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UWM’s First Year Center is ‘one-stop shop’ for new students By Beth Stafford

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New nursing center will study Newly named Director Ericca Pollack stands outside the First Year Center in Bolton Hall. self-management L aunched last fall and now located in Bolton The First Year Center and mentors play a role in Hall 192, the UWM First Year Center is working in partnership with students in identifying designed as a “one-stop shop” where first-year and potential obstacles to their success and guidance to transfer students can find all the information they the many resources available for UWM students.” need about comprehensive campus resources. The center is part of Access to Success, the campuswide Freshman year – A long-term 10 initiative designed to help students achieve greater mentoring moment success, especially during their first year. UWM provides each new freshman with a Sullivan-Spaights Awards benefit The center also is designed as a non-threaten- Campus Ambassador/Mentor as an initial contact high-achieving UWM students ing, comfortable place for first-year students to when students first arrive on campus. The connect with each other and with peer mentors Campus Ambassador/Mentor guides a student as they learn to negotiate both the social and the through new freshman orientation, assists with academic aspects of college life. registration and provides an introduction to Ericca Pollack says she was drawn to the First campus resources. Year Center because its values and mission parallel That support continues throughout the first her own. Hired this spring, she is the center’s first year. The Campus Ambassador/Mentor provides 10 full-time director (Nicole Stroobants, director of the additional guidance and assistance, including LINKS program, served as interim director after making connections between new students and the center’s launch). faculty/staff who work in areas of interest to UWM physicist helps shed light on them. In turn, first year students are encour- cosmic rays ‘Holistic learning’ aged to maintain contact with their Campus Pollack describes her philosophy as “holistic Ambassador/Mentor. ‘Walk to Work’ aims to turn learning.” That is, she thinks it distorts student life The center’s special programming covers both employees into neighbors to separate what happens in the classroom from the social aspects and the more serious side of the Moroccan magic and Judeo-Islamic what happens outside the classroom. new student experience at UWM. Last fall, for exchange “It’s important to look at the two spheres as a example, the center hosted an ice cream social whole,” she says. and a pumpkin carving contest, as well as sessions Students help students with legal woes “With the Access to Success mission, UWM on time management and undergraduate research. commits to students’ success leading to gradua- Pollack welcomes the unique joys and chal- NCAA recertification update tion,” Pollack continues. “The initial four to six lenges that come with leading a fledgling initiative. weeks is the most crucial time period in assuring “She has hit the ground running with creativity, students continue past their first year. good judgment and collegiality,” says Ruth Williams, “If students see both academic and personal associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. “The success during their first year, they are more likely student mentors working with her are delighted to continue the pursuit of their desired degree. Continued on page 3…

May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 1 FROM THE CHANCELLOR

Summer 2008 promises to be Block party rocks Hartford Avenue busy at UWM Lured by bands, ballgames, free ice cream and chili, several hundred UWM A s the spring semester reaches its final weeks, and examine current and future student housing students attended the block party hosted it strikes me how the summer months of requirements. by the Student Association and C.O.A.S.T. 2008 here at UW–Milwaukee will likely be full The consultants plan to present a draft report of (Community Outreach and Assistance for of activity rather than relaxation. Here are just a their findings in late August. Student Tenants) on April 21. It was a few of the concerns Certainly, much master planning work will be chance to scale some rocks, play ball in that are sure to make ongoing after this summer (as will work on the front of the Chancellor’s Office and meet- UWM a bustling academic planning process). You can always check and-greet Oscar Perez (below), UWM place in the next on master planning process updates, scheduled neighborhood relations specialist. week months: meetings and more at http://www.masterplan. • The 2007-09 uwm.edu. state budget. By • New freshman orientation programs. I now, I believe we all am told by our Department of Recruitment and thought we would Outreach that there will be 19 daylong sessions for only be working on new freshmen during the summer months. Of the our specific budget new freshmen planning to attend UWM in the fall proposal, or DIN, for – Enrollment Services estimates between 4,300 and the 2009-11 biennial 4,600 students – more than 95 percent are expected budget. While that to participate in orientation. If last summer’s totals Carlos E. Santiago will continue during hold true again this summer, we can also expect an the summer, indi- equivalent number of parents to be on campus to viduals throughout the UW System are watching participate in orientation programs. for what the proposed budget repair bill for the These incoming students receive quality 2007-09 state budget will mean for our students, academic advising and insights from campus faculty and staff. ambassadors and select fall courses, while parents We are hopeful that the budget repair bill will learn how they can best support their future be in place in the next few weeks and that the State Panthers. Alan Magayne-Roshak of Wisconsin will affirm its commitment to support • Summer session 2008. And, of course, the UWM. continuing academic popularity of UWM can be • Master planning. During the Master Plan seen throughout the summer with a session filled Campus Launch Day on April 4, we all learned just with 1,600 classes from 90 departments. The aver- how much work is ahead of us in this process. age UWM enrollment over the past three summers This summer, the consultants from HGA and has been nearly 9,000 students—a total larger than Sasaki Associates, along with our master plan the fall enrollment of six UW System universities. consulting team, will be involved in a detailed Despite the hustle and bustle of campus life observation, information-gathering and assessment during the traditional academic summer of mid- phase of the master planning process. May to late-August, I hope everyone has the The team will analyze planning and technical opportunity to catch their breath and prepare for documentation from the campus and conduct site the continuing challenges and opportunities our Get the latest visits to collect data about existing sustainability university will face in the 2008-09 academic year. systems; land acquisition issues; and transportation, on the WEB utility, infrastructure and building conditions. For a complete schedule of events They will also conduct a detailed quantita- and the latest campus news, start tive and qualitative assessment of space needs, your day at www.uwm.edu. Carlos E. Santiago, Chancellor Borger named vice chancellor UWMREPORT for development May 2008 Vol. 29, No. 4

Patricia A. Borger has been named vice chan- Santiago also praised the contributions of David UWM Report is published nine times cellor for development by Chancellor Carlos E. Gilbert, UWM Foundation president and interim a year for the faculty and staff of the Santiago. Borger, who is the assistant vice president vice chancellor for development, and Stephanie University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee by at the University of Cincinnati Foundation, will start Ackerman, chief advancement officer for the the staff of University Communications at UWM in August. Office of Development. They led the Office of and Media Relations. “Patricia Borger’s experience in Cincinnati and Development following the retirement of Vice Editor: Nancy A. Mack her related professional accomplishments make her Chancellor Lucia Petrie in June 2007. Associate Editor: Angela McManaman particularly well suited to our needs here at UWM,” “Dave’s overall coordination, oversight and Assistant Editor: Laura L. Hunt said Santiago. “We will be looking for her to further management of the office, plus Stephanie’s keen Designer: Mario R. Lopez integrate alumni into the development process and operational skills, kept significant projects moving Photos: UWM Photographic elevate the role of the Office of Development as a forward as we concluded our incredibly successful Services resource for UWM schools and colleges.” Campaign for UWM,” Santiago said. “They have University Communications and She holds a Doctor of Law and a Master of both made major contributions to UWM.” Media Relations Music in Music Education from the University of Borger’s résumé is online at http://www.uwm. Mitchell B-95, 414-229-4271 Cincinnati, and a bachelor’s degree, summa cum edu/Dept/SecU/DevVC/Borger.pdf. laude, from the University of Saint Francis. Back issues of UWM Report are avail- able on the Web at: www.uwm.edu/ News.

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2 • UWM REPORT • May 2008 Hobgood is new arts dean

W ade Hobgood has been named the new dean and impressed with his First Year Center of UWM’s Peck School of the Arts. He will leadership skills. He has From Page 1 assume his duties July 1. a thorough knowledge of Hobgood currently is professor of mass commu- the arts. His background in with her leadership and support for them, nications at the University of North Carolina in graphic design will be espe- and colleagues across the campus are Asheville. He previously served as chancellor of cially helpful as the school welcoming her insight and partnership. North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem looks to grow in the graphic “She is a wonderfully suited new and as dean of the College of the Arts at California design area.” member of UWM’s leadership team for State University–Long Beach and the College of Fine Hobgood’s profes- Access to Success.” Arts at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, sional background includes Previously the director of residence life Texas. Wade Hobgood photography, graphic at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, “Wade has experience that perfectly matches the design, illustration, art appreciation and film/video. Pollack led that campus in its first-year needs of UWM’s Peck School of the Arts,” said Rita He has extensive experience in fund-raising and has transition programming efforts. Her work Cheng, provost and vice chancellor for academic developed many successful partnerships with donors, at Drake included the implementation of affairs, in making the announcement. “I know that business sponsors and potential supporters. living and learning communities. he will add great value to UWM and I look forward Hobgood has also served as a consultant with While Pollack describes finding the to working with him and the entire campus commu- international, national and regional arts clients and same sense of community and warmth at nity as we continue to meet our goals of growing our several universities, helping them develop new curri- UWM that she experienced at Drake, she research and scholarly activity, and providing access cula, policies and procedures. also was drawn to the differences between and success to all of our students.” The Peck School of the Arts is the only school in the two institutions. For her, UWM’s “We’re very excited to be working with Wade the University of Wisconsin System dedicated exclu- diverse student body and large urban Hobgood,” said Scott Emmons, professor of music sively to the arts. The Peck School serves nearly setting represent new opportunities. and interim dean of the Peck School. “He brings all 2,000 undergraduate majors and graduate students, Pollack points to other professional of the skills we have been looking for in a dean. offering programs in dance, film, music, theater, experiences that make her a “good “The faculty were excited by his presentation visual art and inter-arts. fit” for the First Year Center. While at Illinois State University (ISU), where she completed her master’s degree in College Student Personnel ‘Walk to Work’ aims to turn Administration, Pollack assumed leader- ship roles in housing, student life and employees into neighbors orientation. By Angela McManaman At ISU, she also worked with UWM Vice Chancellor Helen M ore than 100 UWM faculty UWM faculty and staff. Mamarchev, who served as ISU’s vice members and staff, or “In an era when people chancellor (and as a mentor to Pollack) around four every week, have talk about reducing their from 2002-06. For Pollack, the opportu- been getting in touch with Select carbon footprint and we get nity to work with Mamarchev again is Milwaukee – the city’s leading daily reports about record- another Milwaukee “plus.” provider of information and high gas prices, there is a lot The move to Milwaukee has worked guidance for prospective home- to be said for being able to out well for Pollack on a personal level, owners – since UWM launched walk or bike to work,” says also. Coincidentally, her fiancé, whom she a free-of-charge employee home Luljak. met in Des Moines, is a Milwaukee native. ownership program with the That’s why Walk to Work He has found employment in Milwaukee Mario R. Lopez R. Mario organization late last year. remains focused on bringing at Northwestern Mutual and a wedding is Sponsored by UWM’s more UWM employees into planned this month in Des Moines. Department of Human UWM neighborhoods as For more about UWM’s Access to Resources and Division of homeowners. Neighborhood Success initiative or the new First Year University Relations and residents also are invited to Center, visit http://www4.uwm.edu/ Communications, the Walk use the program. access_success/index.cfm. to Work program encourages homeownership – particularly in the neighborhoods surrounding Support for the long-term UWM. Judging from the faculty and staff response, According to Joyce Smyth, manager of employer the program is right in line with what’s best for assisted home ownership programs for Select the university, as well as the housing needs of its Milwaukee, the Walk to Work initiative has not yet faculty and staff. resulted in any home sales. However, she adds that “Research tells us that increased owner occu- the initiative is still in the early stages, and that she pancy in a neighborhood increases neighborhood expects to see a handful of home sales related to the stabilization,” says Tom Luljak, vice chancellor for initiative close in the second half of 2008. university relations and communications. “That’s In the meantime, Smyth is reaching out to good for property values, for the people who live Realtors who sell properties around campus to in a given neighborhood and for the businesses promote the program. The full spectrum of support surrounding it. services is available to UWM faculty and staff inter- “Clearly, that’s also very good for UWM.” ested in buying homes in the UWM neighborhoods, Select Milwaukee offers everything from credit or anywhere in the Milwaukee region. and financial counseling to pre-purchase consulta- “Because of the mortgage crisis, we are finding tions, helping employees secure low-cost financing that some homes are actually more affordable right and referrals to realty, home inspection and insur- now,” Smyth says. ance services. “Lending standards have tightened,” she admits. “But the point that we bring to the table is that Tackling gas prices on foot finding the right home and a lending standard that With names like “Greenwich Village” and works for you can be done. Contrary to the message “Cambridge Woods,” the neighborhoods near broadcast by the media, now is an excellent time to UWM are known for their historical and aesthetic pursue a home purchase.” charm and access to nightlife, shopping, restaurants For more information about UWM’s Walk to and cultural attractions that make Milwaukee’s East Work Employee Home Ownership Program, visit Side a popular destination. http://www4.uwm.edu/univ_rel/neighborhood_rel/ The neighborhoods also hold obvious appeal for walk_to_work.cfm or www.selectmilwaukee.org.

