What ever happened to the Environmentalists?

How the ‘Eco U’ activists — and their University — have changed since the ’70s

And how they haven’t

MAY 2007 Notes from 2420 Nicolet...

With energy, vision, we’re still ‘green’Dear Friends, at UW-Green Bay It’s a little like “bringing coal to Newcastle,” but a cleaner, more environmentally friendly metaphor would be “like putting the ‘green’ in UW-Green Bay.”

I’m referring to my trip next month to a national environmental summit where I’ll join hundreds of my counter- Inside UW-Green Bay parts in signing on to an initiative called the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. May 2007 FEATURESElectric environment A major development will be our pledge to target and ultimately neutralize greenhouse gas emissions on each Volume 33, No. 3 Campus was activist magnet of our campuses. Editor

I’m excited about that initiative, but it’s the coalition’s second pledge — to educate the next generation of Chris Sampson ‘Eco-freaks’ Scholarly careers reflect a passion leaders in the areas of energy conservation and environmental awareness — that strikes me as “old hat,” a bit Editorial Staff redundant for us here in Green Bay. We’re already there. Always have been. Chris Sampson 2 2 At the time of the first Earth Day in 1970 I wasn’t around Green Bay. Home in California and completing my Sue Bodilly Milestone Fund drive surpasses $15 million doctoral work in political science, however, I certainly heard of this pioneering campus riding the crest of the Scott Hildebrand environmental movement. “Eco U,” the magazines called it, or “Survival U.” Designer 6 Yvonne Splan Welcome, transfers! Years later, I would develop a much deeper appreciation of just how far-reaching were the innovations of New credits for tech-college grads UWGB and founding chancellor Edward Weidner. The “Man and his Environment” theme grabbed the headlines Photographer but there were other, even more significant ways, UWGB challenged the higher education orthodoxy of the day. Eric Miller 11 Revered Elder 15 By integrating disciplines into interdisciplinary “concentrations,” by offering liberal-education seminars and the Contributing Still working at 96, alumna helps January special-studies period, by emphasizing problem-solving and “communiversity,” the University helped Photographer save a rare language re-shape the status quo. It’s interesting to note that many of the 1970s-era alumni interviewed for this magazine Matt Becker • 14 cite these innovations as being influential to this day. Goo-goo for Google In a sense, we’ve come full circle. Recycling, once radical, is now mainstream, as are other environmental advances. Inside UW-Green Bay is Grad finds dream job in Europe 20 As new concerns emerge, I tend to agree with UW-Green Bay alumnus and Clemson Prof. David Freedman, who published by the Office of 15 University Advancement and sees the enthusiasm of his generation recycled in today’s activists rallying for awareness of “carbon footprints.” its Marketing and Communi- He and the other 1970s grads can be proud. With an energy-conservation showplace in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall; cation unit. We welcome your comments. Address them to: student support for sustainability, green energy and our new Master Plan; a directive from the governor Inside UW-Green Bay Editor, 2 0 that UW-Green Bay will pilot new strategies for achieving energy independence… their University remains Cofrin Library Suite 815, 11 DEPARTMENTSCampus news at the forefront. fax (920) 465-2340, or email sampsonc@uwgbedu. Thank you all for your support of this University, its time-honored commitment to sustainability and environ- Mail change of address 15 Alumni notes mental awareness, and its focus on connecting learning to life. Enjoy this Inside. notification to Inside UW- Green Bay, Cofrin Library Cover photos: UW-Green Bay students enjoy a spirited game of “Earth Suite 820, University of Ball” in this undated photo. In one variation, students tried to keep the ball aloft, thus “saving the earth.” The ball was an iconic element of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 early campus life; in nice weather Prof. Jack Frisch rolled it out as a les- Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI son in new and cooperative games for his 24popular class Fundamentals of 54311-7001. Interpersonal Communication (a.k.a. “Touchy-Feely 101”) and several Bruce Shepard others. Inset: Sound recordist Gordon Hempton, Class of ‘76, on loca- tion in a Southeast Asian rice paddy. Chancellor ® Cover photography courtesy of UW-Green Bay Archives and The Sound Tracker ‘One of the few acoustic ecologists in the world’ —Gordon Hempton Today, his quest for the pristine solitude of CAME FROM: Potomac, Md. — where he captures the purest sounds of nature — takes him far from his alma mater. WHY: “UWGB’s environmental program. It was the ground floor Atabsolute least three times wilderness around the globe, in fact. of a new experiment, a new vocabulary, an innovative way of think- “Gordy Hempton, of all of us,” says college ing... A real strong attraction for me was the independent-study buddy Eric Avildsen, “probably got the closest aspect there. I knew I wanted control of my education.” to many of our dreams.” FIRST IMPRESSIONS: “Dr. John Reed was an amazing teacher. A self-described “acoustic ecologist,” with 60 Plant anatomy. He found a way of turning a plant body into a albums and an Emmy Award to his credit, real living being. I also remember the interdisciplinary seminars Hempton is the Green Bay grad with arguably at UWGB. One with David Damkoehler (environmental design) the most enduring commitment to the 1970s- opened windows on how to approach problems.” brand of activism that defined “Eco U.” LASTING IMPRESSIONS: “I am one of the few acoustic ecolo- He is now a recognizable® brand name himself: gists in the world. Certainly, UWGB was a major contributor to The Sound Tracker . His work was nation- what I am doing today.” ally celebrated in the 1990s documentary True to his activist roots in the 1970s, “One Square Inch” is what Hempton “Vanishing Dawn Chorus.” A PBS crew Pack the VW: ‘Sound Tracker’ takes case to D.C. DEGREE: Population Dynamics, 1976 Gordon Hempton is aiming his ’64 VW says is the quietest place in the United followed him to the Australian outback and camper on a cross-country, 106-day, States, in the Hoh Rain Forest at Olym- the Brazilian rain forest, places where it is still awareness-raising trek across America. pic National Park. He marked the spot possible to audiotape earth’s tones without He left Washington state in April on Earth Day 2005 with a small red the intrusive hum of civilization, distant roads on a meandering route to visit media stone. Insulate just that one-square and airplane overflights. outlets and professional and political inch of real estate from noise intru- “The extinction rate for quiet places vastly allies in support of his “One Square sion, Hempton argues, and hundreds of exceeds that for living species,” Hempton likes Inch of Silence” campaign. His goal is square miles of wilderness will benefit. to say. Washington, D.C., by early July, where The stone — a gift from a local He claims most people today will never know “The Sound Tracker” plans to lobby Quileute tribal elder — is symbolically a true wilderness experience, no matter how the FAA, EPA and National Park Service riding along on Hempton’s trip. He plans Gordon Hempton ’76, called by USA Today “America’s foremost guru of silence,” in Bryce Canyon, Utah. far they backpack: “I have recorded sounds for noise-pollution legislation and no- to return it to Olympic this autumn. from more than 20 miles away. And a single flight zones over selected ecological Supporters may track his progress at jet can obliterate (the experience).” landscapes. www.onesquareinch.org. Nevertheless, Hempton dutifully stalks the sounds of wildlife and wild places. He selects It was an electric place at the dawn of the 1970s. from gurgling bathroom fixtures, or “alpine It started in 1980, he says, with a cornfield a likely spot for his companion, Fritz, a man- breezes” from the whoosh of an elevator shaft. epiphany. Driving back to grad school by ‘EcoA story inU’ Newsweek a magnet magazine labeled for theactivists, school “Ecology big U.” ideasThe New York nequin-like head with ultra-sensitive, binaural way of backroads Iowa, he pulled over as a Times, Harper’s magazine and others showered praise on the concept of Ameri- His recording of loons returning to a wilder- microphones to replicate human hearing. thunderstorm rolled past, got out to enjoy the ca’s first environmental university, a place where every day would be Earth Day. ness lake at nightfall, to the accompaniment Once the taping begins, he stealthily retreats warm rain... and listened. “It was a beautiful “It was amazing,” recalls David L. Freedman, today a distinguished environmental of distant frogs, toads and owls, required professor at Clemson University, then a teen from Massachusetts who wanted to a distance to let nature take over. concert. I remember thinking, ‘How could both luck and many days in remote northern to make a difference. “Students from all over the country were coming to the I have become 27 years old and never truly University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. It was like an elite private school.” His “portraits of sound” have been compared Minnesota. to the tradition of classic landscape photog- listened?’” In truth, UW-Green Bay’s focus on pollution was but a single element of its He’s on YouTube and i-Tunes, and sells tapes raphers including Ansel Adams, whose nature He taught himself the basics of sophisticated, broader “Man and the Environment” theme, but the first Earth Day in April from SoundTracker.com. He also accepts 1970 symbolized the passion of the times. images captured undisturbed, timeless beauty. high-end recording, and never looked back. commercial clients. Musicians, galleries, (For a look at what some of those activists are doing today, consult these pages. For Hempton, authenticity is paramount. His museums and media producers — Microsoft, “Sometimes I can’t stay in bed. It’s 4 o’clock For a closer look at the evolution of the environmental movement and UW-Green high-quality environmental CDs are a world Bay, click Inside online at www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/inside.htm) Smithsonian, National Geographic, Discovery and I’m anxious to work. There’s that old say- apart from the faux nature tapes he says Channel and National Public Radio among ing, ‘Find a job you love and you never have sometimes draw their “mountain streams” them — all contract for professional audio. to work a day in your life.’ That’s how I feel.”

