UWMTODAY THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN–MILWAUKEE
SERVING THOSE WHO SERVED US
SPRING 2011 VOL. 13, No. 1
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FROM THE INTERIM CHANCELLOR
MOVING FORWARD DURING THE INTERIM YEAR TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 From the Interim Chancellor 3 News & Notes 6 Moving forward with our mission
8 Serving those who served us 16 2010 UWM Alumni Association Awards for Teaching Excellence
18 Panther Sports News 20 Career Questions 21 Resler & Carlson 22 Class notes 26 Alumna’s gift supports a new center
UWMTODAY SPRING 2011 VOL.13, NO. 1
Interim Chancellor: Michael R. Lovell Executive Director of the UWM Alumni Association and Director of Alumni Relations: Andrea Simpson Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Communications: Tom Luljak (’95) Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations: Patricia Borger Director of Communications and Media Relations: Laura Porfilio Glawe (’89) Editor: Nancy A. Mack (’71) Associate Editor: Angela McManaman (’00, ’08) Assistant Editor: Laura L. Hunt Design: Ellen Homb (’82), Alyssa Coe (’07), 2-Story Creative Photography: UWM Photographic Services: Pete Amland, Peter Jakubowski (’07), Alan Magayne-Roshak (’72) UWM TODAY is published two times a year for alumni and other friends of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Send correspondence and address changes to: UWM TODAY, UWM Alumni Association, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413 www.alumni.uwm.edu. Phone: address changes 414-906-4667; all other inquiries 414-229-4290. ISSN: 1550-9583 Not printed at taxpayer expense. On the cover: UWM has the highest enrollment of veterans in the University of Wisconsin System. These student vets include (clockwise from top) Rebecca Plimpton, Edward Krogman, Albert Krahn, Allison Kitzerow and Kurt Sorenson. Photography by James Schnepf
One fact of life at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Something important is always happening. I was aware of this when I became dean of the College of Engineering & Applied Science in 2008, but the fact became much more apparent after I accepted the interim chancellor appointment in October of 2010. In the subsequent months, people from across campus and partners from the community have been pushing forward several university capital projects to the benefit of our collective future. These projects, which we have collectively called the UWMilwaukee Initiative, are supported by a $240 million investment from the State of Wisconsin in the 2009-11 state budget. Despite the state’s current budget difficulties, there continues to be a commitment to the UW-Milwaukee Initiative, in large part because the projects promise to strengthen our university and improve the economy of this region and state in the years to come. Certainly the most significant development here on campus, which you can read more about on page 6, is the acquisition in December 2010 of the Columbia Hospital campus adjacent to our East Side Campus. The opportunities represented by the acquisition are very significant. It is an increase of about 12 percent in land and about 20 percent in square footage available for East Side Campus activities. Considering we were, among similar U.S. urban universities, the second-mostcompressed campus, the real estate aspects of this acquisition alone are very significant. Also of great promise is the continuing progress at Innovation Park, the research park our UWM Real Estate Foundation is developing on the County Grounds about eight miles west of campus. In February 2011, the Real Estate Foundation completed acquisition of the land. UWM will control about 71 acres of the site, with 11 acres reserved for butterfly and wildlife habitat and 60 acres available for development. You also can read more about this project on page 6. We are planning for groundbreaking this spring on a new $5.4 million accelerator building that will be funded by the Federal Economic Development Agency. The 25,000-square-foot building will provide space to accelerate the development of businesses that results from the research done at organizations in this area. While the continuation of these capital projects is important to our future, so too is supporting the people of our campus. Two ways this is being done is by addressing campus mental health and morale. The Office of the Chancellor has accepted the report of the Campus Mental Health Task Force and has created the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health to implement the task force’s recommendations. It will be led by Paul Dupont, counseling director of Norris Health Center, and Bonnie Klein-Tasman, associate professor of psychology. To directly support campus morale, we have created the Human Factor Task Force, led by Peck School of the Arts Dean Wade Hobgood. About 50 volunteers attended the group’s first meeting. A large part of their work will be dealing with the reality that wages and benefits will not improve at UWM in the near term and so we must find creative ways to make UWM a better place to work. If you live in Wisconsin, I hope you can help support UWM, too, by sharing your positive perspectives about our university with your friends, neighbors and elected officials. I know many readers of UWM Today have previously answered the call to support UWM by joining our Panther Advocates, a grassroots advocacy coalition of alumni, community members, students and their parents. The Panther Advocates website – www.pantheradvocates.uwm.edu – contains a great deal of current information about UWM to help inform your conversations, and I hope you will consider becoming a Panther Advocate today. Please enjoy this issue of UWM Today, and thank you for your continuing support of our university.
—Michael R. Lovell Interim Chancellor
NEWS & NOTES COLBECK NAMED NEW SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DEAN
RUTGERS’ COSTELLO IS NEW DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
Carol L. Colbeck has been named dean of UWM’s School of Education. Her appointment becomes effective July 1. Colbeck comes to UWM from the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she has served as dean of the College of Education and Human Development, and professor of higher education, since 2007. Carol Colbeck Like UWM’s School of Education, the UMass Boston program that Colbeck headed has a focus on urban education and has developed partnerships with the area’s public schools. Colbeck says she wants to continue efforts to improve urban education in a larger university that combines community involvement with quality research. Colbeck will succeed Alfonzo Thurman, who announced last year that he would be stepping down as dean. Thurman, who has served as dean since 2001, plans to take a sabbatical, then return to the School of Education to develop a new center for urban education.
Rick Costello, formerly deputy director of athletics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is the new director of athletics at UWM. He began his duties in February. “I look forward to partnering with Interim Chancellor Lovell, the coaches, faculty and staff to build the best athletic program in the Horizon League,” said Costello. “My goal is to create an amazing student-athlete Rick Costello experience and to build an athletic program that serves as a great source of pride for UWM.” Costello’s responsibilities have included managing a $60 million annual budget, directing human resources for a full-time staff of more than 225 employees, aiding negotiations of a multimedia rights agreement, cultivating donor relationships and participating in a football stadium expansion analysis. Joining Costello in Milwaukee are his wife, Amy, and their four children, Kelsea, Lauren, Ryan and Lindsey.
UWM WINS TWO REGENTS DIVERSITY AWARDS
KATHY QUIRK
UWM has won two Regents Diversity Awards from the their academic and career goals, as well University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. Howard as enhancing their networking skills. Spearman, director of the Multicultural Mentoring Program in Participation in the program has grown the Lubar School of Business, won in the individual category. from 17 students when it was launched Southeast Asian American Student Services (SAASS) won in 2005, to 50 students in 2009. in the institutional/unit category. The community liaison SAASS was founded in 1986 to counselors in the UW-Oshkosh support Admissions Office won in the Southeast team category. Asian students Howard Spearman The regents established the at UWM diversity awards to recognize following the and support individuals and Vietnam War. Twenty years later, programs in the UW System the program evolved to encompass that foster access and success U.S.-born students of Southeast in university life for historically Asian backgrounds. underrepresented populations. Over the last decade, the program Winners received funding has generated increased recruitment to support professional among Southeast Asian students, development or continue the as well as increased retention and programs being honored. graduation rates. In the fall of Dao Vang, student services coordinator for the Southeast Spearman leads a mentoring 1990, there were 93 Southeast Asian Asian American Student Services, works with a student program that connects students attending UWM. By fall 2010, who came to the office for information. multicultural students with that number reached 725 – a 633 business professionals in the percent change. Currently, UWM Milwaukee area for a one-on-one, yearlong mentoring has the largest Southeast Asian student population in the relationship. The mentors assist students with developing UW System.
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NEWS & NOTES JUST IN TIME JOB FAIR – TUESDAY, MAY 3 – 11 A.M.-2 P.M. – UWM UNION WISCONSIN ROOM The last job fair of the semester provides a final opportunity to meet with potential employers interested in hiring UWM students and alumni. Representatives from a wide range of organizations, including temporary employment agencies, recruit for full-time and/or summer jobs and internships. This free event is open to UWM students, UWM alumni and students of other UW System schools. The fair is presented by the Career Development Center, Career Services in the Lubar School of Business, Career Services in the College of Engineering & Applied Science, the School of Information Studies and the UWM Alumni Association. For special accommodations, contact Ada Walker or Sherri Pfennig at the Career Development Center, 414-229-4486, at least one week in advance. 2011 RESEARCH REPORT ONLINE
PROUD OF OUR PANTHERS The Panther men’s basketball team captured everyone’s attention again in March, clinching the Horizon League regular-season championship while hosting the league tournament in front of large crowds at the U.S. Cellular Arena. The Panthers beat Valparaiso in the semifinals in front of more than 7,000 fans, while more than 10,000 turned out for the title game, which UWM lost to Butler. Senior Anthony Hill led the way, claiming All-Horizon League and All-District 12 honors as the Panthers earned a spot in the NIT.
Powerful ideas are fueling our research engine forward along the pathway to proven results. From nanomaterials and pulsars to the carbon cycle and stem cells, research by worldclass faculty at UWM is creating products, refining processes and coordinating interdisciplinary projects that effect positive change in engineering, freshwater, health care, the arts, education and more. The best of this research is already making an impact on the people and places of Southeastern Wisconsin and beyond. The just-released 2011 Research Report celebrates our achievements. Review it online at www4.uwm.edu/news/ publications/research_report/index.cfm.
UWM STUDENTS HELP PAY THE FREIGHT FOR MALAWI RELIEF
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ENGELMANN FIELD GAINS TWO STARS
Installation of a new playing surface makes Engelmann Field one of the few FIFA 2-Star fields in the country.
BRANDON LEMKE
The UWM men’s and women’s soccer teams have a new playing surface at Engelmann Field. The project to install a synthetic playing surface began last summer and was completed in October. It was funded largely through donations in a three-year campaign spearheaded by women’s coach Michael Moynihan. The renovations give the Panthers a FIFA 2-Star field, with the new playing surface the first of its kind in North America. FIFA final-round competitions, Champions League matches and UEFA Cup matches can only be played on 2-Star fields. Currently, there are just five such fields in the CONCACAF region (North and Central America and the Caribbean). FIFA is soccer’s international governing body. The new surface consists of a padded layer, similar to a running track, covered by infill and grasslike fiber. The process makes the playing surface more level and consistent, with reduced maintenance and enhanced safety.
MELTWATER COMES HOME After two years of design and construction work and a year of storage, Meltwater, the carbon-neutral, solar-powered house created by UWM architecture and engineering students, is back home, on campus, where it belongs. The 750-square-foot-structure was exhibited on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., where it competed in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon in 2009. Now in the southeast corner of the Sandburg complex, the building will be used for classroom and student meeting space.
Nursing student Allison Burt and a child at the Children’s Village in Malawi.
