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niversity employees could be working at the former Columbia Hospital site as early

as August 2011, after UWM assumed ownership of the 11-acre property during the winter break. University administrators now refer to the site as the “Northwest Quadrant,” a name that could change in 2012.

Interim Chancellor Michael R. Lovell and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administrative Affairs Christy Brown applauded the move, which they say is critical to advancing the UW-Milwaukee Initiative – and has been in the planning and preparation stages for more than a decade.

“An agreement such as this one only happens when the involved organizations place the highest priority on the collective future of the community,” says UWM Interim Chancellor Michael Lovell. “It is a credit to everyone involved over many years from Columbia St. Mary’s and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that we are here to acknowl-edge and celebrate the distinguished history and exciting future of this campus.”

“It took a number of individuals and committees a number of years to make this once-in-a-generation acquisition,” Brown says. “The opportunity to expand our campus by 20 percent comes at a time when our need for instructional space is greater than ever.

“Student-life programming and operations have been key to our recruitment and retention successes. This purchase also makes it possible for us to bring such vital programming together for the sake of convenience and greater collaboration for our students.”

Lovell and Columbia St. Mary’s Chairman of the Board R. Bruce McDonald presided over an

informal ceremony Dec. 29 to transfer ownership of the former hospital site and its seven buildings and 962 parking spaces (788 in the structure; 174 on the surface lot). The $20,155,000 purchase price was funded through state bonding.

Four priorities; one locationBrown and Interim Provost Johannes Britz

directed the 13-member Northwest Quadrant Coordinating Committee to develop recommenda-tions to use the site to resolve the “urgent” space needs of four campus priorities:• Parking for faculty, staff and students.• Permanent relocation of the UWM Children’s

Center, which now sits on a parcel of land destined to be the site of the future Kenwood Integrated Research Complex.

• Space for faculty, staff and students who will be displaced from Bolton Hall, and subsequently Johnston, Holton, Merrill and Greene halls, when the buildings undergo HVAC renovations as part of the “Energy Matters” initiative.

• Permanent relocation of the Honors College teaching and administrative operations, plus the creation of an Honors House university residence.The coordinating committee has been meeting

on Tuesdays of the academic year since November 2010. It will continue this schedule as Chair LeRoy Stoner, Co-Chair Claude Schuttey and the full committee work to determine “appropriate and best uses of the buildings.”

The university opened the parking structure to UWM students and the surface lot to faculty and staff Jan. 24. Students pay a $4/day flat rate.

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Distinguished Lecture Series features Terry McMillan

Milwaukee startup secures option on more Cook research

UWM celebrates Black History Month

Festival of Films in French

Colbeck named new School of Education dean

Rutgers’ Costello is new director of athletics

Edwards elected NPR board chair

Great Decisions Lecture Series

Kovach addresses congressional forum on dementia care

UWM students help transform a library

the northwest Quadrant is open for business

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UWMREPORTFebruary 2011 Vol. 31, No. 1

UWM Report is published nine times a year for the faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee by the staff of University Communications and Media Relations.

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Diversity career Day March 3

UWM presents Diversity Career Day 2011 on Thursday, March 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the UWM Union Wisconsin Room.

This event is free and open to college students and professionals seeking career information and opportunities. Participants will explore career options with employers and graduate/professional schools.

For additional information, contact the Career Development Center at 414-229-4486.

addressing mental health issues at uWMt has become somewhat obvious by now that there is a common theme for much of what I have

worked toward here at UWM: creating constructive, mutually beneficial partnerships. These efforts have primarily focused on research partnerships among

universities and indus-tries in our region.

In recent weeks, I have become famil-iar with another kind of partnership that is necessary for the progress of our students, faculty and staff. The information came to me by way of the Campus Mental Health Task Force Final Report. The task force was co-chaired by Julie

Bonner, executive director of Norris Health Center and campus health officer, and Vince Adesso, profes-sor and special counsel for human relations and diver-sity, College of Letters and Science. I recently had a conversation with them about their work (although Vince has since retired from UWM).

One comment that Julie made really hit home with me. She said, “The UWM faculty and staff play a very large role in students’ emotional well-being, and students play a similarly significant role in the life of faculty and staff.” This is like so many partnerships. We are all in this together and we mutually depend on each other for success.

The report provides other insights about the importance of this issue, especially in the area of how mental health and academic success are connected. That connection alone makes it worthwhile to imple-ment the task force’s six recommendations:1. Promote social networks to create a sense of

belonging among all members of the campus community, and a caring community.

2. Identify students at risk through early detection and supportive intervention by all members of the campus community.

3. Develop and provide resources to increase

help-seeking behavior and train the campus community in their use.

4. Provide mental health services through an increase in staffing and space at Norris Health Center and innovative use of other campus and community resources.

5. Develop and follow crisis-management procedures and train the campus community in their use.

6. Provide training in how to deal with suicidal or violent behavior and restrict access to potentially lethal means.You can see the history of the Campus Mental

Health Task Force along with the complete final report at the Norris Health Center’s Campus Partnerships website: www4.uwm.edu/norris/partner/nhc_partner_campus.cfm.

I thank the task force members for their work in defining the work ahead. They were Joanne Barndt, Sarah Belstock, Martin Cavan, Paul Dupont, Nadya Fouad, Joanne Graham, Anthony Hains, Jonathan Kanter, Jenny Klumpp, Barbara Moser, Laurie Petersen, Jane Ramsden, Laura Rusch, Patricia Stevens and Virginia Stoffel. I would also like to thank the many consultants who shared valuable information.

Looking to the future, I have accepted the proposal of the task force to establish a permanent Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health. It will be led by Paul Dupont, counseling director of Norris Health Center, and Bonnie Klein-Tasman, associate professor of psychology.

Please watch future issues of UWM Report to learn about the continuing work to address the mental health needs of our campus and ways in which you can become involved in this important campus activity.

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At press time, Interim Chancellor Michael R. Lovell was completing preparations for his Jan. 27 Spring Plenary Address to the UWM community. Coverage of that address will appear in the March 2011 issue of UWM Report and on the Web.

Major gift from lynde uihlein will support a new center for Water policy

A $2.6 million gift from Lynde Uihlein will support a new Center for Water Policy at UWM. The gift will fund an endowed chair and director for the planned center, which will be part of the new graduate-level School of Freshwater Sciences.

Recruitment for the endowed chair and center director will begin this spring, concurrent with the review and approval of the new center. The director could begin work later this year, or in early 2012.

“UWM is grateful to Lynde Uihlein for the opportunity to provide such a vital resource to her alma mater, Southeastern Wisconsin and the nation,” said UWM Interim Chancellor Michael Lovell. (Uihlein received a BA degree in Art History from UWM in 1968 and an MSW in 1971.)

“This center will provide world-class interdisci-plinary solutions for problems related to the protec-tion and restoration of our freshwater resources, and it will further position Milwaukee and the region as a national and international hub of water policy and technology innovation.”

“In creating this endowment I hope to contribute to the protection of the world’s freshwater resourc-es,” Uihlein elaborated. “My purpose is to foster an

interdependent approach that will bridge the gaps between science, technology, business and the public good. By focusing on policy, the center will bring to bear effective strategies that protect, conserve and restore our precious freshwaters.”

The center will bring a multidisciplinary approach, objective analysis and novel solutions to emerging issues. It will engage a broad range of individuals from water law and policy, economics, science and engineer-ing, along with outside institutions and scholars.

The Dean of the School of Freshwater Sciences and the center director will appoint an external advi-sory board with broad, expert representation.

Uihlein shares UWM’s ambitious goals and high hopes for the center.

“I cannot think of a more important issue in our community, in our state and around the world than the sustainable use and management of water,” she said. “My hope is that the Center for Water Policy will contribute substantially to that mission, and with the assistance of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and its partners, will advance an important agenda by working together and thinking sustainably.”

FROM THE INTERIM CHANCELLOR


ick Costello, deputy director of athletics at Rutgers, has been named director of athletics

at UWM. The announcement was made Dec. 27 by Interim Chancellor Michael R. Lovell.

“Rick is going to bring a high level of energy and enthusiasm to Milwaukee Panther Athletics,” said Lovell. “His experience with four NCAA Division I programs and background with premier athletic leagues like the Big East and Western Athletic Conference will greatly inform our work to serve our student-athletes and compete in the Horizon League.”

Prior to his position at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Costello was director of athletics at Delaware State University, associate athletic director at the University of South Florida and assistant athletic director for business operations at San Jose State University.

He also was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Lehigh University and Cabrini College for a total of five seasons.

“I look forward to partnering with Interim Chancellor Lovell, the coaches, faculty and staff to build the best athletic program in the Horizon League,” said Costello. “My goal is to create an

amazing student-athlete experience and to build an athletic program that serves as a great source of pride for UWM.”

Costello’s responsi-bilities have included managing a $60 million annual budget, directing human resources for a full-time staff of more than 225 employees, aiding negotiations

of a multimedia rights agreement, cultivating donor relationships and participating in a football stadium expansion analysis.

Costello holds an MBA degree from Lehigh University and a BA in accounting, cum laude, from Muhlenberg College.

Costello will begin his new duties at UWM this month. Joining him will be his wife, Amy, and their four children, Kelsea, Lauren, Ryan and Lindsey.

arol L. Colbeck has been named dean of UWM’s School of Education. Her appoint-

ment becomes effective July 1.Colbeck will succeed Alfonzo Thurman, who

announced last year that he would be stepping down as dean of the school. Thurman, who has served as dean since 2001, plans to take a sabbatical, then return to the School of Education to develop a new center for urban education.

Colbeck comes to UWM from the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she has served as dean of the College of Education and Human Development, and professor of higher education, since 2007.

Prior to that, she was director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at Pennsylvania State University, a graduate research center. She also served as a research associate and senior research associate at the center, starting in 1995. During her tenure at CSHE, the graduate program rose from third place to first place in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.

She earned her doctorate in administration and policy analysis from Stanford University.

“Dr. Colbeck’s commitment to academic excel-lence, urban education, social justice and inclusive-ness, and educational research makes her a wonder-

ful fit for our School of Education,” says Johannes Britz, interim provost.

The UWM School of Education, which currently has approxi-mately 2,700 students, focuses on preparing educators to meet the unique social and economic challenges of an urban environment. The UMass Boston program that Colbeck

headed also has a focus on urban education and, like UWM, has developed partnerships with the area’s public schools.

Colbeck says she wants to continue efforts to improve urban education in a larger university that combines community involvement with quality research. At UMass Boston she worked with the Boston Public Schools and others on a teacher-quali-ty partnership grant to enhance the Teach Next Year Program, a one-year urban, practice-based master’s degree program. She is a founding member of the Greater Boston Readiness Center.

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Established faculty/staff rates apply to the 174 surface lot spaces; In-Car Meters are accepted.

The Northwest Quadrant will be used as “surge space” for the next several years, including a possible late-summer relocation for Bolton Hall occupants. Brown says permanent occupants, like the Honors College, could begin making the move to the Northwest Quadrant as early as fall 2011.

An inspection by UWM Master Plan consultants Hammel, Green and Abrahamson Inc. indicated that some system and structural maintenance will be required in the near future to make wider occupancy possible in the Northwest Quadrant. The report states that the full property has been well maintained since the first building was erected in 1919.

“The buildings are in good shape and the condi-tion report went well,” confirms Brown. “But we’re already looking at the necessary upgrades for telephone and information technology systems to make the buildings fully ready for future occupants. Structurally, some repairs will need to be made.”

For more information and monthly updates on the Northwest Quadrant and the four campus priori-ties being considered as potential first occupants of the site, visit the coordinating committee website at uwm.edu/secu/CSM/ or email the committee at [email protected].

Columbia St. Mary’s Chairman of the Board R. Bruce McDonald (left) presents the ceremonial key to Columbia Hospital to Interim Chancellor Michael R. Lovell.

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a new partnership with Dillard universityUWM Interim Provost Johannes Britz and Dillard University Provost David Taylor (center) sign a Memorandum of Understanding between the uni-versities. Taylor and a delegation of deans came to Milwaukee late last year to meet with their UWM counterparts to sign the memorandum and discuss opportunities for collaborative partnerships. A histori-cally black university based in New Orleans, Dillard was extensively damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Several groups of UWM students have visited Dillard as part of UWinteriM service learning courses in New Orleans.

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iane Ravitch, an outspoken critic of No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top and other

government education reforms, delivers the keynote address at UWM’s Urban Forum on Thursday, Feb. 10. She will speak at 6:30 p.m. in the Union Wisconsin Room.

Ravitch, a research professor and education historian at New York University, has served in both Republican and Democratic administrations. She was an assistant secretary of education in the administration of George H.W. Bush. President Bill Clinton’s secretary of education appointed her to the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the federal testing program.

She is the author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, which was on The New York Times best-seller list in 2010. She was recently selected for the 2011 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize from the American Academy of Political and Social Science for her work in urban education.

Although she was an early backer of No Child Left Behind and charter schools, Ravitch later became disillusioned about these approaches.

“I no longer believe that either approach will produce the quantum improvement in American education that we all hope for,” she wrote. In summing up the results of a major national evalua-tion of education, she noted that high-stakes testing, utopian goals, draconian penalties, school closings, privatization and charter schools didn’t work.

Both the Bush administration’s No Child Left Behind and the Obama administration’s Race to the Top programs place too much emphasis on charter schools and rely too much on a “frenzy of testing” in evaluating schools, students, principals and teachers, she writes. Ravitch characterizes high-stakes testing as counterproductive because, she explains, it drives teachers away from schools with

the most needs: high numbers of poor chil-dren, English-language learners, students with disabilities and home-less children. Each of these factors is likely to lower test scores.

Ravitch is particular-ly critical of mass-media portrayals of the educa-tion system and educa-tion reform – including

the documentary “Waiting for Superman” and government “experts” who blame “bad” teachers and “bad” principals for the problems in education.

“The best predictor of low academic perfor-mance is poverty, not bad teachers,” she writes. “No nation in the world…has improved its educa-tion system by belittling and firing teachers and principals.

“Teachers today are so unjustly vilified, so little appreciated, and so eager for support,” she contin-ues. “Their critics in the media and in ‘reform-y’ think tanks are arrogant and ignorant.”

The Urban Forum, now in its 14th year, provides an opportunity for students, teachers, administrators, adult and community educators, counselors, policymakers and the community to discuss how education is impacted by urban social, political and economic issues. This year’s topic is “Changing Times – Changing Minds.” Ravitch’s presentation is the second of a two-part program for the 2010-2011 academic year.

The Urban Forum starts at 6 p.m. and concludes at 7:30 p.m.

For more information and to register for this year’s Urban Forum, go to www4.uwm.edu/soe/departments/outreach/urban_forum/.

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Distinguished lecture series features terry McMillan

Terry McMillan, the best-selling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting to Exhale, will speak at UWM on Wednesday, Feb. 23, as part of the campus Distinguished Lecture Series.

The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.McMillan has written seven other books, including

the most recent, Getting to Happy (Viking Adult, 2010), the sequel to Waiting to Exhale. Her prose has been described as “hilarious, pitch-perfect tales of women’s lives and contemporary issues.” She will discuss her creative writing process and the ways in which her books inspire women of all races.

Originally from Port Huron, Mich., McMillan fell in love with books as a teenager while working at the local library. She studied journalism at UC-Berkeley and screenwriting at Columbia before making her fiction debut with Mama, which won the American Book Award.

