Newsletter of the Association of Independent and (WAICU) FALL 2008 VOL. 40 NO. 3 WAICU INDEPENDENT INSIGHTS WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT “Why can’t colleges and universities be more COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Alverno like businesses?” This question — “Why can’t colleges and Lemony Snicket, in A Series of Unfortunate Cardinal Stritch universities be more like businesses?” — can Events: The Hostile Hospital, infamously have several meanings. Sometimes it im- wrote, “The most important thing we do at Concordia University plies that colleges need to be more effective this hospital is paperwork.” Yes, colleges’ and efficient in their back-office operations. and universities’ “paperwork” (that is, their Lakeland College WAICU members have been proactive in this processes and systems) must be (and, in our area and are recognized nationally for their case, are in fact) evermore efficient, but there Marian University leadership in streamlining college operations. are other ways in which WAICU members are The Congressional report The College Cost also leading the way: return-on-investment Institute of Art & Design Crisis called WAICU’s efforts “transformative.” and productivity. Milwaukee School of Engineering Last month, Business Week cited WAICU’s There is a significant return-on-investment Mount Mary College leadership in collaborative initiatives to con- from higher for individuals, for Northland College Ripon College trol costs. employers, and for the state of Wisconsin. A St. Norbert College As important as these accomplishments high school graduate can expect to make $1.3 Silver Lake College are, we must not allow them to overshadow million during his or her lifetime. A person or trivialize the mission of higher education. with a college degree can expect lifelong Wisconsin Lutheran College continued on page 7

WAICU members produce graduates in high-demand fi elds

The U.S. Department cent of Wisconsin’s of Labor, the Wisconsin total bachelor’s WAICU's Share of Bachelor's Degrees, 2006-2007 Department of Workforce degrees awarded. 47% Development, and the However, Wisconsin Department of Public Wisconsin’s private 39% Instruction have identifi ed colleges and 33% critical occupations necessary to universities were 30% keep Wisconsin and the nation responsible for 26% competitive. disproportionate Responding to the need, contributions in WAICU-member colleges and the most critical universities have stepped for- fi elds. ward to prepare people for these WAICU mem- crucial jobs. bers accounted for During 2006-2007, there 30 percent of engi- total engineering computer all health nursing were 37,037 bachelor’s degrees neering, 33 percent science granted in Wisconsin. This of computer number includes both fi rst and science, and 39 Source: WAICU analysis of IPEDS Completions data for 2006-2007. second majors. Overall, WAICU percent of healthcare members accounted for 26 per- degrees. continued on page 6 COUNSELOR NEWS & NOTES New degrees and educational collaborations

WAICU colleges and universities have in higher education and K-12 to offer a federal grant from the US Department announced new programs and degrees of expanded opportunities for students: of Agriculture to research dietetic issues interest to counselors and their students: •St. Norbert College and the University in Wisconsin. •Cardinal Stritch University has created of Wisconsin-Oshkosh have reached an •Two WAICU members are in a Master of Science in Sport Management agreement on a new special education collaborative programs intended degree program to prepare leaders strand within the Master of Science in to increase student achievement in in professional and collegiate sports, Education (MSE) program offered in mathematics and science through health and fi tness clubs, recreation St. Norbert’s education department. professional development activities to departments, sport marketing fi rms, not- These new classes will allow MSE enhance the knowledge and skills of for-profi t sport organizations, and retail students to simultaneously earn both K-12 classroom teachers. St. Norbert sporting goods stores. their general master’s degree through St. College is working with the Wausaukee •Concordia University Wisconsin is Norbert College and a special education School District and the Green Bay offering a Doctor of Nursing Practice license through UW-Oshkosh. Area School District in the Green Bay degree in an e-learning format designed •St. Norbert College and Marquette Mathematics Partnership, and Marquette for post-master’s practicing family or University now allow students to University, along with UW-La Crosse and geriatric nurse practitioners. complete a joint fi ve-year course of UW-Milwaukee, is working with nine K-12 school districts and the Dynamic •Mount Mary College’s Master of Science study combining a bachelor’s degree Math Institute of Illinois in the Linn J in Counseling program now includes in economics from St. Norbert and a 6 Mathematics partnership. Both have a concentration in school counseling master’s of science in applied economics received grants from the Wisconsin for those who wish to become certifi ed from Marquette. Department of Public Instruction. Q counselors in elementary, middle, or •Carroll University and the University high schools. of Wisconsin-Platteville now offer a joint engineering program. Students will •Marian University’s business Did you receive spend three years at Carroll followed by degree programs have been granted your copies of two at UW-Platteville, earning a bachelor specialized accreditation by the Board the new WAICU of science degree in applied physics from of Commissioners of the International 2009 Guide to Carroll and a bachelor of science degree Assembly of Collegiate Business Admissions and in engineering from Platteville. Education. Financial Aid? WAICU colleges and universities •Mount Mary College is partnering with Call 1-800-4- are also collaborating with their peers the University of Wisconsin-Madison on DEGREE to order more.

