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ave you discussed your end-of-life wishes with your family or friends? Do you know the

many benefits of doing so – for you, your spouse and your children?

“We each need to consider putting the subject of dying, and our wishes about our own end-of-life care, on the table for discussion,” says Jung Kwak, assistant professor of social work. “It’s a difficult topic to initiate. But these conversations are valuable. They can decrease the burden and stress on your eventual caregiver and ensure someone else will advocate for you to receive care consistent with your values.”

If you’re the listening party, she adds, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the other person. “It can surprise you,” she says.

This year, Kwak collaborated on the documen-tary “Consider the Conversation, A Documentary on a Taboo Subject,” which spotlights how ill-prepared Americans are in making end-of-life decisions. The documentary, which began airing on PBS in June 2011, was co-produced by UWM Letters & Science alumnus Mike Bernhagen (’91 MA Communication), director of Rainbow Hospice Care in Jefferson, Wis.

Kwak studies decisional conflicts at the end of

life and the need to have surrogates for persons with dementia. Because of her promising research in this area, she was named in 2010 as one of six Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars. Her research is funded by the Parkinson’s Research Institute and the Hartford Foundation.

Kwak researches factors that impede and those that help a caregiver make such decisions. Spouses, she says, feel more confident to make such deci-sions; children less confident and more conflicted. In addition, the state of relationships plays a role. “Generally, the more family conflict, the less able people are to make end-of-life decisions,” she says.

“At some point, we might become the caregiver of someone we love and care about. It comes with a lot of responsibility, but most people are not prepared,” Kwak says.

A caregiver’s job can be made easier by three factors, she says: understanding health and medical information, knowing the dying person’s values and being supported by friends and family.

Are there rights and wrongs in making end-of-life decisions? Kwak thinks not. “We’re talking about life and death,” she says. “I’m not sure there is a right way to live or to die.”

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Jung Kwak studies how we make – and avoid making – end-of-life decisions.

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Coleman named first Alumni Fellow

34th Annual Latin American Film Series April 13-20

Kenilworth Open Studios April 21

UWM Art Collection now online

Britz named new provost

UWM Gives to UWM kicks off this month

Inclusive Excellence 2012

UWM welcomes Diversity Fellows

‘WatercoolerTM’ wins New Venture grand prize

The worst president?

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April 2012 Vol. 33, No. 3

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ast month, I spoke at the Ninth Annual Green Energy Summit in downtown Milwaukee. The

idea I wanted to get across was that when it comes to green energy, and specifically energy and water-relat-ed technologies, there are unlimited opportunities.

I told the audience about a great example of such unlimited opportunities right here at UWM with the work of Dr. Zhen “Jason” He, assistant professor of engineering. His ideas about creating micro-bial fuel cells, which use bacteria to purify wastewater and control their metabolic energy to generate electricity, are contributing to the creation of a new start-up company called

HydroTech Innovations. (A good summary of his work is featured in our new Research Report 2012, available online at researchreport.uwm.edu.)

The concept of unlimited opportunities was also shared by School of Freshwater Sciences Dean David Garman, who was one of my co-presenters, and School of Continuing Education Interim Dean Patricia Arredondo and Associate Dean Sam White, who were session co-chairs.

The more I thought about those unlimited oppor-tunities, the more I realized they are all around us here at UWM. Sometimes those opportunities have already been seized, and sometimes the door to those opportunities is just opening.

An excellent example of an opportunity seized is the first recipient of the UWM Foundation Alumni Fellow award, Milton Coleman. In the 1960s, he seized a scholarship – a $128 scholarship – to UWM that he now says made all the difference in the world

to him. Milt tells the story best in a short video found on the UWM website: www4.uwm.edu/discover/video.cfm:

“Here I am, somebody who grew up in public housing, who grew up in what was called the ‘Inner Core,’ who went to public schools, and who has made it to become the senior editor of The Washington Post. And people will say, ‘Not everyone can become senior editor of The Washington Post,’ to which my response is, ‘But I became senior editor of The Washington Post.’”

You’ll find more of Milt Coleman’s story and his very successful return to our campus on page 6.

And I saw hundreds of young people getting a glimpse into their academic future at the National History Day Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Competition. The regional competition has been hosted by UWM and our Department of History (and coordinated by lecturer Ellen Langill) since 2001.

To see so many middle- and high-school students demonstrating their appreciation for the study of history was exhilarating. It is also reassuring when considering the future of education and seeing young people demonstrate their desire to learn.

It was also greatly satisfying to see so many people here in support of those young students – their teach-ers and parents, along with so many people affiliated with history here at UWM, including faculty, staff and graduate students.

I have no doubt that such stories of unlimited opportunities can be found all over campus. It is our continuing challenge to communicate them to the wider community, and I congratulate all those mentioned above for their success in transmitting the message of unlimited opportunities.

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UWM Legislative Day in Madisonby John W. Bartel

Legislators highly value the opportunity to meet personally with their constituents. UWM made it easy for them to do that during Legislative Day March 7, by bringing 24 alumni, faculty, staff and students to visit with their lawmakers at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison.

The group’s first stop was the Capitol Rotunda, where they viewed the work of nine UWM students who presented their under-graduate research posters on topics ranging from racial biases to observing zooplankton behavior.