2 May 2007 May 2007 3 ‘There was nothing in Al Gore’s movie that wasn’t taught at UWGB

FIRSTin 1972’IMPRESSIONS: “What a surprise to DEGREE: Personal concentration, 1976 find that there was no UW-Green Bay, to FULL CIRCLE: “Just last summer I watched speak of. The library was under construc- —Eric Avildsen Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth. I tion. I met with the admissions people on remembered my studies in Green Bay the Deckner campus and I thought ‘Whoa, ‘The road eventually got built, but we made and thought, ‘we talked about all of this what have I got myself into?’” in college.’ We discussed things like the a statement about advocacy’ CAME FROM: LASTING IMPRESSIONS: “People like danger of population growth, the impact Manhattan CAME FROM: Rock Island, Ill. between the environment and LASTING IMPRESSIONS: “There David Kriebel, David Freedman, Margaret on natural resources. We were developing WHY: people. There was this very tight, were a lot of long conversations “I went to prep school in New York City Nicholson, Gordie Hempton, Mike Conk- hybrid vehicles 25 years ago. Friends built WHY: “I started at Oregon State in —Mary Sherwinbut always evolving group of folks into the night about how to to make but took a year off and worked in Germany. I lin, Chris Stix, Jay Alexander, Bruce Bal- a digester, producing methane from cow the zoology program. I read about who were fun and exciting, many of sure that the university, education- was on the flight back (and headed to Cornell lenger, Mary Sherwin, Billy Marsh, Linda waste. There was nothing in that movie UWGB in a Seventeen magazine whom had already done work for ally and operationally, was true to University) when I opened a Harper’s maga- Raczek, Claudia Schmitt. And Prof. David that wasn’t taught at UWGB in 1972.” listing of the top 10 innovative environmental causes. We all were its mission. That meant decent zine and read about UWGB... this new school Galaty, ‘an inspiration.’” schools in the country. It probably very active with trying to make sure food in the vending machines and for studying ‘Man and his Environment,’ and fed into my passion about nature COLLEGE LIFE: “I have great memories. UWGB stayed true to what we had preventing a road plan as part of you could create your own concentration. and the sciences.” When I got back, I immediately hitchhiked to Some of us fixed up and lived in a farm- come there for — environmental- an expansion... the road eventually Green Bay.” house in Luxemburg that hadn’t been FIRST IMPRESSIONS: “Exactly ism, but also interdisciplinary and got built, but we made a statement Eric Avildsen lives today in inhabited in about seven years. Rent was what I wanted, with concentra- problem-solving. The campus was about advocacy.” Burlington, Vt. so cheap, like $50 a month. We had one tions like ‘Ecosystem Analysis,’ so raw and new, just barely out DEGREE: Ecosystems Analysis, ’74 working car between seven people.” today—He earned a law degree, post- and studying the relationship from under construction.” UWGB, and is closing in on 20 years as executive director of Vermont Legal Aid. He oversees 35 other lawyers and 40 additional Nearly 35 years after UWGB, Mary Sherwin remains oriented to social justice and community action. staffers giving low-income, disabled and elderly citizens affordable She resides in Hartford, Conn., where she carries the title “pollution prevention coordinator” for her state’s The dawn of Department of Environmental Protection. She writes grants and coordinates citizen education on pollution, The new University of access to legal services. today— climate change, household toxics and green cleaning. Her special project is the Hartford Neighborhood Wisconsin-Greenrecycling Bay “It keeps me busy, and I get to wear was a leader among local Environmental Project, cleaning up one of the nation’s poorest cities. institutions in pushing the white hat,” he says. “Not every recycling. The concept lawyer has the opportunity to say Following graduation, she worked for CCAG — a Ralph Nader activist organization — and completed was novel enough that that. I feel like I’ve done important three master’s degrees, in environmental advocacy at the University of Michigan, and public health and staff members Sharon and rewarding work.” management at Yale. Gutowski and Bob Schott posed for this early “I think back to how personal one’s passion is in college. It comes alive again when you go through it with 1970s publicity photo, your own children,” Sherwin says. Hers, Liam, 22, and Fionna, 19, share a passion for social justice. demonstrating the ease of paper recycling.

4 May 2007 May 2007 5 ‘It was Eco U!

And I was a high schoolLASTING IMPRESSIONS: eco-freak’ “I met a group of highly motivated students and faculty David Kriebel, now a college professor and (Dave—David Jowett was a favoriteKriebel professor) administrator himself at the University of who shared a common sense of purpose: today—Massachusetts Lowell, reflects with admira- ‘It was unthinkable that showing how interdisciplinary education tion on UWGB of the early 1970s, particu- could tackle the complexities of the envi- larly Founding Chancellor Edward Weidner. freshmen and sophomores ronmental crisis. The faculty were very “He was a visionary, and quite courageous, supportive of whatever we wanted to do, to try such a bold idea for an entire campus,” CAMEcould FROM: Worcester,do such Mass. aturn thing’ dairy waste into methane… and to their credit, generally got out of says Kriebel. “I think in retrospect that the I remember going to see people the way when we made a coherent argu- WHY: “I wanted to make a differ- original vision may have over-reached, but —Davidin L. the agriculturalFreedman engineering ment about how we thought our educa- ence, clean up the environment. CAME FROM: I am glad that I was able to be a part of it.” department at Madison, and Philadelphia tion should be organized.” At UWGB there was a top-to- they had absolutely no faith in WHY: After UWGB, Kriebel worked with Dr. bottom infusion of environmen- “Because it was ‘Eco-U!’ I was a COLLEGE LIFE: “We fought unsuccessfully our ability to pull it off… Well, Barry Commoner, famed champion of the tal issues… in writing classes, high school eco-freak, and determined against a major campus expansion into we built it! And it worked. environmental activist movement, coordinat- chemistry, physics. The curricu- to devote my life to improving the planet what was then still part of the golf course. ing Commoner’s biology laboratories at lum was revolutionary.” FULL CIRCLE: “So many of the and reducing human suffering. A friend We organized demonstrations, marches, Washington University in St. Louis and things that seemed radical back of my parents had sent us the Harper’s and finally a sit-in in Chancellor Weidner’s FIRST IMPRESSIONS: “Not a lot working on his 1980 Citizens Party campaign then are now institutionalized. magazine article because they knew of office… I helped organize the Union of of infrastructure there. What for president. Kriebel then discovered his I am encouraged by the fact my interests.” Young Environmentalists, a pretty radical was there, we soon found out, professional passion and earned a master’s in — there’s almost a sense of FIRST IMPRESSIONS: group… We lobbied the state legislature was an incredible core of faculty “I came to visit in physiology and a doctorate in epidemiology déjà vu — that the same energy for a special designation for UWGB as members. And with no grad pro- the summer when no one was around. I from Harvard. He won a Fulbright fellowship that spawned the environmen- having an environmental mission... We also gram, we got the benefit of small was let into one of the Bay Apartments, to Italy to study at one of the world’s premier tal movement and UWGB in organized a national conference, inviting classes and research opportuni- but it was completely empty except for a cancer-prevention centers. the 1970s is growing up now bed and bare mattress. I slept under my student activists from all over. Our group ties and access to the faculty.” Today, Dave Kriebel is co-director of the around global warming. I hope coat and ate out of the candy machines. had an office way up on a top floor of the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production. He Prof. David Freedman and a LASTING IMPRESSIONS: “We the younger folks at UWGB When I came back again during the aca- library. It was the major hangout, and we student work in an environmental specializes in the epidemiology of occupa- did a lot of ‘learning by doing.’ It today will look at their faculty, demic year, I met a bunch of the other were there all hours of the day and night. laboratory at Clemson University. tional injuries, cancer, and certain respiratory was unthinkable that freshmen administration and curriculum crazy kids in the environmental groups, The security staff was very tolerant.” diseases; works to refine the use of quantita- and sophomores could do such a with that same sense of, ‘How and I immediately took to them.” DEGREE: Biology, 1977 tive exposure data in epidemiology; and to thing, but with Prof. Tom Abeles can we make a difference?’” better advise decision-makers on health and we got NSF funding for an enor- DEGREE: Science and Environ- environmental policy. mously ambitious project. We mental Change, 1978 wanted to build a digester to

David Freedman is a leading scholarly researcher on environmental David Kriebel (right) issues familiar to current-day residents of Northeastern Wisconsin. works with peers to set up a community health today—Topics include industrial chemicals in the environment — things like station in Vietnam. chlorinated solvents in groundwater and PCBs in freshwater sediment — and he is working to identify potential biological treatments. In other words, how fast can nature and its micro-organisms, either left alone or with a little help, clean up any damage? Freedman says his choice of specialization wasn’t particularly influenced by college-age proximity to the Fox River and lower bay. “These chemi- cals are issues all over America,” he says, but adds, “I did get a lot of background, and learn the scientific fundamentals, at UWGB.” Freedman went on to earn a master’s and doctorate in environmental At the height of the 1970s Mideast oil embargo, UW-Green Bay students including David Freedman researched a cow-powered alternative, and built engineering. He is a professor of environmental engineering and science anA early,Midwest methane-producing answer digester to atMideast Bob Schott’s oilfarm near campus. at Clemson University, in South Carolina. 6 May 2007 May 2007 7 CAME FROM: Albuquerque, N.M. ‘There was a big group of us… ‘TheCAME FROM: word Highland Park, on Ill. (andthe one yeargrapevine… or van, and outfit it as aUWGB traveling classroom was truly exciting.’ at Drake University in Iowa) throughout the Fox River watershed. We weren’t WHY: “I had a high school teacher who read about UWGB in Harper’s really supervised by faculty, we were just college I felt as though I found my own people.’ WHY: “After the first Earth Day (1970), about —BruceBruce Ballenger, Ballengerthe author of six books, is a magazine. I believe they described it as ‘Survival U.’ She thought it kids traveling around, visiting schools, putting three or four very progressive institutions at professor in the English department at Boise would be the perfect school for me. I was an Earth Day activist.” “communiversity” into action… We had our the time were getting a lot of publicity — UC- State University. FIRST IMPRESSIONS: — Linda Raczek field gear and testing equipment, and the kids today— “I remember a staff member saying, ‘This defi- Santa Cruz, Evergreen College in Washington, and their teachers would put the waders on, too, In the years after UWGB he stayed in full-tilt nitely isn’t Albuquerque.’ They were referring to the weather and the and UWGB. The word on the grapevine was and help us measure pollution in the streams… pursuit of his favorite cause. With a Univer- need for the tunnels. I loved Green Bay; I thought it really lived up to that UWGB was just starting up with a ‘Man We always ended with a big assembly, and we’d sity of Michigan master’s degree in environ- its name and promise. When I started in 1971, I found a large group of and the Environment’ theme, and was offering pull out the guitar and sing ecology songs… mental communication, he launched a public out-of-state ‘Eco-Freaks.’ I felt as though I found my own people.” something truly exciting. It was a place to get in Another major project involved Dave Kriebel, relations career in environmental advocacy, on the ground floor.” LASTING IMPRESSIONS: “I became an avid birder at UWGB. Bruce we tried to reach out to other campuses with serving, among others, the Northern Rockies Action Group based in Helena, Mont. Ballenger really got me interested in birding and introduced me to FIRST IMPRESSIONS: “It was the birth of the a national organization, the Union of Young my favorite spot, Mahon Creek. I now help organize an annual birding environmental movement, just an electric time. Environmentalists… the peak experience was After time back East, where he earned a festival in the Four Corners region (near home in Cortez, Colo.).” We had students from California, Missouri, going to Washington, D.C., meeting with the master’s and then a Ph.D. in composition DEGREE: Ecosystems Analysis, 1977 Massachusetts, Illinois, a lot of New York folks, under-secretary of the Interior, and making an and literature from the University of New all coming together in Green Bay... The three environmental case to stop the Alaska pipeline Hampshire, he returned west, to Boise State. buildings (that existed at the Shorewood site project. It was unsuccessful, of course, but it He teaches composition, composition theory at that time) were not very impressive.... The was important for the conservationist perspec- and creative nonfiction. Linda Raczek is an attorney and award-winning author. Her book open meadows and fields, the location on the tive to be part of the discussion.” bay, the beautiful trails, the setting for the Bay “The Night the Grandfather Danced,” about dance on the Ute FULL CIRCLE: “Part of being young is being Apartments, those were incredibly impressive. Reservation, won the Western Heritage Award in 1995. deeply passionate. I’m quite proud that many today— I became environmental editor of the Fourth After graduating from UW-Green Bay she worked seasonal jobs for of the things we advocated later became Estate (newspaper) and I remember bird watch- the National Park Service and Audubon Society, returning to Green extremely popular, status quo, part of the main- ing was big, and we had a snowy owl spend the Bay to volunteer as a Caucasian human shield for the uprising at stream. What should today’s students know winter… The class “Principles of Ecology” was the Alexian Brothers Novitiate. (A group known as the Menominee about those days? One, you can make a differ- a favorite. We all idolized (Prof.) Keith White, a Warriors Society tried forcibly to reclaim the land once owned by ence. Second, there’s quite a history at UWGB. fine scientist and a passionate conservationist.” the Menominee Nation.) There she learned about legal advocacy, It was one of the most innovative experiments pursuing a career in law and becoming a children’s advocate. LASTING IMPRESSIONS: “I recall two impor- in higher education, and really something quite She worked for Legal Aid within the Ute Mountain Tribe as a tant projects. One was the Mobile Center for remarkable.” children’s attorney, and when she left, was asked to be a foster the Study of the Environment. Students wrote DEGREE: Population Dynamics, 1974 parent to a little girl (Autumn Eyetoo) and a little boy (Josh Crazy- a Ford Foundation Grant to buy a mobile home, bull Hatch), now ages 28 and 22 and her adopted children.

