point au Sauble wetlands.
That’s where, in May 2010,
Lawrence began setting minnow
traps to document the
little estuary’s fish populations,
if any. What he found —
by the dozens, hundreds and,
ultimately, thousands — were
juvenile yellow perch.
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His research seems to establish
that the overlooked lower
creek, below the falls and rapids
of the Niagara Escarpment,
has its own claim to fame as a
nursery for Green Bay’s most
popular fish.
“I obviously had some idea of
what I might find, given the
typical species on the bay and
its tributaries,” Lawrence says.
“I didn’t expect to see the high
number of species, and especially
the number of yellow
perch throughout the year.”
Over a half dozen trips Lawrence
trapped and released
precisely 13,848 fish representing
23 species. Fingerling
yellow perch were 87 percent
of his catch. The remainder
were small white suckers, round
gobies and an assortment of
minnow species, shiners, bullheads
and tiny panfish.
Lawrence’s adviser, UW-Green
Bay Prof. Robert Howe, says
the study is likely the first
comprehensive, ongoing survey
of its kind.
“In the 1990s a UW-Madison
grad student included that site
as a sampling station, but it was
just one of many for that project,”
Howe says. “I
think a DNR field
crew has also been
in there, once.”
L a w r e n c e
returned this year
to begin sampling
again to determine
whether perch and
trophy northern
are spawning. It’s
possible the fry
hatch elsewhere and then seek
the marsh for protection.
Either way, it’s a favorable
setup. Springs near the mouth
guarantee stream flow. There’s
no public road access, and the
bay side isn’t any easier. Sandbars
and a cove inches deep
keep boaters, as well as preda-
“I don’t believe
anyone had ever
targeted that area
for ongoing, specific
analysis.”
— Faculty adviser
tor fish such as walleyes, at a
distance.
The significance of the little
marsh as a biomass producer?
Biologists and ecologists have
long known nearly all of Green
Bay’s Friday
night family
perch fries get
their start on
the relatively
extensive wetlands
of the west
shore.
On the rocky
and windswept
east shore, however
— where
the only other small wetlands,
at Little Sturgeon and Sturgeon
Bay, are developed and
degraded — Lawrence’s discovery
illustrates the potential.
“Dave’s project is a great example
of student research,” Howe
says, “and it’s getting more
interesting all the time.”

Prized parcel known for birds, not fish
Point au Sauble is that rarest of Lake
Michigan ecosystems: It’s one of very
few places that the mouth of even a
small tributary has remained largely
undisturbed by human settlement.
The 200-acre natural area juts into
the lower Bay just five miles from
downtown. It’s closer still to the UW-
Green Bay campus, convenient for
faculty and staff research.
Each spring and fall, thousands of
migratory waterfowl, gulls, terns,
shorebirds and songbirds pass
Fishing for flies at treetop height
Canopy pollination is difficult to measure.
It’s tricky to net small insects
80 feet above the ground.
When student Aaron Groves wanted
to sample three areas of forest —
two in the isolated Wabikon Forest
of northern Wisconsin and another in
the Mahon Woods on campus — it
took ingenuity.
To get his insect traps into the
canopy he used a modified slingshot
with a fishing reel attached. Firing a
through. UW-Green Bay bird banding
has documented more than 200
bird species on or near Point au
Sauble during a single year.
The point has been a magnet for
ducks and duck hunters for centuries.
By the 1990s, owners of private
hunting camps had shifted most of
their holdings to Nature Conservancy
protection. The parcel is now
owned and managed by the University
for scientific, educational and
aesthetic purposes.
weight that pulled his monofilament
over a high branch, he then tied the
line to a nylon rope and pulled it
through. With that, he hoisted a PVC
frame holding his small, soapy bowls
(painted blue, yellow or white to suggest
flower clusters) high above.
The results? Much less variety among
insect pollinators at the suburban
site. Groves says scathophagidae
(dung flies) and muscidae (house
flies) were the most common.
Students hope project
has role in cancer research
The title of their Human Biology research project was so long it almost
needed a second poster: Superoxide Anion Production by PMA-Challenged
HL-60 Cells and Freshly Isolated Human Neutrophils.
Talking to a layperson browsing their booth at last month’s Academic
Excellence showcase, students Nina Salerno, Megan Verbsky and Kim
Schoen patiently explained their work.
Finally, not making much progress with their necessarily complex explanation,
one of the students helpfully jumped in: “This basically addresses
one of the ways neutrophils kick butt!”
Neutrophils are part of the human immune system. Superoxide anion is a
“free radical,” its production corresponding with the body’s need to fight
invading organisms or tumor cells. The students’ goal is to develop an
experimental protocol for measuring superoxide anion and to identify an
abundant source of neutrophils for future research. One future application
could involve testing of the popular herbal supplement echinacea,
which some believe has cancer-inhibiting qualities.
Under the supervision of Prof. Brian Merkel, the students compared HL-60
cells (a neutrophil cancer cell line) with freshly isolated human neutrophils
from whole blood. They found that the cancer cells produced much less
of the useful free radical, as expected, but the gains in cost and especially
time (valuable in diagnosis and treatment) might give them the edge.
Salerno plans on being a high school teacher. Verbsky and Schoen will
attend physician assistant and medical school, respectively.
RESEARCH TO WATCH…
CLEANER WATERSHED — HIGH SCHOOLERS ALSO ASSIST
UW-GREEN BAY RESEARCH. LOCAL SCIENCE CLASSES TEST
CREEKS, RIVERS AND RUNOFF IN THE LOWER FOX RIVER
WATERSHED MONITORING PROGRAM, SUPPORTED BY A
$750,000 GIFT FROM ARJO WIGGINS APPLETON LTD.
May 2011
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Green Bay proud
Students, faculty delight in displaying their work
Whether at the annual
research symposium on the
UW-Green Bay campus, or at
the statewide Posters in the
Rotunda gathering in Madison
(above), UW-Green Bay
students were busy this spring
displaying the results of their
research.
Sometimes, recognition for
that research goes beyond
even these high-profile
events.
UW-Green Bay faculty members
have a history of presenting
at major national
conferences, and in some
cases involving students as
co-presenters.
The most visible recent example
is former UW-Green Bay
student Scott Bartell, whose
RESEARCH TO WATCH…
10 May 2011
collaboration as an undergrad
with Prof. Greg Aldrete made
history, literally.
Bartell helped re-create
ancient Greek armor called
linothorax. Bartell and Aldrete
developed swatches of the
material for testing against
weapons, including, arrows,
swords and spears.
In 2010 the faculty/student
duo won the “Best Poster
Award” at the Annual Meeting
of the Archaeological Institute
of America.
“It’s nice to be able to do real,
original research with students,
rather that just sort of
always being off on your own,”
Aldrete says.
Their work elicited media
coverage from the likes of The
CANCER-FIGHTING PROPERTIES — STUDENTS WORK
WITH NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES PROF. JULIE
LUKESH TO REPLICATE COMPOUNDS OF A RELATIVELY
RARE VARIETY OF VIETNAM’S CYPTOCARYA OBOVATA TREE,
BELIEVED TO HAVE CANCER-INHIBITING POTENTIAL
Discovery Channel, Archaeological
Channel and MSNBC.
Most recently, a special issue
of U.S. News and World Report
addressing “Mysteries of History”
featured a two-page
article on the Linothorax
Project.
Another measure of excellence
for student researchers
is publication of their work in
major scholarly journals.
The most recent example
involves the spring 2011 edition
of the international journal
Restoration Ecology.
A manuscript produced by
Phil Hahn of the Environmental
Science and Policy master’s
degree program and faculty
members Mathew Dornbush
and Michael Draney
documents a previously
unrecognized threat to
Midwestern woodlands.
Their research suggests
that a little-noticed
exotic species, the grey
garden slug, has facilitated
the success of invasive garlic
mustard.
H H
Top researchers
shine at ‘State’
UW-Green Bay was
represented by an impressive
number of student presenters,
with varied interests,
at this spring’s “Posters
in the Rotunda.”
Aaron Groves
Canopy Pollinators in Northern
Hardwood Forests
Prof. Amy Wolf,
Natural and Applied Sciences
Erin Ehlers, Jessica Hopp,
Rebecca McCabe, Alyssa Zingler
Do Relationships Matter in the
Effects of a First-Year Seminar Class?
Prof. Denise Bartell,
Human Development
Amy Weise and Stephanie Freis
Dressed to Teach? Appearance,
Clothing and Ratings of Instructors
Prof. Regan Gurung,
Human Development
Stephanie Lynch, Kristin Nick,
Kayla Worchel
Effects of Childhood Stress on the
Academic Performance of
College Students
Prof. Dean VonDras,
Human Development
David Lawrence
Fish Assemblages of the
Wequiock Creek Estuary
Prof. Robert Howe,
Natural and Applied Sciences
Lijun Chen
Trusting a Corporate Website Versus
Corporate Facebook Brand Profile:
The Role of Privacy Concern Factors
Prof. Gaurav Bansal,
Cofrin School of Business
Crystal Malakar
Political Participation of
Registered Nurses and Factors
Influencing Participation
Prof. Chris Vandenhouten,
Nursing

UW-GREEN BAY
Made for me. I had a bachelor’s in
history, a master’s in international
relations, and a Ph.D. in sociology.