Advance tickets prices are $5 for UWM students; $8 for non-UWM students; $10 for UWM staff/faculty/alumni; and $12 for the general public. Tickets are available from the UWM Bookstore in person or by calling 414-229-4201 or 800-622-5668.

The event is sponsored by UWM Union Programming and Sociocultural Programming; Women’s Resource Center; UWM Bookstore; the UWM departments of Africology and English; and the Creative Writing Program. For more, go to union.uwm.edu/dls.

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access to success conFerence FeB. 11

Offer ideas and lend your voice to the university’s annual Access to Success conference on Friday, Feb. 11. The conference is an interactive examination of the comprehensive undergraduate experience at UWM – from students’ academic preparation and accomplish-ments to social development and “whole student” support.

New Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Michael Laliberte and Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Phyllis King will help facilitate the conference, which includes four main presentations, student participation, discussion groups and lunch.

Presentations and participant feed-back will address four key topics of relevance to the A2S experience. • How will the proposed General

Education model impact student success and retention?

• How are UWM faculty and staff currently implementing High Impact Practices, and how effective are Undergraduate Research, Peer Mentoring, Online Tutoring and Learning Communities?

• How can UWM best address the student experience regarding afford-ability, student employment, advising, campus climate, security and retention of high-achieving students?

• Utilizing direct student feedback to better understand student success at UWM. Asking students: “What makes you feel that UWM is invested in your success? What investment did you make in your success at UWM? What was the biggest obstacle to your success at UWM? How did you over-come it? What brought you to UWM and what keeps you here?”“The success of this day relies on

voices from all facets of the university, including instructors, advisers, Student Affairs staff, students, teaching assistants and administration,” says conference organizer and First Year Center Director Ericca Rolland.

The conference will close with a reception to celebrate the progress Access to Success has made to date, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Union Wisconsin Room.

Registration is open through the day of the conference, on a first-come, first-served basis at www4.uwm.edu/ employeedev/. For more information or special accommodations, please contact Ericca Rolland at [email protected] or (414) 229-6760.


FROM THE PROVOSTBy Johannes Britz, Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

n Oct. 19, the campus began a visioning process that will position UWM to thrive in an

increasingly digital world. EDUCAUSE Emeritus Vice President Richard Katz led us in a discussion on the opportunities and challenges of digitization as

it relates to teaching and learning, research, and university operations and services.

Following his daylong session, work-ing groups were formed to move the planning process forward this academic year. I have asked the members of the three working groups (Teaching and Learning, Research, and

University Operations and Services) to focus on the following questions:• With respect to future technologies and digitally

enabled processes, what challenges or opportuni-ties could have a high impact on UWM?

• What can we learn from other universities and organizations responding to these challenges or opportunities?

• What are the recommended action steps for UWM?• What is the time horizon for action?

Their work will culminate in a May 11 campus summit presenting an action plan on UWM’s Digital Future. The action plan will help us understand the implications of emerging technologies for UWM.

My intent is for the planning process to be as inclusive and open as possible, thus we are using Google Groups to continue the conversation beyond the face-to-face meetings. Members of the campus community can participate in Google Groups and follow the working groups’ activity by visiting digitalfuture.uwm.edu.

As we begin the spring semester, the working groups are moving from open-ended brainstorming to grouping, categorizing and prioritizing ideas that have been generated. Groups will also be drawing on campus-level and external expertise (such as EDUCAUSE research) to conduct environmental scans that will inform the development of the Digital Future Action Plan. Implementation time frames and financial implications will also be factored into the recommendations.

For example, all three working groups have discussed the desirability of increasing UWM’s capacity to work and interact virtually. The task of the working groups will be to investigate how other institutions are achieving this goal and to develop a set of action step recommendations that can be put into implementation beginning, possibly, as soon as next year.

The graphic above illustrates the Digital Future planning process.

Here is a brief summary of the working groups’ current status:

teachinG anD learninGThis group, co-chaired by Jacques du Plessis,

School of Information Studies, and Tanya Joosten, Learning Technology Center, has identified six themes related to pedagogy: 1) teaching and learning environment; 2) teaching resources; 3) collabora-tion; 4) curriculum; 5) access; and 6) training and support. The group is also working on a set of themes related to infrastructure needs for teaching and learning in 2025. Within each theme a smaller group will work on developing strategic goals and

action steps, to be informed by an environmental scan of how other universities and organizations are adapting to the identified challenge or opportunity.

researchPhyllis King, Academic Affairs, and Ewa Barczyk,

UWM Libraries, are co-chairing this working group, which will examine how UWM can further our research mission in the context of increasing digitiza-tion. The Research working group’s themes are 1) organization and sharing of data; 2) infrastructure; 3) faculty and academic concerns; and 4) collabora-tions and partnerships. The group will be dividing into smaller groups around these themes to work on developing strategic goals and action steps, to be informed by an environmental scan.

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This group, co-chaired by Bob Meyer, Enrollment Services, and Ed Rodriguez, Academic Affairs, has the broad charge of identifying ways in which the university can improve organizationally by adapt-ing to technological change. The group is focusing discussion around 1) opportunities: students, work environment, access, paperless and standards; and 2) change, constraints, environment, learning and community.

There are also several crosscutting themes, such as accessibility, ethics and digital literacy/training, which will be addressed by all of the groups (assisted by faculty and staff with expertise in these areas).

coMinG this MonthIn addition to the ongoing working group meet-

ings, there are two special Digital Future activities planned for February.

Request for ProposalsThere is a Request for Proposals, deadline Feb.

28, which seeks to tap into university expertise as we move into Digital Future implementation next fall. Details on the RFP are on the Digital Future website.

KeynoteOn Feb. 24, at 3 p.m. in the Zelazo Center,

acclaimed new media commentator and anthropolo-gist Michael Wesch will present a keynote address: “From Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able in a Digital World: What’s at Stake.” I encourage all to attend — it should be a thought-provoking presentation.

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otto-salaj naMeD to FeDeral hiv/aiDs stuDy Group

Laura Otto-Salaj, associate professor of social work, accepted an invitation in December from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to serve as a member of their Behavioral and Social Consequences of HIV/AIDS Study Section, Center for Scientific Review. Her term will last from July 2011 to June 2015.

In this role, she is being asked to contrib-ute to the national bio-medical research effort, in particular by reviewing and making recommendations on grant applications to the National Institutes of Health.

The appointment letter describes how members are “selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals and other significant scientific activities.”

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Milwaukee startup secures option on more cook research

auwatosa-based Addiction Therapeutix Inc. has obtained exclusive patent option rights for future

commercialization of compounds cultivated at UWM for the treatment of neuropathic pain. James Cook, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, and other research-ers at UWM developed the family of compounds.

The company negotiated the option rights through the WiSys Technology Foundation.

It is the second time Addiction Therapeutix has begun commercialization of compounds from the Cook lab. In 2009, the company worked with the UWM Research Foundation in licensing a family of compounds that appears promising in development of a medication to treat alcoholism.

The compounds involved are derived from a class of drugs called benzodiazepines, which interact with GABA receptors in the brain that control anxiety, paranoia and mood. Cook and his colleagues have demonstrated that the compounds show significant neuropathic pain protection without causing side effects, such as sedation or

muscular coordination problems.In addition, Cook and his lab members have

demonstrated in animal studies that no tolerance develops for this new compound as it does for other pain medications, and the potential for addiction is nonexistent or very low.

“We are very excited to work with Dr. Cook and his colleagues – Ross Wang, Ojas Namjosi and Michael Poe – on this promising therapeutic compound for the potential treatment of neuropathic pain,” says Frank Langley, president and CEO of Addiction Therapeutix Inc. “Although there are already FDA-approved drugs currently on the market to treat neuropathic pain, they are not effective for all patients and some have potential adverse side effects.”

Neuropathic pain results from nerve fibers that have become damaged or dysfunctional through disease, infection or injury, and is a chronic condi-tion. In the U.S. an estimated 20 million people suffer from this illness, according to the Neuropathy Association.

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Dave Edwards, general manager of WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, has been selected to chair National Public Radio’s Board of Directors. Edwards’ term began in November. He was first elected to the NPR board in 2006.

“Dave Edwards’ deep experience and knowledge of public radio, combined with his collaborative style and strategic approach to leadership, make him the perfect person to head the NPR board in the year ahead,” said Vivian Schiller, president and CEO of NPR.

“I’m honored to be asked to chair the board at a very important time in NPR’s history,” Edwards said. “The board will aggressively deal with the aftermath of the Juan Williams firing and issues related to the organization’s ethics code, but we need to also think about positioning all of public radio for the ever-changing media environment.”

The NPR Board of Directors is respon-sible for the governance of the corpora-tion and sets the policies and overall priorities of NPR management, monitors its performance and provides financial oversight.

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Frank Langley of Addiction Therapeutix Inc. and James Cook (seated), Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, look at compounds in the lab.

Great Decisions lecture series UWM’s Great Decisions Lecture Series this year

spans topics as diverse as rebuilding a stronger Haiti, governing the Internet and rethinking U.S. relations with Pakistan.

Coordinated by UWM’s Institute of World Affairs, Great Decisions brings internationally known diplomats, government officials, scholars and journalists to discuss foreign policy in an interactive setting. The series began on Jan. 25 and runs on consecutive Tuesdays through March 15. All lectures begin at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom.

Admission is free for members of the Institute of World Affairs, UWM faculty and staff, and all area students, and $5 for the general public. For more information, call 414-229-3220, or go to www.iwa.uwm.edu. Remaining lectures include:

Feb. 8: “Security and Development in the Horn of Africa,” Hamse Warfa, executive director, Institute for Horn of Africa Studies and Affairs. The Horn of Africa represents a complex interplay between conflict, peace, human rights and development. What interests and role does the U.S. have in stabi-lizing this precarious region?

Feb. 15: “Pakistan’s Politics and Prospects,” Moeed Yusuf, South Asia adviser, United States Institute of Peace. Washington’s relations with Islamabad are among the most challenging and complex in the diplomatic arena. What’s at stake for

both peoples, and what may lie ahead?Feb. 22: “Rebuilding a Sustainable Haiti,”

Emmanuel Jean Francois, associate profes-sor, College of Education & Human Services, UW-Oshkosh. Some observers say the current crisis in Haiti presents an opportunity to rebuild a more stable nation. Is this the turning point in Haitian history, and how should the U.S. be involved?

March 1: “Politics of Governing the Internet,” Milton Mueller, author and professor of information studies, Syracuse University. The tension between governments attempting to control the flow of infor-mation and the inherent openness of cyberspace has recently spilled into the headlines. Who can and who should govern the Internet?

March 8: “Strengthening Nonproliferation,” Susan Burk, President Obama’s special representa-tive for nuclear nonproliferation. Despite reductions in Cold War nuclear arsenals, nuclear dangers are on the rise. Can existing nuclear material be secured, and is a world without nuclear weapons a feasible policy goal?

March 15: “Germany’s Evolving Role in the EU,” William Drozdiak, president, American Council on Germany. Do Germany’s warming rela-tions with Moscow and reluctance to underwrite EU financial rescue plans mark a change in relations with America’s model ally of the Cold War era?

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espite the winter weather and gray sky, this is an exciting time. I am delighted that the Graduate

School is getting its staffing up to where we need to be. Since the end of the fall semester, we have appointed the following: • A new director of the

Office of Sponsored Programs: Tom Marcussen

• New associate deans: Marija Gajdardziska-Josifovska, Michael Liston and Doug Woods, each covering discipline groupings – respectively, the natural and biomedical sciences and engineering, social sciences, and humanities and arts.

• Marie Lau has been hired as the grant accountant.• We anticipate filling a position in the pre-awards

area in Sponsored Programs and one position in Graduate Student Services very shortly.I want to express my sincere thanks to all the

Graduate School staff for “picking up the slack” while so many positions were unfilled. In addition, we greatly appreciate all that Patricia Arredondo has done to support the ongoing programs of the Graduate School.

research expenDitures continue to rise

We now have the figures for research expendi-tures for the first six months of AY 10-11. Research expenditures have markedly increased (all funds, 13.4 percent; federal research awards, 33.6 percent) compared to the same period in AY 09-10. This has been due to the outstanding efforts of our faculty and staff, together with the strong support of units such as Sponsored Programs.

As with other metrics of scholarship (e.g. number and quality of peer-reviewed papers or books, qual-ity of journals or academic book publishers, refereed presentations and juried exhibits), the metric of research expenditures has a powerful impact on our reputation. It has the benefit of allowing UWM faculty and academic staff to hire more undergradu-ate students, to support more graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, to recruit technical staff, to purchase more state-of-the-art equipment and supplies, to travel to professional meetings with their students and, most important, to create new knowledge.

lookinG to the FutureNow is the time to begin formulating initiatives

and responding to challenges within UWM. In addi-tion, we will be providing the next chancellor with a series of options to recognize UWM’s research strengths and what is needed to move the institution to the next level.

An overall steering committee and series of subcommittees have been established based on invaluable advice from both the University Committee and the Academic Staff Committee. There is strong involvement by leadership of faculty governance committees, deans, distinguished profes-sors and academic staff. The steering committee is planned to address some of the issues facing UWM as we pursue our mission as an excellent urban research university:• How do we ensure that the wide diversity of

research/scholarship across the university is suit-ably recognized?

• How do we promote the strengths and reputation of UWM in research and graduate education?

• What is needed to move our centers of excellence to the next level?

• How can we promote the further development of multi-/inter-/trans-disciplinary research – as it stems from the needs of UWM researchers and as it addresses our mission as an urban research university – with our responding to challenges and opportunities from government, NGOs, communi-ties, businesses, etc.?

• How do we re-engineer administrative processes to the needs of a research university? Can we reduce administrative hurdles?

• What are appropriate partnerships with other institutions, businesses, nonprofits and government agencies? What are advantages to UWM, and how do we further develop these?

• What are the needs of budgeting and incentives to meet our research and educational missions?

• How do we ensure a culture of ethics, inclusivity and research integrity?It is hoped that these formulated options will be

available for the new chancellor and for governance committees for AY 11-12.

planning for continued excellence in research D

RESEARCH NOTES By Colin G. Scanes, Vice Chancellor for Research & Economic Development/Dean of the Graduate School

uWM reMains top perForMer in Force aGainst hunGer

In a time of great need, UWM employees delivered a great volunteer performance.

The university pledged 20,000 pounds of food for the 2010 Hunger Task Force of Wisconsin food drive.

From last Oct. 12-Dec. 13, the university donated food and money to exceed its goal and ultimately deliver 23,621 pounds (which included $7,371 in cash donations).

“Various creative campaigns across the many departments allowed us to raise our donations in many different ways,” says Employee Development Director Pauli Taylorboyd. “You are all great team players!”

These efforts succeeded through the help of some student donors, as well. Shown here are Kari Dawson and her team, who rallied students in Sandburg Residence Halls to a “food fight” to see which tower could collect the most Force Against Hunger donations.

BioMedical sciences program ranks highFor two decades, the UWM BioMedical Sciences

(BMS) Program has been ranked by Clinical Laboratory Science as one of the top 15 programs in the U.S. (currently there are 230 programs nationally), based on faculty research productivity. UWM was cited in 1999 and in 2010.

The UWM Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program changed names in September 2010 and became BioMedical Sciences. The program offers six submajors – Medical Technology/Medical Laboratory Science, Cytotechnology, Public Health Microbiology, Radiologic Technology, Diagnostic Medical Sonography and Biomedical Sciences. The

program also offers three certificates – Nutrition, Molecular Diagnostics and Forensic Science.