When the Institutional Investor news service recognized its “All-America Research Team” in 2001, Chris Stix was an all-star selection. today—The honor confirmed what Wall Street Journal readers and CNBC financial viewers and many ‘I’d like to get back to my environmental others already knew: the Morgan Stanley analyst was among the nation’s top talents, a go-to specialist in the areas of data networking and Internet infrastructure. CAME FROM: FIRST IMPRESSIONS: LASTING IMPRESSIONS: “It was COLLEGE LIFE: Scarsdale, N.Y. roots “I loved and what I care most “Iabout.’ had a lot of fun. Just a year later, he retired. Pursuing a personal health interest and an important cause, and the environmental courses. ‘Eco- a tremendously positive experi- The winters were cold but I did a WHY: “I was always interested in already a board member, he increased his volunteer involvement with the Joslin Diabetes Center, systems Analysis’ focused on how ence with exceptional access to fair amount of cross-county skiing the environment and in high school —Chris Stix located near his home in Weston, Mass. Joslin is affiliated with the Medical School at Harvard species compete with each other, faculty. There was a large group of and winter camping.” had organized Earth Days. I heard University, where Stix earned his MBA, with honors. and how populations behave. people interested in the environ- about campus and made a visit.” DEGREE: Individual Major — I learned a strong set of skills for ment. Most of them lived at the “I’d like to get back to my environmental roots and what I care most about,” he says. “I’m start- Environmental Values, 1976 problem-solving in that course.” Bay Apartments and cooked some ing to explore but just haven’t found the right opportunity yet.” meals together. Gordie Hempton Still a consultant and investor, Stix spends his home life with wife Michelle; twin boys, Eric and and I were later roommates in a Jeffrey, and daughter Robyn. little cabin off the bay.”

8 May 2007 May 2007 9 CAMPUS NEWS

TheNamed University scholarshipsof Wisconsin-Green Bay’s push capital campaign has passed a notable milestone. CampaignPrivate donations forto the UW-GreenCampaign for UW-Green Bay Bay past have surpassed $15 $15million million, reports Landscape has changed, but Steve Swan, assistant chancellor for university advancement. Swan says it is fitting that a flurry of David Freedman ’78 sees himself excavate and install the holding new named scholarships, rather than a single exceptionally large gift, provided the momentum. andenvironmental early UW-Green Bay history in legacytank needed for thestill project. strong “This is a community and campus-wide effort, and it’s gratifying to see the donor response,” the small photo at bottom left. The photo, then, illustrates what he says. “We’ve had more than a dozen new scholarship endowments created in the last year alone. Every time that happens, UW-Green Bay students benefit for generations to come.” That’s him in the checked shirt. early UWGB called “Communiver- The Campaign’s overall goal is $25 million. Phase II priorities also include various aca- Visible in the distance are the Bay sity” and today’s UW-Green Bay demic enhancements such as programming, professorships and faculty/staff development. Apartments (circa 1974) and little calls “Connecting learning to life.” A larger scholarship array makes college more affordable for those with financial need, and else. Also evident, if you know the Decades later, the pattern repeats. increases the number of merit scholarships for top students from Northeastern Wisconsin and story, is a bit about the student Working independently and with beyond. Recipients return the favor by making their classmates’ experience more competitive environmentalists themselves. new technology, another alumnus and by contributing to the region’s economy and quality of life following graduation. “That old black-and-white pic- turned researcher, Prof. John Kat- ture says a great deal about our ers ’91 and ’93, worked with his resourcefulness,” Freedman says. students to pilot a more commer- The college kids enlisted the help cially viable manure-to-methane- of the construction unit of the to-electricity project, at Tinedale local Army Reserve to help with Farms near Wrightstown in 2002. New to UW-Green Bay’s list of Julie Brickley was a scholarship their manure-to-methane digester A single example, it’s a story Newest Throns’ gift a tribute to gifted named endowed scholarships: talented and popular assistance to a (page 7) at a farmyard on the edge repeated across UW-Green Bay scholarships colleagueinstructor whose passion continuing stu- of campus. Sgt. Batts and the Army today, where hands-on learn- • Bollom Family Scholarship for good writing had the dent or students. Reserve, presumably for practice ing, problem-solving and student • Julie Brickley Scholarship capacity to inspire even In keeping with and public relations, agreed to resourcefulness live on. their friend’s • Green Bay Photojournalism previously indifferent legacy, the Throns Scholarship students. Colleagues Joan and have designated • Jeremy Green Family Scholarship Michael Thron that recipients (Human Biology) ‘Sustainability’• Gov. Jim Doyle has designated is today’s UW-Green environmentalism Bay one of four campuses — to enjoyed observ- be chosen by the pilot a program achieving energy-independence by 2011. • Hagemeister Family Art ing Brickley in composition pro- Jessie Fink ‘05 has had a big impact on a little waterway. A Scholarship action as early gram from among • A newly appointed Sustainability Committee is a fulcrum for campuswide beauty to her Recentstar graduate grad, of UW-Green local Bay’s impact master of science program as 1967, when the entire student body, action. See www.uwgb.edu/sustainablegb • Philip J. Hendrickson Business daily teaching.” in environmental science and policy, Fink devoted her master’s the brand-new not just English majors. Scholarship In tribute, • Mary Ann Cofrin Hall is a showcase for sustainable-design features research to documenting runoff issues and water quality on University was Brickley passed away Joan and including photovoltaic windows. Baird Creek near campus. Her work was critical to a private • Sally and Bernard Killoran assembling its at her home in Sturgeon Michael have citizens group establishing a master plan for protecting and Scholarship (Education) English faculty. Bay in 1998, at age 72. • UW-Green Bay is a signatory to the American College and University made a five-fig- expanding the greenway. (Suburban development is encroach- “Julie believed She was the first woman to Presidents Climate Commitment on campus greenhouse gas emissions. ing on the once-rural picnic spot and natural area.) Fink was • Robert Maier Scholarship ure commitment to passionately that receive the UW-Green Bay invited back to speak at the 2007 dinner of the Baird Creek create the Julie Brick- • A new campus Master Plan is infused with student involvement and • Craig Mueller language lived at the Founders Award for teach- Parkway Preservation Foundation. Today, she works for JJR, a ley Memorial Scholarship. attention to environmental and sustainability concerns. Phuture Phoenix Scholarship heart of learning in every ing excellence, and she nationally recognized engineering and architectural landscap- The permanent endowment discipline,” Joan says today. founded and chaired the • UW-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center for Biodiversity has grown as a unique ing firm based in Madison; she was certified a specialist in • Prast/Gustman Scholarship will make available annual “She brought its joy and Women’s Studies program. educational resource for the study of the western Great Lakes region. energy/environmental design by the U.S. Green Building • Loretta Wells Nursing Scholarship Y Council. Numerous other UW-Green Bay students and faculty • Students arranged a full Earth Week schedule in April, and environmental have contributed to Baird Creek initiatives in recent years, and New “annual scholarships,” in projects were plentiful at the spring student-research symposium. Steve Lambert of Green Bay, board president of the non-profit which donors agree to make Preservation Foundation, is a 1977 graduate. an annual or one-time gift, Give it a try! include the Concerned Hearts DriversCONCERNED for the Red Cross, HEARTS creators of the “HeartNURSING Hugger Pillow,” Online giving is here Club Nursing Scholarship, Ken volunteers who staff Bellin Health’s waiting areas and counsel family UW-Green Bay has joined the Fleurant Scholarship, Tony Galt and recovering patients — members of the local Concerned Hearts ranks of institutions with a International Travel Scholarship Club are known for good works. Now the Club is doing something special for nursing students at secure site for online philan- and the NEWONS (NEW chapter UW-Green Bay. They will award $1,000 annually to a student with a thropy. Members of the Found- of Oncology Nurses Society) career goal of heart-related medical care. ers Association, contributors to Nursing Scholarship. “We agreed it’s a good cause,” says club president Jim Tuschl. the annual Alumni phone-a-thon, Named scholarships can be “Nurses helped us, so we’ll help them.” Club members have all had cardiac conditions. Their fundraisers and capital campaign donors created for as little as $10,000, include golf outings and dinner dances. Additionally, will learn more when contacted creating an annual payout of this year the Club was a beneficiary of the Packers for their respective campaigns. about $500, in perpetuity. Heart Cap promotion sponsored by the team and American Family Insurance. Interested in giving it a try? Visit www.uwgb.edu/advancement/. 10 May 2007 May 2007 11 CAMPUS NEWS CAMPUS NEWS

What a year! Playing through the dust and disruption of their new 4,000-seat home going up right next door… Phoenixlosing a few games earlywomen and then not losing again for ShiftRun by volunteersmeans since Phuture its John Crubaugh Phoenix of the Institute three months… and ultimately dealing with a highly inception in 2003, the award- sees a perfect fit: “In the long keeppublicized on, coaching keep change… on dancin’ winningprogram Phuture Phoenixis here pro- torun, staywe’ll be able to help Phuture gram is getting a permanent Phoenix because of our contacts The UW-Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball team home at UW-Green Bay. with K-12 schools.” had a season for the ages in 2006-07. It was announced earlier this Co-founders Cyndie Shepard The 29-4 finish and a 26-game winning streak set spring that the Institute for and Ginny Riopelle will remain program records. The team was No. 22 in the final AP Learning Partnership, based on with the program, which last poll (the program’s third national ranking in five years). campus, is taking over adminis- year brought nearly 1,500 local Capping it all was yet another NCAA tournament trip, a trative responsibility. The move fifth-graders to campus for a 59-52 win vs. New Mexico in the opening round (post- is intended to strengthen the pair of tour days, paired UW- DistinguishedCONSERVATIVE author Michael Novak (right) TALKER greeted audience mem- game victory jig, at left), and a hard-fought, leading-at- University’s ties to Phuture Green Bay student mentors with bers after his UW-Green Bay lecture last month for the Historical Per- halftime loss to perennial power Connecticut in a game DRAWS A CROWD Phoenix, an award-winning pro- the children, and placed college spectives Lecture Series. The internationally known scholar with the played in Hartford. students including Heidi Garner conservative American Enterprise Institute was a guest of Prof. Harvey gram that encourages at-risk In the fall issue of this magazine, look for more on the (below, pointing) in Phuture Kaye. Funding for the lecture series, which brings to campus promi- youngsters to graduate high hiring of a new women’s basketball coach to succeed Phoenix Clubs in local schools. nent speakers from across the spectrum, comes in part from private school and attend college. Kevin Borseth. The Upper Peninsula native stepped donations to the Founders Association. Novak addressed a large Rose down as Phoenix coach to accept the top position with Hall auditorium audience on the topic “Washington’s God” and the the University of Michigan. religious orientation of America’s founding fathers. Photo by Matt Becker

Joe LaForce decided in December 2006 to make a major gift endow- For nearly a dozen years, no one on campus had seen Prof. Bill Niedzwiedz with his hair Niedzwiedz lets his hair down ing the Joe LaForce Business Faculty Development Fund. His generos- down. It was in 1996 that he found the power of the ponytail: “I tied it back for noonball to LaForce gift benefits business faculty ity will generate approximately $1,500 annually to enhance teaching keep the hair out of my eyes and just stuck with it.” He got a trim last year but his students and research. The former Founders Association director built LaForce had a better idea: Grow it out and donate it to Locks for Love, a charitable organization that Hardware of Green Bay into a national distributor of doors, frames makes wigs from human hair for those who have lost theirs. In December, with his mane at and hardware. He passed away earlier this spring at age 84 and is mid-back, Bill made the call to Theresa Neta, his stylist at Hats Off (called upon in recent survived by his wife, Eleanor “Mac” LaForce, and children Patricia, years only for split-end duty) and said, “Let’s do this!” Fourteen inches lighter, Bill now has DURING AFTER James and Jane. two purposes for future “ponies” — jump shots and charity.

