Newsletter of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU) WINTER 2012-2013 VOL. 44 NO. 4 WAICU INDEPENDENT INSIGHTS WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT Private, nonprofit colleges and universities are COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

AlvernoAlverno College an entrepreneurial public service Bellin College Beloit College Beloit College The 23 opportunities for Cardinal Stritch University Cardinal Stritch University private, quality teaching and Carroll University Carroll University nonprofit learning to over 61,000 Carthage College JOBS Carthage College institutions of students in this state, ColumbiaConcordia College University of Nursing ConcordiaEdgewood University College Wisconsin higher learning but there is more: LakelandEdgewood CollegeCollege who constitute WAICU LawrenceLakeland University College WAICU receive members, without LawrenceMarian University University no general JOBS a governmental fiat, MarquetteMarian University University operating centralized planning, Marquette University Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Medical College of Wisconsin support from the or bureaucratic Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design taxpayers, but, mandates, are leaders MilwaukeeMount School Mary ofCollege Engineering like all nonprofit in graduating students Northland College Mount Mary College organizations, in areas where there Ripon College Northland College are committed are critical talent St. RiponNorbert College College JOBS SilverSt. Norbert Lake CollegeCollege to public shortages. For example, Silver LakeViterbo College University of the Holy Family service and to the greater good. The highest Concordia University Wisconsin established WisconsinViterbo Lutheran University College good, in our book, is providing educational a new pharmacy school in response to real Wisconsin Lutheran College continued on page 7 Friends are being urged to sign the petition to help show the Power of Financial Aid

WAICU has renewed its partner- a “0” EFC (expected family contribution) ship with the United Council of UW grew by 50 percent in just one year. Students (144,000 members) and the An investment in student aid is an Wisconsin Technical College District investment in everyone’s future. That Boards Association (144 members) future means fulfilling dreams and filling in support of means-tested student critical jobs (see above and page six). financial aid. Our campaign is now That’s the Power of Financial Aid. called the Power of Financial Aid Because college graduates gener- (formerly “Protect Financial Aid,”) or ally earn more, have greater financial PFA. resources, and are more likely to be Students, presidents, faculty and employed, they make fewer demands on staff, alumni/ae, trustees, and friends governmental services. Graduates also and supporters can now sign the peti- contribute far more in taxes—80 percent tion at www.PowerOfFinancialAid. more, according to a report by the org. You can also “like” the Power of College Board—over their lifetime than Financial Aid on Facebook. those without a college education. Over 95,000 Wisconsin students Every phone call, every petition receive student aid from the state, but thousands of qualified signature, every e-mail is critical. You can show your sup- students are turned away because of inadequate funding—even port for the Power of Financial Aid by signing the petition at as student need continues to grow. The number of students with PowerOfFinancialAid.org.  COUNSELOR NEWS & NOTES