After lunch, the group received campus and UW System updates from Tom Luljak, vice chancellor for university relations and commu-nications at UWM, and UW System President Kevin Reilly, and then met with seven legislators. The legislative visits provided our Panther group with the opportunity to discuss the need for state funding and other issues important to UWM.

We’ll save a spot on the bus for you for next year’s trip to Madison.

The UWM group on the steps of the capitol building in Madison.

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2012 LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARDS CEREMONY APRIL 18

Celebrate your colleagues’ commit-ment to UWM during the annual Length of Service Awards on Wednesday, April 18, at 3 p.m. in the Union Wisconsin Room.

Please join Chancellor Michael R. Lovell for a reception in the Wisconsin Room Lounge immediately following the ceremony.

The complete list of this year’s Length of Service honorees is online at www4.uwm.edu/univ_rel/los.cfm.

The event is sponsored by University Relations and Communications. For more information or to request special accommodations, contact Laura Purifoy at [email protected] or 414-229-4035.

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ohannes Britz is UWM’s new provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. He has been

serving in the position on an interim basis since May 2010. The provost is the second-highest position at UWM and reports directly to the chancellor.

“From an outstanding group of provost candi-dates, Dr. Britz distinguished himself as the individu-al best equipped to help UWM meet our objectives of becoming a premier research university and a best place to work,” said Chancellor Michael R. Lovell. “I am very confident in his abilities and his understand-ing of UWM.”

Lovell pointed out that Britz already has provided strong leadership in several significant areas, includ-ing campus reorganization planning, the ongoing creation of the new budget model and initiatives to expand the internationalization of the student body.

Britz has also worked effectively with campus search-and-screen committees to bring new deans to the schools of Education, Freshwater Sciences and Public Health, and the College of Letters and Science.

“I want to especially thank Professor Marcia Parsons from our Peck School of the Arts for leading a very effective search team,” said Chancellor Lovell.

“And also, I want to thank everyone from the campus community who shared their feedback with me about the candi-dates. Their thoughtful, thorough assessments were overwhelmingly in support of Johannes.”

Britz is the 10th indi-vidual to serve as the provost since UWM was established in 1956.

After serving as a UWM visiting professor

from 2001 to 2003, Britz joined the UWM faculty in 2004 and was named dean of the School of Information Studies in 2005. He also served as the interim dean of the College of Health Science in 2008 and 2009.

Britz holds two doctoral degrees from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. His curricu-lum vitae is online at www4.uwm.edu/secu/news_events/upload/Johannes-Britz-2.pdf.

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2012 RESEARCH REPORT NOW ONLINE

Powerful ideas are energizing our research engine along the path to proven results.

From new lithium-ion batteries that will power tomorrow’s cars to global solutions for the freshwater crisis and new techniques for farming perch, research by world-class faculty at UWM is creating products, refin-ing processes, coordinating interdisciplin-ary projects and forming powerful partner-ships that effect positive change in engi-neering, freshwater, healthcare, the arts, education and more.

The best of this research is already making an impact on the people and plac-es of Southeastern Wisconsin and beyond.

The just-released 2012 Research Report celebrates our achievements. Review it online at researchreport.uwm.edu.

DLS features Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Greenfield

UWM’s Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) features Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, in “An Evening of Social Responsibility, Radical Business Philosophy and Free Ice Cream” on Tuesday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in the Union Wisconsin Room.

In 1978, after taking a $5 correspon-dence course on ice-cream making, Greenfield and his longtime friend Ben Cohen opened Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Scoop Shop in an old gas station in Burlington, Vt.

In the 30+ years since, they have opened more than 200 franchises and turned their venture into a $300 million ice-cream empire, while making social responsibility and creative management core values of their business.

Greenfield’s presentation focuses on America’s

entrepreneurial spirit, the promises and pitfalls of “values-led” business-es, and the growing international influence of the socially conscious corporation.

A sign language interpreter will be provided. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. FREE ICE CREAM WILL BE SERVED.

Advance tickets are $5/UWM students; $8/non-UWM students; $10/faculty, staff and alumni; and $12/general public. Tickets may be purchased at the UWM Bookstore or by calling 414-229-4201 or 1-800-662-5668.

Tickets at the door are $8/all students with ID; $12 faculty, staff and alumni; and $14 general public.

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SAMORE LECTURE APRIL 14

Information: find and store; don’t drownby Kathy Quirk

“The Future-Ready Information Professional” is the topic of the 19th annual Ted Samore lecture at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 14. The presenta-tion is set for the first floor lounge of the Northwest Quadrant Building B, 2035 E. Newport Ave.

This year’s speaker is Cindy Romaine, an information consultant who works on projects related to sustainability and competitive intel-ligence. Her presentation will focus on how information professionals can learn to apply their skills to help busi-nesses and organizations find and store relevant information rather than drown

in information overload.Romaine, the principal in

Romainiacs Intelligent Research, is the immediate past president of the Special Libraries Association, which has more than 10,000 members in 73 countries. Prior to starting her consulting busi-ness, she spent 16 years at Nike, where she was responsible for strategic global collections. Among her projects was organizing an exhibit of the company’s historic sneakers.