“Employment of medical technologists is predict-ed to grow by 14 percent between 2008 and 2018, and the national job vacancy rate is currently 10.4 percent,” says Cindy Brown, undergraduate program director of the BMS program.

She adds that, while there are now five medical technology programs throughout the UW System, the program at UW-Madison is scheduled to close in May 2012.

“We’re prepared to increase enrollments if the resourc-es to expand the program are provided,” says Brown.


lack History Month at UWM offers a look into the present lives, rich history and diverse perspectives of African Americans and the African diaspora.

Events began on Feb. 1 with Taste of Africa and continue through Feb. 28. The schedule includes:

Through Feb. 21:“FREEDOM RIDERS” Exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Riders (see p. 17).

Friday, Feb. 4:THE FUNK, THE WHOLE FUNK AND NOTHING BUT THE FUNK: A SOCIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL DISCUSSION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC 6 p.m., Union Alumni Fireside Lounge Presented by Professor Frank Wilson, Department of Sociology.

BLACK STUDENT UNION LATE NIGHT BOWLING Union Rec Center. Three games for $1

Monday, Feb. 7: BLACK STUDENT UNION BONFAIR 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Union Ballroom Campus expo for minority organizations to gain more exposure and get more students involved.

THE QUEST FOR PAN-AFRICANISM 9-10:30 a.m., Lubar School of Business, room 146

Feb. 7-11: BLACK LOVE WEEK Various locations and times. Presented by the Black Student Union.

Tuesday, Feb. 8:BLACK HEALTH AWARENESS EXPO 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Union Ballroom Includes displays by departments and organizations from the UWM campus and off-campus to illustrate the issues that are affecting the community’s health and what can be done to improve well-being.

Wednesday, Feb. 9:THE AFRICAN DISAPORA & MODERNITY: THE BLACK EXPERIENCE & HIRSTORY FROM BELOW 6:30-8 p.m. (Opening reception 6-6:30 p.m.), UWM Union, room 191 The people of Africa and its American and Eurasian Diaspora comprise one-sixth of all humanity. Yet leading interpretations of “modernity” still consign black people to the footnotes. This review of 600 years of people’s history suggests an alternative. Professor Patrick Manning, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of World History at the University of Pittsburgh, is the keynote speaker. Books by guest speaker will be on sale.

BLACK STUDENT UNION LEADERSHP SEMINAR 6:30 p.m., Union, room 345 b and c Designed to help people recognize and develop leadership skills and learn how to work with other people.

LYRICAL SANCTUARY OPEN MIC 8 p.m., Union Alumni Fireside Lounge All aspiring and accomplished poets, spoken-word artists, singers and other performers are welcome. Visual art by Ras Ammar Nsorma and live music by Urban Sol keep the night flowing in honor of Black History Month. 414-229-3894.

Thursday, Feb. 10:AFRICOLOGY IN THE 21st CENTURY 9:30-11 a.m., UWM Union (room TBA) Presentation by Professor of Africology Winston Van Horne.

Friday, Feb. 11: BLACK LOVE PARTY 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Union Wisconsin Room Black Student Union event open to all college students and staff.

Monday, Feb. 14:THE CRISIS IN EDUCATION 6-8:30 p.m., Union Ballroom Panel discussion focusing on the current reality of students at UWM.

Mondays, Feb. 14, 21 & 28:SIXTH ANNUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL All films shown at 6:30 p.m. in the Union TheatreFeb. 14: “Freedom Riders.” Powerful and inspira-

tional story of more than 400 black and white Americans who risked their lives and endured brutal treatment traveling together through the Deep South during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Through testimonies from the Freedom

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Malcolm X Educational Forum Feb. 22

“Soundtrack for a Revolution” Feb. 21

“The Neo-African-Americans” Feb. 28“Ida B. Wells” Feb. 17

Silent Cries of the City Feb. 26


Riders themselves, state and federal government officials, and journalists who witnessed the rides firsthand, this award-winning film features the experiences of those trying to fight racial injustice through nonviolent activism. Executive Producer Mark Samels will be present for a post-screening discussion.

Feb. 21: “Soundtrack for a Revolution.” The story of the American civil rights movement told through the powerful music and freedom songs of the time. Featuring new performances of these songs by top contemporary artists, riveting archi-val footage and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders.

Feb. 28: “The Neo-African Americans.” Explores redefining the term “African American” as millions of America’s black population are foreign-born immigrants from Caribbean and African nations. Filmmaker Kobina Aidoo will be present for a post-screening discussion.

Wednesday, Feb. 16:ASPECTS OF CANADIAN SLAVERY 6-8:30 p.m., Mitchell Hall, room 361 Presentation by Visiting Professor Charmaine Nelson, art historian of the African Diaspora, Department of Africology.

Thursday, Feb. 17: FOR MY PEOPLE: FILMS HONORING THE LEGACY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN PIONEERS MARGARET WALKER AND IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT 12-1:30 p.m., Union Multicultural Student Lounge, room W198 “For My People: The Life & Writing of Margaret Walker” 12-12:30 p.m., and “Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice” 12:30-1:30 p.m. Two films explore the lives of outstanding African American women. Margaret Walker has been described by Nikki Giovanni as the “most famous person nobody knows,” who “single-handedly [turned] poetry upside

down with her declaration of love and her chal-lenge to the future of her people.” The story of Ida B. Wells documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of this pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. 414-229-2852.

Thursday, Feb. 17:THE NEED FOR HEALING WITHIN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE AND MALE RELATIONSHIPS 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Curtin Hall, room 109 Presentation by Associate Professor of Africology Doreatha D. Mbalia and Ahmed Mbalia, senior lecturer in Africology.

Monday, Feb. 21:AFRICAN JEOPARDY: A GAME OF HISTORICAL INQUIRY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE AND MALE RELATIONSHIPS 6-8 p.m., Union West Ballroom

STAND UP FOR WHAT’S RIGHT 6:30 p.m., Union Ballroom Discussion of hate crimes at University of Wisconsin System schools, bridging the gap between students and faculty, increasing diversity at UW schools and other issues.

Tuesday, Feb. 22:MALCOLM X EDUCATIONAL FORUM 6-8:30 p.m., Mitchell Hall, room 361

Wednesday, Feb. 23: THE ECONOMIC REALITY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY 6-8:30 p.m., Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Building, room 190

BLACK STUDENT UNION MOVIE NIGHT7 p.m., Union Theatre

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES: AN EVENING WITH TERRY MCMILLAN (See p. 4)

Wednesday, Feb. 26:SILENT CRIES OF THE CITY 7-9 p.m., Union Ballroom Exposing the real struggle of our inner city. Performances by B’Right, Angie B., Pierrea Naketa, Courtney, Chelsea, Arnold and Cory Cifax, and more.

Monday, Feb. 28: IMPACT OF MASS MEDIA ON THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Mitchell Hall, room 361 Presentation by Ahmed Mbalia, senior lecturer in Africology.

SISTERS LIKE ME – A RECEPTION FOR UWM WOMEN STUDENTS OF AFRICAN DESCENT 6-8 p.m., UWM Union Alumni Fireside Lounge A gathering to celebrate, inspire and support UWM women students of African descent.

Black History Month event sponsors include African American Student Academic Services, Black Cultural Center, Black Student Union, Center for International Education-Middle Eastern and North African Studies, College of Letters and Science, Conversation Education Action, Creative Writing Program, Department of Africology, Department of English, Department of History, Global Studies Program, Milwaukee Public Television, Roberto Hernandez Center, Union Programming, Union Sociocultural Programming, Union Theatre, UWM Bookstore, Women’s Resource Center, UWM Libraries.

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“Freedom Riders” Feb. 14

“For My People” Feb. 17


atients with dementia are often unnecessarily treated with strong

anti-psychotic medications or trauma-tized by being forcibly restrained and transported to a psychiatric facility.

UWM nursing professor Christine Kovach told a congressional forum in December that there are better options nursing homes could and should use with patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia.

Kovach’s research focuses on caring for such patients, who are often unable to clearly communicate the causes of their behavior. She was among a panel of experts presenting information to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Forum on Dec. 8. The forum, “Until There’s a Cure: How to Help Alzheimer’s Patients and Families NOW,” was led by Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl.

Locally, Kovach is part of a 100-member Alzheimer’s Challenging Behavior Task Force, which issued a December report calling for overhauls in the way medical and legal systems in Milwaukee deal with vulnerable older adults who exhibit challeng-ing and sometimes aggressive behavior caused by Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.

MistakinG pain in DeMentia patients

In her research, Kovach has been working with 14 local nursing homes to train nursing staff to better manage pain, infection and other issues that may cause dementia patients to become agitated and/or aggressive. The nursing homes use a protocol Kovach developed, called the Serial Trial Intervention, to assess and treat the symptoms dementia patients exhibit.

At the congressional forum, Kovach shared several examples from her research of inappropriate use of strong psychotropic medications with demen-tia patients who couldn’t clearly communicate the causes of their pain.

In one case, a woman with dementia began to shout out, “No, no” when nursing home staff approached her. The woman was initially treated with a psychotropic drug for paranoia. Twenty-seven days after the behavior change started, home staff noticed that she had trouble moving her leg. An X-ray showed she had fractured her hip. The anxiety and shouting were her only way of communicating something was wrong.

In another case, a man with dementia became agitated and complained his legs were burning and itching. When nurses in the research clinical trial assessed him, they discovered his symptoms were caused by neuropathic pain and were easily treated with medications for the condition. His behavior immediately improved.

Training nursing home staff in the use of research-validated interventions such as the Serial Trial Intervention could help improve patient care and reduce the need to move severely agitated patients to acute general or psychiatric hospitals, Kovach told the forum.

Her presentation and the local task force report noted that Milwaukee police were called to nurs-ing homes 386 times in a six-month period, many

times to respond to resident behavior issues. Often, dementia patients needed to be forcibly restrained for transport to psychiatric facilities, further trau-matizing them. (The task force was formed after the March 2010 death of an 85-year-old man with late-stage dementia who was exhibiting aggressive behavior. In the weeks before his death, the man was placed in emergency detention and shuttled between a senior care facility, three hospitals and the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division.)

chanGinG the nursinG hoMe environMent

In addition to developing better ways of assessing the needs of dementia patients, nursing home culture and environmental design need to be transformed, Kovach told the forum. “Many nursing homes were initially designed based on a medical model for care delivery, with long corridors, an institutional scale and rigid schedules for activities.”

With the decreased opportunity for moving around safely, patients may develop muscle atrophy, have to use wheelchairs or develop pressure sores. The lack of control over daily activities also takes a toll on the patients socially and psychologically.

One solution Kovach recommended was the devel-opment of more home-like settings that allow patients and families more control – smaller dining areas, living rooms and space for activities and exercise.

Training nursing home staff in assessments like the Serial Trial Intervention and improving the nursing home environment are cost-effective ways of addressing the needs of Alzheimer’s and other dementia patients, Kovach told the forum. That was also one of the recommendations of the task force.

Common pain relievers like Tylenol are often more appropriate and less expensive than psycho-tropic drugs and have fewer side-effects. And, she added, often the assessments find that patients can be treated with no drugs at all.

“It is common for us to find the person has too many environmental stressors, is not receiving enough exercise, is bored or is not receiving enough meaningful human interaction,” said Kovach. “These needs are easily met with inexpensive nonpharmaco-logical interventions that have no side effects.”

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Christine Kovach’s research helps nursing home staff assess the needs of patients who can’t communicate easily. In this 2007 photo, Kovach talks with a patient at one of the nursing homes involved in testing the effectiveness of the Serial Trial Intervention for pain management.

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Dean’s DistinGuisheD lecture tackles Wikileaks

WikiLeaks has ignited international controversy for publishing thousands of secret documents, including sensitive mili-tary files and diplomatic exchanges. Amid mounting legal battles against extradition to Sweden on sexual misconduct charges, founder Julian Assange has promised to increase the website’s output.

Interim Provost Johannes Britz will delve deeper into the controversial website in “The WikiLeaks Controversy: Its Political and Ethical Implications.” His talk, the first Dean’s Distinguished Lecture of the year, takes place on Wednesday, Feb. 9, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the UWM School of Continuing Education (SCE), 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., seventh floor.

“The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Series is a unique opportunity to learn about important current events and to con-nect with university faculty, local leaders and community members,” says Patricia Arredondo, SCE dean and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs. “Those who attend will engage in intellectual dis-cussions and share perspectives on current social, economic and political issues fac-ing the nation today.”

The event is free, but registration is required. For more information and to register, visit sce-events.uwm.edu or call 414-227-3200.


In honor of the Fine Arts Quartet’s 65th anni-versary season, all Fine Arts Quartet concerts on the UWM campus are free and open to the public. The free admission includes the Summer Evenings of Music concerts, to be held June 1, 5, 22 and 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Zelazo Center. Summer Evenings of Music seats are available starting Feb. 6.

The 2010-11 season continues Sunday, Feb. 6, at 3 p.m. in the Zelazo Center. Reserved seats are required and space is limited. Contact the Peck School of the Arts Box Office at 414-229-4308 for more information about free tickets. The next concert will be held Sunday, March 6.

Also new this year and in honor of this special anniversary, Stephen Basson, former Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra principal bassoonist, hosts pre-concert talks at 2 p.m. before the Feb. 6 and March 6 concerts.

For the Feb. 6 concert, quartet members Ralph Evans, violinist; Efim Boico, violinist; Nicolò Eugelmi, violist; and Wolfgang Laufer, cellist, will be joined by guest violist Paul Neubauer. The program includes works by Joseph Haydn, Aulis Sallinen and Anton Bruckner.

The Fine Arts Quartet is one of the most distin-guished ensembles in chamber music today, with an illustrious history of performing success and an

extensive recording legacy. Founded in Chicago in 1946, and based at UWM since 1963, the Quartet is one of the elite few to have recorded more than 200 works and toured internationally for more than half a century.

Three of the Quartet’s current artists, Laufer, Evans and Boico, have been performing together for more than 25 years. Violist Nicolò Eugelmi joined the Quartet in 2009.

For more information about the Quartet, visit fineartsquartet.org or arts.uwm.edu/quartet.

lupton lectures on Milwaukee’s egyptian mummies Feb. 20

wo Egyptian mummies have been part of the Milwaukee Public Museum’s collections since

1887. In that time, the mummies have been scanned twice. Scientists used computed tomography to help determine what the person beneath the bandages looked like and how that individual lived.

Learn the results on Sunday, Feb. 20, when Carter Lupton, vice president for museum programs for the Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM), talks about “The Milwaukee Public Museum’s Mummies from Akhmim, Egypt.” The lecture begins at 3 p.m. in Sabin Hall, room G90.

So many mummies were found at the Akhmim site that in the late 1800s the Cairo Museum began selling them. Adolph and Ferdinand Meinecke purchased two (named Djed-Hor and Padi-Heru) and donated them to the Milwaukee museum.

They were first CT-scanned in 1986 at the insti-gation of Lupton, a UWM alumnus who has been an archaeologist at the museum since 1976. That project involved other specialists and indirectly led to the formation of the Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium, a collaboration that has examined nearly 20 mummies from Akhmim that reside in collections across the country and the globe.

Lupton will share the history of this ongoing study, including more recent examinations and anal-yses of the MPM mummies. His talk is framed by the current MPM exhibit “Mummies of the World.”

