July 21, 1893: The Board of Regents ofState Normal Schools chooses StevensPoint as site of its sixth institution, endinglively competition between about 20cities. From Madison, G. E. McDill, alocal civic leader, sends this telegram:“To the boys at Stevens Point. We havewon, the world is ours!” Sept. 17, 1894: For the first day of class-es there are 152 students in the normal

program, 49 in the preparatory depart-ment and 165 children in the modelschool. The campus consists of onebuilding, later called Old Main.1902: An academic program in domesticscience, later known as home economics,is established as one of a few in thenation. Bessie May Allen arrives in 1913to lead this important specialty offeringfor nearly 40 years. 1915: Nelson Hall is built as the seconddormitory in the State Normal Schoolsystem. In April 1999 the hall is placedon the Wisconsin Trust for HistoricPreservation list of Ten Most EndangeredHistoric Properties.1918: Near the end of World War I, theBoard of Regents approves a StudentArmy Training Corps for the campus. InOctober, 62 recruits report for duty atNelson Hall and stay until Dec. 20. 1926: The Normal School is renamedStevens Point State Teachers College butis soon unofficially known as “CentralState.”1927: The first recipients of bachelor'sdegrees are sisters Genevieve and MaymeCartmill of Plover, both in home econom-ics education. The spring commencement

is the first in which graduates wear capsand gowns.1941-1945: Because of World War II stu-dent enrollment drops from 775 in the fallof 1940 to 225 in the fall of 1944. InFebruary 1943, the first participants in the97th College Training Detachment of theArmy Air Corps arrive and take up resi-dence in Nelson Hall. When the programends in 1944, a total of 1,200 men havetaken instruction here. 1945: Dorothy Davids, a Stockbridge-Munsee Indian from Bowler, receives herdegree, becoming the first member of aminority group to graduate from theschool. In 1957, Jerry Vance of Beloitwill become the first black American toreceive a degree here. 1951: Central State is accredited by theNorth Central Association of Collegesand Secondary Schools. The institution isnow Wisconsin State College. 1951: With authority to grant bachelor ofarts and bachelor of science degrees, theschool expands its curriculum beyondcourses for teachers by establishing theCollege of Letters and Science withWarren Gard Jenkins as dean. 1955: Enrollment tops 1,000.

1959: The bachelor of music degree isapproved, the first in the State CollegeSystem. 1964: Wisconsin State College–StevensPoint becomes one of the Wisconsin StateUniversities.1964: A new School of Fine Arts is estab-lished with Robert Cantrick as dean. 1967: Upset by prospects that the beerdrinking age in Wisconsin may be raisedfrom 18 to 21, about 1,000 students stagea "beer riot" in the downtown area. Afterconfronting Gov. Knowles at the WhitingHotel, they start a bonfire at the intersec-tion of Main and Division Streets and loota beer truck.

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1982:The university dedicates a mosaic mural on the exterior front of the four-story Natural Resources Building. Designed byProfessor Richard Schneider with the assistance of a computer, it is made up of more than 286,000 ceramic tiles containingworldwide, campus and Wisconsin symbols. Schneider constructed the artwork with the help of hundreds of volunteers.

1915Nelson Hall is built as the seconddormitory in the State Normal Schoolsystem.

1970For three days, several hundred students “sit in” at Nelson Hall.

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1999The “Basin,” UWSP’s latest outdoorartwork is installed on campus. Thelarge sculpture of granite and stainlesssteel was designed by Zoran Mojsilov ofMinneapolis.

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March 30: Wisconsin Speech & Hearing Association Alumni ReceptionSheraton Four Points, MilwaukeeCelebrating the 50th birthday of WSHA!

April 2: Campus Open House

April 2: Portage County Alumni/Friend ReunionOn campus, location to be announced

Spring: Northeast Wisconsin Alumni/Friend ReunionDate and location to be announced

April 14-16: The world's largest trivia contestThis year’s theme: “Trivia Y2K: The Bug Strikes”Contact WWSP 89FM for more information 1-715-346-3755

April 15: Hospitality Room for Pointer Pa rentsWisconsin Destination Imagination (formerly Odyssey of the Mind)Anderson Room, University Center, UWSP

April 15: Steiner Hall Alcohol Awareness Fund Run20th Anniversary Alumni Reunion Steiner Hall, UWSP

May 13: Distinguised Alumnus Award Luncheon

May 14: Spring Commencement

Summer: Fox Cities Alumni/Friend ReunionDate and location to be announced

Summer: South Wood County Alumni/Friend reunionDate and location to be announced

August 28: Terry Porter Scholarship Golf Outing(This will be the final year of this event.)SentryWorld Golf Course, Stevens PointCall 1-877-POINT01 for more information

Fall: Marshfield Area Alumni/Friend ReunionDate and location to be announced

September 30: Homecoming 2000

Alumni calendar

OfficersPresident:

Bruce Bay, ’65, Eureka, Mo.President Elect:

Bob Spoerl, ’82, WaupacaVice President:

Tom Girolamo, ’82, MosineePast President:

Diane Loeser, ’86, Norcross, Ga.

Board MembersOlu Akinshemoyin, ’75, ThiensvilleAl Barrows, ’49, Stevens PointPatrick Braatz, ’84, MadisonJudi Carlson, ’63, Stevens PointPenny Copps, ’68, Stevens PointPatricia Curry, ’58, Wisc. RapidsGordy Faust, ’58, WaunakeeCatherine Huber, ’85, ChicagoRay Hutchinson, ’71, WeyauwegaDavid Kunze, ’94, WausauJack Le Duc, ’67, De PereShannon Loecher, ’93, Minneapolis

Dave Marie, ’79, PloverMary Ann Nigbor, ’67, Stevens PointPatricia Okray, ’54, PloverRay Oswald, ’97, MilwaukeeBob Piekenbrock, ’86, MilwaukeeChet Polka, ’52, BerlinScott Roeker, ’85, WaukeshaScott Schultz, ’72, Stevens PointDoris See, ’48, WausauLynn Sprangers, ’78, MilwaukeeF red Stemmeler, ’84, ThiensvilleMary Wescott, ’75, Stevens Point

New board member:Patty Noel, ’70, Stevens Point

The Alumni Association extends aspecial thank you to WandaBembenek, ’76, master’s ’85, andMary Hermanson, ’77, for theirpast service to the AlumniAssociation Board of Directors.

Alumni Association Board of Directors

I hope all of you survived the plunge into the new millennium andescaped being bitten by the Y2K bug. I think all the Y2K bugs were de-stroyed during the 1999 Pointer homecoming celebration…The NewMillennium Mayhem!

As we begin the next century…• Remember we are all automatically lifetime members of the

UWSP Alumni Association. No dues to pay . . . just keep us informedof your address and encourage other Pointers you know to stay in touch.You are always welcome to attend alumni events in your area. Also, en-courage others to make UWSP their college choice.

• Thanks to all of you who supported the 1999 UWSP Annual Fundcampaign. If you didn’t participate last fall and still wish to do so, sendyour contribution payable to the UWSP Foundation to 212 Old MainBuilding, 2100 Main St., Stevens Point, WI 54481. Help us to continuechanging the lives of our students through leading-edge teaching andlearning.

• Plan on returning to campus for Homecoming 2000 on September30. Plenty of excitement is in store, as always, including specific eventsfor individual academic disciplines. Look for more information thissummer.

• Take a chapter from Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. I hadthe opportunity to read this book late last fall and it continues to affectme. At his commencement ceremony at Brandeis University inWaltham, Mass., in 1979, Albom made a pledge to Morrie Schwartz, hisfavorite professor, to “stay in touch.” Through the years, he thought ofhis old professors and friends but threw away any mail that came fromhis alma mater, figuring “they were only asking for money.” Albom hadno idea that Morrie had been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, adegenerative muscle and nerve disorder. After seeing Morrie on anepisode of “Nightline,” Albom re-established contact with his friendbefore his death. Morrie had changed Albom’s life in college and sub-sequently again during the final months of his life. Luckily, Albom wasgiven a second chance. Do we have classmates and friends from ouryears at Stevens Point we haven’t called or visited? Are there profes-sors and staff members that we should be “staying in touch” with?How did UWSP change your life?

• The alumni association continues to build volunteer alumni net-works in the most populous areas of Wisconsin, where 75 percent of ouralumni live. If you’d like to join other alumni and volunteer to helpplan reunions and events in Portage County, Wood County, NortheastWisconsin, the Fox Cities, Dane County, or Southeast Wisconsin, giveus a call at (715) 346-3811 in Stevens Point or toll free 1-877-764-6801.

I leave you with another thought from Morrie Schwartz, “Devoteyourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community aroundyou, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purposeand meaning.”

It’s a great day to be a Pointer!

Brant Bergeron ’85Director of Alumni Relations

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1968: An FM radio station, WWSP,is established on campus andbecomes known for the world’slargest Trivia Contest held eachspring.1969: Pauline Isaacson launches thefirst contingent of students in asemester abroad to England. Thefirst such program in the WisconsinState University System, it is laterexpanded, with multiple study sites. 1969: Land adjacent to campus isdeveloped into the SchmeeckleReserve, to serve as a nature conser-vancy, research and teaching labora-tory and recreation area. It is namedfor Fred Schmeeckle, who joined thefaculty in 1923 and played a majorrole in establishing conservation edu-cation at the school.1970: For three days, several hundredstudents “sit in” at Nelson Hall,home of the campus ROTC program,to protest U.S. involvement inVietnam. 1970: Two new colleges are estab-lished, Natural Resources andProfessional Studies, with JohnEllery and Arthur Fritschel as deans,respectively. Daniel Trainer arrivesin 1971 to head the CNR for 17years. 1971: Wisconsin State Universitiesbecome Universities of Wisconsin ina merger of the two systems. 1975: The Central WisconsinEnvironmental Station, the birthplaceof environmental education atUWSP, is established at Sunset Lake.1980: Old Main is renovated andrededicated. Wings added to theoriginal building in 1901 and 1914are razed after compromises betweenpreservationists and those favoringthe building's complete removal.

1982: A $1.75 million federal granthelps UWSP become a model incomputing, establishing a networkthat links the campus and bringsaccess to libraries and other institu-tions. 1985: Treehaven opens as UWSP’snatural resources field station nearTomahawk. The 900-acre facilityprovides a variety of university andpublic programs throughout the year.1986: Fall enrollment of 9,554 is arecord in the institution's history.1987: The first Pointer athletic squadto win a national title, the women'sbasketball team defeats the women ofConcordia College, Moorehead,Minn., 81-74, for the NCAADivision III national championship. 1993-1994: Centennial celebrationincludes: launching a $5 millionfundraising campaign; release of“The World is Ours,” a history ofUWSP by Dean of Letters andScience Justus Paul; unveiling of anIris Fountain adjacent to theUniversity Center; and unveiling ofan original quilt, designed by MarySipiorski and constructed by theFriendship Star Quilters. 1998: UWSP is rated in tier one ofMidwestern public universities byU.S. News and World Report andnamed among the 100 best state uni-versities in the nation by Kiplinger’sPersonal Finance Magazine.1999: Former Seventh DistrictCongressman and U.S. Secretary ofDefense Melvin Laird announces theestablishment of the university's firstmillion-dollar endowment.1999: The U.S. Department ofEducation approves spending of a$2.15 million grant for technologyenhancement in the CNR.

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Sept. 17, 1894: PresidentTheron Pray opens the first day ofclasses at Stevens Point NormalSchool.

Feb. 1906: Despite strongfaculty and community support,President Pray is asked by theBoard of Regents to resign. He had been at odds with local attorneyC. D. McFarland, who served onthe board. Faculty member MaryBradford, a leading educator in thestate, resigns in protest, soon fol-lowed by three teachers in themodel school program.

Summer 1906: John Simsbecomes Pray's successor. Thoughhe has received no formal highereducation, he is considered a na-tional leader in rural education.Sims serves until his death in 1926.

1926: Robert Baldwin becomespresident and oversees the transitionfrom two-year normal school tofour-year state teachers college.

1930: Growing dissatisfactionby the faculty with attempts to raisetheir educational levels and bymembers of the community overmediocre successes of Pointersports teams lead President Baldwinto resign. The new president, FrankHyer, is a familiar face on campus.He served from 1904 to 1915 asprincipal of the model school andnormal school institute conductor.

1938: President Hyer retires andis succeeded by Phillip Falk. Falkserves only one semester due to hiswife’s illness.

1939: E. T. Smith serves aspresident for one year until hisdeath.

1940: William Hansen becomesthe first alumnus to be chosen as apresident of the school. He servesfor 22 years, longer than anyone inthe school's first century.

1962: James Albertson, execu-tive assistant to the president at Ball

State Teachers College at Muncie,Ind., is named president ofWisconsin State College at StevensPoint.

March 23, 1967: On an educa-tion mission to South Vietnam forthe U.S. Agency for InternationalDevelopment, President Albertsonis killed in a plane crash nearSaigon along with the sevenmembers of his group. GordonHaferbecker, who has been servingas acting president in Albertson’sabsence, continues his leadership ofthe institution.

1967: Lee S. Dreyfus assumesresponsibilities as the school's presi-dent. He has been serving UW-Madison, his alma mater, as a pro-fessor of speech and radio/televisioneducation.

1979: In an outdoor ceremonyon the snow-covered lawn of OldMain, Chancellor Dreyfus is swornin as governor of Wisconsin.

1979: Philip Marshall is chosenas president of UWSP. He cam-paigns aggressively to raise facultysalaries.

1989: Chancellor Marshallreturns to teaching chemistry untilhis retirement in 1991. ViceChancellor Howard Thoyre servesas acting chancellor.

1989: Keith Sanders, formerdean of the College ofCommunication and Fine Arts atSouthern Illinois University atCarbondale, assumes duties aschancellor.

1994: Chancellor Sanders takesa position as senior vice presidentfor administration with UW System.Howard Thoyre serves as actingchancellor for the second time.

1996: Thomas George, provostand academic vice president atWashington State University, isnamed chancellor.

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distinguished service to a professional organization in education.Karen Engelhard, ’59, who has retired after a 20-plus year career at

UWSP, was honored at the recent annual meeting of District 5 of the Councilfor the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in Chicago. Since1976 she has filled many roles with District 5, including two year's service asdistrict chair.

Engelhard was nominated for the award by Sandra Hoeh, assistant chancellor for University Relations at UW-Milwaukee, Sally Clanton, directorof News Services at UWSP, and by her daughter, Diane Engelhard Loeser,senior associate director of Alumni Relations at Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.

In her nomination letter, Loeser said, "I see my mother's involvement withand commitment to CASE 5 through the eyes of both a colleague and adaughter. I grew up hearing about CASE 5 and seeing my mother return fromannual conferences with so much confidence and enthusiasm. She loves herprofession and has dedicated many, many hours in service to CASE."

Throughout her many years of CASE involvement, Engelhard has servedas a board member, committee chair, conference chair and chair of district op-erations. In addition, she has participated in several international assembliesin Washington, D.C.

CASE is the largest association of educational institutions with more than2,900 member colleges, universities and independent elementary and sec-ondary schools in 42 countries. District 5 encompasses 443 institutions ineight states.

Engelhard honored by CASE

With the advent of the new millen-nium, new challenges and opportuni-ties were discussed at the semiannualUWSP Alumni Board of Directorsmeeting in January.

Three significant issues struck meduring the meeting. All are tied tofurther identifying ways for alumni to give added support to our great institution.

First and foremost, the vision state-ment adopted in January 1999 wasreaffirmed in its entirety. With thevision as a base, the Alumni

Association has positioned itself to foster the growth and development of rela-tionships between the university and its alumni.

Second, in today’s environment, with state funding constantly in flux, theuniversity must develop alternative methods for raising revenue while main-taining the cost of tuition at a reasonable level. We need alumni to stepforward to help their alma mater financially. Much has been accomplishedtoward this goal; but more can be attained. One piece of good news is thatleadership in this area, from the chancellor on down, continues to getstronger.

Third, it has become apparent that we, as your board of directors, must doa better job of reaching out and informing alumni—particularly the graduatesof the past five to ten years—of the values and needs of UWSP. Each of theUWSP colleges has hired or is in the process of hiring a development officerto work in partnership with the UWSP Foundation and Alumni RelationsOffice. These officers are addressing both communication and fund-raisingefforts. In return, the Alumni Board has charged its CommunicationsCommittee with examining ways to better relate to new alumni.

As I said initially, the challenges are there, but the opportunities are closebehind!

Bruce Bay,PresidentAlumni Association Board of Directors

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Karen Engelhard, ’59, was honored at the recent annual meeting of District 5of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

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Alums with children currentlyattending UWSP gathered forlunch as part of FamilyWeekend ’99 activities onNovember 6. The groupstopped for a photo in theUC near the stained glasswindow at the south end ofthe concourse.

On September 28 Door andKewaunee County alums gathered atThe Mill Restaurant north of SturgeonBay for dinner and an evening ofsharing Pointer memories.

The Packer/Cowboy game on November 14 was one of the attractions for aDallas area alumni/friend reunion. The 30 Pointers and friends in attendancecouldn’t muster enough support to battle a lackluster Packer performance…butother than the game, a great time was had by all.

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On December 16, alumni and friends in Marathon County gathered for holidaycheer and camaraderie at the American Legends Sports Bar owned by Pointeralum Joe Nienow, ’95. Marathon County is one of eight geographic regions in thestate where volunteer alumni networks are being formed to help plan future events.Other networks include Portage County, Wood County, Northeast Wisconsin, FoxCities, Dane County and Southeast Wisconsin. If you’d like to join other alumsalready committed to serve on one of these groups, please contact the alumnioffice at the addresses listed on this page.

Graphics throughout this issue are taken fromthe mural that covers the south side of the CNRbuilding. The mural, pictured on page one, ismade up of 286,200 square tiles, each with one of28 designs. The different color values of the tilescreate the overall montage.

Pointer music education alumni, UWSP faculty members and music educationstudents gathered on the shores of Lake Monona during their annual confer-ence. Winners of door prizes are pictured at the October event.

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Interior architecture alumni, faculty and staff members gathered in theAgnes Jones Gallery and enjoyed a special display of work by currentinterior architecture students and alumni.

International Programs alumni, staff members and leaders ofthe UWSP semester abroad programs gathered atHomecoming to share photos and memories of their travelsabroad. International Programs celebrated its 30th anniver-sary in 1999.

... and gathered outside the Communication Arts Center for aHomecoming get-together.

Julie Lassa, ’93, 71st Assembly District Representative joined otherpolitical science alumni, faculty and staff members who gathered foran event held by the department at Isadore Street BrewingCompany.

Communication alumni, faculty, staff and family members met for refreshments andcamaraderie...

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Forestry studentswere in full gear forthe festivities, whileCNR alumni, facultyand staff membersattended luncheonreunions.

The campus was abuzz Homecoming morning as academicdepartments held reunions after the parade.

Alums from the Mid-Atlantic States gathered in October in Reston, Va., foran old fashioned Wisconsin picnic, including staples such as brats. A caseof shorty bottles of Point beer even made its way East to bring some trueWisconsin flavor to Pointers away from “home.”

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Hoping to promote respect for thehistorical heritage of UWSP, a newcommittee is moving ahead with plansto restore and maintain some of the an-tiques and original architecture of thecampus.

“We hope to preserve what culturalheritage this campus still has,” saidMark Seiler, a professor of Germanand the committee’s co-chair withSally Clanton, director of NewsServices. “Too many historic itemshave disappeared and we want to hangon to what we’ve got.”

Support for the projects comesfrom a fund controlled by the chancel-lor from campus vending machines,Seiler explained.

One of the the committee’s firstprojects is the Founders Room locatedon the first floor of Old Main. Theroom will soon be recreated as a his-torical showcase for the university anduse will be restricted to formal occa-sions, small concerts, press confer-ences and visits from dignitaries.

“We want the Founders Room to bethe best room on campus,” Seiler said.

Except for the Chancellor’s Office,the Founders Room is the only place inOld Main that retains the look of thebuilding when it was constructed in1894. Created fromseveral rooms duringthe 1979 renovations,it still has the originalhigh ceiling and woodtrim.

Original cabinetryfrom Old Main’shome economics areaand a built-in buffetdisplays old booksand UWSP memora-bilia, including one ofLee Sherman Dreyfus’red vests, vintagephysics equipment, anormal school certifi-cate from 1904, ath-letic banners, chinaand silver place set-tings.

The original woodfloor, now carpeted,cannot be restored and will be replaced with maple flooring, whichSeiler said will last the lifetime of the building.

Turn of the century style oak tables and chairs will be put inthe room and there are plans to add a grand piano as well as ahandcrafted oak organ now located in a practice room of the FineArts Center. Railings that now stand in front of the small stagewill be removed and one section will be placed just outside theFounders Room doors.