Last names optional. That’s the Johnson was a corner- stone of the first NCAA KRESS PROJECT UW-Green Bay history students the basics of a strategic plan, sort of induction class it was for The name Silverdome may be trademarked, but it is nonetheless Faculty, students help Honors forthe 2007 Tony, Phoenix Hall of Fame.Ben andDivision Carol I tournament under the direction of Prof. and Don McCartney of the a decent descriptor for the new look ROLLS atop the Kress ON Events Center UW-Green Bay fans across the team in 1991, capable of (withat UW-Green special Bay. Inroofing) early May crews from the Fabral company Andrewengineer Kersten are museum’s advising marketing new faculty track and archi- dominating games as a country are plenty familiar with began unspooling thin panels of durable, 24-gauge steel to span the National Railroad Museum vist Deb Anderson of the Area Phoenix basketball legends Tony defensive stopper. A com- Hammerle Johnson the roof’s 325-foot length. Fabral says the roughly one-acre on a major repositioning as the Research Center assisted, too. Bennett, Ben Johnson and Carol munications graduate, he Ashwaubenon facility prepares expanse is the largest arched metal roof they have installed. The result? The museum direc- Hammerle. played and coached professionally of Washington State, he swept for its 50th anniversary.RAIL in Australia and at UW-Green Bay Inside, finishing touches are being applied as the $33 million tor is “very impressed” Hammerle founded the wom- national coach of the year honors en’s program and won nearly before accepting an assistant’s job Kress Center readies to open by mid-semester, fall 2007. The museum wants with the work, and at age 37 and earned a long-term 500 games in 25 years, with 21 at Washington State University. to add a strong Kersten hopes the contract extension for leading ROAD consecutive winning seasons and The highly visible Bennett, the Cougars (26-8) to their best education com- student project might a dozen 20-win campaigns. She often referred to as the most season in 60 years. A humanistic ponent to its train “become a model for left UW-Green Bay for Northern decorated athlete in UW-Green studies major, Bennett graduated CROSSING3 yard full of artifacts. public history.” Illinois in 1998 and retired from Bay history, is now, arguably, the from UW-Green Bay in 1992, as Kersten’s History Semi- coaching in 2005. school’s most-decorated alumnus, did Johnson. nar course supplied TRACKS period. As first-year head coach

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Daniel Boettcher ’72 is CEO for Northport Corporation of St. Cloud More than 62,000 residents of Northeastern Wisconsin “Many of these working adults Degree Program, which coordi- in1970s Gillett, Wis. Northport offers a hold technical college associate degrees, have looked to us in the past,” con- nates weekend classes and online full line of aluminum fishing and When the remarkable Maria (Hello, grandmother)” as part of a It was the desire to enhance pleasure boats. Boettcher’s degree and 2,000 new graduates join cedes Chancellor Bruce Shepard, learning primarily for working No college rivalry here: Teaming up to give transfers a break Hinton returned recently‘She to the Whotraditional greeting Remembers’ in Oneida. her linguistics and teaching is in managerial systems. them each year. “but would get discouraged by our adults. (More detail is available at Oneida Nation’s Turtle Elemen- For the students, it was a rare credentials that led her to Richard Pigeon ’72 is a banker at That’s a big inability to give them credit for www.uwgb.edu/adult/index.asp.) tary School, it wasn’t onlyis a class Oneida honor. Mrs. Hinton treasure is one of a enroll first at Milwaukee, then previous coursework.” Citizens Bank, Green Bay. He has market of The UW-Green Bay degree and a of fifth-graders (below) who dwindling handful — as few as Green Bay, where she studied 34 years of experience for Citizens potential “For a long time,” echoes Jeff Rafn, similar offering at UW-Oshkosh crowded around. five, perhaps — of native Oneida with Prof. Cliff Abbott, him- Bank. His degree is in managerial t r a n s f e r s president of Northeast Wiscon- are the first of their kinds in the Every few steps down the hall, speakers in Wisconsin. She self a student and teacher of systems. teachers and staffers would turn grew up on old Seymour Road Oneida. for UW- sin Technical College, “technical state. Officials were able to ham- Patricia Finder-Stone ’73 was G r e e n college and the university were mer out a better fit between the in recognition and rush over with in a household that spoke only At the time, she was the appointed to the Midwest Board of Bay — worlds apart. Now we are working two systems so there are immedi- a hug, a smile or a delighted, “So Oneida, and learned English at oldest ever to receive a UW- the American Cancer Society. She happy to see you!” the government school at age 10. Green Bay bachelor’s, at age is a long-time advocate for healthy but it’s together.” ate answers for local tech-college living, especially in the area of a market Mrs. Hinton, UW-Green Bay These days, a steady stream of 68. She is now the University’s Beginning this fall, individuals students wondering if their prior tobacco control. She is a registered s t a t e Class of 1979, is a revered Tribal visitors brightens her Highway 54 oldest alumnus, and one of its nurse and community activist. Her with associate degrees from area credits will “count” if they enroll at univer- Elder known nationally for help- home. Family, friends and helpers most honored: A few years degree is growth and development. technical colleges will be able to the university. s i t i e s ing preserve Oneida stories, lan- check in regularly. Other callers ago, a major American Indian seamlessly transfer those degrees Messages such as “Prep 4 UWGB” Steven Karbon ’73 is a senior vice h a v e n ’ t guage and culture. reflect community interest in association flew her to Albu- to UW-Green Bay as a block of 60 are being seen at the main NWTC president, wealth adviser and estate always been “She’s inspirational,” says Oneida keeping Oneida off the endan- querque to receive national planning consultant for Morgan credits, leading to the newly cre- campus on West Mason Street. particularly teacher Bev Skenandore ’80. gered-language list: They seek “Elder of the Year” accolades Stanley in Minneapolis. His degree ated Bachelor of Applied Studies The program is also open to grads tutoring on words and phrases, for her continuing work. is in managerial systems. adept at Mrs. Hinton helped establish (BAS) Degree. of Fox Valley, Moraine Park and the K-8 school 30 years ago. As or her vivid recollections of tribal “Oneida language is culture. serving. David Rosacker ’73 is the busi- Lakeshore techs, and potentially It is expected many will enroll a founding teacher, she wrote the history. It’s just our way,” she likes to ness manager for Lockheed Martin through UW-Green Bay’s Adult others. cultural curriculum and instructed Some come seeking Indian say. “You don’t teach one or Aeronautics, Fort Worth, Texas. His degree is in regional analysis. Photo courtesy of C.J. Janus, NWTC generations of young Oneidas names, which she assigns to the other. It’s all together.” and their teachers. newborns and adults alike. Her Today, Maria Hinton and Jeffrey Theisen ’73 is the executive “I retired when I was 91,” says own Oneida name, given half a Cliff Abbott meet weekly over her producer for Renew Science Inc., Mrs. Hinton, who will celebrate century ago, is fitting: “She Who Appleton. He is currently producing Among books released this winter A pilot program for first-year Donna Ritch, Human Biology; kitchen table on a new project. Internet videos and a podcast series were Floods of the Tiber in Ancient UW-Green Bay students aimed Aeron Haynie, Humanistic Studies; her 97th birthday in June. Remembers.” They digitally record her voice including Hybrid Homes, pod- Rome by Prof. Greg Aldrete, at increasing student involve- and Terri Johnson, Public and “Retired” is a relative term. Her keen memory was criti- and proper pronunciations for a foodtv.com, and getgreentv.com. His Humanistic Studies; the second edi- ment and improving retention has Environmental Affairs. She still has an office at the cal to the preserve-the-language new teaching tool: an online, spo- degree is in ecosystems analysis. tion of Urban and Regional Studies shown significant promise. In fall FACULTY AND STAFF Prof. Christine Style of the art school. On her recent visit she movement rekindled in the 1970s. Prof. Ismail Shariff’s International semester 2006, six faculty members ken-word version of the Oneida faculty received the Women’s Lead- Richard Chernick ’74, CEO of Trade: Theory and Policy; the civil — Denise Bartell, Scott Furlong, took a turn in front of Skenan- Maria and her brother, the late dictionary. For a full story, more ership Award at the annual student Camera Corner/Connecting Point rights and labor biography A. Philip Regan Gurung, Stefan Hall, dore’s class. “She-ku kwatle?oku Amos Christjohn, collaborated to leadership luncheon in March. Style photos and links to audio, go to in Green Bay, is undertaking an Randolph: A Life in the Vanguard by Andrew Kersten, and Georjeanna Nielsen and Lockard (prints) and colleague Prof. Curt (Hello, my grandchildren)” she create the first written dictionary www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/ expansion that will include a larger Prof. Andrew Kersten, Social Wilson-Doenges — each taught Heuer (sculpture) also gained acco- said, and most of the students for the oral language. Digital Photo Café for customers to UW-Green Bay faculty members Change and Development; and small sections approximately 25 page/inside.htm. lades for their art, with separate crop, size, and print their photos. shared lessons of history and physics Prof. Anjani K. Mehra’s students, of what normally are responded with “She-ku aksot spring exhibits at the Wisconsin The renovation also creates a bigger communication in separate speak- newly published astronomy text 90- to 120-student general educa- Arts Board Gallery in Madison. classroom facility and expanded ing engagements to U.S. military for non-majors, Discovering the tion courses. Special emphasis was service department. Chernick’s audiences. Prof. Craig Lockard Cosmos. In addition, Public and placed on writing and interaction A flavorful and fun-filled campus degree is in managerial systems. delivered a lecture at the U.S. Naval Environmental Affairs colleagues with faculty, and an interdisciplin- tradition since 1994, the annual Academy on the topic of “The Rise Profs. Michael Kraft (co-editor) ary group project tapped problem- Chili Cookoff had a high-flying Michael Hoffmann ’74 is a profes- of World History Studies.” Prof. and Scott Furlong (chapter author) solving and communication skills. winner this year with Kay Endries sor and associate dean for the Phillip Clampitt conducted a con- contributed to Business and Environ- A followup survey revealed high and Pat Sorelle representing the College of Agriculture and Life tinuing-education seminar at the mental Policy: Corporate Interests in the student satisfaction. The UW-Green Phoenix Bookstore. Their “Just Sciences at Cornell University. He US Army War College in Carlisle, American Political System. Bay professors published their Ducky Chili” (below) took home the is also the director of Cornell Uni- Penn., based on his book Embracing results in a UW System teaching traveling trophy after a taste-test Phillip Clampitt, Hendrickson versity’s Agricultural Experiment Uncertainty: The Essence of Leadership. journal. vote by noontime diners in the Professor of Busi- Station. His major is in ecosystems Cloud Commons. Their entry barely Prof. Kim Nielsen, Social Change ness and faculty Receiving Teaching Enhancement analysis. edged out Jane Swan’s “Mississipi and Development, had a piece, member in Infor- Grants this semester to promote the Special Chili” and Fran Carman’s “Was Helen Keller Deaf? Blindness, mation and Com- development of innovative teaching David Pamperin ’74 is the new “Global Warming Chili.” Deafness, and Multiple Identities,” puting Science, strategies were Hosung Song and president and CEO of the Greater included in the volume Double Divi- drew attention Bruce La Plante, Information and Green Bay Community Foundation. sions: Multidisciplinary Approaches to with his “Decision Computing Science; Denise Bar- Pamperin was previously director of Women and Deafness published by Downloading” tell, Human Development; Regan the Adirondack Museum in upstate Gallaudet University Press. research involving Gurung, Human Development; New York. He has also served the dozens of execu- Clampitt Historic Sites program for the Prof. Russell Arent of Humanistic tives nationwide Wisconsin Historical Society, the Studies is the recipient of the and some of his corporate commu- Mackinac Island State Park Com- institution’s Research Scholar nication students at UW-Green Bay. mission and the Wisconsin Mari- Award, with support for developing He published an article in the MIT time Museum in Manitowoc. His material on the topic “Listening Sloan Management Review, and The bachelor’s degree is in moderniza- and Speaking Across Cultures.” Wall Street Journal carried a lengthy tion processes and he has a master’s article in its March 19 edition. from George Washington University.