May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 3 UWM, UCC team up for research and learning By Laura L. Hunt

Spring Commencement 2008 set for May 18 UWM’s 2008 Spring Commencement will be held Sunday, May 18, at the U.S. Cellular Arena, 400 W. Kilbourn Ave. Due to the number of graduates, there will be two commencement ceremonies:

BLACK CEREMONY: 9 A.M. This ceremony includes bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. candidates from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, College of Letters and Science, School of Information Studies and the Peck School of the Arts. Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago, UW System Board of Regents member Danae

Davis and UWM Alumni Association Board Peter Jakubowski of Trustees President Christine Faltz will wel- come the participants. Leo Kottke, renowned guitarist, will receive an honorary Doctor of Music Performance degree and will give the com- Patricia Torres Najera, assistant director at UWM’s Center for Urban Initiatives and Research, is the new liaison in a coalition linking the research mencement address. and learning opportunities at UWM with the urban Hispanic population that is served by the United Community Center (UCC) of Milwaukee. UWM Alumni Association Special Life C onducting research in the social sciences pres- and Shannon Chavez Korell, assistant professor of Achievement Award winner Joseph Aaron, ents the double challenge of finding the right psychology). musician and music educator, will be rec- study participants and finding grant money. • A program in which graduate students from ognized at the Black Ceremony. Enter Patricia Torres Najera, who believes she can UWM’s Peck School of the Arts provide classical help overcome both obstacles. music training in string instruments for students at GOLD CEREMONY: 1:30 P.M. Najera, assistant director at UWM’s Center for UCC’s Bruce-Guadalupe School. This ceremony includes bachelor’s, Urban Initiatives and Research (CUIR), is the new • A program for high-school students (Bruce- master’s and Ph.D. candidates from the liaison in a coalition linking the research and learn- Guadalupe alumni) who participate in academic Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, ing opportunities at UWM with the urban Hispanic enrichment, personal development and wellness, School of Education, College of population that is served by the United Community cultural enrichment and career development. Engineering and Applied Science, College Center (UCC) of Milwaukee. Now, Najera is exploring the inclusion of other of Health Sciences, Helen Bader School of “It’s access to the service providers, especially city or academic institutions in the collaborative Social Welfare and College of Nursing. those that serve minority or special populations, that mix. The UCC’s Latino Geriatric Center is an Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago and is most valuable to us in a partnership like this one,” example of how successful a project with multiple UW System Regent Peggy Rosenzweig, as says Michael Fendrich, director of UWM’s Center participants can be, she says. Besides UWM, three well as a UWM Alumni Association repre- for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research other organizations contribute – the UW School of sentative, will welcome graduates. (CABHR). “It is also what many federal funders are Medicine and Public Health, the Medical College James L. Ziemer, president and CEO looking for.” of Wisconsin and the Alzheimer’s Association of of Harley-Davidson, Inc., who received a The official partnership began more than a year Southeastern Wisconsin. BBA from UWM in 1975 and an EMBA in ago at UCC’s urging. Since then, funding of collab- 1986, will receive an honorary Doctor of orative projects has totaled nearly $3 million. Research priorities Commercial Science degree and will give Najera offers faculty grant proposal development, The partnership plays an important role in advanc- the commencement address. and because she works at UCC part of the week, she ing UWM’s urban research agenda, says Rita Cheng, Winners of the 2008 UWM Alumni can act quickly on many inquiries. She currently is UWM provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Association Distinguished Alumnus awards looking for more UWM faculty and staff interested “Our mission statement calls on UWM to ‘meet will be recognized at the Gold Ceremony. in joining with UCC on research, instruction or the diverse needs of Wisconsin’s largest metropolitan They are Juan Carlos Campuzano, Daniel clinical practice. area,’” Cheng says. “And because Hispanics are the J. Diliberti, Ruth B. Leff, Avi Shaked and nation’s largest and fastest-growing minority group, Gregory J. Uhen One-stop access the knowledge created here has the potential to help An estimated 2,470 bachelor’s, 722 The UCC provides a full spectrum of services, society as a whole.” master’s and 64 Ph.D. degree candidates including a K-8 school, rehabilitation center, mental Enthusiasm for UWM’s goals of increased have been invited to participate in the health clinic, geriatric center, and economic and research and access to the university led the UCC ceremony. neighborhood development programs. to suggest a formal association, says Director and For more information, visit www.uwm. “The number and scope of the programs for UWM alumnus Ricardo Diaz. edu. Look for profiles of the honorary degree Hispanics in an urban setting are reasons I think “We see the potential for our facility to be a recipients and UWMAA award winners in faculty, staff and students would want to take advan- laboratory for opportunities to look at best practices the June 2008 issue of UWM Report. tage of the collaboration,” says Najera. across disciplines,” says Diaz. “There are more than CUIR has evaluated federally funded programs 1,000 people here every single day, from kindergar- at UCC for years. Multiple other projects with ten-aged all the way to those in their 90s. And they UWM ties are now under way, including: consist mainly of families with limited English.” • A study on the effect of healthy lifestyles on Working together is a natural match, he says. childhood obesity in the Milwaukee Hispanic “Right on the UWM campus you have a world- community (led by David Petering, distinguished class child care center, a center for aging and professor of chemistry and director of UWM’s several research groups in health disciplines,” says Children’s Environmental Health Initiative). Diaz. “UWM has the theoretical aspects and we • A study on depression among the elderly in have the practical.” the Hispanic community (led by Azara Santiago To learn more about opportunities at UCC, Rivera, associate professor of educational psychology, contact Najera at 414-229-2814, [email protected].

4 • UWM REPORT • May 2008 FROM THE PROVOST Reflections on the 2007-08 Academic Year By Rita Cheng, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

T his past academic spectrum lease funds that will generate resources to year has been pro- support regional campus development, scholarships Catch Panthers ductive for UWM. Some and research infrastructure. baseball at of the results of our work While the Academic and Master Planning process Miller Park are outlined below. will play out over the next two years, revealing likely Parking and admission to Miller Park long-range directions for the university to pursue, are completely free for the UWM Panthers- Developing new programs there are other planning initiatives under way that will Youngstown State Penguins doubleheader on that meet state needs complement the formal Master Plan. These include Thursday, May 15. We have made the planning for cyberinfrastructure and research comput- “Players love the experience, and it’s far successful first step in ing (in collaboration with regional partners), regional and away our biggest game of the year in securing approvals for campus development and the development of addi- terms of attendance,” says UWM Assistant the School of Public tional research laboratory space (both transitional and Sports Information Director Chris Zills. Health and the School permanent) as our faculty numbers increase. “There’s no reserved seating, and the first of Freshwater Sciences. The unanimous posi- fans there can sit as close to the dugouts as tive approval by the Faculty Senate signals strong Advancing diversity and attracting world-class they can get.” campus support for our initiatives. We have much to faculty and administrators The Panthers-Penguins doubleheader celebrate, and also more work to do, as we now turn In 2007-08 the Academic Affairs leadership team starts at approximately 4:30 p.m. Once our focus outward to the Board of Regents and state was enhanced with the hiring of Michael Powell as the eighth inning of the Major League legislature. And, of course, we will continue to focus associate vice chancellor for climate and diversity game starts – the Brewers take on the Los on program planning and strategic faculty hiring in and Patricia Arredondo as associate vice chancel- Angeles Dodgers at 12:05 p.m. – parking both public health and freshwater sciences. lor. The university also completed the Equity and admission to Miller Park are free. The The university’s institutional vitality is evident Scorecard for UWM and launched the Sharing Our concessions stand behind home plate will in new baccalaureate degree programs in Applied Experiences Systemwide Climate Survey. Over the remain open until the seventh inning of the Mathematics and Computer Science; Latin past year, 20 opportunity hires were made and 16 second UWM game. American, Caribbean and U.S. Latino Studies; dual career hires were made to increase faculty diver- This is the seventh consecutive season and Computer Engineering; new master’s degree sity. Fifty new faculty members joined the UWM that the Panthers will take over the Brewers’ programs approved in Spanish, Teaching of the Arts, faculty in 2007; of those, 54 percent were female and digs. Through a marketing agreement and Women’s Studies; and the new Ph.D. program 50 percent were faculty of color. between the university and the Brewers, approved in Information Studies as well as the Current and planned cluster research hires and UWM hosts a day of baseball at one of the significant progress made in planning for Ph.D.s in faculty hires to support the expansion of undergradu- top major league facilities in the country. The Public Health, Freshwater Sciences, Africology and ate research have great potential to advance the Panthers have made the most of this oppor- Sociology. university’s “twin pillars” of research and access, tunity, posting a 9-3 record at Miller Park thus transforming in turn the Milwaukee metropoli- since first playing there in 2002. Increasing access, retention and student success tan region. We anticipate making additional faculty Our Access to Success initiatives have yielded a hires as part of the 09-11 DIN. 12.2 percent increase in the freshman class, a 16.3 UWM is in a transformational phase of its devel- percent increase in freshmen of color and a opment as an institution of higher education. As we 2 percent increase in retention. The new Enrollment think ahead to next year, we should take a moment Management working groups on retention and grad- to recognize that we are well situated for future prog- uation, graduate students, and adult, transfer and ress because of the energy and commitment of so nontraditional students will expand our institutional many across the campus. commitment to student success. UWM’s many initiatives related to student success underscore our institutional commitment to providing a high-quality educational experience for our students. Over the next year a renewed focus on General Education, led by a cross-campus team, will better define General Education outcomes and values in alignment with the LEAP outcomes. We will also be issuing a second-round internally funded RFP to schools and colleges to foster adoption of proven student success interventions throughout the university. With all endeavors, we intend to assess initiatives rigorously, and to base decisions on data concerning demonstrated impact.

Planning for future growth, catalyzing economic development and transitioning to the global knowledge-based economy This year saw the launch of a comprehensive academic and master planning process — a collabora- tive endeavor between the schools and colleges in Academic Affairs and the Division of Administrative Affairs. The university has also managed a large clus- ter hiring and undergraduate research faculty hiring competition process involving 43 faculty hires as part of the 07-09 DIN infusion of new state General

Program Revenue funds. And thanks to the efforts of Mario R. Lopez UITS staff and CIO Bruce Maas, we have secured

May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 5 2008-09 RGI Awards By Peter Hansen T hirty-one proposals have been chosen for fund- • Tools for Determining the Impact of Huang among 2008 UWS ing in the 2008-09 Research Growth Initiative Nanomaterials on the Aquatic Model Outstanding Women of (RGI), an internal seed-funding competition aimed Organism Daphnia Pulex Color in Education at enhancing the university’s research and scholarly Rebecca Klaper, WATER Institute By Beth Stafford work, and supporting the state’s economic develop- • Early Cognitive and Behavioral Phenotype ment through innovation. of NF-1 Linda Huang, program manager at The winners were chosen from the original pool Bonita Klein-Tasman, Psychology UWM’s Multicultural Student Center, was of 137 by independent review panels consisting of Co-PI: W. Hobart Davies, Psychology recognized April 5 as one of the University experts and scholars from prominent U.S. research • Role of PKA in the Regulation of the Snf1 of Wisconsin System’s 2008 Outstanding institutions. Protein Kinase in Yeast Women of Color in Education. The projects are drawn from a wide variety of Sergei Kuchin, Biological Sciences The UW System Women’s Studies disciplines, from Biological Sciences, Engineering, Co-PI: Marianna Orlova, Biological Sciences Consortium (WSC) and Office of Diversity and Physics, to History and French, Italian and • The Influence of Estrogen on the Structure and and Development recognized 17 women Comparative Literature. Function of Skeletal Muscle Microcirculation in from around the state for extensive contribu- The awardees are: the Dahl S Female Rat tions to their campuses and communities. The • Theory of Pair Density Wave Superconductors Mary Pat Kunert, Nursing April ceremony was part of the 32nd Annual Daniel Agterberg, Physics • Mixed-phase Layer Clouds in the Arctic and Women’s Studies Conference, held at the • Quagga Mussel Feces-Mediated Trace Metal Mid-Latitudes University of Wisconsin–Green Bay this year. Mobilization in Lake Michigan Vincent Larson, Mathematical Sciences The award was initiated in 1994 to Carmen Aguilar, WATER Institute • Adhesion and Survival Strategies of Escherichia acknowledge the ties and shared concerns Co-PI: Russell Cuhel, WATER Institute Coli O157:H7 in the Phyllosphere among administrators, faculty, staff and students • Cosmology and Particle Physics from String Jin Li, Civil Engineering and Mechanics within women’s studies and ethnic studies. Theory • Atomic Layer Deposition for Production of Huang, who has been at UWM Luis Anchordoqui, Physics Polar Oxide Heterostructures since 1989, was nominated by Ruth • The Explosive-Effusive Transition and Paul Lyman, Physics Williams, associate vice chancellor for Compositional Diversity at Basaltic Scoria • Violence in the Lives of HIV-Infected Women academic affairs. The nomination also was Cones in Central America in Malawi: A Critical Ethnography supported by Associate Vice Chancellor Dev Barry Cameron, Geosciences Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, Nursing Venugopalan. • Engineer Novel Anticancer Bio-Agents — Co-PI: Patricia Stevens, Nursing “Never one to take center stage her- A Pilot Study • Power Smoothing and Low Voltage Ride self, Linda has quietly but so effectively Yichiang Cheng, Biological Sciences Through Solutions for Wind Turbines supported UWM’s designated M/D [multi- • Genetic Diversity and Immunity in Adel Nasiri, Electrical Engineering cultural/disadvantaged] coordinators and Endangered Birds Co-PI: David Yu, Electrical Engineering diversity efforts for the past 19 years. This Peter Dunn, Biological Sciences • Development of Platelet-Targeted support often has entailed the unglamorous • Regulation of Neuronal Plasticity by Protein Nanoparticles for Treatment of Thrombotic but necessary compilation of reports and Phosphatase 1 Stroke statistics that assess the institution’s progress Charles Fink, Biological Sciences Julie Oliver, Biological Sciences and efforts – work that requires lots of time, • High Spatial Resolution Optical Fiber Sensor • As Realistic as God: World-Making in accuracy and skill. But Linda has also con- Arrays for Real-Time, Remote Monitoring of Literature and Media tributed so much to setting in action projects Water Supplies and Potable Water Distribution Peter Paik, French, Italian and Comparative and activities that promote and celebrate Networks Literature diversity,” says Williams Peter Geissinger, Chemistry and Biochemistry • Resolving Severe Weather Impacts of Global Huang was cited for contributions • Bionanocomposite Components with a Solid Climate Change that include Myriad, an annual publica- Skin/Foamed Core Structure Produced via a Paul Roebber, Mathematical Sciences tion portraying the array of individuals and Novel Supercritical Fluid Assisted Co-Injection • Gravitational Wave Data Analysis and activities that reflect and form UWM’s diver- Molding Process Astronomy sity; major events that bring UWM and its Shaoqin Gong, Mechanical Engineering Xavier Siemens, Physics communities together and engage students • Buddhist Ethics of Love and Attachment in • Functional Analysis of Candidate Genes for in multicultural leadership activities; and Southeast Asian Narrative Art and Literature Learning and Memory involvement in projects such as The Equity Anne Hansen, History Ava Udvadia, Biological Sciences Scorecard, the Milwaukee Commitment, • Synchrotron Based Infrared Imaging (SBIRI) Co-PI: Fred Helmstetter, Psychology Access to Success, Multicultural Student and Chemometrics of Living Algal Cells • Polarization and Electric Fields in Center and First Year Center. Carol Hirschmugl, Physics Heterostructures “She is the one UWM turns to over and • Reinforcement and Behavioral Plasticity Michael Weinert, Physics over again to coordinate and facilitate.” Gerlinde Hoebel, Biological Sciences Co-PI: Lian Li, Physics Biographies and photos of current and • Measuring Molecular Electric Fields at the past honorees are available on the WSC Active Sites of Proteins: Development of High Web site at http://wsc.uwsa.edu/events/ Resolution Single Molecule and Hole-Burning woc/woc.htm. Techniques Jorg Woehl, Chemistry and Biochemistry Co-PI: Peter Geissinger, Chemistry and Biochemistry • Superfast Magnetic Resonance Imaging Using Compressed Sensing Leslie Ying, Electrical Engineering Co-PI: Yi Ming Zou, Mathematical Sciences • Molecular Characterization of the EMS1 Signaling in Cell Fate Determination Dazhong Zhao, Biological Sciences • A Sensor Based on Electromagnetic Surface Wave Propagation for Bridge Monitoring Jian Zhao, Civil Engineering and Mechanics Co-PIs: Mukul Goyal, Computer Science; George Hanson, Electrical Engineering; Konstantin Greg Walz-Chojnacki Sobolev, Civil Engineering and Mechanics

Linda Huang

6 • UWM REPORT • May 2008 RESEARCH NOTES By Colin G. Scanes, Vice Chancellor for Research & Economic Development/Dean of the Graduate School