Hung in the hall across from the refurbished room will be aglass case containing the UWSP Centennial Quilt, created byMary Sipiorski and the Friendship Star Quilters of Stevens Point.There are plans to arrange photographs of the Old Main of yester-year on the walls, and cast iron and walnut benches that used to sit in Old Main will be re-turned after they are restored by campus personnel.

Members of the committee also are interested in maintaining original buildings of thecampus and community, including Nelson Hall, one of the oldest dormitory buildings in theUW System. Recently put on the Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation’s Ten MostEndangered Historic Properties list, the building’s future is uncertain.

“Ours is one of the earliest dorms of the century,” Seiler said. “It is important historicallyand architecturally.”

Committee to preserve UWSP’s pastHistorically significant books, class-

room equipment, artwork, furniture andphotographs that have been lost are beingsought by the Historic PreservationCommittee.

The committee plans to create an in-ventory of historic objects that may belocated in various offices and departmentson campus or in the community.

The objects will not be removed fromtheir current location, Seiler said, but cata-loging them will assure that they are main-tained and not unintentionally destroyedor thrown away.

“Many individuals have been verygood at saving these objects,” he said,“and we are very grateful for that. Butonce these people leave or retire, the itemmay be gone.”

Many artifacts were lost during the1979 remodeling of Old Main, Seiler said.Turn of the century furniture was sold inthe back parking lot and many other itemswere thrown away, taken home by facultyand staff or put into storage.

Seiler related a story told to him bylocal former piano teacher Anita Wray.During the remodeling, she came upon astudent tossing statuary out of an OldMain window to a waiting dump truck.He’d been told to dispose of the manycarved statues that had lined the halls andstairwells of Old Main. Wray asked if shecould take them and she and her childrenrescued several pieces, including “ApolloBelvedere,” now proudly displayed in herhome.

Another statue that survived was“Moses,” rescued by faculty memberDonald Rupert. He gave the statue toProfessor Charles Goan, who returned it to UWSP. Seiler said that Moses will bereturned to Old Main when proper place-ment and security for the piece can befound.

Those who are aware of artifacts from UWSP that could be included in theinventory may contact Seiler at (715) 346-4409.

The committee is also accepting dona-tions for their preservation efforts. A fundhas been set up through the UWSPFoundation, 212 Old Main, 2100 MainStreet, Stevens Point, WI 54481 or (715)346-3812.

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(Left) Charles Goan, associate pro-fessor of music, rescued a statue ofMoses and returned it to UWSP afew years ago. It is the hope of theHistoric Preservation Committeethat it be installed in a newly refur-bished Old Main Founders Room.

(below) Two walnut benches aban-doned in the coal bunker under OldMain are being restored by univer-sity workers to be placed in a hall.

An oak gavel carved from a logonce owned by internationally knownenvironmentalist Aldo Leopold hasbeen donated to the UWSP’sMuseum of Natural History.

George Becker, professor emeri-tus of biology, loaned the officialgavel of the Citizens NaturalResources Association (CNRA) tothe museum in 1977, at the end of histerm as president of the group. It ispart of a display about Leopold at thegateway of the museum in the mainlobby of the Learning ResourcesCenter.

Due to Leopold’s leadership inconservation, wilderness preservation

and his writings, he is often creditedas a founder of the environmentalmovement.

The gavel came to Becker fromMilwaukee area artist Phil Sanderwho carved it. Estella Leopold gaveSander the wood when he visited herafter Aldo’s death.

The tree from which the gavelwas carved isn’t just any piece ofoak; it is a piece of “the good oak,”Becker says. “The Good Oak” is thetitle of a Leopold essay in A SandCounty Almanac published in 1949.

The essay summarizes the historyof attitudes toward the environmentas a saw cuts through an oak tree.

The tree’s growth rings represent thedecades from the present at theoutside of the tree to the centerwhich represents the era of the CivilWar when Leopold surmises that thetree first took root.

The gavel was intended to be atemporary loan, but has remained ondisplay at the museum with its dispo-sition uncertain until recently.Becker brought the future of thegavel to the attention of CNRAmembers, who approved it as a giftto the museum.

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An oak gavel and a shorebirdcarved by Milwaukee artist PhilSander are part of the display atthe entrance to UWSP Museum ofNatural History.

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Students who graduate from UWSP haveone of the best records in the state and thenation for repaying student loans.

University officials are pleased thatUWSP's most recently published student loandefault rate is 2.2 percent. According to datareleased by the U.S. Department of Educationthe mean default rate of all Wisconsin post-secondary schools is 5.4 percent, includingUW System campuses at 3.8percent, with the national defaultrate at 8.8 percent.

Financial Aids Director PhilGeorge says, “UWSP's low defaultrate shows that our students get agood education, borrow at manage-able levels and pay off their loans.”He emphasizes that Point studentsunderstand their obligations andhonor them.

“When they get their first jobs,97.8 percent of our graduateschoose to honor their commitmentsand pay off their loans without anyfuss. I'm extremely proud of ourstudents--they are terrific,” Georgesays.

George also provides UWSPstudent borrowers with a stern doseof reality. He meets with graduat-

ing seniors each year to explain strategies forrepayment and how repayment conduct willaffect their future credit. He enlists the help ofa local banker who impresses the studentswith the negative consequences of defaultingon loans and the positive outcomes of payingthem off in a timely fashion.

Apparently most UWSP graduates followtheir advice.

“You have to give credit to our students--they are conscientious people with a solidwork ethic,” George says. “This is reflected intheir professional viability and their willing-ness to repay lenders who helped them. It'sno wonder that most of our graduates are suc-cessful in finding jobs or pursuing further edu-cation.”

Staff members at UWSP's Career Services agree withDirector of Financial Aid Phil George's assessment of thehigh standards of UWSP graduates.

Career Services assists students and alumni with jobsearches and career counseling.

Counselors Lorry Walters, Mary Mosier and JohnZach say they are consistently impressed with UWSPstudents' preparedness for the marketplace, high stan-dards of performance and willingness to work hard.

Mosier, who counsels prospective teachers, reportsthat 93 percent of UWSP elementary and secondary edu-cation graduates are finding jobs right out of school, es-pecially elementary and early childhood majors who areexperiencing a 98 percent placement rate.

Mosier says the market for kindergarten teachers con-tinues to grow due to the large number of all-day pro-grams throughout the state and nation. A flood of retire-ments throughout the country also is fueling the searchfor new teachers, Mosier reports.

UWSP computer science, accounting, business andcommunication graduates continue to be highly employ-able, says Walters. She describes the current market as

"healthy," with employers seeking out students individu-ally to invite them to interview. Companies who havehired UWSP graduates in the past continue to return tocampus seeking high quality employees, Walters says.

Liberal arts graduates in fields such as sociology, psy-chology and history are marketable if they seek employ-ment in areas of their skills and interests, says Zach. Astudy published recently by Michigan State Universitylists communication, leadership, teamwork and interper-sonal skills as the most desirable attributes for job candi-dates. A well-rounded graduate who also possesses com-puter and technical skills doesn't have any problemsfinding employment, Zach says.

UWSP's College of Natural Resources graduates, in-cluding those who opt to go to graduate school, are expe-riencing placement rates in their fields of about 85percent according to Steve Menzel of the CNR staff.Environmental education, urban forestry and waste man-agement are currently good hiring areas. Graduates inpaper science, a UWSP program that usually experiences100 percent placement, are commanding starting salariesapproaching $50,000.

UW-Stevens Point students repay loans quickly

UW-Stevens Point graduates find jobs

Believed to be the first national study of its kind, CAP (Crimes AgainstPersons) Index Inc. and APBnews.com have ranked the country’s 1,497 four-year colleges according to the potential for neighborhood crime.

UW campuses at Stevens Point and Oshkosh were both ranked 1,148.This places them in the lower quarter of all national four-year colleges. OtherUW System campuses with low rankings included UW-Parkside and UW-River Falls. A lower ranking correlates to a safer campus neighborhoodenvironment.

“This study confirms what many of us already know about CentralWisconsin. Stevens Point is overall a safe place for college students,” saidChancellor Tom George. “However, we remain vigilant and will continue to cooperate with local law enforcement officials on ways to keepcrime in check.”

UWSP continues to improve and upgrade measures to improve campussafety. In the past few years, the campus has installed 20 Code Blue emer-gency phones around campus, initiated residence hall and orientation pro-grams focusing on personal safety and protection of property and improvedoverall campus lighting for better safety at night.

UWSP’s Student Patrol Program was begun in 1989 to monitor campusgrounds. The patrol also operates the student transit van that provides rides to within five miles of campus.

APBnews.com is a news, information and database on crime, safety andjustice issues in the United States. Their mission is to inform the public andlaw enforcement professionals while providing information on how to keepfamilies and communities safer.

Study gives communityand UWSP good marks

U.S. News and World Report’s ratings named UWSP fifth in Tier One ofMidwestern public universities.

“UWSP remains in the top category of outstanding comprehensive univer-sities,” said Chancellor Tom George. “With quality at a reasonable cost, thereis no doubt that students, faculty, staff and the Central Wisconsin communityhave all contributed to keeping UWSP one of the nation’s finest undergradu-ate campuses in the country.”

U.S. News ranks campuses using three basic steps. First, the colleges arecategorized by their mission and region. Second, the magazine gathers datafrom each institution including 16 separate indicators of academic excellence.Each factor is assigned a weight in the formula. Third, the schools are rankedagainst their peer group, based on the composite weighted scores.

The measures of excellence used include six broad categories—academicreputation, retention of students, faculty resources, student selectivity, finan-cial resources and alumni giving.

UWSP rated in first tier by US News

Scenes of African savanna habitats are the focus of two new displays inthe UWSP Museum of Natural History.

“With the expanded area for the African exhibits and a display about theMenominee Clans still under development, the educational role of themuseum has been greatly enhanced,” said Justus Paul, dean of the College ofLetters and Science. “Our museum should become one of the major touristattractions in Central Wisconsin and its educational role for schools through-out the area will become even more significant.”

It took Marks about one and one-half years to build the exhibits with theassistance of students. After researching the habitats of the two settings, hespent about 100 hours each painting two 50-foot long landscapes for back-drops behind the recently donated taxidermy specimens showcased in the dis-plays. Marks used lighting as well as color to depict the dry season. He alsohas done all the carpentry in the museum.

In consultation with Bob Freckmann, professor of biology, Marks collect-ed brush and grasses in Portage County and altered them to visually resemblenative African plants. He created boulders from molds he made at the CountyConcrete quarry east of Stevens Point and tinted local soil to reflect theAfrican dry season habitat. The river scene contains soil from the OkrayFamily Farms.

Major contributors to the new exhibits are Mike Okray, Woody andZachary Bishop and Helen Godfrey.

There is never any fee to tour the UWSP Natural History Museum. Hoursare Monday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday 1 to 4 p.m.

Natural History Museumopens African exhibits

Mike Okray donated a Cape buffalo for the UWSP museum’s new Africansavanna display.

When Corey Jaskolski was a teenager in theearly 90s, he neglected to attend classes at his localhigh school. Noticing he was absent more than hewas present, school administrators sent him to betested at a nearby technical college. He effortlesslypassed the test to receive a General EquivalencyDiploma.

Anticipating his future livelihood, Jaskolskidecided to take a job as a roofer. His foray intoconstruction was short-lived, however. One winterworkday, buffeted by frigid winds on top of a build-ing, he knew he had to escape that freezing cold.College began to look more and more attractive.

Today the high school dropout is a senior physicsand mathematics major at UWSP. He recently was recognized as the topstudent researcher at an international meeting of the Society of PhysicsStudents in Helsinki, Finland.

One of three students chosen to represent the United States at the Helsinkimeeting, Jaskolski discussed his research on ultrashort laser pulses, conductedwith Assistant Professor Greg Taft of the UWSP physics department. Hispaper describing the project was selected by the nearly 300 participants as thebest presentation out of more than 60 at the conference.

Jaskolski, who confesses to a longtime interest in science and computers,began his university career in 1995 at UW - Marshfield / Wood County wherehe served as president of the Mathematics Club. During his junior and senioryears at UWSP, he has served as vice president and president of the Societyof Physics Students, as a physics tutor and grader and as a research assistantin the Femtosecond Laser Lab.

At UWSP he has received numerous scholarships, including the Society ofPhysics Student Leadership Scholarship, the Monica Bainter Scholarship andthe University Leadership Award. In addition, he volunteers as a member ofthe American Red Cross Disaster Action Team.

Jaskolski has presented his work at several venues including MarquetteUniversity, Argonne National Laboratories and UW-La Crosse. Following hisgraduation in May, he plans to pursue a Ph.D. in physics or aerospace systems engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology or theUniversity of Colorado.

Jianwei Wang, associate professor of politicalscience, has been awarded a $75,000 Research andWriting Grant from the John D. and Catherine T.MacArthur Foundation.

Wang is the only professor in Wisconsin toreceive a MacArthur grant in this category this year.In addition, he is the first UWSP political scienceprofessor ever to receive such a grant.

Wang's grant was one of 33 selected fromthroughout the world. Other awards went to profes-sors at Cornell, Princeton, Brown, the London Schoolof Economics, Vanderbilt and other prestigious insti-tutions of higher education.

His research project is on “U.S.-China Relationsin the post-Cold War era: 1989-1999.” He will inves-

tigate the sources underlying the instability in the U.S.-China relationshipover the past 10 years. The grant will pay for Wang’s salary and researchcosts while he is on leave beginning next fall. He plans to take two or threeresearch trips to Washington, D.C., China and elsewhere in anticipation ofproducing a monograph on his studies.

Wang is a native of China, as well as a former senior fellow with theAtlantic Council of the United States. His book, Limited Adversaries, Post-Cold War U.S.-China Mutual Images is being published by Oxford UniversityPress. As an expert on Sino-American relations, Wang has frequently beenconsulted and interviewed by media both in the U.S. and abroad.

The newly remodeled UWSPplanetarium has been dedicated tothe late Allen Blocher, longtime pro-fessor of physics and astronomy.

Blocher, who came to UWSP in1958, died in 1989. He was instru-mental in organizing the planetariumand planning the original ScienceBuilding which was completed in1963. The first director of the plane-tarium, Blocher served in that capaci-ty for 13 years.

“Allen Blocher truly enjoyedteaching and working with students,”according to wording on the plaqueinstalled at the planetarium. “Tohim, learning and teaching wenthand-in-hand, and being a facultymember was not just an occupation,but a true vocation. He dedicated hislife to the university community.”

When the Science Building wasremodeled and expanded in 1973,Blocher helped design the observato-ry and telescope observation platformatop the new addition. Soon aftercompletion, public viewing ofStevens Point’s night skies wasadded to the planetarium schedule.

This year the planetarium was re-modeled to accommodate a new pro-jector which creates an image of thenight sky on the ceiling dome. Theprevious instrument had been inplace since the building was firstconstructed.

The new computer controlledprojector is only the second of itstype to be installed worldwide. It isstate-of-the-art equipment, accordingto Randy Olson, current director ofthe planetarium.

UWSP is only one of five univer-sities in the state to provide publicpresentations about astronomy. “Forthe astronomy students who run thepresentations, the planetarium pro-vides invaluable direct experience inexplaining issues and current eventsinvolving astronomy to the publicand young students,” Olson says.

Some of the planetarium’s publicshows are accompanied by profes-sionally taped narration. The com-puter can be programmed to cue theprojector and work together with thetape. In addition, the same programcan be manipulated from the consoleso that it can be adapted for the agelevel of students who come to theplanetarium on school field trips. Allshows for area students are done aslive presentations.

Currently showing at the plane-tarium is a program entitled “TheVoyager Encounters,” which followsthe Voyager space probe’s trek pastJupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.A show entitled “Clouds of Fire: theCreation of the Stars” will beginApril 2. There is no admissioncharge for the presentations. In addi-tion, the “Night Sky” program andobservatory visit is presented onMondays at 8 p.m. For further infor-mation, call (715) 346-2208.

The planetarium is located on thesecond floor of the Science Buildingon the corner of Reserve Street andFourth Avenue near parking in Lot Xat Stanley and Fremont Streets.

Seven faculty members of theCollege of Letters and Science wererecognized for outstanding teaching,scholarship and service.

Recipients include:

Excellence in Teaching: E. Sherwood Bishop, professor, hasreceived the award previously andhas been nominated for Teacher ofthe Year. He has served as coordina-tor of the University Honors Programand coordinator of Social Work FieldPlacement. He also is the author of several social workplacement manuals. Dennis Elsenrath, professor of psychology, has conduct-ed dozens of wellness presentations and workshops na-tionally and internationally. He is co-founder of theNational Wellness Institute and was president of theOrganization of Wellness Networks. He was UWSP’snominee for the 1995 University of Wisconsin Regent’sSystemwide Teaching Excellence Award.Marcia Parker, associate professor of French, hasserved as a member and chair of the International AffairsCommittee. Among positions she held before coming toUWSP, she worked as a translator for MagnaPublications, Madison. John Vollrath, retired professor of philosophy, wroteScience and Moral Values, a textbook that deals with themoral and ethical issues encountered by people in the sci-ences. He was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and WoodrowWilson Dissertation Fellow. Chris Sadler, associate professor of communication ofthe College of Fine Arts andCommunication, was also recognizedfor excellence in teaching.

Excellence in Scholarship: Hamid Hekmat, professor of psy-chology, has published widely inmajor journals and has made numer-ous presentations at national confer-ences. He received the Chancellor’sMerit Award in 1981. His work withinternationally renowned doctorsArthur and Peter Staats resulted in de-velopment of a new pain theory, recently published in theAmerican Pain Society journal: Pain Forum. James Stokes, professor of English, wrote a two-volumebook on the dramatic records of Somerset, England. Hehas published articles in professional journals in the U.S.,Canada, England and the Netherlands. He also writespoetry and fiction. He is the only UWSP faculty memberto receive a Guggenheim Foundation Grant, and the onlyperson in the UW System to be invited four times to be aUW System fellow at UW-Madison’s Institute forResearch in the Humanities.

Excellence in Service: Vi rgil Thiesfeld, retired professor of biology, served as chair of theDepartment of Biology for 27 years. He also served as the faculty athleticrepresentative for over 20 years and was a gymnastics coach. He was in-volved in planning the CNR building and the building’s addition. He has alsoreceived the Tri-Beta Outstanding Teacher Award, the Pucci Family FacultyAward and the Athletics Director’s Award for Service and Involvement.

College of Letters and S

cience

UWSP faculty citedfor excellence

Jianwei Wang

Corey Jaskolski

Student speaks atinternational meeting

Wang receives eliteMacArthur grant

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Planetarium named for Allen Blocher

Allen Blocher

Hamid Hekmat James Stokes

E. SherwoodBishop

Virgil Thiesfeld

John Vollrath

Marcia Parker

Dennis Elsenrath

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The UWSP student chapter of the Society of American Foresters wasnamed one of the top three chapters in the nation.

The club’s application for the award highlighted the chapter’s communityservice and promotion of professional education. The 40-plus member organ-ization is advised by John E. Houghton, associate professor of forestry.

One of the chapter’s recent projects was establishing itself as a sponsor inthe Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Adopt-A-Highway program.The club adopted a one-mile segment of Highway 10 west of Stevens Point,providing clean-up services twice a year along the road.

Ongoing events included the annual pulp cut where students practice han-dling power saws and other equipment safely and accurately while cuttingdown trees and hauling them to sawmills. The cut brings a substantialamount of revenue to the chapter.

Last spring student foresters planted more than 3,800 trees for landown-ers. The members also help prune tree plantations and tour facilities such aspaper mills and forest production laboratories. They regularly meet withforesters, paper company employees, educators, environmentalists and others.

The chapter is perennially recognized among the nation’s best. In addi-tion, Houghton was named the best forestry educator in the country in 1995.

Forestry chapter named among nation’s best The student chapter of the American Water Resources Association

(AWRA) was named the outstanding student chapter in the nation for 1999.The 40-plus member organization and its officers were recognized at the

AWRA annual conference in Seattle last December. Earl Spangenberg, pro-fessor of forestry and water science, is the group’s adviser.

The chapter has been regularly recognized among the nation’s best,earning the award six times since it was initiated. In a letter announcing theaward, AWRA national President John Warwick cited the group for innova-tions in its programs.

The chapter’s primary purpose is to develop the knowledge and involve-ment of students interested in pursuing careers in water resources. The groupalso is committed to the preservation and enhancement of the nation’s waterquality through education, responsible management and the continuingefforts of its members.