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Brian Ruechel ’74 is finance Larry Antosch ’77 is the director of Michael Braun ’79 is a program Bill Lindmark Diane (Hafeman) Anderson ’83 Brian Woodbridge Julie (Martin) Will ’87 is a third director and treasurer for the city environmental policy for the Ohio director for the dietetic technician ’81 has returned as has been accepted at both the Uni- ’85 works for St. grade teacher in the Luxemburg- of Manitowoc. His degree is in Farm Bureau Federation in Colum- program at Madison Area Technical Jeffrey DeLaune ’80 was recently head coach of the versity of Minnesota Medical School Elizabeth’s Hospital, Casco School District. Her degree is managerial systems. bus, Ohio. His degree is in science College. He has authored numerous named the chair of the Sustainable Division I Phoenix in Duluth and UW-Madison School an Affinity Medical in human development. and environmental change. publications and presentations Green Bay Task Force energy subcom- men’s golf team. of Medicine and Public Health. She Group hospital, as a Emmons Patzer ’75 came out of across the U.S. in his area of inter- 1980smittee. He has a master’s degree in Coach from 1992 to has also been accepted to fill a posi- hospitalist medical Debera (Fronek) Doersch ’88 is early retirement from heading Bris- Bruce Schaepe ’77 is an environ- est: eating and weight disorders, environmental arts and sciences. 2002, he resigned tion in UW-Madison’s Wisconsin doctor in Appleton. a business process and data ware- tol Myers-Squibb’s global marketing mental engineer at Peer Engineering nutrition and substance abuse, to be vice president Academy of Rural Medicine. Her His degree is in house manager for KI. Her degree is nutrition and depression. His Gary in managerial accounting. information and research unit to Integrated Environment Solutions in Business administration grad of golf operations Lindmark degree is in business administration Woodbridge communication and become director of marketing and Eden Prairie, Minn. His degree is in degree is in nutritional sciences. Delveaux ’80, also a WPS employee, and head profes- and regional analysis. the arts. consumer experience for Humana- regional analysis. serves on the implementation sional at The Woods Golf Club in Jeffrey Guetschow ’88 is working One — the individual line of health Joseph Langer ’79 is a business subcommittee. Annette Weissbach Green Bay. He has now relinquished Chuck Stark ’83 is a market Julie (Londo) Davenport ’86 is for European Freeze-Dry, nation of coverage for Humana Corporation, Michael Cerkas ’78 is a technical transformation program director for ’84, a science and environmental his day-to-day duties at The Woods but representative for Cambria Natural a senior instructional systems Denmark. His degree is in music. Milwaukee (with additional offices team manager at GeoAnalytics, Inc. Schneider National, Inc. His degree change major who works for the remains an owner. Quartz Surfaces in Eden Prairie, developer in the distance educa- in Green Bay and Madison). He in Madison. He is responsible for is in business administration. Wisconsin DNR, is on the land use Minn. His degree is in business tion department for Central Texas Andrew Hilliard ’88 is the manag- spent three years in general surgery managing a consulting and techni- subcommittee. Warren Schollaert ’82 is the administration. College, Killeen. She is responsible ing director for Beau Joubert Vine- at UW-Madison hospitals and clin- cal services group that includes Mike McDavit ’79 is the associate vice president of Intermodal and for the design, development, and yard and Winery in Stellenbosch, ics and 21 years at Bristol Myers- system developers, programmers, director for the Biopesticides and Cory Kemp ’80 is the founder and Brokerage for Werner Enterprises, Carrie Massey ’84 is the owner of support of software, databases and Western Province, South Africa. His Squibb. He says he “occasionally analysts, consultants, system archi- Pollution Prevention Division at editor of Creating Women Minis- Omaho, Neb. His degree is in public FLEX-Ability Therapeutic Bodywork hardware courses online. Many of degree is in business administration. slips back on campus to see the old tects and solution providers. His the U.S. Environmental Protection tries (www.creatingwomenminis- administration. in Racine. Her degree is in human her students are armed services haunts.” He has a master’s degree degree is in managerial systems. Agency in Washington, DC. He has tries.com). She recently published a development. members stationed around the Scott Emerson ’89 works as an in food and nutrition from the a master’s degree in public admin- book designed for people who want world. Her degree is in information independent videographer and pro- University of Hawaii and an MBA Jeff Koehler ’78 is the general istration from George Washington to engage their faith in practical, James Selep ’84 is a computer con- sciences. ducer based in New Berlin, Wis. His from UW-Madison. His degree is in manager of Morning Glory Dairy University. He lives in Arlington, Va., wearable ways, You Don’t See Many sultant for TekSystems. His degree degree is in communication processes. nutritional science. in De Pere, a division of Foremost with his wife, Kim (Kahle) and son, Chickens in Clearance: Essays on Faith is in science and environmental Barbara (Caldie) Forsberg ’86, Farms USA. Koehler has a master’s Grady. He majored in science and and Living. Her degree is in com- change. who majored in Jo (Bates-Torgessen) Norman ’89 Jean Peerenboom ’75 is the degree in environmental arts and environmental change. He requests munication and the arts and social human devel- is a business information project volunteer coordinator for NEW sciences. contact from classmates at mcdavit. change and development. Jay Delveaux ’85 is a mortgage opment and manager for Greenbrier & Russel Community Shelter in Green Bay. [email protected]. examiner for Trusted Solutions Title completed a profes- in Green Bay, a leading provider of Her degree is in communication Kay Nelson ’78 is a management Mark Wells ’80 was elected to the in North St. Paul, Minn. His degree sional program in customer-focused IT and commu- and the arts. professor at Southern Illinois Uni- Rick Taylor ’79 recently joined the board of directors of the De Pere is in business administration. education, received nications solutions for the global versity and serves as director of the staff of Wipfli LLP as the director of Area Business Alliance. He works at Steeno a Green Bay com- marketplace. Her degree is in busi- David Williams ’75 is the chapter Partnership for Innovation Center. the CPA and consulting firm’s tax Pack and Ship. His degree is in com- Former Phoenix basketball standout Daniel Olejniczak ’85 works in munity Golden ness administration. division in Milwaukee. He was also Julie Steeno (1979-82) operations officer for the American Nelson previously worked for Procter munication and the arts. was among inside sales for Zuern Building Apple Award Forsberg Red Cross of Alaska. His degree is in & Gamble, Apple Computers and elected as a partner. His degree is a group of local health care pro- Products in Watertown. His degree for outstanding Ben Woo ’89 is a managing director humanism and cultural change. NATO. She completed her bachelor’s in business administration, public Richard Emery ’81 of Richard fessionals invited to a breakfast is in social change and development teaching. She is a specialist in read- for FAF Advisors in Minneapolis. His degree in communication and the accounting. Emery Intellectual Property Law, is meeting with presidential candidate and public and environmental ing/language arts alternative cur- degree is in business administration. Hollice Allen ’76 is the manager of arts through the extended degree an attorney at law practicing in the and N.Y. Sen. Hillary Clinton for a administration. riculum at Pulaski Middle School. the health investigations division program, received her master’s from areas of patent, trademark, copy- discussion on health care reform. for the Office of the Attorney Gen- Hampton University, and completed right, trade secret and licensing Linda (Gerbers) Schingen ’86 eral in St. Paul, Minn. He is respon- her Ph.D. in management informa- matters. His degree is in environ- works for WSI Internet Consulting sible for investigating complaints tion systems at the University of Texas. mental arts and sciences. Services. She was recently elected a filed with the state licensing boards board member for the De Pere Area governing doctors, nurses, dentists, Business Alliance, and will serve a social workers and psychologists three-year term. Her degree is in His degree is in managerial systems. business administration.

On May 27th the check- Powers is vice president of mini-marathon for television. and seeing people accomplish round education program quality of life for the citizens ered flag will wave as sleek operations for the festival, He heads a full-time staff a life-long goal is very power- that reaches fourth-graders of Indiana and our guests. racing machines — blurs of now in its 50th season, and of nine employees and six ful. Last year, a 36-year-old across the state. There is also “I’m proud to say I work color — zip through the fin- business is booming. The interns. The festival is run with woman ran the mini-marathon competition for 33 Festival here,” he says. “I guess it would ish line at speeds in excess of festival parade trails only the help of 7,000 volunteers. in dedication to her late hus- princesses, who help the Fes- be like living in Green Bay and 200 miles per hour. A driver Macy’s and the Tournament of “It beats working for a liv- band who had died of a heart tival with outreach efforts, telling people you work for the will take a victory lap before Roses in size, with more than ing,” jokes Powers, a commu- attack in November. He had and a number of training Packers. We really do make life being crowned the winner of 300,000 spectators, 30,000 nication major who worked proposed to her at the finish events for the mini-marathon. more fun.” the 2007 Indianapolis 500. of whom purchase reserved in publicity and promotion line four years earlier. To see This year the festival added a For those who have never That dramatic moment is seating. There’s also the for UW-Green Bay athletics, her cross arm-in-arm with Super Bowl Parade to its list of had the opportunity to the yearly capstone to one of nation’s largest half-marathon and then the Horizon League, her three sisters was about as accomplishments. attend, you’ll have to take the world’s most storied sport- (35,000 entrants), which fills before moving on to the 500 incredible as anything I have Explains Powers, “We did Powers’ word for it. “There is ing events. But there’s another six months in advance. Festival a few years ago. ever seen. You don’t get to help the Colts with their nothing like Indy in May.” story, one of 450,000 visitors An “exhausted” but “There’s really so much I be a part of stuff like that in a Super Bowl Parade. We are to Indianapolis and a month- “inspired” Powers is in charge love,” he says. “I love being ‘real job.’” part of the civic fabric of this long festival leading up to the of event management and part of the Indy 500, the larg- Although May is its main city and state. Our mission Terry Powers and his wife, Julie ’84, feel at home big race. And in the thick of marketing, communications est single-day sporting event month, the Festival has grown has always been to create and at “one of the most storied sports events in the it is UW-Green Bay alumnus and media relations. He also in the world. Being at the fin- to two dozen events and produce events that celebrate world.” Terry works for the Indy 500 Festival and Julie works in compliance as a membership services Terry Powers ’84. co-produces the parade and ish line of the mini-marathon programs, including a year- Indianapolis and increase the staffer at the NCAA offices in Indianapolis. 16 May 2007 May 2007 17 ALUMNI NOTES ALUMNI NOTES