When I talked to a history department,
they said I was a sociologist. If
I interviewed with sociologists, I was
a historian. At UWGB, that wasn’t a
problem. To this day I move between
history and ideas, politics and ideas,
and this University doesn’t tell me
there’s a line that I can’t cross. So
whenever I do that, I not only have the
thrill of being a student all over again
as I cross those lines, I get to take that
into the classroom.
INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION
We cultivate in students the asking of
questions that they would never get to
ask if they were housed in a strictly
disciplinary environment. And when
they go out into the world, they see
things in ways that most don’t.
LECTURE SERIES
The Historical Perspectives Lecture
Series is a great story. For 25 years we
have brought in famous names, tremendously
influential scholars and
authors… and done it basically for
not much more than the cost of air
fare. These are people who normally
get big bucks, but they come here
because of personal contacts. Also,
the word is out that you get treated
well and it’s a lot of fun. Famous columnists
like E.J. Dionne and David
Brooks, people like E.P. Thompson,
Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Novak, Cass
Sunstein, Natalie Zemon Davis, Frances
Fox Piven, and Eric Foner, who just
won the Pulitzer. It’s a tremendous
Word Association with Prof. Harvey Kaye
experience for our students, and also
the community.
POLITICAL LEFT
The right asks the right questions
and affords the wrong answers. But
all too often the left fails to ask the
right questions. In fact, ever since the
late 1960s, it has gradually lost touch
with uniquely American ideals about
fairness and justice and our commitment
to being a progressive society.
My concern is when Democrats fail
to stand up to defend those ideals.
I think they lack the confidence in
their fellow citizens that Thomas
Paine and Franklin Roosevelt had.
PAINE
I’ve often said that Thomas Paine and
the Promise of America is my “love letter”
to America. This nation is a grand
experiment in freedom, equality and
democracy, unlike anything else in
history, and of all the Revolutionary
‘DEMOCRACY’ IS NEXT GENERATION’S SOCIAL CHANGE
One of UW-Green Bay’s cornerstone
academic units is getting a new name.
Faculty members in Social Change
and Development have adopted the
name Democracy and Justice Studies,
effective July 2011. They say it better
fits an evolving curriculum, builds on
the unit’s strengths, and accurately
reflects the nature of the program and
its priorities.
Nielsen
The major, which originated as the
Modernization Processes concentration and became Social Change
and Development in 1977, currently enrolls about 100 majors and
serves many hundred others who pursue minors or topics of interest
Era figures Paine was the one who, at
a fundamental level, understood and
expressed that most effectively. I had
read a biography of Paine as a young
boy in my grandfather’s library. Years
later, I came to the realization in my
academic career that I could really
make a difference as an “Americanist.”
There was nobody who better grasped
America’s purpose and promise than
Thomas Paine. Very relevant today.
PACKERS
Midwest populist tradition. As a boy
in New York I was a fanatic Dodgers
fan — that is, until the owners ripped
the team from Brooklyn and shipped
it to Los Angeles — and I vowed never
to root for a pro team again. That
changed when I arrived in Green Bay.
We own the team. The Super Bowl was
a victory for the working people of
Green Bay who hold onto their team
dearly and democratically.
May 2011
CAMPUS NEWS
If you described historian and sociologist
Harvey J. Kaye as this University’s
most nationally prominent
faculty member, its most passionate,
its most outspoken… you likely
wouldn’t get much argument… which
Kaye himself would find disappointing.
He loves a good debate. For
33 years, the New Jersey native has
challenged and engaged not only
Social Change and Development
students in Green Bay, but readers
and audiences worldwide. He has
been a featured guest on Bill Moyers’
PBS show, C-SPAN, Al Franken’s Air
America, Public Radio, and dozens of
talk radio programs. His essays have
appeared in the Times of London, the
Washington Post, the Chronicle of
Higher Education and others. Both
he and the historic figures he admires
tend to favor citizen activism, organized
labor, radical solutions to big
problems, and the power of boldly
progressive people and ideas. (Notably,
his greatest admirers among former
students include conservatives
who say he understood and respected
their positions and helped them
sharpen their thinking.) The author
of 15 books, Kaye earned national
acclaim with the 2005 release of
Thomas Paine and the Promise of
America. His next book, on FDR’s
Four Freedoms, is due out in 2012.
under the program’s umbrella. Alumni records show 727 graduates
hold either a major or minor in SC&D.
In a letter to current students, Prof. Kim Nielsen, the unit’s chairperson,
called it “an exciting time of change and innovation.”
Democracy and Justice Studies will stay true to its roots and examine
how and why societies develop, and whether their political, economic,
cultural and social relations and activities promote justice,
freedom, equality, and democracy.
The program is also known for professors who publish widely and
have, in recent years, dominated the annual UW-Green Bay Founders
Association Awards. Multiple honorees include historian Andrew
Kersten (a three-time recipient) and two-time winners Nielsen and
Harvey Kaye.
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Almost UW-Green Bay’s most-honored show
A cast of 13 student actors
dramatized the nine romance-incrisis
vignettes of “Almost, Maine,”
which depicts one wintry evening
in one tiny town in northern
Maine. Here, snowmobilers played
by seniors Jessica Breest and Zach
McLain shed a comically large pile
of warm clothes before preparing
to embrace.
UW-Green Bay’s Theatre
program made history even if it
came up just short in pursuit of
its first bid to college theatre’s
final four.
Update on
‘the plan’
In 2010, UW-Green Bay heard
from hundreds of campus and
community volunteers who helped
brainstorm institutional priorities
for the coming decade. This year,
the results of those sessions are
informing University planning.
The priorities are summarized in
seven “Strategic Planning Themes”
as outlined by Chancellor Thomas
Harden. Broad areas for focused
attention are Academic Programs
and Enrollment; Commitment to
Community; Diversity and Institutional
Environment; Finance, Budget,
Resources; Identity, Image,
Marketing; Meeting the Needs of
Students; and Sustainability.
Updates on strategic planning can
be found at www.uwgb.edu/chancellor/strategic-planning/.
12 May 2011
The campus production of
the quirky romantic comedy
Almost, Maine was rated one
of the best half dozen shows
in the nation this year, earning
selection as an alternate
behind the four schools invited
to the 2011 American College
Theatre Festival national finals
in April at the Kennedy Center
in Washington, D.C.
Even for a program with a
history of frequent regional
festival appearances — five
invitations in the last decade
— there was something special
in the standing ovations and
glowing reviews that greeted
the UW-Green Bay student
cast after their two regional
performances at the Pasant
Theater on the Michigan State
University campus in January.
“The fact that the national
selection team asked us to hold
our show and save the set, and
considered us for the National
Festival was the cherry on
the sundae,” said Prof. John
Mariano, the director. “I’m
proud of our students and our
program.”
The road to national consideration
began with hundreds
of colleges and universities
vying for invitations to perform
at one of eight ACTF regional
festivals. In UW-Green Bay’s
case, Almost, Maine was one of a
dozen shows invited to perform
at the Great Lakes festival
after visiting judges reviewed
on-campus productions. The
Kennedy Center finalists and
alternate were then chosen
from the 57 productions staged
at the various regionals.
STUDENTS LIKE ‘NEW-ROOM SMELL,’
A sizeable portion of the Cofrin
Library’s fifth floor has been converted
to a popular new “reading
space” for students.
Library Director Paula Ganyard
says patron surveys in recent
years have consistently mentioned
the desirability of a quiet
reading room. The increasing
number of team projects and
group assignments have tended
to boost the number and volume
of student conversations, making
“shhhhhhh…” an outmoded part
of most librarians’ vernacular, if
it ever was.
The new space is called the Norman
and Shirlyn Miller Reading
Room. Shirlyn Miller and her late
husband Norman were among
UW-Green Bay’s earliest supporters,
with Shirlyn an original
member of the Board of Visitors
and Norman a board member for
the Founders Association.
A donation from the Miller Family
made it possible for the University
to convert a former office
and conference room. The chairs
are even designed specifically for
the way college students sit.
“I like it. I like the chairs. It’s new.
It’s got that ‘new room smell.’ I
like the art,” said UW-Green Bay
sophomore Paul Malcore, who
called it his favorite study place.
Added Ganyard, ““We hadn’t
actually finished arranging the
furniture and students were in
there to use it.”

Inaugural ‘Business Week’ brings smiles
Serious business? Yes… but
UW-Green Bay’s initial “Business
Week” in February also mixed in
informal activities for students,
alumni, faculty and local business
people.
Events were organized by UW-
Green Bay’s Austin E. Cofrin
School of Business and the Office
of Career Services. The objective
was to provide today’s students
high-value interaction with tomorrow’s
employers.