Recent activity has been to undertake a two-year study of water chemistry and quality in four regional drainage ditches in the Buena Vistadistrict in Central Wisconsin. Other club activities included litter pick-upsalong the chapter’s “Adopt-A-Highway” section of Interstate 39, communitytours, a raffle, guest speakers, outreach seminars to local grade schools, participation in College Days for Kids at UWSP and attendance at state andnational conferences.

AWRA chapter declared tops again

College of N

atural Resources

Ten thousand women each year participate in outdoor skills workshopssponsored by Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW), a program based at theUWSP College of Natural Resources.

BOW provides an opportunity to learn firearm use and safety, fly fishing,camping, bow hunting, canoeing, map and compass, and other activities. Theprogram has grown to include instructors from fish and game agencies in 44states and nine Canadian provinces.

BOW was founded by Christine Thomas, interim associate dean of theCNR, to provide education for women to participate in hunting, fishing andnonharvest outdoor activities.

However, the number of minority women involved in the program is ex-tremely low, according to Mike Schnell, a graduate assistant for InternationalBecoming An Outdoors-Woman. The program’s organizers are concernedabout this and have set out to find the reason.

Schnell’s research showed that the program attracts fewer than 10 percentminority participants and only 15 percent are women from low-income house-holds. He also tried to determine how to better reach the underserved groups.

In October BOW offered a two-day conference attended by natural re-source agency personnel, sports and conservation club members and “targetaudience” women. Workshops in Wisconsin, Missouri and Texas will be usedto gauge new strategies developed at the conference.

Schnell will do follow up surveys of the pilot workshops and summarizethe successful strategies for increasing participation of minority women in theprogram.

For more information on BOW programs, call (715) 228-2070; writeBOW-College of Natural Resources, UWSP, Stevens Point, WI 54481; or visitthe BOW Web site (www.uwsp.edu/bow).

Where are all the outdoors women?

Forestry and water groups receive awards

Photo courtesy international B

OW

Among opportunities offered in the Becoming an Outdoors Woman programsis learning basic fishing skills.

Steve Menzel, ’78, has beennamed public relations and develop-ment coordinator for the College ofNatural Resources.

“I thoroughly enjoy my work hereand being on campus. It’s exciting tobe around people who are involved inlearning. My wife, Wendy, and Ienjoy everything about campus, fromfine arts events to Pointer sports,”Menzel says.

His new responsibilities includecoordinating CNR communicationactivities, managing the college’sWeb site, editing the CNR newsletter,writing press releases and workingwith media representatives. Anotherpart of the job is handling fundraising for the college. Menzel is de-veloping relationships with donorsand working on projects aimed atspecific financial needs within thecollege.

“One of the areas we are workingon is continuing the funding of BobGovett’s position as distinguishedprofessor in forestry,” Menzel said.“We hope to raise $40,000 over twoyears.”

Menzel recently sent out amailing regarding this fund drive toprofessionals in the wood productsindustry and reports that he is alreadyseeing success with the project.

He is assisting in planning a long-range initiative to expand the influ-ence of the CNR. This 10-year planwill see definite growth in thecollege, taking it to a global audi-ence.

“I have had the pleasure andbenefit of working with John Ross,

who is notonly anexpert infund raising,but a conser-vation gradu-ate from ourcampus,”Menzel says.Ross, a 1958graduate, re-cently retiredas develop-ment director

of the Indiana University Foundation.He now conducts seminars around

the country for “Philanthropy andAmericans Outdoors.”

“It’s exciting to look at the futureof the college,” Menzel notes.

Before coming to UWSP, Menzelwas the public relations coordinatorfor Saint Michael's Hospital inStevens Point. He also was an adver-tising sales account representative forthe Stevens Point Journal from 1978to 1993. He was the top displayadvertising salesperson for theJournal for a number of years and re-ceived the WNAEA Award for out-standing advertisement for ModernInteriors, Inc.

While a student at UWSP, he re-ceived the Dreyfus Award forCommunity Service in 1977 and wasnamed Pointer basketball’s mostvaluable player in 1978 under CoachDick Bennett.

Menzel is active in communityprojects, served as president of theOptimist Club and works for theUnited Way of Portage County. Hehas served on the Community ParksImprovement Committee, the PortageCounty Cultural DiversityCommittee, the Family ResourceCenter Board and the Portage CountyHumane Society Board.

Menzel named fund-raiser for College

Steve Menzel

A sense of wonder about theworld helped Joe Passineau write anaward-winning book that teachesparents and children to care for theearth.

The book, Teaching Kids to Lovethe Earth: Sharing a Sense ofWonder, co-written by Passineau,Marina Lachecki Herman, Ann L.Schimpf and Paul Treuer, is nowbeing published in Japanese andSpanish. It was translated intoPortuguese for the 1992 EarthSummit in Brazil. Passineau, associ-ate professor of environmental edu-cation, is former director of UWSP’sCentral Wisconsin EnvironmentalStation (CWES).

Passineau recently traveled toJapan and Latin America as part of asabbatical to develop internationaleditions and environmental educa-tion projects based on the book. He

also worked with conservation orga-nizations in Japan. He will incorpo-rate investigation of Japanese natural

resource issues into his courses atUWSP.

“The book started out to sharethe sense of wonder but ended upbeing a passionate plea for people ofall ages to care for the earth,”Passineau said.

First published in 1991 byPfeiffer-Hamilton of Duluth, Minn.,the book won the Benjamin FranklinAward for the best book in the par-enting and child care category, andalso won the Best EnvironmentalBook Award from the Midwest BookSellers Association.

Passineau has conducted work-shops at international schools inSwitzerland and at the AlpineInternational EnvironmentalEducation Center. “Teaching Kidsto Love the Earth” workshops alsohave been conducted at many nation-al conferences.

Book spreads concern for the earth

Joe Passineau

Alumni wouldn’t recognize classrooms in the College of ProfessionalStudies as the college continues to honor its five-year commitment to “focuson teaching.” One of the most important steps in the process has been the im-provement of classrooms.

Since beginning a project to upgrade every teaching space in the college,Dean Joan North says she, as well as the faculty and students, have learnedhow much the teaching environment matters. In fact, other colleges at UWSPare now beginning efforts to upgrade classroom spaces to include distancelearning capabilities.

“We have had such positive response from faculty and students we knowour investment has paid off. We even get requests for information about ourefforts from other universities,” North said.

She recently shared her college’s experiences as part of a national paneldiscussion entitled “Renovating and Designing Classrooms for New LearningParadigms: Lessons from the Field,” at the Conference of the Professional andOrganizational Development Network in Higher Education.

North says that she came to realize there was a gap between saying thecollege supported excellence in teaching and taking action to support thatgoal. So she decided to involve all college faculty and staff members in iden-tifying needs.

There was a consensus thatclassrooms needed improvement.Not only did they look outdated,they were not suited to new teaching approaches.

Using its own funds, augmentedby UW System funds forInstructional Technology andClassroom Modernization, thecollege has definitely changed itslook. Throughout the college roomsreceived carpeting, white boards andimproved lighting and were wiredwith computer outlets and Internetconnections. In addition, manyrooms got new furniture.Eventually most will have teachingconsoles equipped with a “videopresenter” and a VCR.

One of the most noticeablechanges was a fresh coat of paint onevery wall, even in the stairwells.Rooms were designed by interior ar-

chitecture students with faculty input.“We used a variety of paint treatments to give each room a different look,”

North said. “When the area is visually satisfying, it is soothing, and thatbrings about better learning.”

“All of these changes are a move toward using the latest technology andcreating comfortable classrooms for our students,” North said.

Other outcomes of the college’s commitment to teaching is creation of“Teaching Partners,” which pairs faculty or staff across departments. Tenpairs from the college participate in a yearlong reflection about teaching, aug-mented with student feedback and joint peer review.

But faculty and staff members are not the only ones affected by the programs.

“Students have expressed appreciation, and even wonder, that teachingpartners ask them what facilitates their learning,” North says. “Students alsoreport delight with the renewed classrooms, saying that they feel valued byhaving new places in which to study and learn.”

Deborah Anstett, ’74,has been named directorof development for theCollege of ProfessionalStudies.

Anstett will developplans for fund raising inthe college where sheearned her bachelor’sdegree. Besides herdegree in communicativedisorders, she has amaster’s degree fromUW-Madison.

“My first love is edu-cation,” she said. “I’mexcited about what UWSPdoes to enhance and enrich our liveshere in Central Wisconsin.”

For example teachers are trainedin the School of Education and theCommunicative Disorders Clinic pro-vides needed services to the commu-nity and help for people with disabil-ities, she said.

“Our UWSP athletes serve as rolemodels and mentors for our youngpeople, and our student volunteersare seen in all the schools and manyof our community service organiza-

tions and businesses,”she noted.

For 10 years beforecoming to UWSP,Anstett was a self-em-ployed financial plannerwith American ExpressFinancial Advisors inStevens Point. From1985 to 1989, she wasdirector of UWSP’sEducational SupportProgram, a federallyfunded program provid-ing tutoring and studyskills to disadvantaged

youth. She worked inadult education at Mid-StateTechnical College and UW-Extension. In addition, she workedas a speech therapist in theWatertown school district.

Anstett serves as president of theBoard of Directors for the CentralWisconsin Symphony Orchestra.She also is a founding member of theWomen’s Fund of Portage County, agroup dedicated to philanthropy byand for women.

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College of P

rofessional Studies Deb Anstett

Anstett named to new post

“When my daughter was setting her wedding date, I told her, ‘You can'thave it on the weekend of my class. Sorry, that's just too important.’”

The parent making this statement about the value of his classes was one of50 veteran teachers from Westfield, Montello, Adams-Friendship andMarkesan who are enrolled in a new master’s degree program, the LearningCommunity, offered by UWSP’s School of Education and UW Extension.

All 50 of the participating kindergarten through high school teachers willgraduate together in May.

“This is not a traditional master’s degree program in which students attendclasses and write a thesis,” said Sue Slick, assistant professor of education anda facilitator of the Learning Community. She has been joined in leading theproject by LeeAnn Chase, principal of Amherst Elementary School.

The intensive two-year degree program calls for once-monthly meetingsthat run all day Saturday and Sunday. Plus, the teachers do additional hoursof work throughout the month.

“Rather than completing a thesis, these teachers will showcase projectsand professional portfolios in April at Westfield High School, the site of theprogram,” Slick said.

Classes have been held in Westfield so that none of the students drivemore than half an hour to attend classes. The facilitators came from UWSPand other institutions. Having classes delivered close to home is significantbecause many of the teachers wouldn’t have been able to participate other-wise.

“These teachers have been challenged, but they have been extremelyexcited about this approach,” Slick said. “They bring back to their school dis-tricts strong ideas for renewal, improvement and change.”

“What I learn during the weekends in this program I can use every weekand use it immediately,” said George McCartney, a participant and teacher atWestfield High School.

During the first year, small groups established values, developed individ-ual and group goals and agreed on professional teaching standards.

“They have become like a family,” said Clark Buchanan, a teacher atMarkesan High School. “Our group is a sounding board for us all. When youtalk to someone from another school who’s having the same experiences, ithelps you know you’re not alone.”

The second year of study has been devoted to the capstone projects thatthe teachers work on as individuals or as teams. The projects are based on in-sights gained through action research, a method where teachers define aproblem, decide on a solution and put the solution into action. They thenstudy changes in the classroom to see if the new strategies are working. Inthis way, they can continue to improve themselves and their classroom orschool.

During a recent presentation of work the group has done so far, UWSPProvost and Vice Chancellor Bill Meyer was impressed with the effectivenessof the Learning Community.

“What strikes me is the level of enthusiasm these people have for theprogram,” Meyer said. “While the teachers I talked to were quick to point outthis vehicle for earning a graduate degree may not be for everyone, they wereconvinced that it was right for them. Many of them noted that the conversa-tion in the teachers’ lounge has taken on a new flavor—they now talk moreabout what they can do to improve students' learning.”

Meyer said an important benefit for the teachers participating in theprogram is that they can reinforce each other’s efforts.

“With renewed enthusiasm for teaching and student learning permeatingtheir schools, these teachers are convinced that they will continue to experi-ence significant professional growth long after they finish their degreeprogram,” Meyer noted.

The program was recognized for excellence recently by Region IV of theUniversity Continuing Education Association, which includes representativesfrom eight Midwestern states.

Fifty teachers learn together

Classrooms in CPS have new video pre-senters. A camera that projects imagesonto the wall can zoom in on objectsplaced on the bed of the presenter. By switching the lighting, itcan also be used to project a traditionaltransparency or slide.

CPS upgrades classrooms

Although you can’t see it from the outside, there are many changes on theinside of the College of Professional Studies.

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College of F

ine Arts and C

omm

unication

Here are some trivia stumpers from UWSP,home of the world’s largest trivia contest.

Who played William, the cook of the WorldBelow, on the television series “Beauty and the

Beast?” Can’t remember the name? Maybe youknow who played Carl, the lovestruck cameraman on the situation comedy“Murphy Brown?” If you got that one, then surely you know who played thecaptain of the ship in the film “Cabin Boy” starring Chris Elliot.

The answer to all of the questions is Ritch Brinkley—a face many haveseen, but a name only a few will recall easily. It’s the same actor who’s beenthe visiting artist at UWSP this year. He’s sharing his lifetime of show busi-ness experience with UWSP theatre students.

“I’m not one of the most well known character actors,” Brinkley admitted.“But I’m in the top five percent of wage earners among members of theScreen Actors Guild.” His recognition factor illustrates one of the points hehas to make about success in Hollywood. He has worked in front of thecamera fairly steadily over many years, but without accolades. He also hasdone more than 50 commercials--the first was for Schlitz beer. More recently,he was Santa on a Kinko’s commercial that aired during a number of footballgames.

“We are delighted with his being here,” says Arthur Hopper, chair of theDepartment of Theatre and Dance. “It is a special opportunity for the stu-dents to be exposed to a man of his professional background. They are re-sponding well to him.”

Brinkley has been haunted by a desire to pass on the information that hehas learned during 30 years in every phase of show business. When hebecame vested for retirement in the Screen Actors Guild, he felt secureenough to take the risk of trying something completely different. But hisdesire to teach didn’t mean he knew what he was getting into.

Before he stepped into the classroom, he was terrified with nightmaresabout teaching. After a few days of working with students, however, he dis-covered he had a knack for it and is considering other opportunities in highereducation.

“I’m really enjoying both classes I'm taking with Ritch,” said BetsySkowbo, a senior theatre major from Port Washington. “Not only does heshare experiences from his career, which give us invaluable insights into thereal ‘business’ of acting, but he also takes each one of his students’ needs intoconsideration and challenges us to push the limits of our skills and creativity.”

“A two-part exam on film jargon that we took in the camera acting classwas extremely helpful,” Skowbo said. “I believe that the information welearned will give us an inside edge. It’s so important to be able to intelligent-ly discuss your profession.”

Brinkley enjoys the students at UWSP, using adjectives like “smart,”“open” and “straightforward” to describe them.

“I have no doubt that some of these students will make it in show busi-ness,” Brinkley said. “There are plenty of them with enough talent. But themain drawback to success is the nasty atmosphere in Hollywood compared tothe wonderful environment of Stevens Point.”

A series of books for kindergartenthrough eighth grade music classesby a UWSP professor are having animpact on teachers in CentralWisconsin and nationwide.

Judy Bond, assistant professor ofmusic and coordinator of music edu-cation, is one of the coordinatingauthors for the 2000 edition of Sharethe Music.

Share the Music meets nationalstandards of music education withthe inclusion of movement, class-room instruments and singing. Manyof the music activities are based onthe Orff Schulwerk (schoolwork) ap-proach named for its originator,German composer Carl Orff.

Wisconsin Rapids music teachersuse the books in kindergarten throughsecond grade with plans to purchasemore books as the budget allows.

Karen Bures, ’77, teaches musicat Grove, Pitsch and Howe schools inWisconsin Rapids. Grove is a multi-level school, with two grades inevery classroom.

“The series is wonderful for ourmultilevel learners,” Bures said. “Italk with the teachers at Grove aboutthe thematic emphasis they are using.The textbook series helps promoteour themes with singing, listeningand performance.”

“The number of ideas in thebooks is overwhelming but it’s won-derful,” Bures said. “The examplesspark ideas and give me so many

avenues for teaching.” Also in Wisconsin Rapids,

Rebecca Bohne, master’s ’92, whoteaches music at Woodside and Grantelementary schools, is an advocatefor Share the Music.

Incorporating the Orff approach,along with the textbook series “hasturned my teaching around 180degrees,” Bohne said.

Since she started using the newcurriculum, pencil and paper exercis-

es have been replaced with listeningto the beat and moving to the music.

“It has invigorated me and givenme a new enthusiasm for teaching,”Bohne said. “The kids are enthusias-tic about music. It’s never boring.”

Bohne often uses alternativeteaching strategies that are outlinedin the lessons in order to reach thespecial needs students who are main-streamed in her classes.

“It’s another way of getting at

what you’re trying to teach and rein-forces the skills for all the students,”Bohne said.

Stevens Point was one of the firstdistricts to adopt the series for allmusic classes from kindergartenthrough sixth grade.

“We were impressed with the phi-losophy of the series,” says AndreaNeuhauser, master’s ’86, a musicteacher at Plover/Whiting ElementarySchool. “It has well thought outlesson plans and excellent audiomusic to augment the lessons.”

Among Bond’s contributions tothe new edition were writing portionsof the teacher’s manuals for fifth andsixth grade and contributing songideas for all grade levels. She alsofound Hmong music for the series.Vilay Her, who teaches English as asecond language in Wausau, con-tributed three songs for the seriesafter working with Bond in universityclasses.

“The books use music from awide variety of ethnic groups andshow respect for other cultures,”Bond said. “Students are introducedto a wide variety of musical tradi-tions and they learn about differentcultures through the music theyperform.”

Many area music teachers andgeneral elementary education teach-ers attend Bond’s summer workshopsat UWSP, where she introduces thecurriculum to her students.

“Trivia Y2K, the Bug Strikes”will be the theme for the world’slargest trivia contest held April 14 to16 at UWSP, according to Jim “Oz”Oliva, trivia coordinatorand owner of Mom’sComputers, Stevens Point.

Oliva announced thetheme in December duringthe recent WWSP 90 FMRadiothon, the station’smain fund-raising event.

The fourth annualRadiothon featured an on-air auction and collectedpledges of more than $3,700. Themoney will support the station’s pro-gramming needs.

“This is the best fund-raisingevent we’ve ever had,” according toJohn Gardner, 90 FM promotions di-rector, a senior communication majorfrom Wisconsin Rapids.

The next big event for the stationwill be the trivia contest in April.

During the contest, eight

questions are asked each hour overthe 90 FM airwaves. Participatingteams must respond within the timeit takes to play two songs. All teams

that answer correctly aregiven an equal share ofpoints. In addition, there

are “running questions” in-volving locations in Stevens

Point and three musicquestions with song snip-

pets played on the air.Teams receive a copy ofthe booklet, “The New

Trivia Times,” with furtherdetails and contest rules. Tocompete, teams should contact pro-motions director Gardner at (715)346-3755 (press 6 for his voicemail).

Trophies are donated by MillerBeer and Premium Brands distribu-tors and Point Trophy. Major spon-sors also include Bank One, Pepsi-Cola, Copp's Foods and TargetStores.

Author has impact on area students

Young is professor of year

Trivia 2000 announced Studentsbenefit fromveteran actor’swisdom

Karen Bures, ’77, a music teacher in Wisconsin Rapids, uses “Share theMusic,” a series of books written by UWSP’s Judy Bond to teach multilevellearners at Grove School.

Charles Young, associate professor of music,was named the 1999-2000 Wisconsin Professor ofthe Year by the Carnegie Foundation for theAdvancement of Teaching and the Council forAdvancement and Support of Education.

Professors from across the nation were recog-nized for their extraordinary dedication, commit-ment to students and innovative teaching.

“Professor Young is an innovator in technologyfor teaching, and we are tremendously pleased tosee this kind of recognition for his outstanding accomplishments in higher education,” saidChancellor Tom George.

A composer and saxophonist, Young recentlyreceived his fifth consecutive award from theAmerican Society of Composers, Authors andPublishers (ASCAP). He was chosen as aWisconsin Teaching Fellow in 1997’s by UW System and last summer he wassponsored by the National Park Service as the first composer-in-residence forPictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

Young’s original works have been performed and recorded by a variety ofmusical groups. He has appeared in Magdeburg, Germany, with the DetroitSymphony Orchestra and served as an assisting musician for Milt Jackson,Maureen McGovern, Lou Rawls and others.

Young recently won first prize in the National Band Association MerrillJones Composer’s Competition with “Legends of the Northern Wind.”

