Stout Outlook, Spring 2000

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by  University of Wisconsin--Stout. University News Services

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Spring 2000
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DDDeeesssiiigggnnn A recent collaboration between Interior students the enormous amount of work they are
Systems Inc. (ISI) and UW-Stout’s department capable of doing in a compressed period of
of art and design enabled the university’s time. When a student accomplishes several
interior design students to gain real life weeks of work in one day, that has a powerful
CCChhhaaarrrrrreeetttttteee experience in an event titled “Design Charrette.” impact on their self-confidence.” At the end of
“This event was an interesting and intense the day, ISI challenged the students to design
brainstorming session to generate concepts for the reception area and conference room
a ‘real world’ project ISI is working on, complex for their offices in Fond du Lac.
providing students a chance to work with After receiving the floor plan and
Event benefits both students and professionals professional designers and UW-Stout design perspective outline the following morning, each
staff in an intense two-day workshop,” said group developed a design and materials
Ron Verdon, chair of UW-Stout’s department presentation. The groups then had 10 minutes
of art and design. to present their ideas to a jury. Members of the
ISI designs interiors for commercial and first-place group were Jyneal Radke, Alana
educational settings. The Fond du Lac interior Skoyen and Raquel Schwieder.
design firm has strong ties to UW-Stout. “One of the things I think we all felt good
Lindsey Bovinet, CEO of ISI, is a Stout graduate about was that the students really engaged in
and received the university’s “Outstanding the process. They did a wonderful job and were
Young Alumni Award” in 1987. According to resourceful,” Verdon said.
Bovinet, ISI set out to present a workshop that The designers at ISI actually saw some
would complement the students’ academic student ideas they plan to implement. “Our
experience with real life experience. desire was to get fresh creative ideas,” Bovinet
“We wanted to show students what they explained. “That is exactly what we received
will actually be doing when they get a job, so and more. All of the teams, not just the winning
they are better prepared,” explained Bovinet. team, really pushed their thinking out of the
“An experience like this has a profound way of box to come up with some outstanding solutions
“The charrette experience teaches students the
demonstrating to interior design students how to the design problem.”
enormous amount of work they are capable of doing the basics, such as drawing, painting, sculpture, Verdon said ISI was well prepared for the
printmaking, graphic design and ceramics, are event. “It was clear they spent a great deal of
in a compressed period of time. When a student
critical in preparing them for a career.” time consulting their associates and interns, so
accomplishes several weeks of work in one day,
ISI contributed a tremendous amount of that they were sensitive to the students’ needs
that has a powerful impact on their self-confidence.” support for the “Design Charrette,” providing and concerns. What they presented was
the expertise of Bovinet, creative director Kari interesting, realistic and narrowed enough in
Lindsey Bovinet ’75 Muenster, and designers Linda Ahern and Rita focus to fit the time frame,” he explained.
Gear. They also supplied materials, a catered According to Bovinet, the ISI designers
lunch and reception, honorable mention awards enjoyed being instructors. “I am a firm believer
and a $500 cash award for the first-place group. that when you teach you learn twice,” he said.
Students were divided into teams of three. “Our designers are very proficient at what they
Maureen Mitton and Marc Kallsen, UW-Stout’s do, but sometimes they lose perspective on just
department of art and design, selected the team how talented they really are. Being able to
members based on qualifications, distributing share their talents with young, energetic learners
expertise equally. According to Verdon, this gave our designers a new sense of self worth.
process created teams made up of individuals During the sessions with students, I just stood
who were somewhat unfamiliar with each other back and watched them work and was very
and emphasized the teamwork approach, which proud of them all.”
is quite common in today’s workplace. UW-Stout actively seeks arrangements with
On the first day of the “Design Charrette,” area business and industry that are mutually
students participated in a series of short creative beneficial. “This was a rare opportunity for
workshops inspiring them to come up with Stout’s students and staff. This project is an
resourceful ideas to solve design problems in a ideal example of how UW-Stout cooperatively
brief period of time. “In business there is never engages practicing professionals in the
enough time—deadlines must always be met,” educational setting,” Verdon said.
Bovinet said. “The charrette experience teaches
Explosive Construction Nominations
Growth Partnership Formed Sought
New facility to be the hub UW-Stout to provide Awards will honor alums
of campus telecommunications. construction risk control education. at Homecoming 2000.
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University News
Cutting edge communication
The ’90s brought explosive growth in telecommunications on campus
By mid-2000, UW-Stout will boast a new $8.6 million
three-story building replacing the current
Communications Center as the electronic hub of the
campus. It will bring all the campus’s information
technology components together in a single location.
According to Annette Taylor, campus planner, an
up-to-date communications building is important
because of the vast telecommunications and distance
education needs of the university.
The university has experienced explosive growth
in telecommunications, said Joe Brown, Chief
Information Officer. “In 1993 a consultant reported
the campus was overworked because we had 300
devices on the network. We have upgraded to 3,600 cts
devices now,” said Brown. hite
Currently, the people who work to keep UW-Stout Arc
on the cutting edge, Information and Operating Systems DS
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and Telecommunications and Networking, are housed UW-Stout’s new $8.6 million Communications Center will bring all the campus’s information technology components together in a single location.
in several different buildings. They will now be able
to work together in the new building for even more courses on the UW-Stout campus. But some of the living farther away. They will still want the special “We will be in
efficient problem solving and service delivery. pages will be developed into full-functioned online programs that only Stout can offer. We will be in a
a very good
“These people really pulled together to fix all of delivered courses offered statewide, even worldwide, very good position to provide quality distance
the systems,” said Brown, adding, “A few years ago similar to UW-Stout’s asynchronous online master’s education opportunities, no matter what direction position to
our network was in a meltdown state.” program in hospitality and tourism, said Hagaman. technology takes,” he explained. provide quality
The university will use most of the first floor of the This new program offers courses via the Internet, Synchronous courses may use web sites to support
distance education
building for media production and training with an using a platform called Lotus Learning Space. At any the classroom activities. Asynchronous courses may
imaging studio and standard to high-end computer time of the day in any part of the world, students experiment with synchronous features such as online opportunities,
workstations. Faculty and staff will be able to use access courses from their home computer. chat, document sharing, and back-and-forth audio/ no matter
multimedia production workstations at any time to Because UW-Stout participates in both video, said Hagaman.
what direction
work on advanced productions, like streaming video asynchronous and synchronous distance education, The university may implement several other new
over the Internet or making CD-ROMs. areas on the second floor of the new building will technologies, like digital television and wireless technology takes.”
The first floor will also house the Nakatani Center include two large classrooms set up for synchronous, communication, in the new building. Hagaman noted
Joe Hagaman
for Learning Technologies, a resource and training instructor-led applications. UW-Stout currently that, in preparation for digital television, all of the rear
center for faculty and staff. According to Joe Hagaman, participates in networks that deliver two-way video. projection screens in the building will have a wide-
director of Learning Technology Services, the new According to Hagaman, future distance learning screen format.
space and equipment will enable UW-Stout to meet will combine the best features of asynchronous and “We want to be on the cutting edge, but we don’t
the increased need for faculty and staff training in the synchronous technologies in response to the needs of want to be on the bleeding edge,” said Hagaman. “We
latest technologies, such as building web pages. the students UW-Stout will serve. “Many of the future have had to make some judgments on what will be
Most of the web pages will serve students in learners will be older, working full-time jobs and significant and what will be just another fad.”