COMFY CHAIRS
Volunteers from the business
community — including numerous
UW-Green Bay alumni —
took time to work with students
through panel discussions, a job
and internship fair, an etiquette
luncheon and networking sessions.
A highlight was a Weidner
Center reception and dinner featuring
remarks by visiting executives
from Hewlett-Packard and
Oracle Enterprise 2.0.
T hought
after
at UW-Green Bay
“It was a wonderful opportunity
to connect our students and faculty
with business leaders,” said
Prof. David Radosevich. He and
his co-planner, instructor Larry
McGregor, reported overwhelmingly
positive feedback.
Welcoming attendees to the dinner
were Chancellor Thomas Harden,
Radosevich and Kelly Wolff, vice
president of Georgia Pacific, the
program’s lead sponsor.
New series off to strong start
Called “After Thoughts,” it’s designed to connect community
women with campus, showcase UW-Green Bay’s
faculty and staff, convene people after their workday for
learning, enrichment and fun, and stimulate interest in
engaging issues. Strong turnouts greeted the first two
“After Thoughts” receptions held in the Grand Foyer of
the Weidner Center. In March, Prof. Amy Wolf ’89 focused
her illustrated nature talk on “the beauty of bees,” and
in April, Prof. Lucy Arendt ’87 and ’90, addressed disaster
preparedness. Event sponsors are Schneider National
Foundation and Billie Kress. Organizers include UW-Green
Bay’s Bev Carmichael, Julia Wallace, Shannon Badura and
Cathy Harden and, from the community, Lise Lotte Gammeltoft
and Suzy Pfeifer. The “After Thoughts” series will
resume in fall with talks by Kim Nielsen of the Democracy
and Justice Studies faculty, Sept. 20; and by Susan Frost,
associate lecturer, Humanistic Studies, on Nov. 1.
Award-winning UW-Green Bay
Prof. Greg
Aldrete
has landed
yet another
prestigious
N a t i o n a l
Endowment
for the
Aldrete
Humanities
fellowship. The grant will support
Aldrete’s research and writing
for the book Riots in Ancient
Rome. A professor of history
and Humanistic Studies, he was
honored in 2009 as one of the
nation’s top teachers of classics.
Coming Clean: Information Disclosure
and Environmental Performance
is a new book co-authored by
political science Prof. Michael
Kraft and released this year by
MIT Press. Requirements that
firms disclose information about
their environmental performance
to public scrutiny, Kraft
argues, can prove more effective
than conventional commandand-control
regulation.
Assistant Prof. Caroline
Boswell of Humanistic Studies
and history has been awarded
a fellowship at the Institute
for Research in the Humanities.
Boswell will spend next
spring in residence at The
UW-Madison institute, researching
her book about dissent and
resistance during the temporary
period of parliamentary
and military rule following the
English Civil War.
Honored with emeritus status
at the annual mid-year faculty
and staff convocation were
three recent retirees: longtime
financial aid director Ron Ronnenberg
and faculty members
Rosemary Christensen of First
Nations Studies and Bill Shay
of Computing and Information
Science.
Associate Prof. Emeritus Chuck
Matter passed away April 18,
at age 69, after a long illness. A
psychology teacher, he was the
recipient of the 1991 Founders
Association Award for Excellence
in Teaching… Prof. Emeritus
Jack Norman, a former Natural
and Applied Sciences faculty
member, died Oct. 29 at age 72.
He came to UW-Green Bay in
1968 and retired in 2002.
May 2011
CAMPUS NEWS
Faculty
and Staff
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CAMPUS NEWS
Sweet! A Top 10,
Round of 16 season
Memories of UW-Green Bay’s thrilling
run to the Sweet 16 will be lasting. Shining
brightest are a 34-2 record, wins over
Arkansas-Little Rock and Michigan State
to reach the NCAA Tournament’s second
weekend, a 25-game winning streak, tons
of national publicity, and a Top 10 national
ranking.
The Phoenix women finished No. 9 in the
season-ending ESPN/USA Today Coaches
Poll. Coach Matt Bollant’s team was 13th
in the final AP sportswriters poll, conducted
before the tournament.)
Scenes from a Sweet 16 post-season include:
Hannah Quilling and Julie Wojta cutting the nets
after a 13th straight Horizon League title; Phoenix
pep band members get NCAA fever; senior standout
Kayla Tetschlag takes it strong against 6-8 all-
America Brittney Griner; and, despite a 86-76 loss
to Griner’s Baylor team in Dallas, women’s basketball
alumni celebrated their reunion and connection
to a program that hasn’t had a losing season since
1977. Shown here are (from left) Marie May ’77,
Ruby Ackerman ’83, Jeanne Barta Stangel ’87,
Mariann Van Den Elzen ’92, Patti Van Swol Bostad
’91 and Kelly Williams Conner, ’93.
MACARONI HALL BECOMES
MEMORY LANE
Photo Collection, University Archives, Cofrin Library
14 May 2011
In the mid-1970s, to break up
the monotony of a long hallway,
crews painted a mosaic of semicircle
shapes on the corridor walls
between the new Library-Learning
Center and the Student Services
Building. The name “Macaroni
Hall” became part of the campus
lexicon. Eventually, the design
faded and was painted over in less
colorful fashion. Last fall, however,
the corridor reclaimed its visual
distinctiveness with permanent
installation of an exhibit of vintage
photographs from the UW-Green
Bay archives. The images were
arranged for display by graphics
student Justin Seidl. To see for
yourself, search “Memory Lane” at
www.uwgb.edu.
Packers fever swept the area
during the mid-winter Super
Bowl run, and Green Bay’s
hometown University was not
immune.
Cheerleaders from UW-Green
Bay — who double as members
of the Packers spirit
squad — fired up a down-
Packers Phever in
town pep rally (right) before the
team’s trip to Dallas.
Back on campus, Chancellor Tom
Harden fueled the fun with a
cameo opening the video “Teach
Me How to Raji,” in which students,
staff and faculty across campus
spontaneously mimicked lineman
B.J. Raji’s memorable touchdown
dance. Within days, the spoof
had more than 100,000 YouTube
hits, viewers around the world,
and ESPN SportsCenter airplay
for the dancin’ chancellor.
Even the Nursing program’s skeleton
model, normally a dignified
teaching tool, succumbed to the
green-and-gold mania. In Rose
Hall, passers-by reported that the
skeleton appeared to be grinning
after the 31-25 Packers victory
over the Steelers.

Photo: Staff members
Helen Alexander and Diane
Blohowiak, along with Profs.
Kevin Fermanich and John
Stoll, are firmly behind a new
green initiative to cut everyday
printing waste.
THE SECRET OF GREEN PRINTING
(You really don’t have to print out all those headers, footers and random
minutiae)
A new, green software application
is saving green at UW-Green Bay.
About 800 employee workstations
had GreenPrint installed
in late February. The program
not only encourages more conscious
decisions before hitting the
“print” key, it also de-selects extra,
unneeded pages before they reach
the printer. On e-mails, typical culprits
are lengthy address headers
Phoenix Country
or multiple replies. On web printouts,
it can be banners, footnote
info, or image-intensive pages that
consume extra reams of paper and
costly toner.
In the first month alone, the program
documented campuswide savings
of 20,000 pages not printed.
Using a cost factor of six cents per
sheet, that’s about $1,200 in savings
in less than a month.
News from our retirees
Benefit Golf Outing — The
UWGB Retiree Association
will host its inaugural
Benefit Golf Outing, Friday
afternoon, Aug. 26. Event
proceeds benefit the Association’s
student scholarship
and the special projects
fund. The cost is $45 per
person with power cart and
$37 without. Fees include
9 holes of golf (scramble
format) and picnic-style
dinner. Shotgun start at 1:30
p.m. with dinner, awards and
raffle/door prize drawing to
follow. For more information
or to download an event
brochure, visit the Retiree
Association website at www.
uwgb.edu/retiree.
Annual Dinner — The
Retiree Association annual
fall dinner is Tuesday, Oct,
18, with a 5 p.m. social and
6:30 p.m. dinner in the
Phoenix Room, University
Union. For questions or to
volunteer, contact James
Wiersma at jwiersma@new.
rr.com, or send a note to
retirees@uwgb.edu.
Sue Joseph Mattison will join
the UW-Green Bay administrative
team in July as dean of the College
of Professional Studies.
Mattison has extensive experience
in the areas of health and education,
having taught courses or pursued
research in epidemiology, aging,
public health, and the diagnosis and
treatment of several forms of can-
Mattison cer. She is currently director of the
School of Health, Physical Education
and Leisure Services at the University of Northern Iowa.
At UW-Green Bay, she will oversee academic offerings and community
services in the areas of business administration, teacher
education, nursing and social work, majors that collectively enroll
about one-third of the University’s 6,500 students. In addition to
internal administrative responsibilities, the position also entails
leadership in pursuing partnerships with business and industry,
educational institutions, healthcare providers and human services
agencies.