The annual lecture honors School of Information Studies Professor Theodore (Ted) Samore, who taught at UWM for more than 20 years.

Cindy Romaine


NURSING CRAFT SALE APRIL 27

The College of Nursing (CON) invites all UWM employees to attend the first-ever College of Nursing Artists and Crafters Boutique event to benefit the college’s Malawi Fund on Friday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Cunningham Hall, room G40 (ground floor). The sale will feature handcrafted items made by CON staff, alumni, family and friends

The Malawi Fund in the UWM Foundation supports a number of efforts for improving the lives and outcomes of per-sons facing health and wellness hardships in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa, where CON regularly sends stu-dents and researchers.

For more information, contact Theresa Bellone, [email protected] or 414-229-5698.

Proceeds of the CON craft sale will benefit the school’s programs in Malawi.

UWM gives to UWM kicks off this monthANNUAL CAMPAIGN RAISES MONEY FOR UWM PROGRAMMING

by Chris Ciancimino, Director of Annual Giving

here are many reasons people make charitable gifts in support of UWM. One person may

make a year-end gift to ease the tax burden. Another person may be influenced to give by a fellow faculty or staff member, alumnus or friend. Many faculty and staff give to help current and future students.

Overwhelmingly, though, the main reason people give is because they believe in our university and want to help us fulfill our mission. Most donors say they want to know that their contribution is making UWM a better place to live, work and learn.

J. Val Klump, director of the UWM WATER Institute, explains his reason for participating in the UWM Gives to UWM Campaign: “My wife and I support UWM because a tradition of strong public education is, if possible, more important now than it has ever been. UWM is uniquely positioned to serve as an engine of prosperity to individuals, the City of Milwaukee and the State of Wisconsin.”

If you have a campus mailbox, you’ve probably already received a letter inviting your participation in this year’s campaign. Last year, nearly 700 faculty and staff members banded together to raise nearly $400,000 for UWM scholarships, academic and research programs, faculty enhancements and literal-ly hundreds of other programs at UWM. The chart below shows how the generosity of our colleagues benefited campus last year.

Jung Kwak, assistant professor in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, shares her reason

for participating: “UWM provides all the support and encouragement that I need to grow as a scholar, teacher and member of the Milwaukee community. My colleagues and students are constant inspirations and university leadership consistently seems to make the most of scarce resources. I cannot imagine a better environment for providing the kind of nurtur-ing every young scholar needs to thrive and that I have received for my research in end-of-life care at UWM” (see cover story).

Campus Chief of Police Michael Marzion adds, “I give to UWM because I care about the univer-sity, and it is satisfying to know my contributions make this campus accessible to others. UWM has improved my life, and I’m fortunate to be able to help others.”

This year, any person who makes a gift (of at least $5) will receive a UWM Gives to UWM water bottle and stress ball, courtesy of the UWM Bookstore.

Contributions can be made conveniently through payroll deduction, and gifts can be unrestricted or directed to an area of the university that holds special interest for you. Visit the campaign website at uwmgives.uwm.edu for more information or to make a gift.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Chris Ciancimino, director of annual giving, at [email protected] or 414-229-3017.

“Proud to support our students!”

- Professor Gregory Jay

“I support UWM because it takes so little to make a huge difference in the lives of some truly amazing students.”

- Bettina Arnold

“I support UWM because I believe that a college education transforms the lives of individuals and communities.”

- Rodney Swain

“The Mission of UWM supports my mission to ignite a passion for life-long learning”

- Angela Stoddard

“UWM is all about helping our community through continued excellence in research and education. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?”

- Laura Otto-Salaj

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INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE 2012

Reframing Inclusivity, Reframing Diversity by Joan Prince, Vice Chancellor for Global Inclusion and Engagement; Michael Laliberte, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs; and Johannes Britz, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

n Friday, March 2, more than 200 people gath-ered in the Union Wisconsin Room to partici-

pate in Inclusive Excellence 2012 (IE 2012). This innovative daylong event catalyzed many meaningful conversations and tapped our collective best ideas for advancing UWM as an inclusive, caring and accessible campus.

Event organizers strove to ensure that all sectors of the campus community – students, faculty, academic and classified staff, and administrators – were in attendance. As IE 2012 sponsors, we are pleased to report that an excellent foundation has been laid for strategic actions to help the campus realize its diversity and campus climate goals.

The engagement with the campus community began with a question campaign calling all voices by asking the registrants to respond to: “What’s your question about diversity and inclusion at UWM?” Over 90 questions were submitted; some of them were utilized in an ad campaign, with banners and posters displayed throughout the Union.

To prepare for the event, the submitted questions were categorized through two review processes. The first round of review yielded 10 categories and the second round, conducted by the Diversity Leadership Council, narrowed the categories to five themes. The resulting five question categories/themes were:• Recruitment/Retention• Climate/Inclusion• Policy/Practice• Resources• Training

These themes informed the organization of participants’ interests, work groups and outcomes for the Inclusive Excellence day.

FRAMING THE QUESTIONSThe Engage the Power (engagethepower.org)

team, lead by Professor Ceasar McDowell from MIT, facilitated the small-group processes. Participants selected themed tables based on their interests, and engaged in sharing personal stories and experiences. This listening session served to bridge differences and find connecting areas of interest.