Visit the WAICU Student Access booth at COUSELOR WORKSHOP DATES the Wisconsin Education Fairs Are you registered for one of WAICU’s 2008 School Counselor Workshops? From September 15 through October 10, 2008, the Wisconsin Education Fairs (WEFs) will crisscross the state so that students in every corner of Wisconsin will be able to learn Tues., Sept. 9, Ripon College, Ripon about their postsecondary options. Wisconsin’s 20 private colleges and universities are represented at the WEFs, along with University of Wisconsin System schools and Wisconsin Wed., Sept. 10, , Technical College System schools. Please encourage your students to stop fi rst at WAICU’s Milwaukee Student Access booth at the entrance to the WEFs in order to get an overview of the fair and its opportunities. WAICU’s Vice President for Student Access, Brooke Konopacki, will be Thurs., Sept. 11, Edgewood College, staffi ng the booth and will be available to answer all your questions about admission and Madison fi nancial aid. Counselors, students, and parents are welcome. To fi nd when the WEFs will be in your area, go to www.wefs.org. All workshops run from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 Students and counselors wanting tips on how to prepare for college can contact the p.m. and include continental breakfast WAICU Student Access Center at 1-800-4-DEGREE or [email protected]. In ad- and lunch, along with a tour of the host dition, they will fi nd free ACT and SAT test preparation along with online applicaitons for campus. For more information, call 1-800- Wisconsin’s private colleges and universities at WisconsinMentor.org. The WAICU Student Access Center and WisconsinMentor are supported by a generous donation from Great Lakes 4-DEGREE. Higher Education Guaranty Corporation. Q

2 FALL 2008 THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS ALL WAICU MEMBERS FEATURED IN A REGULAR ROTATION New residence hall earns At the ceremony, Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz said, “It’s one thing to have a “green” status broad goal, to say you’re going to meet the Kyoto Protocol or to say that you’re going EDGEWOOD COLLEGE to reduce carbon emissions by 100,000 tons. It’s quite another thing to say specifi - In a ceremony last April, Dominican Hall, cally how you’re going to get there, and the newest residence hall on the campus of this is a tremendous contribution to actu- Edgewood College, was offi cially awarded ally getting there.” LEED Silver certifi cation by the U.S. Green Dominican Hall is the fi rst college or Building Council (USGBC). university residence hall in the state of LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Wisconsin to be LEED-certifi ed. Environmental Design, is the USGBC’s rating Edgewood College’s commitment system for designing and constructing the to environmental stewardship is noth- world’s greenest, most energy-effi cient, and ing new; it is the fi rst college or uni- highest-performing buildings. versity in the state to be accepted into The hall was opened for the fi rst time in Wisconsin’s Green Tier, administered by August of 2007 and is home to nearly 200 the Department of Natural Resources. students. The program encourages institutions and Potter Lawson, Inc., a Madison-based businesses to go beyond current rules and architecture fi rm, was the designer of regulations to reduce their impact on the Dominican Hall. J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc., environment. built the new hall. Both fi rms have received Through participation in Green Tier, numerous awards for sustainability in design Madison mayor Dave Cieslewicz addresses Edgewood College has developed an and construction, including awards for proj- students, faculty and staff at Dominican Hall. Environmental Management System that is ects previously completed on the Edgewood Behind the mayor is Rich Lynch, president of focused on waste minimization, energy use, College campus. J.H. Findorff and Son, Inc. recycling, and water conservation. Q