Charles Young

Ritch Brinkley

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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point • Pointer Alumnus

Changing Lives

Born in Stevens Point and raised in the Hayward area, Michael Dombeck,’71, master’s ’74, has gone from renowned fishing guide to the nation’s topforester. As chief of the U.S. Forest Service since 1977, he oversees a staff ofthousands that manage 192 million acres of land in our nation’s 155 nationalforests.

“From my vantage point I am able to meet Point graduates here inWashington and across the country,” Dombeck said. He believes that UWSPgraduates represent a tremendous work ethic with roots embedded inWisconsin.

“The university gave me a tremendous educational foundation and myadvice for today’s and tomorrow’s students is to get a balanced education witha strong emphasis on communicationskills. Only with strong communica-tion skills can natural resource profes-sionals facilitate a science-based stew-ardship for our natural heritage.”

According to Dombeck, he hasalways had an intense interest in theoutdoors. As a student at the universi-ty, he first got interested in biology andnatural resource issues in ProfessorGeorge Becker’s introductory zoologycourse. “More than any other influ-ence at UWSP, Dr. Becker was singu-larly responsible in shaping my careerinterests. He had a knack for motivat-ing students,” Dombeck said.

He received a solid foundation inboth the biological sciences and naturalresources at UWSP. As a teaching as-sistant in zoology, he had an opportuni-ty to interact with students in a class-room setting. In addition, his early ex-

posure to teaching gave him the confidence later in life to meet and work witha wide range of people and opinions.

The window in Dombeck’s Washington, D.C. office in gives him a viewinto our country’s heritage, including the White House and the JeffersonMemorial. While his job in Washington “is a lot of fun,” he admits that hisfirst year as chief was a real challenge. He said the key was to find how tobest balance the many competing interests found within the national forests.

“Many people are coming to the realization that our national forests aregood for more than just timber production,” Dombeck said. “Clean water,open space, recreational opportunities and wildlife habitat are just some of thevalues that current and future foresters will need to balance.”

One area of mild frustration is inthe political arena. “Sometimes forestissues can be taken over by politicalextremes, rather than letting scienceand what’s good for the nation as awhole lead the debate,” Dombeckclaims. “My hope is that more andmore people, not just the political ex-tremes or those in the industry, becomemore engaged and directly involved onnational forest issues.”

While Dombeck makes a few tripseach year back home to Wisconsin, hestill misses time spent in the woodsand with friends and family. Last yearhe had the honor of escorting thenation’s Christmas tree from Wisconsinto Washington, D.C. In addition, lastApril he joined UWSP colleagues andinvited guests to celebrate the 50th an-niversary of Aldo Leopold’s seminalwork, Sand County Almanac.

Some people are called to befarmers, and they love what they do.Some people are called to the reli-gious life, and they love what theydo. Theresa Wanta, ’82, learnedfrom her childhood experiences andfrom her religious life that she wasreally called to be an artist, and nowshe loves what she does. Onceknown as Sister Mary Joyce of theSisters of St. Joseph, Wanta hasbecome a successful studio artist.

Her still lifes, portraits, floralsand landscapes are displayed inseveral states in the U.S., London,Kuala Lumpur and Germany.

Wanta grew up on a farm nearWausau. “I started working in thepotato fields in first grade,” she said.

As a child,she entered andwon everyposter contestthat camealong, but shedidn’t take artclasses untilmore than 20years later atUWSP.Neither herteachers norher parents

considered art a sensible career.In eighth grade, young Terry saw

a brochure about nuns, and noted thatart was among the callings available.

The convent seemed an attractiveoption, so she began life as a nun in1956 at age 14, living at the Sistersof St. Joseph convent in StevensPoint and attending Maria HighSchool. She studied for a year at aconvent in South Bend, Ind. Conventlife in those days was very strict.

She was told by the order that shewas needed as a teacher. Althoughshe wanted to be an artist, she reluc-tantly put aside her dreams.

“There was no fine art at all inthe convent, but I didn’t want to goback to the farm,” she said.

She took the necessary classesthrough St. Norbert College, De Pere,and became Sister Mary Joyce.

She was sent to teach elementaryschool in Stanley. Because she was

still under temporaryvows, she wasn’tallowed to leave thebuilding like theolder nuns . Shewas forbidden toread popular litera-ture, so she spentmany of her lunchhours reading thedictionary. But sheadjusted to thedemands of her lifeand dedicatedherself to the min-istry of teaching.

Sister Mary Joycetook her final vowsand continued towork toward a bache-lor’s degree atMarquette University while teachingin Milwaukee. She also studied at St.Norbert College during the summer.It took her eight years, but she gradu-ated with honors in 1968.

She taught at several schools,served as principal at an elementaryschool and was religious director fora 600-student school in Green Bay.

In the late 1960s, she was able toturn her energy to helping needy chil-dren in Houma, La. She becameknown as Sister Terry when shevisited the homes of needypreschoolers to teach them the skillsthey would need to succeed whenthey reached first grade.

She also worked at MacDonnell’sChildren’s Home in Houma, as a supervisor in an emergency care unitfor abused children. She cared forthe children until they could beplaced in foster homes. Sister Terryfound this work fulfilling but it wasnot her dream—she still wanted to bean artist and decided it was time toleave the order.

“I had grown all I could,” shesaid. “There was no more room forgrowth in the order.”

She came back to Stevens Point,and enrolled at the university.

“When I took art courses atUWSP, I knew this was it,” she said.“I was in heaven.”

She became Theresa Wanta again

and was given $500 as a gift from thereligious order for her 22 years ofservice.

She took on three part-time jobsand a number of student loans to payher tuition and expenses while at-tending UWSP full time for a bache-lor’s degree in art.

She credits her campus jobs withteaching her public relations skills.In a job with a national NativeAmerican training and counselingprogram, she worked on a video. “Ilearned that people want to knowwhen you have something to offer,”she said.

As soon as she graduated, the lateJohn Anderson, then director ofNews Services, hired her full time asa graphic designer. She creditsAnderson and co-worker MarilynThompson with showing her the toolsof good marketing.

A few years later, she landed “thebest job I ever had,” she said. Agraphic designer for an insurancecompany in Minneapolis, she madegood money and bought nice clothesfor the first time in her life. She wonawards, including first place in aUnited Way Campaign competition.

Computers had not yet becomestandard in graphic design, and sheworked constantly with an Exactoknife and did burnishing by hand.She developed repetitive strain injury,

to the point of being unable to useher hands for anything. “That was awallop,” she said.

She made the setback into an op-portunity, and when her handshealed, she began her study for amaster’s degree at the New YorkSchool of Figurative Art.

She returned to Minneapolis andtook stock of the obstacles she hadovercome. If she could be successfulat all the jobs she took out of neces-sity, “Surely I could be successful atwhat I love,” she said.

She began selling her paintings inthe Twin Cities. Winning several na-tional competitions boosted her localreputation and she began exhibitingher paintings nationwide. Last yearshe was juried into “Dialogues withVisual Tradition at the New YorkAcademy of Art.” Currently she canbe seen at The Art Collector’sGallery, Solana Beach, Calif.; SusanStreet Gallery, San Diego, Calif.; andFoxworthy’s in Sanibel Island, Fla.

With recent sales in London,Germany and Malaysia, she has nowbroken into the international market.

Wanta continues to live and workin St. Paul. To get on her mailing listor visit her studio, call her at (651)298-9636.

From fishing guide to forest chief

Her early love of painting endured

The Capitol Christmas tree cut from a national forest in northern Wisconsinwas a beautiful sight for CNR Professor Emeritus Bob Engelhard and AlumniRelations Director Emerita Karen Engelhard, ’59; Chief of the U.S. ForestService Mike Dombeck, ’71, master’s ’74; Pat (Ryder) Dombeck, ’75; andWisconsin State Senator Kevin Shibilski, ’87, when they met in Washington,D.C. in December.

Theresa Wanta

Theresa Wanta, ’82, once known as Sister Mary Joyce,now has artwork displayed in several states andabroad. The oil painting, “Three Pears and a Dish,“was juried into the Downly Museum of Art Exhibition inCalifornia.

At UWSP, changing lives is no accident. It is the result of a teaching and learning environment thatis like no other. That environment is fostered by a commitment of personal attention to students.

An oil painting, “The Violinist,” byTheresa Wanta was juried into ashow at the New York Acadmy of Art.

When Erin Davisson, ’82, was afreshman from Beloit, she wasn’tsure what she would choose as acareer. Now that she is co-anchor ofGreen Bay’s WFRV-TV Channel FiveEyewitness News at six and teno'clock, she looks back on hercollege days as pivotal.

Davisson was uncertain how herinterest in writing would translateinto the work world, but she believesthat UWSP faculty members helpedher set her goals.

“I credit my career in broadcastjournalism to the guidance I got fromteachers and classes at UWSP andthe experience of working at thecampus radio station,” she said.

“I'm proud to be a graduate ofUWSP. It was the perfect size toallow classes that permitted interac-tion with professors. I was able totake part in activities that offeredgreat training—like writing for thePointer and the Pointer Alumnus, andmost of all, working at the studentradio station as an announcer.”

She especially values the practicalexperience she got in running theradio station with other students.

“When I tell people what I wasable to do and learn at UWSP, it im-presses them. It's the kind of blendof classroom learning and practicalexperience that is the best kind of

training for anycareer.”

Davisson workedas a reporter atStevens Point’s radiostations, WSPT-FM/WXYQ-AM, wasanchor for the sixo'clock news atWSAW in Wausau,and was a reporter forWisconsin PublicRadio’s MorningEdition. In GreenBay, she worked firstat WBAY-TV and thenWFRV Channel Five.

“I finally foundwhat I was looking forat Channel Five as theFox Cities anchor,”she said.

Shortly after a pro-motion to ten o'clockanchor at WFRV, shebecame ill with a life threatening dis-order called Wilson's disease thatcauses the body to retain excessiveamounts of copper in the liver. InNovember of 1990, surgeons at theUniversity Hospital in Madison per-formed a lifesaving liver transplant.

Davisson went on the air with areport about her disorder and hertreatment, bringing viewers into the

operating room with her. The reportbroadcast the topic of organ donationinto the homes of thousands ofpeople throughout the Fox Cities.

“During my recuperation I re-ceived hundreds of get-well lettersfrom viewers in an outpouring ofsupport I'll never forget,” Davissonsaid. “Viewers helped keep myspirits up during those long monthsof recuperation.” She now talks with

groups about the importanceof organ donations.

Cured of Wilson'sdisease, Davisson is leftwith the task of managingthe medications and labtests required of a transplantrecipient.

“I thank God every daythat I've been given asecond chance at life,”Davisson says. “That expe-rience has given me anempathy for other peoplewho are going through life-threatening illnesses. Nomatter how bad things get inthe short term, I believe I'vebeen blessed.”

In November of 1994,Oprah Winfrey invited herto be on a show about TVanchors. “It was a thrill to

work with the best talk showhost in the business—and the

nicest. It was fun to meet and talkwith 15 other news people from allover the country."

She remembers her days inCentral Wisconsin fondly.“Everyone here at the station isaware of my alma mater. And Ithink, so are the viewers. I hope I'mrepresenting the school well.”

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Spring 2000

Davisson is proud to be a Pointer Changing Lives

This has been quite a year for Meas Vang, ’99, a native of Laos who re-cently graduated from UWSP. In addition to acquiring a new degree ingraphic design, he began a new marriage and a new career.

In August he married Johanna Wentzel of Wausaukee and began a job as agraphic designer at UWSP. Johanna will graduate from UWSP next summer.To top it off, they will have their first child in September.

Vang came to Central Wisconsin when his family emigrated from Laos viaThailand to Wausau in 1978. His legal status is as a refugee, since theLaotian government does not give passports to Hmong people.

“My mother told me that I was born in North Central Laos, but did notknow my actual birthday,” Meas says. His papers from the U.S. governmentlist his birth date as Dec. 5, 1974. Eventually his grandmother found theactual date, April 14, 1974, in a diary written by his father. So now he cele-brates both days.

At the end of the Vietnam War, his pregnant mother, Yee Vang, fled Laoswith Meas and his older sister. When Yee and her children crossed theMekong River, she was shot, and still bears a scar from the bullet wound.Their father, Cher, died before they left a refugee camp in Thailand.

The Vang family followed Yee’s brothers to the U.S. in 1978 and two yearslater Yee married Pang Tong Xiong. Their combined family numbers 12 chil-dren, aged nine to 26. Meas is 25.

“I feel like a mentor to my younger brothers and sisters,” Meas said. “Icame to college because I felt it was expected. I stayed because I love learn-ing. I came to UWSP because it was near my family, but UWSP has clearlymade a difference in many of my life choices.”

After finishing high school in Wausau, Meas served six years with theArmy National Guard. Although he didn’t consider art as a subject for seriousstudy when he entered UWSP, he took an art class just for fun. After com-pleting several art courses and having an encouraging talk with Gary Hagen,former chair and emeritus professor of art and design, Meas decided to makeit his major.

“Professor Hagen took time tohelp me and talk with me about myfuture,” Meas said. “After meetingwith him I could see graphic design asa rewarding career.”

Meanwhile in a freshman Englishclass, a soft spoken, attractive womanhappened to sit next to him. She in-troduced herself as Johanna Wentzel,and struck up a conversation.

Johanna was interested in learningabout Asia, and asked him where hewas from. He replied, “Wausau.”

So much for getting to know aboutAsian culture, she thought. But asthey got better acquainted, Meas wasdisappointed that Johanna seemed towant to keep the relationship as “justfriends.”

Johanna had chosen UWSP for itsaccredited dance program and musicaltheatre offerings. However, she soonchanged to a major in French and thenbecame interested in teaching Englishas a second language—in China.

The summer after her freshman

year, Johanna went on a six-week trip to China to study Chinese language.She then participated in a UWSP semester abroad to France where she pickedup 14 credits toward her French major and a desire to see more of the world.

When she returned from Europe, Meas and Johanna met again. They ex-changed phone numbers, and she waited for him to call. She was not sure ofhis reaction and he was hesitant to call because he didn’t know what to say.Finally she called him and he suggested they go for a walk. They walkedaround Stevens Point and on subsequent dates, spent long hours walkingaround Schmeeckle Reserve and talking. Soon they found that they weremore alike than different and the friendship grew into love.

When Johanna decided to return to China, she made Meas promise not tomake any reference to marriage until after she came back to the U.S. Thistime she spent a year teaching English at Huijia Private College in ChangPing, near Beijing.

It was a difficult year for Meas. The longer Johanna was away, the moreconvinced he became that they were meant to be together.

He traveled to Thailand to see Johanna during her spring break fromteaching and gave her a promise ring as a sort of pre-engagement. Theyended up talking about marriage despite the pledge, and Johanna admits sheknew when he asked her, she would say “yes.”

Being a traditionalist, Meas wanted to ask her parents for her hand.However, when her parents talked to Johanna by telephone and she mentionedthe promise ring, they began to ask about wedding plans. In the end,Johanna’s mother asked Meas about his intentions before he could work upthe courage to approach the subject.

Johanna returned from her year in China last June and the couple weremarried in August. Meas’ mother prepared Hmong dishes for the rehearsaldinner at Johanna’s parent’s home. Although she wore a white wedding gownfor the ceremony, during the reception Johanna put on a traditional Hmongdress that her mother-in-law had made.

The couple plans to eventually return to China. They will both teachwhile there and Meas hopes to do graphic design for the organization that willsponsor their trip.

Life unfolds at UWSP for Hmong grad

Meas Vang, ’99, and his wife, Johanna, enjoy walking together. He is a graph-ic designer at UWSP News Services.

Erin Davisson, ’82, is co-anchor of Green Bay’s WFRV-TVChannel Five Eyewitness News.

Meas Vang, a native of Laos whorecently graduated from UWSP mar-ried Johanna Wentzel in August.

Pointer football excelsOne of the best seasons in UWSP

football history came in a season whenfew expected it.

Picked to place fourth in a WisconsinIntercollegiate Athletic Conference pre-season poll, the Pointers wasted no timeproving they could contend for their firstback-to-back conference titles since 1934.

UWSP opened its season with non-conference victories against Division IInationally ranked Northern State

University, Aberdeen, S.D., and Division I-AA Drake University, DesMoines, Iowa. The Pointers went on to win their first six games stretchingtheir winning streak to 11 games over the past two seasons.

Even the loss of senior quarterback Ryan Aulenbacher, Hartford, didn’tslow the Pointers. Freshman Dave Berghuis, Kimberly, filled in admirably,leading the team to its second straight WIAC title with a 6-1 conferencerecord. That gave the Pointers a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs forthe first time since 1986.

But the Pointers’ winningest season ever came to an end in a 23-10 loss atSt. John’s University, Collegeville, Minn. The Pointer squad became the firstteam in school history to win nine games in a single season, posting a 9-2overall mark. UWSP also won all four home games and improved to 13-0all-time in “Spud Bowls” with a 24-20 win over UW-Stout.

Men’s basketball celebrates victoriesPicked for fifth in a WIAC preseason poll, the

Pointers had a tremendous season, winning their firstconference championship since 1993. The title gavethe team the claim of the WIAC “Team of theCentury” with record 19th all-time championship.

UWSP opened the year with a victory over St.Michael’s College, Colchester, Vt., an NCAADivision II tournament qualifier from last season.They followed with a 64-60 loss at NorthernKentucky, which was ranked sixth in Division II.

On top of that, senior Brant Bailey, WisconsinDells, broke Terry Porter’s single-season schoolscoring record and led the WIAC in scoring with themost points scored by any player in league play since1984. He was named the MVP of the NorthernKentucky Tournament and went on to earn threeWIAC Player of the Week honors and set school

records for single game, single season and career free throws made and at-tempted.

Senior Gabe Frank, Northbrook, Ill., and junior Brent Larson, Ladysmith,were among the nation’s leaders in three-point shooting as the Pointers ledthe WIAC in offense and finished the regular season by winning 12 of theirlast 13 games.

The Pointers’ season was also highlighted by a 77-63 win at UW-Platteville, snapping the Pioneers’ 96-game regular season home winningstreak. UW-Stevens Point also beat UW-Platteville at home, sweeping thePioneers for the first time since 1987.

Pointer hockey beats champsSophomore goalie Bob Gould, Eagle River, led the

NCHA in wins, goals against average and save percentage,while junior forward Ryan Maxson, Bloomington, Minn.,led the league in goals and power play goals.

A 3-1 win at five-time defending national championMiddlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., was one of thebiggest moments of the Pointers’ season as they spentmuch of the season in the national rankings.

The win at Middlebury capped an eight-game winningstreak for the Pointers, who boasted a young team with just

three seniors on the roster. UWSP also swept a pair of games from three-time defending Northern Collegiate Hockey Association champion St.Norbert College, De Pere, and amassed 14 goals in a midseason win overBethel College, St. Paul, Minn.

The Pointers also exceeded expectations by winning their first NCHAregular season title since 1993 with a 12-2 league record after being pickedfor fourth in a preseason poll.

Wrestlers triumph over injuriesThe Pointers battled through an injury plagued season to

finish second at the WIAC championships and qualify threewrestlers for the NCAA Division III championships.

Juniors Chet Zdanczewicz, Avoca, and Wes Kapping,Spring Valley, along with freshman Brady Holtz, OcontoFalls, all won WIAC individual titles and qualified for the na-tional meet.

The Pointers also had four wrestlers earn runner-uphonors and featured a young roster that finished 3-3 in WIACdual meets this season.

Women’s golf hosts championshipsFor the first time ever, UWSP hosted the WIAC

championships, though the result wasn’t quite whatthe Pointers had in mind.

After a tough first day, the Pointers bouncedback with the league’s best second day score. Butthey settled for third place in the event, held at theStevens Point Country Club. Senior KellySchroeder, Oshkosh, was named the conference’sJudy Kruckman scholar athlete and Scott Frazierwas named the WIAC Coach of the Year.

Soccer players capture titleIt was another routine year for the Pointers as they cap-

tured their seventh WIAC title in eight seasons and madetheir fifth NCAA Division III tournament berth, finishing17-4 overall.

UWSP went 8-0 in WIAC games, outscoring opponents46-1 to improve to 55-0-2 all-time in conference play. ThePointers also won the conference tournament at the PointerSoccer Bowl as junior Marie Muhvic, Stevens Point, scored

her school-record 22nd goal of the season in overtime for a1-0 win over UW-La Crosse.

The season was highlighted with a 4-1 victory over eventual Division IIIrunner-up Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn. in the home opener. UWSP’s season ended with a 2-1 loss to the University of Chicago in theNCAA playoffs.