Save the date for Look for WAICU MID-YEAR COMMENCEMENTS the spring WAICU at the Wisconsin Alverno College School Counselor December 15. The student speaker was school counselor religious studies major Grace McKirdy. workshop Association Annual Conference Bellin College October 11. Donna Zelazoski was the Wednesday, March 13 speaker. Holiday Inn WAICU is a proud sponsor of the Cardinal Stritch University 2013 Wisconsin School Counselor December 15. Dr. Earnestine Willis, profes- Rolling Meadows, IL Association (WSCA) Annual sor of pediatrics at Medical College of No charge to attend Conference on February 19-21, Wisconsin, received an honorary degree 2013, in Madison. Information on and gave the keynote address. Learn about applying for college, Wisconsin’s private, nonprofit colleges selecting a college, securing financial and universities will be available, along Columbia College of Nursing aid, and how WAICU can serve you with resources and information on Columbia held a pinning ceremony on and your students. PrivateCollegeZone.org—WAICU’s December 7. Lynn Street, MS, received an premier college access website—will be honorary degree. You will also have the opportunity to distributed. Be sure to look for us! talk one-to-one with college admission Concordia University Wisconsin officers from Wisconsin’s private, You can find more information about December 15. Dr. Viji George, president nonprofit colleges and universities, the conference at the WSCA website, of Concordia College New York, gave the and get the latest admission and wscaweb.org. keynote address. financial aid updates from WAICU- member colleges and universities. Free Edgewood College continental breakfast and lunch will be December 16. Fr. Pat Norris, O.P., M.Div, provided and professional MA., chaplain and ethicist at St. Mary’s development certificates DoDo you need Hospital in Madison, was the speaker. will be awarded. aadditionald copies of the WAICU 2013 Marquette University Registration will open GGuideu to Admission December 16. Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize soon. For more information anand Financial Aid? winning poet, received an honorary degree on this free workshop, CCall WAICU at in a separate ceremony held November 12. visit our webpage just for 11-800-4-DEGREE counselors at tto order more. Milwaukee School of Engineering waicu.org/counselors. November 17. Edward W Raether, retired vice president and managing principal of American Appraisal Associates Inc., received an honorary degree and gave the College Goal Wisconsin: Weekend Edition keynote address. Mount Mary College Students may not get help paying for college if they don’t ask. Financial aid offices on December 15. Dr. Jennifer Hockenbery campus offer great expertise. In addition, on February 23-24, 2013, College Goal Wisconsin Dragseth gave the keynote address. (CGW)—a collaborative effort between WAICU, University of Wisconsin, and the Wisconsin Technical College System—will have over 30 locations set up statewide to help with the Viterbo University Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form for students seeking financial aid, December 15. Nathanael Potaracke, an such as grants and loans. Completing the FAFSA is the first and most important step in elementary education major, was the qualifying for aid. Find the complete list of locations online at collegegoalwi.org. student speaker. Students should attend with a parent or guardian, if possible. A list of materials to bring Wisconsin Lutheran College can be found on the CGW website. If parents are unable to attend, students may attend December 13. Dr. Stacy Hoel, associate alone and bring these materials. Independent students are also welcome and should bring professor of communication at WLC, was their own income and asset information. the keynote speaker.

2 WINTER 2012-2013 THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS ALL WAICU MEMBERS FEATURED IN A REGULAR ROTATION Grants benefit low-income, program is a place where this commitment is first generation students developed, practiced and BELOIT COLLEGE tested. Sixteen percent of the Beloit College has earned five-year college’s total enrollment funding awards for its McNair and Upward is currently eligible for Bound programs. Beloit will receive a total of the program, and one $1.1 million for the Ronald E. McNair Post- measure of the program’s baccalaureate Achievement Program and success at Beloit can be $1.7 million for Upward Bound from the found in the most recent United States Department of Education. graduating class—100 “This is wonderful news and powerful percent of Beloit’s testimony to the enormous success of graduating McNair our McNair program in the past and the scholars were accepted innovative vision of our McNair program into graduate school. Students benefit from the McNair and Upward Bound programs. in the future,” said Beloit College President The goal of the Scott Bierman. McNair program is to education programs in the state to receive That “innovative vision” is one where increase the number of students in doctoral a total of $15 million over five years for the McNair program offers the entire degree programs who are low-income and Upward Bound, a federally funded TRIO college a model for what the faculty-student first-generation undergraduates or students program that provides high school students relationship can mean, and do. Advising, who come from groups underrepresented in with educational opportunities designed to long a staple and strength of the Beloit graduate education. This was a tough budget prepare them for college. experience, has become even more central cycle where some 60 of the 208 current Beloit’s Upward Bound program currently to the lives of faculty and students as a part McNair programs went unfunded (and no serves 76 first-generation, low-income high of the college’s new “Liberal Arts in Practice” new programs were added). school students, 10 more than the previous focus. Within this framework, the McNair In addition, Beloit was one of 11 higher grant. 

College and community teaming up to tackle bullying

ALVERNO COLLEGE with Milwaukee-area radio station KISS FM The topic of bullying is a constant in on an anti-bullying today’s headlines, and Alverno College has a campaign. The promo- new resource that tackles various aspects of tion encouraged local the dangerous problem and sheds new light high school students to on the oftentimes confusing issue. take the anti-bullying “Bullying: A Prevention Toolkit,” is the pledge by texting latest publication from the Alverno College support to keep their Research Center for Women and Girls, a school safe from bul- center devoted to generating and taking lying. At the end of scholarly research and applying it to the the contest, the school real world to benefit the lives of women and with the most text votes girls in Wisconsin. As the Center’s mission won a free KISS After is deep-rooted in supporting, transforming Klass Koncert, featur- and inspiring initiatives aimed at positively ing the chart-topping affecting women and girls, the bullying Alverno College partnered with KISS FM on an anti-bullying cam- British-Irish boy band, toolkit goes beyond sharing the most current paign that brought chart-topping boy band, The Wanted, to Racine The Wanted, who research on the topic by also identifying Horlick High School. Photo by Jesse Lee. performed live earlier causes and effects of bullying behaviors and this year on “American detailing the emergence of cyberbullying. on the topic of bullying, the Center has also Idol.” The concert was held this past spring Perhaps most important, the toolkit de- developed a list of easy-to-follow best prac- at the winning school, Racine Horlick. tails a list of action options, explaining what tices. The supporting documents provide Visit alverno.edu/research/bullyingpre- parents and teachers should and should not action-oriented tips for parents, teachers, vention for more information about the bul- do when bullying of any type occurs. and the at-large community. lying prevention toolkit, including the best While the toolkit sheds substantial light Most recently, Alverno College partnered practices supporting documents. 

THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT WINTER 2012-2013 3 MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Second century of success underway

MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING several awards and accomplishments same sport; offer a B.S. in biomolecular that were recognized as either first in the engineering, with an accompanying suite nation or first in Wisconsin, including of labs; and offer a five-year, freshman-to- The old adage, “Time flies when you’re first to establish an endowed chair of master’s degree in civil engineering. having fun,” certainly applies at MSOE. It servant-leadership; take first place in On the technology front, MSOE seems like just yesterday that launched a virtual visit, mobile the university was celebrating website, and mobile app. The its centennial year and, in university also revamped the college 2013, MSOE will celebrate its admission process by creating 110th anniversary. “Bridge,” a dynamic, online social The past decade was marked community for prospective students with many achievements. that now has about 5,000 members. The physical footprint of Since 2004, MSOE has served the campus grew with the as the National Affiliate University addition of the Kern Center for Project Lead The Way’s (PLTW) and Grohmann Museum, as Pathways to Engineering program did the breadth of activities for in Wisconsin, and was selected in students. In 2013 another new 2011 as the Midwest affiliate for the facility, the athletic field and PLTW Biomedical Sciences program. parking complex, will open, The future is bright for MSOE, as bringing the MSOE campus it is for students. Graduates enjoy to 20 acres. In addition, the university both the Design-Build and Commercial an extremely high placement rate of 95 will soon open a new suite of nursing Construction competitions; gain the first percent; and the highest starting and mid- laboratories and classrooms. ever, back-to-back national honor of career salaries of any Wisconsin university During the past decade, MSOE received having Academic All-Americans in the according to PayScale Inc. 

Local food initiative consumption of local foods on campus implemented to 20 percent during the 2012-2013 school year. The move will represent an investment of about $100,000 to grow NORTHLAND COLLEGE the presence of local foods on campus When students grab a bite to eat in the while supporting a local foods economy, Northland College cafeteria this year, they farmers and their families. The initiative are likely be consuming more local foods. grew from a proposal submitted to the The increase in food that does not have Chequamegon Food Co-op by the Bayfield to travel far to get to the dinner table is Regional Food Producers Cooperative part of a Local Foods Initiative the college (BRFPC) last year. BRFPC members rolled out for the 2012-2013 term. requested that the co-op serve as an Northland College is working in intermediary between farmers and area partnership with UW-Extension, the schools. Chequamegon Food Co-op, Bayfield “This is exciting because this is Regional Food Producers Cooperative, really where the rubber meets the road. and several area farms and businesses to Several local farms are among the partners We have thousands of pounds of food supply students and others on campus in Northland’s new local foods venture. and thousands of dollars going to local with local foods. Chartwells, Northland’s farmers. This initiative is the fiscal food service provider, will receive produced food products, making these realization of about five to 10 years of the weekly deliveries of local foods from products more accessible to schools local foods movement gaining momentum the Chequamegon Food Co-op, which and other institutions, and promoting in the region,” said Alan Filipczak, Local is serving as a distribution hub for local community self-sufficiency, resiliency Foods Project Coordinator with the farmers. and prosperity,” said Nathan Engstrom, Chequamegon Food Co-op. A listing of “Northland and its partners are helping Regional Sustainability Coordinator at partners and more information about the to create a vibrant local food system, Northland College. initiative can be found online at creating a larger market for locally- Northland aims to increase www.northland.edu/eatlocal. 