The lecture is sponsored by the Archeological Institute of America-Milwaukee Society and the departments of Anthropology, Foreign Languages and Linguistics (Classics) and Art History at UWM.

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Fine arts Quartet hosts concert Feb. 6; announces summer evenings of Music dates

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uWM stuDents help pay the FreiGht For MalaWi relieF

By Kathy Quirk

UWM College of Nursing students who headed to Malawi Jan. 6 brought along some extra baggage to help people in one of the poorest areas of the world.

The college received donations of $870 to help pay the fees for the 25 students to take extra bags filled with clothing, shoes and other supplies. This is the third year nursing faculty and students spent UWM’s winter session, UWinteriM, visiting clinics, orphanages and hospitals in southern Malawi.

Each year, the students bring along as many useful supplies as they can gather, stuffed into their luggage. This year, stu-dents, staff and faculty gathered more donated items than they could bring in their own carry-on luggage, so UWM’s Office of Development set up a separate fund to support the College of Nursing’s work in Malawi.

Students, faculty and staff used Facebook, a story on the UWM web-site and an appearance on Channel 6’s “Morning Show” to raise funds to pay the $50 per bag fee for extra bags.

Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, an assis-tant professor of nursing who grew up in Malawi and does research on health issues there, was the lead faculty member on the trip. Patricia Stevens, professor of nursing and HIV/AIDS researcher, and Anne Banda, director of the college’s Center for Cultural Diversity and Global Health, also accompanied the students.

Guest violist Paul Neubauer joins the Fine Arts Quartet for a free concert Feb. 6.

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Carter Lupton (right) puts one of the mummies from the Milwaukee Public Museum through a CT scan.


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EXHIBITSINOVA GALLERIESExhibits are free. For more information, phone 414-229-5070 or visit arts.uwm.edu/inova.

INOVA/ARTS CENTERArts Center, second floor. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

Through Feb. 6:Fall BFA Exhibition. An exhibition showcasing works by students receiving their BFA degrees from the Department of Art & Design.

INOVA/KENILWORTHKenilworth Square East, 2155 N. Prospect Ave. 12-5 p.m. Wednesday & Saturday-Sunday; 12-8 p.m. Thursday.

Through March 13:Jeanne Dunning Exhibition. Dunning presents a recent video work titled “Me Not Me,” a series of short scenes that are re-enactments of doctor-patient interactions documented in medical literature. Dunning’s work explores our relationship to our own physicality, looking at the strange and unfamiliar in the body, gender and notions of normality.

Ernesto Oroza: “Statement of Necessity.” Cuban contempo-rary artist and designer Oroza presents a new project encom-passing his various interests, based around the “modified” architecture and economy of his native city of Havana.

Matthew Girson: “Neither Plenitude Nor Vacancy.” In his first solo exhibit in Milwaukee, Girson presents new paintings and drawings that continue to explore the artist’s interest in the limits of perception and knowledge.

UWM UNION ART GALLERYUWM Union. 12-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday; 12-7 p.m. Thursday; closed Sundays and holidays. For more information, phone 414-229-6310.

Through Feb. 26:“Watershed: Art, Activism and Community Engagement.” A new installation about local and international water issues by Nicolas Lampert, Raoul Deal, Colleen Ludwig and Sweetwater Organics. Also exhibited will be documenta-tion and work from community print shops and a series of films by Laura Klein that document 12 public interventions about water issues that artists carried out in Southeastern Wisconsin in July 2010. Other UWM participants included Lane Hall, Lisa Moline, Kathryn E. Martin and student Jesse Graves. watershedmke.wordpress.com/. Guest presentations every Thursday at 7 p.m.

UWM LIBRARIESThrough Feb. 21:“Freedom Riders.” Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons. Part of UWM’s celebration of Black History Month (see p. 17).

Through May 1:“A Strange Love of Tangled Writing: Stanley Kubrick’s Films and Their Literary Sources.” Fourth Floor Exhibit Cases. Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed weekends and holidays.

MUSIC Peck School of the Arts music events are available at reduced cost to students, seniors and UWM faculty, staff and alumni. For more information, phone 414-229-4308.

Sunday, Feb. 6:Fine Arts Quartet with guest violist Paul Neubauer (see p. 11).

Monday, Feb. 14:Chamber Music Milwaukee. Chamber Music Milwaukee presents a special Valentine’s Day Concert featuring celebrated guest soprano Susanna Phillips in a program of love songs and beautiful melodies. 7:30 p.m. Zelazo Center.

Friday, Feb. 18:Music at the Mansion: Featuring UWM faculty Kurt Ollmann, baritone; Rene Izquierdo, guitar; and Jeffry Peterson, piano. Yolanda Marculescu Vocal Arts Series concert featuring works by Libby Larsen and others. Seating is limited; advance tick-ets strongly recommended. 7:30 p.m. Hefter Center.

Friday, Feb. 18:(zerospace). A contemporary music performance featuring telematics, the use of networking to connect performers from remote locations. Performers for this concert will be located in Milwaukee and Kansas City, Mo.; Charlottesville, N.C.; Indianapolis; and Palo Alto, Calif. (zerospace) is curated by UWM Provost’s Fellow Matthew Burtner, and is a co-production of the Center for 21st Century Studies and the UWM Music Department. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall.

Sunday, Feb. 20:UWM Symphony Orchestra and High School Honors Orchestra Concert. The UWM Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Professor Margery Deutsch, presents a concert featuring the winner of the 21st annual UWM Young Artist Competition. The High School Honors Orchestra presents its 25th anniversary concert, under the direction of Deutsch and guest conductor Stephen Huang. 3 p.m. Zelazo Center.

Sunday, Feb. 20:UWM Presents: Woodwind & Brass Area Chamber Music Concert. The Peck School of the Arts travels to Cedarburg to present a woodwind and brass chamber music concert under the direction of faculty Caen Thomason-Redus, Gregory Flint and Kevin Hartman. 3 p.m. Cedarburg Cultural Center, W62 N547 Washington Ave.

Friday, Feb. 25:Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band: “Anniversaries and Commemorations.” The Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band welcome faculty Gregory Flint, horn, to a concert featuring works by Percy Grainger, Alan Hovhaness and Karel Husa, as well as a centennial performance of Holst’s Second Suite for Military Band. 7:30 p.m. Zelazo Center.

Sunday, Feb. 27:Youth Wind Ensembles Concert. Morgen Moraine, a stu-dent in the Hartland Arrowhead Band program, performs Hummel’s Concerto for Trumpet (first movement) with UWM Youth Wind Ensemble I. Moraine was one of two win-ners of the annual UWM Youth Wind Ensembles Concerto Competition. 3 p.m. Zelazo Center.

Sunday, Feb. 27: UWM Flute Series presents Rebecca Johnson, flute professor at Eastern Illinois University, second flutist in the Sinfonia da Camera chamber orchestra and a frequent recitalist and master class technician throughout the Midwest. 6 p.m. Recital Hall.

DANCEFor tickets and information, phone 414-229-4308.

Through Feb. 6:Winterdances: “Égalité!” (see p. 15).

THEATREFor tickets and information, phone 414-229-4308.

Friday-Sunday, Feb. 25-27 & March 4-6: Labworks series presents “The Second Best Bed: Shakespeare’s Women Revealed” (see p. 15).

FILMAll films are shown at the UWM Union Theatre unless other-wise noted. For ticket information, phone 414-229-4070.

Through Feb. 13: Festival of Films in French (see p. 24).

Mondays, Feb. 14, 21 & 28:Sixth Annual African American Film Festival (see p. 8).

Tuesday, Feb. 15:ExPERIMENTAL TUESDAYS

“An Evening with Rose Lawder.” French filmmaker Lawder’s work is a profound investigation of rural Europe and its inhabit-ants with an undercurrent of ecological concerns. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 16:SHARE THE EARTH ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIES

“Waste Land.” What begins as a new series of images by celebrated artist Vik Muniz as he travels from Brooklyn to his homeland of Brazil shifts to become a different kind of portrait of poverty and human resilience. World Cinema Audience Award Winner, Sundance Film Festival 2010. 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 17:MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICAN FILM SERIES

“20 Years Old in the Middle East.” Filmed after the fall of Saddam Hussein, this investigative doc traverses the region from Jordan to Syria, Iran and Lebanon to take the pulse of Arab and Iranian youth. 7 p.m.

For ticket information, phone 414-229-5886 or visit www.uwm.edu/Dept/Athletics/.

Men’s BasketBallU.S. CELLULAR ARENASat., Feb. 5 vs. UW-Green Bay 2 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 16 vs. Valparaiso 7 p.m.

Horizon League Championships begin March 1.

WoMen’s BasketBallKLOTSCHE CENTERSat., Feb. 5 vs. Cleveland State TBD

Sat., Feb. 19 vs. UW-Green Bay 2 p.m.

Thurs., Feb. 24 vs. Butler 7 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 26 vs. Valparaiso 2 p.m.

“Watershed” through Feb. 26

Rebecca Johnson Feb. 27


animating traditionsSince 2007, Melanie Davenport has been teaching visual commu-nication strategies to Huichol youth in central Mexico. As part of the curriculum, students create stop-motion animated shorts that present their traditional stories in their own languages.

Davenport will discuss her work and share examples of the stu-dent films in her presentation, “Animating Traditions: Indigenous Youth and Media Literacy” on Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. in the Arts Center Lecture Hall. She will situate this work in relation to the indigenous media movement and current trends in visual culture and social justice in art education. The presentation is part of the Peck School of the Arts’ Artists Now guest lecture series.

Davenport is an assistant professor of art education at the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design at Georgia State University. She currently serves on the World Council of the International Society for Education through Art and on the executive board of the United States Society for Education through Art, as well as on the Delegate’s Assembly for the National Art Education Association.

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Friday-Sunday, Feb. 18-20:WORLD CINEMA

“The Strange Case of Angelica.” Isaac, a young photog-rapher, receives an urgent call from a wealthy family to take the last photograph of their daughter Angelica, who died just a few days after her wedding. As he looks at her through the lens of his camera, she appears to come back to life just for him. From legendary director Manoel de Oliveira, now 102 years old. Friday 7 p.m.; Saturday 3 & 7 p.m.; Sunday 3 & 5 p.m.

CINEMA CLASSICS

“Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Aguirre: der Zorn Gottes).” An arthouse sensation for decades, “Aguirre” remains a revered cult classic and the most volatile creative collaboration between director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski. Aguirre, a menacing 16th century Spanish conquistador, usurps the expedition’s leaders while in search of El Dorado. Friday 9 p.m.; Saturday 5 & 9 p.m.; Sunday 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 23:MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICAN FILM SERIES

“Rachida.” During the Algerian Civil War in the 1990s, a young schoolteacher is confronted by a former student, now a member of a terrorist group, who threatens to kill her if she doesn’t assist his heinous plot. 7 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 24:DOCUMENTARY FRONTIERS

“Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould.” An enig-matic musical poet, world-renowned pianist Glenn Gould continues to captivate nearly 30 years after his untimely death in 1982. 7 p.m.

Friday-Sunday, Feb. 25-27:WORLD CINEMA

“White Material.” In an unnamed African country in the throes of a volatile regime change, Maria Vial is trying to sustain the coffee plantation she runs with her ex-husband André…but, unknown to her, he has other plans. Friday 7 & 9 p.m.; Saturday 5, 7 & 9 p.m.; Sunday 3, 5 & 7 p.m.

ET CETERAAll month: UWM celebrates Black History Mont (see p. 8).

Fridays in February:The Science Bag: “Hidden Colors Exposed.” An interactive show by Chemistry Professor Alan Schwabacher. Sponsored by the College of Letters and Science and the Halbert and Alice Kadish Fund in the UWM Foundation. 8 p.m. Feb. 4, 11, 18 & 25; 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13. Physics Building, room 137.

Fridays Through March 4:Planetarium Show: “Celebrating Hubble.” For over 20 years, the Hubble Space Telescope has captivated our eyes and grabbed our imaginations. Plus highlights of the current night sky and a Q&A session. 7 p.m. Manfred Olson Plaetarium. planetarium.uwm.edu.

Monday-Thursday, Feb. 7-10:Artist Vendor Sale. Local artists and artisans are on hand with beautiful handmade jewelry, clothing and art. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Union Concourse.

Monday, Feb. 7:Excelling at Inclusion. Nationally recognized speaker Mia Mingus discusses how we can create inclusive campus environments, including language and practice. Followed by a Q&A session. 12 p.m. Union Wisconsin Room. leavingevidence.wordpress.com.

Fireside Chat with Mia Mingus: “Transracial & Transnational Adoption.” 7 p.m. Union Alumni Fireside Lounge.

Wednesday, Feb. 9:AstroBreak: “Finding Pluto’s Family.” 12:15-12:45 p.m. Manfred Olson Planetarium. planetarium.uwm.edu.

Friday, Feb. 11:The Scholar and the Library. Jackleen Salem, PhD can-didate in Global History and a 2010-11 recipient of the Chancellor’s Golda Meir Library Scholar Award. 2 p.m. Golda Meir Library, room E281, second floor, east wing. 414-229-4345.

Friday, Feb. 11:“Ecological Waterscapes for Cities of the Future.” A lecture by artist and landscape designer Herbert Dreiseitl, winner of this year’s Urban Edge Award, in conjunction with the Institute for Ecological Design at SARUP. Sponsored by the Brico Fund and supporters of the Urban Edge Award, Wisconsin Preservation Trust and the law firm of Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren. 4:30 p.m. Engelmann Hall auditorium.

Fridays, Feb. 11, 18 & 25:Friday Night Life Drawing. Draw the nude male or female figure in a variety of poses. Poses range from 1 minute to 25 minutes long. Non-instructional. Bring your own sup-plies. Drawing horses available. 7-10 p.m. Art Building, room 463. $7 per session or $30/5 sessions, $50/10 sessions, $80/20 sessions.

Tuesday, Feb. 15:Stargazing from the roof of the Physics Building. 8-9 p.m. Weather-dependent. planetarium.uwm.edu.

Wednesday, Feb. 16:Study Abroad Fair. Learn about all the exciting international academic opportunities available through UWM. 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. Union Concourse.

AstroBreak: “Discovering Dark Matter.” 12:15-12:45 p.m. Manfred Olson Planetarium. planetarium.uwm.edu.

Artists Now guest lecture series: Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger, “Collaboration, Performance and Life.” Husbands and artistic collaborative team Miller and Shellabarger’s perfor-mances, artist books and installations have, for over 15 years,

documented the bittersweet rhythms of human relationships. 7 p.m. Arts Center Lecture Hall.

Thursday, Feb. 17:Stargazing from the roof of the Physics Building. 8-9 p.m. Weather-dependent. planetarium.uwm.edu.

“Bridging the Gap: Music Bringing People Together.” Join the crowd to hear unifying beats, rhythms and words brought to you by local MCs. 9 p.m. Union Gasthaus.

Sunday, Feb. 20: Lecture, “The Milwaukee Public Museum’s Mummies from Akhmim, Egypt” (see pg. 11).

Wednesday, Feb. 23: Distinguished Lecture Series presents An Evening with Terry McMillan (see pg. 4).

Great Books Roundtable Discussion. Stephen Adly Guirgis: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. 7-9 p.m. Golda Meir Library, Special Collections, fourth floor. 414-229-4345.

Stargazing from the roof of the Physics Building. 8-9 p.m. Weather-dependent. planetarium.uwm.edu.