Group members were then asked to name their questions – from either reviewing a list of pre-submitted questions or coming up with their own. By using five review criteria, each group ranked the questions to arrive at its top three questions. One question was ultimately selected by the group as its top priority to focus on for the afternoon’s work.

Over the lunch period, McDowell’s presenta-tion, “Inclusion: The Life Force of Democracy, Innovation and Excellence,” provided global insights into the Engage the Power project. Powerful visuals illustrated the importance of asking the questions and engaging in crucial conversations for explicating critical issues and problems.

LOOKING AT SOLUTIONSGroup work continued in the afternoon with

discussions focused on describing “solutions” that included quick wins and resources needed to produce systemic change. Group members were asked to reflect on what discernable changes would signal a new direction for UWM, as well as what the campus would need to learn about the questions over the coming year. It is also important for the campus to define longer-term vision, which will facilitate UWM’s success in achieving the desired change.

Thanks to the many volunteers, each table was resourced with a facilitator and recorder. These individuals participated in a training session prior to Friday’s event, and kept the small-group discussions and tasks on a time schedule. The use of technology informed this process at each stage of the work with visual representations.

Responses produced by the groups were entered into a database, culminating in the reading of the submitted top question from each table at the end of the day. In addition to the pre-submitted questions, more than 200 questions were added to the database on March 2, resulting in over 300 questions generated by the campus community throughout the IE campaign.

At the First Friday reception following the Inclusive Excellence event, we showcased a dance performance choreographed by the late Ed Burgess,

and introduced the five Diversity Fellows, who will return to UWM this summer for teaching and/or research assignments (see p. 7).

NEXT STEPSThe important outcomes from the Inclusive

Excellence 2012 event will be used to inform the campus strategic plan. The top questions and actions will be sorted accordingly and shared with the lead-erships of UWM’s two strategic initiatives, “Best Place to Work” and “Best Place to Learn.” Members of the leadership team of each initiative will be asked to review the top questions and, in particular, those that are an appropriate fit for the framework.

We encourage you to check out the preliminary results of IE 2012 online at: www4.uwm.edu/acad_aff/climate/inclusive-excellence/2012.

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Professor Ceasar McDowell of MIT addressed the IE 2012 audience over lunch, providing global insights into the Engage the Power project.

Participants selected tables based on their interests for small-group work.


ne of the key lessons he learned at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was to

have confidence in himself and his decisions, says Milton Coleman (’68 BFA Music).

Coleman, now senior editor of The Washington Post, credits his education at UWM with laying the foun-dation for his long and successful professional career.

“What I learned here prepared me to compete with the best in the world,” Coleman said, as he accepted an award as the first UWM Foundation Alumni Fellow on Feb. 21.

Alumni Fellow is a lifelong designation that recognizes prominent and outstanding alumni who demonstrate leadership and accomplishment in their professional fields and personal lives. The new Alumni Fellow Program brings honorees back to campus to share their knowledge, insight and stories with students, faculty, staff and members of the community.

Coleman received his bachelor’s degree in music history and literature from UWM, moved into jour-nalism starting at the Milwaukee Courier and joined The Post in 1976.

Over the years he rose from reporter on the metropolitan staff to his current position.

Among his many professional awards and honors, Coleman has served as a jury chairman for the Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism and as a judge for a number of other top journalism awards.

He is president of the Inter American Press Association and immediate past president of the American Society of News Editors. Through his work with those organizations, he has taken part in fact-finding missions and given presentations on press freedom and media ethics in many Caribbean and Latin American countries.

Coleman learned Spanish to provide newsroom guidance to El Tiempo Latino, a Spanish-language weekly owned by The Post. “You have to keep reinventing yourself,” he told student journalists he spoke to.

IT STARTED WITH A SCHOLARSHIPBut it all started with a scholarship from UWM

that helped Coleman, who grew up in the Hillside Terrace public housing project in Milwaukee, become the first in his family to graduate from college.

“Absent that $128 scholarship, I don’t know where I’d be,” he said at the ceremony where he accepted the Alumni Fellow award. That scholarship for one semester’s tuition, coupled with work-study and weekend music gigs at $15 apiece, helped him earn his degree.

During his two-day visit to UWM in mid-Febru-ary as part of the fellowship, Coleman visited music

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and journalism classes, answering questions and sharing his insights. He also was part of a panel on education at the Milwaukee Press Club.

Although music eventually became a means to an end, helping him earn his way through school, the lessons he learned about how to think, how to listen, how learn from others and not be afraid to make mistakes were critical to his future success, he told music students.

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF NEWS

In journalism class, he discussed the changing nature of news and shared some of his experiences – good and bad – in the field.

Newspapers like The Post are changing dramati-cally into multimedia organizations, he told the students, because they are no longer the main source of information for most readers.

“My first exposure to news in the morning is on my iPhone.” Only after that, he says, does he go downstairs and read the newspaper. “Newspapers don’t dictate when I get the news.”