A course to savor
International wine and food pairing course explores culture as well
While others were battling January winter whiteouts and but the way they make it is different,” D’Souza added. enter the American market soon, so the students may have “The more we
dipping temperatures in the Midwest, Stout students and At the Palma wineries, students had the unique made potential job links.
do this, the more
instructors savored the white beaches of the Mediterranean opportunity to talk with the owners, winemakers and Jafar Jafari and Christine Clements, also from the
for three weeks. marketing managers. “The owners and winemakers even hospitality and tourism department, pioneered the joint we appreciate
Equipped with nearly 120 all-American, top-echelon gave us special tours and walked us through, if you will, the venture and will host 20 UIB students on the Stout campus
other cultures.
wines, Peter D’Souza and Philip McGuirk, of Stout’s process of making wine and champagne. They were very for a tourism class in April.
hospitality and tourism department, taught the first open,” said McGuirk. McGuirk and D’Souza hope to expose their students to We have found
International Wine and Food Pairing Course at the University “They also opened some of their better wines for us to the wine, food and cultural aspects of as many major wine-
that there really
of the Balearic Islands (UIB) on the island Majorca, Spain. taste,” said D’Souza, smiling. producing countries as possible. The class in Spain will be an
Tolo Hernandez, a UIB instructor, discussed Spanish Beyond wine and food pairing, the Stout students gained annual January event. In addition, the two instructors plan to are no barriers
wine and food. Thirty-one students in UW-Stout’s hotel, a tremendous amount of knowledge about Spanish culture. offer the class in Sydney, Australia, in June 2001 in
to gaining
restaurant and tourism program and 10 students in the They were required to take Spanish language classes before collaboration with Southern Cross University in Lismore,
restaurant program at UIB attended the class. the trip and had the chance to put the language to practical Australia, and will soon travel to Portugal, aiming to arrange knowledge.”
According to D’Souza, the three instructors have not use, communicating with the Spanish instructors, students the class there. Other possible destinations include South
found a similar class that is offered for credit at any other and general public. Africa, Chile, Germany, Italy and France. Peter D’Souza
university in the United States or Europe. They also acquired an appreciation for Spanish customs “The more we do this, the more we appreciate other
For five days, the students attended lectures and matched and lifestyles. A custom popular with the group was the cultures,” said D’Souza. “We have found that there really are
wine with food, and cooked with wine in labs. The students siesta. no barriers to gaining knowledge.”
then spent two days creating lunches and dinners, pairing “When you go to lunch, you go for at least two hours.
Spanish and American wines with Spanish and American Almost everything is closed from 2–4:30 p.m., breaking up
foods. the day nicely,” McGuirk explained.
Armed with the ability to taste wine and match it with “It makes sense. Then you are more productive when
food, the group then traveled to see how wine is made and you come back,” noted D’Souza.
sold. They took one field trip to three small family-owned- Although tourism is a large industry in the Balearic
and-operated wineries in Palma, Majorca, and a second field Islands, D’Souza pointed out that the local residents remain
trip to three large wineries in Barcelona, a large mainland very family oriented. “We made a real effort to be sensitive
city. to their culture. They welcome tourists, but they also want
McGuirk and D’Souza said observing the process at the to protect their customs,” he said.
large corporate wineries was enlightening, but the people at The 31 Stout students made useful connections with
the small Palma wineries really embraced their class. professionals working within the tourism industry. Sol Melia,
“The smaller wineries had great passion for what they one of the largest hotel chains in Europe, sponsored a dinner,
are doing,” McGuirk noted. at which each student received a diploma to commemorate
“Yes. The process is the same at both types of wineries, the event. D’Souza indicated that the hotel chain plans to Tolo Hernandez, Phil McGuirk and Peter D’Souza
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New majors meet demand
information technology a major force on campus Chancellor’s Message
UW-Stout will offer three new academic programs: technical communication, The new Communications Center, currently under cooperative programs
industrial management and an advanced degree in school psychology. construction immediately south of the old building, for their nearby tech-
Technical communication was listed as one of the 20 hottest jobs in “US News will serve as the campus hub for technology, housing nical colleges.
and World Report,” October 26, 1998. UW-Stout’s new bachelor of science degree such functions as information technology and The legislature also
in technical communication will prepare students for jobs that call for high levels distance education facilities. But it will also serve as granted us more
of communication with clients and customers about policies, products and services. a symbol of how information technology has changed flexibility in how we
Technical communicators are valuable to a variety of employers, ranging from forever many aspects of how we work as a university. manage our funds,
computer documentation companies nationwide to medical device companies. Today, information technology is a major force allowing us to develop
Graduates of this program will research, visualize, design, develop and oversee behind nearly every program we offer on campus. custom education for
publication of both print and electronic documents. Technical communicators are Spending hours in front of computer screens is a way business, government
at work creating training presentations at 3M, safety manuals at Johnson Wax and of life for our students, whether they are making use and education on a
maps at the Mall of America. of our modern computer labs or studying at home. cost-recovery basis. We
The technical communication degree will provide students a communication We are now experiencing the first generation of call this service Stout Charles W. Sorensen
background and coursework in a chosen technical area, such as health sciences, truly computer literate students, and their Solutions, a one-stop
hospitality and tourism or manufacturing engineering. expectations are high for the use of technology as a approach to serving the educational needs of external
In response to the needs of both Wisconsin employers and workers, the new major education tool. audiences. You will notice elsewhere in Outlook
bachelor of science degree in industrial management is designed for individuals This spring we have introduced “Access Stout” that we have appointed our first executive director
who have completed an associate degree at a technical college and are interested which will allow students to work directly with our for Stout Solutions, who is serving on an interim
in extending their education. The program will produce managers who are central database to register for class, check on basis.
comfortable with both upper management and the production line, and who deal financial aid and determine what additional courses While the use of technology has placed us in
with issues ranging from making policy to efficient production. they will need before graduation. exciting times, it also presents a financial challenge.
Because today’s students are older, working and living farther away from the There is another way technology has altered our Everyone who has anything to do with computers
university, UW-Stout offers the program on and off campus with an emphasis on way of doing business: it will no longer be necessary knows that they are quickly obsolete and in need of
delivery off campus using various distance learning technologies. for everyone to spend four or more years on campus upgrades or replacement of hardware and software.
Many students will complete general education requirements at one of the 13 to earn a degree. Although we will always have a We have received some assistance from the
two-year UW Colleges located near their home. core resident population on campus, new delivery legislature on this challenge, but the state alone
UW-Stout’s new educational specialist degree (Ed.S.) in school psychology systems will enable us to reach audiences who are cannot meet all of our needs. That is why we are
meets criteria for certification as a school psychologist by the Wisconsin Department place bound or whose lifestyles do not fit the increasingly relying on the generosity of our alumni,
of Public Instruction, and is recommended for accreditation by the National traditional resident approach. as well as business and industry, in closing the gap
Association of School Psychologists. The Ed.S. degree in school psychology is 30 For example, in our current biennial budget the between our technology needs and our financial
credits beyond a master’s degree. legislature has provided substantial funding for us to resources.
Most school psychologists work in public education to ensure that all children expand our graphic communications management Stout has always fostered a reputation as an
are able to learn and progress to the best of their ability, including children in the program in order to fill a need by the printing institution that changes with the times. I hope we can
preschool screening process, and adolescents who are in transition from school to industry for qualified managers. But the additional count on you to help us address the changes that lie
work. Jobs are also available in public and private mental health clinics and students will not be here on campus, but rather out in ahead by continuing to support your university. We,
agencies working with developmentally and learning disabled persons. the communities where they reside. We will reach in turn, will continue to deliver a quality educational
them through distance education and through product that everyone expects from us.