Pointer women beat ranked teamsNonconference victories over a pair of nationally

ranked teams were the top moments of the Pointerswomen’s basketball season as UWSP defeated CalvinCollege, Grand Rapids, Mich. before toppling numbertwo ranked Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Senior Jessica Ott, New Glarus, became the ladyPointers’ all-time leading three-point shooter and movedto number two on the school’s scoring list. She alsoculminated three straight weeks in which UWSP landedWIAC Player of the Week after scoring a school recordtying 36 points in a win over UW-Platteville.Sophomore Carry Boehning, Auburndale, earned thePlayer of the Week honor the preceding two weeks.

Cross country teams finish near topThe men’s cross country team had yet another na-

tional finish at sixth place in the Division III champi-onships, while the women’s team returned to promi-nence with an 11th place finish.

Junior Jesse Drake, Rhinelander, and senior DanSchwamberger, North Mankato, Minn., earned All-American honors for the men’s team, which placedamong the top six in the country for the fourth straightyear. Junior Leah Juno, Brillion, was an All-Americanfor the women’s team, which had its highest finish since1992.

Drake also highlighted the season by winning theWIAC championships, which were hosted by UWSP atthe Wisconsin River Country Club.

Volleyball players build record careersThe conclusion of a pair of outstanding individual

careers helped ease the volleyball team’s 14-23 overallrecord.

Erin Carney, Brookfield, left with school records inassists and aces, while Sarah Kuhl, Fond du Lac, graduatedas the Pointers’ all-time kills leader. Carney set schoolmarks with 4,535 assists and 208 aces, while Kuhl left with1,409 kills.

Tennis players survive injuriesThe Pointers suffered through an injury riddled

season, but still managed a 5-4 dual meet recordand a fifth place finish at the WIAC meet.

Senior Tammy Byrne, Oregon, led UWSP withan 12-3 singles record, while earning the JudyKruckman WIAC scholar athlete award.

Pointer swimmers dominate seasonWhat a dominating season it was for Pointer swimmers and divers, who

swept the WIAC men’s and women’s titles for the first time in school history.The Pointer men won for the third time in four years, while the women wonfor the first time ever.

Junior Randy Boelk, Embarrass, Minn., became the third men’s swimmerin Division III history to swim under 50 seconds in the 100 backstroke, whileearning WIAC Swimmer of the Week honors three straight weeks and be-coming the first Pointer ever to qualify for the Olympic trials. His brother, Al,was named the WIAC Coach of the Year for both the men’s and women’steams.

Boelk and senior JeremyFrancioli, Londrina, Brazil, eachclaimed six WIAC titles among in-dividual events and relays. SeniorBecca Uphoff, Madison, won threeWIAC individual titles and threerelay titles, while also earning theconference’s scholar athlete award.Brent Newport, Berlin, won four

titles and earned the conference’s men’s scholar athlete honor.The Pointers rolled on to dual meet victories over the remainder of their

WIAC opponents while hosting the WIAC championships and taking theirwinter training trip to Hawaii for the second straight year.

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Marie Muhvic

Wes Kapping

Bob Gould

Dan Schwamberger

Katheryn Carlson

Tammy Byrne

Randy Boelk

Jessica Ott

Brant Bailey

Wally Schmitt

Erin Carney

Women’s hockey at UWSP will step up from a club program to varsity level inthe fall. The women practice at K.B. Willett Arena in Stevens Point at 6 a.m.several days each week. The club is advised by Margaret Stern, lecturer inmathematics and computing, with coaching help from Jimmy Ingman, Irma;Ben DeWeerd, Stevens Point; and Pointer hockey player, Matt Interbartolo,Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Former club president, Michelle Poliet, spear-headed the effort to move women’s hockey from club to varsity sport, backedby strong student interest and broad campus support. This season theyhave played other clubs and community teams from Central Wisconsin,Minnesota and Iowa, according to current club president, Sarah Olm,Marshfield. They will participate in the Midwestern Collegiate Women’sHockey Alliance tournament in Madison in March.

UWSP Pointers

March 16-18 Men's swimmingNCAA III Championships at Atlanta, Ga., 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

April 1 Men’s and women’s track and fieldColeman Invitational at UWSP

April 1 BaseballPointers vs. Viterbo College at La Crosse-1 p.m.

April 2 BaseballPointers vs. Bemidji State at La Crosse-Noon

April 2 BaseballPointers vs. Winona State at Winona, Minn., 3 p.m.

April 4 BaseballPointers vs. Concordia College at UWSP, 2 p.m.

April 7 BaseballAugsburg College at Minneapolis, 2:30 p.m.

April 8 Men’s and women’s track and fieldOshkosh Invitational at Oshkosh

April 9 BaseballPointers vs. Marian College at Fond du Lac-1 p.m.

April 15 BaseballPointers vs. UW-Whitewater at Whitewater, Noon

April 15 Men’s and women’s track and fieldNorth Central College Invitational at Naperville, Ill.

April 21 BaseballPointers vs. UW-La Crosse, at UWSP, Noon

April 21 Women's track and fieldMeet of Champions at Rock Island, Ill.

April 22 Men's track and fieldMeet of Champions at Rock Island, Ill.

April 24 BaseballPointers vs. Winona St., at UWSP, 1 p.m.

April 28 BaseballPointers vs. UW-Platteville, at UWSP, 1 p.m.

April 28-29 Men's track and fieldDrake Relays at Des Moines, Iowa

April 29 BaseballPointers vs. UW-Oshkosh, at UWSP, Noon

April 29 Women's track and fieldUW-La Crosse Classic at La Crosse

April 29 Men's track and fieldEau Claire Blugold Invitational at Eau Claire

May 5 BaseballPointers vs. UW-Superior at Superior, 1 p.m.

May 5-6 Men’s and women’s track & fieldWIAC Championships at Superior

May 6 BaseballPointers vs. UW-Stout at Menomonie, Noon

May 12 Men’s and women’s track & fieldDr. Keeler Invitational at Naperville, Ill.

May 13 BaseballWIAC Championship, time and location to be announced

May 17-21 BaseballNCAA D-III Midwest Regionals times and locations to be announced

May 19 Men’s and women’s track & fieldNorth Central Invitational at Naperville, Ill.

May 25-26 Men’s and women’s track & fieldNCAA D-III Outdoor Championships at Naperville, Ill.

May 26-31 BaseballNCAA D-III World Series at Appleton

May 27 Men’s and women’s track and fieldNCAA D-III Outdoor Championships at Naperville, Ill.

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At the start of the Detroit Lions’ season, itdidn’t look like rookie Clint Kriewaldt would seemuch playing time—especially since he comesfrom a Division III school.

But the former UWSP linebacker didn’t takelong to prove he belonged in the National FootballLeague.

After being placed on the inactive list duringthe first several weeks of the season, Kriewaldtfinally got his chance to play and made the mostof it.

The Shiocton native was a standout on theLions’ special teams and even saw some time ondefense, recording his first career NFL intercep-tion in the Lions’ regular season finale against theVikings at Minnesota. He was on the field for 25plays during the game.

All told, it was quite a first season for the Pointers’ all-time leadingtackler, who was picked in the sixth round of the 1998 NFL draft.

“It was fun and real exciting to finally get out there and be on the field foran extended period of time,” Kriewaldt told the Stevens Point Journal. “Itwas a great learning experience. The game is so different, so fast. You canpractice all you want, but until you are out there, you don’t know what it’slike.”

Rookie Kriewaldt makesthe most of NFL season

For a guy who was just hoping to crack the start-ing football lineup at the beginning of his seniorseason, it’s safe to say Andy Palzkill overachieved.

The UWSP defensive back not only started all 11of the Pointers’ games, but was most recently namedto the Football Gazette’s All-America first team.

Palzkill, who also was named second team All-America by Hewlett-Packard, is the twelfth first-teamAll-American in UWSP history. He is the onlyWIAC player named to the first, second or third teamsby both Football Gazette and Hewlett Packard.

“I just wanted to start,” the former Mineral PointHigh School standout said. “That was my main goal.I always thought I could play at this level.”

And he was right. After serving as a backup quar-terback his first three seasons, including one as a redshirt, Palzkill moved todefensive back as a junior. He didn’t start any games last year, playing onlyin nickel or dime packages. He also had just one interception, but returned ita school record 97 yards for a touchdown in a WIAC title clinching victoryover UW-Stout.

This season, Palzkill not only earned a starting spot, but finished the yearranked seventh in the NCAA Division III with a school record nine intercep-tions as the Pointers finished 9-2 and clinched a share of their second straightWIAC title while qualifying for the NCAA playoffs.

Palzkill got interceptions in five consecutive games and ranked fifth onthe team with 51 tackles, including 38 solo stops. He sealed a 21-19 win overWIAC preseason favorite UW-River Falls with an interception in the finalminute. Palzkill also set up the winning touchdown drive against Drake witha fourth quarter interception.

Much of Palzkill’s success on the field came with his success in the class-room, where he carries a 3.92 grade point average as a sociology major.Earlier this season, he was named a second team Academic All-American.

“I never expected any of this,” he admitted. “I wasn’t the best athlete.There are a lot of guys on our team who are bigger and stronger than me. ButI treated football as a class. I just tried to learn football more than anything.”

“Most of Andy’s success came because he is an intelligent footballplayer,” UW-Stevens Point coach John Miech said. “It didn’t take him long tolearn our defensive coverages after moving from offense.”

Palzkill’s success marks the fourth time in six seasons UWSP has beenrepresented on Football Gazette’s first team. Current Detroit Lions linebackerClint Kriewaldt was named a first team linebacker the past two seasons andRandy Simpson was a first team defensive back in 1994.

Palzkill named first-team All-American

Clint Kriewaldt

Andy Palzkill

Former UWSP pitcher ChrisSimonson completed his first seasonin professional baseball with theMilwaukee Brewers organization in1999.

A 43rd-round draft choice lastJune, Simonson began the year inHelena, Mont., but led the PioneerRookie League in earned run averageand quickly garnered a promotion tothe Brewers’ high Class A affiliate inStockton, Calif.

Simonson began his stint atStockton by not allowing an earnedrun over his first 19 2/3 inningspitched. He finished the season 2-1with a 3.16 earned run average. ThePlover native will likely begin nextseason in Stockton as well.

After finishing his first season,Simonson returned to UW-StevensPoint for his last semester. He grad-uated in December with a major inbiology.

Simonson moves up the ranks

Women’s Hockey Club goes varsity

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Pointers really came through tomeet a challenge initiated by threeStevens Point business owners.

Carl Carlson and Jim Anderson,’89, co-owners of Ellis StoneConstruction Company teamed withDavid Worth, ’74, CEO of The WorthCompany, a fishing tackle manufac-turer to challenge graduates ofUWSP to support the university withnew and unrestricted gifts to theUWSP Foundation during the 1999UWSP Annual Fund campaign.Anderson and Carlson togetherpledged up to $15,000, and Worth upto $10,000.

Alumni donors not only met thechallenge, but more than tripled it,surpassing the goal by more than$58,000, according to Peg Zwicker,director of annual giving.

“I was especially encouraged bythe response of my fellow alumni,”Worth said. “Their strong reaction tothis challenge demonstrates loyaltyand support for UWSP.”

“We are very pleased by theresults of the campaign,” commentedAnderson, immediate past presidentof the UWSP Foundation. “UWSPplays an important role in our com-munity and Ellis Stone Constructiontakes pride in having played a role in

the success of this year’s campaign.”A gift of $25,000 from Ray

Mundt, a new member of the founda-tion's board of directors, would havemet the goal. However, even withoutMundt's donation, the challenge wasmore than doubled.

More than half the donors whohad made unrestricted gifts last yearincreased their gift this year, with anaverage increase of about $18 each.The foundation also garnered 837new donors, representing $68,230 inunrestricted gifts.

Unrestricted gifts raised by theAnnual Fund support a variety of initiatives on campus. Last year, theUWSP Foundation granted $95,000from unrestricted funds to thecampus, helping support scholar-ships, student programs, faculty research, technology upgrades, facili-ties improvements and other needs.

Gifts to the Annual Fund campaign totaled $315,000 to date.The 1999 campaign officially closesat the end of the university’s fiscalyear on June 30. For more informa-tion about the UWSP Foundation orthe Annual Fund, contact Zwickertoll free at 1-800-858-5267, orthrough the Internet (http://founda-tion.uwsp.edu).

New officers were elected and a 28 percent increase in total giving wasannounced at the fall meeting of the UWSP Foundation Board of Directors.

President-elect Judi Carlson accepted the gavel from outgoing presidentJim Anderson, who headed the board for two years. Other newly appointedofficers included Vice President Bob Schmidt, Treasurer Tom Stout andSecretary Susan Feith.

“Of this year's dozen or so performance indicators, the most significantare the dramatic increases in total giving, unrestricted giving and board givingfor fiscal year 1999,” Anderson said as he announced an increase in total giftsand pledges of nearly $270,000, excluding bequests, a 28 percent increase.

In addition, donations of unrestricted funds rose 49 percent from $110,000to $164,000 in 1999. Both Chancellor Tom George and Provost Bill Meyerrefer to this funding as “crucial to the continued quality and viability ofUWSP's programs.” Undesignated funds give university administratorsneeded flexibility and opportunities to invest in improved teaching and learn-ing on campus. Foundation board members raised their giving by more than$80,000 to nearly $126,000 in total.

Ron Strege has been appointed director forMulticultural Affairs.

He is responsible for fostering the success ofUWSP’s disadvantaged students and students ofcolor. In addition, he supervises the MulticulturalResource Center, the Upward Bound andEducational Support programs, the precollege co-ordinator and the Native American Center. Stregewill manage his department’s budget as well asoversee the implementation of UW System’s Plan2008, a strategy for increasing student, staff andfaculty diversity systemwide.

Prior to his appointment, Strege was interimdirector for Multicultural Affairs, adding to analready diverse array of work experiences withstudents. He first joined UWSP in 1994 as resi-dence hall director managing all aspects and operations of a 200-student resi-dence hall. In addition, he supervised the director of an another facility andcoordinated UWSP’s intramural program.

“A key goal of mine will be to ensure both academic and social successfor our students of color,” Strege said. “I also plan to build and improve uponexisting community projects, such as the Festival of India and the PortageCounty Cultural Fest. These projects not only create a better learning envi-ronment, they also enrich our community.”

Strege appointed

UWSP alumni respond to challenge

Foundation giving rises 28 percent

Judi Carlson, ’63, began a two-year term as president of the UWSP Foundation Board of Directorsat its annual meeting in October. Immediate Past President Jim Anderson, ’89, turned the gavelover to Carlson during the dinner program in the University Center.

Emeritus board membersFour UWSP Foundation board members were grant-ed emeritus status as their terms expired. AlanMalm, ’49; Don Kropidlowski, ’64, master’s ’74; LouisWysocki and Dewey Sebold, ’68.

Ron Strege

UWSP's University Child Learning and Care Center (UCLCC) has beenawarded a $127,000 four-year federal grant.

The grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund the “ChildCare Access Means Parents in School Program.” The center will receive ap-proximately $31,800 each year for the next four years.

The grant will provide scholarships to attend UCLCC for the children ofPell Grant students, working internships for student parents, work-studyteacher's aide programs, expansion of services to include an infant and toddlerprogram, and collaborative efforts between the center, the School ofEducation and the community.

“Access, affordability and quality are the guiding principles of thisproject,” according to UCLCC Director Susie Sprouse. “This grant will serveour most needy students and their children. It is the student parent to whomour focus is directed as we seek to support academic success for both the uni-versity students and their children.”

The center has been fortunate to have the support of the StudentGovernment Association, students, parents and others within UWSP's admin-istration, according to Sprouse. “Now we have a new supporter inWashington, D.C. who helped make this grant possible,” she said. “In MaySenator Kohl sent a letter in support of our proposal and thanks to his effortsand the support of many others, our staff, students and parents will receivemuch needed financial support.”

Center receives grant

A grant from the U.S. Department of Education will serve children and theirparents at the University Child Learning and Care Center, according to SusieSprouse, director, pictured here with several children at the center.

Alan Malm Dewey Sebold

Don Kropidlowski Louis Wysocki

An art show entitled “UnconventionalWisconsin” will celebrate the memory of Dan Favor,an unconventional UWSP art and design student.

To honor Dan’s memory, his friends, DaveBruener, ’89, Port Edwards, and Bruce Hinze, ’90,Stoughton, have organized a juried exhibition withthe help of Diane Bywaters, UWSP professor of artand design.

The exhibition will open Saturday, Sept. 16, at 7p.m. in Carlsten Art Gallery of the UWSP Fine ArtsCenter. During the opening, the Dan FavorMemorial Prize of $2,000 will be awarded. This isthe largest prize for a juried art exhibition inWisconsin, according to Bywaters.

The show will run through October 11. Favor, a self-employed graphic designer, was a

surrealist and Da-Da artist. The son of Conrad andRachel Favor, Stevens Point, he married Lisa MarieEdwards, ’89, in 1991 and lived in Wausau until hisdeath in 1999 at age 37. Although Dan did not grad-uate, he attended UWSP from 1985 to 1990.

“No one could swoop into a room and change

your day as Dan could,” Tammy Stezenski said in anarticle for Wausau’s City Pages. Stezenski hadworked with Favor on several projects. Even thoughmanic depressive disorder prevented him fromholding down a nine to five job and he was not acivic leader, his funeral was attended by the hugenumber of people he touched, Stezenski said.

Wisconsin artists over 18 are invited to submit upto three pieces for a $25 submission fee by May 16.Submissions can be either slides or digital entries(VHS, CD and Internet). For more information or anentry form, contact Bywaters by e-mail(dbywater@uwsp.edu) or call (715) 346-4776.

The show is intended to be a continuing eventsupported by entry fees. However, donations fromcommunity members are welcome, Bywaters said.To contribute to the Dan Favor Memorial Art ShowFund, contact the Community Foundation of PortageCounty, P.O. Box 968, Stevens Point, WI 54481 orcall (715) 342-4454.

To learn more about Favor and his artwork, visithis Web site (http://angelanthony. com/danfavor/)

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“Having experience at UWSP is a badge ofhonor among people in my profession,” says BobTomlinson, newly appointed assistant chancellorfor student affairs.

UWSP is known throughout the country as acampus committed to student success, he says. Hebelieves the positive values of the late JamesAlbertson have become imbedded in the fabric of

UWSP which makes it a very desirable place towork and to study. Albertson was UWSP’s eighth president who died in aplane crash in Vietnam.

Tomlinson served UWSP as a residence hall director in the early 1970s.He returned to campus last fall after five years at South Dakota StateUniversity as its senior student affairs officer. He also had worked as directorof residential life at Mississippi State University, University of Alabama,University of Illinois Medical Center and University of North Carolina atGreensboro.

He succeeds Helen Godfrey who retired last year after a 33-year career oncampus.

“If I’m half as successful during my years here as Helen Godfrey wasduring her tenure, I will have made a difference,” he says.

Tomlinson, who has always been proud of his early employment atUWSP, is delighted to return to campus. In addition to building on the repu-tation of UWSP’s student affairs division, he hopes to mentor and supportstaff members of the division, whom he describes as “committed.”

“We’re all educators,” he says of faculty and staff alike.“Helping entry and midlevel professionals develop and broaden their

vision is one of my major priorities,” he says. He is especially committed tohelping women succeed as campus leaders.

Tomlinson seems to be of the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” persuasion.He has assumed a “study mode” during his first few months on campus inorder to learn about the division, the institution and its culture. He hopes tobe able to eventually provide positive input and ideas.

Tomlinson namedassistantchancellor

As UWSP International Programs marks the 30th anniversary of the firstsemester abroad, a second generation of students is taking advantage of studytour opportunities.

“UWSP’s International Programs has a good track record and offers betterprograms than other schools,” said Julia Brahmer, Wittenburg. Her parentsJoan, ’75, and Dennis Brahmer, ’74, met on UWSP’s 1973 trip to London.Hearing about their positive experience convinced Julia to participate.

“Going abroad with UWSP was the best thing I ever did,” Joan said.That’s why she encouraged her daughter to go overseas. A student at UW-Green Bay, Julia chose to join UWSP’s semester-long trip to Australia/SouthPacific.

The variety of trips available through International Programs evolved fromthe vision of the program’s founder, Professor Emerita Pauline Isaacson.

After much hard work and with the support of Chancellor Lee Dreyfus,Isaacson’s vision became a reality when UWSP established its first programin London in 1969. Isaacson headed the newly created office and eventuallymade additional arrangements for a program in Poland in 1975. HelenCorneli, professor of English succeeded Isaacson in 1982. Corneli recruitedUWSP alumnus Mark Koepke to serve as assistant director.

Since the program’s beginnings, opportunities to study abroad haveopened in France, Spain, Australia/South Pacific, Germany, India, Greece,Costa Rica, China and others.