The multiple ways people can share and access information offer new opportunities for journalists, he told the students, though they have led to frag-mentation or “atomization” of audiences into groups united around specific interests. “You don’t have to own a printing press and a distribution channel” to practice journalism, he told one student in answer to a question about job opportunities.

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information, Coleman said, and the need for good journalists is more vital than ever.

“Democracy has to be well-informed. The demand for accurate reporting continues,” he said, adding that with multimedia, “we are telling stories better than we used to.” The Post’s newsroom, for example, now incorporates a television studio and a Web operation along with writers and photographers.

SHARING LESSONSColeman also shared lessons with the students

about learning from mistakes, candidly talking about an editing/fact-checking mistake he made that resulted in a front-page exposé identifying the wrong man as an ex-convict.

In response to a student question, he said the highlight of his journalistic career so far was leading The Post’s coverage of Barack Obama’s inaugura-tion, coordinating the work of 60 to 70 reporters to produce four papers, four editions and three million copies.

Journalism students who talked to Coleman were impressed by his ability to understand current media while drawing on years of experience.

Ian Thompson said he appreciated hearing the perspective of an African American journalist who came out of UWM.

“It was really informative,” said Sean Willey, a broadcast journalism major. “He shared real-world experiences that you can’t learn from a textbook.”

As the UWM Foundation’s first Alumni Fellow, Milton Coleman spent two days in Milwaukee, speaking to UWM classes and community groups. At left, he talks with student Sean Willey after addressing a journalism class. At right, Coleman accepts the first UWM Alumni Fellow award from Chancellor Michael R. Lovell.

During a visit to the UWM Archives, Coleman identified himself (at center, playing drum) in this photo of student activists who worked to establish a Center for Afro-American Culture on campus.

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ANTI-BIAS CONFERENCE APRIL 21

For the fifth year, the UWM School of Education is co-sponsoring the Educators’ Network for Social Justice Annual Anti-Racist/Anti-Bias Conference on Saturday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Indian Community School in Franklin.

The event is designed to bring together educators at all levels who are interested in issues of race and social justice in education. The keynote speaker will be Linda Christensen, author of Reading, Writing, and Rising Up and editor of Rethinking Schools, and the featured speaker will be James Kirylo, author of Paulo Friere: Man from Recife.

Registration is $25 prior to April 14 and $30 after that date. The registration fee includes lunch. For more details and to register, visit ensj.org.

UWM welcomes Diversity Fellowsby Kathy Quirk

WM welcomed its fourth cohort of Diversity Fellows during a site visit early in March.

The Diversity Fellows program, which started in 2009, provides an avenue for UWM to strengthen its academic programs while pursuing the univer-sity’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, says Cheryl Ajirotutu, interim associate vice chancellor for academic affairs.

The Diversity Fellows are comprised of underrep-resented students who have recently earned doctoral or terminal degrees, or are Ph.D. candidates. They may teach six-week courses during the summer session or conduct research in their areas of discipline.

The 2012 Diversity Fellows who will be joining UWM come from an array of backgrounds, though they are united by some common objectives, includ-ing the opportunity to teach.

SHAUN OSSEI-OWUSU“I was excited about the opportunity to get some

teaching experience before starting my professional academic career,” says Shaun Ossei-Owusu, a doctor-al candidate from Berkeley’s Department of African American Studies.

Ossei-Owusu will be teaching “Order and Disorder: The Quest for Social Justice,” a course in the Department of Africology. His research has reviewed equality in the criminal justice system, with specific focus on public defenders. “The majority of the research focus in this area has been with police officers and prosecutors; however, public defenders play a key role.”

JACQUELINE NGUYEN“I think the professional connections will be very

valuable,” says Jacqueline Nguyen, a postdoctoral fellow in the Child Development Laboratory at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Nguyen received her doctorate in educational psychology from UW-Madison and will be teaching a course in the School of Education. Her research interest, which grew out of her own experiences as a child of Vietnamese immigrants, focuses on parent-child relationships among immigrant families.

SELINA GALLO-CRUZ Selina Gallo-Cruz is a doctoral candidate in soci-

ology at Emory University in Atlanta. She will be

teaching a sociology course at UWM this summer. “I was very interested in becoming a Diversity Fellow for the opportunity to expand my teaching experience and become acquainted with scholars at UWM whose work I am familiar with.” Her research interests are in the areas of culture, social movements and global change.

JOSEPH FLIPPERJoseph Flipper, a doctoral candidate in religious

studies at Marquette University, joins the fellows with the advantage of familiarity with the Milwaukee area and the UWM campus. Flipper indicates he has used the UWM Libraries often while attend-ing Marquette. One factor that attracted him to the Diversity Fellows program was the unique oppor-tunity to work in two different areas. His research focus is on the relationships between Christian theol-ogy and modern politics, and he will be teaching a course on religion and literature this summer.

MELISSA REDMONDMelissa Redmond, a doctoral candidate from

the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto, is the program’s first inter-national fellow. “This was a great opportunity to work and come to the United States without having to apply for a visa until after I was accepted,” says Redmond. She will be teaching a course in Cultural Diversity and Social Work in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare this summer.

Her research focus is child protection workers and how legislation and regulatory requirements within organizations impact them. She’s also looking at ways to encourage those workers to stay in the field, since long-term support from them can help improve the future for children. “Retention of child protection workers is a very hot topic right now. I hope to be able to contribute to that discussion.”