May 2011
CAMPUS NEWS
Breakfast meetings — A
number of retired faculty
and staff members get
together informally each
month for breakfast (order
off the menu). No formal
programs are scheduled.
Open discussion about
health, wealth, the University,
State of Wisconsin,
politics and assorted topics
are welcome. A women’s
group meets the first
Monday of each month, 9
a.m., at the Clarion Hotel
in downtown Green Bay.
Men meet the first Tuesday
of each month, 8:30 a.m.
at Bay Family Restaurant
on Military Avenue. A third
gathering, primarily men
but all are welcome, takes
place the third Wednesday
of each month, 8 a.m., at the
Sweet Seasons Restaurant
in Dyckesville, on county
highway DK, the former
Highway 57 through town.
E-mail retirees@uwgb.edu if
you have any questions.
UNI’s Mattison is new
dean of professional studies
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CAMPUS NEWS
Independence day:
Saying ‘yes’ to a new Foundation
Since its 1960s infancy, UW-Green Bay
owes much of its growth to thousands of
individual gifts and tens of millions in private
donations for academics, new buildings,
student scholarships, the fine arts and
more.
Until now, those funds had to travel first
through Madison before being put to work
in Green Bay
“It’s a practical reality of being more selfsupporting.
Twenty years ago, the University
received much more funding from the state.
We need to be aggressive in raising funds.”
— Lou LeCalsey, Foundation Chairman
16 May 2011
No more. On April 19, the nearly two dozen
business and civic leaders who make up the
Chancellor’s Council of Trustees (above)
voted to endorse creation of an independent
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Foundation, Inc., to receive gifts and manage
assets.
With formal adoption of by-laws and articles
of incorporation, UW-Green Bay ceases to
be the only UW institution without its own
foundation. .
“We’ve been well served by our relationship
with the UW Foundation in Madison, and
it’s our intention to continue to contract
with them, for the immediate future, for
investment services,” says UW-Green Bay
Chancellor Thomas Harden. “Where we’ll
see the benefit of our own foundation is
that we’ll have more direct control not only
of gifts and investments but also real estate,
research and service grants.”
Donors will barely notice a change. Those
using credit cards or writing checks will no
longer address payments to the Green Bay
Fund c/o the UW Foundation, but directly to
the UW-Green Bay Foundation. For others,
the new 501(c)3 will offer greater latitude
in real estate and other non-cash gifts.
To make your first contribution to the new UW-Green Bay Foundation,
complete and return the envelope insert.
Board of Directors
University of Wisconsin-
Green Bay Foundation, Inc.
The newly formed 501(c)3 organization
is led by a 21-person board of directors
headed by prominent paper industry
executive Lou LeCalsey. Business and
civic leaders, long-time University supporters
and UW-Green Bay alumni are
represented on the board.
Louis (Lou) LeCalsey, Chair: President and
CEO, Tufco Technologies, Inc., Green Bay, Wis.
Virginia (Ginny) Riopelle ’70, Vice Chair:
Civic Leader, Green Bay, Wis.
Robert Bush, Secretary: Chair Emeritus,
Schreiber Foods, Green Bay, Wis.
Diane Ford ’75, Treasurer: Vice President
and Controller, Integrys Energy Group,
Green Bay, Wis.
Paul Anderson ’82, President,
M2 Logistics Inc., Green Bay, Wis.
Dean Basten ’89, Secretary/Treasurer,
Miron Construction, Neenah, Wis.
Richard (Rick) Beverstein, Vice President,
AON Risk Services, Green Bay, Wis.
Robert (Bob) DeVos ’73, Senior Vice President,
Business Development,GENCO, Inc.,
Green Bay, Wis.
Larry Ferguson, Chairman,
Schreiber Foods, Green Bay, Wis.
Susan Finco, President, Leonard & Finco
Public Relations, Green Bay, Wis.
William Gollnick ’81, Chief of Staff, Oneida
Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Oneida, Wis.
Donald Harden Retired President,
Bellin Foundation, Green Bay, Wis.
Donsia Strong Hill, Attorney, Tyson Strong
Hill Connor, LLP, Green Bay, Wis.
Michael Jackson ’76, Retired President and
COO, SuperValu Stores Inc., Eden Prairie, MN
Carl Kuehne, Co-Chairman,
American Foods Group, Green Bay, Wis.
Kate Meeuwsen ’76, Civic Leader,
New Franken, Wis.
Mark Murphy, President and CEO,
Green Bay Packers, Green Bay, Wis.
Thomas Olson, Retired President,
Sonoco-U.S. Paper Mills Inc., Green Bay, Wis.
David Pamperin ’74, President and CEO,
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation,
Green Bay, Wis.
Kramer Rock, President, Temployment, Inc.,
Green Bay, Wis.
Robert Rupp, Jr. ’78, President and CEO,
Whitefield Industrial Coatings, Green Bay, Wis.

1970s
James Ullmer ’71 regional analysis
and ’77 master’s of environmental arts
and sciences, is an associate professor
of economics at Western Carolina
University. He teaches courses in managerial,
micro and macro economics and
is the author of a soon-to-be-published
article in the journal History of Economic
Thought. A UW-Green Bay faculty
member in the 1980s, Ullmer says he is
most proud of leaving his lecturer position
at age 44 to pursue a doctorate in
economics at the University of
Tennessee. He taught at UT and Texas
A&M — where he won a student-directed
teaching award.
Paul Schumacher ’74 ecosystems
analysis, is the manager of planning for
Wisconsin Electric in Milwaukee.
Michael Jackson ’76 managerial systems,
has established
MLJ Consulting
to focus on the
supermarket and
wholesale business
after retiring from
his 30-year career
with Supervalu, Inc.
Pamela Anderson
Jackson
’77 population
dynamics, is a medical technologist for
Bellin Health in Green Bay.
Michael Cerkas ’78 business administration,
works as a business manager
for corporate applications at Oshkosh
Corporation.
Don Johnston ’78 science and environmental
change and ’87 master’s in
environmental science and policy, is an
environmental health and safety director
for U.S. Venture, Inc., an Appletonbased
company known for wholesale oil
distribution, retail gas, recycling and
related services.
Kay (Taylor) Nelson ’78 communication,
is a professor in management
information systems and entrepreneurship
at Southern Illinois University.
Paul Wozniak ’78 science and environmental
change and ’94 master’s of
science, won the 2011 Earth Caretaker
Award presented to UW-Green Bay
alumni as part of the school’s annual
Earth Day observation.
Wozniak is
an author, activist
and environmental
historian. For more
on Wozniak, and the
award, search on the
‘Dean of Green’ at
www.uwgb.edu.
Wozniak
1980s
Chris Groh ’81 human adaptability and
’86 master’s in environmental science
and policy, recently won the Wastewater
Peer Leadership Award for outstanding
performance in wastewater training. He
is a wastewater trainer for the Wisconsin
Rural Water Association, a nonprofit
organization based in Plover.
Mardi Gras brings a closer walk with Pete
About 10 years ago, Green Bay musician Kevin
VanEss met his childhood idol, jazz icon Pete
Fountain, at Fountain’s club in New Orleans.
The two ended up playing clarinet duets in
Fountain’s office after the show, and struck up
a lasting friendship.
This spring, Van Ess scratched an item off his
“bucket list” when he was invited to perform
with Fountain and his band in the 2011
Mardi Gras Parade. (That’s Van Ess, a 1984
UW-Green Bay grad in communication and
the arts, in the multi-color vest.) Fountain’s
trolley and Half-Fast Walking Club krewe
have led the parade since 1961.
Randy Johnson ’82 business administration,
president of US Lamp Inc. in
Green Bay, recently taught a high-efficiency
technology and design seminar
for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons in
Washington D.C.
Mary Schils ’82 social change and
development, is based in Green Bay as
human resources manager for Schenck
SC, a full-service regional accounting
and consulting firm. Schenck employs
more than 500 people at eight locations
across Wisconsin, and more than a few
are UW-Green Bay grads. Catching our
attention recently either via company
news releases or business-page items
are the following: Kathy (Englebert)
Jandrin ’85 managerial accounting, is
a supervisor in the Green Bay office,
as is Winnie Gremmer ’89 business
administration and managerial accounting.
Mary Vandenbusch ’90 business
administration, economics and managerial
accounting, is an audit manager.
Michelle (Miller) Flynn ’00 accounting,
is an assistant accountant. Kevin Dahlke
’01 accounting and business administra-
tion, is a manager in Green Bay. Joel
Hansen ’01 accounting and business
administration, is an audit manager.
Jason Nachtwey ’05 accounting, is a
supervisor in Appleton. Sarah Fritsche
’06 accounting and business administration,
is a senior auditor in Milwaukee.
Seth Kabat ’09 accounting and business
administration, is a staff accountant
and Ryan Sonnenberg ’09 accounting,
is a staff assistant in Green Bay. Sarah
Dombroski ’10 accounting and business
administration, is a staff accountant for
Schenck SC in Manitowoc.