UWM College of Nursing students who headed to Malawi in January brought along some extra baggage to help people in one of the poorest areas of the world. This is the third year nursing faculty and students spent UWM’s winter session visiting clinics, orphanages and hospitals in southern Malawi. Each year, the students bring along as many useful supplies as they can gather, stuffed into their luggage. This year, more items were donated than the students could fit in their own carry-on bags, so UWM’s Office of Development set up a separate fund to support the College of Nursing’s work in Malawi. Students, faculty and staff used Facebook, a story on the UWM website and an appearance on Channel 6’s “Morning Show” to raise funds to pay the $50 per bag fee for extra bags. The college received donations of $870. Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, an assistant professor of nursing who grew up in Malawi and does research on health issues there, was the lead faculty member on the trip. Patricia Stevens, professor of nursing and HIV/AIDS researcher, and Anne Banda, director of the college’s Center for Cultural Diversity and Global Health, also accompanied the students.
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MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR MISSION This past winter saw two major developments in UW-Milwaukee’s campus expansion plans. The former Columbia Hospital campus was acquired by the university in late December; in February, the UWM Real Estate Foundation finalized purchase of land for UWM’s Innovation Park.
THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS University employees could be working at the former Columbia Hospital site as early as August 2011, after UWM assumed ownership of the 11-acre property during winter break. University administrators now refer to the site as the “Northwest Quadrant.” Interim Chancellor Michael R. Lovell and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administrative Affairs Christy Brown applauded the move, which they say is critical to advancing the UWMilwaukee Initiative – and has been in the planning and preparation stages for more than a decade. Lovell and Columbia St. Mary’s Chairman of the Board R. Bruce McDonald presided over an informal ceremony Dec. 29 to transfer ownership of the former hospital site and its seven buildings and 962 parking spaces (788 in the structure; 174 on the surface lot). The $20,155,000 purchase price was funded through state bonding.
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FOUR PRIORITIES; ONE LOCATION Brown and Interim Provost Johannes Britz directed the 13member Northwest Quadrant Coordinating Committee to develop
Columbia St. Mary’s Chairman of the Board R. Bruce McDonald (left) presents the ceremonial key to Columbia Hospital to Interim Chancellor Michael R. Lovell.
GREG WALZ-CHOJNACKI
By Angela McManaman
The Columbia Hospital complex represents the largest acquisition of land and buildings since the university purchased the Milwaukee-Downer College campus in 1964.
recommendations to use the site to resolve the “urgent” space needs of four campus priorities: • Parking for faculty, staff and students. • Permanent relocation of the UWM Children’s Center, which now sits on a parcel of land destined to be the site of the future Kenwood Integrated Research Complex. • Space for faculty, staff and students who will be displaced from Bolton Hall, and subsequently Johnston, Holton, Merrill and Greene halls, when the buildings undergo HVAC renovations as part of the “Energy Matters” initiative. • Permanent relocation of the Honors College teaching and administrative operations, plus the creation of an Honors House university residence.
An inspection by UWM Master Plan consultants Hammel, Green and Abrahamson Inc. indicated that some system and structural maintenance will be required in the near future to make wider occupancy possible in the Northwest Quadrant. The report states that the full property has been well maintained since the first building was erected in 1919. “The buildings are in good shape and the condition report went well,” confirms Brown. “But we’re already looking at the necessary upgrades for telephone and information technology systems to make the buildings fully ready for future occupants. Structurally, some repairs will need to be made.” The Northwest Quadrant will be used as “surge space” for the next several years.
HGA ARCHITECTS
An artist’s rendering of UWM’s Innovation Park on the Milwaukee County Grounds.
INNOVATION PARK LAND ACQUISITION FINALIZED By Brad Stratton Progress continues on many fronts toward the creation of UWM Innovation Park, the research park being built on a portion of the Milwaukee County Grounds in the City of Wauwatosa. On Feb. 15, the UWM Real Estate Foundation and Milwaukee County signed documents finalizing the land sale. On that day, the foundation made the $5 million first payment on the property. The money was secured from different sources, the largest of which was a $2 million gift from Milwaukee philanthropist Michael Cudahy. The total cost of the property will be $13.55 million. ACCELERATING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT In September 2010, the Economic Development Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, announced a $5.4 million grant to the City of Wauwatosa and the Real Estate Foundation to construct a 25,000-squarefoot building and make related site improvements for roads and utilities to serve the site. The building is intended to provide space to accelerate the development of businesses that results from the research done at organizations in this area. Groundbreaking will take place later this year, and construction is expected to be completed by summer 2012. Anticipated tenants include UWM
researchers and commercial occupants who are starting new companies based on research done in that building or elsewhere. “This first new building will take Innovation Park from the theoretical to the tangible,” said Real Estate Foundation President David Gilbert. “It will lead to real results for our faculty and economic development results for the region.” A HISTORIC SITE FOR HOUSING Already located on the Innovation Park site are buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. The most significant were built in the first two decades of the past century as part of the Milwaukee County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. The Milwaukee County School buildings were designed by Alexander Eschweiler, the noted Milwaukee architect who also designed Garland, Greene, Holton and Johnston halls and Greene Museum on the UWM campus. The Milwaukee County School operated only from 1912 until 1928. Its buildings have had a variety of uses during subsequent decades but have been abandoned for several years and are in varying stages of disrepair. The Eschweiler buildings are centerpieces of the 8.4-acre Housing Zone within Innovation Park, which will be privately developed.
A WORLD-CLASS FACILITY The university’s stated objective for Innovation Park is “To develop a worldclass 21st century Innovation Park that will leverage the assets of the region to drive economic development and enhance the research and teaching missions of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.” UWM will control about 71 acres of the site, with 11 acres reserved for butterfly and wildlife habitat and 60 acres available for development. The Innovation Park site was selected because it is adjacent to the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center – the hub of clinical research in Southeastern Wisconsin. According to a UWM fact sheet, “The future of biomedical research is in translational research – that is, research that takes ideas from the lab bench to the bedside. Moving portions of UWM’s engineering and basic sciences to the Milwaukee County Grounds will greatly enhance the ability of all the institutions on the County Grounds to conduct translational research.” The six health care institutions at the center that form Wisconsin’s largest academic health center are the BloodCenter of Wisconsin and Blood Research Institute, Children’s Hospital and Health System, Curative Care Network, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Medical College of Wisconsin and Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division.
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SERVING THOSE WHO SERVED US By Beth Stafford
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee always has been a natural landing place for veterans looking to continue their education after military service. Today, UWM has the highest enrollment of veterans in the UW System (more than 1,200) and a large number of active military attending here. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
JAMES SCHNEPF
Student veterans (from left) Kurt Sorenson, Allison Kitzerow, Rebecca Plimpton, Albert Krahn and Edward Krogman.
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“I find vets to be very focused and dedicated students as individuals, and even had one complete coursework over the Internet after being called into service abroad,” says Cary Miller, associate professor of history. “Vets are also an asset to class discussions due to their wider experience that often has taken them outside the United States and given them a different or broader perspective on course topics.” The university’s efforts to give these students the flexibility and support they need have been recognized with the designation of UWM as a 2011 Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs, a veteran-owned business that produces publications directed at military members and their spouses. The honor recognizes the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools doing the most to embrace America’s veterans as students. More than 7,000 schools and colleges were polled nationwide. Award criteria include efforts to recruit and retain
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Raphael Karan, veteran of the U.S. Army and a UWM student headed to postgraduate study.
military and veteran students, success in recruiting those students and academic accreditations.
DESTINATION INFORMATION: MEBO For most vets, the first stop on campus is a window tucked away inside the first-floor corridor of Mellencamp Hall, the access point to the Military Education Benefits Office (MEBO). Jim Schmidt has been the military benefits coordinator at UWM since 2007. Schmidt, a vet himself, joined the military right out of high school and served on active duty for eight years until being honorably discharged in 1989. He used his military benefits to help pay for his education, including a 2007 master’s degree from UW-Oshkosh in Educational Leadership with an emphasis in Student Services. Schmidt is a School Certified Official, processing military education benefits at UWM full time. Being a specialist makes a critical difference in his ability to help veterans and their dependents use these benefits to attain their education goals. “For vets, the first concern is that they get their benefits money and get it on
Where he’s been: James Seidl served in the U.S. Army, June, 2004-07, including one tour of duty in Iraq, January 2005-06. After being honorably discharged he studied at UW-Oshkosh, but didn’t attend continuously, taking a few semesters off to work full time. Seidl transferred to UWM for the 2010 fall semester, and is now a sophomore. Why UWM: He was drawn to UWM because of the diversity that can be found on the campus and in the Milwaukee community, and the richness that results from a mix of ethnic backgrounds, economic status and cultures. For him, the opportunities of the metro area have included volunteer work at Washington Park Senior Center. Seidl gives the Military Education Benefits Office high grades for the smooth transfer of his military benefits from UW-Oshkosh and for the informational emails he receives. Personally, he acknowledges how difficult the transition from soldier to student can be. “Time management, for example, is challenging when you go from someone else always setting the pace [for you] to the freedom of doing that yourself.” He adds: “The coursework can be very tough, but I have a firm goal in mind – to succeed. I never take this opportunity to pursue my education for granted.” On student life: Seidl suggests a special orientation for vets that would be held at the beginning of their campus careers. This session would give step-by-step advice on the transition to student life, highlight available resources and introduce them to fellow military on campus. “It would be great to then see familiar faces on campus.”
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TRANSITIONING FROM SOLDIER TO STUDENT: JAMES SEIDL
“THE COURSEWORK CAN BE VERY TOUGH, BUT I HAVE A FIRM GOAL IN MIND – TO SUCCEED. I NEVER TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE MY EDUCATION FOR GRANTED.”
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time, since there are a lot of expenses associated with going back to school,” Schmidt says. “Students appreciate that we can give them straight answers.” In fact, he occasionally sees students from other schools of higher education in the area who come to UWM for help because the part-time military education benefits counselor at their school can’t answer their questions. “If they are still in the service, students have a choice of up to four benefits they can use,” says Schmidt. In fact, the increase in available benefits, growth of UWM’s student veteran population – and the accompanying avalanche of paperwork – successfully made the case for additional help in the office. Hiring is now under way for a full-time financial aid position with responsibilities serving veterans. Schmidt’s day-to-day contact with these students makes him aware of needs other than financial aid. For example, vets also are concerned about the
Military Education Benefits Coordinator Jim Schmidt (center) talks with Paku Vang (left), veteran and senior in criminal justice, and Luis Velazquez, student veteran and former MEBO student staff member.
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A VOICE FOR STUDENT VETS: RYAN GREENDEER
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Where he’s been: Ryan Greendeer is an active member of the Veterans Advisory Council as its student representative. He joined the Army in April of 1998 while still in high school. After graduation he enlisted into active duty. Following military service that included assignment as an instructor of the Warrior Leader Course at the Non-Commissioned Officers Academy at Fort Drum, Greendeer enrolled at UW-Eau Claire. Why UWM: Greendeer was drawn to Milwaukee by its proximity to the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Since receiving a medical discharge for injuries sustained in the U.S. Army, he utilizes the comprehensive care of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) system. Greendeer also points to the proximity of the Milwaukee Vet Center, staffed by a team of counselors and a family therapist. On student life: Greendeer was instrumental in the establishment of a Student Vets Center at UW-Eau Claire, and believes it is a critically needed addition to UWM. He points to the example of the American Indian Student Services Office in Bolton Hall. As an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, he’s among the students who are welcome to just “hang out” as well as receive admissions, financial aid and academic advising, peer mentoring and other support. “There’s no equal to day-to-day contact with people who can personally relate to the military experience and notice when something is wrong,” says Greendeer. Pointing to figures released by the VA in 2010 that show a dramatic increase in suicide among veterans ages 18-29, he describes a Veteran’s Transition Center on campus as something that “could literally be a lifesaver.”