Technology bridges perspectives
UW-Stout and Cerritos College generate cross-cultural communication
Stout’s College of Arts and Sciences, in collaboration their opinions and perspectives through discussion According to Kirby, the links will create a learning “The biases and
with Cerritos College in Norwalk, Calif., has launched exercises. community between Stout and Cerritos College
perspectives
an innovative program to bridge racial and ethnic Kirby noted that one challenge to teaching U.S. history students and, secondly, between the Stout
that students
boundaries. history to a homogeneous population of students is English composition students and philosophy
“The Wisconsin Idea at UW-Stout and Cerritos that the students tend not to consider how their race students at Xavier University. and instructors bring
College” uses video cameras and audio equipment to and surroundings may shape their perspectives. “At points in the semester, we plan to unify the
to the classroom
link American history classes at the urban, multi- “The biases and perspectives that students and triangle and hold discussions that include all three
influence what
ethnic Cerritos campus with the rural, predominately instructors bring to the classroom influence what campuses on topics that cut across course material
Caucasian Stout campus. takes place there. Real learning cannot be achieved lines,” he explained. takes place there.
“While classes are often linked across long until those biases are confronted, discussed and Students involved in the three-way link will
Real learning
distances, this is the first time that a learning community analyzed,” Kirby explained. become familiar with a wide range of technologies.
cannot be achieved
has been created using distance technology for the Both instructors encourage students to speak their Besides using teleconferencing, students will gather
purpose of facilitating interethnic, cross-cultural minds and challenge each other’s views. “We do not information from the Web, communicate with each until those biases
communication,” said Alec Kirby, of the department intend to obliterate the differences between the two other via e-mail and take part of their course online.
are confronted,
of social science. classrooms,” said Kirby. “If each campus preserves The idea to link classes with Cerritos College
discussed and
At Stout, nearly 2 percent of the student body is its individuality, we have something to discuss.” sprouted when Kirby and Brian Fitch, of the English
Asian and 1 percent is African American. Latino and The Wisconsin Idea at UW-Stout and Cerritos and philosophy department, met Ana Torres Bower, analyzed.”
Native American students each make up less than 1 College was named after the progressive reform Cerritos College dean of social science, at a national
Alec Kirby
percent of the population. In contrast, the student program of Robert M. La Follette, who became conference on learning communities last March.
population at Cerritos College is 45 percent Latino, 26 governor of Wisconsin in 1901. La Follette’s “The learning community movement is sweeping
percent Caucasian, 20 percent Asian, 8 percent African Wisconsin Idea centered on the need to modernize the United States, and Cerritos College is a leader in
American and 1 percent Native American. government for the 20th century and featured attempts the movement,” Kirby explained.
“Since we are limited in our ability to bring an to use education and technology to solve practical Fitch and Kirby have published writings and
ethnically diverse population to campus, we will bring problems faced by common people. given presentations on methods of using case studies
the campus to an ethnically diverse population,” Kirby “Our goal is the same,” said Kirby. “We will to structure learning communities. In addition, they
noted. modernize education for the 21st century, using have been active in the Bridge program in the College
Kirby is currently teaching an American history technology to achieve a better cross-cultural of Arts and Sciences that places at-risk students in
course with John Haas, a social science instructor at understanding. In an increasingly diverse nation, this learning communities in order to improve their
Cerritos College. The two instructors take turns mutual understanding is critically important.” academic performance.
conducting lectures and leading discussions. The long-range plan for the Wisconsin Idea at “The Wisconsin Idea will introduce students to
According to Kirby, the lectures focus on individuals UW-Stout and Cerritos College is to create a three- new perspectives, bridging a thousand miles and
and groups who have suffered oppression in American way link between Stout, Cerritos College and Xavier generations of racial and ethnic experiences,” said
history, from the post-Civil War years through the University in New Orleans. Xavier University’s student Kirby.
Reagan era. Students have the opportunity to share population is 88 percent African American, said Kirby.
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Global response
Professor uses Web to share information worldwide
Amazing things can happen on the Web. Alan Scott, of their Web-based courses. He has lecture notes and Scott for his efforts and said he would tell his class “You really have
an assistant professor in UW-Stout’s physics related links on the course’s homepage. People from about the site. And a civil engineer in Turkey said he
to find a balance
department, helped a student in another country win a around the world have e-mailed him through his appreciated that the pages were “easy to understand,”
between doing
trip to the Antarctic. website. and wondered if he could follow Scott’s lectures from
Erick Nilson Souto, a law student at Pontific Scott said some people have questions that he Turkey. your best to
Catholic University (PUC) in Minas Gerias, Brazil, could spend three or four weeks researching in order A geology student in Spain noticed an inconsistency
help them out,
first e-mailed Scott in August. He said the Brazilian to answer them well. “You really have to find a between data on a table and a formula Scott presented.
but not doing
government would award the trip to the PUC student balance between doing your best to help them out, but “It prompted me to go back and look at it carefully,”
who wrote the best paper about the Antarctic region. not doing their work for them,” he explained. “So, I Scott said. “He was right. I checked my references and their work
Souto asked Scott for “fresh” and “updated” send them in a direction that I think could be fruitful, the equation was also wrong in a textbook.”
for them.”
information on the region. Scott said he sent back a list but don’t spend time writing detailed answers.” He sent the student a thank-you note. “I want to
of suggested resources on the area. A student studying A-level physics in the United minimize the number of errors in my Web pages. I Alan Scott
Recently, Souto e-mailed Scott to announce he Kingdom e-mailed him for information on how was fascinated that he was able to spot it,” Scott noted.
won the contest and traveled to “Estação Antártica buildings respond to earthquakes. A civil engineering Scott plans to cut back his Introduction to Geology
Comandante Ferraz,” a research base in the Antarctic. student at the University of Western Australia in and Soil Mechanics class to Introduction to Geology.
“I didn’t really supply him with that much Perth, Australia, wrote to ask if he could quote Scott’s The construction program staff, with the assistance of
information, but I was glad I was able to help him out,” Consolidation/Settlement of Soils paper in his thesis. the physics department, plans to develop a soil
Scott said. Scott doesn’t only get questions. He receives mechanics laboratory. The lab will give students in
The physics department has been using the Internet compliments, and even some criticism. A student at the construction program valuable hands-on
as a teaching tool for many years. Scott’s class, the University of Alberta, working toward his master’s experience. “I haven’t yet developed a good way to
Introduction to Geology and Soil Mechanics, is one in geotechnical analysis and mining, e-mailed to thank do that via the Web,” he said.
High-charged research
NASA project analyzes lightning
John Rompala, a professor in the physics department, charge is in a cloud, and how that ties into an electrical who were working on projects a little different from “At KSC I tried to
began his lightning research at the Kennedy Space strike and a lightning burst,” he explained. his main interest. “I am not an ‘in the field’ sort of
determine where
Center (KSC) during the summers of 1991 and 1992. Rompala said his work dealt primarily with data scientist. I’m a scientist that deals more with modeling
the electrical
This past summer, Rompala had yet another from four ground lightning detectors spread about and analyzing data. I got the chance to learn some new
opportunity to tackle his research when he received a 300 miles apart in the rainforests of Brazil. By tying techniques in math modeling and writing software,” charge is
NASA/American Society for Engineering Education together the information he gathered from the ground he explained.
in a cloud,
Summer Faculty Fellowship through the University stations with the lightning data collected from the He praised the program and the people involved,
and how that
of Alabama-Huntsville. satellites, GHCC hopes to gain a good understanding and encourages others to apply for the fellowships.