Creating the Future CABHR Summer 2008 Research Seminars O ur graduates are receiving their diplomas and Engineering, together with new Ph.D. programs in seek to conquer new challenges. It is appropri- Africology, Environmental Health and Sociology. and Workshops ate first to congratulate each graduate and to express In addition, we are seeing a growth in international For the third year, the Center for appreciation for and delight in the contributions of so dual graduate degrees in the School of Information Addiction and Behavioral Health Research many faculty and staff to our students’ achievements. Studies and College of Engineering. These initiatives (CABHR) is sponsoring a summer series of Universities play from the faculty and the prompt responses of the research seminars and workshops. Programs such a crucial role in governance committees bode well for the future. are open to all, but reservations are request- “creating the future” Turning to the area of research, I was excited to ed. For more information or to register, by education and see so many excellent proposals submitted to the contact Mary Heller at [email protected] or by engendering “K Research Growth Initiative. This is having an impact 414-229-5008. Programs are: through grey” learn- on the number of external awards that faculty and ing. Our graduates staff receive. We need to do more, however. I am “Introduction to Social Network Analysis” are also “creating the concerned that our infrastructure is not at the level Monday & Tuesday, June 9 & 10 future” by their plans required to meet our aspirations. 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Enderis Hall, room 740 and actions. This An arena that we might want to consider is $50 ($25 UWM faculty/staff/students) includes setting their multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research, or Presenter: Devon D. Brewer, director, aspirations high, with programs that combine instruction, outreach and Interdisciplinary Scientific Research, and a moral imperative to research. Are we where we could be? What else affiliate assistant professor, University of make a difference in should we be doing? Washington society. With the ongoing academic planning and master This two-day workshop will cover the In a similar way, UW–Milwaukee is “creating its planning, we should all be envisioning the future we theory underlying social network analysis future” with the academic master planning exercise, want, planning for it and taking an entrepreneurial (SNA); applications of SNA in the social the creation of new schools of Public Health and approach to achieving our goals. In this, we are true and behavioral sciences, procedures for col- Freshwater Sciences, and so many other actions. The to the giants before us who established the great lecting social network data, types of data successful evaluation of cluster hire, undergraduate system of public universities in the United States of collected and summary indices employed research experience-related faculty positions and America that has contributed so much to social well- in network analysis. On the second day, WIHBT positions should allow UWM to increase being and economic prosperity, and from which so attendees will receive introductory-level, faculty numbers by about 50 in the next 18 months much is expected. hands-on training in the use of the UCINET or so. software package for the analysis of social As Graduate School dean, I am so pleased to network data. see new degree programs moving toward approval, including an innovative new combined B.S./M.S. in University-Community Partnerships to Prevent Delinquency and Youth Violence Friday, June 13 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., UWM location TBA Yu wins $1.1 million grant for No cost Presenter: Patrick Tolan, professor and director, Institute for Juvenile Research, medical reference project University of Illinois at Chicago By Sabine Schwark This presentation will focus on the value and some promising methods for university- Physicians with immediate questions about the community partnerships to bring evidence- care of their patients turn to published medical litera- based practices to prevention of delinquency ture and online medical databases, but few of these and youth violence. sources provide quick answers to specific queries. Hong Yu, an assistant professor in Health Advanced Topics in Quantitative Methods Sciences with the Health Care Informatics Program, for Researchers in the Social Sciences and is filling the void with a unique system of artificial Public Health intelligence that has the potential for aiding thou- Wednesday & Thursday, July 23 & 24 sands of physicians. 8 a.m.-3 p.m., UWM location TBA Yu is creating a new database for doctors and $50 ($25 UWM faculty/staff/students) other medical professionals that provides medical Alan Magayne-Roshak Presenter: Shenyang Guo, associate answers right at the point of care, and from the latest professor, University of North Carolina– clinical research literature. Hong Yu Chapel Hill The project, called HERMES, is backed by a Guo will provide an overview of struc- $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Collaborating on the project will be information tural equation modeling (SEM), power analy- Health (NIH). specialists/librarians, linguists, engineers, physicians sis in SEM, sampling, research design and “Preliminary results already show that even a and other experts from NIH, the Medical College propensity score matching. The workshop limited HERMES working system outperformed of Wisconsin and the University of Iowa. will also introduce participants to relevant other information retrieval systems and can generate Yu and her lab also recently received a grant statistical software and will be especially tai- answers within a time frame necessary to meet the from the National Center for Research Resources lored for applied faculty, advanced graduate demands of physicians,” says Yu, who is conducting to develop a system designed to retrieve biomedical students and researchers who are working the research with an interdisciplinary team. images from journal articles in response to text- in the social sciences and public health dis- Delivering the right and most current information based queries. The goal of the project is to add a ciplines. Guo will employ examples drawn would be a critical advantage. Physicians usually new dimension to the already complex text-mining from his own work as a leading methodolo- spend an average of two minutes or less seeking an field by merging text with image data. gist and applied researcher in social work answer to a question, according to studies. If a search Yu, who joined the faculty of the College of and child welfare. takes longer, it is likely to be abandoned. Health Sciences in 2006, is a prolific author of This workshop has been made possible In the three years allocated to the effort, the team articles in national and international journals and by the generous sponsorship of the UWM wants to develop medical language processing (MLP) holds several patent applications. She specializes Graduate School. approaches to help build a HERMES prototype. It is in biomedical informatics, including information their goal that HERMES will automatically retrieve, retrieval and extraction, language processing, text- extract, analyze and integrate text, image and video from mining and question-answering techniques. the literature, and formulate them as short, paragraph- For more information about the HERMES level texts to answer questions posed by physicians. project, go to www.askhermes.org.

May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 7 New nursing center will study self-management By Kathy Quirk

them loose,” she explains. “You have to Firer named city’s help them change behaviors.” poet laureate Numerous factors – the health By Kathy Quirk condition itself, family and community support, medical beliefs and cost of Susan Firer, adjunct assistant professor medications among them – can impact in the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s the ability of individuals and families English Department, has been named to manage health care. For example, Milwaukee’s poet laureate. says Marek, an inhaler may be useful in Firer, the city’s fifth poet laureate, will controlling chronic asthma, but an indi- serve a two-year term promoting poetry vidual patient may be too frail to squeeze at library and com- the device. munity events. She was formally inducted April 6 in the Central Library’s A collaborative approach Centennial Hall. The center will help the College Firer’s poetry has of Nursing build on already funded appeared in numerous research involving self-care management, publications, including as well as explore new areas relevant to New American Writing, self-care. The center will also encourage Chicago Review, Cream research collaboration with other schools City Review, Iowa and colleges at UWM and other institu- Review, Ms. Magazine, tions, offering workshops and seminars. Southern Poetry Review Christine Kovach, professor of nurs- and The Christian Susan Firer ing, directs the center’s Methods Core, Science Monitor, and which will provide researchers with in diverse anthologies, expertise in developing and testing self- including Best American Poetry, The Book management interventions. An advisory of Irish American Poetry from the Eighteenth committee of local and national health Century to the Present and A Whole Other care experts also helps guide the center’s Ballgame: Women’s Literature on Women’s work. Sport. UWM’s College of Nursing has Her latest book, Milwaukee Does already demonstrated its research capac- Strange Things to People, includes new ity to NIH with a number of projects and selected poems from 1979 to 2007. Karen Marek’s research has focused on home care medication-management technology, that fit with the self-management concept which may allow frail, elderly patients better manage their own care, allowing them to stay “Susan Firer has been and continues to in their own homes rather than going to a nursing home. and have been funded by NIH or be one of Milwaukee’s premier poets and UWM’s Research Grant Initiative (RGI), authors,” said Paula Kiely, Milwaukee Public T he UWM College of Nursing has received says Marek. Among them are: Library director. “But her wit, wisdom and $1.5 million in funding for a research center to • Ongoing studies of home care medication- unique take on life transcend geographical investigate the best ways to help families and indi- management technology that can help frail elderly boundaries – Susan’s works truly touch all of viduals better manage their own health. individuals remain at home (Marek); us, no matter where we are or who we are. The National Institute for Nursing Research • Interventions to help women increase their The Milwaukee Public Library is proud to call (part of the National Institutes of Health, or NIH) is intake of calcium and Vitamin D and reduce post- her our newest poet laureate.” funding the College of Nursing’s Self-Management menopausal bone density loss (Associate Professor “I’m honored to be Milwaukee’s next Science Center as an exploratory research center for Polly Ryan); poet laureate, and I look forward to shar- five years. The center, which was funded in the fall • A long-term study of women who have been ing my poetry and the work of other poets of 2007, will research, develop and test self-manage- unable to succeed in work-based welfare (Professor with the city’s readers,” said Firer. ment interventions for chronic conditions that affect Eugenie Hildebrandt); Firer earned her bachelor’s degree individuals and families. • Studies of women living with HIV/AIDS and in liberal arts and her master’s degree in “With more than 25 million Americans striving how they manage their condition while dealing with English/Creative Writing from UWM. She to manage one or more chronic health conditions, language barriers, poverty, and family and commu- teaches courses in creative writing and effective self-management is vital to positive health nity stresses (Professor Patricia Stevens); women’s studies. outcomes,” says Rachel Schiffman, associate dean • Research on young people with spina bifida and The Milwaukee Poet Laureate proj- for research. how they and their families adapt to their conditions ect, initiated in 2000, is organized “This new center builds on a growing research (Professor Kathleen Sawin). and sponsored by the Friends of the portfolio in the college and campuswide,” says Dean The center also offers faculty the opportunity to Milwaukee Public Library. Past Milwaukee Sally Lundeen. “This new science in self-manage- begin new research projects, or to expand on projects poet laureates include several with UWM ment will contribute to the increased well-being still in the early stages. These include: connections: Marilyn Taylor (2004-05), of individuals and families, and has the potential • Self-management of heart conditions (Associate adjunct assistant professor emeritus; Antler to positively impact the economy by reducing the Professor Sandra Plach); (2002-03), UWM alumnus; and John burden of health care costs.” • Alleviating post-partum depression (Assistant Koethe (2000-01), UWM professor of Professor Jennifer Runquist); philosophy. Peggy Hong was poet laureate Chronic causes • Managing apnea and other sleep disorders last year (2006-07). National statistics show that more than 75 percent (Professor Beth Rodgers); of expenditures on health care are related to chronic • Managing chronic physical ailments in indi- conditions, and these conditions are the most common viduals with schizophrenia (Assistant Professor factors driving people to seek health care, says Elizabeth Rice); Schiffman. • Improving home care for individuals with Karen Marek, associate professor of nursing and senile dementia (Clinical Assistant Professor Sarah director of the new center, notes that managing chronic Morgan). Morgan’s research builds on Kovach’s conditions is challenging because people are complex. NIH-funded work on pain management for patients “You can’t just give them information and set with dementia in nursing homes.

8 • UWM REPORT • May 2008 SOIS again ranked No. 1 for research output By Kathy Quirk U WM’s School of Information Studies (SOIS) increase our research output.” is ranked No. 1 nationally among schools of An earlier study, published in Library & Information Provost wins advisors library and information science for contributions to Science Research in late 2006, also ranked SOIS among & counselors award its university’s overall research output. the top library and information science schools in After more than 20 years of service This prestigious honor marks the second time in the U.S. in scholarly productivity. The authors of the to first-generation UWM students and oth- two years that a national publication has ranked SOIS study used a number of measures in developing the ers facing obstacles to education, Vicki as a leading school of library and information science rankings, including journal publications per capita, Provost is winner of the 2007 Advisors & in the U.S. journal articles by program, citations to faculty work Counselors Network Recognition Award. The ranking was announced in a recent issue and per capita citations by program. Working out of the Academic of ScienceWatch, which analyzes trends in university The school is expanding its research interests Opportunity Center performance in basic research. This leading national around the world with diverse faculty who bring (AOC), Provost uses publication based its rankings on a five-year (2002- extensive international ties. SOIS currently works e-mail, specially created 06) listing of research papers published in Thomson in partnership with programs in Africa, China and handouts, student con- Scientific-indexed journals of library and informa- Korea, and partnered with the International Center ferences and her own tion science. for Information Ethics to organize the first-ever newsletter – The Provost Schools were ranked according to the percentage African Information Ethics Conference (the second is Post – to keep in touch of papers their faculty published in indexed, peer- scheduled for this summer). with advisees and share reviewed journals compared to the number of overall The school’s work is closely linked to UWM tips and techniques, as research papers published at the institution. Chancellor Carlos Santiago’s focus on university well as deadline and “We have a very distinguished faculty and a research as a driver of sustained economic develop- application information research-oriented culture,” says Dean Johannes Britz. ment, according to Britz. The school focuses its necessary to get through The ranking is particularly noteworthy, he adds, research on information policy, organization and college. because SOIS did not have a doctoral program retrieval, all key factors in future economic develop- Today, some of her during the period when the data were compiled. ment, Britz notes. advisees hold master’s Vicki Provost “We anticipate that the addition of the doctoral “Information is the cornerstone of the knowledge degrees, others work at program (scheduled to start in the fall) will only economy,” he says. UWM and some have co-founded active student organizations. “I felt comfortable in Vicki’s presence because of her warmth and she made me feel important by really listening to me and helping me start out the right way,” says one advisee. “During our advising appointments, she listened to me with undivided attention and gave me the advice and encouragement that I needed…. Vicki helped me make the Dean’s Honor List for two semesters,” says another. “To better serve AOC’s population, Vicki makes a deliberate attempt to partici- pate in sessions that deal with multicultural and intercultural competence, as well as disability issues,” wrote her nominator. Congratulations, Vicki. Peter Jakubowski

A group of SOIS faculty, representing the school’s diverse international approach to research and teaching, gathered for a photo for UWM’s recently released report on “Economic Revitalization Through Research.” Pictured here (counterclockwise from bottom left) are Dean Johannes Britz, Xingming Mu, Jacques du Plessis, Elizabeth Buchanan, Hong (Iris) Xie, Hur-Li Lee, Thomas Walker, Maria Haigh and Dick Kawooya.

Samore Lecture looks at the ‘digital human’ By Kathy Quirk

Rafael Capurro, founder and director of the Internet allows people to develop new forms of relat- International Center for Information Ethics, will ing to each other in space and time. present the annual Ted Samore Lecture for the Capurro, who grew up in Argentina and spent School of Information Studies on Saturday, May many years as a researcher in Europe, brings a cross- 17, at the Charles Allis Art Museum, 1801 N. cultural perspective to the field of information ethics. Prospect Ave. Capurro’s keynote address is part of “Thinking Topic of the lecture, which is at 7:30 p.m., is Critically: Alternative Perspectives and Methods in “Interpreting the Digital Human.” The event starts at Information Studies Conference” May 15-17, spon- 5 p.m. with music, a cash bar and dinner. sored by UWM’s Center for Information Policy Visit Today @ UWM, the expanded campus news Capurro, who is editor of the International Research (CIPR), School of Information Studies page, to receive the latest stories every day. Review of Information Ethics, looks at the ways digital and the UWM Libraries. For full conference Use the link on the UWM home page or go communications and information networks impact details, go to http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ directly to www.uwm.edu/news. how humans understand themselves, and how the conference08.html.