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A COUNCIL THAT CARES Initiatives that would help tackle the issues student vets raise are being pursued by the Veterans Advisory Council. The group formed in November 2009 with students, faculty and staff who have a passion for “helping those who have served for us,” says Patricia Arredondo, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of the School of Continuing Education. Arredondo and Laurie Petersen, director of the Student Accessibility Center, serve as co-chairs. The group recently adopted a mission statement: “Foster a veteran friendly and inclusive campus to promote the academic, personal and professional goals of student veterans and those who support them
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granting of transfer credits for specific military experience and increasing the number of credits that UWM offers based on military experience.
Several members of the UWM Veterans Advisory Council meeting at Dryhootch coffeehouse on Brady St. were joined by Mark Flower, Dryhootch programs director. From left: Laurie Petersen, Heidi Plach, Mark Flower, Ryan Greendeer and Amber Tucker, graduate student.
through advocacy, academic resources, development of policies and practices,
and educational research. As a campus resource, we will build alliances on
Where he’s been: Kurt Sorenson enrolled at UWM in fall 2010, focused on earning a baccalaureate degree and “finishing what I started in 1958.” He commends the Wisconsin GI Bill for helping him do that. Retired since 2003, he now says: “I have an academic goal, rather than a career-driven goal.” Sorenson’s higher education experience began after graduation from Milwaukee’s West Division High School in 1958. He studied at Marquette University and then moved on to the University of Minnesota to earn an Associate of Arts Degree. In 1965, he was drafted into the Army and served during the Vietnam War. He returned to Milwaukee and worked for Harnischfeger International, where his job took him to South Africa, South America, northwestern Canada and beyond for 10 years. After a “less than successful” business venture with three Harnischfeger colleagues, Sorenson worked for the U.S. Post Office for 20-plus years. Why UWM: Lately, Sorenson is often found at the Golda Meir Library. He hasn’t declared a major yet, since he’s waiting for the final report on how his Marquette and Minnesota credits transfer. This spring, he’s taking two information technology courses, an ethnic studies course on Hmong history and a photography course. On student life: While he’s frustrated by a few much-younger classmates who declare “This is boring,” and fail to take notes or contribute to class discussions, Sorenson describes most of his fellow students as “a lot more courteous to older students like me than I expected. “The more I’m around, the more relaxed and ‘cool’ we all are together.”
RETIRED SINCE 2003, SORENSON NOW SAYS: “I HAVE AN ACADEMIC GOAL, RATHER THAN A CAREER-DRIVEN GOAL.”
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SOME GOALS ARE LONGER-TERM THAN OTHERS: KURT SORENSON
campus and within the community to provide excellent services, ensuring student veterans take full advantage of their educational experience.” The council’s guiding principles also could be used as a to-do list for others concerned about UWM’s student vets: working to promote the holistic development of student veterans, building strategic alliances and collaborating with community partners, and advancing professional development for the campus community through training and resources. For example, the council is crafting a questionnaire that would help locate veterans in the faculty and staff who are willing to act as mentors for student vets, and planning training for those mentors. In addition, work is under way on a dedicated veterans’ website for the campus community.
VETERANS LOOK TO CONNECT Student vets and UWM administrators also point to the need for a campus gathering space for those who share the special bond of serving their country and the daily toll of being in harm’s way. Such a campus resource could be modeled after the university’s First Year Center, providing social and study space, mentoring connections and diverse programming for brand-new students. A model for how valuable this resource could be is the Dryhootch coffeehouse, founded by combat veterans and located at 1030 E. Brady St. on Milwaukee’s East Side. College of Health Sciences Clinical Instructor Heidi Plach (’09 MS, ’00 BS Occupational Therapy) is shining a spotlight on the large number of returning vets who have identified “socializing and participating in relationships” as the most significant challenge of civilian life, with difficulty
relating to others outside of the military peer network and consequent feelings of isolation. “While readjustment issues are not new to veterans post-service, the current conflicts present unique circumstances,” says Plach, who researched the needs of young veterans for her master’s degree. “Troops have been impacted by the trauma caused by improvised explosive devices [IEDs], the increased survival of those with serious injuries and an all-volunteer military that experiences multiple deployments.” “The Student Accessibility Center [SAC] provides on-campus academic support services for students with war-induced injuries – traumatic brain injuries [TBI], post-traumatic stress disorders [PTSD] and other injuries and medical conditions,” adds Petersen, “helping student veterans keep up in the classroom and continue the healing process.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
Where he’s been: Albert E. Krahn (’63 BS English, ’73 MA English Lit) is currently a grad student in linguistics. His academic career began a year after leaving the Air Force in 1952. He enrolled at St. Olaf College in Minnesota but discovered it was less than a perfect fit. After a few semesters, he noted, “I was broke, having trouble paying tuition and eating. I would work a semester and go to college for a semester.” The GI Bill then was very restrictive, allowing only one change of any sort. (He changed from a music major to an English major.) Also, he remembers, “St. Olaf didn’t particularly like vets, who had this tendency to not cooperate when things were too strict and might skip morning chapel and go for coffee off campus.” The crowning blow was that he also played in a jazz band. Why UWM: Krahn returned to Milwaukee, worked for two years to pay off his bills, then started classes at UWM. When his GI Bill money ran out, he got a government loan. UWM obviously was more “simpatico,” since Krahn can be found in The Ivy yearbook with the title President of the Class of ’63. After graduation, he worked for the State of Wisconsin as an unemployment compensation investigator and took evening courses. From 1966-68, he worked as a TA in the English Department, then taught at Milwaukee Area Technical College until he resumed classes at UWM in 1999. On student life: As a student vet who celebrated his 80th birthday in July 2010, Krahn has nothing but good things to say about the Military Education Benefits Office at UWM. “There’s plenty of help and communication available to meet vets’ needs and keep them aware of issues and problems. Also, the Wisconsin GI Bill is a boon.”
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A PERPETUAL STUDENT: ALBERT E. KRAHN
AS A STUDENT VET WHO CELEBRATED HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY IN 2010, KRAHN HAS NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE MILITARY EDUCATION BENEFITS OFFICE AT UWM. :: 13
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Student vets repeatedly point to the need for more awareness of their presence in UWM classrooms. Ryan Greendeer, a student veteran serving on the Veterans Advisory Council, has experienced insensitive comments by teachers that he’s sure no one would make if they knew there was a vet in the room. “Sensitivity training
also could help make people aware of PTSD triggers, such as showing a movie depicting violence in class without a warning,” says Greendeer. After all, both faculty and students benefit from the different perspectives that service members and veterans can offer. “I believe the experiences and
knowledge veterans have shared in my classes have enriched the learning of their fellow students in a way the conceptual nature of lectures simply cannot,” says Dean T. Nardelli, assistant professor in the BioMedical Sciences program, College of Health Sciences. “They’ve certainly enriched my own learning.”
SHARING A PASSION FOR SERVICE: REBECCA PLIMPTON
A WRITER WITH A STORY TO TELL: ALLISON KITZEROW
Where she’s been: Rebecca Plimpton is continuing to pursue her interest in a medical career that was launched during her service in the U.S. Army. She’s a sophomore in UWM’s College of Health Sciences, where she is pursuing radiologic technology through the BioMedical Sciences degree program. Her career in the military began when she was a junior at William Horlick High School in Racine, Wis. She enrolled in the Army Reserve at 17. Upon graduation in 2001, she completed combat medic training, then reclassed to dental specialist when she converted to active duty. She served as a dental technician at Fort Hood, Fort Knox, and one year in Okinawa, Japan. She currently serves in the Army Reserve out of Fort Sheridan in Illinois. Why UWM: Plimpton says she had heard good things about UWM as a campus, and the curriculum offered by the College of Health Sciences also fit what she was looking for. She’s found the Military Education Benefits Office staff to be knowledgeable and prompt with email updates. As a single mother with a lengthy commute to campus and a demanding course of study, Plimpton appreciates that efficiency and helpful attitude very much. On student life: Plimpton would like the opportunity to meet with other UWM vets in a social setting. She attended a gathering for vets held by one of the churches on Kenwood Avenue “that wasn’t very well attended,” but thinks that regularly scheduled get-togethers that were creatively promoted would be “a very good thing.”
Where she’s been: Allison Kitzerow’s project for her master’s degree in English (Professional and Technical Writing concentration) brings together her career aspirations and her experience in the military. She is creating an annual report for Dryhootch of America Inc., a nonprofit formed by combat veterans to aid veterans and their families. Her military journey began in 2000 as an undergraduate at Marquette University, where she had earned a full Air Force ROTC scholarship. After 9/11, she gave up that scholarship and enlisted in the Army Reserve. She found herself in a spot she never truly expected when her unit was activated Dec. 27, 2002. Kitzerow did not return to the U.S. until 2004. She was in Kuwait when Operation Iraqi Freedom began on March 20, 2003 “Once in Iraq, ‘home’ was a tents-only prison camp for Iraqi prisoners-of-war that our unit built from the ground up. There were no buildings – just tents shared with bugs like camel spiders and scorpions– no bathrooms, and we would go for three weeks without showering.” She vividly recalls horrible sandstorms and being close enough to the Persian Gulf to experience several times both extreme heat and humidity. Kitzerow returned home, graduated from MU with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Writing Intensive English, and worked for the VA as a congressional liaison. She kept coming back to her lifelong interest in writing, however. Why UWM: The university’s master’s program “seemed like a perfect fit” for what she wanted to do, and Kitzerow began her graduate studies in fall 2007. She also cites the support provided by Wisconsin’s GI Bill. On student life: “UWM faculty have respected my status as a veteran and encouraged me to use the skills acquired from military life, such as leadership and organization.”
PLIMPTON SAYS THE CURRICULUM
“UWM FACULTY HAVE RESPECTED MY STATUS
OFFERED BY THE COLLEGE OF
AS A VETERAN AND ENCOURAGED ME TO USE
HEALTH SCIENCES FIT WHAT SHE
THE SKILLS ACQUIRED FROM MILITARY LIFE,
WAS LOOKING FOR.
SUCH AS LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION.”