Friday, Feb. 25: UWM’s Academic Adventurers. “Jet-lag Comes with the Job: Experiences as IFLA’s Secretary General,” Peter Lor, visiting professor, School of Information Studies. 3 p.m. Golda Meir Library building, American Geographical Society Library, third floor, east wing. 414-229-6282.

“Aguirre: The Wrath of God” Feb. 18-20

Alan Schwabacher presents the February Science Bag.


Get social With uWMHave you visited the relaunched,

official UWM Facebook page? Connect to show your pride, share your comments and get quick notes from UWM.

Perhaps you’ve already noticed the Facebook and Twitter icons on the UWM News website. University Communications & Media Relations (UCMR) maintains a Facebook page at facebook.com/UWMilwaukee. Become a fan to have university news and events appear on your Facebook page. You’ll also find links to quite a few Facebook pages run by other UWM units. (If you have a university page that isn’t linked, contact [email protected].)

UCMR is also using Twitter to share news about the university, as well as high-light some of UWM’s research initiatives. Follow:@uwmnews – for comprehensive postings about UWM news and events.@scitechUWM – for news on UWM science and engineering.@publichealthUWM – for news on UWM’s public health initiative.@waterscienceUWM – for news about UWM’s freshwater sciences.@uwmpsoa – for Peck School of the Arts news and events.

is your unit tweeting?We encourage units that are using

Twitter to include the #uwm hashtag in their tweets to make them easier to find and retweet. Also, remember that anyone who retweets your posts will be restricted to 140 characters; if your tweets are close to 140 characters, they’ll be too long once your account name is added.

uWM students help transform a libraryBy Kathy Quirk

tudying for college classes can be hard work, but studying in a comfortable, well-lighted

space can make it easier.A team of UWM architecture students helped

Cardinal Stritch University plan a renovation that transformed its library into a more student-friendly information commons.

The four-student UWM team, based in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning’s Community Design Solutions (CDS) area, collabo-rated with faculty, students and staff from Stritch to figure out how to transform an area made up of small, boxy rooms into a free-flowing, flexible space with a coffee bar.

“It’s not often that one of our projects gets almost fully implemented as the CDS team advised,” says Susan Weistrop, administrative coordinator of CDS. “This is one of those times.”

Most of the ideas the UWM students developed in collaboration with Stritch were brought to life by Groth Design Group, which carried out the renova-tions. Groth did an excellent job of translating ideas put forth by the student team into reality, accord-ing to Weistrop. The CDS team was led by James Lewis, a master’s student in architecture. The design team also included Payman Sadeghi, a PhD student in architecture, master’s student Juan Feliciano and undergraduate Samuel Brannon.

FroM vision to realityThe renovation of the library began with prelimi-

nary design planning in fall semester 2009 and was fully implemented one year later, giving the UWM students a rare opportunity to see an architectural project go from vision to reality.

“This was one of my best experiences at UWM,” says Sadeghi. “We saw the outcome in such a short period of time.”

Linda Cabot, a consultant who served as chief information officer at Stritch during the planning stages, and Stritch Library Director David Weinberg-Kinsey, invited CDS to be part of the project plan-ning team. They had heard about CDS, which gets students involved in community architecture proj-ects, through Professor Mark Keane, who works as a CDS faculty adviser.

“This was a good example of a client who was really willing to work with us,” adds Weistrop. “Linda [Cabot] gave them [the students] a voice, and they felt very empowered.”

CDS, which grew out of The Milwaukee Idea, employs six to 13 students to work in small teams

on preliminary design and planning projects for community groups, organizations, government agen-cies and nonprofits. CDS clients contribute a portion of the project costs on a sliding scale, based on what they can afford.

‘coMMons’ inspirationThe UWM students worked with the Stritch

group to get a feel for what students, staff and faculty wanted. They also researched and visited a number of similar learning commons areas at other colleges and universities – including UWM’s new Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons.

Building on that information, they developed several design options for the Stritch renovation and posted them – with washable markers and sticky notes – for comment at Stritch.

“Even people at Stritch who knew little about architecture and design responded to the propos-als,” says Lewis. “The whole thing was designed around students, and we really integrated a lot of the student feedback.” The plans integrated sustainable design concepts, brought in much more natural light and opened up the space to more flexible use.

“I really liked the participatory nature of the design process,” adds Sadeghi. “We had a lot of input from the students and staff at Stritch. It was a very collaborative effort.”

In turn, the Stritch library staff enjoyed working with the UWM group.

“We really liked the way they got students here involved,” says Laurie Swartwout, Stritch’s library operations manager.

“The process was excellent and the people we worked with were very engaging and profes-sional,” says Weinberg-Kinsey. He was particularly impressed, he adds, that the students were able to work well with Stritch’s internal planning and budget processes.

The UWM team completed and presented its design recommendations in late 2009 and the remodeling started in late spring 2010, with the area opening to students for the fall semester. Student response to the new space has been very posi-tive, says Weinberg-Kinsey, and the library staff’s observations of how students are using the space reinforces that the new area is well-suited to informal and group learning.

“Sometimes the difference between what you design and what gets built is huge,” says Lewis, “but in this case, the commons area was pretty much how I imagined it would be.”

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WELCOME, NEW CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES

Heather Brewer, Accountant, Engineering & Applied Science

Therese Eastburn, Student Status Examiner Associate, Enrollment Services

Christopher Hill, University Services Program Associate, Office of Student Life

Donald Kasprzak, IS Supervisor 2, Auxiliary Administrative Services

Matthew Matisko, Electronics Tech Agency, Building Maintenance

John Mills, IS Technical Services Senior, UITSJames Moore, Accountant, Finance & Administrative

AffairsNicholas Orlando, IS Technical Services Professional,

Continuing EducationKatherine Rose, Painter, Building MaintenanceSteven Schintgen, Police Officer, University PoliceNancy Wolf, Shipping & Mailing Associate, Mail

Services


top 10 reasons you can’t miss ‘Winterdances: Égalité!’ through Feb. 6

‘the second Best Bed: shakespeare’s Women revealed’ hits uWM stage this month

By Beth Stafford

According to director James Tasse, “The Second Best Bed: Shakespeare’s Women Revealed” will explore the Bard’s female characters through sonnets, monologues and scenes from his plays that are seldom performed.

The production is part of the Theatre Department’s Labworks series, known for “in-your-face theatricality” as well as a spare approach to visual elements, says Tasse. This approach suits the black-box theater of the Peck School of the Arts.

“The Second Best Bed” will be staged Feb. 25-27 and March 4-6 in Kenilworth Studio 508. Tickets are available at the Peck School Box Office in the Zelazo Center, by phone at 414-229-4308, or at Kenilworth Studio 508 one hour prior to performances.

The play’s title comes from William Shakespeare’s will, in which he bequeathed his “second best bed” to his wife, Anne Hathaway. That gesture has resulted in years of speculation and dispute. Whether that bequest illustrated his contempt or concern has generated considerable debate by scholars, feminists and Shakespeare afficionados.

Jessica Maerz, assistant professor of theatre, Tasse and Flannery “Fly” Steffens, a junior in the Peck School, explored plays such as “Henry VI,” parts

1-3; “Antony & Cleopatra” and “Titus Andronicus” to assemble the play’s script.

According to Tasse, the female characters in Shakespeare’s plays correspond to four archetypes – maiden, mother, crone and queen. “These arche-types form a narrative thread, albeit a loose one, for the production,” says Tasse.

The cast for “The Second Best Bed” will feature eight women and one man. “For many of the play-ers, this will be their first opportunity to perform Shakespeare,” says Tasse, and will include students in both the BFA in acting and the BA program.

As with all Labworks productions, the emphasis will be on acting. Tasse promises edgy performances, with the student actors “taking some chances.”

Tasse, a lecturer in the Theatre Department, is a well-known actor and director. He has performed with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Indiana Repertory Theatre and Illinois Shakekspeare Festival. He has directed several plays for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, is a graduate of UWM’s Professional Theatre Training Program and has appeared in the locally produced films “Wisconsin Death Trip” and “Tracks.”

Feel the passion when love, lust and heart-throbs are on display on UWM’s Mainstage Theatre.

Be inspired by incredible young dancers who will bring you to your feet and leave you wanting more.

Marvel at how the boundaries of the 2010-11 UWM Dance Department theme, “Masculine/Feminine,” are pushed and pulled to the limit.

Witness the comedy and beauty in Mark Morris’ “Canonic ¾ Studies” (1982), a work by one of America’s most visionary choreographers.

Be astonished by the mind-blowing illusion forged by the dancers and multimedia in Alwin Nikolais’ “Water Studies” (1964).

Laugh at the outrageous comedy of “Sin City” as Ed Burgess satirizes bad behavior (think sex, money and murder).

Explore different views on spirituality (including yours?) in “Invisible Truth,” by Dani Kuepper.

Enjoy the combination of basketballs with “power pop” ballads by Aerosmith, Kelly Clarkson and Bad English that all come together in “BALL/AD,” by Elizabeth Johnson.

Groove to the live music performed through-out the show, presented by the UWM Concert Chorale and pianist Victoria Stepanova, and an original score written and played by David Wake and Seth Warren-Crow.

Be amazed at the adventure of live performance, where anything can happen.

Join the fun Feb. 3-6 in the UWM Mainstage Theatre. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. except Sunday, Feb. 6, at 2 p.m. All shows feature a pre-show choreographer talk 45 minutes before curtain.

Tickets are $22 for general admission; $15 for seniors, faculty, staff and alumni; $12 for students. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Peck School of the Arts Box Office at 414-229-4308 or at the door.

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SPORTS ROUNDUPBy Kevin O’Connor, Associate Athletic Director–Communications

WoMen’s soccer aWarDsUWM’s women’s soccer standout Sarah Hagen

was named to the NSCAA All-American First Team following another spectacular season.

She is the first Panther in school history named a First-Team All-American, while garnering an All-American award for the third straight season. She was a consensus Freshman All-American, among other honors, in 2008 and earned a third-team nod from TopDrawerSoccer.com in 2009.

Hagen was also named to the All-Great Lakes Region First Team by the NSCAA. She was joined in earning All-Region honors by seniors Nicole Sperl and Sarah Talbert, who were on the third team.

Hagen, who was also a semifinalist for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy this season, repeated as Horizon League Player of the Year and was named the league’s inaugural Offensive Player of the Year after leading the league in goals scored (19) for the third straight season and points (44) for the second consecutive campaign.

With another standout season, Hagen has pushed her career total to 67 goals, breaking Lisa Krzykowski’s school and league record of 57. In the NCAA Tournament First Round last November, she broke the league’s record of 150 career points with her 150th and 151st. She had surpassed Krzykowski’s school mark of 140 points two weeks prior.

Sperl and Talbert wrapped up their Panther careers with another standout season each. Sperl was named the Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year and collected her first All-League First Team selection.

As a sophomore in 2008, she was named to the All-Region First Team. This season, she played in all 21 games, starting 19, at defender, contributing a goal and seven assists for nine points. She capped her career second in school history in games played (85) and fourth in career assists (24).

Talbert was named to the league’s First Team for the second straight season. She started all 21 games and led the team in minutes played, while contribut-ing an assist from her defensive midfield position. She was dominant in helping Milwaukee control the center of the field and played all but 42 minutes on the year.

volleyBall aWarDs UWM’s Kerri Schuh has been named to the

AVCA All-Midwest Region team and an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, while Rachel Neuberger has been named the region’s Freshman of the Year.

Schuh, the Horizon League Player of the Year, was an all-around performer all season for the Panthers. She tallied 16 double-figure kill outings and 19 double-figure dig efforts, with one 20-plus kill night and one 20-plus dig outing. She also collected seven or more blocks four times and had 11 double-doubles along with one triple-double.

Her performances throughout the season earned her a pair of league Offensive Player of the Week honors. In league-only matches, she ranked in the top 10 in blocks, digs, aces and points, while she was also in the top 10 in kills in all matches. She also led the Panthers in kills while standing second on the team in digs and third in blocks.

Schuh’s best matches this season included 22 kills and 18 digs against nationally ranked Tulsa, a triple-double against Cleveland State and 16 kills plus a .696 hitting percentage in a three-set sweep of DePaul.

This is the 14th time the Panthers have landed a player on the AVCA All-Region squad and the sixth time a Panther has been named an Honorable Mention All-American.

Neuberger, the Horizon League Newcomer of the Year, made an immediate impact on the Panthers as a freshman. She started much of the season while playing in 27 matches. She had four double-figure kill outings, and hit .400 or better in seven matches and .500 or better five times. She also tallied seven or more blocks five times.

In league-only matches, Neuberger led the league in hitting percentage (.316) and blocks per set (1.34). Her overall hitting percentage of .269 was the third-best attack percentage for a freshman in school history, while her 110 blocks also ranked third on the school’s freshman list.

Her best outings included 12 kills and a .480 hitting percentage against Toledo, 12 kills vs. Butler and nine blocks in a win over Valparaiso.

Neuberger is the second-ever Panther to claim region Freshman of the Year honors, joining current assistant coach Lindsey (Spoden) Vanden Berg.

eQual eMployMent opportunity policy

It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee to provide equal employ-ment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital sta-tus, pregnancy, political affiliation, arrest or con-viction record, identity as a veteran, disabled veteran, Vietnam-era veteran, membership in the National Guard, state defense force, or any other reserve component of the military forces of the United States or this state, or any other char-acteristic protected by federal or state laws.

UWM will make every effort to prevent and eliminate any form of legally prohibited harass-ment including sexual harassment because it is illegal and will not be tolerated. Co-workers and supervisors may not retaliate against any employee, student or job applicant because he or she filed a complaint, assisted in an investigation or participated in any proceeding alleging discrimination on the foregoing basis. UWM’s anti-discrimination policies and proce-dures are readily available from the Office of Equity/Diversity Services or from departmental and divisional administrative offices. These policies are also given to all new employees and students at the beginning of their affiliation with UWM.

The university ensures physical accessibility to work environments for persons with disabilities and will provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to employment. Upon request, the university will provide reasonable accommodations for religious observances and practices. The university is committed to a program of affirmative action for women, racial minorities, persons with disabilities, disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era, and undertakes equal employment opportunity/affir-mative action efforts to ensure equal opportunity to overcome the present effects of past discrimi-nation. Equal opportunity/affirmative action principles will guide all employment practices including, but not limited to, recruiting, inter-viewing, hiring, transfers, promotions, training, compensation, benefits, layoffs, terminations, retention, certification and testing. While the Chancellor assumes overall responsibility for the success of the program, university administrators and supervisors are responsible and account-able for implementation.

As Interim Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, I call upon each individ-ual associated with the university to join me in pledging a new and revitalized commitment to build and maintain a campus environment free of harassment and discrimination, an environ-ment that fosters mutual respect, recognizes the dignity and worth of all people, and promotes, to the fullest, equal employment opportunity through affirmative action.

—Michael R. Lovell Interim Chancellor

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aGs liBrary FelloWs For 2011 The American Geographical Society Library

continues to provide short-term fellowships to scholars who live beyond commuting distance of Milwaukee, through two separate fellowship programs.

The Helen and John S. Best Research FellowshipThe Helen and John S. Best Research Fellowship,

established in 2000, has been awarded to three indi-viduals in 2011:

David Forrest, School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, University of Glasgow: “The International Map of the World and Its Impact on World Cartography during the 20th Century.”