For 11 weeks, Rompala worked with the Global of lightning and what tropical storms are all about. “These are such dedicated and talented people, it is ties into
Hydrology Climate Center (GHCC) at the Marshall Brazil, with the help of NASA, is in the process of bound to rub off on you,” he said. “You develop that
an electrical
Space Flight Center. developing a ground detector system similar to the enthusiasm and sense of commitment. I hope to bring
strike and a
According to Rompala, GHCC’s primary interest one in the United States. NASA has acquired valuable some of that back here to Stout.”
is meteorology. They gather information mainly from global climate data in return, Rompala explained. Rompala expects to return this summer to continue lightning burst.”
ground stations and satellites that monitor things like Rompala called his summer fellowship a “break-in his research. “Everyone seemed to think that what we
John Rompala
rainfall and lightning strikes. experience. They brought me in and showed me the began last summer should be continued,” he said.
“At KSC I tried to determine where the electrical ropes.” He had the chance to communicate with people
Practical Hmong
Stout the first UW System institution to offer Hmong language course
The first formal Hmong language class to be taught in Her said his class meets many needs. It can help form of the Hmong language in 1952. Because of the “I hope to
the University of Wisconsin System is being offered faculty and staff who work daily with Hmong students. Vietnam War, many Hmong did not learn to read and
create a better
during this semester at UW-Stout. Also, any student interested in the Hmong culture, write it until they escaped to other countries after the
environment, so
Titled Practical Hmong I, the two-credit pilot course especially those who plan to work with the culture, war, he said.
is for faculty and staff who work with Hmong students, can learn more about it, he noted. “People in the 30 to 40 age group had the chance to English-speaking
for native U.S. students interested in the Hmong Her currently collaborates with the early childhood learn the written language while they were in refugee
and Hmong
culture and for Hmong students themselves, who will and human development and family studies programs, camps,” Her explained. “Then when they arrived in
communities
use it to improve their writing skills. because the students in those programs will likely other countries, the learning process stopped again,
The course is created and taught by Ken Her, who work with Hmong children in Wisconsin and because the younger generation focused on learning a communicate
saw a need for such an offering during his involvement Minnesota schools. “I hope to create a better new language.”
more about culture
with the Hmong Student Association. environment, so English-speaking and Hmong Originally from Laos, Her traveled to a refugee
and history.”
Her is an applied psychology graduate student and communities communicate more about culture and camp in Thailand when he was 17. He said he did not
has worked as an adviser in the Multicultural Student history,” Her said. qualify for legal refugee status because he came “late.”
Ken Her
Services Office for the past six months. His course is He also recognized a need to get the Hmong He was jailed for one year. Her said he then went
part of a federally funded program, titled Project language to Hmong students. He conducted surveys through a four-year process to attain legal status,
Teach for Hmong Students. According to Her, the that indicate the longer a Hmong student has been in complete paperwork and learn basic English skills. He
program supports Hmong students on the UW-Stout, the United States, the less they retain the Hmong said he also waited a year for the rest of his immediate
UW-Eau Claire and UW-La Crosse campuses who language. family, but they did not come.
wish to get into the teaching field. “First generation Hmong college students have When he arrived in the United States at age 22, he
Herr said the 24-member class might prove to be a problems with English because they have not mastered stayed in Syracuse, N.Y., for one month. He then
challenge. “With such a big class, I probably will need the Hmong language first,” Her explained. “They moved to Madison to be closer to Hmong communities.
assistance. Language is so difficult to learn,” he said. know how to speak Hmong, but not how to read and Also, a friend told him Wisconsin has a good education
“I have Hmong students who speak the language, but write it.” Because English is the first written language system, and he was interested in an education, an
need to learn to read and write it. On the other hand, I they learn, Hmong students have trouble translating interest that eventually brought him to UW-Stout and
have students who cannot already speak Hmong, so I what they hear into a written form, he added. led to the start of this new offering.
will need to translate.” According to Her, missionaries created the written
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Making News
UW-Stout delivers expertise through new outreach unit
PPeeooppllee YYoouu KKnnooww
Business, industry and people who need to learn in learning technologies,” Smith noted.
nontraditional settings will reap the benefits of a Smith pointed out that many adult and commut-
new outreach unit at UW-Stout. ing students, as well as companies interested in
Called Stout Solutions: Delivering Customized employee training, are beginning to shop around for
Diane Christie, mathematics, statistics and computer science, and James Maxwell, business, have Learning and Research, the unit will open the doors distance education courses. They can make choices
been appointed 2000–2001 Wisconsin Teaching Fellows. Wisconsin Teaching Fellows are selected from to new audiences who are not currently served by the based on their educational needs rather than where
UW System faculty and academic staff in their first 10 years of college teaching who display strong university. they will need to travel for courses.
potential to become outstanding teachers at the undergraduate level. “Through Stout Solutions, the university’s pro- “Computer-based course deliveries are hot,”
Sheri Klein, art and design, was named the Outstanding Art Educator in the Higher Education gram development specialists, technical delivery Smith said. “Without taking this step, the campus is
Division for 1999 by the Wisconsin Art Education Association. This honor is awarded to a WAEA specialists, marketing specialists and research and at risk of losing new markets that are reached elec-
member who has made significant contributions to the division on the local, state and national level. Klein funding specialists will work hand-in-hand with tronically.”
was nominated by art teachers in the New Richmond School District. Klein has been a member of UW- faculty to build programs that meet the delivery UW-Stout is currently building a new $8.3 mil-
Stout’s art and design department since 1993. She supervises student teachers and teaches methods needs of potential learners,” said Christopher Smith, lion communication center that will house all the
courses. She has been the recipient of numerous grants, and has published her research in national and interim executive director of Stout Solutions. campus’s information technology components, in-
international journals. According to Smith, a desired, but not exclusive, cluding cutting-edge distance education technolo-
Mary Riordan has been named director of Diversity at UW-Stout, As director she will monitor function of the new unit is to develop specially gies. The campus also recently hired a coordinator of
progress on Plan 2008, UW-Stout’s Strategic Plan for Achieving Diversity. Riordan has worked in designed education. “Stout Solutions will work Web-based instruction to help faculty enhance their
Student Services at UW-Stout for 20 years, as director of the Academic Skills Center and as an adviser closely with business, industry and government traditional courses with Web material, or redesign
in the Advisement Assistance Center. She was the adviser to the Hmong Stout Students Organization for agencies to identify the needs of their employees courses for full-online delivery.
two years and has been the adviser to the Black Student Union for five years. She has received numerous and other nontraditional learners,” Smith explained. “The new Communications Center is an ex-
awards from the multicultural students and, in 1998, was the recipient of the University Service Award. The unit will then build on the experience of faculty, ample of the commitment UW System has made to
In February 1998, Riordan was named multicultural/disadvantaged coordinator, and in July 1999 she such as those who work through the Stout Technol- build the infrastructure of the future,” Smith said.
assumed the position of director of Multicultural Student Services. ogy Transfer Institute, the Northwest Wisconsin “Hiring a Web coordinator and support staff illus-
Manufacturing Outreach Center and the Stout Vo- trates UW-Stout’s commitment to build the faculty
cational Rehabilitation Institute, to create educa- of the future. Stout Solutions is the next level of
Engineering program receives accreditation tional offerings that break learner access barriers of commitment, putting an entity in place that includes
place and time. all the development, delivery, support, contracting
UW-Stout’s undergraduate manufacturing engineer- said Bob Cervenka, CEO of Phillips Plastics. “But in
“Within the next five years, this unit will help and research personnel and resources needed to
ing program has received national accreditation, a the long run, we expect these people will help our
position the Stout campus as a leader in the delivery build the university of the future.”