The Diversity Fellows program is a campuswide initiative that supports departmental efforts to increase campus diversity, notes Ajirotutu. “We are committed to preparing our students to be effec-tive citizen-leaders who respect and appreciate the dynamics of a pluralistic world.”

Diversity Fellows (from left) Joseph Flipper, Selina Gallo-Cruz, Melissa Redmond, Jacqueline Nguyen and Shaun Ossei-Owusu

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CHS CAREER FAIR APRIL 16

The College of Health Sciences will hold a career fair on Monday, April 16, from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. All students and alumni are invited to visit with Milwaukee’s health care employers. The fair is sponsored by the newly formed CHS Alumni Chapter.


UWM’s Center for Latin American

and Caribbean Studies, Union

Programming, Union Theatre and

Department of Film present the

34th Annual Latin American Film

Series April 13-20 at the Union Theatre.

Admission is free.

Films are shown in their original

languages with English subtitles; they

are not rated and many include adult

content.For more information, phone

the Center for Latin American and

Caribbean Studies at 414-229-5986 or

visit www4.uwm.edu/clacs/filmseries.

OPENING NIGHTFriday, April 13:“NORBERTO’S DEADLINE”

Uruguay, 85 min., directed by Daniel Hendler

For the 30-something Norberto, life does not seem to be all that

he has expected. No longer content with his job or his marital

arrangements, he attempts to immerse himself in an entirely differ-

ent lifestyle, taking acting workshops for beginners to improve his

confidence and trying to fit in with the younger crowd

that he meets there. A hilarious story of what

happens when we are not honest with ourselves

and those we love. 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 14:“NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT”

Chile, 2011, 90 min., directed by Patricio Guzmán

The Atacama Desert of Northern Chile is best known as a paradise

for astronomers and stargazers. Its landscape is ideal for sky

viewing due to its high altitude, dry air and lack of light pollution.

However, not often mentioned is that the Pinochet dictatorship

discarded many of its deceased political prisoners in the same

territory. This is the latest installment of the critical documentaries

produced by the famed director. 7 p.m.

“JUAN OF THE DEAD (JUAN DE LOS MUERTOS)”

Cuba, 2011, 100 min., directed by Alejandro Brugués

Juan, an unemployed outcast, and his close friends form a zombie-

killing business in Havana amidst a chaotic modern-day coup d’etat

led by the living dead. Cuba’s first full-fledged zombie thriller is

gruesome, but also features subtle Cuban idiosyncrasies, many

political commentaries on U.S.-Cuba relations and a critique of the

1959 revolution. 9 p.m.

Sunday, April 15:“THE GOOD HERBS (LAS BUENAS HIERBAS)”

Mexico, 2010, 117 min., directed by María Novaro

Since pre-Columbian times, the use of medicinal plants to heal the

body and the soul has been a tradition in Mexico, and Lala knows

this very well. Unfortunately, they have never been of great inter-

est to her daughter, Dahlia, a single mom trying to raise her small

son on her own. Lala is forced to come to terms with the fact that

she is slipping away as her Alzheimer’s disease progresses and

with the need to pass along her knowledge to a daughter who is

desperately trying to save her. 4:30 p.m.

“CHINESE TAKE-AWAY (UN CUENTO CHINO)”

Argentina, 2011, 93 min., directed by Sebastián Borensztein

In Buenos Aires, Roberto, the embittered owner of a hardware

store, spends his days collecting bizarre worldwide news and

evading Mari, the woman who loves him. One day, while watching

planes land at the airport, he witnesses a Chinese émigré, Jun,

being expelled from a taxi. After a fruitless search for Jun’s uncle,

Roberto takes him in and – with the help of a delivery boy who

speaks Chinese – learns the dramatic story of Jun’s life. 7 p.m.

Monday, April 16:“THE GIFT OF PACHAMAMA (EL REGALO DE LA PACHAMAMA)”

Bolivia, Japan, 2008, 102 min., directed by Toshifumi Matsushita

On Bolivia’s inland salt sea (the Salar de Uyuni), 13-year-old

Kunturi and his family hand-cut bricks of salt, which they use to

barter for goods. It is not an easy life, but still rich with friends and

family. When Kunturi’s grandmother falls ill, his father decides to

take him on the almost four-month journey along the salt trail (the

Ruta de la Sal) to see her. As tragedy and joy commingle, Kunturi

is forced to confront the complexities of adult life, including death,

suffering and his first love – the most powerful of all. 7 p.m.