Stewart Gordon, University of Michigan: “Routes: How the Pathways of Ideas and Goods Shaped Our World.”

John Hessler, senior cartographic librarian, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress: “Finding the Antipodes: Mathematical Constructivism and the Changing Logic of Cartographic Objects, 1960-1975.”

The McColl Research Program Fellowship

The McColl Research Program Fellowship, initi-ated in 2006, has been awarded this year to:

Halla Kim, University of Nebraska at Omaha: “On the Cosmological Foundation of Daedong Yeojido.”

Matthew Boyd Goldie, Rider University, project

to complete a study of insularity, particularly the British Isles, in the later Middle Ages.

Alastair Pearson, University of Portsmouth, “The International Map of the World and Its Impact on World Cartography during the 20th Century.”

For more information about the fellowships, visit www4.uwm.edu/libraries/AGSL/fellowships.cfm.

historic photos FeatureD in DiGital collection

A new Libraries digital collection offers the first nitrate negative images, held in the American Geographical Society Library, to be preserved and

digitized under a two-year, $315,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Approximately 68,000 nitrate negatives – many of them deteriorating and all of them somewhat volatile – are being preserved.

The digital collection currently has more than 5,000 photographs from a number of important indi-vidual collections, including the Richard U. Light and Mary (Light) Meader Collection, with over 900 aerial photographs taken around the world in 1937-38, and the Bert A. Krawczyk Collection, featuring annotated images of China during the early 1940s.

“NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library’s Historic Nitrate Negative Images” is available at www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/NEHgrant/.

MoBile liBrary cataloG interFace A simplified view of the library catalog

(PantherCat) is now available for handheld devices and other small screens. Look for the “Go Mobile” link on the PantherCat entrance page at millib.wisconsin.edu/vwebv/searchBasic.

The UWM Libraries are hosting a national traveling exhibition, “Freedom Riders,” which focuses on an important chapter in the nation’s struggle for civil rights: the effort by more than 400 Americans to challenge segregated travel in the South during a six-month period in 1961.

This free exhibition – open through Feb. 21 in the Daniel M. Soref Learning Commons – is a companion to the May 2011 PBS broadcast of the American Experience film “Freedom Riders,” directed by Stanley Nelson.

Also on view in the Learning Commons through Feb. 27 will be an exhibit drawn from materials that are included in the UWM Libraries new digital collection “March On Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project.”

A free screening of “Freedom Riders” and a talkback with the film’s producer, Mark Samels, will be offered at the UWM Union Theatre on Monday, Feb. 14, at 6:30 p.m. For more informa-tion about the screening, sponsored by local PBS affiliate MPTV and the UWM Department of History, call MPTV Friends at 414-297-8004.

The Freedom Riders, prompted by Supreme Court decisions mandating the desegregation of interstate travel, traveled in small interracial groups to the Deep South, where integration was forbid-den by local law and custom.

The exhibit presents a detailed narrative illus-trated with archival photos and newspaper clip-pings that document this pivotal event in the civil rights movement. Viewing is enhanced by compan-ion audio via cellphone that allows visitors to hear

eyewitness accounts of the Riders, who endured racism and violence.

The Gildner Lehrman Institute of American History, in partnership with American Experience, created the exhibition. Funding was provided

through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Milwaukee sponsors of the exhibit are UWM Libraries, UWM Department of History and MPTV Friends.

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Enhancing Customer Relationships with E-mail Marketing Creative Services Announces New E-mail Marketing Service

Many units on campus use e-mail marketing as part of their integrated marketing campaigns, while others are beginning to consider using this cost-effective tool.

UITS recognized that efforts could be streamlined through use of a single e-mail service provider and by providing an E-mail Marketing Service for the campus. Based on specific criteria, from marketing needs to legal considerations, Emma, a leading e-mail marketing software provider, was selected with the help of various marketing leaders on campus.

“E-mail marketing is a great way to enhance relationships, disseminate information quickly

and immediately see the impact,” said Gina Johnson of UITS Visual Design. Johnson, who has been developing and executing e-mail campaigns for over five years and has won numerous national awards for her work, took the lead for the e-mail marketing project.

Emma affords many advantages beyond the capabilities of just sending e-mail using a pantherLIST account and an e-mail client such as Thunderbird. Personalization, spam score checkers, timers, and analytics are just a few key features available. UITS Visual Design staff can be enlisted to help create and send visually-enhanced messages.

“Outsourcing the sending of our marketing e-mail is a smart approach as it ensures spam compliancy across campus as well as lessens the impact on our servers,” said Johnson.

Adds Michael Hostad, Web architect, “Before, if someone just used their UWM pantherLINK account and sent a large volume of e-mail to say Gmail, the potential was there that Gmail could view e-mail from uwm.edu as spam and block them thus creating a huge problem. Separating the dissemination of these large blocks of e-mail from uwm.edu allows e-mail marketing on a mass scale to occur and ensures the message reaches its intended place.”

E-mail marketing is not a single approach to marketing but an integrated one and a way to reach targeted audiences. As social marketing booms, it’s important to consider which marketing approaches work for an audience.

“Offering a campus wide e-mail solution will help UWM stay competitive both locally and nationally,” said Johnson.

To learn more about e-mail marketing and to find out how your department can use UWM’s new E-mail Marketing Service, contact Gina Johnson, communications specialist in Visual Design, at [email protected].

“Cloud” Consideration for UWM E-mail and Calendar Services

A working group comprised of campus professionals from throughout the University has been chartered to evaluate various options for providing UWM e-mail and calendaring services. Chaired by Simone Conceição, associate professor in the School of Education, the committee includes members of the pantherLINK Steering Committee, the Information Technology Policy Committee (ITPC) and individuals representing other campus stakeholder groups.

The committee’s goal is to evaluate and provide recommendations for campus e-mail and calendaring services which might include continuing on-premise hosting of these services as well as potentially outsourcing some portion or all of these services to a third-party provider or “cloud.” The group is expected to deliver its recommendations in March to the interim provost, ITPC, pantherLINK Steering Committee, and UWM Chief Information Officer.

“We’re evaluating the potential of cloud services on a situation-by-situation basis and can see clearly the positive economic impact utilizing these types of providers can have,” said Chief Information Officer Bruce Maas. “This is an exciting proposition and one that we’re looking at very closely.”

Given the fiscal landscape in higher education, an increasing number of universities are sending large, expensive services to the cloud. The advantages of cloud-sourcing are twofold. Similar to savings one finds when buying in bulk at a wholesale grocery store, the size and scale of cloud providers afford them the ability to provide large-scale services at a much lower cost. Additionally,

universities who use cloud services can redirect local resources to provide services that fill voids of specific needs.

About 40% of universities nationwide currently rely on the cloud for their e-mail and calendaring needs. This past fall, UW-La Crosse migrated their e-mail and calendaring service to Google Apps for Education for all faculty, staff and students. On Dec.15, the University of Michigan announced that it was recommending to the senior administration that they should migrate services to Google Apps for Education as well.

“I believe our future will see many of our services being provided by the cloud,” said Maas. “This is

inevitable. The economics of cloud computing are really promising.”

An important consideration when sending services to the cloud is to ensure that data is handled securely and in accordance with state law and UWM policy. To this end, the language of the contract between the University and a third party provider is paramount. Safeguards, audits and assurances of compliance with state law and UWM policy need to be specific.

“A big advantage is that contractually other universities have done the heavy lifting for us,” said Maas. “The companies we’re looking at are experienced in dealing with institutions of higher ed. Our team now needs to make sure that the language of the contracts already established address specific UWM needs.”

“I believe our future will see many of our services being provided by the cloud. This is inevitable. The economics of cloud computing are really promising.” Bruce Maas UWM Chief Information Officer


Need Help? Need Info?Call: 414-229-4040Toll-free: 877-381-3459Visit: GetTechHelp.uwm.edu

Visit: UITS.uwm.eduVisit: ITStatus.uwm.edu

New Certificate in Information Security! Ensure Safe Handling of Data to the Letter of the Law

The Certificate in Information Security (CIS) is a new training program for UWM faculty and staff designed to educate and promote safe computing habits and safeguard sensitive, confidential and proprietary information. Completely online, the CIS offers several modules aimed at providing staff with the information necessary to handle this information in a manner that complies with state law and UWM policy.

“Over the daily course of business, many people at UWM work or have access to sensitive, confidential and proprietary information that is protected by law and/or policy. Some may not be aware of their obligation to protect that information,” said Information Security Liaison Tanya Choice-Henry. “The CIS is designed to inform the campus community of their obligations and provide them with the tools needed to help protect personal and University data.”

In addition to its online convenience, the CIS is very flexible—individuals can select modules from two categories that are the most relevant and pertinent to their needs. Module topics include records management, identity theft, assurance protocol for Social Security numbers, and one that informs individuals on some of the most common methods hackers use to compromise a computer. In order to obtain the CIS, individuals must view five modules and successfully complete a 10-question knowledge assessment for each one.

Upon verified completion of the CIS requirements, a certificate is e-mailed to the individual. The certificate serves as evidence that the individual takes the secure and legal handling of confidential and sensitive information seriously. The Certificate can also be useful in bolstering an individual’s resume, credentials and professional development records.

“When researchers are applying for grants, they are often asked to provide a plan ensuring how the sensitive, confidential and proprietary data they will be collecting will be secure,” said Choice. “Having the Certificate in Information Security can provide concrete assurance that researcher is well-versed in the overall importance of and legal requirements related to information security.”

For more information on the CIS, visit InfoSecurityCertificate.uwm.edu.

HRS on Track for Spring 2011 DeploymentThe UW System’s new

Human Resources System (HRS) is scheduled for deployment across UW System (UWS) campuses this spring.

HRS will revolutionize the way UWS handles employee services by streamlining human resources, payroll, benefits, absence management, and time and labor into one system.

UWM readies for deployment During the fall semester, the UWM project teams focused

on several areas:

Work Process Redesign – examined current HR, payroll and benefits work processes, identified roles and responsibilities in HRS, mapped roles and responsibilities to job functions at UWM

Data Conversion and Testing – collected, cleansed and tested campus data

Shadow and Supplemental System Review – examined campus data systems and determined their “fit” within HRS

Training – ensured select staff (campus global professionals) are fully HRS-knowledgeable and began planning for individualized campus community training

Each campus will be assessed by a UW System HRS team to ensure that they are ready to deploy HRS. As of this writing, a deployment date had not been announced for UWM.

What will HRS bring to you?Currently, UWM employees access earnings, W-2s and benefits statements via

the My UW System portal at my.wisconsin.edu.

When HRS is fully deployed over the course of the next year, employees will be able to:

• Updatepersonalandcontactinformation

• Enterabsenceinformation

• Recordtimeonline

• Enrollinbenefits

These Self Service functions will decrease administrative effort while increasing data integrity and security. To learn more about Self Service, visit uwservice.wisc.edu.

What do you need to do to be ready for HRS? Stay informed:

• VisittheUWMHRSprojectwebsiteathrs.uwm.edu

• ReadtheannouncementspostedonyourMyUWSystemportalpage at my.wisconsin.edu

• SubscribetotheHRSUpdateviatheRSSfeed(availableathrs.uw.edu)

• AttendtheHRScampusOpenForums

Know how to use HRS:

• Attendin-persontrainingasneeded

• Viewonlinetraininganddocumentation

• [email protected]

Watch for more information at hrs.uwm.edu and in campus news announcements!

UWM TechMall is ComingSoon there will be a one-stop place online for all of your technology purchasing needs—the UWM TechMall! The TechMall will consolidate the online presence of the UWM TechStore, UWM TechRepair and campus software purchasing into one hub where individuals can visit and select the specific campus retailer or service they need. This new concept will greatly simplify the online shopping experience as well as streamline communications to potential customers. There will no longer be a need for multiple websites as customers can go to TechMall.uwm.edu to find them all. Look for the TechMall to go live online soon.

Tech Updates

ATTenTion UWM eMployees! My UW System Portal Your source for UWM work record statements• Earnings • Benefits • Tax • Unclassified Leave

Log in at: my.wisconsin.eduor use the “My UW System” link on the UWM home page


BeneFits iD carDs If you enrolled in a benefit plan for the first time,

or changed benefit plans or levels of coverage during It’s Your Choice, you should be receiving new ID cards for 2011. If you have not received your new ID cards, please contact the benefit plan as soon as possible so that cards can be ordered before you need to access services. If you have difficulty access-ing services for a benefit plan, please contact the Benefits Office promptly.

eMployee reiMBurseMent account If you had money left in your medical or depen-

dent-care account(s) at the end of 2010, you may use it for reimbursement of expenses incurred through March 15, 2011.

However, reimbursement of claims will be made strictly on a “first-in, first-out” basis. This means that if you have 2010 expenses that you intend to have paid from your 2010 contributions, they must be submitted and processed before you submit any 2011 reimbursement claims to assure that they are paid from your 2010 balance.

The deadline for submitting claims for services provided in the 2010 plan year, including the grace period, is April 15, 2011. All medical-expense and dependent-care claims must be received by the Fringe Benefits Management Company or post-marked by this date to be reimbursed from 2010 funds. If the funds are not claimed by the deadline, they will be forfeited.

the MyFBMc payMent carD The myFBMC card was mailed to new partici-

pants in the Employee Reimbursement Account in late December. Use of the card for reimbursement of eligible expenses is optional.

Upon activation, the card can be swiped like a credit card. There is no PIN number. It is anticipat-ed that 85 percent of medical claims will be handled with the payment card.

Employees will receive monthly statements in 2011. If additional documentation is needed to pay a claim, it will be listed on the monthly statement. If FBMC doesn’t receive supporting documentation in a timely way, the card will be turned off and the employee will be required to submit paper claim forms for reimbursement.

If you did not receive your myFBMC card, please contact FBMC Customer Care directly at 800-342-8017. Those who received a myFBMC card in 2010 should use the same card.

the Wisconsin retireMent systeM anD the Financial Markets in 2010

There have been many questions and concerns about the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) during these challenging economic times. For the most current information, please go directly to the Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) website: etf.wi.gov/.

Included on the ETF website are informative video presentations on a variety of subjects of inter-est for state employees: etf.wi.gov/webcasts.htm.

A self-service retirement calculator also is available on the ETF website for employees to create benefit

projections: etf.wi.gov/calculators/disclaimer.htm.ETF can also be reached toll-free at 877-533-

5020, but be aware that at the beginning and end of the year always are busy times at ETF and the wait times to get through to the Call Center may be longer than normal.

tax-DeFerreD contriButionsThe state and federal limits for tax-deferred

contributions to the UW Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA) Program and the Wisconsin Deferred Compensation (WDC) Program will remain at the same levels as in 2009.

Employees may contribute up to $16,500 each to the TSA Program and the WDC Program, for a total tax deferral of $33,000. Faculty and staff over the age of 50 may contribute an additional $5,500 to each program. These are the general limits; special “catch-up” provisions may also apply.

The TSA Program is authorized to charge a fee of up to $10 per year to cover the university’s cost to administer the program. This fee, currently $9, is automatically deducted from your paycheck when you join the program and from the first paycheck each March thereafter. The charge will appear on your paycheck as “TSA FEE.”

If you want to make changes to your current TSA account deduction, you may submit a new Salary Reduction Agreement. The form can be accessed at: uwsa.edu/hr/benefits/retsav/sraform.pdf.

If you want to make changes to your current WDC account, you must contact WDC directly at 877-457-9327. WDC will forward the information to the Benefits Office.