milestone recognition by the Accreditation Board entire company become more productive, through
of outreach education, and will also put us in a Additional information is available at
for Engineering Technology. ABET is the singular their knowledge of every step of the manufacturing
strong position to offer education via a variety of [email protected] or 715/232-1987.
accrediting agency responsible for engineering pro- process.”
grams in the United States. UW-Stout instructors who teach classes for the
UW-Stout’s program is the only one in Wiscon- program come from a variety of backgrounds in-
Outstanding research recognized
sin. Fewer than 20 undergraduate manufacturing cluding mechanical, electrical, industrial and mate-
engineering programs in the United States are cur- rials engineering. By taking such a variety of classes, Charles Bomar has been named UW-Stout’s Out-
rently accredited by ABET. “This accreditation is a the students “are pragmatic, because they are able to standing Researcher, and Jo Jalowitz and Colleen
mark of excellence, allowing the graduates from step into any role” said Dan Bee, director of the Rogers received the Nelva G. Runnalls Research
UW-Stout’s manufacturing engineering program the program. Support Recognition Award.
opportunity to pursue employment alongside gradu- Students in the program also get extensive hands- Bomar was chosen by a vote of the graduate
ates from other prestigious engineering schools,” on experience. At UW-Stout, undergraduate stu- faculty and principal investigators of extramurally
said Pete Heimdahl, associate dean of the College of dents get the chance to use high-end manufacturing funded projects during the past year. The Outstand-
Technology, Engineering and Management. equipment, Bee said. During their senior year, manu- ing Researcher Award recognizes individuals for
Manufacturing engineers, who are involved with facturing engineering students take two “capstone” their leadership and significant contributions to re- Bomar Jalowitz Rogers
the production process from product design through classes in which they design products, and design search and scholarly activities. tracts and their related accounts.
post-sale service, are in great demand, Heimdahl and build a system that can manufacture a family of Jalowitz and Rogers were recognized for provid- Jalowitz has been instrumental in developing
said. UW-Stout began its program in 1994 in re- parts from raw material to a packaged product. ing support and resources to faculty and staff to and organizing data and fiscal policies to meet the
sponse to the needs of the marketplace. A 25-mem- The average starting salary for program gradu- pursue their research and scholarly activities. accreditation standards of the Commission on Ac-
ber Industrial Advisory Board made up of influential ates in 1997–1998 was near $40,000. Graduates Bomar is an associate professor in UW-Stout’s creditation and Rehabilitation Facilities. She has
industrial figures helped direct the curriculum. “One report work with a variety of companies including biology department. His primary research interest also had a lead role in developing a computer-based
goal is that these graduates will be able to step onto Hutchinson Technology Inc., Kohler Company, has been on grasshoppers associated with restored management information system enabling improved
the [plant] floor and be productive immediately,” Phillips Plastics and IBM. and remnant prairies in western Wisconsin. His re- management of the service operations of SVRI. She
search has been funded, in part, because of his exten- has had a major responsibility for development and
sive collaboration with the Wisconsin Department of design of fiscal outcome measures, including the
UW-Stout enters $1.5 million contract Natural Resources, the United States Fish and Wild- establishment of fee-for-service rate structures.
life Service, and the UW-Madison Arboretum. Jalowitz has primary responsibility for billing
UW-Stout and Pepsi Cola have entered into an have entered exclusive ‘pouring right’ contracts.”
These collaborations have resulted in a variety of and reconciling accounts with state vocational reha-
exclusive contract valued at $1.5 million. Under the seven-year “pouring right” pact, only
outcomes including the identification of numerous bilitation agencies which total more than $1.2 mil-
“The partnership will provide an additional source Pepsi products will be sold or distributed on univer-
remnant prairies in western Wisconsin and the ongo- lion. She works with principal investigators in the
of money for UW-Stout’s planned recreation com- sity property and at university events. The changeover
ing determination of insect biodiversity on these development, implementation and closeout of these
plex, reducing the burden on students and others has already begun.
remnant sites. Bomar has surveyed more than 100 grants. In addition, Jalowitz’ duties have expanded
who have made a financial commitment to the new According to Johnson, Pepsi will also increase
sites in western Wisconsin and has processed ap- to include serving as budget coordinator for the
complex,” said Bob Johnson, executive director of the number of vending machines on campus to
proximately 50,000 insects for identification includ- College of Human Development.
Student Life Services. provide better service for students, faculty and staff.
ing more than 50 species of grasshoppers in Dunn Rogers is the business manager for the College
In addition, the contract will continue to gener- Mountain Dew, a Pepsi product, has typically been
County alone. of Technology, Engineering and Management. She
ate money for student scholarships and programs the campus’s biggest seller, he said.
Bomar has served as a partner with the Midwest started her career at UW-Stout in 1978 as a typist in
offered by the Inter Residence Hall Council, a stu- Money will be generated through “up front”
Prairie Invertebrate Survey to identify grasshoppers the library. She then worked in Rental Resources,
dent government group. money from Pepsi, annual payments from the com-
collected from the Midwest. Research has been where she began working with budgets, bookkeep-
UW-Stout is the first institution in the UW Sys- pany and sales commissions. A campus committee
published in national and international journals such ing and related accounting activities. In 1987, she
tem to enter into such an agreement on a campuswide recommended awarding Pepsi the contract follow-
as “Ecological Restoration North America,” and the moved to the Business Office, where her duties
basis. “This type of contract is not unusual,” Johnson ing a competitive bidding process open to all ven-
“Siberian Journal of Ecology.” included serving as secretary to the controller, man-
noted. “Many universities throughout the country dors.
Through his work with the UW-Madison Arbo- aging the Business Office’s fiscal records and assist-
retum, Bomar has developed partnerships with six ing with budget development.
area school districts to establish prairie restoration In 1990, Rogers moved to her current position,
NWMOC project receives national recognition
concepts in the classrooms. He is a founding officer where her duties included developing a computer-
A manufacturing outreach center located at UW- collating and mailing services. NWMOC developed and current president of the West Central Prairie ized database for school accounts and personnel
Stout has been given national recognition for a “flow manufacturing” procedures for the shelter’s Enthusiasts, an organization of more than 150 mem- tracking. She assists faculty and staff in structuring
project designed to increase the efficiency of a La button packaging line. Through this process, the bers who are active in prairie restoration in western and carrying out budget requirements for grants and
Crosse sheltered workshop. shelter realized dramatically reduced work in pro- Wisconsin. contracts at the college level. She also provides
The project by the Northwest Wisconsin Manu- cess, yields five to six times greater, cycle time Jalowitz is the budget officer for the College of direct account management for nearly 100 accounts
facturing Outreach Center (NWMOC) was selected reduced from four days to 43 seconds, and floor Human Development and the Stout Vocational Re- and provides oversight to the college’s centers, such
as “outstanding” in the technology transfer category space reduced from 2,400 to 168 square feet. Be- habilitation Institute. She began at UW-Stout in as the Center for Training and Technical Education
by the National Association of Management and cause of these gains, 32 percent of the clients were 1975 as a receptionist in the Vocational Develop- and the Stout Technical Transfer Institute.