Lynn LaRock ’84 business administration,
is a staff member with the U.S.
Postal Service in Antigo.
Steve Ste. Marie ’84 business administration
and regional analysis, was featured
in a Dec. 19, 2010 JSOnline article for
his Bay View Maytag Laundromat in
Milwaukee. His venture puts a new spin on
a traditional business with a play area for
children, flat-screen TVs, wireless internet
and new energy-efficient equipment. You
can find the article if you search his name
at www.jsonline.com/business.
Ahmad Alias ’87
environmental
planning and urban
studies, is an associate
professor with the
MARA University of
Technology’s Perak
campus in Malaysia.
Lucy (Cayemberg)
Alias
Arendt ’87 business
administration and Spanish and ’90
master’s in administrative science, was
promoted to associate professor of business
at UW-Green Bay.
Carol (Sweetland) Karls ’89 communication
and the arts, is president of
the interim board of directors of New
Leaf Market Cooperative, a co-op being
organized in Green Bay. She also serves
as manager of business and community
development for Wisconsin Public
Service.
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“What an opportunity!” Van Ess says. “In the
past, I would travel to New Orleans and perform
with him at his club or in Bay St. Louis,
Mississippi, at the Hollywood Casino. To perform
with him and his band, some of the top
musicians in the country, for over one million
people, on the lead float… that’s something
I’ll always remember.”
Van Ess says he learned clarinet by “wearing
out” his father’s copies of Fountain’s Dixieland
albums including the gold-record tune “Just a
Closer Walk with Thee.” Today, the Washington
Middle School band director has a regional
following as a clarinet standout with his own
group, Kevin Van Ess and Talk of the Town.
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TDs, IT and XLV: At Lambeau or Super Bowl,
he’s wired to Green Bay Packers’ success
UW-Green Bay has never fielded
a college football team, yet it still
provides key talent to the Super
Bowl-winning pros across town.
An example is Wayne Wichlacz
’84, a business grad and a key
behind-the-scenes player. He’s
the Green Bay Packers’ director of
information technology.
“I’m fortunate to work for one
of the greatest sports franchises
in the world,” says Wichlacz. The
Two Rivers native joined the Packers
in 1993. Overseeing a team of
10 IT staffers, he has guided modernization
of the organization’s
traditional business technology,
football support technology and
game day IT at Lambeau Field.
That includes the ticketing
system (with 80,000+ waiting list
customers), e-commerce for the
Packers Pro Shop, and applications
that support Lambeau Field
special events, the Packers Hall of
Fame, stadium tours and Curly’s
Pub restaurant. Football software
ranges from college and pro scout-
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ing, and coaching game analysis,
to software supporting salary-cap
decisions.
For Super Bowl XLV, Wichlacz’s
team had one week to set up
secure and reliable IT operation at
the team hotel. The deployment
included over 80 laptops, multiple
servers and separate high-speed
networks for business operations
and video. Says Wichlacz, “the
vision for the Super Bowl setup was
to plug into the network and not
know that you were in Dallas!”
When Wichlacz started with
the Packers he was their first fulltime
computer professional. The
environment then was Windows
3.1, simple word processing and
spreadsheets, and labor-intensive
videotape editing. In contrast,
the 2010 world champs thrive on
internet, e-mail and smart phone
technology. Digital video is the
primary analysis and teaching tool
in scouting and coaching.
“Game Day” support includes
prewired locations throughout
the stadium for major networks.
As many as 35 different camera
locations can be used for a single
pre-game show and game. Fiber
optic cabling is standard for HD
broadcasts. Other technology
continues to evolve: wireless ticket
scanning, stadium AV technologies
and website support.
Wichlacz says his UW-Green
Bay education was heavy on
technical and practical experience.
Computer profs William
Shay and Bruce Mielke along with
John Harris and Phillip Clampitt of
business and communication were
influential. When he was a student
employee, Barbara DeCleene and
fellow alumni and administrators
Dave Kieper ’79 and Roger Hodek
’79 —themselves technology consultants
to the Packers in the early
1990s — were mentors.
“I’ve remained connected to the
great people in UWGB Information
Services,” says Wichlacz. “My time
at UWGB continues to influence
my approach with the Packers.”
Joan (Vandenberg) Woldt ’89 business
administration and communication
processes, is the regional vice president
for Bank First National. She is also on
the board of directors for the Oshkosh
YMCA and the Fox Cities Chamber, and
is a member of the Oshkosh Business
Retention Committee.
1990s
Craig Cobane ’90 political science,
is the Jarve Endowed Professor in
Honors and the executive director
of the Honors College at Western
Kentucky University.
Michelle (Klasen) Dahlke ’92
business administration and math,
joined Citizens Bank as vice president,
treasury management sales representative
for Wisconsin and the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan.
Toni (Baker) Damkoehler ’92 art and
Spanish, has been promoted to associate
professor of arts and visual design at
UW-Green Bay.
Walt Melcher ’92 business administration
and German, is president of Clear-
Path Retirement Centers headquartered
in Lone Tree, Colo., south of Denver.
Peter Olson ’93
history and human
studies, recently
joined First County
Bank as an assistant
vice president in
Norwalk, Conn.
Financial adviser
Jay Wille ’93
Olson
political science and
business administration, is opening his
own agency in Northeast Wisconsin:
Eagle Strategies, LLC, a division of New
York Life.
Jason Herrbold ’94 business administration,
assists adults with disabilities
in functioning independently. He works
with N.E.W. Curative in Green Bay.
Paul Pinkston ’94 urban studies, was
named director of facilities management
and planning at UW-Green Bay.
His responsibilities extend across a
700-acre campus with 1.4 million gross
square feet of building space, and he
oversees employees in building maintenance,
grounds, custodial services,
central heating plant, electrical work,
and fleet/motor pool.
Nicole (Merkel) Reetz ’94 English
and humanistic studies, is an English
teacher, volleyball coach and poetry
adviser to the Bloodstone literary
magazine at Lincoln High School in
Wisconsin Rapids. Incorrect information
regarding her title and city was
inadvertently included in our November
2010 issue.
Jason Helgeson ’95 human biology and
nutritional science and ’02 master’s in
administrative science, works at Prevea
and is serving on the board of directors
for the Cellcom Green Bay Marathon.

Lee Riekki ’95 human development
and psychology, had an article, “Advising
Undergraduate Music Majors”
published by the College Music Society
(www.music.org/pdf/mentor/reikki.
pdf). He received his MA in music from
the University of Missouri-Kansas City
Conservatory in 2008. He says his first
adviser and former dean at the two-year
UW-Marinette center, Bill Schmidtke,
instilled in him a “love of learning.”
Receiving the UW-Green Bay Outstanding
Recent Alumni Award at a campus
program April 30 was Jody Weyers ’96
communication.
As volunteer and
communications
director for the
American Red Cross
Lakeland Chapter,
Weyers calls on more
than 450 registered
volunteers who com-
Weyers mit their time, talent
and treasure to aid
people they’ve likely never met, during
circumstances most often beyond
their control. “No one is exempt from
the possibility of a disaster happening
to them,” she says. “I am comforted
knowing that there is an agency out
there to support people if something
of this nature does occur to them. I
am also proud of the fact that we are a
volunteer-led organization.” For more,
search her name at http://blog.uwgb.
edu/inside/
Alex Jerabek ’97
earth science and
environmental
science, is a business
development
specialist for the
Certified Restoration
Drycleaning Network
of Northeast
Jerabek
Wisconsin.
David La Duke ’97 business administration
and economics, is assistant
vice president of business banking with
Bank First National, Sheboygan. In this
new role, he is responsible for helping
grow the business lending function in
the bank’s southern region market.
Bay Business Journal, published by the
Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce,
listed Robyn (Stodola) Hallet ’98 Spanish
and urban and regional studies, and
Amanda Reitz ’08 elementary education,
among their “20 People to Know.”
Monica Fallon LaRue ’98 business
administration and
communication and
the arts, is the owner
of Fallon LaRue
Consulting, LLC —
“Computer Training
Made Simple” — in
West Bend.
LaRue
Chris Friedel ’98 business administration
and economics, is an international
sales manager handling the Australian,
African and Canadian markets for
TowHaul Corporation in Bozeman, Mont.
Debra (Erno) Kees ’98 communication
and the arts and urban and regional studies,
is CEO, owner and principal architect
for Kees Architecture, LLC, in La Crosse.
Mandy (Soland) Quick ’98 human
development and psychology, works as a
human resources director for Elexco, Inc,
a specialist in underground electrical services
and construction based in Seymour.
Jennifer (Adamavich) Cruz ’99 human
development, is branch manager at
Guaranty Bank in Sheboygan.
Magued Youssef ’99 master’s, kept in
contact with UW-Green Bay friends via
Facebook during the recent crisis in
Egypt. He is a resident of Cairo and has
worked as an environmental consultant
with Ain Shams University. He assured
his contacts that he and his family
remained safe throughout the unrest
in that city.