BENEFITS

employee Development annual awards ceremonyMore than 100 members of the UWM

community were honored at the Employee Development Annual Awards Ceremony and Reception in December. The event recognized employees who participated extensively in community and university service.

aBove: Employee Development Awards went to 16 colleagues who donated time above and beyond to the initiatives of EmployeeDev.

top riGht: Eighty-seven UWM Force Against Hunger barrel captains were honored for their extraor-dinary efforts in collecting more than 20,000 pounds of food for Hunger Task Force of Wisconsin in this year’s food drive.

BottoM riGht: Eighteen employees received Peer-to-Peer awards. They were nominated by co-workers for their leadership in giving to their units and unit initiatives, and their care toward others. Ph

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PEOPLEEducationCURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONBarbara Bales presented workshops with Milwaukee Public Schools Initial Educators and Mentor Teachers concern-ing the development, support and verifica-tion of Professional Development Plans from October through December.

DeAnn Huinker and Melissa Hedges presented “A Look at Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice, Grades K-2,” to the Wisconsin Mathematics Council Mathematical Proficiency for Every Student Conference held Dec. 3 in Oconomowoc.

OFFICE OF ACADEMIC SERVICESRobert Longwell-Grice presented “Providing support for first-generation col-lege students” to the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Region IV-E in Minneapolis in November.

HealtH ScienceSHEAlTH SCIENCESCarol Mitchell presented “From student to teacher to mentor” at the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography 2010 Annual Conference held in Denver, CO, Oct. 14-17.

HUMAN MoVEMENT SCIENCESWilliam V. Massey, Stephanie J. Hatch, Jennifer L. Mackenzie and Barbara B. Meyer presented “The transtheoretical model and psychological skills training in high school athletes” at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology held in Providence, RI, Oct. 27-30.

OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNoloGYPhyllis M. King presented “The Relationship Between an Aging Workforce and Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses: Implications for Ergonomic Intervention” at the EPS Global International Forum on Aging held in Hangzhow, China, July 29-30.

Virginia C. Stoffel was the keynote speaker at Rockhurst University’s 15th Anniversary Celebration of Occupational Therapy Learning, Leadership and Service held in Kansas City, MO, Nov. 19. The title of her keynote was “Leadership,

Learning and Service: Occupational Therapy Calls You.”

Virginia C. Stoffel presented “Ready, willing, able: Explore your leadership path” as a plenary session speaker with M. Hobbs and J. Tarloff at the AOTA/NBCOT National Student Conclave held in Louisville, KY, Nov. 6.

Virginia C. Stoffel presented “Addressing mental health and substance misuse issues in occupational therapy practice” as a breakout session speaker with B. Braveman at the AOTA/NBCOT National Student Conclave held in Louisville, KY, Nov. 6.

Virginia C. Stoffel was the key-note speaker at the New Hampshire Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference held in Durham, NH, Oct. 15. The title of her keynote was “Moving Forward into Leadership.”

Virginia C. Stoffel was the keynote speaker at the Georgia Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference held in Marietta, GA, Oct. 9. The title of her keynote was “Leadership: Each member a leader – making a powerful DIFFERENCE!”

letterS & ScienceANTHRoPoloGYBettina Arnold was one of six invited speakers at the 7. Tag der Archäologie (joint meeting of the Gesellschaft für Archäologie in Württemberg und Hohenzollern e.V. and the Förderkreis Archäologie in Baden e.V.) in Mannheim, Germany, Oct. 8-10. Her lecture was entitled “Untersuchungen an zwei hallstattzeitlichen Granhügeln der Hohmichele-Gruppe im ‘Speckhau,’ Altheim (Biberach).”

HISToRYGlen Jeansonne delivered a paper entitled “Herbert Hoover: Our Least Understood President” at a Symposium on Hoover held at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, West Branch, IA, on Nov. 13.

PHIloSoPHYHaig Khatchadourian has been hon-ored by the Armenian and International Academies of Philosophy, Yerevan, Armenia, with the Grand Medal of David the Invincible, named after the first philos-opher (c. fifth-sixth century) to introduce (Alexandrian) Greek logic and philosophy to Armenia.

Haig Khatchadourian’s biography in the Europa Biographical Reference, World Who’s Who, published by Routledge, has just been updated for 2010.

nurSingPennie Kako has been awarded a Faculty Diversity Research Award from the UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity for her study “HIV Transmission Risk, Access to Treatment, and Self Management of HIV Illness Over Time: Experiences of HIV-Infected Women in Kenya.” Patricia Stevens is the mentor on the award.

PUBLICATIONSEducationCURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONDonna Pasternak and Robert Longwell-Grice, “Urban Teacher World: Teacher Recruitment from Theory to Practice,” Hong Kong Teachers’ Association Journal: New Horizons in Education, Vol. 58, No. 2, October 2010.

EDUCATIoNAl PolICY & CoMMUNITY STUDIESIan Harris and Chuck Howlett, Books Not Bombs: Teaching Peace Since the Dawn of the Republic, Charlotte, NC: Information Age Press, 2010.

HealtH ScienceSCENTER FOR URBAN POPULATION HEAlTHM.S. Aslam, S. Allaqaband, B. Haddadian, Naoyo Mori, T. Bajwa and M. Mewissen, “Subintimal Angioplasty with a True Reentry Device for Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusion of the Arteries of the Lower Extremity,” Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, Sept. 7, 2010 (e-pub ahead of print).

S. Allaqaband, M.F. Jan, W.Y. Banday, A. Schlemm, S.H. Ahmed, Naoyo Mori, Neil B. Oldridge, A. Gupta and T. Bajwa, “Impact of 24-hour in-hospital interven-tional cardiology team on timeliness of reperfusion for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction,” Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, Vol. 75, 2010, pp. 1015-1023.

COMMUNICATION SCIENCES & DISORDERSA. Gouvousis, John Heilmann, J. Golden, J. Kalinowski, S. Hudson and M. Hough, “Examining the attitudes and physiological responses preservice learners have towards children with autism spectrum disorders,” Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2010, pp. 450-456.

John Heilmann, “Myths and realities of language sample analysis,” Perspectives on Language Learning and Education, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2010, pp. 4-8.

John Heilmann, J. Miller and A. Nockerts, “Sensitivity of narrative orga-nization measures using narrative retells produced by young school-age children,” Language Testing, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2010, pp. 603-626.

John Heilmann, J. Miller and A. Nockerts, “Using language sample data-bases,” Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools, Vol. 41, 2010, pp. 84-95.

John Heilmann, J. Miller, A. Nockerts and C. Dunaway, “Properties of the narra-tive scoring scheme using narrative retells in young school-age children,” American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2010, pp. 154-166.

HEAlTH SCIENCESCarol Mitchell, B. Willey, S. Baker, S. Kohn and C. Hendricks, “Can hybrid learning theory be utilized to teach work-ing sonographers 3D/4D technology?,” Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vol. 26, 2010, pp. 267-273.

HUMAN MoVEMENT SCIENCESJ. Carson Smith, K.A. Nielson, J.L. Woodard, M. Seidenberg, S. Durgerian, P. Antuono, A. Butts, N. Hantke and S.M. Rao, “Interactive effects of physical activity and APOE-e4 on BOLD semantic memory activation in healthy elders,” NeuroImage, Vol. 54, No. 1, 2011, pp. 635-644.

Stephanie J. Hatch, Jennifer L. Mackenzie, William V. Massey and Barbara B. Meyer, “The unique demands of famous athletes: Implications for novice sport psychology professionals,” Performance Excellence Movement Newsletter, 2010, pp. 2-4.

OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNoloGYCarol A. Haertlein Sells, Virginia C. Stoffel and Heidi L. Plach, “Substance-Related Disorders,” pp. 192-210 in Occupa-

tional therapy in mental health: A vision for par-ticipation, C. Brown and Virginia C. Stoffel, eds., Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2011.

Carol A. Haertlein Sells and Virginia C. Stoffel, “Use of Evaluation Data in an Outcomes-Oriented Approach,” pp. 337-362 in Evaluation: Obtaining and Interpreting Data (Third Edition), J. Hinojosa, P. Kramer and P. Crist, eds., Bethesda, MD: American Occupational Therapy Association, 2010.

Bhagwant S. Sindhu and O. Shechtman, “Using the Force–Time Curve to Determine Sincerity of Effort in People with Upper Extremity Injuries,” Journal of Hand Therapy, Nov. 2, 2010 (e-pub ahead of print).

Virginia C. Stoffel, “Recovery,” pp. 3-16 in Occupational Therapy in Mental Health: A Vision for Participation, C. Brown and Virginia C. Stoffel, eds., Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2011.

Virginia C. Stoffel, “Psychosocial Clubhouses,” pp. 559-570 in Occupational Therapy in Mental Health: A Vision for Participation, C. Brown and Virginia C. Stoffel, eds., Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2011.

Virginia C. Stoffel and J. Tomlinson, “Communication and Social Skills,” pp. 298-312 in Occupational Therapy in Mental Health: A Vision for Participation, C. Brown and Virginia C. Stoffel, eds., Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2011.

C. Brown and Virginia C. Stoffel, eds., Occupational Therapy in Mental Health: A Vision for Participation, Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, 2011.

letterS & ScienceECONOMICSMohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and J Xu, “The S-Curve Dynamics of U.S.-Hong Kong Commodity Trade,” Global Economic Review, Vol. 39, 2010, pp. 117-128. Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and M. Kandil, “Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Output in Oil Producing Countries: The Case of Iran,” Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Vol. 46, 2010, pp. 23-45.

HISToRYGlen Jeansonne, “Herbert Hoover, Meetinghouse to White House,” Iowa Heritage Illustrated (State Historical Society of Iowa), Fall 2009, pp. 92-99.

Glen Jeansonne, “The Sunshine Governor, Jimmie Davis in Music and Politics,” Louisiana Cutural Vistas (Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities), Fall 2010, pp. 44-53.

Glen Jeansonne, “Legacy of the Kingfish” (Huey P. Long), Louisiana Cultural Vistas, Winter 2010-2011, pp. 28-41.

Glen Jeansonne wrote the preface to Godot is Not Coming, a book of poems by European writer Ndue Ukaj and trans-lated into English, Albanian and Spanish by former UWM student Peter Tase.

Amanda I. Seligman, “Riots, Urban,” pp. 331-335 in The Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History: Postwar Consensus to Social Unrest, 1946-1975, Volume 6, Thomas Langston, ed., Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2010.

PHIloSoPHYHaig Khatchadourian, The Raven and the Cardinal: Poems of Remembrance and Celebration, New Orleans: University Press of the South, 2010.


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Three out-of-print books by Haig Khatchadourian, The Coherence Theory of Truth: A Critical Evaluation; Music, Film and Art; and Shadows of Time, have been reissued by Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, OR. Three additional books will be reissued in the future.

POLITICAL SCIENCEUk Heo, “The Relationship Between Defense Spending and Economic Growth in the United States,” Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 4, 2010, pp. 760-770.

Uk Heo and Terence Roehrig, South Korea since 1980, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

PSYCHoloGYJessica L. Barnack-Tavlaris, Diane M. Reddy and Katie Ports, “Psychological Adjustment Among Women Living with Genital Herpes,” Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2011, pp. 12-21.

uWM librarieSMax Yela, Caren Heft, Arcadian Press: Giving Voice (exhibition catalog), Stevens Point, WI: Noel Fine Arts Center, Department of Art and Design, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2010.

gIFTS, gRANTS & CONTRACTSreceiveD in noveMBer 2010

acadeMic affairSCENTER FOR URBAN INITIATIVES & RESEARCHMilwaukee Public SchoolsARRA Evaluation of MPS Parent Involvement ProgramsBatson, Terry – Extension & Public Service $75,000

Safe & SoundEvaluation Services for Safe & Sound Justice Assistance – Youth Offender GrantMaier, Peter – Extension & Public Service $10,000

UWM FoundationEPIC and COMPASS Guide Scholarship ClearinghousePercy, Stephen – Extension & Public Service $30,000

UWM FoundationEvaluation of Life Impact ProgramPercy, Stephen – Extension & Public Service $10,000

Milwaukee Achiever Literacy ServicesMALS Case Management System with Donor Management ModulePercy, Stephen; Krishnamurti, Praveen – Extension & Public Service $29,193

FINANCIAL AIDU.S. Dept. of EducationFederal SEOG – FY11Hojan-Clark, Jane – Student Aid $60,935

U.S. Dept. of EducationPell Grant FundsHojan-Clark, Jane – Student Aid $175,000

U.S. Dept. of EducationSMART Grant 2011Hojan-Clark, Jane – Student Aid $21,000

U.S. Dept. of EducationACG Grant 2011Hojan-Clark, Jane – Student Aid $105,000

U.S. Dept. of EducationFederal Work Study – FY11Hojan-Clark, Jane – Student Aid $282,128

UWM FoundationLife Impact Program General Operating ExpensesHojan-Clark, Jane – Extension & Public Service $117,000

UWM FoundationTo Purchase Laptop Computers for New Life Impact Program ParticipantsHojan-Clark, Jane – Extension & Public Service $46,065

U.S. Dept. of EducationTEACH Grant 2011Hojan-Clark, Jane – Student Aid $5,500

STUDENT ACCESSIBIlITY CENTERSt. Paul CollegeUWM Pepnet Midwest Outreach SiteChiaverina,Virginia – Instruction $251,754

Peck ScHool of tHe artSFILMUWM Foundation (Arizona Community Foundation) Expansion of the Film “Hmong Among Us”Yeo, Rob – Extension & Public Service $4,526

ART & DESIGNUWM FoundationVisual Art Graduate Program Visiting Artists and Related ExpensesHobgood, Wade – Student Aid $600

UWM FoundationSupport of Fellowship Program for Visual ArtistsHobgood, Wade – Extension & Public Service $5,000

SHeldon b. lubar ScHool of buSineSSBOSTROM CENTERUWM FoundationDeloitte Touche SALT CenterSmunt, Timothy – Research $19,000

INSTRUCTIONALUWM FoundationMilwaukee PlanSmunt, Timothy – Research $14,000

MANAGEMENTU.S. Dept. of EducationPassport to Global Business SuccessPrasad, Velagapudi; Shaffer, Margaret – Instruction $87,930

continuing educationADMINISTRATIONWisconsin Humanities CouncilCommunity Dialogue on a Hmong Family Memoir: Discussions and Events with Kao Kalia YangStillwell, Anne – Extension & Public Service $2,000

EMPloYMENT & TRAINING INSTITUTEWI Dept. of Children & FamiliesProgram Integrity Analysis of Milwaukee County Clients in the Wisconsin Shares ProgramPawasarat, John – Extension & Public Service $66,576

PUBLIC ALLIESPublic Allies Milwaukee 2011 ProgramFlynn, Kathleen – Extension & Public Service $432,250

CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION EDUCATIONWI Dept. of TransportationPassenger Assistance and Sensitivity Skills (P.A.S.S.) Training SupportWoodall, Charles – Extension & Public Service $5,000

engineering & aPPlied ScienceDEAN’S OFFICEWI Dept. of TransportationRequirements Assessment Phase of Sustainable Engineering Workforce Development Training Program for WI Dept. of TransportationKrauski, Michael; White, Sammis – Instruction $497,421

CIVIl ENGINEERING & MECHANICSWI Dept. of TransportationAesthetic Coatings for Bridge ComponentsGhorbanpoor, Al; Tabatabai, Habibollah – Research $119,999