May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 9 Sullivan-Spaights Awards benefit high-achieving UWM students By Kathy Quirk

L iving in Milwaukee and attending Milwaukee UWM a first choice CHS offers summer Public Schools has its advantages. One of Most say they were already leaning toward UWM science experience them is the opportunity to earn a Sullivan-Spaights when they were awarded the scholarships. “I felt Milwaukee-area junior and senior high Scholarship at UWM. comfortable here because my sisters had gone to school students can explore the science This particular scholarship, aimed at top gradu- UWM and I’d done a pre-college program at UWM behind “CSI” and test their own blood type ates of MPS, is funded by Drs. Alfred and Isabel in high school,” says Thompson. at the College of Health Sciences (CHS) Bader. They established the scholarships in 1999 to “I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go to an out-of-state High School Scholars Laboratory Program provide support for tuition and books to high-achiev- college and I knew that tuition at UWM would be in Biomedical Sciences. ing students, especially those from underrepresented reasonable,” notes Lowe. Connors was attracted to Now in its 12th year, the program populations. the strong archaeology program. helps high schoolers gain valuable experi- The scholarships honor the legacies of two Sullivan-Spaights Scholars receive the award based ence for future education and potential of Milwaukee’s black leaders: the Rev. Leon on high school grades and community activities. All biomedical careers. Programs for 2008 Howard Sullivan, founder of the Opportunities those interviewed are still busy outside of class. are “Biotechnology and the Gene” Industrialization Center (OIC), and Ernest Spaights, Jones works full time at Manpower. and “Clinical Diagnostics and Forensic former assistant chancellor for student affairs at Thompson volunteers with the University Christian Science,” running simultaneously June UWM. Spaights established a model mentoring Ministries and Lowe is a member of Music from 16-20 and June 23-27. program for minority men at the university. Almost Yesterday. “The program has grown by word of The scholarship may be renewed for four years, Connors, who is a member of the Ojibwa mouth, evolving into a dynamic, focused and currently six students have the award. Nation and is focusing on Celtic archaeology, is and amazingly fun experience,” says active with the Celtic Studies Center and Susan J. Roskopf, director of the summer Financial flexibility American Indian organizations. experience. Roskopf also serves as assistant Financial flexibility is a major benefit of the researcher and program coordinator in the award, current scholars say. “Being able to just A Personal approach CHS Department of Health Sciences. focus on my studies has been the biggest benefit One of the highlights for the scholars was the “Biotechnology and the Gene” is for me,” says Tosin Thompson, a UWM freshman. opportunity to meet the Baders at a reception early geared toward students interested in medi- Thompson, who’s originally from Nigeria, has lived in the school year. Alfred Bader is a world-renowned cal or dental school, biomedical research in Milwaukee for six years. Without the scholarship, chemist, art historian and dealer, lecturer and or pharmaceutical studies. Students grow his family would have faced additional financial pres- philanthropist. and analyze bacteria, analyze DNA using sures, since he has a sister at UWM and another in Isabel Bader, who earned her degree in history gel electrophoresis, perform white blood dental school. and modern languages, has taught English, Spanish cell counts and test their own blood to The scholarship gives Brittany Lowe, 21, the and history. determine their blood type. opportunity to major in music with a focus on “I looked them (the Baders) up online before the During “Clinical Diagnostics and composition. “I’m pursuing a major I’m passionate reception. Meeting them was an awesome experi- Forensic Science,” students analyze DNA about and not just something I’m out to make big ence,” says Thompson. using PCR (a lab test that amplifies DNA), money in,” she says. “I didn’t realize it was going to be such an inti- fingerprint a mock crime scene, use ink Lana Jones, a business administration/accounting mate setting and I really enjoyed that,” adds Lowe. chromatography to analyze evidence and major who works full time, is just happy she doesn’t “Most students don’t get a chance to meet their spon- perform other experiments. All this helps have to take out student loans. sors like I did.” “solve” a fictional crime scene mystery. Anna Connors, 19, a senior in anthropology For more information on this and other scholar- “The programs make a real and per- who’s raising a 3-year-old daughter, says the scholar- ships, including the new Chancellor’s Scholarships sonal impact on students,” says Roskopf. ship made it possible to do a study-abroad program for Diversity and Leadership, aimed at enhancing “There’s nothing better than watching some- in Ireland. “I never would have been able to do it UWM’s diversity, please contact Coleen Dunlap in one experience an ‘ah-ha’ moment when otherwise.” UWM’s Office of Financial Aid, [email protected]. a concept suddenly becomes clear. We pack the week with as many ‘ah-has’ as we can.” Students from high schools located throughout the Milwaukee metro area attend the summer sessions. The cost for a student to attend one week is $250, or $400 for both weeks. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Pre- College Scholarships are available. Thanks to a generous donor, there also are a limited number of additional scholarships available for students who may need finan- cial support to participate, but who do not qualify for a DPI scholarship. For more information or applications, contact Roskopf at [email protected] or 414-229-3121. Information is also online at www.hssp.uwm.edu. Peter Jakubowski

From left: Sullivan-Spaights Scholars Tosin Thompson, Anna Connors and Brittany Jones check out some information at the Golda Meir Library.

10 • UWM REPORT • May 2008 Moroccan magic and Judeo-Islamic exchange: Kabbalah and Suffism By Laura L. Hunt I n Morocco and Islamic Spain at the close of medieval times, Jews and Muslims not only coexisted; they actively exchanged cultural and reli- gious ideas. What could instill harmony between what are today such contentious religions? It was magic, says Ellen Amster, UWM assistant professor of history. And she means it literally. “Both Jews and Muslims sought a more direct path to communion with God,” says Amster, who specializes in Islamic culture in North Africa during this period. To achieve this, each religion developed a mystical tradition – called Sufism in Islam and Kabbalah in Judaism – through which they each wrestled with the same theological questions, like the structure of the universe and individual intimacy with God. “Each religion went to the scriptures of the other to better understand the divine and the prophets common to both,” she says. And each developed a Alan Magayne-Roshak set of symbols to describe God. But once God was codified, says Amster, the general public in Morocco manipulated such symbols independent of theology. Ordinary people developed “magic,” often using symbols from multiple faiths, Ellen Amster, assistant professor of history, shows a passage from the Qur’an embroidered onto black velvet – a souvenir from her travels in Morocco. She has found evidence of religious and cultural exchange among Jews and Muslims in that region. which they applied to healing, solving marital prob- lems and other worldly ends. “What survives in Eastern folk tales as ‘magic’ example, have humoral qualities (hot, cold, wet and are the residuals of a history of exchange between dry), and each is correlated to a star, a human body Kabbalah and Sufism in Morocco,” she says. part, a jinn (genie) and a geographic direction. But not surprisingly, this unauthorized use of the symbols was unacceptable to either Judaism or Islam. All saints Both Qur’an and Torah condemn the profane art of Close interaction between Jews and Muslims magic. Instead, it was widely favored by faith healers happened naturally in Morocco because it was home and common people. to important centers of Kabbalah and Sufism. But Moroccans of both faiths also visited “saints,” whose Symbols in amulets life stories linked them to either Mecca or Jerusalem. The evidence of Judeo-Islamic exchange, however, Both mystical traditions recognized the concept shows up in Islam’s alm al-jadwal – the magical of a righteous person who can be a “portal” between “science” of medical talismans. the material world and God – the “wali” in Islam To a Moroccan Muslim in the 16th-19th centuries, and the “tzaddik” in Judaism. healing through Sufism could be achieved by acquir- Practiced by both Jews and Muslims, veneration of ing an “amulet,” a piece of paper bearing a numero- saints influenced many social aspects of Moroccan life. logical pattern of symbols specific to the individual. “People would visit graves of saints, eat the dirt UWM campus surplus These amulets, Amster says, drew upon both from the grave, or sleep there and dream that the program Qur’an and the “angel alphabet” of the Kabbalah, saint came to you and healed you,” says Amster. If your department is in need of items a form of Hebrew letters. Some also contained the Members of both religions also designated such such as office desks, office chairs, file cabi- six-pointed star, the Jewish Star of David, which graves with a special building. nets, stacking chairs, tables, chalk boards or Muslims refer to as “the Seal of Solomon.” Sometimes Jews and Muslims would even visit the other school-related items, you are encour- Why did Moroccan amulets include symbols from same graves, especially in Berber areas of the High aged to check out the university’s surplus both Kabbalah and Sufism? Atlas Mountains. inventory before buying anything new. Islam and Judaism overlap in many areas, Amster In this way, says Amster, mystical religious shar- If you can live with used “recycled” points out. Both Muslims and Jews are descended ing became the root of a “social, historical and items, you are encouraged to make an from Abraham. Both the Qur’an and the Old intellectual dialogue.” Through saint visitation, appointment with UWM’s new surplus Testament acknowledge many of the same prophets Moroccans used the lives of holy people to develop contact, Mike Pettitt. Pettitt is based at the and both religions are legalistic. narratives locating themselves in history – stories that University Services Building, 115 E. Reindl But crossover occurred in their mystical factions made their way into literature. Way. He can be contacted at pettitt@uwm. as well. Both saw mathematics as a metaphor for “To ordinary people, it was irresistible,” she edu or 414-750-6452. divinity because, with numbers, the whole can be says. “They realized the unity of monotheism, even Making use of the available surplus will divided into multitudes and the infinite can comprise though the two mystic traditions did not go on to help recycle our campus resources. New a whole. It could explain how God can be One and evolve in the same way after this period.” items and overstock come in weekly. Items Infinite simultaneously. Contemporary Islamic and Jewish legal scholars that are not useful to the UWM campus are Muslims adopted Aristotelian Greek physics to reject the idea of Judeo-Islamic exchange, but Amster now being made available through SWAP explain how God acts upon the world. The Jewish claims the amulets and saint narratives are like arti- auctions. scholar Maimonides preferred this neat cosmology to facts from an archaeological dig – they reveal truths Please visit the new UWM surplus Web the Jewish dependence on the actions of angels and from history. site, http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/PPS/ incorporated this aspect of Sufism into Kabbalah. “Connections between Jews and Muslims are sustain/Surplus.html, to view surplus items Kabbalists, for their part, were the first to quantify missing today,” she says. “I’m interested in Moroccan and download forms to declare your surplus. the divine, literally “enumerating” the aspects of magic because it’s evidence of a past conversation For more information on UWM’s sus- God (the Sephirot). They developed equivalencies between them.” tainability efforts, visit http://www.uwm. between numbers and letters, in a search for hidden She believes there are even more connections. edu/Dept/PPS/sustain/Sustainability.html. meanings in scripture. “When you start following the path that different Following the Kabbalists, Muslims created their religious beliefs lead you on,” she says, “you end up own equivalencies for numbers and letters, but also traveling through their cultural history.” drew from the ancient Greeks. Arabic letters, for

May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 11 Students help students with legal woes By Brittany Bertsch F rom apartment robberies to frozen assets, getting fines reduced or from winning settlements WUWM wins 21 awards Andre Simms has had to deal with some in court. Also, this number does not include the for Journalism harrowing legal issues. amount of money that students saved from not Fortunately for him, the troubles are not his own. having to hire an attorney.” By Cynthia Akey When the UWM political science major is not Because many UWM students are living on WUWM 89.7 FM – Milwaukee Public attending classes, he volunteers at the University their own for the first time, they may not be Radio has been recognized with 21 awards Legal Clinic (ULC). aware of landlord-tenant legal issues which could for journalism in three recent competitions. “I work here because I am interested in law,” end up costing them. The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association says Simms. “I’ve seen some things I never “We help students help themselves,” says Schuyler honored WUWM with eight Awards for guessed I’d see.” Michael, a ULC volunteer and English major. Excellence in Broadcasting for 2007 in The ULC, an organization offering free, confi- Other common problem areas include security the Major Radio Market category, with dential advice, is run by UWM students for UWM deposit withholding statements, and the 60-day multiple places in several categories, and a students. The clinic has been busier than ever this Automatic Lease Renewal Clause which could First Place award for “Project Milwaukee,” academic year, with a record 300 open cases. leave some students trapped in their leases if not a collaborative reporting project between Simms, along with 22 other volunteers, works addressed. WUWM’s news team and “Lake Effect” with staff attorney John Wartman, offering lease One thing students can do to protect themselves, program, which focused on economic and contract reviews; advice on traffic, underage- according to Simms, is to perform a search of their development. drinking and noise-violation tickets; and referrals to prospective landlord on the Wisconsin Circuit The Northwest Broadcast News other low-cost organizations that can help students. Court Access Program Web site to see if the land- Association honored WUWM journalists lord has had past legal issues with tenants. for their outstanding reporting with seven Landlord issues dominate awards. A student intern earned an addi- But about half of their cases are related to Seek help early tional two awards. The contest is a regional landlord-tenant issues. The ULC staff encourages students who think competition among all radio stations, both In one case that was featured in the Milwaukee they may need assistance to contact them as early commercial and public, in Wisconsin, Journal Sentinel, four young women from UWM as possible or, in some cases, before a problem Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South who acted as their own lawyers went on to win even starts. Dakota and Nebraska. their court case along with $4,000 after receiving ULC student volunteers collect the necessary The Radio-Television News Directors help from the ULC. information from clients and make an appoint- Association presented four awards to The case involved a Milwaukee law that states ment with the staff attorney, a process that takes WUWM in its four-state competition no more than three non-related individuals may up to two weeks. (Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and live in a residence at a time. The young women The reward comes not only from gaining expe- South Dakota). The winning stories will go argued that their landlord misled them about the rience for their future careers, but also from feel- on to compete against winners from other law, then later evicted them. ing satisfaction from helping other students, says regions for the national RTNDA award. “We’ve helped students save $22,000 since the Meggan DeWitt, a history major. To view all of the awards, visit www. beginning of fall semester,” says Keith Kollmeyer, a To find out more, visit http://www.ulc-uwm. wuwm.com/awards. senior in finance and executive director of the ULC. com/ or call the ULC at 414-229-4140. Walk-ins are Since 1964, WUWM 89.7 FM – “This is money that students saved from welcome in the UWM Union, room 357. Milwaukee Public Radio has been part of the UWM family, and has been serving as Southeastern Wisconsin’s premiere public radio source for news, information and entertainment programming for 37 years. WUWM is listener-supported radio that is licensed to the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and operated by UWM’s College of Letters and Science. Peter Jakubowski

From left: Keith Kollmeyer, executive director of the University Legal Clinic, is backed by a few student legal volunteers: CJ Erickson, Schuyler Michael, Rebecca Janz and Tess Kieselhorst. The staff of 23 works with staff attorney John Wartman.