Technical Assistance Centers during the assigned to other projects. ment Center. Due to the rapid increase in client Rogers has been actively involved in budget and
organization’s Project of the Year Awards competi- NWMOC is a partnership between UW-Stout service accounts, she assumed responsibility for planning support for many new initiatives in the
tion. and Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin Indianhead, West- grants accounting. By the mid-1980s, her responsi- college, including the STEPS program, the St. Paul
The La Crosse shelter, Riverfront Incorporated, ern Wisconsin, Northcentral and Nicolet Area tech- bilities had grown into a key role in the fiscal Companies and several technology education grants.
employs 115 and uses public funds for packaging, nical colleges. management of all client service center grants, con-
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Construction risk control New officers on board
partnership formed
The Stout University Foundation Board of
Directors, a 40-member board that facilitates
the fund-raising activities of UW-Stout, recently
TheSt.PaulCompanies-12/13/99 elected two new members, Gloria Kelly ’68,
human resource consultant, Madison, Wis.,
The St. Paul Companies, UW-Stout, the
and Gaylan (Gus) Myran, plant manager,
Construction Safety Council and the
Phillips Plastics, Eau Claire, at its annual
construction industry have teamed up to form
meeting.
the Construction Risk Control Partnership.
Officers were also appointed at the meeting.
Their goal is to provide educational Martinson Granchalek
Dale Granchalek ’69, first vice president and
opportunities for current construction
legal counsel for Bank One in Chicago, is the
professionals and to train future construction
newly appointed president.
industry leaders who are capable not only of
Executive committee members include Kim
efficient and effective project management,
ChancellorCharlesSorensen;DanMurphy,St.Paul Entorf ’84, immediate past president, principal
but preventative job site safety as well.
Companies;andDaveVoss,MironConstruction. for Bayport Properties, Corcoran, Minn.; Linda
“The construction industry is coming to
Funk ’76, vice president, vice president of
understand what we have always known-that Stout’s Risk Control Center, and Hans Timper,
marketing for the Milk Marketing Board,
safety is about behavior,” said Dan Murphy, program director of UW-Stout construction
Madison; Karen Martinson ’82, treasurer, UW-
vice president-Risk Control. “After witnessing undergraduate program, to review the
Stout’s business department; and Donna
the positive impact the University of Wisconsin- curriculum. They determined that while the
Albrecht BS ’68 MS ’69, secretary, UW-Stout’s
Stout program is having on the construction program was very thorough on traditional
technology department. Executive committee
leaders of tomorrow, the industry is willing to subjects such as engineering, project Funk Albrecht
members serve two-year terms.
invest in it. They now understand that they’re management and budgeting, it did little to
Construction of Recreation
investing in the future.” address safety issues.
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Complex slated for July
To further this objective and expand the program They decided to work together to round out the
beyond UW-Stout to other universities, the program, deciding which classes could integrate
partnership is reaching out to the entire safety material into the lesson plan. The
construction industry for support and has curriculum was revised to provide a greater
Recently you received a packet of materials recreational spaces for tennis, softball,
requested donations to fund an endowed focus on safety-the first of its kind in the United
about a new UW-Stout recreation complex. volleyball, track and field, soccer and football.
professorship. Miron Construction Company States.
The brochure highlights all of the programs There will be an indoor climbing wall, basketball
has made a financial commitment of $100,000 “What was groundbreaking at first is now
which will be incorporated into the new facility. courts, an area for in-line skating, and soccer
each year, for the next three years, towards this part of our regular curriculum-and we’re setting
The Menomonie School District, and the fields, aerobics, and space for community
professorship. The goal is to raise $2 million so the pace for other educational institutions
university have shared recreational and athletic events. For example, Drum Corps International
the program is self-sustaining and independent throughout the U.S.,” Olson said. “Stout
space of a period of 40 years. As a result of has expressed interest in using the stadium.
of the university budgeting process. provided the forum and the minds ready to
public, community/university meetings to The $7.2 million complex will be funded by
This program is a result of the partnership learn. St. Paul Risk Control provided the safety
discuss and evaluate the current and future the students, city, school district, county and
St. Paul Risk Control initiated with UW-Stout expertise and continues to play on ongoing role
educational and recreational facilities, a private gifts. The campaign brochure describes
in 1996. After hiring a number of graduates in our curriculum development. It has evolved
comprehensive plan was developed to address numerous naming opportunities available to
from UW-Stout’s construction program, into a true partnership-we both bring something
the needs of all the users. donors. See page 14 of your brochure for more
Murphy met with John Olson, director of UW- to the table.”
Construction on the recreational complex is information on these opportunities.
scheduled to begin in July. It will provide
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Sonja Marie Bengtson Scholarship David Tillman Graphic Arts Scholarship
From a very early age, Sonja Marie Bengtson automobile accident. Sonja had David Tillman ’75 has established a scholarship St. Paul for 23 years,” he said.
’99 loved clothing, fashion and drawing. She charisma and a powerful spirit. in the graphic arts area. “I am excited to be able “For years I have had the desire
chose to attend UW-Stout because of its She used these strengths to make to create the scholarship for the talented students to give something back to UW-
fashion design program. She especially valued others feel loved and who major in graphic arts,” Tillman said. “I Stout. It is my way to say
her exchange experience at the American encouraged them to reach their have enjoyed my career in the field and it has thank you to all the great
College in London. According to her parents, full potential. given me the opportunity to work with great teachers and students along
she gained valuable technical and professional The Bengtson family, in people all over the United States. Jean and I are with all the life’s little lessons
skills while thoroughly enjoying the memory of Sonja Marie, has Bengtson having fun with our young son, Joshua, teaching I learned during my days at Tillman
opportunity to experience the fashion world endowed a scholarship to fund international him all the wonderful things the world has to UW-Stout.”
of London. exchange opportunities for students majoring offer.” Tillman’s scholarship will support an
In addition to formal educational in apparel design/manufacturing. Donna Tillman received a BS in Industrial individual majoring in graphic
opportunities, Sonja kept abreast of the fashion Albrecht, a faculty member in the apparel Technology and an MBA from the College of communications management and the first
world through subscriptions to more than 10 design/manufacturing program noted “Sonja St. Thomas in 1981. ”I have worked in sales scholar will be selected this fall.
fashion magazines. She seemed to have a was a creative designer. She loved life and and management at the Banta Catalog Group in
natural gift for fashion trends. In a letter to a particularly loved her study abroad experience.
prospective employer she wrote, “I am drawn Her energies and talents are missed. We’re
to this position because I will be able to use very grateful to the Bengtson family for their Arland and Eleanor Larson
my creative abilities and strong sense of generosity and their vision to help other students
Manufacturing Engineering Endowed Scholarship
future trends in design and color to assist in further their educational experiences by
the apparel designing process.” providing the study abroad scholarship.”
Arland Larson worked for McDonough as a statistical operations officer. Both enjoyed
Two months after graduating from UW- The first travel scholarship will be awarded
Manufacturing during his lifetime and enjoyed traveling after retiring from their respective
Stout, Sonja died of injuries suffered in an in the fall.
designing and building machinery for the plant. employment. Eleanor indicated, “Arland
He also built his home. Arland passed away would have enrolled in Stout’s manufacturing
three years ago. In his memory, Eleanor has engineering program if he had the chance. It
endowed a scholarship for talented students would have been the right major for him.”
AmericanEdgeRealEstateScholarship majoring in manufacturing engineering who The first scholar will be announced this
enjoy the challenge of designing and creating. fall.