Robert Bowen, a professor of health, physical education, recreation andathletics, followed Corneli as director in 1988. When Bowen retired in 1995,David Staszak, professor of biology became the director, with Koepke stayingon as assistant.

By the time Isaacson had retired, about 2,000 students had participated inoverseas study trips. That number has now grown to more than 8,000, accord-ing to Staszak, current director.

More than 350 students participated in study abroad programs this pastyear, earning UWSP a ranking of 13th in the nation by the Institute ofInternational Education. The ratings take into account the number of studentstraveling abroad and the proportion of total enrollment that they represent.

Cost of a trip from UWSP ranges from $4,500 to $7,500 per term depend-ing upon the destination. The price includes tuition, fees, airfare fromChicago, lodging abroad, most food and some tours. Last spring, an endow-ment was formed through the UWSP Foundation that will provide scholar-ships for students who want the opportunity to study abroad but have limitedfunds. The endowment committee set a goal of raising $300,000 in five years.In the first year, more than $50,000 has been pledged.

There are a variety of pledge options, including cash donations, one-yearor multiyear pledges, estate associated pledges and others. Opportunities toestablish a scholarship in the name of a person or group are available to thosewho donate $5,000 or more. For information about pledge options, call com-mittee member Mel Bernay, director of capitol giving for the UWSPFoundation, at (715) 346-3045. For information about the endowment, callBowen at (715) 341-1751.

Honorary chairs of the scholarship committee include Dreyfus, UWSPChancellor Tom George, and former directors Isaacson and Corneli. Headingup the appeal are Bowen and Mary Ann Baird, professor of interior architec-ture.

A new generation studies and travels withInternational Programs

The late Dan Favor stands with “ApocolypticAngle” an artwork he created using an X-ray ofhis own chest. A juried art show will be held atUWSP in September 16 to October 11 to honorhis memory.

Exhibition memorializes unconventional artist

There are lotsof ways to showthat you’re proudto be a Pointer.Several items areavailable from theAlumni RelationsOffice or fromvendors who haveagreements withUWSP.

The UWSPAlumniAssociation andMilestoneDesigns ofMadison offer aframe designedespecially for theUWSP diploma.The 16 by 20 inchblack or goldframes may beordered directlyfrom MilestoneDesigns, P.O. Box 45242, Madison,WI 53744. The Alumni RelationsOffice has color brochures.

Josten’s offers distinctive Seikomen’s and women’s watches thathave a three-dimensional re-creationof the UWSP seal on the dial.Complete ordering information isavailable at Jostens’ Web site(www.jostensalumshop.com).

Josten’s also offers the classicUWSP class ring, which is availablein any class year. Ordering informa-tion is available from the Alumni

RelationsOffice.

A creditcard that sup-ports theUWSP AlumniAssociation isoffered byMBNAAmericanBank. Aportion ofeach purchasesupportsAlumniAssociationprograms. Torequest thecard, call 1-800-523-7666.

Point H2OBottled Waterin 20 oz.bottles hasStevie Pointer

and plenty of purple and gold on thelabel. These are available throughthe Alumni Relations Office.

A full color 24 by 30 inch posterfeatures a beautiful photograph ofOld Main taken on a glorious fall af-ternoon. Cost of the poster is $3 plusan additional $3 for shipping up to10 posters.

If you would like further informa-tion, call the Alumni Relations Officeat (715) 346-3811 or toll free at 1-800-POINT01.

Show your Pointer Pride

Bob Tomlinson

A frame, specially designed for yourUWSP diploma is available fromMilestone Designs as just one way toshow your Pointter Pride.

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Jennifer Tokarski, ’99, Beloit, is anauditor for ABC Supply Company. Herjob requires her to travel to Californiaand Hawaii.

Danielle Norheim, ’99, San Jose, Calif.,is an interior designer for Ilona Kitchenand Bath, Inc.

Anne Kroeger, ’99, Coon Rapids, Minn.,is studying companion animal medicineat the University of Minnesota-TwinCities.

Amanda Birschbach, ’99, Lafayette,Ind., is pursuing a master’s degree inschool counseling at Purdue University,West Lafayette, Ind.

Jesse Messerschmidt, ’98, Milwaukee, isan advertising copywriter at Kohl’sDepartment Store’s corporate headquar-ters. He invites his classmates to e-mailhim (jesse.messerschmidt@kohls.com).

Toni Daddato, ’98, Gainesville, Ga., is afederal park ranger for the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers at Lake SidneyLanier outside of Atlanta. Her duties as alake shore management ranger includeboat patrol, issuing permits and land leas-es and handing out citations to deservingindividuals.

Vicki Lobermeier, masters ’98, Plover,received the 1999 Friend of SmallBusiness Award from the Small BusinessDevelopment Advisory Committee ofPortage County. For the past eight yearsshe has assisted and counseled owners instarting businesses through the UWSPSmall Business Development Center.She works closely with a number of orga-nizations, including the Service Corp ofRetired Executives and the SmallBusiness Administration. She earned herbachelor’s degree at UW-Eau Claire.

Amy Grumann, ’98, New York, N.Y.,has danced with the Pecadillo TheaterCompany in an off off-Broadway revivalof The Beauty Part and works as the pro-duction staff assistant for the documen-tary film Free To Dance: AfricanAmerican Presence in Modern Dance,which will air on PBS in 2001. Her hus-band, Shane Beversdorf, ’98, is anunderwriter for American InternationalGroup in their financial institutions division.

Scott Crane, ’98, Menasha, participatedin a three-week acting program at theRoyal National Theatre studio in London,England, last summer.

Mike Meshak, ’98, Ontario, is the for-eign language department chair for theNorwalk-Ontario school district andteaches Spanish and seventh gradeEnglish at Brookwood High School. Hewas camp director for Tesomas ScoutCamp in Rhinelander and served in thePeace Corps.

Jennifer (Fisher)Einwalter, ’97,Greenfield, is the headreference librarian atBurlington PublicLibrary. She earned a

master’s degree at UW-Milwaukee. Sheand her husband, Chris, ’98, were mar-ried in May. He is a senior assistantmanager for Taco Bell, Inc.

Jessica Johnson, ’97, St. Paul, Minn., isa sixth grade teacher for St. Paul PublicSchools.

Heather Kaiser-Hahn, ’97, Stafford,Texas, is interning as a licensed schoolpsychologist in the Stafford SchoolDistrict. She received her master’sdegree from UW-La Crosse and will earnher specialist degree in May. She andTodd Hahn were married in June.

G regory Johnson, ’97, is the firstadministrator for the town of RibMountain. Previously, he was an assistant to the city manager of DesPlaines, Ill.

Jenna Borovansky, ’96, Eugene, Ore.,received a master’s degree from YaleUniversity’s School of Forestry andEnvironmental Studies, New Haven,Conn. She is a conservation associate forthe Pacific Rivers Council, a nonprofitaquatic conservation organization.

Ginger Mayer, ’96, South Boston,Mass., is a registered clinical dietitian forMount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge,Mass. She stays in contact with friendsfrom the residence halls.

Melissa Dier, ’96, Green Bay, is thenewsroom manager for WGBA, Channel26 News in Green Bay, after three yearsof working in various positions at threedifferent newsrooms. She coordinatesproducers, reporters and photographers,creates daily story ideas, dispatches newscrews and helps producers gather infor-mation for news stories. “My experienceworking with the student television andradio stations and the Pointer newspapergave me the background I needed to getwhere I am now. I strongly believe thatmy experience at UWSP and the friend-ships I have made pointed me towardsmy goals,” Dier said.

Gina (Moats) Deutscher, ’96, WinterHaven, Fla., is a school psychologist withthe Polk County School District in LakeWales, Fla. She earned a master’s degreefrom UW-La Crosse. Her husband, Jack,’97, received his commercial pilot train-ing from Comair Aviation Academy andis a pilot for Gulfstream InternationalAirlines.

Tracy (Borchardt) Tu rner, ’95,Greenfield, is an administrative supportspecialist for Harley Davidson MotorCompany in Milwaukee.

Alice Wallner, ’95, and herhusband, Joe, StevensPoint, opened From TheGround Up Coffee Housein Wisconsin Rapids. The

shop specializes in gourmetcoffee, espresso-based drinks and bakedgoods. They also serve homemade soupsand sandwiches. Alice is the activitydirector at Family Heritage Medical andRehabilitation Center in WisconsinRapids.

Darren Peck, ’94, Tofte, Minn., is aguest service manager at Bluefin BayResort. He also is the owner and captainof Tofte Charters, a Lake Superior charterfishing service.

Laurie O’Connell, ’94, Lovelock, Nev.,is a primary resource room teacher forthe Pershing County School District. Sheteaches kindergarten, first and secondgrade special education classes. She washonored as “Rookie of the Year” for herfirst year of teaching. She will be mov-ing back to Wisconsin in June to be clos-er to family and friends.

Dawn Kennedy, ’94, Madison, is a cus-tomer service specialist for Rayovac.Previously she worked at SchneiderNational in Green Bay for four and onehalf years.

Rebecca (Woller) Williams, ’94, Merrill,was married in 1997 and had her firstchild in May. She is the financial secre-tary at St. Stephens United Church ofChrist and does financial work for herfather’s construction business. She alsois the accompanist for the church’s con-temporary choir and Sunday school choir.

Mark Ott, ’94, Rock Springs, Wyo.,received his doctorate in June and teachesat Western Wyoming CommunityCollege. He and Valerie (Robinson),’94, were married in 1995.

Jim Wetterau, ’93, Crivitz, is a foresterfor the Wisconsin DNR in MarinetteCounty. He invites friends to call him at(715) 854-7285.

Sheila Tabaka, ’93, Marshall, Minn., isassistant professor of theatre and costumedesign at Southwest State University inMarshall. She received her master’sdegree from Minnesota State University-Mankato. She and her husband, Jim,have one son.

Jane Graham-Jennings, ’93, Wausau, isthe executive director of The Women’sCommunity, a shelter for women andchildren who are victims of domesticabuse or sexual assault. Previously shewas sexual assault program coordinator atthe center. The Women’s Communityalso helps relocate victimized women andoffers services for men.

Steven Janowiak, ’93, Hales Corners, iscoordinator of leadership development atDePauw University. He creates andimplements programs to provide collegestudents with character building and leadership skills.

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Tory (Torger) Volden, ’94, Fort Collins, Colo., far left, and Shawn Becker,’94, Cedar Falls, Iowa, far right, competed in the Leopolis Ironman competi-tion in July. A 50-meter swim across the Leopolis pond is one leg of theevent that also includes a 12-mile bike and a five-mile run event. Volden andBecker both finished at the top of their division. Volden is a graduate studentand hall director in Fort Collins. Becker is a psychologist.

Erich Bacher, ’92, Urbana, Ill., is theassistant to the associate director of ath-letics at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign. He received a mas-ter’s degree from St. Cloud StateUniversity in Minnesota in 1996.

Barbara Schjoneman, ’91, Colby, isexecutive director of the Parent ResourceCenter of Taylor County. The centeroffers parenting education includingworkshops, classes, consultations andcommunity referrals.

Deni Holl, ’91, Hubbard, Ohio, ownsand operates a decorative painting andfaux finishing company. Since gradua-tion he has worked on projects for TheKennedy Center, Arena Stage, Clinton’sInaugural and Busch Gardens. He alsohelped open Sea World’s “4D PiratesTheater” and worked for the ClevelandMuseum of Natural History.

Mike Sanders, ’91, Menasha, is vicepresident of commercial loans at HoriconState Bank in Appleton. He also is thefirst vice president of the Kiwanis Clubof Appleton. He and his wife, Cindy,have one child.

Elizabeth (Ostrowski) Kohnle, ’91,Tisch Mills, works for SchneiderNational in Green Bay. Her husband,Matthew, ’93, teaches at KewauneeHigh School. They were married inJune.

Brenda Ellis-Hinze, ’90, Edgerton, issupervisor of creative communicationservices and is division Internet andintranet Web administrator for theWisconsin Department of Transportationin Madison. She is working towards amaster’s degree at Edgewood College.Her husband, Bruce, ’90, works atGeneral Motors. “I would love to hearfrom those I’ve lost touch with,” saysBrenda. She would like to receive e-mail from friends (brenda.ellishinze@dot.state.wi.us).

Tom Gaugert, ’90, Cincinnati, Ohio, hasworked for Hershey Foods since graduat-ing. He is now the district manager andhas been successful in placing sevenUWSP graduates within the HersheySales Organizatio n.

A few friends fromUWSP had a reunionin Racine in August.The seven alumniincluded, left to rightJohn Naegeli, ’89;Steve Peters, ’87;Tracy (Hetland)Naegeli, ’90; Sandy(Hetland) Naegeli,’87; (behind thewomen) Tim Naegeli,’87; Tom Potter, ’87;and Dave Horda, ’86.

Jessica Hallam,’92, WestHollywood,Calif., is a free-lance dancer. “Iperform in a lotof venues includ-ing television,music videos,you name it, andI audition all thetime,” she says.

In November, she made her televisiondebut in an episode of the seriesSuddenly Susan in the role of a cheer-leader. On New Year's Eve she openedfor the singer Harry Connick Jr. at theBellagio Hotel in Las Vegas with WayneFoster Entertainment. She recentlyjoined the dance squad for the new pro-fessional arena football team, the L. A.Avengers. She hopes to add work incommercials to her repertoire. She alsoteaches dance classes during the weekand will be in Stevens Point in July toteach jazz dance at UWSP’s dance camp.”I love what I do, and even though it ishard at times and is not ever stable, Iwouldn’t change it,” she says.

“I strongly believe thatmy experience atUWSP and the

friendships I havemade pointed me

towards my goals.”—Melissa Dier, ’96

UWSP alumni who gathered inGirdwood, Alaska, last fall are, from left,Carl Skustad, ’98, Girdwood; Ja redSevert, ’98, Palmdale, Calif.; ShanePatrick, ’96, Girdwood; and G regWagoner, ’98, Palmdale. Skustad andPatrick are the proprietors of Stiff WoodEnterprises. Severt and Wagoner,teachers by trade, served as “temporaryemployees.” “In the spirit of UWSP,Carl paid us each a case of Point Beerfor our efforts,” said Severt.

Dorothy Pientka, ’87, Stevens Point,received the Portage County BusinessCouncil 1999 Ambassador of the YearAward for the third time in the last fouryears. She volunteers regularly, settingup and cleaning up at events. She oftenis the featured speaker at council meet-ings and has been active in many aspectsof the organization.

Wendy Krueger, ’86, Saint James,Minn., was honored as a 1999Outstanding Alumnus during theUniversity of Minnesota-Crookstonhomecoming celebration. She received a

bachelor’s degree at UM-C before com-ing to Stevens Point and has a master’sdegree from West Virginia University. Awildlife damage specialist with theMinnesota DNR, she also has worked theU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She is avolunteer coach for girls basketball andsoftball and has participated in theHabitat for Humanity bike ride.

Kevin Reilly, ’85, Bend, Ore., is aforestry technician with the U.S. ForestService in Deschutes National Forestwhere he manages timber and fights for-est fires. He has one daughter.

Kevin Sistler, ’85, Green Bay, is accountmanager for Ciba Specialty Chemicals.He and his wife, Cindy (Lorenz), ’84,have one son.

Patti (Murphy) Hanson, ’85, SturgeonBay, and her husband, Jon, own SnugHarbor Inn, Cottages and Marina. Theywould like you to visit their Web site(www.snugharborinn.com).

Charlotte (Robinson) Cormier, ’84,Madison, is a senior medical technologistwith UW Hospital and Clinics. She wasmarried to M.E. Cormier in August.

Will Sears, ’83, Midland, Mich., hasbeen with the U.S. Department ofAgriculture Natural ResourceConservation Service for 16 years. As adistrict conservationist, he supervisesfield offices in Bay, Gratiot, Midland andSaginaw Counties.

Chris Karcher, ’83, Shawnee, Kansas,has purchased an environmentally friend-ly lawn care franchise, NaturaLawn ofAmerica. The company specializes inorganically based fertilizers and bio-ratio-nal and biological control products.

Brian Buntrock, ’83, is a forestry work-er for the city of Green Bay. Recentlymarried, he resides in Green Bay with hiswife, Mia, and her two children. Hewould like old friends to contact him at(920) 406-8168.

Karen (Kumbalek) Novy, ’82, Brillion,is executive director of The Arc ofNeenah/Menasha, an organization forpersons with special needs. She and herhusband, Joseph, have one daughter.

G reg Brooker, ’82, Minneapolis, Minn.,was appointed assistant U.S. Attorney forthe District of Minnesota by the U.S.Department of Justice. He representsfederal agencies and departments in civillitigation. His wife, Valerie Marquardt,’85, is a speech pathologist at MercyHospital in the Twin Cities.

Jeanne (Roach) Hendricks, ’82,Brillion, is a high school art teacher inWrightstown. She received her master’sdegree from Viterbo College, La Crosse,in July.

Carl Moesche, ’81, Gresham, Ore., is ascouting supervisor for the Major LeagueScouting Bureau. He has been with pro-fessional baseball for 16 years. His firstbook, Day-By-Day in Baseball History,will be published in the spring.“Working for sports information directorSteve Swan gave me a great start in thesports industry,” he says. Swan was di-rector of sports information at UWSPfrom 1977 through the mid-1980s.

LuAnn Thompson, ’80, Olympia,Wash., has taught biology at OlympiaHigh School for the past 13 years. She ischair of the science department and runsan environmental club involved in localsalmon habitat projects and recyclingprograms. She has been involved in avariety of Puget Sound ecology and edu-cation programs during the past 10 yearsand is developing a biotechnologyprogram for high school students. Shespends her summers kayaking, backpack-ing and visiting Wisconsin.

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Kenneth Powell, ’89, Minnetonka,Minn., is an environmental consultant forKjolhaug Environmental Services. Hereceived his master’s degree from KansasState University and then worked as awildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish andWildlife Service in Kansas. He andKaren Carlsen were married in 1994.

Kristin (Sadogierski) Kwak, ’88,Warrington, Pa., is an outpatient nutri-tionist for The Renfrew Center inPhiladelphia. She counsels women witheating disorders and has many speakingengagements in the area of professionaldevelopment. “Being a lifestyle assistanttruly helped to prepare me for publicspeaking, prioritizing my time and activities, and my life overall. I still usethe wellness wheel approach to balancework, family, friends, spiritual, and emotional health on a daily basis,” Kwak said.

Leona Ondrejka Boreen Wenzel, ’88,West Frankfort, Ill., lectures on naturalremedies throughout the U.S. and is asubstitute teacher. After five years inNorthern California, she and herhusband, Len, have returned to theMidwest.

Kevin Thome, ’87, Cottage Grove, isadvertising manager for The CheeseReporter in Madison. He and his wife,Carrie, have one son and a goldenretriever named Peter Lorre.

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Susan Spencer,’89, made herBroadway debut inNovember in theensemble cast ofLes Miserables.She and herhusband, AndrewVarela, will be inStevens Point on

March 30 at Sentry Theater as part ofUWSP’s Performing Arts Series. Theywill perform songs from Broadway hitsand will be joined by Tim Shew whoplays Jean Val Jean in Les Miserables.Varela is also in Les Miserables asShew’s understudy. For ticket informa-tion for the Stevens Point performance,call the Ticket Office at (715) 346-4100or 800-838-3378.

Kevin Shibilski, ’87,Stevens Point, aWisconsin state senator since 1995,received theConservationLeadership Awardfrom the Wisconsinchapter of TheNature Conservancy.The award is present-

ed to individuals who demonstrate lead-ership in the protection of biologicaldiversity through bipartisan and noncon-frontational means. The NatureConservancy is a nonprofit organizationthat seeks to preserve natural communi-ties through agreements with landownersand purchases of land.

“Working for sportsinformation director

Steve Swan gave me agreat start in thesports industry,”

--Carl Moesche, ’81

William Banz, ’88, master’s ’90,is a nutrition physiologist atSouthern Illinois University atCarbondale. He works withgenetically obese rats and hasfound that a diet high in soy pro-tein keeps these animals fromdeveloping a liver condition com-mon not only in fat rats, but alsoin overweight humans. He andtwo colleagues reported their find-ings at a meeting of theFederation of American Scientistsfor Experimental Biology inWashington, D.C. An abstract oftheir research was published inthe federation’s 1999 journal.Banz has a doctorate in nutritionfrom the University of Tennessee.

Cathy Hopkins,’85, master’s ’93,Stevens Point, isexecutive director of

the American Red Cross of PortageCounty where she has worked for thepast five years.