12 • UWM REPORT • May 2008 Shedding light on the mystery of cosmic rays By Laura L. Hunt

Journalism students capture 11 awards UWM Journalism and Mass Communication students in classes that produce documentaries, UWM PantherCast and UWM PantherVision have won eight awards in the Northwest Broadcast News Association’s Eric Sevareid Award Competition. Members of the Broadcast Club @ UWM won three awards, bringing the student total to 11. The contest is a regional competition open to all colleges and universities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. PantherVision winners Hard Feature: “Super Star,” Martha Boehm, photojournalist and reporter Photojournalism: “Piano Man,” Ryan Klund, photojournalist; Paul Lewis, reporter Series: “Super AD Winner,” Martha Boehm, photojournalist and reporter Soft Feature: “Piano Man,” Paul Lewis, reporter; Ryan Klund, photojournalist Investigative: “Wireless Theft,” Chris Eckert, reporter; Brandon Krause, photojournalist; Shannon Gooch, photojournalist; Kristi Schilling, photojournalist Broadcast Club @ UWM winners Talk/Public Affairs: “Super Winner,” Martha Luis Anchordoqui, assistant professor of physics, is part of an international collaboration to explore the origins of high-energy cosmic rays. Boehm, producer/host; Theresa Lee, director L uis Anchordoqui, assistant professor of phys- ing of the black hole and be flung out into space.” Talk/Public Affairs: “Ask the Chancellor,” ics, is involved in a scientific collaboration After the initial collision with the Earth’s atmo- Fall Edition, Cheryl O’Brien, host; that recently moved a step closer to solving one of sphere, the particles splinter, producing a shower Rachel Juergens, director; Paul Lewis the greatest mysteries of modern astrophysics – the of new “secondary” subatomic particles – such as and Simeon Ball, producers origin of cosmic rays. protons, neutrons, electrons and photons – each Sports Play by Play: “Volleyball vs. Green The particles in cosmic rays, which carry enor- with lower levels of energy each time they collide Bay,” Dan Barutha, Kyle Duerstein mous energy, bombard the Earth from all directions, and splinter. Documentary class winner packing a violent punch when they crash into the This results in many more particles with lower Documentary/Special: “Margaret Ann’s upper atmosphere and scatter. energy, he says. But it’s the highest-energy particles Place,” Rachel Juergens The collision of these subatomic particles is simi- – the ones involved in the initial collision – that he is PantherCast winners lar to the opening shot in a game of billiards, but studying, because those particles carry an amount of General Reporting: “Walid Shoebat Visit,” with unimaginable force, Anchordoqui says. energy that is impossible to create on Earth. Matt Schultz Anchordoqui is one of 440 scientists working for Anchordoqui makes regular trips to the Fermi Best Newscast: UWM PantherCast, the Pierre Auger Collaboration, a $50 million inter- Particle Accelerator Laboratory in Chicago, where Dec. 4, 2007, Brianne O’Brien and national effort to explore the origins of extreme high- scientists can study particle collision using detectors Andy Seefeldt, producers; Meghan energy cosmic rays using an observatory and particle that allow them to get a particle count, track their Phillips and Nate Lisko, anchors detectors in western Argentina. paths and measure their energy. Using the Pierre Auger Observatory to scan the However, the Pierre Auger Observatory can do Earth’s southern skies, the scientists have found that much better – when a collision happens naturally. Its the trajectories of the highest-energy cosmic rays particle detectors have recorded events with energy correspond to the direction of nearby galaxies with 100 million times higher than that produced by the active galactic nuclei. These are galaxies with intense most powerful particle accelerator on Earth. activity at the core, which physicists believe are But detecting an event with the highest-energy powered by super-massive black holes. particles doesn’t happen very often. The findings were published recently in Science Up to now, says Anchordoqui, the collaboration has magazine. data on about 30 events, but among those there are Understanding cosmic rays better may shed light on only a couple of events that come from the same direc- the nature of matter and even the origin of the universe, tion in the sky and possibly from the same source. says Anchordoqui, who joined the faculty in 2006. In a few years, when more of these events are “Before, we didn’t know the details of these parti- collected, he says, scientists may have enough infor- cles’ acceleration,” he says. “Galaxies that have an mation to help them decide which subclasses of active black hole at the center contain large magnetic active galactic nuclei are cosmic ray sources. fields that can accelerate elementary charged “But for the first time, we have enough data to particles. Some of these particles have an enormous say that cosmic rays are not coming at us randomly,” energy, allowing them to break away from the suck- Anchordoqui says.

May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 13 AROUNDCAMPUS

Exhibits Music INOVA GALLERIES Peck School of the Arts music events are FREE to members Exhibits are free. For more information, phone 414-229-5070 or of the campus community. Present your UWM I.D. at the visit www.arts.uwm.edu/inova. Peck School of the Arts Box Office for a ticket. For more information, phone 414-229-4308. Inova/Kenilworth Kenilworth Square East, 2155 N. Prospect Ave. 12-5 p.m. Saturday, May 10: Wednesday-Sunday; Thursday 12-8 p.m. Closed Monday, Tuesday, holidays. UWM Jazz Combos. 5:30 p.m. Recital Hall.

Through May 18: UWM Jazz Ensemble & Youth Jazz Ensembles. The Jazz Ensembles perform with guest Michael Mossman, trumpet. “Adelheid Mers & Indexical Frontiers”: Michael Banicki, 8 p.m. Zelazo Center. For ticket information, phone 414-229-5886 or visit Annabel Daou and Renato Umali. This exhibition brings www.uwm.edu/Dept/Athletics/. together artists engaged in portraiture-as-index, using Sunday, May 11: statistics, charts, preferential data and behavioral mapping University-Community Orchestra. The University-Community Baseball to present digitized, gridded, drawn and painted pictures of Orchestra, conducted by Margery Deutsch, is made up Henry Aaron Field themselves and their worlds. of UWM students and community members. 2 p.m. Zelazo Center. Lincoln Park, Green bay Rd. at Hampton Ave. William Lavonis Inova/Arts Center Sat., May 10 vs. Butler 12 p.m. Arts Center, second floor. 12-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; Wednesday, May 14: vs. Butler 3 p.m. closed Sunday, Monday, holidays. “Brahms For Three.” Yuri Gandelsman, violist with the Fine Sunday, June 8: Thurs., May 15 vs. Youngstown State* 4:30 p.m. Arts Quartet, is joined by cellist Wendy Warner of the String Fine Arts Quartet: Summer Evenings of Music. 7:30 p.m. vs. Youngstown State* 7:30 p.m. Academy of Wisconsin faculty and pianist Irina Nuzova in an Zelazo Center. 414-229-4308. Fri., May 16 vs. Youngstown State 1 p.m. all-Brahms recital. 7:30 p.m. Zelazo Center. Horizon League Tournament begins May 20. Sunday, June 15: * At Miller Park Thursday, May 15: Fine Arts Quartet: Summer Evenings of Music. 7:30 p.m. Unruly Music: Electro-Acoustic Music Center Salon 24. Zelazo Center. 414-229-4308. Electro-acoustic and multimedia works by UWM students. 7:30 p.m. Music Building, room B60. Sunday, June 22: Fine Arts Quartet: Summer Evenings of Music. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 1: Zelazo Center. 414-229-4308. Fine Arts Quartet: Summer Evenings of Music. The Fine Arts BFA Invitational Exhibition through May 18 Quartet embarks on their four-concert summer series. 7:30 p.m. Zelazo Center. Subscriptions available: 414-229-4308. DANCE Through May 18: For tickets and information, phone 414-229-4308. BFA Invitational Exhibition. The Department of Visual Art’s capstone invitational exhibition of work by students graduat- ing with a BFA degree in 2007-08, encompassing all disci- plines and media within the department. Opening reception Friday, May 9, 5-8 p.m.; awards ceremony at 7 p.m.

Union Art Gallery UWM Union. 12-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday; 12-7 p.m. Thursday; closed weekends and holidays. For more information, phone 414-229-6310. The Fine Arts Quartet presents its Summer Evenings of Music series in June. Through June 13: “Implosion: Cultural Integration and Transformation.” Saturday, June 7: Raoul Deal (UWM) and Leandro Soto (Arizona State Sounds of Saturday: William Lavonis, Jeffry Peterson University) present a new major collaborative installation & Diane Lane. Tenor William Lavonis and pianist Jeffry exhibition in conjunction with Rene Maldonado (Taller Peterson provide an introduction to the Milwaukee Art de Creación, Mexico), based on a narrative written by Museum’s “Gilbert & George” exhibition by performing acclaimed Nigerian dramatist Awam Amkpa. several works by gay artists, including Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “On Wenlock Edge,” a setting of poems by the Summerdances June 6-8 gay poet A.E. Housman, and, with mezzo-soprano Diane Lane, gay composer Benjamin Britten’s “Canticle II, Abraham Friday-Sunday, June 6-8: and Isaac” (1952). 2 p.m. Lubar Auditorium, Milwaukee Art Summerdances: “States of Mind.” New choreography by Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive. Tickets & information: Dance faculty members Ed Burgess, Dani Kuepper, Luc Vanier 414-224-3840. Free ticket for UWM community does not and guest choreographer Uri Sands. All performances 7:30 apply to this event. p.m. except June 8 at 2 p.m. Mainstage Theatre.

14 • UWM REPORT • May 2008 An ‘Implosion’ of cultures

An “Implosion” of world cultures is featured at the Union Art Gallery through June 13. “Implosion: Cultural Integration and Transformation” presents a collabora- tive installation of painting, sculpture, prints, found and made objects, music, video and performance by Cuban artist Leandro Soto, UWM faculty member Raoul Deal, Awam Amkpa of New York University and Mexican art- ist Rene Maldonado. “Implosion” also includes work by UWM and Milwaukee High School of the Arts students. Shannon Dosemagen, gallery manager, says “Implosion” will be “transformative – for the artists, art viewers and the art world − illustrating the movement and interplay of cultures across the global community.” The exhibition is co-sponsored by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation Mary L. Nohl Fund, UWM Union Programming, UWM Union Sociocultural Programming, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity. For more information, visit www.aux.uwm.edu/ Union/events/gallery/.

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Friday, May 30: Saturday, May 10: Experimental Film/Video Series at Final exams begin. Woodland Pattern “Athleticism vs. Aestheticism.” A program of short films and Tuesday, May 16: videos showcasing underground/avant-garde artists’ concep- Bike to Work Day at UWM. Meet at the Urban Ecology tions of sport and athleticism. 7 p.m. Woodland Pattern Center on the Oak Leaf Trail at 8 a.m. Contact: Rob Book Center, 720 E. Locust St. Longwell-Grice, 414-229-3059.

Saturday, May 17: Et Cetera School of Information Studies Annual Ted Samore Lecture (see p. 9). Congratulations to our spring 2008 graduates! Fridays Through May 30: Planetarium show: “Stars in the Spring.” Explore celestial Sunday, May 18: objects of interest (such as galaxies) and enjoy myths con- Spring Commencement (see p. 4). Leslie Vansen, “Doggerel” nected to the superheroes and goddesses portrayed in the constellations of the spring sky. Q&A session with astrono- May 19-24: June 20-21 & 27-28: mer Jean Creighton follows. 7-7:55 p.m. Manfred Olson Steam shutdown. Steam, chilled water, and domestic hot UWM Dance Department: “Triptych.” Collaborators Luc Planetarium, adjacent to the Physics Building. Admission $1; water will not be available. Vanier (Dance), Leslie Vansen (Visual Art) and Christopher tickets go on sale in the Physics Building lobby at 6:30 p.m. Burns (Music) explore their coexistence in real and imagi- For adults and children 5 and up. Tuesday, May 27: nary canvas/stage spaces. Their resulting “Triptych” aims Summer sessions begin. to reveal a world credible but not true. It will inhabit three distinct spaces as both performance and exhibition. 7:30 Friday, May 30: p.m. Kenilworth Square East. The UWM Libraries celebrate the American Geographical Society Library’s 30th anniversary at UWM. 4:30 p.m.: 2008 Holzheimer “Maps and FILM America” lecture. 6 p.m.: Awards ceremony. 7:30 All films are shown at the UWM Union Theatre, unless other- p.m.: Celebratory dinner with Chancellor Carlos E. wise noted. For ticket information, phone 414-229-4070. Santiago. See p. 20 for details.

Saturday, May 10:

Senior Project Screening NASA A special evening showcasing the films and videos com- A cluster of galaxies in the spring constellation Virgo pleted by the UWM Film Department’s graduating seniors. 7 p.m. Free.

May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 15 NCAA recertification update By Angela McManaman