American Edge Real Estate Services Inc., coordinated fundraisers for the Eleanor worked for many years at Uniroyal
was established September 1989. Initially community groups and
formed as a property management company, participate in a variety of local
AmericanEdge
American Edge has developed into a full organizations. “We wanted to The James E. and Kathryn A. Cook Endowed Scholarship
service real estate company. They provide give back something which would benefit the
brokerage representing sellers or buyers; students at UW-Stout.” James E. Cook enrolled at Stout in 1949 and September 2000 to a student
property management of residential, The first American Edge scholarship in the received the first Alumni Scholarship Award majoring in technology
commercial and retail property; construction amount of $500 will be awarded this fall. in the amount of $75 dollars. He said, “I was education, vocational
management; general contracting; and land Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen noted, “So always grateful for the help, and in 1949 that technical and adult education
development services. many students are in need of financial assistance, was a substantial scholarship.” Following or industrial technology, and
“The community and real estate profession and we’re very appreciative of Emilie and graduation in 1953, he moved to Michigan who is in need of financial
has been good to us, “ explained owners Peter’s effort to provide assistance to help and established the industrial arts department assistance and has attained at
Emilie and Peter Wiese who have served as students earn their degree.” at Bangor High School. He taught all the least sophomore status. TheCooks
officers for the local Board of Realtors, general comprehensive shop classes. He “The education and training received by
moved to Monroe, Mich., and rebuilt the high Stout’s many graduates enables them to do
school drafting program. After completing great things and be leaders in their field.
his doctorate in 1971, the family moved to James E. Cook was such a graduate, and the
Battle Creek, Mich., and he was hired by the James E. and Kathryn A. Cook Endowed
Kimberly Clark Packaging Scholarship Kellogg Community College. He remained Scholarship is an exemplary example of a
there until retirement in 1986. During his graduate coming full circle,” said Howard
UW-Stout is proud of its many partnerships In appreciation for the quality graduates, tenure at the community college, he served as Lee, interim dean of UW-Stout’s College of
with business and industry. Kimberly Clark is Kimberly Clark has established an endowment dean of instruction, vice president for research Technology, Engineering and Management.
such a partner and has been a strong advocate which will fund a $1,000 scholarship each and development and executive vice president. “The scholarship will enable a student in the
of UW-Stout throughout the years. Kimberly year for a qualified major. The first award Since retirement, Kathryn and James enjoy College of Technology, Engineering and
Clark hires many Stout graduates who are will be presented at the Foundation’s traveling and participating in the RV Care-A- Management to subsidize the high cost of
working in the packaging division. scholarship award reception in September. Vanners, helping build homes with Habitat today’s education. We would, no doubt, expect
for Humanity. great things from the recipient, as James E.
The first scholarship will be awarded in Cook has demonstrated.”
Rudiger Family Endowed Scholarship
Carl and Laura Seitz
E. Robert Rudiger earned his BS and MS Awards program. Endowed Business Adminstration Scholarship
degees at Stout, and an Ed.D. degree from the His late wife Ann, also
University of Missouri. He returned to teach at received her BS and MS Laura and Carl ’47 Seitz, have endowed a the Tucson, Ariz., area.
Stout in 1952 and retired in 1982. While at degrees from Stout. She taught scholarship for a junior or senior majoring in Karen Ferree, general business admin-
Stout he developed the department of industrial at Stephens College and at general business administration. Carl was istration program director, remarked, “We
teacher education and the Stout Extension Stout prior to her retirement. president and CEO of Welders’ Supply are excited to have the scholarship for this
Program. He was active in professional Their daughter, Roberta, Company in Beloit, for many years before program. The general business administration
Rudiger
organizations related to the NAITTE, and was received an MS degree in from retiring to Arizona. Since retirement both he program is exceptional, and such a scholarship
chair of the Wisconsin Vocational Education Stout in 1987. and Laura have enjoyed the antique business, will honor students who are outstanding
Advisory Council for eight years. He served as The Rudiger Family Scholarship will be and he especially enjoys golfing almost daily. achievers. We are indebted to the Seitz’s for
the executive secretary of the Stout Alumni available to students pursuing a vocational While in Beloit, the Seitz’s were involved in their generosity.”
Association for 14 years and was instrumental and technical education major, and the first the UW-Stout Rock River Alumni Association The $750 annual scholarship will be
in establishing the Distinguished Alumni award will be made this fall. and they currently attend alumni functions in awarded in September.
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Great news from your alumni association. Our to use “modern President(cid:146)sMessage Greetings fellow alumni and friends of UW- www.uwstout.edu/ President(cid:146)sMessage
online directory is up and running! technology,” I was Stout! alumni.
So, what does all this mean for you? You also grateful for the I am humbled and honored to write my first I would also like
will now have the opportunity to update your opportunity to exp- column as president of the Alumni Board of to draw your
record online, keeping us informed of all the erience a glimpse Directors. attention to the
exciting activities (marriages, births, career into the past. We all Allow me to introduce myself to you. I am online alumni e-
moves) in your lives. This may also be used as realize the import- a 1984 graduate in business administration. I mail listing. I would
a tool to assist you in locating former classmates ance of having some work for a law firm in Madison (Quarles & like to encourage
or reconnecting with old friends. Employers of each in our lives Brady) as a government relations adviser. That’s you to add your e-
may post job openings, a great way to recruit but rarely do most a fancy way of saying lobbyist. I am originally mail address (and
Stout graduates. of us take the time from Whitehall, and now live in Sun Prairie website if you have
For more information on how to register to really experience with my wife, Robin and our six-year-old son, one) to this list. I’ve
please see the box below. (or appreciate) the Phillip. had the pleasure of
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the tremendous changes in technology. I been. I know you’ve and I am in my second year of lobbying, and am old friends through
remember (as a child — a very young child) the heard this before but balance is the key word. a very proud and loyal Stout graduate. That this listing, and it is really quite simple to sign
old telephones where you used the crank to ring Stout has maintained that balance. We still fondness for our institution, and a desire to be up.
the operator. The changes that have occurred have the tradition of James H. Stout and The involved in the continued growth and If you have any thoughts or ideas on how we
was brought to my attention just this past Stout Manual Training School, as this university development of Stout, prompted me to become can improve the services we provide, or
weekend. One day I’m in the office where I can is still a ‘hands on’ institution. We also have involved as an active member of this board. suggestions on possible additional services, or
have instant communication with alumni, family been fortunate that our leaders (presidents and We have a terrific board with broad how the alumni association can be more useful
and friends — an open door to the entire world. chancellors) have been visionaries and have representation. Each member brings unique to you, please contact either alumni director
I can find information about almost everything kept UW-Stout on the ‘cutting edge’ of skills and experiences to serve the needs of all Sue Pittman or myself.
or even shop (a woman’s dream) at the touch of technology. alumni. We have tried to channel the assembled I would also encourage you to contact us if
a button, and the next day I’m on a sleigh ride As an alumni, you can be very proud of your strengths by conducting some pretty significant you are interested in participating on the alumni
in the back woods of Chippewa County. alma mater. We continue to move forward strategic planning to focus on how we can board of directors. I think you will find the
As the horses were pulling the sleigh deeper while maintaining our tradition. better meet the needs of the alumni of this fine experience very rewarding!
into the woods, I was reminded of how far we institution. In the meantime, we will do our best to
have advanced. Although I’m extremely pleased One area where you will witness our continue to try and reach out to all Stout alumni
extended service and outreach to our alumni is and provide the services and information our
through our website. I would encourage you to alumni expect.
Stout Alumni Online!
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Grads celebrate 50th anniversary Hilton Milwaukee City Center
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anniversary.ThecelebrationwasheldAugust2,1998,onIdyllWoodIslandinDoorCountywhereJohnandBeth
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1959 housemates reunited
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Nominations sought for awards
Nomination forms are now ready for the James presented during homecoming activities
Huff Stout, Distinguished, Outstanding and October 7, 2000.
