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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY l FALL/WINTER 2018 Skyla Aissen, December 2018 graduate EVER GREEN Cultivating a thriving campus requires deep roots and room for growth Ever Phoenix. Ever Green. The cover title for this issue of Inside magazine, Ever UW-Green Bay alumni at numerous companies; faculty Green, couldn’t be more appropriate for the journey we partnering with The Farmory to open the first commercial are on. Reflecting on the partnerships forged and accom- year-round perch hatchery in the state; UW-Green Bay’s plishments of the last year confirms that UW-Green Bay, Behavioral Health Training Partnership working with 53 now including branch campuses in Marinette, Manitowoc Wisconsin counties and one tribe to train professionals and Sheboygan, is indeed continually relevant and inte- working in crisis situations; and Democracy and Justice gral to the quality of life and economic development of the Studies’ partnership with the federally-funded Upward state’s third largest economy. Bound program to mentor low-income and first-generation college students in three Green Bay public high schools. This fall we met with more than 70 businesses and organizations across our new 16-county footprint, asking You will read even more examples of partnership with questions, listening and learning about the ways in which communities, organizations and businesses on the pages higher education can meet regional needs. The conversa- that follow, demonstrating that in today’s rapidly changing tions have been insightful and create the foundation of world, there’s little we do without outside support. Said a plan for our branch campuses that we will unveil this another way by Kohler Company executive, Laura Kohler, spring. when speaking on campus this spring: “It takes a com- munity to build a university.” These conversations confirm once again that partner- ships with communities and businesses are critical to our The level of partnership in which UW-Green Bay is ever-green success. engaging has never been more robust. We are encour- aged by the variety and caliber of the relationships we Fresh examples include groundbreaking for Brown are forging, the unique experiences we are providing County’s STEM Innovation Center on our campus; a to students at our four campuses and the model for new Schneider-Alumni Mentorship Program connecting university-community partnership that has emerged. It is current business and accounting students with successful just like a Phoenix to be relevant, fresh and ever green. Go Phoenix! Gary L. Miller Chancellor INNOVATION TRANSFORMATION PLACE Fall/Winter 2018 Volume 45 • Number 1 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY ON THE COVER Skyla Aissen, Dec. ’18 graduate, created two side businesses while working for her family farm to graduate debt free. See her story on page 5 EDITORS Sue Bodilly ’87, ’04 Janet Bonkowski, APR Editorial Assistance Eric Craver Cindy Olson CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Sue Bodilly ’87 ’04 Janet Bonkowski, APR FEATURES Kristin Bouchard ’93 Jena Landers ’13 02 PARTNERSHIPS, LIKE THAT AT TITLETOWN Alicia LeBoeuf ’19 TECH, ENERGIZE THE CAMPUS AND Jay Lillge THE COMMUNITY Kari Moody ’00 16 Jim Streed ’05 04 AUSTIN E. COFRIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Kim Viduski ’92 December 2018 graduate, Skyla Aissen, used her business CAMPUS CONVERSATIONS acumen and hard work to graduate debt free. DESIGNER 30 Yvonne Splan 10 COLLEGE OF ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES PHOTOGRAPHER GREEN BAY ATHLETICS UW-Green Bay’s History teachers are recognized as the best in Dan Moore ’00 the State by the UW Regents. CONTRIBUTING 44 32 COLLEGE OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND PHOTOGRAPHERS SOCIAL WELFARE GET SOCIAL Matt Ludtke Crisis care workers can walk into precarious situations; many Liesl Sigourney ’19 prepare through UW-Green Bay’s Behavioral Health Partnership. Kimberly Vlies 45 38 COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND Inside UW-Green Bay is published by TECHNOLOGY ALUMNI NOTES AND NEWS the Office of Marketing and University Communication. We welcome your EMBI celebrates 10 years and 100 certified graduates in eco- comments. Email them to log@uwgb. nomics and ecology, like Kaity (Gilles) Lindner ’11, who influence edu; or address them to: Inside UW- their work places. Green Bay Editor, Cofrin Library Suite 820, at the street address below. For change of address, mail notification to: Inside, Cofrin Library Suite 805, visit Inside on the web at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI blog.uwgb.edu/inside 54311-7001. THE Power of Partnerships energize the campus and the community Two significant developments on campus construction budget is shared among three A description on the Green Bay Packers and near downtown Green Bay illustrate the central partners: the State of Wisconsin capital website shows this state-of-the-art building importance and power of partnerships in the budget, Brown County funds and private dona- will feature the TitletownTech Venture Studio, life of UW-Green