AFTER 40 YEARS, PERSHING RIFLES TO REUNITE, REMEMBER AT UWM REUNION SET FOR JULY 29-31 By Angela McManaman
Forty years have passed since Paul Manske, Jim Lynch and Rick Gutwald have seen one another. Catching up for these Pershing Rifles Company D, 2nd Regiment brethren commences July 29, when about 300 members and friends of the military fraternity return to UWM. Two hours of Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) informational sessions were mandatory for all men who enrolled at UWM in the mid-60s. By 1965 the UWM ROTC program had about 400 candidates. “Taking responsibility for one’s self and others becomes second nature in the military, and for me it all began with the discipline I experienced in UWM’s ROTC program,” says Army Civilian Executive Rick Gutwald (’71 BA Communication), whose career includes three decades of active duty. PERSHING PRIDE A smaller group of recruits complemented ROTC with membership in the Pershing Rifles Company D-2. The UWM unit was one of 15 military fraternities across six states affiliated with the National Society of Pershing Rifles 2nd Regiment. Fraternity members perfected routines using Army-issued rifles, following formations and protocol in U.S. Army Infantry Drill Regulations (IDR). Teams also created their own routines using demilitarized 10-pound 1903 A3 Springfield rifles. Pershing Rifles at UWM fielded the Blackjacks platoon and exhibition squad and the Devildogs Infantry Drill Regulation platoon and squad. Jim Lynch (’72 BBA) progressed from Blackjacks first alternate to become the first member to drill on all four teams. “We were at the National Guard
Armory on Richards St. every day over Christmas break working on our drills,” says Lynch. “We had 17 men putting in a lot of time. It was a group effort,” Manske adds. “I remember spending 17 hours on one movement, practicing in front of a mirror,” says Gutwald. By 1967, UWM’s Pershing Rifles had placed first at the largest national venue in Champaign, Ill., in Infantry Drill Regulation and team exhibition contests. The ’60s also marked the PR’s highest participation ever, with more than 60 pledges in 1965. “Winning both contests among 59 national teams was extremely rare,” Gutwald explains. PROTESTS DISQUIET CAMPUS, COUNTRY In Washington, D.C., for a national contest in 1968, UWM’s Pershing Rifles cadre witnessed looting, arson, citizen and law enforcement clashes, and public mourning after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Conspicuous in their crew cuts and suit jackets, the UWM students tried walking the streets in the riot’s early hours. After being chased by a group of teenagers, they relocated to the roof of their hotel to watch as pockets of D.C. burned. “We witnessed a horrible event,” says Gutwald. In Milwaukee the unrest, inequality and anger that stalked larger American cities collided with public sentiment over Vietnam. A firebomb, protests and vandalization of the ROTC office in Mitchell Hall forced the ROTC to relocate four times in six years. “As idealistic as some of those protestors were, they saw what they were doing as service to their country,” Gutwald says. “Just as I thought I was
serving my country in my uniform.” “Criticism didn’t really affect us,” Manske adds. Intensity peaked May 4, 1970, when members of the Ohio National Guard killed four unarmed protestors at Kent State University. Four million striking students closed campuses nationwide, including UWM. ROTC members took to leaving their uniforms at home. “Each year, as Vietnam progressed, the draft concerned more people,” Gutwald says. “They didn’t want to be forced into service.” TIMES CHANGE By 1971, when Manske and Gutwald graduated, the UWM ROTC program had dwindled to 100 members. Pershing Rifles pledges declined also, even as UWM enrollment surged. Lynch graduated in 1972. As a captain in 1979, he was sent unaccompanied to Iran to train that nation’s military to use the HAWK air defense missile system. Lynch was evacuated after the Iranian Revolution. The Army assigned him to the ROTC program at his alma mater, 1979-82. ROTC and PR membership doubled; Company D-2 fielded awardwinning performances at nationals during Lynch’s time as cadre adviser. Still, financial considerations forced the Army to make UWM ROTC an extension of the Marquette ROTC program in the late 1980s. Pershing Rifles Company D-2 was disbanded. “This saddened me, but it feels great that UWM now has the largest enrollment of service members and veterans [in the state]. It makes sense when you think about the community this university serves. A large portion of our student population has always been working students.”
REUNION DETAILS: Organizers of the July 29-31 Pershing Rifles Company D Reunion are coordinating a golf outing, campus tour, dinner reception in the Union Ballroom, fish fry at a local American Legion post and other events. Reunion organizers also have requested a stage. Not all details were in place at press time, but folks can expect some low-risk Pershing-style entertainment. For more information, please contact Bob Heritsch at 262-781-1603 (heritsch@wi.rr.com) or Keith Fritz at 801-739-2226 (taggesell@aol.com).
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2010
UWM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AWARDS FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE The UWM Alumni Association has announced the recipients of its 2010 teaching awards. Margaret Fraiser, assistant professor of geosciences, received the UWMAA Award for Teaching Excellence. Dani Kuepper, senior lecturer in the Department of Dance, received the UWMAA Teaching Excellence Award for Non-tenure Track Instructors. Here are profiles of the winners.
Margaret Fraiser on a research trip to the Andes.
AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE Margaret Fraiser, Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, College of Letters & Science Margaret Fraiser is establishing a track record of attracting students to pursue geology as a career by her intoxicating passion and confidence-building approach. “She engages students in such a way that they are unaware of the difficult subject matter they are learning,” says Geosciences Professor and Department Chair John Isbell. “She also serves as a wonderful role model for young women entering the science field.” Ashley Dineen experienced this firsthand and credits Fraiser with inspiring her to enter graduate school. “Perhaps the greatest show of my trust in Dr. Fraiser’s abilities has been my decision to pursue a doctorate at UWM
under her supervision,” she says. “While I received offers from other schools, I felt that no other adviser could offer me the level of support and commitment that she does.” Not only does Fraiser put the needs of her students first, says Dineen; she also devotes the same level of commitment and detail to her research endeavors. For instance, before a student research trip to Argentina, Fraiser spent months learning Spanish so she could better understand her host colleagues, notes Dineen. When Joseph Frederickson and a group of other geosciences students decided to start a paleontology club last fall, “the first person we went to with this idea was Dr. Fraiser,” he says, and she volunteered to act as the adviser. Undergraduate Scott Schaefer, a fossil collector, says Fraiser makes you believe in yourself. “I always had an interest in natural sciences, but didn’t consider it as a possible career path because I have a tendency to struggle with mathematics,” he says.
ALAN MAGAYNE-ROSHAK ’72
Dani Kuepper (front) rehearsing with dance students.
Then, a year before graduating with a history degree, Schaefer took Fraiser’s History of Life course. After learning more about him, Fraiser offered him a job analyzing fossil samples she had collected. “She also worked with me to figure out exactly what I would need to do to not only become a geosciences major, but also to apply as a master’s student based on the work I had already done with my hobby. “Essentially, I owe my future in a career I love to Dr. Fraiser’s efforts,” he says.
TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR NON-TENURE TRACK INSTRUCTORS Dani Kuepper, Senior Lecturer, Department of Dance, Peck School of the Arts Dani Kuepper (’98 BFA, ’03 MFA) is praised for her “diverse and elaborate teaching style and methodology, creative research, generous service towards our department and towards the Southeastern Wisconsin Dance community, compassion and dedication to students” by nominator Simone Ferro, associate professor of dance and program director for the Master of Fine Arts degree in dance. Ferro also describes Kuepper’s “rare combination” of a highly active dance performer and dedicated mentor to UWM students. Kuepper has been a lecturer at UWM since 1999, teaching Modern Dance Technique, Introduction to the Dancemaking Skills and Dance Repertory. “In a field that involves the complexity of the human body as a primary source of performance, Dani is sensitive and
mindful of the students’ strengths and limitations – thus always obtaining the very best from each of her pupils,” says Ferro. “She possesses the intuitive balance necessary to deal with our undergraduate students, for whom she is a leader and role model.” UWM dance alumna Elizabeth Zastrow (’10 BFA) describes how Kuepper communicates more than dance technique in her classes. “She often incorporates workshop days in her curriculum to teach freshmen the tools to maintain a healthy body.” Zastrow adds that Kuepper emphasizes “dedicated consistency as the path to success, advising us never to miss an opportunity to put our best foot forward.” Kuepper also serves students as a faculty adviser. And, as Ferro points out, Kuepper’s commitment to UWM students extends beyond graduation; she is often called on to collaborate, mentor and work as a guest artist in many alumni performances in the Midwest. Professionally, Kuepper is the artistic director of Danceworks Performance Company. Since joining the company in 1998, she has choreographed more than 20 works for the company. At Danceworks, Kuepper has organized community outreach efforts that include the Intergenerational Multi-Arts Project (IMAP), which pairs senior adults with children in the community to create visual art and dance together. Led by Kuepper, the company also has presented community workshops, lecture-demonstrations and performances – key to Kuepper being named to the 2009 “40 under 40: up-and-coming business community leaders” list by the Milwaukee Business Journal.
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SPORTS NEWS By Kevin J. O’Connor, Associate Athletic Director–Communications
FIVE PANTHERS INDUCTED INTO HAIDET HALL OF FAME UWM has inducted five former student-athletes into the Bud K. Haidet Athletics Hall of Fame. Josh Baseheart, Erin Blaedow-Chontal, Laura (Dallenbach) Osowski, Chad Sadowski and Jessica Wilhite all became part of the Hall of Fame during ceremonies at the Milwaukee Athletic Club Jan. 30. The event also included awarding of the new UWM Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni-Athletic Service Award to Jim Cleary (’60 BS), who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1990 and currently serves as chairman of the Hall of Fame Committee and a UWMAA emeritus trustee. The five new inductees come from a wide range of sports at UWM, with swimming, volleyball, soccer, baseball and basketball all represented. JOSH BASEHEART Baseheart was a member of the swimming team from 2000-04, collecting five Horizon League titles while being named the Horizon League Performer of the Year in 2003. At the conclusion of his career, he held school records in the 50, 100 and 200 free, the 800 free relay and the 400 medley relay. He also held league records in the 50 and 100 free. On top of that, he was a two-time team MVP and earned Milwaukee’s first-ever NCAA “B” cut in 2002. He finished his career with “B” cuts in the 50, 100 and 200 free. In the classroom, Baseheart was a three-time CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican and a Collegiate Swim Coaches of America Academic AllAmerican in 2002. He received his degree in computer science in 2004. Since his collegiate career ended, Baseheart has participated in the U.S. Olympic Trials, the USA Swimming Championships, a World Cup, a U.S. Open, eight USA Nationals and two World Championships Trials.
ERIN BLAEDOWCHONTAL Blaedow-Chontal was a standout member of the women’s soccer team from 1998-2001. She was the 2001 Horizon League Player of the Year and Horizon League Tournament Most Valuable Player. That season, the Panthers set then-school records for wins (15), winning percentage (.750), consecutive wins (9), shutouts (13) and road record (8-0). She was a two-time First-Team AllLeague honoree, while also earning First-Team All-Region honors from the NSCAA as a senior. She is one of only 11 players in school history to start every game as a freshman, and she currently stands ninth in school history with 16 career goals. Her teams won a pair of regularseason league titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament once. In her four seasons, UWM collected 47 overall wins and won its final 11 league regularseason matches. Blaedow-Chontal was also recently named to Milwaukee’s 25th Anniversary Starting XI Team.