Service awards for 2000. Friends and living graduates of UW-Stout
The Distinguished and Outstanding awards may be nominated for the Service award.
will be presented to alumni who are celebrating Nominees will exemplify the mission and
their reunion this year (1960, 1970, 1975, 1980 ideal of UW-Stout in their daily lives by
and 1990). Those graduates in the classes of promoting intellectual competence, personal
’60, ’70, ’75 and ’80 are eligible to receive the development and service.
Distinguished Alumni Award, and those from Nominations for the Distinguished and
the class of 1990 are eligible for the Outstanding Outstanding awards must be received by the
Alumni Award. These awards will be presented alumni office at least two months prior to
during reunion activities. reunion activities, and for the James Huff
The James Huff Stout award is open to UW- Stout and Service award by August 31.
Thisgroupoffriendshasbeenmeetingyearlysince1952.Thiswastakenattheir47thmeetingin1999.Row Stout graduates of any year, faculty, staff, If you know of someone that should be
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Alumni in the News
Grads develop box office Lewis accepts one-year position
with National Science Foundation
management software
Ted Lewis BS ‘74, MS ‘75 professor at the house. Swanson would not take
University of Minnesota (UMN), has taken a no for an answer, and picked
one-year position as a program officer for the up Lewis and his family for the
Judy Kuehl Martens ’68, and her husband James printers. This
National Science Foundation. He is on leave event himself.
’70, are the owners of MarTech Systems, a system allows
from the College of Education and Human “The professors at Stout
company that has designed software for box tickets to use
Development at UMN for the one-year position. seemed to take a special interest
office management, fairs, livestock shows and graphic designs at
Through the next year, Ted will be giving in the Trinidad contingent and
4-H. an economical Lewis
advice on technological education and interacted a lot with them,”
Judy graduated from Stout State University price.
workforce education grant programs, and Lewis said. Their interest has continued over
with a degree in home economics education, The Folio Box
JimandJudyMartens providing an insider’s view in both areas. the years also -- at least three Stout professors
and taught high school and adult vocational Office Manage-
Lewis came to UW-Stout with a group of have visited Trinidad since Lewis’ graduation
home economics for 13 years. Changes in high ment software that was developed from
fellow nationals from Trinidad and Tobago on at the invitation of alumni, Lewis said.
school curriculums began to limit job experience in marketing the laser tickets allows
a government-sponsored scholarship in January After graduating from UW-Stout with two
opportunities at that time, so she returned to theaters and other venues to print tickets at the
1972. The government needed industrial arts degrees, Lewis returned to Trinidad to teach
school and earned a degree in computer science. point of sale, and to track demographics and
teachers for new comprehensive and junior high school industrial arts and metalworking.
After a year of work as a programmer with buying habits of customers. Jim currently is the
high schools. He also worked in the Ministry of Education as
a telephone company, Judy left and began head of this division within the company.
At the time, he was one year into an a supervisor in a national apprenticeship
MarTech Systems Inc. on the front porch of her Judy’s education in home economics and
economics degree at the University of the West program for recent high school graduates.
home. She was given the opportunity to develop Jim’s background in printing technology have
Indies. He had previously graduated from a Lewis eventually went on to Ohio State
a computerized database management system both proven valuable to MarTech Systems.
two-year teacher’s college in Trinidad, where University for graduate work in the fall of 1980
for 4-H and fairs within the state of Wisconsin. Judy’s education included information on the
his mentor was Stout graduate Roland Maunday and received his doctorate in education in the
The company has now grown from one to Federal Cooperative Education System. This,
BS ’66, MS ’67. spring of 1983. He then returned to Trinidad
11 full-time employees, and every county and combined with her personal experience in 4-H,
Lewis’s journey to Menomonie came soon and had stints as a researcher in vocational
state office within 28 states across the nation is gave her the contacts needed to get the initial
after his marriage, and his daughter Rhea was education with the Ministry of Education and
using the 4-H program that started in Wisconsin. input necessary for the development of the data
born in Menomonie later that year. While at as an industrial trainer in a large sugar company.
The fair management program, which has its management systems for fairs and 4-H.
Stout, they lived at Fair Oaks married student In 1990, Lewis took an assistant
roots in Marathon County in Wisconsin, is now She also conducts training seminars across
housing. professorship at the Minneapolis/St. Paul
being used by more than 575 fairs and livestock the country and has done many presentations
During his time here, Lewis ran track, played branch of the University of Minnesota, and in
shows nationwide. Some of these shows include on computer software for professional
chess and soccer, and kept close ties with the 1998 was promoted to professor.
the National Western Stock Show in Denver organizations.
family of Douglas Stallsmith, then professor of Much of his success can be attributed to the
and the Calgary Stampede. With Jim’s background, MarTech is able to
industrial technology and cross-country track education he received at UW-Stout, Lewis
Jim taught high school industrial education have professionally designed and produced
coach. He also remembers being intimidated said. “My degree from Stout was really
for eight years before accepting a position as promotional materials without the expense of
by Chancellor Robert Swanson, and trying to instrumental in launching my career,” he said.
printing instructor at Northcentral Technical having to go outside of the company for the
get out of an international student dinner at his All of the Trinidad students benefited greatly.”
College. He taught there for 20 years before work. His knowledge of typesetting was the
leaving in 1997 and working for MarTech basis for the development of the ticket printing AProudTradition
Systems full time. system and, ultimately, the ability to control SSStttooouuuttt FFFaaammmiiillliiieeesss
While teaching, Jim worked with MarTech and vary ticket design within the new Folio
in the design and printing of all promotional program.
and training materials, and also developed a Jim also heads the design and production of
system for printing theater seat tickets on laser computer supplies sold by MarTech. TheBalsimosisters Braker/Moltzau/Walleen
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(l-r)DawnBalsimoCole(cid:146)91,StacyBalsimo(cid:146)95and
GenaBalsimo(cid:146)93
The Balsimo sisters were on campus at the same
time and all graduated in the same major - market-
ing education. Dawn is currently director for Hu-
man Resources with Papa John’s Pizza; Stacy is a (l-r)RickWalleen(cid:146)88,SharonWalleenZer-poli(cid:146)84,
SandraWalleenWinter(cid:146)82andSusanWalleenWin-
teacher at White Bear Lake High School in White ter(cid:146)81.
Bear, Minn.; and Gena is an assistant principal at
North St. Paul High School in St. Paul, Minn.
The Cordy sisters
Hugh (cid:146)36 and Orvetta Dick and Billie Braker
BrakerMoltzau(cid:146)36 Walleen(cid:146)58
Braker family Stout graduates include Myrtle Bill-
ings McDonald ’10, Dean McDonald ’02, Henrietta
(l-r)KatheJeanBalcom(cid:146)74,MaryEllenWedam
Braker Harris ’29, Douglas Harris ’30, Wayne
(cid:146)61,RuthCordy(mother)andNancyJoanCordy(cid:146)74
Braker ’35, Evelyn Adams Suomi ’36, Harvey
Kathe currently lives in Pittsville, Wis., and is Adams ’37 and Rebecca Adams Nelson ’38. Other
employed at St. Joseph;s Hospital in Marshfield, family grads are Billie Braker Walleen ’58 and her
Wis. Mary Ellen retired in 1994 and now lives in children Susan Walleen Stevens ’81, Sandra
Redstone Colo. Nancy Joan works with Dayton Walleen Winter ’82, Sharon Walleen Zerpoli ’84
Hudson Corporation in Minneapolis and lives in and Richard Walleen ’88; Marjorie Braker ’79,
Brooklyn Park, Minn. Mark Neubauer ’81 and Debra Meyer ’79.
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