34th Annual

Latin American

Film Series April 13-20

“Noberto’s Deadline” April 13

“The Gift of Pachmama” April 16

“Juan of the Dead” April 14

“Nostalgia for the Light” April 14

“The Good Herbs” April 15


Tuesday, April 17:“KAREN CRIES ON THE BUS (KAREN LLORA EN UN BUS)”

Colombia, 2011, 98 min., directed by Gabriel Rojas Vera

Karen, a woman in her 30s, realizes that she has spent the last 10

years of her life in a loveless marriage, so she decides to walk away

from it to finally seek an identity of her own. With her savings, she

rents a tiny apartment in the center of Bogotá, but she soon begins

to run into some obstacles. With no friends, her money gone and

few job prospects, Karen soon resorts to everything from stealing

apples from fruit stalls to begging for change at bus stops. An endear-

ing tale of finding freedom, facing the challenges that come along with

it and starting over. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 18:“DAY OF BLACK (DIA DE PRETO)”

Brazil, 2011, 90 min., directed by Marcos Felipe, Daniel Mattos and

Marcial RenatoSet in Brazil during both the 17th century and the modern era,

this film explores the continuing struggles for freedom faced by

Brazilians of African descent. It begins with the story of the first

black slave to be freed in Brazil. The plot then shifts to portray a

contemporary allegory in which the black man is the driver for a

wealthy family. Involved with the daughter of his boss and the theft

of a sacred relic, he spends a crazy night in a mall facing a series of

bizarre characters. After a journey of life and death, our hero learns

that there are times when the night is dreadful, and that some

stories never end. 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 19:“GRANITO: HOW TO NAIL A DICTATOR”

U.S., Guatemala, 2011, 103 min., directed by

Pamela Yates“Granito” follows the process by which director Yates and her team

attempt to use the 1983 film “When the Mountains Tremble” as

evidence to prosecute Guatemalan leaders for genocide within the

international justice system. Part political thriller, part memoir, the

film transports us back in time through a riveting, haunting tale of

impunity. The director returns the audience to the present with a

cast of characters joined by destiny

and the quest to bring a malevolent

dictator to justice. The characters

become integral to the overarching

narrative – of wrongs done and

fairness sought – that they have

pieced together, each adding their

“granito,” their tiny grain of sand,

to the epic tale. 7 p.m.

CLOSING NIGHTFriday, April 20:“SHORES (ORILLAS)”

Argentina, Benin, 2011, 96 min.,

directed by Pablo César

Shantas is a young delinquent living

in the shantytowns on the outskirts

of Buenos Aires. He has just pro-

fessed to the Orishá religion, and he survives the streets with two

weapons: a gun and the conviction that he is an immortal being.

Meanwhile, across the Atlantic in Benin, West Africa, the young

Babárímisá’s heart is failing and his mother, in one last desperate

attempt to save his life, turns to a priestess to perform rituals and

sacrifices that will restore his link to the Orishá gods. An account of

two boys, two continents, one religion and a ritual that will bring

their lives and the shores of these two continents together once

again. 7 p.m.

The series is co-sponsored by UWM Union Sociocultural

Programming; Center for International Education; Center for

Women’s Studies; Urban Studies Program; Office of Diversity and

Climate; Departments of Africology, Art History, Film, Film Studies

and History; MALLT; Latin American and Caribbean Studies Certificate

Program; and the major in Latin American, Caribbean and U.S.

Latino Studies. Programming was done by Aaron Bethke-Shoemaker

and Marisela Chavez-Narvaez. Presented in collaboration with the

Chicago Latino Film Festival.

“Day of Black” April 18“Karen Cries on the Bus” April 17

“Granito: How to Nail a Dictator” April 19

“Shores” April 20


WM alumnus Daniel A. Matre (’08 EMBA) was awarded the $7,500 grand prize in the

New Venture Business Plan Competition at the Lubar School of Business. Matre presented his plan for WatercoolerTM to a panel of independent judg-es, besting six other plans in the final competition.

WatercoolerTM will manufacture, market and distribute H2_OpstationsTM – devices that replace existing wall-mounted drinking fountains. The stations provide clean, cold, filtered water dispensed into customer-provided reusable water bottles as a substitute for bottled water. A wall-mounted HD flat screen monitor is included to facilitate advertis-ing revenues in addition to cash flows from direct purchase of water.

The New Venture competition is designed to foster entrepreneurial spirit among UWM students and alumni, promote practical business skills and encourage the creation of new, for-profit ventures. It is made possible by private support from La Macchia Enterprises, the parent company of Mark Travel and Trisept Solutions.

‘WatercoolerTM’ wins New Venture grand prize

by Beth Stafford

U Judges included Robert De Vita, Common Ground Health Care Cooperative; Alan Katz, retired, Katz Bagels; Joe Kirgues, 94Labs.com; V. Kanti Prasad, Bostrom Professor at the Lubar School; and Paul Stewart, PS Capital Partners LLC.

Earning the second-place award was Spork, a location-based social-networking, local-search and business-advertising service that focuses on connecting customers to restaurants through a website and mobile applications. Carlton Reeves (doctoral student, Mechanical Engineering) and Austen Scudder (’11 MSE Mechanical Engineering) presented the plan.

Two plans tied for third place. Dwayne M. Wilson (Marketing student) was recognized for his plan for Ear Bud Buddys, an earbud attachment that allows users to custom fit their earbuds to their personal ear shape and size. Shawn Conaway (MBA student) presented his plan for Jellyfish Publishing, a vanity press that provides services for self-publishing authors.

Donations Welcome DES SPRING BOOK AND MEDIA SALEThursday, April 199:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.Bolton Hall Breezeway

The Department of Enrollment Services (DES) will hold its third Spring Book and Media Sale on Thursday, April 19, to raise funds for a local Milwaukee charity serving the poor and homeless.