“Being a lifestyle as-sistant truly helped toprepare me for publicspeaking, prioritizingmy time and activities,and my life overall.”—Kristin Kwak, ’88

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Al Ehley, ’79, Webster City, Iowa, is anarea resource conservationist, and hiswife, Ruth (Meyer), ’80, is a soil conser-vationist. They both work for the U.S.Department of Agriculture NaturalResource Conservation Service. He hasbeen with the USDA for 20 years andsays he still uses concepts he learned atthe Central Wisconsin EnvironmentalStation. “The Environmental EducationPracticum course at CWES taught mehow to share my love of God's creationwith young and old. After my firstcourse with Dr. Gross, I switched mymajor and focused on EnvironmentalEducation,” Ehly said.

Peter J. Konrath, ’78, Milwaukee,teaches in West Bend schools. Twoyears ago, he took a year off and movedto Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with his partner,Ric Correa. He worked as a waiter andfor Nieman Marcus before returning toteaching.

Pete Korpi, ’78,Aukland, NewZealand, is a clin-ical supervisorand lecturer in thedepartment of

optometry and vision science at theUniversity of Auckland. He will returnto his practice in Muscatine, Iowa, inJuly. He and his wife, Kristy(Heinrichs), ’79, and their two childrenare enjoying New Zealand.

Craig Mosurinjohn, ’78, Fort Atkinson,is the director of career services at UW-Whitewater. His wife, Jeanne, is a read-ing specialist aide for the Fort AtkinsonSchool District. They have five childrenand are grateful to be back in Wisconsinafter living out of the state for most ofthe past 15 years.

Christopher Badgley, ’77, WashingtonD.C., is vice president for state govern-ment affairs at the PharmaceuticalResearch and Manufacturers of America.He previously worked for Wyeth AyerstPharmaceuticals.

William Kreznor, ’76, Woodstock, Ill.,celebrated his 11th year as a consultingsoil scientist. He earned a master’sdegree from the University of Illinois in1988. He is the president of Illinois SoilClassifiers Association. He and his wife,Nancy, have two children.

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Michael Sorensen, ’79, Menasha, is aregional sales manager at SyntheticIndustries where he sells geotextile fabricin both civil and environmental applica-tions. He says “Hi” to all of those whowere on the 1978 international fieldstudy to Germany and Poland. Heinvites friends to email him(msoren7216@aol.com).

Carl Barkow, ’79, Appleton, is an agentwith the IRS Coordinated Exam Programand serves as associate timber specialistfor the pulp and paper industry. Heearned a master’s degree from UW-Whitewater in 1986.

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In July an unofficial golf tournament was held at the Stevens Point CountryClub for a group of former UWSP golf team members and other alumni. Thewinning group included, left to right, Bob Kemps, ’74, Appleton; AndyDederich, ’77, Menomonee Falls; Bernie Jordahl, ’76, Stillwater, Minn.; andRandy Oswald, ’76, Green Bay. Despite 90˚ heat that day, the group scorewas 61, 11 under par.

David Blair, ’76, New York, N.Y., is thevice president for sponsorship and adver-tising sales at iVillage.com, a network ofWeb sites specializing in women’s inter-ests. He received his master’s degreefrom the University of Iowa. He andNancy Trespasz were married inNovember. The couple met in 1993 on aflight when Blair rose to take his suitjacket from the overhead compartment.As change from his pockets rained downon Trespasz, he remarked, “Pennies fromheaven,” beginning a conversation thatlasted the rest of the journey.

Gary Swick, ’76, Crystal Lake, Ill., is inhis 23rd year of teaching environmentalscience at Dundee-Crown High School inCarpentersville, Ill. He was the 1998Kane County Teacher of the Year andwas runner up for Illinois teacher of theYear in 1999. He received a Those WhoExcel Award from the Illinois StateBoard of Education, and was recentlygranted a Christa McAuliffe Fellowshipof $15,000 for a monitoring network pro-ject on the Fox River.

Diane (Kriha) Stefanski, ’76, Antigo, isthe co-owner of Maplewood Real EstateAgency with her husband, Eugene. Theirson will enter UWSP in the fall.

Carol Emmons, ’75, Green Bay, is aprofessor of art and communication andthe arts at UW-Green Bay. She wasawarded the Frankenthal Professorship,which recognizes professors whose workexemplifies the spirit and mission ofUW-Green Bay. Emmons has exhibitedher artwork nationally and internationallyand has won numerous awards.

Ron Zimmerman,’74, master’s ’77,Stevens Point, wasamong 10 faculty andstaff members atUWSP recognized foroutstanding teaching,scholarship andservice in September.He received a $650prize for theAcademic Staff Spirit

of Community Service Award. He hasserved for 20 years as director ofSchmeeckle Reserve. His accomplish-ments include coordinating workdaysand education projects for several studentorganizations and more than 400 volun-teers at the reserve as well as supervisingmany student projects at the VisitorCenter. He led a campaign to acquire 65additional acres for Schmeeckle and co-ordinated and obtained funding for anaddition to the Visitor Center, parking lotlighting and an accessible trail andboardwalk. He is also co-author andeditor for the nationally recognized TheInterpreter’s Handbook Series.

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Pray-Sims Hall alums gathered to celebrate their 30-year reunion lastsummer. Pictured left to right are Ken Peterson, ’70, Wausau; DickLaRoche, ’69, Green Bay; Tom Czerniak, ’70, Union Grove; Dick Urban,’69, Neillsville; Dave Welnetz, ’69, Oconomowoc; and Paul Braun, ’69,Janesville, kneeling. Also included but not pictured are Dave Aronson, ’67,Morris, Minn.; Kermit Traska, ’71, Oregon; and Jerry Munia, ’70, Muskego.

“The EnvironmentalEducation Practicum

course at CWES taughtme how to share my

love of God's creationwith young and old.After my first course

with Dr. Gross, Iswitched my major and

focused onEnvironmental

Education.”—Al Ehly, ’79

“I didn't realize itwhen I was younger,but what I did backthen has a profound

influence on what I amtoday.”

—Ronald Sindric, ’70

SpencerP rokop, ’78,Dallas, Texas,is a well-known Dallasstage, televi-sion, film andradio actor.He recentlyprovidedmultiplevoice charac-

terizations in the Microsoft CD-ROMgame “Age of Empires II: Age of Kings”that was released in October. He provid-ed voices for a Norman Knight, Frenchfoot soldiers and German warriors.

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Class of 1950 to celebrateon June 2 and 3

A special recogni-tion for the CentralState Teachers CollegeClass of 1950 will beheld Friday andSaturday, June 2 and 3.

Class members willcelebrate their 50-yearreunion at the event.Everyone who graduat-ed before 1955 isinvited to attend.Contact your fellowPointers and encouragethem to come.

Invitations with acomplete schedule andregistration information will be sent in April. If you have questions, callthe Alumni Relations Office at (715) 346-3811 or toll free 1-877-764-6801.

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D’Anna (Lewis) Freiberg, ’68,Machesney Park, Ill., teaches at HarlemConsolidated Schools. Her husband,Richard, ’72, has retired from servingwith the U.S. government. She and sev-eral other ’68-’69 alums have heldreunions every year. On their 25threunion in Door County they ran intoformer UWSP Chancellor Lee Dreyfus.They plan to meet in Galena, Ill., nextsummer. The group includes Dan, ’67,and Donna (Tvedt) Lavold, ’68,Waupaca; John, ’69, and Sue (Harder)Whalley, ’69, Little Chute; Gayle(Reader) Erickson, ’68, and Clyde, ’69,and Carolyn (Anchor) Moon, ’68,Wisconsin Rapids.

Max Kopchinski, ’66, Stevens Point, isa private music teacher. He has been amember of the Stevens Point City Bandfor 56 years and a member of the StevensPoint Barbershoppers for 36 years. Hedoes photography for a number of localorganizations.

Roger Ernst, ’65, Neenah, has retiredafter 33 years of teaching English andspeech at Neenah High School.

The year 2000 marks the 20th anniversary of the Steiner Hall AlcoholAwareness Fund Run (SHAAFR).

On April 14 and 15, students and alumni will continue the SHAAFR traditionof running from the capitol in Madison to Steiner Hall in Stevens Point. Studentsbegan this event as a fundraiser for alcohol awareness.

The run begins around 5p.m. on April 14 from the steps of the state capitol.Runners are paired and rotate running two-mile increments approximately everythree hours until we arrive back at Steiner Hall on April 15 midmorning.

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of SHAAFR a welcome back receptionwill be held in Steiner Hall where runners will be greeted as they return fromthe run. The reception is open to all Steiner alumni. For details call the Alumni

Relations Office (715) 346-3811 or 1-877-764-6801. The idea for the event originated with Frank O’Brien, UWSP’s athletic direc-

tor, who was then Steiner Hall’s director. The money is used to fund alcohol awareness programs and events. Currently,

SHAAFR supports Promoting Awareness With Students (PAWS) and StudentsHelping Others Think Sensibly (Hot SHOTS). These two groups consist of students whose goal is to educate their peers about making healthy choices.

Larry Oberman, ’74, and his wife,Ann, ’78, Green Bay, are the owners of aFastsigns store in Green Bay. Fastsignsis the fastest growing sign and graphiccompany in the country.

Dave Marie, ’74, master’s ’84, Plover,recently was named Physician Assistantof the Year by the Wisconsin Academy ofPhysician Assistants. The award wasgiven for his professionalism and hisservice to patients and to the community.A physician assistant at Rice MedicalCenter, he has volunteered for theStevens Point Area YMCA, United Wayof Portage County, American Red Crossand American Cancer Society. Hedevotes his time to serving in Dominica,West Indies, where he coordinated theWorld Community Service Project. Hedeveloped an audiolgy screeningprogram for preschool children on theisland and helped secure medical sup-plies and support to health care providersso they could practice more effectively.

John Nesser, ’73, Missoula, Mont., is aregional soil scientist for the U.S.Department of Agriculture forest service.He is responsible for the soils programand ecological mapping. He is involvedwith the Greater Yellowstone LandscapeModel Project and the NationalEcological Mapping update.

Rick Palmtag, ’72, Greenfield, is vicepresident of Bucyrus International’sCentral and South American operations.He has been with Bucyrus for 25 years.He and his wife, Maribeth, have threechildren.

Joan Gregorius, ’72, Shawano, has beenchairperson of the foreign languagedepartment at Bonduel High School for20 years. She taught English as a secondlanguage in Mexico through theFullbright Teacher Exchange in 1999,and works during the summers at theUniversity of Costa Rica in San Jose.She is married and has two children, one a UWSP graduate and theother a UWSP student, both in the Paper Science program.

John Noel, ’71, Stevens Point, receivedthe Family Friendly Employers Awardfor businesses with more than 50employees from the Portage CountyBusiness Council. The Noel Group isworking to provide a near site daycareprogram and allows employees to usesick days when their children or daycareproviders are ill. He planned a “KidsChristmas” for 180 children, whichincluded a visit from Santa.

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Nabokov’s Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of aLiterary Genius published by Zoland Books,Cambridge, Mass. Johnson, a lepidopterist (but-terfly researcher) wrote the book with New YorkTimes writer Steven Coates.

“Nabokov gained world fame with Lolitaand captivated sophisticated readers with a scoreof other fictions, but he took equal pride in hisstudies of butterflies,” according to Publisher’sWeekly who gave Nabokov’s Blues their“Exceptional Merit” rating. Other accoladesinclude the American Library Association ratingof Nabokov’s Blues as “Outstanding in itsGenre” and placing it among the “Ten BestBooks in Science” for 1999.

In the 1940s, Nabokov discovered and nameda number of blue butterflies in Central America, and the KarnerBlue, an endangered species in North America. Even thoughhis interest in butterflies was as an amateur, he was curator ofHarvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Last year marked the centenary of Nabokov’s birth andgave Johnson a number of opportunities to share his knowledgeof the novelist’s scientific work. He published articles aboutNabokov in the Lepidopterists’ Society News, Dialogue maga-zine and Natural History magazine.

Nabokov’s Blues details Johnson’s work with colleaguesZsolt Balint of Hungary and Dubi Benyamini of Israel inremote parts of Central America that expanded Nabokov’swork. It combines the scientific writing with a biography ofNabokov. Johnson and Coates discuss the meaning of butter-flies in Nabakov’s fiction. “Curiously, Nabokov’s blue butter-flies yield startling insights into biological mimicry—an appro-priate turn, given the novelist’s own penchants for masks and

doubles,” Publisher’s Weekly states.Johnson was UWSP’s only Woodrow Wilson

Fellow under the sponsorship of Charles Long, pro-fessor emeritus of biology. In the book, Johnsonacknowledges Long as his mentor. He completed hisdoctorate at the City University of New York in1981.

UWSP’s Museum of Natural History is men-tioned in the book as the publisher of Johnson’sbook Neotropical Blue Butterflies. As a result of theresearch of Johnson and others, a large number ofspecies were discovered.

“Instead of 19 species that Nabokov ultimatelyarranged in his nine genuses of NeotropicalPlyommatini, science now recognizes nearly 80,”the authors state.

This has led to a labor, and privilege, of namingnew butterflies. More than a dozen of the species have beennamed for characters in Nabakov’s fiction including Lolita,Johnson says in the book.

“Particular care was taken in the case of the new specieshumbert, to ensure that in nature, if not in literature, Lolitawould live eternally free from the monstrous HumbertHumbert. The scientists made certain to place humbert in aseparate genus and assigned to that name a species with a lim-ited range living some 1500 miles from where lolita might everbe found roaming,” the author notes.

Johnson also contributed to a book of paintings byNabokov entitled Vera’s Butterflies.

A former research associate in entomology at the AmericanMuseum of Natural History, Johnson is currently at the FloridaState Collection of Arthropods. He has written numerous sci-entific articles and completed the work on tropical blue butter-flies that was pioneered by Nabokov.

Carol (Check) Kojis, ’71, and her hus-band, Jim, ’70, recently celebrated their25th wedding anniversary with a trip toTurkey and Egypt. Carol started ATSConsulting and has worked with severalnational and international firms in theTwin Cities. Prior to forming her busi-ness, she taught fourth grade for 10 yearsand was a systems analyst with 3M forsix years. For the past 10 years, Jim hasbeen teaching at Breck School inMinneapolis. During a year long sabbat-ical, he studied medicinal plants used byIndians in the Americas. He traveled tothe Southwest U.S., Mexico, Peru andChile and created a Web site for teachers(www.perssenter.com/~breck/index.htm).They live in rural Afton, Minn., withtheir Deutsch Drahthaar dog, “Birka.”

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RalphAbrahamson,’38, Sandy, Utah,was the first of52 graduates toreceive a bache-lor of sciencedegree fromUWSP on June10, 1938. Heretired in 1975after 36 years as

a public school music director and 30years as adjudicator at music festivals inWisconsin and Michigan. He was amember of the 82nd Airborne Division

band during World War II and is a mem-ber of many national music organiza-tions. He also is assistant director of hischurch’s choir and a member of the hand-bell choir.

Gloria (Richard) Cavil, ’60, Marshall, ispastor of the United Methodist Churchesin Marshall and Fall River. She wasawarded the Frances Asbury Award forsignificant contributions to fostering thechurch’s ministries in higher education atthe local, district and state levels. Sheearned a master’s degree at CardinalStritch University in 1984 and a master’sof divinity at Garrett EvangelicalTheological Seminary in 1990.

Friday, June 2

Noon–1 p.m. Lunch

1–3 p.m. Tours of Campus Comprehensive walking tours ofacademic buildings, residencehalls, Old Main, student centers

5–7 p.m. Reunion Weekend WelcomeReceptionFounder's Room, Old Main

7 p.m. Dutch Treat DinnerReservations made at a localrestaurant Pay on your own

Saturday, June 3

9:30 a.m. Registration/HospitalityAlumni Room, University CenterContinental breakfast, videos, dis-plays, alumni apparel for sale

11:15 a.m. Welcome CeremonyAlumni Room, University CenterSinging of the “Purple and theGold”Welcomes by: Master of

Ceremonies, Chancellor TomGeorge and representatives fromthe Student GovernmentAssociation, the AlumniAssociation and the UWSPFoundation

11:45 a.m. Introduction of the Class of’50Introductions and a short biograph-ical sketch of each member

12:15 p.m. Reunion ChampagneBrunchWright Lounge, University CenterClass photo taken, toast by partici-pants, brunch conversation

2 p.m. Reunion ProgramAlumni Room, University CenterThe Grad Years – 1950 (video pre-sentation)Reminiscence by the Class of ’50and other participants

3 p.m. HospitalityAlumni Room, University Center (punch, cookies, goodbyes)

Karen Knox, ’70, Janesville, is presi-dent of Southwest Wisconsin TechnicalCollege, Fennimore. Her husband,Doug, ’68, is a Natural ResourcesConservation Service coordinator for theU.S. Department of Agriculture.

Ronald Sindric, ’70, Waterloo, Iowa, isa senior chemistry instructor at HawkeyeCommunity College. He has doneeverything from photographing fashionmodels in New York to running a com-puter lab on an Indian Reservation inMontana. Check out his Web site(http://home.forbin.com/sindric/photron). “I remember when I used to bea photographer for the yearbook and thenewspaper. I didn't realize it when I wasyounger, but what I did back then has aprofound influence on what I am today,”said Sindric.

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Robert Sigurdson, ’90, Ingleside, Ill.,formerly of Menomonie and EauClaire, died Oct. 1 at age 59. Heworked as an agent for the IRS. From1961 to 1965 he served in the U.S.Navy. His wife, Veronica, survives.

Lori (Liebe) Wachter, Winneconne,died Oct. 13 at age 38. After lastattending UWSP in 1981, she moved toNeenah and later to Winneconne whereshe was a teacher’s aide in theWinneconne school system. She is sur-vived by her husband, James ’81, andtwo children.

Deanna Wild, ’77, Shawnee, Kan.,died Sept. 28 at age 45. She was anadjunct professor at JohnsonCommunity College in Overland Park,Kansas. She edited newsletters forMystery Book Lovers Club and RedOak Hills Subdivision and volunteeredat several humane societies. WayneWild, Deanna’s father, was a UWSPemeritus faculty member in theDepartment of Mathematics andComputer Science. Deanna receivedmaster’s degrees from the University ofIowa and Bowling Green StateUniversity, Bowling Green, Ohio. Sheis survived by her husband, SteveSimon.

James “Sam” Salmon, Milwaukee,died Jan. 18 at age 49. He attendedWisconsin State University-StevensPoint until 1977 and received his bach-elor's degree from UW-La Crosse in1979. He taught social studies at NorthDivision High School. He is survivedby his wife, Mary Jane.

Christopher Hofstede, ’76, died in atractor accident June 9 at age 49. Hebegan work in conservation andresource management in Wisconsin andlater worked for the State of MinnesotaBoard of Water and Soil Resources.He and his wife, Donna, who survives,sailed from Duluth, Minn., with theirchildren to the Caribbean, Central andSouth America. He spent the past yearcaring for his parents in Sister Bay.

G regory Bergman, ’76, Two Rivers,died Nov. 28 at age 47. He was a certi-fied public accountant in Manitowocand a partner with the firm of Whitney,Kroening, Stangel, Bergman, Swetlikand Zinkel since 1990. He also was amember of the board of directors of theRogers Street Fishing Village.

James Wood, ’75, Glendale, died July16 at age 49. He had lived in StevensPoint, Madison, Milwaukee and, for thelast 14 years, Glendale. A senior staffanalyst for CompuPros Inc., he hadbeen assigned to Deluxe Data Systemssince 1988. He also was on the boardof examiners for the WisconsinForward Award. He met his wife,Naomi, ’79, who survives, when theyworked in Old Main.

Glenn Schlice, North Point, Fla., for-merly of Stevens Point, died Nov. 29 atage 75. After he left UWSP in 1974,he attended the University of Miamiwhere he played football and partici-pated in the 1946 Orange Bowl. Heplayed semi-pro football with teamsincluding the Wausau Muskies,Delevan Red Devils and Merrill Foxes.

Jane Kannel, ’74, Sheboygan, diedAugust 12 at age 47. She spent 25years with the Sheboygan public schoolsystem as a librarian at Lyman,Longfellow, Lincoln Erdman,Cleveland, and James MadisonElementary schools as well as at theEarly Learning Center.

Lynn LeGault, ’71, Madison andNaples, Fla., died Oct. 27 at age 57.He served in the Army Corps ofEngineers and graduated from theUniversity of Wisconsin Law School in1973 and worked for the WisconsinChapter of Associated GeneralContractors (AGC) for 25 years. Heserved as executive vice president,national AGC executive council presi-dent and was a speaker, facilitator andseminar leader. His leadership broughtnationwide recognition to the

Wisconsin construction industry andthe AGC of Wisconsin. His wife,Mary, survives.