4 WINTER 2012-2013 THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS New 30,000 square foot student center opens

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY WISCONSIN functionality of our new Student Center,” hang out for the next four years at our noted longtime vice president of student growing university,” said Monica Garrett, Concordia University Wisconsin life Dr. Andrew Luptak. “We’re really a freshman from San Francisco, California. dedicated its new 30,000 square The Student Center is just foot Student Center on October 1, one example of Concordia’s a month into the fall semester. The “Have You Seen Us Lately” cam- two-story renovation includes a food paign. Next May the university court, a cyber café, a recreational will offer a physician assistant game area featuring ping pong and major, an intensive, 26-month billiards, an open lounge with big program leading to a master screen TV’s, the Campus Bookstore, of physician assistant degree. the Student Health Services, and Physician assistants provide new administrative offices. Tex-Mex, patient care by performing Uno’s Pizza, and Asian Fusion are physical examinations, diagnos- just three of the new dining options ing and treating illnesses and for students. injuries, ordering and interpret- For more than a year, university ing laboratory and radiologic administrators conducted focus results, and assisting in surgery. groups and surveyed students to find The program, one of just out what they wanted included in Concordia’s new student center is just one of many updates at four in Wisconsin, must still the Student Center. Groundbreaking the college. receive provisional accreditation on the $4 million project took place in order for graduates to sit for before graduation in early May after visits giving students exactly what they’ve been the Physician Assistant National Certifying to several Midwestern universities. “I’m asking for.” Examination.  extremely pleased with the design and “It will be an exciting new place to

New clinical simulation center opens

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY “We hope annually at to create a the new facil- Marquette University’s College national stan- ity, with the of Nursing recently opened a new dard that can goal of reduc- 10,000-square-foot simulation center. be replicated ing clinical Made possible in part by a $1 million in communi- errors and investment over five years from Wheaton ties across increasing pa- Franciscan Healthcare, the $4 million the nation to tient safety. simulation center combines the expertise address criti- GE of Marquette’s nursing faculty with the cal health- Healthcare, real world experience of Wheaton’s nurses care issues a leading and clinical care providers. of nursing provider of Located in Marquette’s College of shortages and health care Nursing, the Wheaton Franciscan patient safety, technologies Healthcare Center for Clinical Simulation both from an Students get practical experience at Marquette’s new Wheaton to hospitals, includes a six-bed hospital suite with two educational Franciscan Healthcare Center for Clinical Simulation. clinics and intensive care rooms, two medical surgical and practi- health care rooms, one pediatrics room, and one labor cal perspective,” said Dr. Margaret Faut networks worldwide, provided a $440,000 and delivery suite. It also features two Callahan, dean of Marquette’s College of educational grant of items including pa- health clinic examination rooms, a home Nursing. “Together, Wheaton Franciscan tient monitors with advanced technologi- health/assisted living apartment, a clinical Healthcare and Marquette’s College of cal capabilities, a central nursing station, skills laboratory, two four-bed patient Nursing can have a significant impact telemetry technology, infant incubators care rooms, and four debrief rooms where on healthcare delivery in Southeastern and ventilators for the simulation center, professors and clinical educators are able Wisconsin.” so that students can practice on equip- to review video recordings of simulation Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare will be ment that is used in hospitals.  exercises with students. guaranteed 200 hours of clinical training

THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT WINTER 2012-2013 5 MEMBER AND WAICU HIGHLIGHTS New genomics course immerses freshmen in research

CARTHAGE COLLEGE virus that infects bacteria. During the fall factors including the phage, Carthage semester, students each isolated a phage students chose “Patty P”—named for Prof. For those in the Carthage Phage Hunters from either a soil or water sample. The Pfaffle, who is also the biology department class, freshman year has not been a chair. It was isolated from Lake time to dip their toes in to test the Michigan, which makes it unique water. It has been a time to dive in among the sequenced phages headfirst. from the HHMI program. Shortly after unpacking their The freshman researchers clothes and meeting their roommates, have spent the bulk of this a group of new Carthage students semester doing bioinformatics, or rolled up their sleeves and began computer analysis, to understand hunting for viruses that may someday the functions of the phage’s help doctors treat diseases. Jacelyn genes. That work has lasting Peabody, a biology and neuroscience implications. Students’ names major from New Prague, Minnesota, will be attached to the research compared it to a language immersion in the federal GenBank database, program. paving the way for further The innovative course in genomics research. research is taught by biology Carthage freshmen take part in phage research. Advisors told Maxwell professors Deborah Tobiason and Machurick, a biology major Pat Pfaffle. Carthage is among a from Kaukauna, Wisconsin, that select group of schools approved for full phages were purified, DNA was isolated and participating in research early in college participation in the program sponsored students took pictures of their phage using would boost his odds of getting into medical by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s an electron microscope. school. He and the other second-semester (HHMI) Science Education Alliance. Each class is allowed to submit one phage hunters are certain the effort will pay Phage is short for bacteriophage, a phage for DNA sequencing. Based on several off. 