James Broetzmann ’93 and ’96 Christopher Jadin ’95 is an execu- UW-Green Bay lost a friend and Jacob Knadle ’02 is a reference is a science teacher at The Prairie tive recruiter for Ajilon Finance its oldest graduating senior, Roger attorney at Thomson West in the Edie (Boesen) Boggs ’90 is working School in Racine. He is the seventh- Accounting and Financial Staffing Hirst, Class of ’00, when he passed Twin Cities. His degree is in politi- in a library and living on the North and eighth-grade team leader and Specialists in Bloomington, Minn. away in January. Hirst was 77 when cal science. Carolina coast with her husband, who science teacher, coaches fifth and His degree is in accounting. he crossed the stage to receive his is1990s in the Coast Guard. Her degree is sixth grade soccer, and is the ski bachelor’s through the Extended Jennifer Riederer ’02 is self- in human development. club coordinator Aric ’95 and Brad Schmiling ’97 Degree program. employed as a dairy farmer in Cato, for grades seven will be opening Captain’s Walk Or jazz, or disco, or pop or Wis. Her degree is in biology. Karen (Wauters) Bolssen ’90 is through twelve. Winery in downtown Green Bay this Jacqueline (Frank) Noll ’00 is the the manager of pharmacy benefit Broetzmann has a May. The winery will be a “friendly, classical… but somewhere, director of education and programs Brian Romportl ’02 is a seminar- management operations for Humana, bachelor’s degree laid-back place” and will produce Blamesometime in life, Tealit Peterson ’85 at the National Railroad Museum in ian in the Catholic Diocese of Inc., where she has worked the past in biology and a nine varieties of wine. Aric majored heard a melody she liked, and Green Bay. Her degrees are in his- Green Bay, studying for the Catho- 16 years. She also operates a home- master’s degree in in business administration and Brad the bossa nova… tory and English. lic priesthood. His degree is in based business as an independent environmental sci- in performing arts engineering and she hasn’t stopped dancing since. business administration. sales consultant for Inspired Aroma, ence and policy. Danielle Potokar ’00 is a psychol- Broetzmann design. Shown here with a young student, Inc. of De Pere. Her degree is in Peters owns and operates 5-6-7-8 ogy intern specializing in mental Anne Schauer ’00 and ’02 is business administration. Dawn Hockwalt ’93 is a research Beth Uek ’95 has been accepted and behavioral health at VA Medical a third-year Ph.D. student at assistant for Covance Labs in Madi- through the Fulbright Commission Dance on Green Bay’s West Side. Center in Minneapolis. Her degree Marquette University majoring in Tom (Donald) Busch ’90, the son. Her degree is in biology and to teach English overseas in Austria This month she celebrates 10 years is in psychology. environmental engineering and director of bands for Pulaski Com- environmental science. for the upcoming school year. She owning her own dance-instruction minoring in biology. Her projected munity Schools, recently took the Red will be teaching in a small town, David Zellner ’00 is a loan officer graduation date is May 2009. Raider marching band to Pasadena, Tim Bahn ’94 is a seventh- and Schaerding, and will be working studio, and in June she’ll bring 80 of at M & I Bank in Madison. His Schauer has a bachelor’s degree Calif. where they played in the eighth-grade band director for the with other English teachers in the her students to a major competition degree is in public administration. in environmental sciences and a 2007 Tournament of Roses parade. Luxemburg-Casco School District. German-speaking school district. in Wisconsin Dells. She says dance in master’s degree in environmental His degree is in music. His degree is in music. The program is designed to enhance Laura Anderson ’01 works in guest science and policy. her teaching when she returns to the Green Bay area has never been services for Camp-of-the-Woods Janae (Deprey) Kakulis ’90 is the Mark Belinski ’94 is an associate the United States. Her degree is in stronger. “Restaurants, businesses, Resort and Conference Center, a Corey Sherf ’02 is a financial owner of Janae Kakulis Design in attorney for Bassford Remele, P.A in German and Spanish. factories come and go, but the Christian family facility in the consultant at Nicolet National Glendale. Her degree is in art. Minneapolis. He was among those Adirondack Mountains of upstate Bank. His degree is in business named a 2007 “Rising Star” Super Douglas Meek ’96 owns Highland local dance studios all do well,” she New York. Her degree is in urban and administration. Marquis Hines ’90, business Lawyer in construction litigation by Building Consultants in Green observes. For more on Peters’ dance- regional studies. administration, was named State Minnesota Law and Politics magazine. Bay. He was recently recognized as happy career, and photos, go online Andrea Soufal ’02 is a staff Associated Press coach-of-the-year He and his wife had their first child, the Wisconsin Energy Star Homes Mary Hardin ’01 is a visual arts accountant at Bayside Chris- for leading his Milwaukee Vincent Brady David Belinski, on Jan. 17. His Program Consultant of the Year. His at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/ teacher for Florence School District tian Fellowship. Her degree is in H.S. girls team to the Wisconsin Divi- degree is in business administra- degree is in environmental sciences. news/page/inside.htm. One, in South Carolina. Her degree accounting. sion I championship. tion. is in art. Gonzalo Nunez ’96 is the man- Christopher Squires ’02 is a Thomas Mielke ’90 is a team leader Ken Kiefer ’94 is a contract spe- ager of strategic partnerships for Craig Lamers ‘01 joined Hawkins, planner and community develop- at Integrity Associates LLC, a mort- cialist for the Department of the InCharge Debt Solutions Canada, Elisa (Olep) Rosenick ’97 is a stay- John Potokar ’98 and ’04 is an Kelly (Koplien) ’99 and Michael Ash, Baptie, and ment consultant gage and investment consulting Navy/Great Lakes Naval Training which is a non-profit, charitable at-home mother with two children. environmental scientist at Wenck Scheller ’99 reside in the Twin Company, LLP as a for Vierbicher business. His degree is in communi- Center in Great Lakes, Ill. He was credit counseling agency. His Previously a social worker and sex Associates, Inc., a professional engi- Cities. He is national sales manager staff accountant. He Associates, Inc., cation processes. awarded a 15-year Government Ser- degree is in economics. offender treatment specialist in neering firm offering a full range for KMSP & WFTC (Fox Television is also a member of an engineering vice Certificate in October 2006. the Wisconsin state prison system of environmental and remediation affiliates of Minneapolis), and she is the American Insti- and planning Steve Snell ’90 is vice president of His degree is in human biology. David Reetz ’96, is a mental health for seven years, she is working on services in Maple Plain, Minn. His a registered dietician and a current tute of Certified consulting firm national distribution for WellCare provider with Christopher and a master’s degree from Concordia bachelor’s degree is in environ- stay-at-home mom to three boys, Public Accountants in Madison. He is Health Plans, Inc. in Tampa. His Michelle King ’94 was named Associates in Seymour, Indiana. He University in school counseling. Her mental sciences and he received a ages 5, 4 and 2. His degree is in and the Wisconsin a member of the degree is in communication and district manager for the Green Bay, Institute of Certi- American Plan- plans to complete his doctoral dis- bachelor’s degree is in social work. master’s degree in environmental business administration. Lamers Squires the arts. Door County, and southern Wiscon- sertation in counseling psychology science and policy. fied Public Accoun- ning Association sin offices of Citizens Bank. She has from Indiana University this year. Christopher Domino ’98 is the tants. His degrees are in accounting and recently worked as a land plan- Jean Bouche ’91 is a clinical more than 20 years of experience in He was a double major in psychol- senior programmer and analyst for Addie Sorbo ’98 is a part-time and business administration. ner for Barraco and Associates, Inc. dietitian with St. Mary’s Hospital, the financial industry. Her degree is ogy and human development. Kohl’s in Menonomee Falls, Wis. His business-automa- Joseph Broekman ’00 is the owner in Fort Myers, Fla. His degree is in Green Bay. She is also a consultant in communication processes. (Note: this is a corrected alumni note degree is in information sciences. tion analyst and of Blinds Unlimited LLC in Green Laura Rammer ’01 is a student at environmental policy and planning. at Preventive Cardiology of Central from a previous Inside.) web designer for Bay. His degree is in human devel- Marquette Univer- Wisconsin in Weston. Her degree is Debra (Vandermoss) Moulies ’94 is Rachel (Neff) Greenly ’98 has UW-Green Bay’s 2000sopment. sity in the School Colleen Wisinski ’02 is an expedi- in nutritional sciences. a commercial collector for Vengroff, Kathleen Bazaldua ’97 was a com- been appointed assistant profes- Office of Business of Dentistry. She tion scientist and volunteer coordi- Williams, & Associates Inc. She was munity Golden sor of pediatrics in the division of and Finance. She Tracy Faccio ’00 is a technical will graduate in nator in Patagonia, Argentina. She is Stephanie (Ackerman) Macedo ’92 named commercial collector of the Apple team-teach- adolescent medicine at the Medical received a Gold trainer for Schneider National in May 2007 and employed by Global Vision Interna- is a business analyst at Humana- year in both 2005 and 2006. Her ing honoree for her College of Wisconsin and to the Addy Award from Green Bay. Her degree is in busi- plans to return tional, which is based in the United Dental in De Pere. Her degree is in degree is in English. work with Green medical staff of Children’s Hospital the Fox Valley ness administration. to Sheboygan to Kingdom. Wisinski completed her Sorbo communication processes. Bay’s Nicolet of Wisconsin. Dr. Greenly is also the chapter of the practice dentistry. master’s degree in fish and wildlife Sandipa (Das) Newman ’94 is Elementary School. recipient of the American Advertising Federation Michael Fetter ’00 is a doctor of Her degree is in management from Montana State Rammer Thomas Waegli ’92 is the manager working for Citizens Bank. She was She majored in 2005 Spina Bifida for work done on her own time pro- chiropractic who recently started mathematics. University in December 2006. Her of Madison Music. He is also a free- recently elected a board member for elementary educa- Association of moting her private design business his own chiropractic clinic, Fetter degrees are in Spanish and biology. Michelle (Altman) Bailey ’02 lance piano accompanist who works the De Pere Area Business Alliance, Bazaldua tion and minored America’s Young (www.StrawberryFieldsDesign.com). Chiropractic, with his wife, Abbie, is an in the Madison, Milwaukee and Chi- and will serve a three-year term. in Spanish. Investigator’s Her degree is in communications in Bridgetown, Western Australia. account executive for Infusion Inc. Tracy (Trummer) Behrendt ’03 is cago areas. In the summer of 2007, Her degree is in social change and Award. Her degree and the arts. His degree is in human biology. in Green Bay. Her degree is in com- a curator for Dakota City Heritage he will be traveling to Costa Rica on development. Theresa Chinnery ’97 was hired is in human munication processes. Village in Farmington, Minn. Her a recital tour with Madison’s Sonora by ThedaCare as a clinical neuro- development and Susan (Boyce) Weis ’98 is a busi- Leslie (Ricker) Fields ’00 is the degrees are in communication pro- Strings. His degree is in music. Kevin Baranczyk ’95 has recently Chad Isken, ’02 is a student at cesses and history. psychologist. Chinnery is a licensed psychology. Greenly ness analyst for ThedaCare. Her associate athletic been promoted to financial adviser psychologist whose special interests degree is in computer science. director at the Marquette University in the School at the Manitowoc branch of M & I include pervasive developmental Dena (Short) Koehn ’98 is an University of of Dentistry. He will graduate in Jennifer Degener ’03 works in Bank. He previously worked as an disorders, brain injury and mild administrative assistant at United Jennifer (Adamavich) Cruz ’99 Maine. Her degree May 2007. His degree is in human community relations for the Ameri- investment associate. His degree is cognitive impairment. Her degree is Health Care in Green Bay. Her degree was recently promoted to personal is in communica- biology. can Cancer Society in De Pere. She in economics. in psychology. is in communication processes. banker at Guaranty Bank in tion processes. runs fundraising events in Brown Sheboygan where she has been County and community outreach employed since August 2006. Her programs. Her degree is in human degree is in human development. development. Fields