2000s
Kevin Erb ’00 master’s in environmental
science and policy, was the team chair
of a group chosen to receive the UW-
Extension/UW Colleges 2010 Chancellor’s
Award for Excellence. They were honored
for their innovative work in demonstrating
the proper way to contain, clean up and
remediate manure spills. To read more,
search “Kevin Erb” in Inside online at
www.uwgb.edu.
Human Biology grad Kathryn Zavala ’07 and
her family got big play recently in The Quarterly
magazine of the School of Medicine and Public
Health at UW-Madison.
Zavala, a second-year medical student and
mother of four, was featured in an article on nontraditional
students juggling difficult coursework
with family and work responsibilities. She
and Jose Zavala Perez are the parents of Cristian,
7; Elena, 5; Alexandra, 3; and baby Katelyn. They
live in the Eagle Heights married-student complex
not far from UW Hospitals and Clinics.
Jennifer Justus-Thill ’00 communication
processes, works as a communications
specialist for Kohler Co.
Jodi Miller-Larson ’00 accounting, was
promoted to controller by Tweet/Garot
Mechanical, Green Bay, after serving
previously as the accounting manager.
Rosalind (Stewart)
Moore ’00 public
administration, is
with Johnson C.
Smith University in
Charlotte, N.C., as
a library public
service coordinator.
Moore
Angela (Lemberger) Rehbein ’00
business administration, is a national
accounts manager for System Services
of America. Based in Scottsdale, Ariz.,
SSA is one of the nation’s largest distribution
and supply-chain providers.
Dr. Jeffrey Bastasic
’01 human biology,
is a family physician
with Affinity Medical
Group in Menasha.
Bastasic
Med School Mom
Susan (Caprez) Bressler ’01 master’s
in administrative science, is working
with AOL and www.renton.patch.com,
a widely subscribed news information
source. She contributes education
and business stories, an opinion
column, and “picks of the week” on
relevant topics.
Kelly (Ruh) Kelner ’01 accounting and
business administration, is a project
analyst for Brasseler USA, a medical and
dental instrumentation company based
in Savannah, Ga. Kelner is a former
president of the UW-Green Bay Alumni
Association.
Craig Lamers ’01 accounting and business
administration,
was promoted to
manager at Hawkins,
Ash, Baptie & Co.,
where he is the credit
union service-group
chairperson. Stephanie
(Cornils) Fischer
’06 accounting and
business administra- Lamers
tion, is a senior
associate focusing on nonprofit and
employee benefit plan audits. Jeffrey
Uhlir ’08 accounting, was promoted
to senior associate in Manitowoc. He
works with commercial clients and
assists on audit work.
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Formerly a social worker in Green Bay, Zavala
says she leans toward a specialty in surgery.
She keeps in touch with UW-Green Bay faculty
including Prof. Angela Bauer-Dantoin, and
tells them her undergraduate experience —
“the enthusiasm and encouragement of the
faculty, coupled with their high expectations”
— prepared her well.
“I came to medical school with classmates from
Harvard, Stanford and Yale and feel every bit as
prepared, if not more so, than many of my colleagues,”
Zavala says.
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Danielle Luer ’01 communication
processes and Spanish, is a bilingual
first-grade teacher for Milwaukee
Public Schools.
Angela (Kowalzek) Pierce ’01 environmental
sciences and environmental
policy and planning and ’09 master’s
in environmental science and policy,
is a senior natural resources planner
for the Bay-Lake Regional Planning
Commission.
Dr. Laura J. Rammer ’01 mathematics,
is a practicing dentist and owner of
Laura J. Rammer DDS LLC, Sheboygan.
She purchased the practice from
Paul A. Gruber DDS, a Sheboygan
dentist for four decades. Rammer is a
Sheboygan native and a Kohler High
School graduate. She graduated from
the Marquette University School of
Dentistry in 2007.
Erin Russell ’01 political science and
public administration, is an attorney for
Dinizulu Law Group, Ltd. in Chicago.
Vanessa Current ’03 business administration
and psychology, is the assistant
vice president and financial center
leader for the Branch Banking and
Trust Co. in Lexington, Ky.
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Jennifer Degener ’03 human
development, is an academic adviser
for UW-Green Bay.
Rachel (Stuber) Keller ’03 social work,
is a support and service coordinator for
Lutheran Social Services in Appleton.
Kory Schmidt ’03 business administration,
is assistant vice president –
business banking officer for Bank First
National in Manitowoc.
Travis Conkey ’04 communication
processes, works for GE Healthcare
in Philadelphia as an x-ray and
mammography product specialist.
Lauran Jean (Kolar) Kuplic ’04
music education,
is the music and
drama coordinator
at Heidelberg
International School,
an International
Baccalaureate World
School serving
the Rhein-Neckar
Kuplic district in Germany.
Although the primary
language of instruction is English, the
students and faculty come from five continents
and speak numerous languages.
They’re ‘ambassadors’ to Spain
Rebecca Pollack (left), a December 2009
graduate of UW-Green Bay’s program in
Spanish, current student Jessica Schmidt
(right) and classmates Mara Spanbauer and
Nina Paavola are headed to Spain later this
summer to serve as “Cultural Ambassadors”
for the 2011-2012 academic year. They’ll be
teaching English and American culture, with
Pollack and Schmidt in the south of Spain
The completion of her master’s degree
in music will involve the creation and
implementation of an International
Baccalaureate music curriculum.
Kerry Kuplic ’06 music, has launched
his European operatic and concert
career. Represented
by one of Germany’s
leading opera agents,
he made his German
concert debut as
the bass soloist in
Handel’s Messiah in
December. He will be
making his European
operatic debut in the Kuplic
role of Marullo in Verdi’s
Rigoletto in July, followed by the title
role in Franz Curti’s Reinhardt von Ufenau,
at the Europa Musa Académie d’opéra
d’été in Samoëns, France. Further
performances will include dates with the
Opéra-Studio de Genève in Geneva, and
festival and competition engagements in
both Poland and the Czech Republic.
Stephanie Beyer ’05 elementary
education, is a second-grade teacher in
the Luxemburg–Casco School District.
(Andalucia) and Spanbauer and Paavola in
the northern Basque region. The Spanish
Ministry of Culture provides training, health
insurance and a monthly stipend. Prof. Cristina
Ortiz says this is the first time UW-Green
Bay’s Spanish program has had four applicants
selected. The government of France
underwrites a similar exchange. UW-Green
Bay will have two students taking part in that
program this fall.
Daniel Brzozowski ’05 business administration,
is an attorney for the state of
Wisconsin Department of Revenue in its
office of general counsel.
Carissa (Curran) Giebel ’05 business
administration, is an attorney for
Legacy Law Group in Appleton.
Danny Schulz ’05 accounting and
business administration, works as a
property/sales tax accountant for the
Vollrath Company in Sheboygan.
Paul Skoraczewski ’05 business administration,
is the assisted living director
and assistant administrator for Four
Winds Manor in Verona.
Don Tepsa ’05 accounting and business
administration, is an accountant for fuel
and supply at Integrys Energy Group.
Beth Ann Uec ’05 German, is a human
resources assistant with Federal-Mogul
Corporation in Manitowoc.
Michelle Weyenberg ’05 communication
processes, is a
managing editor for
Cypress Magazines in
San Diego, overseeing
four publications. The
San Diego Chapter of
the Society of Professional
Journalists
awarded Weyenberg
Weyenberg second place in the
feature category for
her piece “Best Hospitals in San Diego” in
OurCity San Diego magazine.
Angela (Zebro) Wix ’05 art and English,
is an acquisitions editor acquiring
manuscripts for the topics of paranormal,
new age, and natural health and
healing, for Llewellyn Publications,
Woodbury, Minn.
Johnny Yoder ’05 theatre, is the
director of marketing
for Stella Adler
Studio of Acting
in Los Angeles.
He was formerly
based in New York
City with the Stella
Adler organization.
Yoder
Sarah (Maruszczak) Chojnacki ’06
human biology, is the medical assistant
program chair at Globe University in
Wausau.
Amanda Ellerman ’06 biology, works
in quality control and laboratory testing
at Schwabe Pharmaceuticals, formerly
Enzymatic Therapy, in Green Bay.
Jake Magnuson ’06 human development
and psychology, is a consumer case coordinator
for the Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation in Green Bay.
Aaron Rapp ’06 computer science,
works as systems developer with Loan-
Sifters, a mortgage processing company
in Appleton.
Rachel Ronsman ’06 business administration,
is a human resource generalist
at KI, Green Bay.
Maria Breu ’07 social change and
development, is an associate attorney
for Taylor Law Group, LLC, in Onalaska.

Pamela Brunk ’07 human development
and psychology, is the evening shelter
supervisor for The Salvation Army of
Dane County.
Jerance Farmer ’07 communications,
is a customer sales representative for
AT&T in Appleton.
Jennifer Feyen ’07 elementary education,
is a preschool teacher for Encompass
Early Childcare, Green Bay.