Off the field, Blaedow-Chontal was named an NSCAA Scholar First-Team All-American in 2001. She earned her degree in education in 2003. LAURA (DALLENBACH) OSOWSKI Osowski was on the Milwaukee volleyball team from 1998-2001, compiling a lengthy list of individual and team successes in the process. When her career ended, Osowski was the school’s all-time leader in digs and stood second on the career charts in kills. She was the MCC Player of the Year in 2000 and was an All-MCC honoree three times. She also captured AVCA AllRegion honors in both 2000 and 2001, and was the MCC Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. Osowski’s final career tallies included 1,534 kills and 1,600 digs. She led the Panthers in digs in all four of her seasons and still has more digs than any non-libero in school history. She also collected nine 20-kill, 20-dig efforts, the most in school history.
Osowski was part of a senior class that won 93 matches in four years, making it the winningest class in the school’s Division I history. During her career, she played in four NCAA Tournaments, and won three regular-season league titles and two league tournament crowns. Osowski was the 2001 MCC Tournament Most Valuable Player and made the All-Tournament Team in 1998. She was named UWM’s Female Athlete of the Year in 2001. Osowski received her degree in management information systems in 2002. CHAD SADOWSKI Sadowski was a standout baseball player at UWM from 1997-2000. On offense, he compiled a career average of .330 in 182 games, with 28 home runs and 150 RBIs. Upon graduation, he was UWM’s career RBI leader, while he stood second in career home runs and fourth in total bases. He was also a standout pitcher, posting a 22-16 record and a 4.57 ERA in 258.0 innings pitched. Upon graduation, he held UWM records for games started (42), complete games (17), strikeouts (213) and wins (22). Sadowski’s list of honors includes three MCC First Team honors as a field player and a pair of First Team All-MCC accolades as a pitcher. He was also on the league’s All-Newcomer Team as a freshman, was a Second-Team honoree in the field and earned MCC Tournament MVP honors in leading the Panthers to the NCAA Tournament in 1999. Sadowski was the starting pitcher when UWM upset top-ranked Rice in the tournament that season, tossing a complete game. He was drafted twice by Major League Baseball, with the Brewers selecting him in the 23rd round in 1999 before the Phillies chose him in the same round the next year. Sadowski wound up playing three years in the minor leagues. He received his degree in criminal justice in 2000. JESSICA WILHITE Wilhite was on the women’s basketball team from 1999-2003 and finished her career as UWM’s all-time Division I
From left: Josh Baseheart, Erin Blaedow-Chontal, Bud Haidet, Jim Cleary, Laura (Dallenbach) Osowski, Jessica Wilhite and Chad Sadowski.
leading scorer. She is still sixth on the school’s all-time scoring list and third among Division I players, tallying 1,471 points in her career. She still holds school records for threes in a game (10), season (93) and career (277). Wilhite averaged in double figures in each of her four seasons as a Panther while she played in 114 games. In 2001, Wilhite led the team in scoring as Milwaukee captured its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. That season, she led
the Panthers in scoring while setting the school season record for three-pointers. Her play in the league tournament was particularly noteworthy, as she scored 36 points in the title-game victory over Green Bay on her way to earning MCC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors. Wilhite also was an All-MCC performer as both a junior and senior, and she was named to the Milwaukee Women’s Basketball All-Decade Team last year. She earned her degree in marketing in 2003.
ABOUT THE BUD K. HAIDET ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME Retired UWM Director of Athletics Bud Haidet made many contributions to Panther athletics during his 21 years in charge, and those contributions are remembered in naming the Athletics Hall of Fame after him. Haidet was officially inducted into the hall and learned of the renaming in the spring of 2009, just prior to his official retirement from the university. The renaming also kicked off a fundraising initiative to redevelop the Hall of Fame in the concourse of the Klotsche Center. The new display is nearly complete and is expected to be installed this spring. The display will include the names of all inductees plus a video screen that can show highlights of past and present Panther athletic events.
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CAREER QUESTIONS
By Cindy Petrites, Assistant Director, Alumni Career Services
NETWORKING TIPS FOR THOSE Imagine this: You are standing in a room full of smiling, chatting people. You are not among them. Nametags. Business cards. Forced laughter. Bad food. You are alone along the wall at this event. In a corner. You have paid money for this. If you hate networking, this image of it might be why. And yet, we all hear that networking is crucial to job seeking, that a high percentage of jobs are not posted, and that networking even increases your odds of getting the jobs that are posted. Still, no one wants to be part of the nightmare above. The good news is: You don’t have to be. If you’re among the job-seeking population who hates networking, here are some tips to get you started, whatever your obstacle. “I DON’T HAVE A NETWORK.” Many people start and end their networking with telling their friends and family they’re looking for work. Problem is, most people don’t know about a lot of jobs, and even fewer know about jobs that are right for you. Make a list of organizations where you’d like to work and roles you’d like to play in those settings, then ask those in your corner if they know anyone who works there. A brief conversation with an employee at a place of interest can yield great information and additional contacts who know about the work you’d like to do in settings where you’d like to be. “I’M TOO SHY TO NETWORK.” Effective networking depends on what Nancy Ancowitz, author of “Self-Promotion for Introverts,” calls “introverted strengths,” activities at which introverts typically excel. Her list includes researching, concentrating, gaining expertise, writing and listening attentively – all things “shy” people can do and often enjoy doing. If you’re more comfortable online than in person, social media can be a boon for you.
While it’s important to get out and meet people when possible, you can do a lot of the advance work from your computer. Build a website where you can showcase your materials and refer your contact to after you meet. “I CAN’T SPEND MONEY ON EXPENSIVE EVENTS.” Many career experts will recommend joining professional associations to stay current with your field, learn about new ones and meet people. Can’t afford to join? Contact the organization to see if there are any ways you can join at reduced cost or participate as a volunteer. If that’s not an option, most professional associations will list names and contact information of association leadership at the national and local levels. Reaching out to those representatives can give you connections and help keep you on the leading edge. “I’M JUST NOT GOOD AT THIS.” Networking is a skill that gets better with practice. Prepare for networking by talking with family or friends about their career paths, jobs or industries. Practice telling them how you can create value. Cheryl Bonner, director of alumni career services at Penn State, suggests that rewards – think gold stars to celebrate a weekly goal – and the support of others can make a difference. One strategy: “For face-to-face events – meeting a friend before the event, going in together, and then connecting at the end of the event to debrief and remind each other that it wasn’t so bad after all!” “I JUST DON’T HAVE THE ENERGY.” “Pace yourself,” says Devora Zack in her book, “Networking for People Who Hate Networking.” “Create meaningful, real connections. Retreat to recharge. Repeat.” When your energy is drained, do something
PETER JAKUBOWSKI ’07
WHO HATE TO NETWORK
Cindy Petrites answers your career questions.
healthy to refuel before reaching out to new or current contacts for maximum effectiveness. “I HATE ASKING STRANGERS FOR HELP.” The UWM Alumni Association has a LinkedIn group with over 5,700 members, and individual schools and colleges within UWM have their own groups and chapters as well. The Alumni Association also sponsors a monthly networking breakfast for alumni in career transition. Reaching out to a member of the SARUP Alumni group on LinkedIn or the Lubar Alumni group will likely generate a more positive response than reaching out to an anonymous HR representative. Just be sure to keep your request modest in terms of time and expectations. For more help with networking, contact the Career Development Center to make a free career counseling appointment at 414-229-4487. To submit a question for Career Questions, please send an e-mail with the subject line “Career Question” to petrites@uwm.edu. More information on UWM alumni career services is available on the Web at www4. uwm.edu/alumni/career_services/.
I TOOK ROTC? Written by Jerry Resler ’68 Illustrated by Stuart Carlson ’78
I have gone to Canada several times since then and found it very pleasant. While not much could have really prepared me for the Army, I do wonder now if paying closer attention in ROTC class would have at least helped orient me for two years of service to Uncle Sam. On the other hand, I suspect that nothing in ROTC Orientation would have properly oriented me for my two months of Basic Training. Even calling it Basic Training was misleading because while rigorous training did in fact take place, it was accompanied by heaping doses of torturous physical conditioning, humiliation, degradation and free-style sarcasm from our drill sergeants. Especially when some of our drill sergeants were suffering from acid reflux brought on I suspect from consuming 26 bottles of beer the night before on an empty stomach. Empty except for a bag of Cheetos. “Hey, maggot! Didn’t I just tell you not to look cross-eyed at our flag? Drop and give me 5,000 pushups!” OK, I’m exaggerating when I say we had to knock out thousands of pushups at a time for minor infractions like looking cross-eyed at Old Glory, excessive perspiration, failure to floss daily and making
ALAN MAGAYNE-ROSHAK ’72
I was looking through some old papers the other day and came across my UWM transcript. It was very interesting because I had forgotten the wide variety of courses I took, from botany, economics and Spanish to literature, sociology and political science, over four years while earning a bachelor of science degree in 1968 with a major in Journalism. But one course that I noticed I took in my freshman semester really made me snap to attention all these years later: ROTC Orientation. Although the course was required at the time, I had honestly forgotten I ever took it and what’s more I don’t remember anything about it. And, no, it wasn’t because I was smoking something at the time that I shouldn’t have been. The closest I came to any plant life back then was in my botany labs. While I don’t remember one word of ROTC Orientation, oddly enough, I do remember a great deal about a course I took in my senior year: Government of the Soviet Union, in which I earned a “B.” Admittedly, that may sound vaguely un-American. Maybe not even vaguely if you’re one of those people who still thinks Obama is a Muslim who was born and raised in Kenya and took his college ROTC Orientation in Cuba. But just in case someone wants to report me to Homeland Security, possibly to qualify for the monthly Turn in a Terrorist drawing (I think the prize this month is a Blu-ray player), I do have a get-out-of-Gitmo-free card. You see, I am not only an alum of UWM but of the U.S. Army as well. They call us veterans. Which brings me back to ROTC Orientation, the course that I have no memory of ever taking although take it I did and my transcript is the proof. In fact, it says I earned an “S” (as in “Satisfactory”) for the course. I suspect there was no letter grade other than “S” since I doubt that even colonels ever brag years later about “acing my ROTC Orientation” over strawberry margaritas at the officers’ club. As it turns out, I was drafted into the Army about seven months after I graduated from UWM. To make matters more difficult, I was not only employed full time at the Milwaukee Sentinel but was married and my wife and I had a 3-month-old son. And, no, I did not ever consider fleeing to Canada to avoid the draft although
death rattles on forced marches. Fifty pushups was usually the limit. But I also exaggerate when I say we were called maggots by some of our drill sergeants at the time. The truth is we were called much, much worse, most of it unprintable in this publication, including a few that would make even Howard Stern want to take a shower. The other truth, however, is that once I got past Basic Training, the Army really wasn’t so bad and in some ways I actually liked it. But I suspect that was the real purpose of Basic Training because after two months of that, you learned you could tolerate most anything. Except, maybe, for having to watch Lindsay Lohan in court once again or listen to one more word from or about Charlie Sheen. I think even the Geneva Code would define that as torture.