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Adam Diercks ’03 is an OTP indus- Amanda Englebert ’05 is an esti- Stephanie Blavat ’06 is an account Joseph Isham ’06 is a high school Amanda Peanosky ’06 is a contract trial engineer for FedEx Ground. mator for Algoma Hardwoods Inc. Her executive for the Green Bay Area math teacher in the Winter School administrator and marketing con- He has an individual bachelor’s of degree is in public administration. Chamber of Commerce. Her degree District in Sawyer County, Winter, sultant for Airgas, the United States’ science degree. is in business administration. Wis. His degree is in mathematics. largest distributor of industrial, Brian Nygaard ’05 is a financial medical, and specialty gases and Luke DuCharme ’03 is a deputy associate at Thrivent Financial for Meghan Casey ’06 is the head Jennifer Karpinsky ’06 is a youth related equipment to industrial and sheriff with the Rock County Lutherans in Sheboygan. His degree teller at Fox Communities Credit counselor and teacher for Eckerdy commercial markets. Her degree is Sheriff’s Department. His degree is is in business administration. Union in Kimberly. Her degree is in Youth Alternatives in Floral City, in communication. in music. human development. Fla. Her degrees are in art and com- Julie Reynolds ’05 is the new direc- munication of the arts. Sara Powell, is working as an Amber Gast ’03 is a log tech for tor of diabetes for Affinity Health Stephanie Cornils ’06 recently ESL teacher in Milwaukee Public Search Zurich, jazz Schneider Logistics. She is also work- System. Her degree is in nursing. joined the audit department of Tracy Kranzusch ’06 is a long-term Schools. Her degrees are in human- ing on her master’s degree and hopes Hawkins, Ash, Baptie. She is a substitute high school English istic studies and Spanish. to graduate and find a job in the field Amanda Stemke ’05 received her member of the Wisconsin Certified teacher for the Sheboygan Falls and ‘wow’ for this of clinical psychology in June 2007. master’s of public health degree Public Accountants. Her degree is School District. Her degree is in Laura Reed ’06 has joined the Her degree is in psychology. from New York University in January in accounting. English. design build and general contract- Green Bay grad 2007. Her bachelor’s degree is in ing firm Howard Immel Inc. as an Stacy (Scott) Kemps ’03 is assis- human biology. Tara Dary ’06 is an ophthalmic Kelly Langer ’06 is the cost and estimating coordinator. Her degrees tant director of admissions at the technician for LasikPlus in Ash- revenue financial analyst for IBM in are in economics and business Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg. Jo Watson ’05 recently had her waubenon. Her degree is in biology. Rochester, Minn. Her degree is in administration. Her degree is in history. two paintings titled “Cottage on the business administration. Lake” and “Wisconsin Farm” featured Melanie Dart ’06, who studied Luann Rudolph ’06 is a community Derek Behmke ’04 is a gradu- in Green Bay Cities Magazine. Her biology and human biology, is in Rachel Lardinois ’06 is a sub- planner at Bay-Lake Regional Plan- ate student at the University of degree is in art. physician assistant school at Rosa- stitute teacher for the Manitowoc ning Commission in Green Bay. She Georgia, in Athens. His degree is in lind Franklin School of Medicine School District. Her degree is in has a master’s degree in environ- chemistry. Carol Williams ’05 is an assimilation and Science in North Chicago. biology. mental science and policy. coordinator at St. Mark Lutheran Karen Duvalle ’04 is working at Church in De Pere. Her degree is in Dana (Alvarez) Feld ’06 is a youth Leah Malavsky ’06 is a staff Melanie Schroeder ’06 is a special the Wisconsin Maritime Museum human development. care provider at Lutheran Social accountant in the auditing for events coordinator in the market- in Manitowoc as an education and Services in Saukville. Her degree is Hawkins, Ash, Baptie & Company, ing department for Capital Credit submarine programs coordinator. Nou Yang ’05 works as a teacher in human development. LLP in La Crosse. Her degree is in Union. Her degree is in political Her degree is in history. at Jefferson Elementary School in accounting. science. Green Bay. Her degree is in education. Leslie-Ann Grom ’06 is a social Fortune Magazine recently “When I was first hired, my ing efforts in Europe were just Gregory Friedel ’04 is working as worker for Unity Hospice and Pallia- Lydia Nielsen ’06 is an operations Gina Shebesta ’06 is a corporate ranked search-engine goliath main focus was to help build starting, and while I may not an independent Kevin Anderson ’06 is a financial tive Care. Her degree is in social work. training associate for The Nielsen human resources assistant with KI. Google as the top company Switzerland (his home base), have been able to join those contractor in billing analyst for Cellcom. His degree Company. Her degree is in business Her degree is in communication. Baghdad, training is in business administration. Amanda Hall ’06 is continuing her administration. in America for which to work. but in very Googlelike fashion, first hundred in California, I Iraqi police and education at Suffolk University Law Nichole Zick ’06 is an administra- The daily freebies — gourmet the momentum picked up and jumped at the chance to be protective service Nicole Anderson ’06 is an academic School in Boston, Mass. She partici- Angela Oestreich ’06 is a fifth tive assistant for Bemis Manufactur- food, chair massages, doc- we now find ourselves with an one of the early ones into details. Friedel is affairs secretary for ITT Technical pates as a national trial team member. grade teacher for the Kewaskum ing in Oshkosh. The firm bills itself tors onsite — along with an incredible opportunity... in Europe.” in charge of main- Institute in Green Bay. Her degrees Her degree is in political science. School District. Her degree is in as the largest flexible packaging many countries,” he says. taining proper are in psychology and human devel- education. company in the Americas and a amazingly creative culture, His success, (and Google’s) personnel files on opment. Dean Hrabik ’06 is the finance major manufacturer of pressure are extraordinary perks by Knaflic, communication and he says, can be explained by a Friedel all contractors, and insurance manager for Jorns sensitive materials used for labels, anyone’s standards. the arts major and an accom- “willingness to dig deeper and keeping pay rosters and serving as Chevrolet Pontiac, Inc., Kewaunee, decoration and signage. Her degree Randy Knaflic ‘95 however, plished athlete and musician, find a way to solve a problem.” company liaison to U.S. military Wis. His degree is in business is in communication. says those weren’t the reasons was working as a headhunter “There were plenty of map offices on policies and procedures. administration. His degree is in biology. he signed on, nor the reason when Google wooed and programs on the Internet,” he he’s successful. wowed him. explains. “Google didn’t care. The mother-daughter team of Rosie “The free perks are great,” “Google was the one com- We found a better way for Herek ’04 and Rose (Herek) James he says, “but the biggest draw pany that seemed to really people to find their way”. ’05 was featured in the online value what I was bringing to version of this magazine’s February is definitely the day-to-day issue. Each earned a BSN through challenges, and an incredible the table,” Knaflic said. “They the nursing degree-completion environment. This place is saw the whole picture; run- program and worked for St. Vincent ning marathons, starting a For more from Randy Knaflic, Hospital, Rosie in the short-stay filled with some of the bright- UW-Green Bay sophomore glory days. A second daugh- est people in the industry.” jazz record label, a jazz studies check our online Q and A with his and outpatient area, and Rose in Deep gene pool: the “float pool.” Danielle DeGrand is the reign- ter, Deanna (right) is a Green Knaflic is a Google staffing degree, a successful recruit- observations on: Daughters following mom swimmer of in the yearDeGrand in the Bay Preble fashion senior who will manager for EMEA — Europe, ing company during the tech Christel (Drewieske) Hutter ’04 • the headhunting business swim for Coach Jim Merner the Middle East and Africa bust...” is an intern in the Adult Degree Horizon League, a backstroke — with responsibility for The interviewers in Kirk- • favorite travels Program, working in academic and medley champion who and the Division I Phoenix land (Wash.) served brats for • influential UW-Green Bay advising, marketing, promotion and propelled the Phoenix women next season. A highly regarded overseeing engineering-team administrative issues. A graduate growth in key markets. His lunch, and when the Wisconsin faculty and staff (Salerno, of the UW-Green Bay program, she to their third consecutive YWCA and high school coach, crew of nearly 50 recruiting native traveled to New York Grosso, Cohrs and Carter) is seeking a master’s in counseling league title this spring. herself, Terri (left) coached professionals in far-flung coun- City headquarters for a sec- from Lakeland College both girls growing up. • his Residence Life years Danielle (center) is following tries (Switzerland, Norway, ond interview, they broke up (mediation training is indeed Carrie Richter ’04 is working for in her mother’s speedy wake. “Sometimes it was nice and Russia, the United Kingdom, the day with a jazz session. valuable!) the Wausau School District. Her sometimes it was difficult,” Ireland, Poland and Israel) is “I felt like I really fit in,” degree is in education. Terri (Thompson) DeGrand • pep band, SA and more… Danielle recalls with a smile. helping build Google’s pres- he recalls. “Most important, ’82 was a top swimmer herself Visit www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/ Sarah Cole ’05 is a research tech- “She definitely wasn’t afraid ence abroad. though, Google was giving me during the program’s NAIA an opportunity to do some- nologist at the Medical College of to be tough.” news/page/inside.htm Wisconsin. Her degree is in biology. thing really big. Our engineer-