Andrea Liechti ’07 business administration,
graduated with distinction from
basic military training at Lackland Air
Force Base, Texas.
Michael Lindsley ’07 computer science,
is a systems analyst for Kohler Co.
Joseph Loomis ’07 individual major,
is the resident director and field
station assistant at Juniata College in
Huntingdon, Pa.
Stephanie (Prill) Lowney ’07 business
administration, is the commercial
products district manager for Miller
Electric, Appleton.
Jon Maehler ’07 information sciences,
is a system administrator for M&I
Corporation in West Allis.
Melissa (Detert) Maroszek ’07
human development and psychology, is a
customer services representative for Veolia
Environmental Services in Greenville, Wis.
Jason Miller ’07 computer science, works
as a systems developer for LoanSifters, a
mortgage processing company in Appleton.
Jen (McHugh) McLaughlin ’07 math,
works as an underwriting team leader for
LoanSifters.
Stacy (Pepper) Rendmeister ’07
business administration, is a sales
manager for JCPenney in Madison.
Tyler Vorpagel ’07 political science
and public administration, is the
district director for Congressman Tom
Petri in Fond du Lac. In the last several
years he served as a field representative
in Petri’s office.
Maris Edgar ’08 accounting, is a CPA
and staff accountant at RitzHolman
CPAs. As a member of the firm’s tax,
nonprofit and outsourcing teams,
Edgar focuses on nonprofit audits as well
as providing tax and consulting services
to individuals and businesses. She was
formerly a project accountant at Novum
Structures in Menomonee Falls.
Aaron Frailing ’08 political science
and public administration, is an
elections specialist for the Wisconsin
Government Accountability Board.
Curt Haag ’08 communications, is the
tournament coordinator for the American
Junior Golf Association, Baselton, Ga.
Holly (Anderson) Nerat ’08 business
administration, is a corporate recruiter
for Integrys Business Support, LLC.
Carolyn (Noll) Uhl ’08 human development
and psychology, is a program
manager with Marion House Transitional
Living Apartments, Green Bay.
Molly Waldschmidt ’08 communications,
is a social media specialist with a
focus on Huggies at Kimberly-Clark in
Neenah.
Blue Ridge organics:
Students dig sustainable spring break
Five UW-Green Bay students
used spring break 2011 to
travel to the Blue Ridge Mountains
town of Floyd, Va., to
sample that region’s growing
sustainable agriculture movement.
The students — seniors Leah
Korger, Dan Schultz, Walter
Schilling, Nicci Kelley and Evan
Groth (from left, above) —
were aided by UW-Green Bay
alumni Michael Stearney ’80
and Marla Martinez ’97.
Stearney is the University’s
dean of enrollment services.
He traveled along in his role as
adviser to the SLO Food Alliance
(SLO is Sustainable, Local,
Organic). The student organization
advocates for healthy
food from local sources. Members
have been prominent in
managing the campus gardens
outside the University Union,
selling produce on campus and
to local restaurants, advocating
for local sourcing, and
sponsoring films, speakers and
field trips.
Martinez, a former student
of Stearney’s, now resides
in Floyd, where she works in
child protective services. She
served as the local “concierge”
for the visitors, connecting the
students to farms, lodging and
organic food venues.
The students were energized
to see producers, distributors
and consumers working
together to cultivate a local
organic food network. The
“Eco U” contingent provided
volunteer labor on two organic
farms, visited an apiary/hon-
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eybee sanctuary, and toured a
meadery, a winery and a major
organic food distribution
operation. They also spent a
day in community service by
delivering food to needy families
and helping a local charity
make and serve healthy snacks
at the elementary school.
“Our students were the talk of
the town,” Stearney said, “and
were even featured on the
front page of the Floyd Press.
Most valuable and memorable,
however, were the new friendships
they made with the kind
and generous people of Floyd,
Virginia, who so graciously
hosted them.”
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Keith Yanko ’95 to
Jill Jaeschke
Jessaca Frost ’02 to
James Hart
Jennifer Neuser ’05 to
Steve Schweiner
Sarah Maruszczak ’06 to
Florian Chojnacki Jr.
Kara Rentmeester ’06 to
Brian Navin ’07
Lindsay Rose ’06 to
Pheng Moua
Brittany Brodziski ’09 chemistry,
works in quality control and laboratory
testing at Schwabe Pharmaceuticals,
formerly Enzymatic Therapy, Green Bay.
Amber Burgess ’09 social work, is
a community services specialist for
Lakeshore CAP, Inc. for Kewaunee and
Door counties.
Samantha Douglas ’09 business
administration, is an investor relations
specialist for UMB Fund Services in
Milwaukee.
Julie Flenz ’09 business administration,
is an independent beauty consultant
for Mary Kay Cosmetics.
Nicholas Hitt ’09 communication, is a
claims assistant for the Department of
Veteran Affairs.
Kati Leon Ortega ’09 chemistry and
Spanish, is an analytical chemist for U.S.
Water Services in Saint Michael, Minn.
Matthew Kehl ’09 computer science
and human development, is a report
coordinator for UnitedHealth Care in
Wausau.
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Marriages & Unions
Whether it’s Lambeau Cottage along the bayshore, the University Union,
or Lenfestey Courtyard in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, alumni are starting to think
“alma mater” when choosing their wedding or reception sites. This photo shows
a June 2010 gathering at Lambeau Cottage.
Melissa Detert ’07 to
Joe Maroszek
Jon Maehler ’07 to
Marisa Greguoli
Denise Martin ’07 to
Jonathan Humphrey
Stacy Pepper ’07 to
Morley Rendmeister
Lacey Samz ’07 to
Kevin Panzarella ’08
Stephanie Steinke ’08 to
Doug Anderson
Meagan Davis ’09 to
Adam Baldwin ’08
David Luedtke ’09 business administration,
is the vice president of Luedtke
Lumber, Inc. in Lomira.
Five women were
selected this spring
to compete for the
title of Wisconsin’s
64th Alice in Dairyland
and a one-year
appointment in the
state Department of
Agriculture as a rov-
Melander ing ambassador for
Wisconsin products.
Holly Melander of Merrill is a December
2009 communication grad who has
worked in PR and whose family had a
maple syrup operation. She is currently
an account manager for Independent
Procurement Alliance Program, a dairy
distribution and supply
company.
Amy Roden, a
December 2010
communication grad,
works for her family’s
dairy farm near West
Bend and has promoted
beekeeping
and the state’s honey Roden
industry.
Katie Messner ’09 English, is an area
assistant sales manager for the Boston
Store in Kohler.
Jaurdon Nelson ’09 human development
and psychology, is a lead line
therapist for Phoenix Behavioral Health
Services, LLC, Manitowoc.
Heidi Process ’09 English and humanistic
studies, is an English teacher in
the Boscobel Area School District.
Seth Spading ’09 communication,
is employed as a
process analyst at
Best Buy corporate
headquarters in
Richfield, Minn.,
just south of the
Twin Cities.
Spading
Neil Wender ’09 business administration,
is a pricing analyst for Roehl
Transport, Inc. in Green Bay.
Aimee (Helbing) Elandt ’10 associates
of arts and sciences, is the office
manager for Broadway Automotive in
Green Bay.
Ryan Fantozzi ’10 communication, has
worked for Midwest Communications,
Green Bay since August of 2009. He
works for four stations, WNFL, WIXX,
WYDR and WRQE, working behind the
scenes and as a fill-in co-host for the
Maino and Nick show and as a DJ for
WIXX. He guests on Y100 discussing
local and national sports topics.
Anges (Steiner) Gretzinger ’10 interdisciplinary
studies, works with special
education students for the Madison
Metro School District.
Kelly (Magnin) Hirsch ’10 social
work, is a program coordinator for the
Mauthe Center (formerly the Ecumenical
Center) at UW-Green Bay and is a
Native American education coordinator
for the Ashwaubenon School District.
Graduating class speaker Amii John’10
art, graduated
summa cum laude
and earned a
warm ovation for
her address to her
fellow graduates
during December
Commencement.
She credited faculty
John members for encouraging
her to have fun,
take chances artistically, and not be
afraid of exploring unknown territory.
John wore items reflecting her Native
American heritage at Commencement.
Instead of a mortarboard, for example,
she wore a turn-of-the-century derby
hat, adorned with beadwork and an
eagle feather. The hat was given to her
as a gift by a tribal elder.
Ben Kvalo ’10 business administration,
is a sales representative for Magnum
Broadcasting in Portage.
He writes, ”I got
hired on March 1st
because of my experiences
re-starting
the radio station
at UWGB, so my
experience I gained
on campus got me a
job pretty soon after
Kvalo
graduation. :-)”
Jami Nitti ’10 design arts, is a parttime
sign-maker/graphic artist for
Dean Distributing, Inc.
Jenna Nitti ’10 human development
and psychology, is an administrative
assistant for Dean Distributing, Inc.
Rachel Riske ’10 human development
and psychology, is an advocate/prevention
specialist for the Child Advocacy
Center of Family Services in Green Bay.