Jerry Resler (left) and Stuart Carlson are both graduates of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and former longtime colleagues at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Resler (’68 BS Journalism) and Carlson (’78 BFA Art) both took buyouts from the Journal Sentinel in 2008, Resler as an editorial writer and Carlson as the paper’s editorial cartoonist. They have launched their own humor consulting business, Humordocs. For more details, they suggest you visit their Website, Humordocs.com.
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CLASSNOTES 1950s Richard Lee Dawley, (’58 BS ’66 MS) has published his seventh nonfiction book, “Amish Reader.” It is an anecdotal journal of his recent and past experiences with the Amish and articles related to their lifestyle. 1960s William A. Jennaro (’65 BS), retired Circuit Court judge currently with Cook & Franke S.C. of Milwaukee, has been named “Best Mediator” in the State of Wisconsin in the Wisconsin Law Journal’s “Best of” poll. Award recipients were chosen by a ballot of lawyers and judges from around the state. Jennaro was also the top vote-getter in 2009. 1970s Scott R. Harding, CFA (’70 BA, ’72 MBA) has joined Milwaukeebased Pennant Management Inc., where he will manage short-term investment portfolios. Another UWM alum, Mark A. Elste, CFA (’78 BBA, ’’89 MBA) is president & CEO of Pennant. Shirley R. (Berry) Butler-Derge (’71 BA, ’90 BS) received the Most Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award from Wisconsin-Bell/ Ameritech, Most Outstanding High School Teacher of the Year Award from the Metropolitan Milwaukee Alliance of Black School Educators, and the Black Excellence Award for Teaching from the Milwaukee Times and WITI Channel 6. ButlerDerge is the author of “Rites of Passage: A Program for High School African American Males.”
Branko Terzic (’72 BSE) has been named executive director of the Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions. He will also continue as regulatory policy leader in Deloitte’s Energy & Resources Industry Group. Terzic, who also serves as chairman of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from Coal and Other Fossil Fuels at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE) in Geneva, Switzerland, received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the UWM Alumni Association in 1999 and an Honorary Doctor of Science in Engineering degree from UWM in 2009. Doug Schmidt (’73 BA), who was elected an alderman for Franklin, WI, in 2010, also is the president of the Franklin Historical Society and has had two local history books published, “They Came to Bowl; How Milwaukee Became America’s Tenpin Capital” and “Franklin.” Jill Fargo (’75 BS) has earned one of the highest honors in her profession – the NurseWeek Nursing Excellence Award for Management. Representing the California West region, Fargo received the award at a recent ceremony in Los Angeles. Fargo, who oversees the medical/surgical units, short stay unit and float pool at Children’s Hospital of Orange County (Calif.), was honored for her exceptional management of nursing and patient care services.
Mary L. Kwas (’75 BA, ’80 MS) received the 2010 Ned Shank Award for Outstanding Preservation Publication from the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas for her book, “Digging for History at Old Washington,” published in 2009 by the University of Arkansas Press. Kwas is a research associate with the Arkansas Archeological Survey in Fayetteville, Ark.
Margaret Rozga (’75 PhD), professor of English at UW-Waukesha, has been named a UW Colleges Arthur M. Kaplan Fellow for 2010-11. The award is given to individuals who make “significant and innovative improvement of instruction or of service to students.” A poet with an award-winning book and an original play to her credit, Rozga joined the UW-Waukesha faculty in 1982. She also received a Kaplan Fellowship in 1998.
NURSING ALUMNA EARNS TOP HONOR UWM College of Nursing alumna Kimberly Ryan (’96 MS) has received the Milwaukee Times 2011 Black Excellence Award for Health. Ryan, a Kimberly Ryan during her days at UWM. board member of the College of Nursing Alumni Chapter, formerly worked at UWM’s Silver Spring Nursing Center. She is now the clinic manager/ family nurse practitioner for the Milwaukee Health Services Convenient Care Kimberly Ryan during her days at UWM. Clinic, located in the Piggly Wiggly grocery store at Midtown. The Milwaukee Times launched its Black Excellence Awards in 1985 to honor outstanding local individuals who have a significant personal or professional influence on their communities.
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NEW POSITION; SAME DREAM Carollo began his officiating career working grade-school games in Milwaukee for $5 a pop. He worked his way up to high-school games. Then, it was on to the collegiate Big Ten Conference – a jump he made fairly early in his career, and one he credits in part to his playing days at UWM. “Football at UWM, athletics, getting my degree locally, and staying in the area really helped me with my career. You get noticed. You get that opportunity,
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Bill Carollo officiated two Super Bowls during his 19 years with the NFL. He received a UWMAA Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1998.
Bill Carollo explains a call to former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman.
COURTESY BILL CAROLLO
The pressure is off. The Green Bay Packers returned victorious to Lambeau Field after defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 in Super Bowl XLV in Dallas on Feb. 6. But that pressure can be immense in the days and minutes leading up to kickoff. Bill Carollo would know; he’s a two-time Super Bowl veteran himself. “Some people will say it’s just another game, you’re going to do your routine stuff and not anything different, but it really is different,” Carollo says with a little smile. Carollo (’74 BBA) was the starting quarterback at UWM from 1970-73 before the football program ended in 1975. His road to two Super Bowls, however, was paved on the other side of the whistle – not as a player, but as a referee. “I had dreams of replacing Bart Starr as quarterback, but I wasn’t big enough, strong enough, or fast enough to make it,” Carollo says.
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By Mary Rinzel ’04 and once you get that opportunity you have to do something with it,” Carollo says. In 1989, after 10 years with the Big Ten, Carollo started his NFL career as a side judge. He officiated Super Bowl XXX at that position in 1996. “A lot of it’s mental and years of preparation. I thought I was ready. I thought I was there,” Carollo says. It wasn’t until he watched the jets fly over Sun Devil Stadium in Phoenix and listened to “The Star-Spangled Banner” that it hit him – this was the Super Bowl. “I was really nervous, I couldn’t swallow. Then there were a few plays, and it was kind of a normal game. Although, you don’t want to make a mistake. You don’t get famous if you make a great call, you get famous if you make a mistake,” Carollo says with a laugh. Carollo became an NFL referee, or crew chief, at the start of the 1997 season. He officiated Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003 at that position. He was also called back to the big game as the alternate referee for Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004. SIDELINE SIDE JOB As he worked his way up through the ranks of officiating, Carollo also used his UWM degree in industrial relations. He worked at IBM for 30 years, and later at Manpower Inc. As the current coordinator of officials for the Big Ten, Carollo says he typically doesn’t cheer for any one team out of habit. But, quickly added: “Being from Wisconsin and not being with the NFL – having just retired – I pulled for the Packers!”
Bill Carollo (right) and former UWM teammate and current Tennessee Titans general manager Mike Reinfeldt pose for a pre-game photo at Lambeau Field.
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CLASSNOTES Owen Klatte (’76 BS Architecture) was animation supervisor at Rising Sun Pictures in Adelaide, Australia, on portions of the film “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1.” He oversaw the animation of the dementors, decoy detonators and horcrux sequences. Michael K. Connor (’76 MA) is the new president of the board of the Village Club, a private tennis and swim facility in Greendale, Wis. He also contributes his time as a volunteer at the North Point Lighthouse, a national historic landmark near UWM, and continues his role as an adjunct professor of graduate studies for Concordia University. Julie Groeschel (’77 BA) has joined the Manitowoc, Wis., office of accounting firm Hawkins, Ash, Baptie & Company LLP. She will work in individual and business tax. She had worked as a seasonal tax preparer for the firm since 1991. Dawn Klemme Ross (’77 L&S) has published her novel, “Never Give Up,” on Amazon’s Kindle. The story revolves around two broken people – a network reporter and a syndicated columnist – who embark on an intriguing journey after two chance meetings in Florida. dawnklemmeross.com. Frederick J. Sitzberger (’78 BBA), CPA, CVA, of Sitzberger, Widmann & Company S.C., has been elected to the UW-Milwaukee Foundation Board. Sitzberger, Widmann & Company is a public accounting firm providing financial accounting, tax, business valuations and consulting services to individuals and businesses in Southeastern Wisconsin.
The Very Rev. Father Frederick Janecek (’79 MSW) has been elevated to archpriest and awarded the gold cross by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). 1980s Randolph C. Henning (’80 MARCH) is the sole proprietor of Randolph C. Henning, Architect. He is the author of two recent books: “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Illustrated by Vintage Postcards,” published by the University of Wisconsin Press; and “The Architecture of Alfred Browning Parker: Miami’s Maverick Modernist,” published by the University Press of Florida. rcharchitect.com/. Mike Hirsch (’80 BA, ’84 MA) has been elected president of the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology. Hirsch currently resides in Austin, Texas, where he is chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Huston-Tillotson University. Michael Koren (’80 BS, ’85 MS) was named 2010 National Middle School Teacher of the Year in August by the National Council for the Social Studies. He was also named 2010 Distinguished Middle School Teacher of the Year by the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies. For the last 30 years, Koren has taught at Maple Dale School in Fox Point, Wis. Dana Thorpe (’81 BA, ’84 MA) joined the Building for Kids in Appleton, Wis., as the new executive director. The Building for Kids is a children’s museum featuring interactive exhibits designed by children for children. Richard Mundell (’82 BBA) was honored as UW-Waukesha’s 2010 Outstanding Alumnus at the Sweet Rewards reception in September. Mundell is vice president and manager of the Waukesha branch of the M&I Bank and president of the UW-Waukesha Foundation. He transferred to UWM after completing his studies at the two-year campus.
WHOOPS! In the Fall 2010 issue of UWM Today, we reported that Carson Singer (’99 BS) had received a master’s degree in Educational/ Administrative Leadership and that she had become the principal of Spotted Eagle High School. While the degree and new position are correct, Carson is not a “she.” We apologize to Mr. Singer.
Bill Lueders (’82 BA) has published a new book, “Watchdog: 25 Years of Muckraking and Rabblerousing.” A compilation of 73 of his articles and columns spanning a quarter of a century, “Watchdog” includes opinion writing, investigative reporting and personal stories, highlighted with updates. Most of the material first appeared in the Madison-based Isthmus magazine, where Lueders serves as news editor.
Rob Jaskulski (’85 BA) of the Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. office in Milwaukee, has been invited to be inducted as a fellow of the International Society of Barristers, a prestigious organization that seeks to honor top-tier trial attorneys throughout the world. Currently, the society is comprised of 650 attorneys, the majority from the United States, with 40 members from Canada and 12 from other countries.
Susanne Carter (’83 BA, ’94 MS) has been honored by the Wisconsin Dance Council with a Career Recognition Award. This award is given to a person whose diverse dance contributions such as organization, leadership, choreographer, performer, educator and innovator, have changed the future of dance in Wisconsin. As director of Carter Productions, she creates and tours one-woman shows. Carter also has a long history of working to bring dance into the public schools.