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The grand foyer of the Weidner Center provided an elegant setting Alumni awards. Carroll and Moua received Outstanding Recent forAn the Alumni elegant Association’s eveningannual awards program with on April distinguished, 14. Alumni awards. rising alumni stars Distinguished Alumni Awards were presented by Chancellor Bruce Each of the recipients referred to the outstanding faculty who Shepard (far left) to Joseph Carroll, Medical College served as inspiration for them. Christensen, who of Wisconsin; Kathleen Christensen of hadn’t been back to the UW-Green Bay the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in campus in 34 years, was impressed New York; Wayne Micksch with the degree to which the of Quality Insulation and University is a vital part Asbestos Removal Inc.; of the community. She Ma Manee Moua, Wis- said she has carried consin Department concepts such as inter- of Justice; and Mike disciplinarity with her UW-Green Bay alumni are teaming up once again. The group is Schlender ’89, Bank Mutual (financing); Jeanne Stangel ’87, UW- Jackson of Supervalu throughout her career. donatingAlumni time, talent and buildtreasure to the (literally) Phoenix Home Build Proj -a Greenbigger Bay (project scholarship coordinator); Dave Peot ’75, fundOlejniczak Realty Stores Inc. For photos, quotes and ect II. Proceeds from the sale of the home, located just a few blocks (marketing and sales); Sue (DeValk) Conard ’87, Paul Conard Con- Christensen, Micksch and bios of these impressive from campus on Durham Road, will be donated to the Phoenix Fund struction (foundation and flatwork) and Cap (Tom) Wulf ’73, Wulf Jackson received Distinguished honorees, click www.uwgb.edu/ for scholarships. The 2005 home build project raised $50,000. Brothers, (heating and cooling.) Missing is John Splawski ’95, First univcomm/news/page/photoA.htm. The new home will be ready for occupancy in June. Supply Fixtures. Other sponsors include Van’s Lumber and Custom Alumni involved in the project (pictured above, from left) include Home Builders and Classic View Properties and Fager Homes. Call Kyle Destree ’88, Zoll Stone (stone exterior and fireplace); Scott Stangel at 920-465-2053 for more information.

Alumni Travelers take a piazza break — Thanks for coming You wrote them, we want them Here’s a question for ’03 and ’04 alums: Pictured here are Sara Funk ’98, Wipfli; Lori (Bose) Ohland Sheila (Darne) Thomas ’05 Have you answered our other questions yet? perhaps pondering future vacations? Provide a valuable service by taking a few minutes to com- ’89, Wisconsin Department of Revenue and Mike Powers ’00, donates her book, Interpersonal plete the 2007 Alumni Survey, with a chance to win a $50 gift Schreiber Foods, who returned to campus in spring to talk Skills for IT Professionals (HRD- certificate to the Phoenix Bookstore. The survey is sent only careers with Marilyn Sagrillo’s “Seminar for Accounting Profes- Press), to Alumni Director Mark to those who received a bachelor’s degree from UW-Green Upcoming trips planned sionals” class. Other alumni visiting this semester to “connect Brunette for UW-Green Bay’s Bay in August or December 2003, or in May 2004. All survey through your Alumni learning to life” included Linda Peterson, ’88, Larry Franke, Dean Alumni Library. Brunette hopes responses are confidential, for the institution’s internal use. Association include: Basten ’89, Karen (Schlag) Young ’99, Dawn Eggert ’01 and Tara to display and help promote Visit www.uwgb.edu/assessment/assessment/alumni_survey.asp. Prague and Bavaria, (Stangel) DuBois ’04 from the accounting field; Lynn Barrett ’04, alumni books, welcoming dona- Oct. 4-12, 2007 William Selee ’80, Sara Straub ’03 and Anne Charneski ’90 from tions from all authors. (E-mail for $1,999 social change and develop- him at [email protected] if you have a book to share.) ment; Chris Jacisin ’89 from or Student callersThey are wrapping call, up another you fabulously click! successful computer science; and Sean Phone-a-Thon. They’ve helped the University reconnect with Beijing, China Murphy ’04 and Bob Nate alumni friends, update records and raise nearly $60,000 for Nov. 1-8, 2007 ’83 from business admin- scholarships and academic programs, providing the margin of ex- for $1,799 istration. Also helping this cellence that makes UW-Green Bay Go to the alumni Web spring in areas of business special. It’s a great time to be a dif- site for details, at and marketing were Amanda ference-maker for today’s students, Cowden ’99, Tani Grimm, http://www.uwgb.edu/ and make a (tax-deductible!) gift… Katie Sample ’06, Kelly Ruh ’01, Susan Garot ’81, Joel Hansen ’01, alumni/inttravel.html BUT NOW IT’S EVEN EASIER, with John Schwartz ’89, Karen Gregg ’85, Paul Anderson ’82, David a new point-and-click option at our Kappus ’92, Michael Strohschein ’92, Jessica Larsen ’06, Amy secure-giving Website. Give it a try! Anderson ’03, Nicole Linssen ’96, Tom Wagner ’80, Pat Kvitek ’89, Jay Kramer ’82 and Megan Fisher ’04. What’s more, more than FINALLY! An online giving option! Happy birthday, AIC! Julie Klescewski ’89, Cully Sheahan ’86, Maureen O’Connor ’89 and Kelley 100 alumni returned for the campus jobs and internship fairs this Wylbur Holloway ’97 addresses the 35th anniversary celebration of the Ameri- See more on page 11 or at O’Connor ’98 gather in the piazza (square) in Assisi, Italy. They arranged can Intercultural Center in April. The AIC opened in March 1972 as the Ethnic year. (Update your alumni profile at www.uwgb.edu/alumni!) www.uwgb.edu/alumni their tour through “Go Next” travel — an Alumni Association benefit. Heritage Center. It is a resource for African American, American Indian, His- panic and Southeast Asian students.

For upcoming events, bookmark UpcomingScholarshipJune 15 Golf Outing - AlumniTimberJune 23 Rattlers - 4:30 Game Events p.m.and BYO - $8Tailgate, Appleton - Save theGreatJune Lakes28Dates - WATER 5:30 Institute p.m. - $10 AlumniAug. 25 Reception - 6 p.m. Wine Tasting,- $10 BillSept. Laatsch 13 Wine- 4:30 and Cheesep.m. - Classic Free Royal Scot Golf Course Bring Your Own Tailgate Party as the T-Rats take on the Quad Cities Reception Milwaukee. Open house, Trout Springs Winery, Wayside, Wis. Shorewood Golf Course. Make new (See inside back cover for details) Swing at Fox Cities Stadium. Post-game fireworks. hors d’oeuvres/cash bar and tours. Sample wine and hors d’oeuvres. friends; sample wine and cheese. 22 May 2007 Tour the winery and trout fishery. www.uwgb.edu/alumni/events.htmlMay 2007 23 ALUMNI NOTES

AtStudents a glance: looking for a multi-disciplinary ES&P master’s student Nick Reckinger approach to environmental studies find a fit (pictured here) earned an undergraduate Environmentalat UW-Green Bay. The graduate Science program in and business Policy degree atgrad UW-Green program Bay in 2005, Environmental Science but his concern for the and Policy — “ES&P” environment — and an for short — has faculty appreciation that being in engineering, physics, “green” is often just chemistry, earth science, good business — lured biology, ecology, human him to return. He fishes for answers biology, mathematics, Reckinger works as a economics, geography, research assistant with on monster muskies You know your school proj- environmental policy the Lower Fox River NEW this year — 18 holes! ect is a good one when it gets and political science. monitoring program. full-page magazine treatment “Having faculty with He analyzes the effects even before it’s complete. Friday, June 15th such diverse back- of phosphorus on area That’s the response Law- grounds allows students watersheds, is help- at 10 a.m. rence Eslinger is getting to to pursue solutions to ing with high school his ongoing master’s thesis. problems from a variety of aspects,” says Prof. based monitoring projects as well, and helps With the help of faculty Royal Scot Golf Course, New Franken Patricia Terry, program chair for ES&P. with annual student symposiums and teacher mathematician David Dolan, Currently, about 40 full- and part-time stu- workshops. Cost is $75 per golfer Eslinger is assessing musky dents are enrolled. Graduates find careers in Says Reckinger, “I feel that I’ll be making populations in four northern a variety of settings in private business and a contribution to solving global issues that $300 per foursome lakes: a DNR test lake with government agencies. need to be addressed immediately.” no closed season or bag lim- Registration deadline is Friday, June 1 — most text on this page by Megan Gustafson, 2007 Alumni Relations intern, Sheboygan, Wis. its; a similar private-property lake with extensive angler logbooks; and two “unex- Proceeds benefit student scholarships! ploited” lakes protected by a Sponsor a tee or green for $125, or an sportsmen’s club. There are times when Russell Japuntich Eslinger is preparing a com- entire hole (both tee and green) for $200. ’00 and ’02, hiking the Rocky prehensive analysis of lake MountainsBiologist backcountry tracks and wildlife, surveying habitat in Rockies biology and water quality. Contact the Alumni Office at the view for miles, thinks “I can’t The hope is to find data that believe I get paid to do this!” Japuntich will help fisheries managers (920) 465- 2586, or is a wildlife biologist with the federal Bureau of Land Management in Gun- develop a predictive model [email protected] nison, Colo., assisting the management for the popular gamefish. for additional information and of more than 600,000 acres. A The results could influence current project involves the impact of future stocking strategies event registration. big game and drought on the Gunnison and sampling techniques. Basin shrub community. His assign- Eslinger’s research was ments range from habitat management profiled in the September to field inventories, monitoring plans 2006 issue of Joe Bucher’s and biological assessments. Musky Hunter magazine.

Thomas McDermott ’81 and ’86 is Mike Risse ’83 is the supervising Clifford Fleener ’95 is working Ramesh Sivanpillai ’95 is an working as an industrial hygienist environmentalist for the Environ- as an environmental manager of assistant research scientist at the for the U.S. Department of Energy mental Protection Division at Hen- historical properties for Pilkington University of Wyoming and manages at Argonne National Laboratory nepin County in Minneapolis. His North America, Inc. in Toledo, Ohio. WyomingView, a program aimed at in Darien, Ill. His job responsibili- job responsibilities include super- He is responsible for managing promoting remote sensing applica- ties include evaluating potential vising hazardous waste inspections remediation, operation, and mainte- tions. Sivanpillai has also worked in chemical and physical stressors and enforcement activities. nance requirements for current and Nicaragua, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, in the workplace, and providing former operations that have histori- southern Siberia, and Texas, but technical expertise in eliminating Stephen Lehrke ’87 and ’90 is an cal environmental contamination. says he has remained a Packers fan or minimizing any potential hazards environmental statistician at Foth throughout his moves. to workers. Infrastructure & Environment, Larry Johnson ’01 is working as Green Bay. He is currently involved an environmental health specialist Vicky Harris ’74 and ’98 is with in projects related to the Fox River with the Shiawassee County Health the UW Sea Grant program at UW- Golf with Gold PCB sediment cleanup. Department in Corunna, Mich. Green Bay. (Brian, ’99, event co-chair) For expanded notes and photos see Inside online 24 May 2007 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Nonprofit Org. 2420 Nicolet Drive U.S. Postage Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 PAID Green Bay, WI Permit No. 66

UW-Green Bay grad student Lawrence Eslinger test- nets muskellunge each spring for his well-publicized fisheries researchIt’s in you, Northern again Wisconsin (page 24). One fish he tagged was a 47-incher from Escanaba P.P. S SLake. . . An avid rod-and-reel angler, he was casting weeks later and “I was lucky enough to catch and release her again.” He’ll likely see the monster musky at least once more when he concludes his sampling in spring 2008.

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