Bay. tions from citizens and organizations intent on TitletownTech Innovation Lab and Titletown- The first is right here on campus, as the sustaining a thriving, public University and the Tech Fund. The center is designed to connect Brown County STEM (Science, Technology, social, cultural and economic gains that come start-up businesses with investors and promote Engineering and Math) Innovation Center, with it. business development and growth, particularly which broke ground Sept. 17, 2018, is quickly UW-Green Bay Chancellor Gary L. Miller in the technology sectors. taking shape and becoming part of the commented on the gap the Center closes by A UW-Green Bay and the UW System campus skyline. hosting the Resch School of Engineering. He “Entrepreneur-in-Residence” (EIR) will work as The second is front-and-center in the shadow said that the community has been asking for part of the TitletownTech leadership team. of Lambeau Field, as the finishing touches are engineering and STEM programs for decades. The EIR role has three main foci: 1. Work with being put on the 46,000-square-foot, modern, “This is the first school of engineering estab- UW-Green Bay’s Cofrin School of Business steel-and-glass silhouette of TitletownTech. lished and based in Northeast Wisconsin,” said to educate and provide guidance in business "What’s another building or two?” you might Miller, “and it will transform the economy for and operational areas. 2. Work with the UW ask. Universities and downtowns regularly generations.” System’s Economic Development Office to construct new buildings. It’s the way they keep County Executive Troy Streckenbach, in his generate collaborations with all UW System their infrastructure in step with the needs of remarks at the groundbreaking, said this institutions. 3. Establish connections to the their respective communities. shared investment is expected to “help secure business community and be their single point of contact. These buildings do all that — and our region’s manufacturing future by helping then some. create economic development for years to Deepening the connection between the come and ensuring all our students have organizations, UW-Green Bay alumnus Craig The Brown County STEM Innovation Center opportunities to be tomorrow’s innovators.” Dickman ’82 (Business Administration), who will provide about 63,730 square feet of space brings his reputation for innovation, was named Across town is a partnership that can move to house the new Richard J. Resch School TitletownTech’s managing director in Septem- the needle at supersonic speeds of Engineering, the popular and creative ber. Dickman is the founder and former CEO Einstein Project, the community-focused The excitement is building for TitletownTech — of Green Bay-based energy logistics company, UW-Extension, and Brown County’s Land and and its unique partnership that can be a model BreakthroughTM. In an interview with the Green Water Conservation departments. The facility for the future. The collaboration between Bay Press-Gazette, Dickman reflected on the is expected to open sometime in August 2019. UW-Green Bay, the University of Wisconsin nature of the facility and its vision. Of great significance, the building, its occu- System, the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft “We’re really trying to create something pants and its shared workspace demonstrate Corporation — is poised to serve as a hub for that’s world-class,” said Dickman, “so we can the power of partnership. The partners are business innovation and economic develop- transform this region’s economy, transform the able to do more than any of them could do ment in the region, the state and the Midwest. businesses that are here and bring innovation alone and the effect of their collaboration It holds promise to keep local young talent in a capabilities focused on building scalable new ripples from the campus, across the com- region that is thriving for more reasons than its ventures in our area.” munity and into the region. The $15-million storied NFL franchise. 2 l INSIDE UWGB Fall/Winter 2018 Power Impactful UW-Green Bay Partnerships • The Education program, with Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary and Green Bay Area Public Schools, partner in a nature-based four-year-old kindergarten program. • Social Work and Wisconsin Department of Children and Families provide tuition stipends and specialized training to more than a dozen social work students annu- ally, preparing them for future careers in public child welfare • Psychology partnered with multiple high school psychology teachers from across the state to organize a day-long teaching of psychology conference for more than 50 attendees. • Cofrin School of Business students were provided a valuable networking experience by Kohler Co. executives from around the world when invited to dine and Excitement is building for TitletownTech network during a fall executive training in the shadow of Lambeau Field. event at Lambeau Field. • Accounting students attended the Institute of Management Accountants Conference The support of Microsoft is key to those “We intended to develop Titletown as a in St.