The university has completed a The committees focused their research in major milestone in its NCAA (National three core areas: HUMAN RESOURCES Collegiate Athletic Association) recertifica- • Equity and Student Athlete Well-Being; tion campaign. On May 1, UWM submit- • Governance and Commitment to Rules; ted to the NCAA a comprehensive report • Compliance; and Unclassified Leave Accounting on the state of UWM athletics. • Academic Integrity. Statements Available in myUWM It’s the most recent in a series of steps Beginning with the May 2008 pay period, that a campuswide steering committee and three A ‘behind the scenes’ perspective Unclassified Leave Accounting (UCLA) statements subcommittees have been working on since fall 2007, The committees delved into issues affecting every used by faculty and academic teaching and nonteach- when UWM began its mandatory 10-year NCAA aspect of UWM athletics – a big-picture approach ing staff under the Wisconsin Retirement System recertification process. that has educated all involved, including the men and (WRS) will available via myUWM. The online state- The university has been an NCAA-affiliated women who wear the Panther uniform. ments, used to record vacation and sick leave, will institution since 1999; recertification means its athlet- “As a student-athlete, it gets pretty busy balancing replace the yellow paper forms delivered to faculty ics programs will continue to be represented by the school and practice and games, and you don’t neces- and staff via intercampus mail. governing body of collegiate athletics. The NCAA sarily realize all of the ‘behind-the-scenes’ hard work Statements will not be sent via e-mail, as indicated will notify UWM of its decision in February 2009. that goes into making it possible for all of the athletes in prior announcements, unless they are unavailable “The recertification process is an ideal tool to play their sport,” says UWM soccer player Jodi in myUWM. for ensuring that our Athletics Department stays Klagos, who serves on a subcommittee. The elimination of the mailed yellow paper state- aligned with the mission and vision of the univer- Jeremy Waldhardt, a member of the men’s swim- ments was necessary because UW System will no sity, is integrated into the entire processes of the ming and diving team and a sophomore biology longer be printing and sending these forms. All UW campus and provides a working culture of academic major, sits on the steering committee. System campuses will now be responsible for distrib- teaching and learning excellence for athletes and “The certification is a very important process – uting the forms on their respective campuses. staff,” explains Joan Prince, vice chancellor for part- not only to ensure that our school continues to have Faculty and staff will receive a monthly e-mail nerships and innovation, and chair of the UWM a thriving athletics program,” Waldhart says, “but reminder indicating that their statement has been NCAA steering committee. also to ensure that our athletics program continues posted. The report offers a comprehensive look at UWM to improve.” Accessing the statement is easy: athletics, with a focus on the services available to 1. Go to the myUWM login page at my.uwm.edu. student-athletes and how the university helps them What’s next… 2. Enter your ePanther ID and password. balance academics and athletics. Next steps in the process include another public 3. Click on the “My Page” tab found at the top of meeting for the campus community to discuss recerti- the myUWM homepage. Integrating athletics, academics fication progress. There also is the “lobbying phase,” 4. In the UWM Work Record box, click on the “The process continues to reveal how well UWM during which committee members can correspond “Unclassified Leave Stmt” link. integrates athletics and academics, as well as oppor- with NCAA representatives about the report, and 5. Print the statement. tunities to improve on the way we do business,” respond to any questions from the NCAA. 6. Complete the statement, sign and send for final says Prince. In October, a peer review committee of individu- approval to same individual to whom you sent your “But having completed an inventory of the als from NCAA-certified schools will be at UWM yellow paper form. academic support services available to our student- for several days, led by James D. Spaniolo, president Step-by-step instructions are available via an online athletes – advising, mentoring, tutoring and other of the University of Texas at Arlington. It’s a chance tutorial link found in the UWM Work Record box. resources – we are clearly moving in the right for NCAA representatives to examine the athlet- When accessing the “Unclassified Leave Stmt” direction.” ics program at UWM firsthand, and to talk with link for the first time, you will be prompted to enter This inventory includes focus groups with athletes athletes, coaches and advisers. Santiago chaired an your ePanther ID and password again. You should and coaches, surveys of athletics personnel and inter- NCAA site visit to Georgia Tech last October, and not be prompted to enter this again unless you views with academic advisers and with graduating will be assigned another site visit in 2008. change your password. athletes. Committee members include Chancellor For more information about the recertification Human Resources will be sending additional Carlos E. Santiago, faculty and staff, alumni and process, visit www.ncaa.uwm.edu. information via e-mail to all faculty and staff affected community members, and UWM athletes. by this change. A series of short workshops also will be offered to introduce the new format and reporting process. Additional information will be available on the HR Web site at uwm.edu/Dept/HR. Questions? Contact Human Resources at 414-229- 4463 or [email protected]. Problems accessing your statement? Contact the UWM Help Desk at 414-229- 4040 or [email protected].

16 • UWM REPORT • May 2008 PANTHER ATHLETICS

Winter sports wrap-up By Kevin J. O’Connor, Sports Information Director

UWM wrapped up another successful winter outing against South Dakota State and a 26-point sports season with a team league title in track and a night at Wyoming. Many thanks! number of individual titles in both swimming and Milwaukee wound up 14-16 on the season and in Thanks to all who submitted track. Plus, both the men’s and women’s basketball fourth place in the Horizon League. The Panthers teams claimed upper-division finishes in league play. went through a stretch in mid-season where they their good ideas won 9 of 10 games after a 3-7 start. to Quick Wins Plus Women’s Basketball Junior Traci Edwards topped the list of honorees Swimming and Diving during 2007-08. for the women’s basketball team by being named the Both the UWM men’s and women’s swimming 2008 Horizon League Player of the Year. and diving teams captured third place in the annual Quick Wins is supported by the Office of Edwards is Milwaukee’s first league player of the Horizon League Championship, held this year in the Provost and The Milwaukee Idea. year since Maria Viall garnered the honor after the Cleveland. 2003-04 season. She is also the third player in league While no individual performers captured a league history to be named to the All-League First Team in title on the men’s side, three Panthers did win indi- each of her first three seasons. vidual crowns on the women’s side. Junior Turquoise McCain was also named to the Danielle Wenger actually won two titles, claiming League All-Defensive Team. She is the first Panther victory in the 1000 and 1650 freestyle. Kerry Rossow NEW CLASSIFIED to earn a spot on the defensive team since Nichole won the 100 breaststroke, and Molly Finn was victo- Drummond in 2005-06. rious in the 200 butterfly. EMPLOYEES UWM finished in a tie for second place during Nicole Bukowski, University Services the regular season before dropping a heartbreaker to Track and Field Associate 1, WATER Institute Wright State in the semifinals of the league tournament. The UWM men’s track and field team claimed its Kathleen DiMaggio, Financial Specialist 3, fifth-consecutive Horizon League Indoor Track and Accounts Payable Men’s Basketball Field Championship in early March. Barbara Garncarz, University Services The UWM men’s basketball team had a pair Milwaukee Head Coach Pete Corfeld was named Program Associate A, Continuing of players honored when postseason awards were the Horizon League Coach of the Year, the 32nd Education announced by the Horizon League. coach of the year award of his career. Craig Heser, IS Business Automation Senior Paige Paulsen earned Second-Team Individually, Tyler Bucholz won a total of four Analyst, Student Affairs All-Horizon League recognition, while freshman league titles, while Adam Schleis won three league David Keach, Payroll & Benefits Specialist 3, Deonte Roberts collected League All-Newcomer crowns. Darren Cole, Quinn Mongoven, Isaiah Payroll Team honors. Adams, Lynn Koepke and Patrick Casey also Gladys McKay-Lenius, Financial Manager, Roberts started 25 games for the Panthers this captured league championship honors. Controller’s Office season, averaging 7.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.4 Meanwhile, the UWM women fell just short Justin Rentmeester, IS Comprehensive assists per contest. The true freshman from St. Paul, of a third-straight league indoor title, finishing 11 Services Professional, Continuing Minn., reached double figures in scoring seven points behind Youngstown State. Laura Ring and Education times this season, including 17 points apiece against Kelsey Conrad each won a pair of league titles, while Wyoming and Green Bay. He is the first UWM true Shannon Buttchen, Angie Kaufmann, Erin Havener, freshman to earn all-newcomer honors since Adrian Holly Nearman and Beth Zimmerman also won Tigert was recognized following the 2001-02 season. league crowns. Paulsen, who was named to the All-Newcomer Team a season ago, averaged 13.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per game this season. He converted 73 3-point field goals this year while reaching double figures 20 times. His best efforts included a 27-point

May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 17 technology @ UWM www.uits.uwm.edu

Launch UWM's New e-Mail and Calendar System

PantherLink, UWM’s new e-mail and calendar Mail Quotas Campus Communications system, is set for campuswide launch with the The PantherLink Quota subcommittee has A comprehensive communications campaign e-mail user interface available May 30 and the developed e-mail quotas which have been approved will help ensure that faculty, staff and students are calendar set to deploy June 30. PantherMail will by the Steering Committee. Faculty and staff using aware of the launch dates, information sessions and continue to be accessible for a limited time; but PantherLink will have a mail quota of 2GB which can training opportunities. Signage including a Union PantherCal will no longer be available once the be increased to 10GB. Students will have a 1GB quota Concourse banner, posters, and building flyers will PantherLink calendar user interface is in place. which can be increased to 5GB. Additional storage be used to announce the launch of PantherLink. Migration of PantherCal Data space will be made available with oversight from the Faculty and staff will also receive a postcard in early campus e-mail administrators. “We wanted flexibility May with a reminder about Open Forums at which Prior to launch of the PantherLink calendar, with these quotas so that we can respond to the needs they can see a demo and ask questions. Campus Web PantherCal data will be migrated to the new of students, faculty, and staff. We want to eliminate announcements will be used to provide additional PantherLink environment. Meetings (scheduled all barriers to effective use of this new collaboration information about training opportunities and open by others) and appointments (scheduled by environment,” said CIO Bruce Maas. labs where faculty, staff and students can drop in and the calendar’s owner) will be moved to the have questions answered. PantherLink calendar. Meeting ownership will be preserved, assuming that the individual who created the meeting is using the new PantherLink Open Forums Dates to Remember PantherLink system. Mon., May 19, 10-11 a.m., BOL 150 The migration of PantherCal data is scheduled Fri., May 30: to occur in late June. During this time PantherCal Tues., May 27, 10-11 a.m., LUB N140 PantherLink E-Mail Launch will not be available. Those using PantherCal are encouraged to print their calendars once Thurs., May 29, 1-2 p.m., LAP 162 Mon., June 30: these dates are known so they have Fri., May 30, 1-2 p.m., MER 131 PantherLink Calendar Launch documentation to reference their schedules.

Stay informed. Visit PantherLinkInfo.uwm.edu.

Evaluation of Campus File Storage Needs Under way

UITS in collaboration with staff from across After requirements are gathered, the team campus have formed a team to identify and A Team Effort will identify all of the common requirements document the file storage requirements of campus The team is comprised of individuals from and determine those that are unique. Then they units. The information gathered will be used to administrative and campus support units including will evaluate the current file storage environment assess and identify the technology needed in order Human Resources, Financial Aid, Department of to assess whether the current systems meet to properly support those file storage needs of Enrollment Services, the Office of Assessment and campus needs. the campus. Institutional Research, and the Norris Health Next, the team will determine which of three In 2004, a campus Center. Academic units represented are the alternatives would be best: core service team “While PantherFile is an College of Letters and Science, the College of • Stay with the current environment recommended effective solution for the Nursing and the School of Education. • Upgrade the current environment acquisition of In addition, staff members from UITS majority of the campus • Explore additional file storage environments Xythos (branded (including the UWM Information Security to complement the current environment as PantherFile) as a community, we knew Office), Internal Audit, Records Retention, solution that would we would have to identify and Legal Affairs are also involved to provide If the team determines an additional file storage address most of other solutions to meet their expertise to the project. environment is required, they will develop a UWM’s document secure storage needs for proposal which will include the time, cost and storage and sharing The Process resources needed to implement the environment. which PantherFile was needs. Currently, “The plan will be presented to and approved about 30,000 faculty, not designed.” The team’s major focus is on requirements gathering. “The most important step in the by the campus leadership before a system would staff and students use be put in place,” said McCarragher. “The success PantherFile. “While – Bruce Maas, CIO initial stages of this process is requirements gathering,” said John McCarragher, associate of this project depends on IT staff across campus PantherFile is an coming together and working together to develop effective solution for the majority of the campus CIO. “Many projects fail because they find a solution before they even know what it is they really the most efficient, effective environment for all of community,” said CIO Bruce Maas, “we knew UWM’s employees.” we would have to identify other solutions to meet need. We want to make the most efficient use of IT secure storage needs for which PantherFile dollars by gathering all of the requirements before was not designed.” we develop a plan.”

18 • UWM REPORT • May 2008 New Technology Security Team Formed A new team, the Information Security Assurance Team (ISAT), has been formed under the direction of the UWM Information Security Office. news... The ISAT team will develop campuswide initiatives to respond to You Need to Know computer-related security incidents, coordinate efforts to manage risks related to computer and data security, and serve as an advisory committee for campus information security issues. Some of these functions were under the direction of Camtasia V5 CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team) which is a subset of ISAT Upgrade & Annual and will continue to focus specifically on incident response. Maintenance ISAT Mission UITS now manages a volume license for The mission of ISAT is to protect and preserve electronic information and network assets and to Camtasia Studio 5. UWM departments may order ensure the availability, integrity and confidentiality of campus electronic information and information Camtasia upgrades for $30 and new licenses for $120. technology assets. Their goals include security initiatives, collaborative efforts and training/teaching. Camtasia Studio is a screen recording software application that enhances presentations such as videos ISAT Goals and PowerPoint. This software is used frequently Security Initiatives by faculty and staff in the School of Information Studies and the Learning Technology Center. • Standardize campus computer security incident response procedures Visit softwaresales.uwm.edu, log in with your • Provide a central point of contact for information about security and virus incidents at UWM e-mail address and ePanther ID password and • Identify and coordinate campus resources that can be employed to deal with security incidents click on the Presentation and Multimedia Link • Establish baseline security measures for implementation on UWM desktop/laptop computers or contact [email protected] for more details. and servers • Ensure that a campuswide policy and plan is in place for protecting users from computer viruses Online Templates • Assist in collecting and disseminating information on issues related to computer security for Stationery and viruses including information on configuration management and bug fixes for Official UWM templates for letterhead, fax computing systems cover sheets, name badges and tablecards are Collaborative Efforts/Teaching available online at the UWM logos Web site at logos.uwm.edu; click on the “Download Templates” • Support UWM campus community in enhancing the security of their computing systems link. The templates are set up as Microsoft Word • Foster security-related communication between various campus IT units documents and are available for printing in two-color • Ensure that training programs exist and are established as requirements for faculty, or in black. Stationery templates should be used staff and students to produce letters in minimal quantities. For larger quantities, it is recommended that pre-printed • Enable collaboration during widespread security incidents such as virus outbreaks letterhead is ordered. To order preprinted letterhead, Seeking New Members envelopes and business cards, as well as memo pads, mailing labels and scratch pads, visit The Information Security Assurance Team is seeking new members and extends an open invitation printcopy.uwm.edu. Contact Linda Bettler, to faculty and staff who are interested in joining. The group meets monthly. Upcoming meetings will be Print & Copy Services manager at 414-229-4055 held Monday, May 5 and June 2 from 2-3 p.m. in Cunningham B183. Contact the UWM Information or [email protected] with questions. Security Office at ext. 1100 if you are interested in joining ISAT. Poster Session Assistance Available Campus Research Computing If you’re going to a conference and will be Survey Underway participating in a poster session, Visual Design staff in UITS Creative Services can help you prepare and The ITPC (Information Technology Policy Committee) along with print your poster presentation. Staff can assist you the Research Policy Committee, the Graduate School, and UITS are with poster design, layout, printing and laminating. conducting a survey to determine the research computing needs of the If you’d like to design your own poster, templates campus community. The purpose of this survey is to obtain information are available at creativeservices.uwm.edu; click on that can be used to plan UWM’s research computing infrastructure to the “Templates” link at the top of the page. For more be created in the next 2-5 years. information, contact Sue McKay, Visual Design All faculty and staff have received the survey via inter-campus mail. manager, at [email protected] or 414-229-2408. The survey is also available online at ResearchComputingSurvey.uwm.edu. “It’s really important that we learn more about research computing needs at UWM,” said Ethan Munson, associate professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and chair of the ITPC. “This survey will be a tremendous aid in campus planning.” In addition to obtaining information about both current computing Upcoming Events capabilities and future computing needs, the survey will request information about: ResearchComputingSurvey.uwm.edu PantherLink Steering Committee • Where researchers acquire the computing software, Mon., May 12; 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. hardware, and expertise they use today Chapman Hall, Room 401 • Limits and constraints on research due to inadequate computing and technology tools • The types of computing and technology tools that researchers anticipate needing over Unit Technology Representatives (UTRs) the next several years Mon., May 16; 2 – 3 p.m.; LUB N130 Research computing infrastructure and support is a key factor when attracting and retaining the best faculty. “The University needs to invest in the infrastructure to support the Chancellor’s research agenda,” said David Stack, deputy CIO, who is coordinating the survey. “This survey will provide us with valuable information to help ensure we can meet the needs of our faculty and staff.”