Student volunteers help area taxpayers save more than $900,000

LAKELAND COLLEGE student VITA volunteers prepared and fi led The program gives Lakeland accounting 625 tax returns, up from 453 in 2007, at the students the opportunity to do real-life tax Salvation Army preparation, while at the same time provid- in Sheboygan. ing the community with a valuable public The average to- service. tal refund was The students work under the supervi- $1,498 (down sion of Lakeland accounting professor slightly from Rick Gaumer, who led the creation of this $1,510 last program four years ago. The program has year) and the returned over $2.2 million in tax refunds to total amount low-income earners since its inception. of refunds was “We call this the Lakeland economic stim- $932,529 (up ulus package,” Gaumer said. “These young from $683,832 people gave of themselves many Saturdays last year). and evenings to perform nearly 1,500 hours The VITA of community service. It is nice to see them Lakeland students Kyung-Jun Ahn and Vesna Aboagye work on tax returns service is learning to apply tax law, but it is even nicer with residents of Pine Haven Christian Home in Sheboygan Falls. provided to see them learn just how important they under special can be in helping others.” Lakeland College put nearly $1 million oversight of the IRS to encourage and en- There were 55 total volunteers involved — a record number! — in the pockets of lo- able low-income (under $40,000 per year) this year, either directly by preparing or cal taxpayers this spring through Lakeland’s taxpayers free income tax return preparation e-fi ling returns or indirectly by serving as Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and access to low-income tax credits, includ- support resources. Students also provided program. ing the Earned Income Credit and Wisconsin social services resource information through From January 24 thru April 15, the Homestead Credit. the Lakeland Psych Club. Q

THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT FALL 2008 3 MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Residence hall renovated to meet the needs of today’s students

ALVERNO COLLEGE and fourth-year students; energy-effi cient ments, the hall offers the familiar comforts of heating and air conditioning systems; home and the amenities today’s students College students have just returned to upgraded security and fi re systems; expand- need to thrive. classes after a two-month break, and they’re ed lounges; computer stations; kitchen and Senior Jesse Harrison-Noonan, who is fi nding a new option at Alverno living in the remodeled facility, College. Over the summer, said since she started at Alverno’s Clare Hall, one of the Alverno, there has been a college’s principal residence marked increase in college halls, underwent a comprehen- enrollment and, in conjunction sive makeover. with that, more interest in Thanks to generous contribu- living on campus. tions from alumnae donors “There’s more happening on through the Clare Hall Initiative, campus, so more students want the residence hall, originally to live on campus,” said built in the mid-1950s to house Harrison-Noonan, who has religious students, has been been an active member of the renovated to meet student needs college’s Resident Hall now and into the future. The Association and served on an hall is designed for upper-level advisory board charged with students who want the conve- Pictured is an artist’s rendering of a renovated room in Alverno’s Clare Hall. guiding the Clare Hall rede- nience of living on campus sign. paired with the freedom of Vicki Schreiber, director of independent living. laundry facilities on each fl oor; fi tness rooms residence life at Alverno, said the remodeled As part of the interior renovation and and study areas on alternating fl oors; high- residence hall was opened in late August remodeling project, the updated facility speed internet access; and links to campus (2008) and is fi lled to capacity with appre- features single rooms for 75 second-, third-, networks. In addition to major improve- ciative students. Q

Biotechnology programs Biotechnology, which was identifi ed as a known as a major mecca for biotechnology separate category in 1970 and has grown companies, and growth in the biotechnol- are on the cutting edge to include more than 1,400 biotechnology ogy fi eld will require a skilled labor force. companies nationwide, refers to the use of The biosciences also are a key component of CARDINAL STRITCH UNIVERSITY biological systems or living organisms to Governor Doyle’s Grow Wisconsin economic create or modify products and processes of strategy. food production, The Stritch offerings are aimed at stu- agriculture, fi sher- dents who are interested in a technological ies, and forestry. or vocational degree and who also seek a The programs fi rm foundation in the liberal arts plus a sig- were created nifi cant amount of theory behind the tech- in part because nology and techniques. The programs also state and national would benefi t employees at biotech fi rms trends indicate a who want to improve their skills or gain new double-digit in- ones and high school or college instructors crease in employ- who want to learn about a new area. ment for bio- “The market is out there,” said Dr. Debra logical technicians. Meuler, chair of the Department of Natural According to the Sciences at Stritch. “We will take the state- Bureau of Labor of-the-art equipment we got through our Statistics, nation- federal Title III grant and put it to good use.” wide a 17 percent And being a Franciscan Catholic institu- increase in jobs tion that values reverence for all of creation, Stritch’s new programs will help prepare the biotech workforce. is projected by Stritch will require a course in ethics as part Cardinal Stritch University recently 2014, with a 12 percent increase projected of the program and will stress the need to created an associate’s degree, a minor, and specifi cally for Wisconsin. provide ethical and compassionate treatment a certifi cate program in biotechnology. Further, the state is rapidly becoming of research subjects. Q