To your health—Wisconsin’s private, nonprofi t colleges and universities produce graduates in in-demand health professions

Wisconsin’s private, nonprofit colleges and universities are “not WAICU's share of graduate degrees what you think.” During 2010-11, WAICU members produced 26 percent of Wisconsin’s bachelor degrees but produced 40 percent 100% of the state’s overall health professions graduates, and 52 percent 78% of the state’s nursing (BSN) graduates. 58% This “disproportionate” productivity in health professions is 53% 45% reflected also in graduate degrees. 36%

WAICU's share of bachelor degrees

52% total overall health nursing medical physician dentist degrees doctor assistant 40% WAICU members produce 36 percent of Wisconsin’s advanced degrees and: 26% • 45% of the state’s overall health profession degrees • 53% of the state’s nursing degrees • 58% of the state’s medical doctors • 78% of the state’s physician assistant degrees •100% of the state’s dentistry degrees. total overall health professions nursing (BSN) (See the article “Independent Insights,” page one, for additional background. 

6 WINTER 2012-2013 THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT Private, nonprofi t colleges and WAICU BULLETIN BOARD universities are an entreprenurial public service KUDOS continued from page 1 • Forbes Magazine has recognized Beloit College, Cardinal Stritch University, Carroll University, Carthage College, Edgewood College, Lawrence University, Marquette University, shortages in this important profession. MSOE, Ripon College, St. Norbert College, and Wisconsin Lutheran College in its top rankings. More recently, the Medical College The magazine focuses primarily on which universities gave the best “bang for their buck.” Schools of Wisconsin, in partnership with St. that prepped students for high-paying jobs while leaving students with a minimum of debt were Norbert College, Bellin College, and favored. North Central Technical College, has • Beloit College has been recognized for having one of the best classroom experiences by announced expansions to two sites in Princeton Review. northern Wisconsin addressing the critical • MSOE, St. Norbert College, and Viterbo University have been named to G.I. Jobs 2013 list of need for additional physicians in the state. Military Friendly Schools, which recognizes the top 15 percent of colleges, universities, and trade (See the article, “To Your Health” page schools nationwide that deliver the best experience for military students. six.) • Nursing students who graduated from Carroll University in 2011 had the highest pass rate Marquette University, the Milwaukee on the national nursing licensing exam of any nursing program in the nation. Data are not yet School of Engineering, UW Milwaukee, available for 2012 graduates. UW Parkside, and UW Whitewater— • According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, Marquette University is among the top 25 together with BizStarts Milwaukee, national gainers in black student graduation rates among private institutions between 2004- the Milwaukee Water Council, the 2010. Marquette is also 5th in the top 25 national graduation rate gap-closers among private Wisconsin Energy Research Consortium, institutions. the Milwaukee 7 and the Clinical • Concordia University has been honored for excellence in student-focused higher education by and Translational Science Institute— Colleges of Distinction. Colleges and universities are nominated for participation in Colleges of launched the Wisconsin Center for Distinction through high school counselors’ recommendations as well as quantitative research. Commercialization Resources (WCCR). • Pewaukee Schools Superintendent and Cardinal Stritch University alumna JoAnn Sternke The WCCR will provide a variety of has been named Wisconsin’s 2013 Superintendent of the Year by the Wisconsin Association of services for entrepreneurs and businesses School District Administrators. According to the WASDA website, the Superintendent of the Year in this state, helping them go from an program has become widely acknowledged as the most prestigious honor a school system leader idea to pre-manufacturing. Existing can attain. services such as the Kohler Center for • Silver Lake College of the Holy Family professor of special education Sister Mary Karen Entrepreneurship at Marquette University Oudeans, OSF, Ph.D., was presented the Special Recognition Award by the Wisconsin Association and the Rapid Prototyping Center at for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired. In 2000, Silver Lake MSOE are part of the mix. Most new became, and continues to be, the only institution in Wisconsin where educators can become jobs rise out of small businesses and an certified as teachers of the visually impaired. entrepreneurial economy is a growing • Lawrence University finished first among 111 colleges and universities nationally in the small- economy. colleges division in the National Bike Challenge. Ripon College finished second. One point was Alverno College’s anti-bullying awarded for each mile ridden, with 20 points awarded to each rider for each day they biked. campaign (page three) and Northland • The Mount Mary College student news publication, Arches, received third place in the Best in College’s “local foods” initiative (page Show category for four-year non-weekly newspapers at the National Associate Collegiate Press four) are other examples of public service fall media convention. by WAICU members. There is not enough • St. Norbert College’s partnership with the St. Vincent de Paul Society was recognized with an space to mention them all. award acknowledging St. Norbert as an outstanding community partner for helping people in It takes nothing away from our primary need. St. Norbert received the award for its support of the mission of the Society of St. Vincent educational focus to note that Wisconsin’s de Paul. That support includes members of the college community serving at the St. Vincent de private, nonprofit colleges and universities Paul store and Paul’s Pantry, student internships with House of Hope women’s shelter, and the are playing a significant role in creating placement of a St. Vincent de Paul collection box on the St. Norbert campus. the jobs of the future. Wisconsin, like • Lawrence University art professor Arthur Thrall has been awarded a “lifetime achievement every state, has economic problems; award” from The Society of American Graphic Artists Council. Thrall was invited to be a SAGA WAICU members are part of the solution. member in the 1950s. I thought you would like to know. • Nick Arceo, Avery Boettcher, Mackenzie Curran, Sarah Larson, and Jhardon Milton—all Viterbo University students—received first place in the musical theater division at the 2012 state Sincerely, auditions of the National Association of Teachers in Singing. Viterbo also had four second-place winners and ten semifinalists. • Gene Laczniak, chair and professor of marketing in Marquette University’s College of Business Administration, has been honored with the “Marketing and Society Lifetime Achievement Award” from the American Marketing Association. The AMA noted that Laczniak’s scholarly publications on marketing ethics and his seminal work in developing this field of study Rolf Wegenke, Ph.D. deserved particular recognition. President continued on page 8

THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT WINTER 2012-2013 7 WAICU BULLETIN BOARD THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT continued from page 7 Vol. 44 No. 4, Winter 2012-2013 EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATIONS • Columbia College of Nursing and the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha have signed an PRESIDENT & CEO agreement to make it easier for students to transfer credits between the two institutions. The Rolf Wegenke, Ph.D. schools began offering a plan in 2010 that allows students to take two years of pre-nursing EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT courses at UW-Waukesha before transferring to Columbia. The new agreement allows those Wendy Wink graduating from Columbia the ability to receive credits toward an associate of arts and science DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS degree from UW-Waukesha. Katy Kaiser, editor • Edgewood College has joined with more than 150 state and national nursing organizations and more than 500 nursing schools to further education of the nation’s 3 million nurses in the coming years to prepare them to meet the unique health needs of service members, veterans, and their The Wisconsin Independent is published quarterly families. by the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU). To be placed on • Marian University, Ripon College, Moraine Park Technical College, and University of Wisconsin- the free mailing list, contact: Fond du Lac sponsored the annual diversity event “Bridging the Diversity Gap: Skills to Increase Your Diversity Competence.”

WAICU PROGRAMS AND DEGREES 122 W. Washington Avenue, Suite 700 Madison, WI 53703-2723 • Edgewood College is launching two new graduate programs through its School of Business: an 608-256-7761, fax 608-256-7065 MBA in health systems leadership and an MBA with a concentration in project management. Both www.waicu.org programs include options for stand-alone graduate certificates. www.privatecollegezone.org • MSOE will offer a Bachelor of Science degree in actuarial science and a Bachelor of Science Printed on recycled paper degree in operations research in fall 2013. • Cardinal Stritch University will add eight new athletics teams for the 2013-14 academic year, including men’s track and field, women’s track and field, men’s bowling, women’s bowling, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, men’s golf, and women’s golf.

RIP WAICU • Dr. Robert DeZonia, the first full-time executive director/president (1967-1974) of WAICU has died at the age of 82. Dr. DeZonia served in a number of leadership positions in both public and WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES private higher education and in state government. He always maintained a lively interest in WAICU

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