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May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 19 UWM LIBRARIES

Jewish Latin America Collection Fund created for LGBT collection established in Special Collections Joseph Pabst, an advocate, activist and philan- of our local history is preserved and made accessible This past fall, Robert and Sandra Meldman of thropist in the Milwaukee LGBT community, has to everyone,” Doylen said. “Joe Pabst’s generous Mequon and Michael and Reena Hais of Arcadia, created a fund to support the acquisition, processing gift to establish the LGBT OUTreach History Fund Calif., established, in memory of Sandra’s and and preservation of materials for the UWM Libraries gives us the financial resources to carry this mission Reena’s parents, the Louis P. and Ethel S. Setlick LGBT Collection and to promote the collection to forward. We’re deeply grateful.” Fund for the UWM Libraries’ Special Collections UWM students, faculty and the general public. Pabst established the fund in memory of his part- Department with a goal of building a collection of Pabst said the endowment — officially, the UWM ner, Robert Johnson, an attorney, avid reader and printed primary sources documenting Jewish life and Libraries LGBT OUTreach History Fund established vocal advocate of LGBT issues. He said he hopes culture in Latin America and the Caribbean. by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Johnson and that others will contribute to the endowment. The Setlick Fund positions UWM as the first insti- Pabst LGBT Humanity Fund — supports an impor- This is not the first time Pabst has been involved tution in the Midwest to establish a special collection tant objective. in supporting the collection. This past fall, he offered of Jewish Latin American materials. The collection “The UWM Libraries have the largest LGBT a $1,500 challenge grant to preserve the audio will support teaching and research at UWM, but it collection in Wisconsin,” Pabst said. “It’s a breath- recordings of “Gay Perspective,” an early ’70s radio will also provide a unique public resource for regional taking collection that documents Milwaukee’s program produced by the Gay Peoples Union. That institutions and for the community at large. (Special gay community from its beginnings. People in the challenge was met early this year. Collections is free and open for research to any inter- community need to know about it and support it.” Once preserved, those recordings will be digitized ested person with a photo ID). Michael Doylen, head of the UWM Libraries and included in a Web-based collection of print and The primary goal of the collection is to iden- Archives, noted that Wisconsin has a rich LGBT histo- manuscript materials documenting the history of the tify and gather materials that serve as documen- ry, but it is neither well documented nor widely known. Gay Peoples Union, the first gay rights organiza- tary evidence of Jewish life in Latin American and “For the last several years, the UWM Libraries tion in Milwaukee. The recordings will be available Caribbean culture, from newspapers and announce- have worked with organizations and individuals from on-site in the UWM Archives and accessible to ments to original community historical accounts to the Milwaukee community to ensure that the record anyone with a computer. first and special editions of fiction and literary works. To view the UWM Additional goals are to develop general and Libraries LGBT collec- academic programs that draw attention to the Jewish tion, please contact presence in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Michael Doylen, to establish a network of connections in the region to Archives, 414-229-6980 serve as resources for the collection. or [email protected], In December, the Setlick Fund was instrumental or Max Yela, Special in making the inaugural acquisition for the new Collections, 414-229-4345 collection, in conjunction with an additional donation or [email protected]. from Robert and Sandra Meldman, and support from Although a minimum the UWM Libraries, the UWM Center for Latin of $40,000 is required to American and Caribbean Studies, and the UWM establish an endowment Department of Spanish and Portuguese. at UWM, the Libraries The acquisition is a bilingual, limited-edition invite others to augment artist’s book by two noted Jewish Argentines – print- the LGBT OUTreach maker, painter and book artist Mirta Kupferminc, History Fund with and scholar and poet Saúl Sosnowski – entitled Borges donations of any size. and the Kabbalah: Paths to the Word. For more information, Through design, structure, poetry and original please contact Susan prints, Borges and the Kabbalah beautifully articulates Modder at 414-229-2811 the inextricable links between traditional Jewish From left: Ewa Barczyk, director of libraries; Joseph Pabst; Max Yela, head of Special Collections; and Michael or [email protected]. mystical thought and the literary imaginings of the Doylen, head of Archives. non-Jewish Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges, one of the 20th century’s literary giants. The book serves as a physical manifestation of British geographers featured at New AGSL Photo Archive Featured the Jewish and non-Jewish dialectic that forms one AGSL anniversary celebration by Scout Report of the critical underpinnings of contemporary Latin Alastair Pearson, University of Portsmouth (UK), The new AGSL Digital Photo Archive, launched American society. In this way, the cultural symbiosis and Michael Heffernan, University of Nottingham in February, was immediately noted and highlighted reflected in this acquisition is emblematic of the docu- (UK) will present the 2008 Holzheimer “Maps and in The Scout Report (http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ mentary goals of the Jewish Latin America Collection. America” lecture on Friday, May 30, at 4:30 p.m. in the ScoutReport/Current/, Feb. 29 edition), a site that evalu- This limited edition book (of 25 copies correspond- American Geographical Society Library (AGSL). ates and recommends Web resources for research. ing to the 25 orthographic Hebrew symbols – the Their lecture – “Ordering the South: The Mapping Drawn from the vast photographic holdings of the 22 letters, the period, the comma and the space), of Hispanic America by the American Geographical American Geographical Society Library, the new collec- with its poetic expression of Jewish paradigms in the Society”— is part of AGSL’s celebration of its 30th anni- tion currently offers 3,500 images and focuses on Asia Latin American consciousness by Saúl Sosnowski, versary at UWM. Other anniversary events include an and the Middle East, but more images will be added. and its 29 exquisitely-rendered original prints by awards ceremony at 6 p.m. and a celebratory dinner The AGS Library and UWM Libraries are Mirta Kupferminc, is the very first to be acquired by with Chancellor Carlos Santiago at 7:30 p.m. grateful for continuing financial support for the an American institution, and will serve both as an The lecture and the awards ceremony are free Digital Photo Archive project from Suzanne and example of Jewish-Latin American integration, and and open to the public, and will be held in the Dr. Robert McColl. as an inspirational Jewish Latin American artifact for AGS Library, third floor, East Wing of the Golda Staff and students who worked on the project contemporary researchers and for generations to come. Meir Library. include Krystyna Matusiak, digital collections librar- —Max Yela The celebratory dinner will be held in the fourth ian; Susan Peschel, AGSL visual resources librar- floor Conference Center and costs $45 per person. ian; Eleanore Bednarek; Marilyn Antkowiak; Tim Reservations are required by Friday, May 16. Blomquist; and Shauna Borger. For more information on the dinner or the other The archive may be accessed from the UWM events, please call 414-229-6282 or visit www.uwm. Libraries Digital Collections Web page, http://www. edu/Libraries/AGSL/thirtieth. uwm.edu/Libraries/digilib/.

“Todos los senderos – All the paths,” etching-aquatint

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E-mail submissions: [email protected] Internet submissions: www.uwm.edu/news/ report/ftr-form.HTML Ryan Tully and Wendee Lensing are among the College of Health Sciences physical therapy faculty and students playing an important role at the current Milwaukee Public Museum blockbuster exhibit, BODY WORLDS 1. As medical expert volunteers, they help to explain preserved body cross-sections and organs to museum guests and provide answers at a special information desk. The exhibit, which has already attracted more than 220,000 attendees, showcases over 200 authentic organs, PEOPLE systems and whole-body displays preserved by a special process called “Plastination,” developed by German anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens. The exhibit will run General Education until June 1. Eight students and three faculty members from the college’s newly established DPT (Doctorate of Physical Therapy) program, offered by the Human Administration Movement Sciences Department, were vetted and specially trained to provide the additional educational support to the exhibit. Coordinating the effort is Wendy Huddleston, assistant professor of human movement sciences. Additional assistance was provided by Leah Dvorak, clinical associate professor of of human movement university communications & sciences and director of the Anatomy Lab for the college. media relations —Sabine Schwark Nancy Mack and Mario Lopez accepted a first place award from the Association teachers presented “Student Centered with Benjamin Burwell, Justine Curry, classroom at the annual meeting of the for Women in Communications in the Assessment for Learning” April 10 at the Casey Glader, Jennifer Sweetland Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers in “Internal Newsletter” category for UWM National Association for Music Education: and Andy Smith. The co-presenter, Lake Geneva, WI. Report. Mack and designer Ellen Homb, MENC (Music Educators National Martha Albers, music teacher at Hartford UWM alum, also received a merit award Conference) held in Milwaukee. Each University School (MPS), presented two in the “Nonprofit Magazine” category for Chemistry & Biochemistry teacher developed an action research project grade 6 students who described their “West UWM Today. The awards were distributed R. Reeve, E.J. Jeyarajah and and examined how engaging their urban Side Story” projects, and three grade 8 stu- Dennis W. at the 2008 Clarion Awards ceremony were granted U.S. Patent No. students in formative self-assessments affect- dents who presented their video project. Bennett April 17 in Milwaukee. 7,243,030 for “Methods, Systems and ed achievement, thinking skills and motiva- Computer Programs for Deconvolving tion. The projects developed from a UWM Marsha Kindall-Smith, co-chair, General the Spectral Contribution of Chemical Peck School of the Arts course that Kindall-Smith created and team- Music Education, has been a music edu- Constituents with Overlapping Signals.” taught for six semesters with Pontious; cator for 39 years. She won the 2003-04 Music The patent was issued on July 10, 2007. more than 55 teachers enrolled. The Arts UWM Distinguished Undergraduate Marsha Kindall-Smith presented the PROPEL topic, developed by Howard Teaching Award. She will retire from urban music section and Susan Mills, Gardner and Harvard researchers, is based UWM in June. communication Appalachian State University, pre- on Kindall-Smith’s dissertation research Mike Allen joined co-authors Erin sented the Appalachian music section of about the interrelationship of the produc- Letters & Science Sahlstin and Tara Emmers-Sommer, both “Missing Appalachian and Urban Voices tion, perception and reflection of music. former M.A. students who are currently on in World Music Education” at the Ninth anthropology The MPS teachers were Kris Uitts; Laurel the faculty of the University of Nevada–Las International Cultural Diversity in Music Poytinger, who is completing her master’s Bettina Arnold was an invited speaker Vegas, in the paper “Communication, Education Conference. With participants project at UWM with Kindall-Smith; Pablo at the following venues: (1) The Franke Distance and Parent-Child Relationships: primarily from Europe and Australia, the Amayo, UWM grad; and Andrea Brown- Institute for the Humanities Conference, A Meta-Analysis,” presented to the Western first conference held in the U.S. occurred Westphal, UWM grad, who showed a University of Chicago, April 11-13, where Communication Association in Denver in at the University of Washington, Seattle, short video. Westphal graduated two years she presented a paper, “Beasts of the Forest February 2007. March 20-23. ago and enrolled in the mentoring course and Beasts of the Field”: Animal Sacrifice As an invited speaker at the international for two semesters that Kindall-Smith cre- in Pre-Roman Iron Age Europe; (2) The Marsha Kindall-Smith was selected to Conference on Exploring Media Worlds ated at UWM for beginning music teach- Institute for European and Mediterranean organize the preconference urban ses- at Texas A&M University, College Station, ers. Westphal established a music program Archaeology Conference, University of sion at the 61st National MENC Biennial Feb. 29-March 2, 2007, Sandra Braman in a high school that had been without a Buffalo, April 3-5, where she presented Conference, and she added a rural com- delivered a paper on “Media Law in a choral program for 15 years. This year her a paper, “Mad Builder or Architect of ponent. Her two goals of the Urban/Rural Postmodern Legal Environment,” chaired a choral students created jingles and a three- Social Change? Eventful Archaeology, the Pre-conference on April 9 were to establish panel on “Transnationality, Space & Place” minute rap video that raised $40,000 for Heuneburg Mud-brick Wall and the Early an urban music education network between and spoke on “Setting a New Agenda for special computer equipment for physically Iron Age of Southwest Germany”; and (3) national organizations and teachers focus- Media Studies” as a member of the con- challenged students in a self-contained class- The Washington University Department ing on urban schools, and to establish a cluding Plenary Roundtable. room at Vincent High School. The video, of Anthropology, Feb. 27, where she pre- special-interest group for rural schools. “Clean It Up,” was part of the principal’s sented a talk entitled “The Material Culture Sandra Braman delivered a public Kindall-Smith was the keynote speaker, campaign to clean the lunch room. One of of Social Structure: The Early Iron Age lecture on “The Paradoxes of Openness: and three of her UWM students – Emily the rappers attended the presentation. Mortuary Record in Southwest Germany.” The Four Faces of Postnormal Science” Donaldson, Amy Jorn and Nathaniel at the University of Bergen, Norway, on Weiss – presented a skit they created in Marsha Kindall-Smith organized and biological sciences March 13, 2007. class, “Reporting Live from an Urban co-presented “Teaching Social Justice in A study conducted by YBP Library School.” For the first time in its 100-year Music IS Touching Lives” at the National Andrew Petto presented part of the Services found that Sandra Braman’s history, the National Association for Music Association for Music Education: MENC annual workshop for secondary teachers 2006 book, Change of State: Information, Policy, Education: MENC (Music Educators (Music Educators National Conference) at the American Association of Physical and Power (MIT Press) ranked seventh in National Conference) met in Milwaukee, April 11 in Milwaukee. The conference Anthropology in Columbus, OH, on a listing of top-selling books to libraries in April 10-13. theme was “Touch a Life Teach Music.” April 12. He was a featured speaker at the area of politics and law. Amazon.com Students from three of Kindall-Smith’s the Philadelphia Association for Critical in Canada (Amazon.ca) listed the book as Marsha Kindall-Smith; Mel Pontious, UWM courses presented skits they cre- Thinking on the new anti-evolution film seventh in a listing of best-selling communi- the arts consultant from the Wisconsin ated – “Understanding African-Americans,” “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.” On cation law books in that country. Department of Public Instruction; and four with Sarah Plamann, Joy Vanlaanen and March 13, Petto presented a worksop on Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) music Emily Donaldson, and “Super Teacher,” teaching controversial issues in the science