4 FALL 2008 THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Goal of collaborative Center for Urban Teaching is improving Milwaukee schools

WISCONSIN LUTHERAN COLLEGE Over the next few years, At Wisconsin Lutheran College, the participation Center for Urban Teaching (CfUT) is emerg- in the immer- ing as a leader in the specialized fi eld of sion programs urban education. The specifi c goal of CfUT grew. It didn’t is improving Milwaukee’s schools. take long before CfUT began in 2002 as the brainchild of foundations Dr. Ray Dusseau, professor of education, and took note of then-professor James Rahn, now president of the benefi ts of the Kern Family Foundation. Both saw the the center and need for specialized preparation for teachers extended mon- who had a desire to teach in Milwaukee’s ur- etary help. ban schools. Having teachers who are versed The center in the cultural differences and professional has also begun challenges unique to many urban schools to take a leader- Wisconsin Lutheran College education students gain experience in urban means better educators in schools that really ship role in the classroom settings through the Center for Urban Teaching. need them. And so began CfUT. fi eld through In 2002, the fi rst cohort of Wisconsin collaboration. program will double in size very soon. Lutheran education majors traveled to New “The needs of the city are larger than any “In a very short period of time, the efforts York City for one week to be immersed one institution,” says Dusseau. “That’s why started by the Wisconsin Lutheran College in urban education at KIPP Academy and we recently invited education students from Education Department have been able to Frederick Douglass Academy. Located in the Marquette University and Cardinal Stritch accelerate into a program that can have high Bronx and Harlem, respectively, both schools University to enroll in the program and be- impact in the community,” says Dusseau. had earned reputations for successful urban come part of the immersion cohort.” “We don’t have limits, only opportunities.” Q education programs. Dusseau anticipates that the immersion

Tiny Tunes: Students teach presented in our classroom.” baby on their knee, or walking their fi ngers Students teach parents a repertoire of up the baby’s arm, then giving a gentle tickle. parents the importance of songs and educate them on the importance “The reaction from the babies was incred- music in child development of including music in their child’s early ible,” said Katie Schuld, a junior from Green development. In addition to singing along, Bay. “Their faces just lit up once they heard LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY parents are encouraged to help their children the group singing and moving to a steady feel the rhythm through motions such as beat. That proved to us that the babies were It doesn’t take long for students in tapping the bottom of a foot, bouncing the responding and enjoying the music.” Lawrence University’s General Music As part of the course, Methods class to put theory into students also conduct research practice. Just two weeks into the on an aspect of early child- course, students are applying their hood music education. Many classroom lessons at the Mom’s of them use their Mom’s Club Club, a weekly gathering of parents experience as a springboard and their newborn babies ranging for their research, creating up to a year old. It’s a partner- the perfect harmony between ship with Appleton’s St. Elizabeth community-engaged learning Hospital that provides students a and individualized learning. unique environment in which to “Normally our affi liations hone their music teaching skills. with colleges would be in the “The course is designed to teach medical fi eld,” said Tamara teachers how to teach children,” Shortess, nurse educator at St. explained associate professor of mu- Elizabeth Hospital. “Having sic Britgetta Miller. “It’s very much a partnership like this that is experience-based. I really wanted Lawrence University student Jesse Weinberg plays a song to St. educational for both groups students to hold a real child, talk to Elizabeth Hospital Mom’s Club member and her son as part of the and benefi ts both groups, I a parent, to put a face on the ideas General Music Methods class. think, is unique.” Q

THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT FALL 2008 5 MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Study abroad program is first to merit prestigious national recognition

ST. NORBERT COLLEGE for international education at St. Norbert. scrutiny by our peers internationally. I think “Schools must be held to high academic, so- successfully fi nishing the process strengthens The study abroad program at St. Norbert cial, and safety standards when sending their St. Norbert College’s contention that our College is the fi rst in the country to receive students to other countries of the world. study abroad operation is in excellent condi- national recognition under tion for the future.” a new assessment process. As of June 1, only two National standards for other institutions shared the best practices in study international recognition: abroad have been devel- the University of Limerick in oped by the Forum on Ireland and the Foundation Education, the council for for International Education study abroad providers in London. and users headquartered The Forum of Education’s at Dickinson College in pilot program took the Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The form of a voluntary as- forum has been working sessment process offered for the past three years to to institutions of higher develop national standards learning around the coun- for education abroad and try. St. Norbert was in the successfully piloted those fi rst group of colleges and standards in 2006-07. The F.K. Bemis Center hosts many international activities at St. Norbert College, universities to go through “Study abroad is such a which has just received national recognition for its study abroad program. the process, known as vital portion of any college or the Quality Improvement university experience that national standards “We saw the participation in this unique Program (QUIP). should be a requirement for every such pro- process as an opportunity to see how our This year, 123 St. Norbert students are gram,” says Dr. Joe Tullbane, associate dean procedures and operations could stand up to studying abroad in 15 countries. Q