Lisa (Rogich) Rhode ’10 human biology,
is a certified pharmacy technician
for Aurora Baycare Hospital in Green Bay.
Melissa Scheck ’10 English, is a reading
teacher at Notre Dame of De Pere
Middle School.
Max Scheuer ’10 business administration
and economics, is a credit analysis
for Bank First National in Green Bay.
Lola “Little Feather” Skenandore ’10
business administration, passed away
this spring at age 36, just a few months
after receiving her degree. She is survived
by six children. Employed by the
Oneida Tribe, she studied First Nations
Studies at UW-Green Bay.
Erica Van Boxel ’10 master’s in management,
is a magazine editor for the
Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Justin Young ’10 business administration,
is a quality assurance analyst for
Digital River in Eden Prairie, Minn.
Current, the Green Bay area young
professionals network, announced
its “Future 15” to watch, and
UW-Green Bay grads were prominent:
Jacqueline Frank ’00 English and
history, of the National Railroad
Museum; Mary Frank-Arlt ’08 business
administration and psychology,
of Wisconsin Public Service; Ryan Price
’07 communication, of Schreiber Foods;
and Jody Weyers ’96 humanistic studies
and communication processes of the
American Red Cross Lakeland Chapter.
Arlt was also named membership
relations chair and Lisa (Vanden Bush)
Christensen ’81 business administration,
of Wipfli LLP, was named event
planning chair. Receiving “Future 15”
recognition in Manitowoc County, were
Stephanie Henschel ’05 master’s in
applied leadership for teaching and
learning, of Manitowoc public schools;
Sarah Peterson ’00 communication
processes, of Bank First National;
and Stacie (Pelishek) Schneider ’96
business administration and human
development of Aurora Medical Center
of Manitowoc County.

Apply by July:
Legacy scholarship for incoming freshman
UW-Green Bay-bound students who are following in the footsteps
of their parents, step-parents, legal guardians, grandparents, siblings
and/or step-siblings can apply for the Alumni Association’s
Legacy Scholarship. One $2,000 scholarship will be awarded at
the start of the 2011-2012 academic year. The application is due
by 4 p.m. Friday, July 29, 2011. Selection will be made by Friday,
August 12. All application materials are subject to verification by
the Alumni Association. Award criteria and an application can be
found at www.uwgb.edu/alumni/benefits/scholarships.asp.
Cellcom Marathon benefits from UW-Green Bay
volunteers, May 15
If you’re reading
this in advance of
the Cellcom Green
Bay Marathon,
there’s still time to
join UW-Green Bay
alumni and friends
who stand ready to
help the more than
8,000 marathon
and half-marathon
runners who pass
our water station. It’s the sixth year that your Alumni Association
is sponsoring and staffing a water station. Set-up begins at 7 a.m.
and the station is cleaned-up by 9:30 am. Volunteers get a free
t-shirt and food and refreshments at the finish line. The runners
come fast and furious and within two hours, they’re gone. At least
30 volunteers needed!
Call us!
Fore! The 31st Annual Scholarship Golf Outing
Call the Alumni Office at (920) 465-2586, or alumni@uwgb.edu
to learn more about any of these activities, events and services.
alumni@uwgb.edu
To affinity…and beyond!
May 2011
ALUMNI NEWS
Enjoy a day of golf with fellow grads and
UW-Green Bay supporters, and support
student scholarships, at the 31st annual
Scholarship Golf Outing. The event is Friday,
June 10, at Royal Scot Golf Course in
New Franken. Registration begins at 8:30
a.m. The cost is $85 for an individual and
$340 for a foursome. Come with a foursome
or get paired up. Featured: a putting
contest, 18 holes of golf with power cart,
lunch, raffle, course events, hors d’oeuvres
reception and more. Prizes awarded for
team play, low gross and low net (using a
handicap scoring system). Consider a prize
donation or a hole sponsorship. The outing
is open to all.
The Alumni Association partners with nationally recognized,
pre-approved companies to offer discounted products and services
to UW-Green Bay graduates. These are called affinity programs.
Often, when a graduate takes advantage of the offer, a fee/donation
is made to the Alumni Association from the partner company. Plus,
the personal savings can be substantial. Find out more at
www.uwgb.edu/alumni/benefits. To name just a few:
• Go Next Travel –
first-class overseas trips to Europe and Asia
• Bank of America – credit card
• Liberty Mutual –
home and auto insurance
• American Insurance Administrators –
group life insurance, health insurance and
financial services plans
• Three Green Bay-Area hotels – offer discounted rates
Campus Discounts and Benefits include:
• Phoenix Bookstore - alumni receive 10% off clothing and
gift items. When ordering online, enter the word “Alumni”
in the special instructions. When visiting the campus
bookstore, self-identify at the check-out to receive
the discount.
• Discounts for a round of golf at the Shorewood Golf
Course and yearly membership at the Kress Events Center
are available. Check respective websites for the latest
information.
New-alumni benefits: testing and frames
DISCOUNTS
Get a 10% discount for alumni and family on undergraduate and
graduate preparatory test courses for the GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT,
DAT, OAT, PCAT, ACT, SAT, and PSAT classroom onsite, classroom
anywhere, on-demand, and tutoring options with Kaplan. The 10%
discount may be “stackable” with other national Kaplan promotions.
Visit the Alumni Association website “benefits” to learn more.
The Alumni Association, the Phoenix Bookstore and University
Frames have partnered to offer customized diploma frames. Do you
have a favorite campus memory/scene you would like to include
with your diploma? Check out the campus scenes and build your
customized keepsake.
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ALUMNI NEWS
24 May 2011
Best of the ’80s:
Mid-career grads dominate Alumni Awards
When three outstanding UW-Green
Bay graduates were presented 2011
Distinguished Alumni Awards in a ceremony
on campus April 30, there was
a common generational bond: Each
graduated within a few years of one
another in the mid- to late-1980s.
This year’s top alumni included Robert
Cera ’84 managerial accounting,
president and CEO of Baylake Corp.
and Baylake Bank. He serves on the
Wisconsin Bankers Association Board
of Directors. A certified public accountant,
he has a history of civic and community
involvement during his career
including service on UW-Green Bay’s
Founders Association Board of Directors.
A night at the museum
Several dozen Milwaukee-area alumni enjoyed an evening of casual relaxation
in an elegant setting when Dan Keegan ’72 hosted a reception at
his workplace in April. His workplace, of course, just happens to be one of
America’s most spectacular art museums. The UW-Green Bay Communications
grad has served since 2008 as executive director of the Milwaukee
Art Museum, famous for its Calatrava architecture and collections
from ancient Egypt to Picasso to Wisconsin’s Georgia O’Keeffe.
Cera Abboud Hollingsworth
Also honored was Daoud Abboud
’87 information and computing science,
the founder and CEO of United
Technology Solutions-UTS Group in
Jordan. His firm serves clients’ technology
and business needs, with more
than 100 employees and branches in
the United Arab Emirates and Saudi
Arabia. He is chairman of Gift of Life
Amman, a nonprofit charitable organization
treating children with congenital
heart disease.
Laura (Busby) Hollingsworth ’89
communication processes, was recognized
for her achievements as group
president for Gannett’s U.S. Community
Publishing Division since 2008,
overseeing 22 markets in seven states.
She is the president and publisher of
the nationally respected Des Moines
Register, which publishes a newspaper,
six web and mobile brands, more than
two dozen community newspapers and
weeklies, and a multitude of magazines
and special products. She has also
been active in her community.
Also recognized at the April 30 awards
night was the recipient of the Recent
Alumni Award for individuals within
15 years of graduation who are making
important contributions to their communities
and professions. That award
went to Jody Weyers ’96 communication
processes, the volunteer and communications
director for the American
Red Cross, Green Bay. For a photo and
more on Weyers, see page 19.
Upcoming Alumni events
MAY
Sat. May 14 – Post-Commencement Reception,
8 p.m., Titletown Brewing,
200 Dousman Street, Green Bay
Sun. May 15 – Cellcom Marathon
Water/Aid Station
7-10 a.m. (Volunteers Needed)
JUNE
Fri. June 10 – 31st Annual
Scholarship Golf Outing,
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Royal Scot Golf Course,
New Franken
Thurs. - Fri. Grandparent’s University,
July 7-8 – UW-Green Bay

That’s why we work so hard to
stay connected, and encourage
you to stay connected, too.
A new UW‑Green Bay Alumni Directory is headed
your way. In the months ahead, we will be working
with Publishing Concepts, Inc. (PCI) to publish a
new directory in 2012. Directories will be available
for purchase.
But first we need you to respond with updated
contact information.
Representatives from PCI will identify themselves
as partners of UW‑Green Bay. Please take a few
minutes with them to help US get to know more
about YOU. By responding to the postcard, you
eliminate a call.
For more information on the directory,
go to www.uwgb.edu/alumni or
call the Alumni Office at 920‑465‑2586.
Update your alumni info:
www.uwgb.edu/alumni/updates
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