UWM FoundationCenter for By-Products UtilizationNaik, Tarun – Research $761

ElECTRICAl ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCEUniversity of Hawaii at ManaoRGR-Based Motion Tracking for Real-Time Adoptive MR Imaging and SpectroscopyArmstrong, Brian – Research $304,784

University of MinnesotaA Nationwide Consortium of Universities to Revitalize Electric Power Engineering Education by State-of-the-Art LaboratoriesNasiri, Abdolhosein – Research $8,333

U.S. NavyMagnetic Content Addressable MemoryWang, Weizhong – Research $25,000

freSHWater ScienceSADMINISTRATIONMichigan State UniversityScaling the Sublethal Effects of MeHg to Population Level Effects in Great Lakes Perch: A Multi-Tiered Approach Using an Adverse Outcome Pathway FrameworkCarvan, Michael; Goetz, Frederick – Research $237,791

WATER INSTITUTEUniversity of MichiganImplementation of the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) 2008-11Klump, J. Val; Consi, Thomas – Research $179,999

WI Dept. of Health ServicesDeveloping an Integrated Health Impact Assessment of Environmental and Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in Wisconsin: A Multidisciplinary ApproachMcLellan, Sandra – Research $20,196

letterS & ScienceANTHRoPoloGYRuekert/MielkeArchaeological Investigations of the Route of the Ryan Creek InterceptorRichards, John – Extension & Public Service $16,247

Ruekert/MielkeArchaeological Investigation of a Storm Sewer Alignment, Village of ThiensvilleRichards, John – Research $4,259

GEoSCIENCES UWM FoundationAnnual Payment to Science Bag Director – 2006-07Lasca, Norman – Instruction $3,500

UWM FoundationExpenses Incurred for Science Bag Presentations 2005-06Lasca, Norman – Instruction $15,790

MATHEMATICAl SCIENCESUWM FoundationGeneral SupportStockbridge, Richard – Instruction $231,213

PHYSICS National Science FoundationInterplay Between High Energy Astrophysics, Cosmology and Particle PhysicsAnchordoqui, Luis – Research $25,000

National Science FoundationEnabling Gravitational-Wave Astronomy on the LIGO Data GridBrady, Patrick – Research $1,450,000

University of California, Santa BarbaraMeasuring the Spin-Down of Two Nearby Isolated Neutron StarsKaplan, David – Research $66,330

Aurora Spectral TechnologiesMulti-Photon Microscope-Based Optical Micro-Spectroscopy (Optimis) System: Prototype DevelopmentRaicu, Valerica – Research $168,801

PSYCHoloGYNational Institutes of HealthAcceptance Enhanced Behavior Therapy for TrichotillomaniaWoods, Douglas – Research $325,740

WUWMUWM FoundationSalary EncumbrancesEdwards, Dave – Miscellaneous $470,000

Corporation for Public BroadcastingCommunity Service Grant 2011Szychlinski, David – Extension & Public Service $267,505

uWM librarieSWISCoNSIN ARCHIVES PRoGRAMAmerican Academy of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologyMaintenance of Archival RecordsBarczyk, Ewa – Extension & Public Service $18,225

nurSingDEAN’S OFFICEWI Dept. of Health ServicesWisconsin Well Woman/Wisewoman ProgramPeterman, Beth – Extension & Public Service $83,000

PRoGRAMSUniversity of the Virgin IslandsFactors Affecting HPV Transmission, Cervical Cancer Screening and Condom Use Among Single College-Age Adults in the U.S. Virgin IslandsMillon Underwood, Sandra – Research $73,293

Student affairSATHlETICS – ADMINISTRATIoNUWM FoundationSupport Readership Program Scholarship from Milwaukee Journal SentinelDirector – Student Aid $1,000

UWM FoundationSupport Women’s Volleyball ProgramDirector – Miscellaneous $1,000

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acadeMic affairSFINANCIAL AIDU.S. Dept. of EducationPell Grant FundsHojan-Clark, Jane – Student Aid $110,000


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U.S. Dept. of EducationACG Grant 2011Hojan-Clark, Jane – Student Aid $12,000

U.S. Dept. of EducationTEACH Grant 2011Hojan-Clark, Jane – Student Aid $2,000

adMiniStrative affairSFACIlITY SERVICES – ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICESWe EnergiesWe Energies Customer Project Incentives, Golda Meir Library Solar PV InstallationNelson, Andrew – Miscellaneous $57,330

arcHitecture & urban PlanningCENTER FoR ARCHITECTURE & URBAN PlANNING RESEARCHWI Chapter American Planning AssociationWAPA NewsFrank, Nancy – Miscellaneous $8,000

continuing educationCollEGE FoR KIDSAmerican Association of University WomenSTEM Today, Degree Tomorrow: Breaking Through BarriersSutton, Elizabeth – Extension & Public Service $4,888

PUBLIC ALLIESUWM FoundationPublic Allies ProgramKrueger, Mark – Extension & Public Service $22,600

CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION EDUCATIONWI Dept. of TransportationSafety, Emergencies and EvacuationsWoodall, Charles – Extension & Public Service $3,500

WI Dept. of TransportationPassenger Assistance and Sensitivity Skills (P.A.S.S.) Training SupportWoodall, Charles – Extension & Public Service $12,500

WI Dept. of TransportationAdvanced Defensive Driving Skills WorkshopsWoodall, Charles – Extension & Public Service $2,500

Urban Community DevelopmentSt. Jacobi Lutheran SchoolPartners for Wellness Initiative 2010Folkman, Daniel – Extension & Public Service $72,000

EducationCENTER FoR MATH & SCIENCE EDUCATIoN RESEARCHMilwaukee Public SchoolsMathematics Leadership and Professional Development: Collaboration for Improvement in PK-12 Mathematics in the Milwaukee Public SchoolsHuinker, DeAnn – Instruction $185,000

engineering & aPPlied ScienceElECTRICAl ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCEWe EnergiesControls for an Integrated System of Wind Energy and Energy Storage for Grid Frequency SupportNasiri, Abdolhosein – Research $50,000

MECHANICAl ENGINEERINGMorris Material HandlingGraduate Student Internship AgreementDhingra, Anoop – Research $37,869

graduate ScHoolDEAN’S OFFICESmall Business AdministrationSBA Construction ProposalScanes, Colin – Miscellaneous $250,000

NIEHS CoRE CENTERNational Institutes of HealthChildren’s Environmental Health Sciences Core CenterPetering, David – Research $315,908

HealtH ScienceSCOMMUNICATION SCIENCES & DISORDERSAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing AssociationID of Potential General Outcome Measures for Children’s Oral LearningHeilmann, John – Research $1,874

HUMAN MoVEMENT SCIENCESMedical College of WisconsinSupraspinal Contributions to Upper and Lower Limb Motor Recovery After StrokeWang, Jinsung – Research $5,143

R2D2 CENTERMarquette UniversityRERC:Technologies for Children with Orthopedic DisabilitiesSmith, Roger; Slavens, Brooke – Research $88,252

CENTER FOR URBAN POPULATION HEAlTH UW School of Medicine & Public HealthUW Center for Collaborative Research and Education Initiatives for Health EquityCisler, Ron; Galvao, Loren – Research $145,298

letterS & ScienceBIoloGICAl SCIENCESU.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceEvaluation of Alternative Culling Strategies on Maintenance of Genetic Variation in BisonLatch, Emily – Research $63,666

UWM FoundationShaw Scholar AwardMcBride, Mark – Research $37,500

CHEMISTRYJohns Hopkins UniversityGABA-A Alpha5 Cognitive Enhancers: Pharmacology and Neuropsychology in MacaquesCook, James – Research $60,558

PHYSICS Space Telescope Science Institute3D-HST: A Spectroscopic Galaxy Evolution TreasuryErb, Dawn – Research $40,846

Internet2SDCI Sec Improvement: Building from Bedrock – Infrastructure Improvements for Collaboration and ScienceKoranda, Scott – Research $306,649

National Science FoundationCollaborative Research: Disorder-Induced High Sensitivity Raman SensorYakovlev, Vladislav – Research $57,559

PSYCHoloGYNational Institutes of HealthThe Role of Protein Kinase M zeta in Hippocampal-Dependent Memory MaintenanceHelmstetter, Fred – Research $41,079

Tourette Syndrome AssociationTourette Syndrome Association Service AgreementWoods, Douglas – Research $22,000

uWM librarieSADMINISTRATIONUWM FoundationSupplement 133 AccountBarczyk, Ewa – Instruction $4,000

nurSingDEAN’S OFFICEMedical College of WisconsinClinical and Translational Science Award 2009 ApplicationSchiffman, Rachel – Research $198,213

Faculty Development Integrated Technology into Nursing Education and Practice InitiativeDean-Baar, Susan – Instruction $30,000

PRoGRAMSAurora Health CareImplementing Strategies to Increase Breastfeeding Rates in Milwaukee CountyJohnson, Teresa – Extension & Public Service $85,655

Helen bader ScHool of Social WelfareAPPlIED GERoNToloGYMI Dept. of Community HealthTailored Caregiver Assessment and Referral (TCARE) Phase IIIMontgomery, Rhonda – Extension & Public Service $6,000

CENTER FOR ADDICTION & BEHAVIoRAl HEAlTH RESEARCHMilwaukee CountyMilwaukee County Drug Treatment Court EvaluationFendrich, Michael; Pelfrey, William – Research $22,482

Student affairSATHlETICS – WoMEN’S SoCCERUWM FoundationSupport Spring Trip to Las VegasDirector – Extension & Public Service $1,000

Period 6 – December 2010 Year-to-Date

Federal Total Federal Total

Research $ 162,183 $ 1,178,867 $ 12,452,180 $ 19,599,077

Instruction $ -0- $ 210,594 $ 4,485,981 $ 7,692,878

Public Service $ -0- $ 200,090 $ 2,497,101 $ 6,420,338

Student Aid $ 224,000 $ 224,000 $ 19,494,539 $ 19,564,809

Other $ 250,000 $ 315,330 $ 566,026 $ 3,069,066

TOTALS $ 636,183 $ 2,128,880 $ 39,495,827 $56,346,167

eXtraMural aWardS - ProgreSS to date

Period 6 – December 2009 Year-to-Date

Federal Total Federal Total

Research $ 1,038,299 $ 1,508,846 $ 19,283,930 $ 23,341,874

Instruction $ -0- $ 6,854 $ 4,433,549 $ 5,791,934

Public Service $ 50,000 $ 1,632,018 $ 970,120 $ 4,039,734

Student Aid $ 351,188 $ 352,188 $ -0- $ -0-

Other $ -0- $ 477 $ 15,802,617 $ 17,141,212

TOTALS $ 1,439,487 $ 3,500,383 $40,490,216 $50,314,754

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Grant information is prepared by the Graduate School. If you have questions or comments, contact Kenneth D. Buelow, director of information, technology & analysis, 414-229-5449. More detailed grant information also is available on the Web at: graduateschool.uwm.edu/research/data-policy/awards-and-expenditures/.

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he 14th annual Festival of Films in French celebrates the diversity and global reach of French-language cinema Feb. 4-13. The 12

films, all Milwaukee premieres, explore Canada’s Far North, Quebec, Haiti, French Guiana, Tunis, Monaco, the French provinces and Paris.

The festival opens with “Ce qu’il faut pour vivre,” the saga of an Inuit hunter lost in a Quebec sanatorium, a beautiful ode to human resilience.

Migration, exile and return are themes of several films, from the documentary on novel-ist Dany Laferrière, who returns from Quebec to his native Haiti, to the struggles of a Kurdish teenager – an illegal alien – in France. There is plenty of comedy as well, from the children’s classic “Le Petit Nicolas” to the sophisticated “L’Arnacoeur (Heartbreaker).”

The festival includes Marcel L’Herbier’s “L’Argent (Money),” a recently restored masterpiece of the silent film era on the very relevant theme of financial speculation, greed and corruption. Milwaukee audiences will also view for the first time a film noir classic, never released but recently reconsti-tuted, “Clouzot’s Inferno.”

Union Programming is also screening pre-and-post festival French-language films: “Heartbeats” opened the festival Feb. 3, presented by the Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival. “An Evening of Films by Rose Lowder” with a talkback with the filmmaker herself screens on Feb.

15. (See the schedule at right.)All films are in French and other languages

with English subtitles. They are shown at the Union Theatre and all are free, except for “Heartbeats.”

The festival is made possible with the generous support of the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Centre National de la Cinématographie, the Grand Marnier Foundation, the Florence Gould Foundation, highbrow entertainment for the Tournées Festival films, the French Consulate in Chicago, the Québec Government Office in Chicago and Dr. Richard Stone.

For more on each film, go online: www4.uwm.edu/cie/frenchfilm/index.cfm?page=schedule.

Festival of Films in French set for Feb. 4-13 scheDule

“Ce qu’il faut pour vivre (inuujjutiksaq) (neCessities of life)”Benoît Pilon, 2008Special Grand Prize of the Jury, Montréal World Film Festival. Co-sponsored by the Québec Government Office in Chicago. Friday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 6, 5 p.m.

“le Chant des mariées (the Wedding song)”Karin Albou, 2007Co-sponsored by UWM’s Center for International Education, the Jewish Studies Program, Middle East and North African Studies Certificate Program, and the Women’s Studies Program. Friday, Feb. 4, 9 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m.

“l’épine dans le Coeur (a thorn in the heart)”Michel Gondry, 2009Presented as part of The Tournées Festival. Co-sponsored by UWM’s Center for International Education and LGBT Film/Video Festival. Saturday, Feb. 5, 5 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 13, 3 p.m.

“WelCome”Philippe Loiret, 2008Saturday, Feb. 5, 9 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m.

“la dérive douCe d’un enfant de petit-goâve” Pedro Ruiz, 2009 Co-sponsored by the Québec Government Office in Chicago, UWM’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and Union Sociocultural Programming. Sunday, Feb. 6, 1 p.m.; Monday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m.

“le petit niColas (little niCholas)” Laurent Tirard, 2009Co-sponsored by the French Consulate in Chicago and Southeast Wisconsin Academic Alliance in French.Sunday, Feb. 6, 3 p.m.

“l’argent (money)”Marcel L’Herbier, 1928Silent Film Night, with musical accompanimentCo-sponsored by the UWM Media, Cinema and Digital Studies Program, and the departments of Film and Art History.Tuesday, Feb. 8, 7 p.m.

“orpailleur (the gold forest)”Marc Barat, 2009Wednesday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 13, 5 p.m.Shown in conjunction with Union Programming’s Share the Earth Environmental Film Series and co-sponsored by CLACS.

“henri-georges Clouzot’s ‘inferno’ (l’enfer)” Serge Bromberg & Ruxandra Medrea, 2009Classic French Cinema Night. Best Documentary, 2010 César Awards. Thursday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m.

“Cliente (a frenCh gigolo)” Josiane Balasko, 2007Presented as part of The Tournées Festival. Co-sponsored by the UWM Women’s Studies Program.Friday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 12, 5 p.m.

“l’arnaCoeur (heartbreaker)” Pascal Chaumeil, 2010Friday, Feb. 11, 9 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 12, 7 p.m.

“home”Ursula Meier, 2007Saturday, Feb. 12, 9 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m.

an evening of films by rose loWderTuesday, Feb. 15, 7 p.m.

“L’Arnacoeur (Heartbreaker)” Feb. 11 & 12

“Le Petit Nicolas (Little Nicholas)” Feb. 6

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