WAICU produces graduates in high-demand fields continued from page 1

In nursing, WAICU institutions did particularly well, WAICU's Share of Teacher Certifications, 2004-2005 accounting for 47 percent of all the state’s new gradu- 32% ates with nursing degrees. In addition, WAICU mem- 31% bers are creating nurses with advanced degrees who 29% will teach the next generation of health care workers. 26% Between 2000 and 2007, the number of master’s and Ph.D. nursing degrees awarded at WAICU members increased by 130 percent, while comparable degrees in the University of Wisconsin System increased by only 5 percent. The number of total nursing degrees in that period increased by 59 percent at WAICU members and 41 percent at the UW. Overall, total health care completions between 2000 and 2007 increased by 29 percent at WAICU and by 16 percent at the UW. Facing a shortage of health care workers, the state depends on total mathematics world languages science WAICU members to meet the need. Likewise, Wisconsin’s private colleges and universi- Source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, “Supply and Demand 2006.” ties are stepping up to produce highly qualifi ed teach- ers for the state’s elementary and secondary schools through their Among the Wisconsin teaching degrees awarded during 2004- teacher preparation programs licensed by the Wisconsin Department 2005 (the most recent year available), WAICU accounted for 21 of Public Instruction. WAICU colleges and universities educate dis- percent of the special education certifi cations, 26 percent of the proportionately high percentages of Wisconsin’s future teacher corps, mathematics certifi cations, 29 percent of the world language certifi - especially in high-demand areas. cations, and 31 percent of the general science certifi cations. Q

6 FALL 2008 THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT “Why can’t colleges and universities be more like WAICU BULLETIN BOARD businesses?” continued from page 1 KUDOS •Marian University student Kaidan earnings of $2.1 million, exceeding those college students with the taxpayer sub- Whitehouse won a $10,000 scholarship of a high school graduate by 61 percent. sidies to institutions in the University of from the Council for Opportunity in A person with a doctoral degree will earn Wisconsin System on a per capita basis, Education for a study abroad program on $3.1 million, or138 percent more, and there is a dramatic contrast. The Scholar Ship during the 2008-2009 a person with a professional degree will State taxpayers pay more than $7,600 academic year. earn $3.7 million on average, or 184 per year in tax subsidies for each full- percent higher than the earnings of a time-equivalent student in the UW •Kathy Lang, chief information offi cer high school graduate. Yes, I know there System, while the comparable per capita for Marquette University, received the are exceptions, but, for the overwhelm- support for aid for a private college stu- 2008 Midmarket IT Leadership Award for ing majority — people like you and me dent is just $537 per year. building a virtual patrolling center in the — the return-on-investment from educa- Now consider that from 1980 through university’s Department of Public Safety. tion makes a profound difference. 2007, the number of students enrolled Marquette’s Kristina Ropella, chair of Investing in education also pays off for in the twenty members of WAICU has the biomedical engineering department, employers by leading to increased pro- grown by 91 percent. In the same period, was named a Woman of Infl uence by the ductivity in the workplace. A study by UW System enrollment grew by just ten Milwaukee Business Journal. the National Center on the Educational percent. Wisconsin’s private colleges and •Stephanie Kirk of Lawrence University Quality of the Workforce showed that a universities are stepping up to meet the and Patricia Lara of Alverno College ten percent increase in the educational demand for educated citizens — and they have each won $2,500 scholarships for attainment of the workforce yields an 8.6 are doing so at a much lower cost to state 2008-2009 from Wisconsin Women in percent increase in productivity, com- taxpayers than public institutions. Government. pared to only a 3.4 percent increase due Besides return-on-investment, there •Moses Altsech, associate profesor to a similar investment in fixed capital. is also the important issue of produc- of business in the MBA program at In other words, employers who want to tivity in key fields. As shown in the Edgewood College, was chosen as one leverage their expenditures will find the lead article in this Independent, in many of the “Forty Under Forty” by In Business: greatest returns by investing in the educa- of the critical occupations requiring Madison. tion of their human capital. higher education identified by the U.S. •The women’s team at There is also a return-on-investment Department of Labor, the Wisconsin Concordia University Wisconsin was for our state. A report from Competitive Department of Workforce Development, recognized by the Women’s Basketball Wisconsin, Inc., “Goals and Strategies for and the Wisconsin Department of Public Coaches Association for having the Educational Competitiveness,” documents Instruction, the colleges and universi- highest cumulative grade point average of that Wisconsin needs to add 170,000 ad- ties in WAICU are unequalled. While any NCAA Division III school. ditional baccalaureate-degreed individuals we produce only twenty-six percent of to our state population to be competi- all baccalaureate degrees in the state, in tive with neighboring states and other these critical areas we are producing from APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTIONS countries in the knowledge economy. If thirty percent to forty-seven percent of •Mary Meehan, president of Alverno we achieved this level of education, we the degrees. College, has been named to the national would add over $7 billion to Wisconsin’s I come back full circle to the question board of directors of the Association of tax base. with which I began: “Why can’t colleges Catholic Colleges and Universities. In addition to the general return-on- be more like businesses?” The opera- •Mary Oling-Sisay, vice president of investment for Wisconsin’s economy from tional efficiency, the return-on-invest- student affairs and dean of students at higher education in the state, Wisconsin ment, and the productivity of Wisconsin’s St. Norbert College, has been elected taxpayers realize an even more signifi- private, nonprofit colleges and universi- to the Board of Directors of Wisconsin cant return-on-investment specifically ties show results any business would be Women in Higher Education Leadership from our private colleges and universi- proud to claim. (WWHEL). Yvonne Lumsden-Dill, ties. That is because Wisconsin’s private executive director of the Women’s colleges and universities receive no direct Sincerely, Leadership Institute at Mount Mary operating support from state taxpayers in College, and WAICU executive vice return for educating 58,000 students each president Mari McCarty are continuing year. members of the WWHEL Board. Wisconsin residents with financial Dr. Rolf Wegenke need do receive support as individu- WAICU president als from the Wisconsin Tuition Grant. INSTITUTES AND CONFERENCES However, if you compare this small •Mount Mary College hosted the amount of student aid going to private National Education for Women (NEW) continued on page 8

THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT FALL 2008 7 WAICU BULLETIN BOARD continued from page 7 THE WISCONSIN INDEPENDENT Vol. 40, No. 3, Fall 2008 Leadership Wisconsin conference in June. ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIPS The program is a collaboration of Mount •More than 500 students receiving the PRESIDENT & CEO Mary’s Women’s Leadership Institute, the Academic Excellence Scholarship — the Rolf Wegenke, Ph.D. Medical College of Wisconsin, and the so-called valedictorian’s scholarship — are EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Center for American Women and Politics at enrolled this year at Wisconsin’s private Mari McCarty, Ph.D., Editor Rutgers University. colleges and universities. Academic EDITORIAL ASSISTANT •Carthage College hosted the Governor, Excellence Scholarships are awarded to Katy Kaiser the First Lady, and the Governor’s cabinet Wisconsin high school seniors with the SENIOR VP FOR PUBLIC POLICY when Kenosha County was declared highest grade point average in each public Paul Nelson “Capital for the Day” in June. In addition, and private high school in the state. The SENIOR VP FOR COLLABORATION Carthage joined the University of Wisconsin- scholarships provide $2,250 per year to Rodney Opsal Parkside business school, Gateway recipients to be applied to their college The Wisconsin Independent is published quarterly Technical College, and Racine County tuition; one-half of that amount is paid by the Wisconsin Association of Independent Economic Development Corp. in sponsoring by the state and the other half by the Colleges and Universities (WAICU). To be placed on the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour, the fi rst- institution in which the recipient is enrolled. the mailing list without charge, contact: ever national collegiate entrepreneurial tour. WAICU •In June, Lawrence University hosted 122 W. Washington Avenue, Suite 700 IN MEMORIAM the 2008 College Horizons pre-college Madison, WI 53703-2718 •Matthew G. Flanigan, ninth president workshop for American Indian students, the 608/256-7761, fax 608-256-7065 of Marian University, died July 16, 2008. [email protected] fi rst time a Wisconsin school has hosted He served the university (then Marian the national program. Lawrence became a For more information, call 1-800-4-DEGREE College) from July 1989 to December or visit www.waicu.org partner university in 2004 and will enroll its 1996. fi rst College Horizons student this fall.

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