Terry Spaar, ’71, West Bend, diedJuly 28 at age 51. He was a costaccountant at the Perlick Corp. ofMilwaukee and coached Little Leaguein West Bend.

Norman Loveless Jr., ’71, Schofield,died Sept. 8 at age 52. He served inthe Air Force for four years during theVietnam War. He was an assistant pas-tor in the Madison area for two years,founded the Eagle River BaptistChurch in 1982 and was the pastor ofHarvest Baptist Church, Schofield, for13 years. He also worked full time forJack Allen Business Machines Inc.where he later became president andowner of the company. He received amaster of arts degree and a master ofdivinity degree from Maranatha BaptistBible College, Watertown. He is sur-vived by his wife, Kathy.

Jerome Mallon, ’71, Oshkosh, diedOct. 5 at age 59. He won 14 athleticletters at Rio High School and was aUWSP basketball letter winner. Heworked for Walsworth Publishing.

Sandra (Reidenbach) Altenbu rg, ’65,Cape Canaveral, Fla., formerly ofRacine, died Oct. 17 at age 56. Shehad been a heart transplant recipient amonth before her death. Before gradu-ation, she served on the Student UnionBoard, Steiner Hall Council, Seniorand Junior Primary Council, PointerStaff, and Delta Zeta Sorority and wasjunior prom queen. She worked in theRacine School District for 32 years inpositions including director of theSpecial Educational Needs Program,coordinator for Chapter I, program spe-cialist in reading and language forChapter I, administrator for curriculumand staff development and administra-tor of instructional services. She wasone of the first women members ofRotary West and Phi Kappa Delta. Shereceived her master’s degree from theCollege of Racine (UW-Parkside). Sheis survived by her husband, John, ’64.

Jane (Menzel) Burgess, ’64,Philadelphia, died Oct. 16. She was aprofessor of sociology, marriage andthe family and anthropology at UW-Waukesha for 17 years and was listedin Who’s Who of American Women.She earned her doctorate at theUniversity of Illinois.

Patrick Knight, ’64, Olympia, Wash.,formerly of Wisconsin Rapids, diedMay 24 at age 59. While a teenager, hejoined the Menominee Indian Tribe inWisconsin in a struggle to prevent theenforcement of the Allotment Actbreaking up the reservation and wasadopted into the tribe. After highschool, he was a merchant seamanactive in the Seafarers' union while heearned his bachelor's degree. Hehelped establish Young Democraticclubs in high schools throughoutCentral Wisconsin and was a delegatewith former President Jimmy Carter asan observer of the election in SouthAfrica for President Nelson Mandella.He participated in John Kennedy'spresidential campaign, was involved inStudent Nonviolent CoordinatingCommittee's (SNCC) voter registrationdrive in Mississippi and was a founderof Students for a Democratic Society.He was very active in the labor move-ment most recently, organizing munici-pal unions in Montana and Washingtonand served as president of the local unitof American Federation of State,County and Municipal Employees inOlympia.

Joan Drayna, ’64, Waupaca, died Nov.22 at age 78. She earned a degree fromthe Chicago Teacher’s College and amaster’s degree in bacteriology fromUW-Madison. She studied the effectsof radiation on micro-organisms andworked on the Manhattan Project at theUniversity of Chicago. Later, sheearned a degree at UWSP and studiedat the Sorbonne in France. She taught

French at Waupaca High School forabout 20 years. “She was serious abouteducation for her children and for her-self,” her son, Dennis said. With herencouragement, all of her children havebeen highly educated, earning master’sdegrees or doctorates at prestigiousuniversities. A worldwide traveler,according to her son, she was not atourist. “She didn’t go to look and see,but to have places impact her.” Sheheaded a local horticulture program,was active in many facets of theWaupaca community and started cross-country skiing in her sixties.

Delores Jones, ’51, Bowler, died June4 at age 69. She taught at FlorenceHigh School for two years and BowlerHigh School for 36 years. She taughthistory, English, physical education,geography, and adult speech as well asserving as high school librarian anddirecting forensics, dramatics, girls'athletics, student councils, annuals,newspaper and quiz teams. She was amember and officer in local and countyeducation associations as well as anumber of national honor societies.

Ralph Roberts, ’51, Nekoosa, diedOct. 15 at age 70. He served as a cryp-tographer in the U.S. Army during theKorean War . He opened one of thefirst fast food chain restaurants inWisconsin. He and his wife, Delores,who survives, spent winters in Mesa,Ariz.

Violet (Hoskins) Povilka, ’51, GrandMarsh, died April 9 at age 95. Shetaught in Adams County rural and stategraded schools for many years andserved as postmaster for Grand Marshfrom 1954 to 1973.

Charles Lanigan, ’50, Midland,Mich., died Oct. 6 at age 76. He wasawarded the Soldiers Medal in 1944 forrescuing a pilot from a burning planeduring his service in the U.S. Army AirCorps during World War II. He taughtschool for many years in Lake Orion,Mich., and Midland, Mich., and servedas the Midland Public Schools sciencecoordinator where he helped developseventh and eighth grade science cur-riculum. In 1965, he received theExcellence in Teaching Award and in1985 he won the Science TeacherAssociation Outstanding ScienceSupervisor award. The first director ofthe Chippewa Nature Center NaturalHistory Day Camp, he served on thecenter’s Board of Directors. He waswell known for the cartoons and illus-trations he contributed to the ChippewaNature Center brochures and programs.He received his master’s degree fromthe University of Michigan. He is sur-vived by his wife, Janet.

Donald Kluck, ’50, Sheboygan, diedNov. 24. He served in WWII in thePacific Theater with the Marine Corps.He was a sales representative forCentral Steel and Wire Co. inMilwaukee for many years. He is sur-vived by his wife, Betty.

Chester Caskey, ’47, Rhinelander,died Oct. 7 at age 80. He served in theU.S. Army during WWII in the PacificTheater. He taught school in GoodmanArmstrong district and at Pelicanschool in Rhinelander for 15 years,retiring in 1978. He is survived by hiswife, Carol.

Alice (Klake) Davis, ’47, Greenfield,died Sept.10 at age 75. She taught atSt. Patrick’s and St. John’s in Racine inthe 1960s and 1970s. She is survivedby her husband, Jack, ’48.

Virginia (Cappel) Punke, ’45, Merrill,died Nov. 20 at age 90. She taught inrural and private elementary and sec-ondary schools as well as at the collegelevel. She was active in a variety ofcommunity organizations. Shereceived a master’s degree from UW-Madison.

Neva (Bork) Helm, ’45, Oshkosh, diedrecently.

Doris Edminster, ’44, Waukesha, for-merly of Waupaca, died July 9 at age

92. She taught for more than 40 yearsin Fond du Lac, Reedsburg, Manawa,West Salem, Waukesha and the Ruraland Granite Quarry schools inWaupaca. She received a master’sdegree from UW-Oshkosh.

Marjorie (Prey) Jenkins, ’44,Seymour, died April 2 at age 76. Shetaught English and was the librarian atSeymour Community High School foralmost 40 years. She also coachednumerous school plays and taughtforensics, retiring in 1986. She servedon the Seymour Library Board. She issurvived by her husband, Charlie.

Margery (Thompson) Helding, ’42,Mosinee, died July 24.

Gerald Torkelson, ’41, Shoreline,Wash., died recently. He was a retiredprofessor of education at the Universityof Washington.

Marlea (Thayer) Regal, ’39,Marshfield, died August 22 at age 90.She taught for several years inMarathon and Wood Counties. She issurvived by her husband, Harvey. Herfirst husband, Sewel Cook, precededher in death. Her grandson, PerryCook, is an assistant professor of edu-cation at UWSP, and many of hergrandchildren are alumni.

Lucy (Bleck) Esterl, ’39, Park Falls,died Oct. 3 at age 82. She taughtthroughout her career in Park Falls,Fifield and Butternut ElementarySchools.

Ruth (Johnson) Cady, ’39, InverGrove, Minn., formerly of White BearLake, Minn., died Dec. 5 at age 81.She was named a UWSP DistinguishedAlumna in 1989. She taught homeeconomics, science and physical educa-tion for several years at Coon RapidsJunior High school and in the Anoka-Hennepin School District. Active in 4-H, she served as a club leader for 20years, a leader chairman for four years,and president of the 4-H board ofRamsey County. She often judged bak-ing and sewing entries at various coun-ty fairs in Minnesota. She served onthe Ramsey County Library Board foreight years and was an active alumnimember of Phi Upsilon Omicron, anhonorary and professional home eco-nomics society. She served on theexecutive board of Phi UpsilonOmicron for several years and was amember of Sigma Zeta, an honoraryscience fraternity, as well as the TwinCity Home Economists inHomemaking. Named a life memberof the American Home EconomicsAssociation, she served as a state dele-gate for the Minnesota HomeEconomics Association. She also stud-ied toward a master’s degree at theUniversity of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Alice (Rodencal) Mumma, ’38,Lincolnshire, Ill., formerly of Merrill,died July 13 at age 82. She was an ele-mentary school teacher and taught atTruax Field in Madison during WWII.

Eileen (Maguire) Grill,Birnamwood,’37, died Oct. 16. Sheattended St. Mary’s School of Nursingin Wausau and taught for eight years inMarathon County. She was also a pri-vate duty nurse for the Wausau VisitingNurses and the Marathon CountyBlood Bank. She worked for 13 yearsas a registered nurse at the HommeHome, Wittenberg. She is survived byher husband, George.

E rnest Cater, ’36, Brush, Colo., diedJuly 16 at age 81.

Robert Steiner, ’36, Lancaster, Pa.,died Nov. 16 at age 84. He was thefirst president of Omaha Indemnity Co.and Constitution of Canada, two whol-ly owned subsidiaries of Mutual ofOmaha. He began his career in theinsurance business with HardwareMutual Insurance Co. of Stevens Pointand later became vice president ofUnion Indemnity and Great CentralInsurance companies. He taughtEnglish and history, coached basket-ball, and eventually became principal

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John Zawadsky, professor emeritus of phi-losophy, died Sept. 13.

A pioneer in the development of the philos-ophy curriculum, he came to UWSP in 1966and served for 26 years before his retirement in1992.

UWSP had just received approval to imple-ment a philosophy major when Zawadsky, aspecialist in Soviet ideology, was hired to serveas the first chair of the department. The scopeof offerings, the teaching staff and the numberof students served made it one of the largestundergraduate programs of its kind in thecountry by the end of his 18 years as head ofthe department.

A native of Vermont, he received his bache-lor’s degree from Rutgers University, master’sand doctoral degrees from Harvard University. His knowledge of the Russianlanguage led him to become a research assistant with assignments inHarvard’s Russian Research Center where he eventually became a senioranalyst.

He served two years in the China Theater at the close of World War II.While at UWSP, he led a semester program to England and took five

groups to the Soviet Union for spring tours between 1969 and 1982.

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of Endeavor High School. A pilot andair combat intelligence officer duringWWII, he also appeared in the docu-mentary, The Fighting Lady, about theUSS Yorktown. His picture is on dis-play as a part of the WWII collection atthe Smithsonian Air and SpaceMuseum. Recruited by the BostonBraves farm team, he played semipro-fessional hockey and held theWisconsin state high school pole vaultrecord for many years. He also direct-ed high school and community bands.He earned a master's degree from UW-Madison. His wife, Shirley, survives.

Hildegarde (Knutson) Burtch, ’33,Oshkosh, died in January 1999.

Florence (Woboril) Sprague, ’33,Zumbrota, Minn., died August 31 atage 86. She was a member of theOrder of the Eastern Star.Josephine (Peitenpol) Johnson, ’32,East Brunswick, N.J., died Sept. 2 atthe age of 94. She taught in theIronwood, Mich., school system for theduration of her career.

Esther (Sorenson) Rothman, ’32,Stevens Point, died July 25 at age 87.She was Trinity Lutheran Church sec-retary in the 1950s and early 1960s.She also worked for the SelectiveService Board in the 1960s and SentryInsurance before her retirement. Sheserved as president of the churchLadies Aid and was a member and offi-cer of the Progress Club.

Alice (Law) Ziegler, one-year certifi-cate ’31, two-year certificate ’48, three-year certificate ’54, Stratford, died July2 at age 87. She taught for more than30 years in Stratford/ Marshfield areaschools.

Anne (Stewart) Way, ’31, Glendale,died Sept. 18. She taught in Tigertonand Spencer public schools. InTigerton she was the girls’ athleticdirector, forensics coach and directedschool plays. In Wausau, she was astudy center librarian at the G.D. JonesElementary School and John MuirJunior High School.

Mildred (Barnum) Porter, ’29,Stevens Point, died Nov. 27 at age 92.She taught home economics at Mid-State Technical College and in theStevens Point Public Schools. She andher husband also ran Porter’s Market, agrocery store on Main Street in StevensPoint.

Genevieve (Markee) Rodgers, ’26,Mellen, died Nov. 14 at age 93.

Marie (Boylan) Jensen, ’23, Stanley,formerly of Withee, died July 6 at age96. She taught for 47 years inPittsville and Illinois and was given acertificate of life membership by theIllinois Congress of Parents andTeachers for leadership and service.

Elsie (Hermann) Eckardt, ’23,Sheboygan Falls, died Sept. 2 at age96. She taught home economics andphysical education until 1938. Thenshe moved to Milwaukee where sheowned a gift and card shop.

Margaret (Fosbinder) Buchanan, ’22,Nekoosa, died Nov. 21 at age 96. Shetaught in Wautoma for three years, thenworked at Nekoosa Papers Inc. duringWorld War II. She also was employedat Steinberg Bakery, the ClevelandInsurance Agency and the SchultzInsurance Agency in Nekoosa. She wasthe first woman elected to the NekoosaSchool Board where she served for 14years.

Mary (Doyle) Becker, teacher’s cer-tificate ’19, bachelor’s degree ’56,Rothschild, died Nov. 27 at age 96.She taught grade school in Marathonand Portage counties for more than 40years. Becker organized the first spe-cial education classroom in D.C.Everest High School, Schofield, whereshe taught for nine years until herretirement. She was active in numerous community organizations.

Obituaries

Thomas Hayes, Stevens Point, died inSeptember at age 74.

He served as director of student teachingat UWSP for 17 years until his retirement in1988. He taught in the School of Educationfor 26 years. He also served as acting deanof the College of Professional Studies for ashort time.

A native of Michigan, he grew up inGoodman and served with the Navy in theSouth Pacific during World War II.

He attended Northland College inAshland and began teaching in 1950. Hetaught elementary school in Crandon andwas a biology teacher at Rhinelander High

School before earning his master’s degreefrom UW-Madison.

He taught in the UWSP Campus Laboratory School as a science teacherfor elementary students. He had been a longtime officer of the WisconsinAssociation of Teacher Education and for 10 years was the executive commit-tee chair of the Wisconsin Improvement Program.

His wife, Lorna, survives.

Merl Farmer, Stevens Point, emeritus pro-fessor of business and economics, died inOctober at age 93.

A native of rural Salt Lake City, Utah, hisexperience of the depression in the 1930s gavehim the incentive to pursue the study of eco-nomics.

He received his bachelor’s degree from theUniversity of Idaho and taught in rural schoolsin Oregon. After serving in the Navy duringWorld War II, he earned a master’s degree atthe University of Chicago studying underFrank Knight, one of the nation’s leading econ-omists at the time. He earned a doctorate atthe Univeristy of Illinois.

He also taught in Nebraska and Kentuckybefore coming to UWSP in 1963. He retired in1977, but continued to keep an office on campus for many years.

His long involvement with students prompted him to speak glowingly ontheir behalf, especially the students at UWSP.

After retirement, Farmer spent considerable time lecturing, reading newliterature about economics and writing his opinions about current trends fornewspapers and journals. Because of his availability, vast experience andwillingness to address classes, Farmer was invited to give talks to students oneconomic topics each semester for more than 15 years after he retired.

A memorial has been established in his name with the UWSP Foundation,2100 Main St., Suite 212, Stevens Point, WI 54481.

His wife, Lillian, died Jan. 14.

Thomas Hayes Two awards honor Hayes

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Merl Farmer

Thomas Hayes, who served as director of student teaching at UWSP andtaught in the School of Education, will be honored with two new awards, onegiven to outstanding teachers and a second to UWSP students.

Hayes taught science education methods to thousands of teachers and wasinvolved in student teacher placement for many years.

In his memory, his family and friends have created a fund that will paytribute to veteran teachers who excel as mentors to student teachers. The TomHayes Award for Outstanding Assistance to Teacher Education Students willbe made each year to outstanding teachers who have made a significant differ-ence in the lives of UWSP students.

If you would like to honor Hayes’ memory with a gift to the fund, contactthe UWSP Foundation, 2100 Main St., Stevens Point, WI 54481, or call (715)346-3812 or toll free, 1-800-858-5267.

The second award, for student teachers, has been named the Tom HayesStudent Teacher Memorial Award. Established by his wife, Lorna Hayes, theaward will be given annually at the School of Education spring recognitionbanquet to two UWSP students who plan to be student or intern teachers inany field.

Candidates for the award must have a grade point of at least 3.5 and berecommended by two faculty members and should show success in field ex-periences, leadership, service to society, citizenship, character and personality.

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John Zawadsky

Financing a college educationcan be one of the most costly ex-penses faced by a family. Collegemay seem a long way off, but it re-quires early financial planning.

The Wisconsin Legislaturecreated EdVest Wisconsin in 1996to help with the difficult task of cre-ating a savings plan. Parents,grandparents and others can open orcontribute to an EdVest account thatcan be used at any accredited publicor private institution of higher edu-cation in the nation.

EdVest will make a donation of$20 to the UWSP AlumniAssociation for each new accountthat is established by an alum orfriend of the university before May31. If you decide to open anaccount, take advantage of thisspecial donation by writing “UWSP

Alumni Association” on the enroll-ment form.

Accounts are managed by theState Department of Administrationand the State of WisconsinInvestment Board. EdVest accountearnings are exempt from stateincome tax. Federal income tax oninvestment earnings is deferred untilfunds are withdrawn, after whichthe earnings are taxable as ordinaryincome at the student’s rate.

If you would like more informa-tion or an enrollment package, callEdVest toll free at 1-888-338-3789.

UWSP, the Alumni RelationsOffice and the Alumni Associationdo not endorse the EdVestWisconsin program over other in-vestment opportunities. We simplypresent this information for ourreaders to consider.

EdVest: Is it for you?

The theme of this year’s Homecoming celebrationwas “The New Millennium Mayhem.”

More than 100retired UWSP facultyand staff membersjoined current facul-ty and staff at theannual retired facul-ty luncheon. Part ofHomecoming activi-ties, guests at thegathering enjoyedrefreshments andconversation in theWright Lounge andlunch in the AlumniRoom.

A common theme for many parade entries wasthe potential problem of Y2K “bugs.” Theextravaganza drew a crowd to the streets ofStevens Point on Homecoming morning.

Homecoming weekend also featured the induction of six Pointer athletes intothe UWSP Athletic Hall of Fame. Pictured are, left to right, Beth Mears, ’92,track & field; Bob Berceau, ’90, wrestling; Jerry Lawetzki, ’67, basketball;Debbi Shane Smith, ’90, basketball/softball; Toby and Karen Rivers represent-ing the late George Rivers, ’65, football; Don Solin, ’78, football; and MikeOkray. Okray was presented the 1999 UWSP Athletic Directors Award for hiscontributions to the athletics program.

Thousands of football fans filled thestands at Goerke Field for theHomecoming battle between thePointers and River Falls. Gametimetemp…70˚ F.

Chancellor Tom George joined the Phi Sigs during an afternoon and evening of camaraderie during Homecoming 1999. UWSP’s Epsilon-Kappa chapter of PhiSigma Kappa separated from the national organization in November 1998 and isnow known as Phi Sigma Chi. The chapter has experienced rejuvenation as thegroup has nearly doubled in size. The reunion was held at Graffiti's on the Square.The chancellor is a member of the Phi Sigs.

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Join us for Homecoming 2000 September 30th.There will be academic reunions and more family activities!

• Activities for all ages

• Interactive programs in many academic departments

• New exhibits in the Museum of Natural History

• Festival of the Arts show in the Fine Arts Center

• Food and refreshments

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Members of the Alumni Marching Bandentertained along the parade route. Callthe Alumni Office if interested in joiningthem next year... No experience required.

Behind senior quarterback Ryan Aulenbacher, the Pointers took anearly lead, but in the second quarter, he left the game with a brokencollarbone. Redshirt freshman Dave Berghuis took over the Pointerteam and led them to an early second half touchdown and a 21-6 lead.The Falcons battled back with two second half scores and cut the leadto 21-19. River Falls was deep in Pointer territory inside the two minutemark, when a third down pass was intercepted to assure the victory.