May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 21 For the Record As an invited speaker at the European publications Reactions of Phthalimide Substituted Cyclic Chief addresses Communication Policy Research conference Polyenes with Heteroatom Dienophiles,” HBSSW faculty, staff in Seville, Spain, March 31-April 1, 2007, sheldon B. lubar school of Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vol. 44, 2007, Sandra Braman commented on ways in business p. 719. which user innovations in the use of infor- mation technologies could provide the basis Belle Rose Ragins, “Disclosure discon- S.E. Kabir, M.R. Hassan, D.T. Haworth, for innovations in policy-making processes. nects: Antecedents and consequences S.V. Lindeman, T.A. Siddiquee and of disclosing invisible stigmas across life Dennis W. Bennett, “P–C and C–H Sandra Braman is responding to questions domains,” Academy of Management Review, Bond Cleavages of dppm in the Thermal from Norwegian citizens about the U.S. Vol. 33, 2008, pp. 194-215. Reaction of [Ru3(CO)10(:-dppm)] with elections on the Web site of the Norwegian Benzothiophene: X-ray Structures of newspaper Bergene Tidenes (Bergen Times) – college of health sciences [Ru6(µ-CO)(CO)13{µ4-PhP(C6H4) ranked the top newspaper in the country PPh}(µ6-C)] and [Ru4(CO)9(µ3-h2- in 2007 – and will continue in this role Communication Sciences & PhPCH2PPh2)(µ4-h6:h1h1-C6H4)(m-H)],” through the elections in November. Disorders Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Vol. 692, K.T. White, Caryn Easterling, N. 2007, p. 3936. Sandra Braman’s book, Change of State: Roberts, J. Wertsch and R. Shaker, “Fatigue Information, Policy, and Power, was the subject Analysis Before and After Shaker Exercise: S.E. Kabir, F. Ahmed, A. Das, M.R. of an “Author Meets Critics” panel at iCon- Physiologic Tool for Exercise Design,” Hassan, D.T. Haworth, S.V. Lindeman, ference 2008 – the conference for informa- Dysphagia Journal, online publication, March G.M.G. Hossain, T.A. Siddiquee and tion (science) schools – held in February in 2008, pp.1-13. http://www.springerlink.com/ Dennis W. Bennett, “Reactivity of Los Angeles. content/957728968853807. [Re2(CO)8(MeCN)2] with Thiazoles: Hydrido Bridged Dirhenium Compounds Sandra Braman’s book, Change of State: health sciences Bearing Thiazoles in Different Information, Policy, and Power, was nominated Coordination Modes,” Journal of Organo- for two book awards: the Book of the Year Anthony A. Azenabor, P. Kennedy and etallic Chemistry, Vol. 692, 2007, p. 4337. award of the International Communications J.F. Akoachere, “Reactive oxygen species Association, and the Communication Policy homeostasis regulates 17-b-estradiol media- N. Begum, M. Hyder, M. Hassan, S.E. Book Award of the McGannon Center. tion of low density lipoprotein receptor Kabir, Dennis W. Bennett, D.T. Haworth, expression in macrophages,” Journal of Cell T.A. Siddiquee, D. Rokhsana, A. Sharmin Sandra Braman’s 2004 edited collection, and Molecular Biology, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2007, and E. Rosenberg, “Facile E-E and E-C When recently appointed Milwaukee Police Chief pp.147-162. The Emergent Global Information Policy Regime Bond Activation of PhEEPh(E )Te,Se,S) Edward Flynn met with the Helen Bader School of (Houndsmills, UK: Palgrave Macmillan), by Ruthenium Carbonyl Clusters: Social Welfare’s faculty and staff on March 27, he human movement sciences which had gone out of print, came back Formation of Di- and Triruthenium urged researchers to work with the media to translate into print permanently as an electronic Margaret C. Duncan, “The personal is Complexes Bearing Bridging dppm their research into public knowledge. Instrumental to edition – produced by a press that creates the political,” Sociology of Sport Journal: “The and Phenylchalcogenide and Capping Flynn’s appointment was nationally known criminolo- bound hardcover copies of the book upon Chalcogenido Ligands,” Organometallics, Social Construction of Fat” (special issue), gist and UWM graduate George L. Kelling (’62 demand. Vol. 27, 2008, p. 1550. Vol. 25, 2008, pp.1-6. M.S. Social Work), who was an assistant professor in On Feb. 25, 2007, Rob Ricigliano appeared Mark L. Dietz, Sandrine Jakab, Kazuhiro the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare from 1965 Margaret C. Duncan, “Sociological to 1970. Working as a Milwaukee Police Department on Fox 6’s Milwaukee Morning News to dimensions,” 2007 Tucker Center Research Yamoto and Richard A. Bartsch, discuss Afghanistan and on WUWM News “Stereochemical Effects on the Mode consultant, Kelling – a Rutgers University professor Report, Developing physically active girls: An who produced the “broken windows” theory and ground- to discuss Iraq. evidence-based multidisciplinary approach, 2008, of Facilitated Ion Transfer into Room- breaking research on community-oriented policing – pp. 29-50. Temperature Ionic Liquids,” Green Chemistry, psychology Vol. 10, 2008, pp. 174-176. recommended that Flynn be considered for the job.

In February 2008, K.D. Phillips and occupational therapy Mark L. Dietz and Dominique C. Bonnie P. Klein-Tasman presented the Kris Pizur-Barnekow, G.W. Kraemer and Stepinski, “Anion Concentration-Dependent UWM Writing Center Fall 2006 Tutors, poster “Executive functioning in children Partitioning Mechanism in the Extraction and adolescents with Williams syndrome: J.M. Winters, “Pilot study investigating “Response to ‘Prattle of the Sexes,’” Writing infant vagal reactivity and visual behavior of Uranium into Room-Temperature Ionic Lab Newsletter, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2007. Performance on experimental measures Liquids,” Talanta, Vol. 75, 2008, pp. 598-603. and comparison to parental report,” at during object perception,” American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 62, 2008, pp.198-205. foreign languages & linguistics the 36th conference of the International Basudev Pradhan, Kristina Setyowati, Neuropsychological Society, Waikoloa, HI. Haiying Liu, David H. Waldeck and Michael J. Mikos, “Zarys historii polo- nistyki w Ameryce Polnocnej,” pp. 206-222 Letters & Science Jian Chen, “Carbon Nanotube-Polymer sociology Nanocomposite Infrared Sensor,” Nano in Literatura polska w swiecie, Vol. II, Romuald Noelle Chesley and Phyllis Moen’s article, biological sciences Letters 8, 2008, pp. 1142-1146. Cudak, ed., Katowice: Wydawnictwo Gnome, 2007. “When Workers Care: Dual-Earner Gengxiang Jia, Xiaodong Liu, Heather Couples’ Caregiving Strategies, Benefit A. Owen and , “Signaling communication Dazhong Zhao Geography Use and Psychological Well-Being,” pub- of cell fate determination by the TPD1 Sandra Braman, “Silence and the lished in American Behavioral Scientist (Vol. 9, small protein and EMS1 receptor kinase,” Construction of Reality,” Ethics and Christopher De Sousa, Brownfields No. 49, pp. 1-22) was nominated for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Information Technology, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2007, Redevelopment and the Quest for Sustainability, 2007 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for the United States of America, Vol. 105, No. 6, pp. 281-295. Current Research in Urban and Regional Studies, Excellence in Work-Family Research. 2008. Vol. 3, London: Elsevier Science 2008. chemistry & Biochemistry Tae-Seop Lim, Mike Allen, Nancy helen bader school of Burrell and Sangyeon Kim (M.A. 2005), Philosophy social welfare B.A. Ruddy, D.T. Qadah, Joseph H. “The Relativity and Salience of Identity Haig Khatchadourian, Meaning & Criteria: Rick Lovell and Stan Stojkovic were Aldstadt and Harvey A. Bootsma Across Cultures,” Speech and Communication, With Applications to Various Philosophical interviewed about their research into (WATER Institute), “Improving analytical Vol. 8, 2007, pp. 178-202. Problems, New York: Peter Lang Publishing minority incarceration rates for a March confidence in the determination of PCBs Inc., 2007. 21 article in the Wisconsin State Journal on in complex matrices by a sequential gas Erik Timmerman and S.N. Madhavapeddi, the state’s decreasing juvenile arrest rates chromatography-tandem mass spectrom- “Perceptions of Organizational Media Haig Khatchadourian, “Democracy over the past decade. etry approach,” International Journal of Richness: Channel Expansion Effects for and the Globalization of Human Rights,” Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 88, Electronic and Traditional Media across pp. 104-113 in Proceedings of the 22nd World Stan Stojkovic was interviewed by the 2008, pp. 337-351. Richness Dimensions,” IEEE Transactions on Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social History Channel in March for a new series Professional Communication, 2007, pp. 18-32. Philosophy, Granada, 2005, Vol. III, Human called “Gangland,” about U.S. street gangs. Dennis W. Bennett, T.A. Siddiquee, Rights and Ethics, Stuttgart: Franz Steiner D.T. Haworth and S.V. Lindeman, “The Economics Verlag, 2007. Stan Stojkovic was a guest on Wisconsin Crystal and Molecular Structure of a Trifluoroacetylacetonate Complex of Z. Ardalani and Mohsen Bahmani- Public Radio’s Ideas Network on March 27, Oskooee, “Is There a J-Curve at the PSYCHOLOGY debating whether college students should Scandium, Sc(CH3COCHCOCF3)3,” Journal of Chemical Crystallography 37, 2007, Industry Level?,” Economics Bulletin, Vol. 6, W.L. Gross and Anthony J. Greene, be allowed to carry concealed weapons on No 26, 2007, pp. 1-12. the nation’s campuses. p. 207. “Analogical inference: Relational learning without awareness,” Memory, Vol. 15, 2007, S. Chaudhury, L. Shukun, Dennis W. Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, A. Kutan and pp. 838-844. , T.A. Siddiquee, D.T. Haworth S. Zhou, “A Century of Purchasing Power Bennett Anthony J. Greene, “Implicit transitive and W.A. Donaldson, “Preparation, Parity: Further Evidence,” Economics Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 31, 2007, pp. 1-9. inference and the human hippocampus: Characterization, and Reactivity of Does midazolam function as a reversible (3-Methylpentadienyl)iron(1+) Cations,” English hippocampal lesion?” Behavioral and Brain Organometallics, Vol. 26, 2007, p. 5295. Functions, Vol. 3, 2007, pp. 51-53. Margaret A. Mika, “Talking in Another S.S. Templin, N.J. Wallock, Dennis W. Middle,” Writing Lab Newsletter, Vol. 32, Bennett, T.A. Siddiquee, D.T. Haworth No. 1, 2007. and W.A. Donaldson, “Cycloaddition

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If United Way of Greater Milwaukee Service $1,500 you have questions or comments, contact Kenneth Surveys to Support Fund Development American Psychiatric Association D. Buelow, director of information, technology & Percy, Stephen – Research $10,000 Increasing Cervical Cancer Screening in analysis, 414-229-5449. More detailed grant Health Restoration African American and Hispanic Women information also is available on the Web at www. National Institutes of Health Health Sciences Reddy, Diane – Research ($1,200) graduateschool.uwm.edu/research/extramural- Effect of a Pain Protocol on Discomfort in funding-reports/. Human Movement Sciences UWM Libraries Dementia WI Athletic Trainers Association Kovach, Christine – Research $90,602 Received in March 2008 Hip Muscle Activity During Three Side- UWM Foundation Lying Hip Strengthening Exercises in Already Established, Supplement Only Student Affairs Participants with Varying Degrees of Barczyk, Ewa – Extension & Public Service Femoral Anteversion $5,900 Financial Aid Huddleston, Wendy – Research $1,000 U.S. Dept. of Education Federal Pell Grant Hojan-Clark, Jane – Student Aid $7,159,953 EXTRAMURAL AWARDS - PROGRESS TO DATE Architecture & Urban Planning Period 9 – March 2008 Year-to-Date Center for Architecture & FY 2008 Federal Total Federal Total Urban Planning Research Alano Preservation Fund Restoration Services for Alano House Research $ 737,597 $ 843,287 $ 19,303,278 $ 22,603,805 Jarosz, Matthew – Research $14,200 Instruction $ -0- $ -0- $ 4,414,952 $ 4,662,924 Peck School of the Arts Extension $ 195,150 $ 295,196 $ 6,413,753 $ 10,618,312 Film Student Aid $ 7,159,953 $ 7,167,453 $ 7,791,419 $ 8,664,455 UWM Foundation Other $ -0- $ 10,775 $ -0- $ 1,682,454 Expansion of the Film Poetry Project Lichtenstein, Brad – Extension & Public TOTALS $ 8,092,700 $ 8,316,711 $ 37,923,402 $ 48,231,950 Service $14,060

Sheldon B. Lubar School of Period 9 – March 2007 Year-to-Date Business FY 2007 Federal Total Federal Total Bostrom Center – Accounting U.S. Dept. of Treasury Research $ 2,407,055 $ 2,684,533 $ 19,265,035 $ 23,609,674 UWM Low Income Taxpayer Clinic Prasad, V. Kanti – Extension & Public Instruction $ 14,474 $ 26,474 $ 6,659,904 $ 7,057,525 Service $80,000 Extension $ 6,500 $ 166,500 $ 1,908,474 $ 3,945,109 Continuing Education Student Aid $ 3,749,066 $ 3,819,066 $ 13,209,330 $ 13,917,778 Business Outreach Other $ -0- $ (72,000) $ -0- $ 2,296,075 UW–Extension TOTALS $ 6,177,095 $ 6,624,573 $41,042,743 $50,826,161 Small Business Development Center Peterson, Timothy – Extension & Public Grant information is prepared by the Graduate School. These data is now derived from a new warehouse, which is still in testing. Please advise if any data appear incorrect/incomplete. If you Service $115,150 have questions or comments, contact Kenneth D. Buelow, director of information, technology & analysis, 414-229-5449. More detailed grant information also is available on the Web at www. graduateschool.uwm.edu/research/extramural-funding-reports/.

May 2008 • UWMREPORT • 23 Burn will help UWM prairie bloom

U WM’s grass prairie along Downer Avenue just east of the Klotsche Center was treated to a controlled burn April 21. Periodic burning is necessary for soil and invasive species management, according to Kate Nelson, UWM environmental sustainability coordinator. “A prairie is an endangered Wisconsin ecosystem dependent on maintenance by wildfire,” Nelson says. “Controlled fires enrich the soil, release seed banks, and kill certain weeds and invading woody plants.” Controlled burns also allow diverse local plant and animal communities to thrive. “When fire is suppressed,” Nelson says, “these communities are replaced with a smaller number of species, most of which are common, widespread and non-native.” The burn was conducted by EcoTone, a UWM student organization, under the supervision of UWM Buildings and Grounds crew and Marlin Johnson, UW-Waukesha Field Station manager. The Milwaukee Fire Department stood by just in case. Nearby trees were sprayed with water before the burn to prevent singeing, and the charred grasses were sprayed afterward to make sure the fire was completely extinguished. The Buildings and Grounds Department and student organizations began establishing native gardens around campus about 10 years ago. At 3,500 square feet, the Downer Avenue prairie is the largest. Smaller campus prairies are found near the Kunkle Center and south of the Architecture and Urban Planning building. A rain garden near Sabin Hall captures that building’s rainwater runoff. UWM photographer Peter Jakubowski captured these highlights of the burn.

24 • UWM REPORT • May 2008