Diane (Eisold) Philippi (’85 BA), a Licensed Professional Counselor, has started her own business and private practice, Wellness Counseling Milwaukee. She specializes in helping people overcome anxiety and stress in natural, holistic ways, without medication. She is the author of an eBook on the subject and teaches many classes in the metro area.
Joyce Washington Feaster (’83 BS, ’90 MS) is the owner/ operator and education consultant for Tutor Doctor, a private, one-onone, home-based tutoring service serving Southeastern Wisconsin. www.tutordoctor.com/jfeaster. Glenn Havinoviski (’84 BSE) is associate vice president for transportation systems at Iteris Inc. in Sterling, Va. He is serving as practice lead for active traffic management and managed lanes applications, and as technical director for international intelligent transportation systems projects, including a recent job in Abu Dhabi.
Kenneth Wysocki (’87 BS) is a contributing author to the recently published book “Giving Through Teaching: How Nurse Educators Are Changing the World.” His chapter is devoted to teaching and directing in a nurse practitioner program in Dunedin, New Zealand, over a two-year period. Wysocki is currently living in Phoenix, Ariz., finishing a PhD in nursing with research emphasis in genetics and asthma. Zav Dadabhoy (’88 BA, ’90 MA) is the dean and chief student affairs officer at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Thomas Smith (’88 BBA) was installed as global president of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals at the association’s 2010 Annual Convention & Tradeshow in San Diego, Calif. Smith is the chief financial officer at Westmoor Country Club in Brookfield, Wis.
EXPLORING JEFFREY DAHMER’S WORLD By Kathy Quirk UWM alumnus and filmmaker Chris James Thompson (BFA ’06) initially thought making a documentary about Jeffrey Dahmer “sounded like a horrible idea.” But Frankie Latina, a friend and fellow Milwaukee director, who first suggested the idea, kept peppering Thompson with news articles, books and web clips about the Milwaukee serial killer. Thompson began brainstorming how he could approach the story of Dahmer, who was killed in prison in 1994, in a different way. “Eventually I realized that, as sensational as most of the articles were, there was one recurring aspect that was always fascinating yet never fully explored – the stories of the people around Dahmer,” says Thompson. “No one can possibly relate to the horrible acts Dahmer committed, but to me what seemed scarier and more accessible was trying to imagine what it felt like to be his neighbor, his co-worker, or just someone who rode the same bus each morning.” Circumstances were right to explore the idea, he says. Thompson had just won an award at the 2007 Milwaukee International Film Festival for his first film, “Kyoko Naturally,” about an elderly Japanese woman he’d become friends with. “I needed to use the film stock they gave me” (as part of the award), says Thompson, so he began to work on “Jeff,” a hybrid form of documentary that combines interviews, archival footage, historical fiction, fictional narrative and animation. The film features extensive interviews with Jeffrey Jentzen, the medical examiner in the case, and Patrick Kennedy, the lead detective. Kennedy, who later went on to earn his master’s degree (’00) and doctorate (’09) in education at UWM, now teaches in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. Thompson laughs as he describes the six months it took him to track down Kennedy before finally finding him at UWM, less than a mile away from his home. “It was then I was certain I would be a terrible detective,” says Thompson. “After meeting Kennedy and Jentzen and hearing their incredible stories, I immediately knew I wanted
Thompson shooting “The Making of The Pool,” pictured with Bollywood cinematographer Pathan Parvez Khan (2006).
them to play large roles in my film. Kennedy sat knee-to-knee with Dahmer for hundreds of hours extracting information, and Jentzen identified an apartment full of dismembered bodies without DNA evidence. These were not easy jobs.” LOOKING BACK ON THE SUMMER OF ’91 Like many in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, Thompson has his own memories of the summer of 1991 and the sensational and terrible story of Dahmer and his victims. Thompson was living in Madison, but his father had left the family and moved to Milwaukee. “I was pretty young and going through a lot of anxiety and depression, which were only compounded by seeing all the Dahmer footage on the news and then having to take the bus to Milwaukee to visit my father on the weekends. I remember it was a pretty strange time for me as a kid, so in an indirect way I think making this film about Milwaukee in the summer of 1991 helped me reflect on that period in my own life by exploring the themes of trauma, loss and human resiliency.” Thompson recognizes that the Dahmer story still is a sensitive topic for many in Milwaukee, so he’s not sure how people will respond to the film. “I have personal feelings about what the film means, but I also believe the best films mean different things to different people. If people come
away feeling as though I did the story justice, I will be satisfied.” WORKING ON MULTIPLE PROJECTS He has continued to develop “Jeff” around and between other projects. When he was interviewed for this story, he was in South America researching another documentary for Bluemark Productions, the Milwaukee film company he works with. Like many young filmmakers, Thompson juggles many projects out of love and necessity. “Because I’m funding the film on my own I’ve also been editing commercials for washing machines and shooting ‘webisodes’ for tennis balls to keep the project alive.” The extra time needed isn’t necessarily a bad thing, he says. “My favorite part of indie filmmaking is being able to let a film develop and grow as you learn.” Thompson recently received a Mary Nohl fellowship, “an incredible gift,” which will help cover the “incredible costs” of color film, and finishing the documentary. He plans to donate any personal proceeds from the film to a local charity. Thompson will start previewing and releasing the film this summer, screening and distributing “Jeff” through festivals, theaters, DVD, video on demand and the Web. Sign up for email updates on the release date at www.JeffTheMovie.com.
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CLASSNOTES Christine Stoneman (’89 BA), special legal counsel of the Federal Coordination and Compliance Section, U.S. Department of JusticeCivil Rights Division, received the division’s John R. Dunne Award in November. Stoneman was recognized for furthering the cause of civil rights through non-litigation activities, including outreach, public education, legislative drafting and technical assistance. Stoneman received a GOLD (Graduate of the last decade) Award from the UWM Alumni Association in 1998.
1990s Satya Nadella (’90 BS) has been promoted to president of the Server & Tools Division at Microsoft. He and his team will lead Microsoft’s enterprise transformation into the cloud platform in business computing. Nadella, who joined Microsoft in 1992, is the recipient of a Dean’s Alumnus Award from UWM’s College of Engineering & Applied Science. Richard Serkowski (’94 BA) is a recent graduate of the Preventive Medicine and Aerospace Medicine residency at Brooks City-Base, Texas. Serkowski serves as flight commander of special operations medical support at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.
Vera Trifunovich (’94 MARCH) and her sister, Andjelija, submitted a short film for the 2010 American Academy of Neurology Film Contest held to raise awareness about brain research. Their film, “Out of LockedIn Syndrome,” tells the story of caring for their youngest brother, Aleksandar, who, at age 33, suffered a brain stem stroke due to complete basilar occlusion in January 2008. Lynne Berendsen (’95 MS, ’98 PhD) received the Mount Mary College 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award for part-time faculty. She is an adjunct instructor in psychology at the Catholic women’s college in Milwaukee.
Alisha E. Hunt (’96 BSW, ’02 MSW) was one of the AfricanAmerican social workers (and the only one from Wisconsin) featured in the National Association of Social Workers’ online publication in celebration of Black History Month. Hunt is the director of social services for Foster Care Youth Independence Center of Wisconsin, Inc. helpstartshere.com.
ALUMNA’S GIFT SUPPORTS A NEW CENTER FOR WATER POLICY A $2.6 million gift from alumna Lynde Uihlein will support a new Center for Water Policy at UWM. The gift will fund an endowed chair and director for the planned center, which will be part of the new graduate-level School of Freshwater Sciences. Recruitment for the endowed chair and center director will begin this spring, concurrent with the review and approval of the new center. The director could begin work later this year, or in early 2012. “UWM is grateful to Lynde Uihlein for the opportunity to provide such a vital resource to her alma mater, Southeastern Wisconsin and the nation,” said UWM Interim Chancellor Michael Lovell. Uihlein received a BA degree in Art History A gift from Lynde Uihlein in support of a Center for Water Policy will enhance UWM’s position from UWM in 1968 and an MSW as a leader in freshwater policy, economics, science and engineering. in 1971. “This center will provide worldwill bring to bear effective strategies Uihlein shares UWM’s ambitious class interdisciplinary solutions for that protect, conserve and restore our goals and high hopes for the center. problems related to the protection and precious freshwaters.” “I cannot think of a more important restoration of our freshwater resources, The center will bring a multiissue in our community, in our state and and it will further position Milwaukee disciplinary approach, objective analysis around the world than the sustainable and the region as a national and and novel solutions to emerging use and management of water,” she said. international hub of water policy and issues. It will engage a broad range of “My hope is that the Center for Water technology innovation.” individuals from water law and policy, Policy will contribute substantially to “In creating this endowment I hope economics, science and engineering, that mission, and with the assistance of to contribute to the protection of the along with outside institutions the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee world’s freshwater resources,” Uihlein and scholars. and its partners, will advance an elaborated. “My purpose is to foster The Dean of the School of Freshwater important agenda by working together an interdependent approach that Sciences and the center director will and thinking sustainably.” will bridge the gaps between science, appoint an external advisory board with technology, business and the public broad, expert representation. good. By focusing on policy, the center
Marilyn Kaufmann (’96 PhD Nursing) has been named to the board of Shady Lane, a private, not-for-profit, citizen-directed care center in Manitowoc, Wis. Kaufmann is the chair of the nursing program at Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland, Wis. Matthew Rios (’96 BBA) has been appointed chair of the Southwest Y of Metropolitan Milwaukee. Rios is a partner at RitzHolman CPAs and a member of its tax and outsourcing teams.
Sumit Agarwal (’99 BS), a senior financial economist in the research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, has received a Certificate of Excellence from the TIAA-CREF Institute for his paper, “The Age of Reason: Financial Decisions over the Life Cycle with Implications for Regulation,” written with John C. Driscoll of the Federal Reserve Board, Xavier Gabaix of New York University and David Laibson of Harvard University.
Nicholas L. Blavat (’99 BA, ’01 MARCH) is an architect with Deep River Partners Ltd. The firm is among those featured in the book “Perspectives on Design Great Lakes,” focusing on waterfront homes. panache.com/ POD/DeepRiver/index.html. Carson Singer (’99 BS) received a master’s degree in Educational/ Administrative Leadership in May 2010 from Montana State University-Bozeman. He is the new principal at Spotted Eagle High School, an MPS Partnership School.
2000s Robert Gamperl (’01 MARCH), an architect with Milwaukee’s HGA Architects and Engineers, has been named to the Milwaukee Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” list. His work is primarily focused on arts, community and education projects, and on science and technology design for businesses. Joan (Leopold) Auwen (’03 MLIS) is a supervisory librarian at Nye Library in Fort Sill, Okla. She was recently married and lives in Lawton, Okla.
LUBAR EXECUTIVE MBA REUNION, REDESIGN COMING IN JUNE By Beth Stafford The Executive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA) Program at UWM’s Lubar School of Business celebrates its 35th anniversary in June by inviting alumni to sessions on professional topics and the changes in the EMBA program, as well as a gala reunion. In September 2011, the program rolls out a retooled EMBA. The Lubar EMBA program retains all of the qualities that distinguish UWM’s prestigious course of study while introducing an innovative new curriculum. Recruiting is under way for the 2011-13 class, with a priority application deadline of June 30. Final application deadline is Aug. 19. THE KEY LIES IN THE CLASSROOM A major point of difference between the Lubar EMBA and those offered by many other universities is the fact that it is a 100 percent face-to-face experience. “This is the approach favored by top executive MBA programs worldwide,” says Gene A. Wright, EMBA program director and adjunct faculty member. While technology is integrated into the program at every level, the UWM program does not substitute online class sessions for in-classroom interaction with top-notch faculty and accomplished fellow students. “The key to UWM’s EMBA experience resides within the classroom, where students engage directly with faculty experts,” says Judy Titera (’05 EMBA), who is a privacy officer at Assurant. “Interaction with classmates – other skilled managers – also is an integral part of the experience.” The program also provides links to senior executives from local and global companies, as well as a network of close to 1,000 EMBA alumni, she adds. Titera is president of the Executive MBA Alumni Chapter in the UWM Alumni Association.
NEW CURRICULUM What is new to the EMBA is a curriculum hinged on five thematic clusters. The clusters replace traditional academic subjects with an approach that promotes the in-depth, comprehensive, crossfunctional understanding of business required to solve management challenges in the 21st century. EMBA Program Director Gene A. Wright Other additions to the program enhance the personalized approach the UWM EMBA is known for – a new three-day residency to orientate participants, executive wellness assessments and seminars, and a new integrative management project chosen by each study group for development. Information and updates on the reunion are available at www4.uwm.edu/alumni/chapters/embachapter.cfm, while more info on the Lubar EMBA is at lubar.uwm.edu/emba.
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Beth Jacobsen (’03 BA, ’06 MPA) is the new assistant to the city manager of Beloit, Wis. She formerly served as assistant village manager of Elk Grove Village, Ill. Anissa Boeckman (’04 BS) has joined Waukesha-based Grady, Hayes & Neary LLC as an associate. She will be working in the areas of insurance defense, children’s law and commercial litigation. Brett J. Seese (’04 BBA) was recently promoted to senior consultant at Vitech Systems Group, a leading provider of software and solutions to investment, pension and health plan administrators. Seese has been with Vitech for just over two years, following positions at Northwestern Mutual and Thomson Reuters BETA Systems. N. Mark Shelley (’04 PhD) is serving as campus (academic) dean at Arizona’s first regional university, NAU-Yavapai in Prescott Valley. It is a partnership between Yavapai College, where Shelley served as dean of liberal arts, and Northern Arizona University.
JoCasta Zamarripa (right) is sworn in as Wisconsin State Assembly representative from the 8th District. JoCasta Zamarripa (’05 BFA) is the first and only Latina member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. She was elected last November and sworn in Jan. 3 as the new representative from the 8th Assembly District on Milwaukee’s South Side. She previously served as an educator and community outreach coordinator at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.
Justin Juley (’06 BBA) is president of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) Wisconsin. Juley works in the marketing department at the Milwaukee office of HNTB, an infrastructure design firm.
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Jarett Fields (’03 BA) has been named the first program coordinator for Admission Possible, a growing nonprofit college access program based in Milwaukee.
Cory Grassell (’07 MA) has been promoted to Brand Manager @ 15miles, a local-search digital marketing firm based in Milwaukee. Jaclyn DeGrand (’08 BS) joined the class of 2014 at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) in Lewisburg, W. Va., in August 2010. Kerry Kuplic (’08 MM) had his European opera debut in July as Marullo in “Rigoletto,” and sang the title role in “Reinhardt von Ufenau” in Samoëns, France. He currently lives in Heidelberg, Germany. Youngchi Chang (’09 MA) won the National Communication Association Masters Education Division’s Top Thesis Award for her thesis, “Singles In Seoul: Korean femininity and western postfeminism in popular media.” She is now a PhD student at the University of Michigan’s Department of Communication Studies. Janet M. Patterson (’09 MSW) has opened a child/family psychotherapy practice in Delafield, Wis. The practice will focus on helping children and their families cope with adjustment, family issues such as separation and divorce, death of a loved one, ADD/ADHD, anxiety, school issues and behavioral concerns. Jessica Gunther (’10 MLIS) is the new librarian at Immanuel St. Joseph’s – Mayo Health System in Mankato, Minn. Virginia Patton (’10 MS) has been hired as a school counselor at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School in Milwaukee.
Josh Schmidt (’99 BFA) is the composer and co-librettist of “Adding Machine – A Musical,” the Milwaukee’s Skylight Opera Theatre’s last production of the 2010-11 season. An adaptation of Elmer Rice’s 1923 Expressionist drama, it tells the story of Mr. Zero’s journey to the Elysian Fields after killing his boss for replacing him with a mechanical adding machine. “Adding Machine” has won numerous awards, including the 2008 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical and Outstanding New Score. The Wisconsin premiere runs May 20-June 12 at the Skylight. skylightopera.com for tickets and more info. Schmidt received a GOLD (Graduate of the Last Decade) Award from the UWM Alumni Association in 2009.
THE UWM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HAS MOVED The UWM Alumni Association offices have moved from the UWM Alumni House to the Hefter Conference Center, 3271 N. Lake Dr., Milwaukee, WI 53211. The main office number has been changed to 414-229-4290. Stop by and visit us in our new offices.
PANTHER PROWL SCORES A PERFECT 10-10-10
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Blue skies, leafy breezes and summertime temperatures caressed nearly 1,200 runners and walkers who showed up in shorts for Panther Prowl 2010, Oct. 10, 2010, at 10 a.m. Almost $60,000 was raised in cash and in-kind donations. Panther Prowl proceeds go toward scholarships and alumni programming. Members of the College of Health Sciences’ Society of Athletic Training Students warmed up the crowd before the race. Interim Chancellor Michael Lovell addressed the crowd, thanking prowlers and those who pledged them for their support of student scholarships and alumni programming. He told fellow participants that he’s a regular runner himself – then proved it by finishing the 5K in 20:34. Notable faculty/staff finishers also include the overall winner: Assistant Track and Field and Cross Country Coach and UWM alumnus Nate Weiland (’07). He led the 933 runners with a time of 15:13. Recent alumna and UWM cross-country record holder Holly Nearman finished first among women for the second Prowl in a row in 18:39. First-place in “Panther Pride” categories went to the English Department and the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. Associate Professor of English Liam Callanan helmed the 54-person “#1 Run Ons,” the Prowl’s largest team for the sixth year in a row. The crew from Social Welfare received a nod for “Most Creative Display of Panther Spirit.” Dogs Jessie and Maddie tied in the category of “Best Dressed Dog.” Visit uwm.edu/pantherprowl/ for a full list of Panther Prowl 10/10/10 results and the latest on the seventh annual Panther Prowl in 2011.
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Look for interactive displays and activities from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Central Mall. Expect appearances by Pounce and our athletic teams, performances by Peck School of the Arts students, demonstrations and exhibits by UWM’s 10 schools and colleges, and a Bookstore booth stocked with caps, T-shirts and more for showing your Panther Pride at the fair. As a bonus, the Central Mall is really, really close to the cream puffs.
UWM Night at Miller Park Sept. 10 Be part of the crowd at this year’s UWM Night at Miller Park event on Saturday, Sept. 10, when the Milwaukee Brewers take on the Philadelphia Phillies. Join us at 4:30 p.m. in the east parking lot for a family-friendly tailgate party. Special guests, including Pounce and UWM cheerleaders, will get you fired up for the 6:10 p.m. game. Special ticket packages will be available and include the tailgate, entertainment and a game ticket. Watch the UWM Alumni Association website at uwm.edu/ alumni for updates.
Panther Prowl Oct. 9 YOUR PRIVACY IS IMPORTANT TO US As part of our relationship with our affinity partners, the UWM Alumni Association makes contact information available so that we can provide the best service to alumni. Alumni who do not wish to disclose their information may exercise their right to not have it released by sending the Office of Alumni Relations a written, signed statement asking that their name, address and telephone number be withheld for purposes unrelated to official business. Send the signed statement with your name, address, telephone number, and email address to: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Office of Alumni Relations, 3271.N. Lake Dr., P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201.
GREENFIELD AVENUE
CENTRAL AVENUE
HORSE BARN
BENNO’S MICRO ALLEY
AMPHITHEATER
SECOND STREET
(Exhibitors only)
POULTRY & RABBIT PALACE
YOUTH CENTER
WI PRODUCTS PAVILION
COLISEUM
CENTER STREET
PETTIT NATIONAL ICE CENTER
GRANDSTAND AVENUE
CATTLE BARNS
THIRD STREET
I-94
SOUTH GRANDSTAND AVENUE
PLAZA
POLICE
FIFTH STREET
MAIN GATE
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Get ready, get set, Prowl! Get your running and walking shoes ready for the Seventh Annual Panther Prowl 5k run/ walk, which kicks off at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9. This certified course starts on the UWM campus, winds through scenic Lake Park and ends back on campus for a festive post-race party. The Prowl helps support UWM Alumni Association programs and student scholarships. For more information on how you can participate in the Prowl as a runner, walker or volunteer, please check out the Prowl website at pantherprowl.net. Online registration begins July 1.
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These UWM alumni will be honored: 2011 SPECIAL LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Frederick L. Hemke, BS Music Education `58 Louis and Elsie Snydacker Eckstein Professor of Music, School of Music, Northwestern University, and Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University, Illinois
2011 ALUMNI CITIZENSHIP AWARD Brian Bear, BS Medical Science `80
2011 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARDS Distinguished Alumnus in the Field of Art and Design Michael Gericke, BFA Art `78
Distinguished Alumnus in the Field of Art and Education Dean H. Nimmer, BFA `68, MFA `70
Distinguished Alumnus in the Field of Business and Architecture
2011 GRADUATE OF THE LAST DECADE (GOLD) AWARDS School of Architecture and Urban Planning
William C. Jensen, BS Architectural Studies `99, MARCH `01
Peck School of the Arts
Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, MFA Film `05
Sheldon Lubar School of Business
Ryan D. Schultz, BBA Real Estate and Marketing `99
School of Education
Megan Sampson, BS Education `09
College of Engineering & Applied Science Christopher L. Brace,
BSE Electrical Engineering `01, BS Physics `01
School of Information Studies
Laura E. Lewandowski, BFA Music `91, MLIS `09
Lawrence J. Schnuck, BS Architectural Studies `78, MARCH with Honors `86
College of Letters and Science
Distinguished Alumnus in the Field of Music and Education
College of Nursing
Kevin P. Stalheim, MM Music `81
Jacqueline Graham, BS Biological Sciences `99 Mary Jo Baisch, PhD Nursing `06
Helen Bader School of Social Welfare Rachele M. Klassy, MSW Social Work `07
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