This sale is an offshoot of the popular Bake, Book and Media Sale held as part of DES’s annual fall fundraising efforts for the State and University Employees Combined Giving Campaign (SECC). The April sale will feature great deals on gently used books, videos, DVDs

and CDs.DES welcomes donations of

your used books, videos, DVDs and CDs for the sale.

Call Jennifer Elsner at 414-229-3159 or

[email protected] for an on-campus pickup. Donations may also be

dropped off at the DES dock, with prior arrangement.

‘Art in Space’ benefits UWM Planetarium UWM’s Manfred Olson Planetarium is hosting

its third annual benefit event, “Art in Space,” on Saturday, April 28, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

This is the second year the planetarium is part-nering with the Peck School of the Arts to create a unique event that fuses art and space. Visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy – and bid on – space-themed art created by UWM staff, students and members of the community. The artwork will be displayed just outside the planetarium entrance in the Physics Building hallway.

On this elegant occasion, guests will enjoy a special planetarium program that highlights stunning astronomical imagery and artists’ interpretations of astronomical phenomena. Audiences will also be treated to a tour of the current night sky

As well as bidding on fabulous art, guests will have the chance to bid on gift baskets filled with

goodies from local favorites, including Capricio Salon and Spa, Tracks Tavern and Grille, The Cheesecake Factory, Clark Graphics, Pizza Shuttle, Sherwin Williams, The Pancake House and People’s Books Co-op. Complementary light refreshments will be provided.

Admission is $30/general admission and $15/UWM students with ID. Register by April 20 at planetarium.uwm.edu to take advantage of the early-bird special ($25/general admission). Tickets also may be purchased at the door on the night of the event.

Although normally children are welcome to plan-etarium programs, this evening’s event is not recom-mended for children under age 9.

To learn more about the planetarium’s shows and events, visit planetarium.uwm.edu. The planetarium also can be found on Facebook and Twitter.

Present at the 2012 New Venture awards presentation were (from left): V. Kanti Prasad, Lubar School’s Bostrom Professor of Entrepreneurship and faculty director of the International Business Center; Carlton Reeves and Austen Scudder, second-prize winners; Jennifer La Macchia, competi-tion sponsor; James H. Hunter III, Bostrom Entrepreneur-in-Residence; Dan Matre, first-prize winner; Shawn Conaway, third-prize winner; Rita Derleth, competition coordinator; and Dwayne M. Wilson, third-prize winner.


n 1948, Life magazine named the 10 worst U.S.

presidents. Time magazine ran a similar list only last year. In each – and in almost every such ranking in between – President Herbert Hoover was included, blamed for not doing enough to end the Great Depression.

But is Hoover’s stained reputation deserved?

History Professor Glen Jeansonne, who has published the first new book on Hoover’s presidency in 25 years, says no. In fact, many of the social programs contained in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” were actually conceived or launched by the 31st president. Hoover’s presidential campaign of 1928 even coined the term “New Deal.”

Compared to many of today’s Republican politicians, says Jeansonne, Hoover could hardly be labeled “tea party.” Jeansonne’s book, The Life of Herbert Hoover, Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933, was published recently by Palgrave Macmillan. In it, he describes how Hoover grappled with many of the same issues that continue to challenge presidents to this day – welfare, health care and a weak economy. Hoover’s approach to these issues was progressive, says Jeansonne.

A FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE PROGRESSIVE

A supporter of organized labor, Hoover first proposed plans for social security, old-age pensions and medical care in the 1920s. He passed tax hikes for the wealthy and established public-works projects, such as the Hoover Dam, during the Depression, but they didn’t last as long as programs during Roosevelt’s administration, says Jeansonne.

Hoover was cautious of overspending because he felt that habitual deficit spending would evolve into the norm, he says. “Once a program was inserted into government, he believed it would be impossible to extract. He also saw the addictive nature of welfare, and also how such policies could end up becoming a political plum for votes.”

Hoover had never held elective office before winning the presidency in 1928. But he was well-known by the public because of his celebrated work in distributing food in Europe both during and after World War I. As U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Hoover raised the profile of this cabinet position and looked for ways to increase efficiency in business and industry. So recognized was his humanitarian work, Hoover was asked to coordinate disaster relief after devastating floods in the Mississippi Delta in 1927.

“Jeansonne skillfully explains how a man once heralded as the ‘Master of Emergencies’ was later branded as ‘President Reject,’” says Timothy Walch, director emeritus of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. “It’s a cautionary tale of the contradictions between public service and political leadership, and Jeansonne tells it well.”

HOOVER VS. ROOSEVELTA contentious relationship between Hoover and

Roosevelt didn’t help Hoover’s legacy. Neither did Roosevelt’s friendship with Will Rogers, the favorite celebrity of average America at the time. Both publicly criticized Hoover.

Jeansonne believes the amount of misinformation about Hoover that spread – some even permeating textbooks – resulted from the fact that Hoover’s presidential papers were not made public until 1964, a generation after Roosevelt’s papers were made available.

“Much information about Hoover’s presidency was taken from Roosevelt’s library because there wasn’t any other material out there for scholars,” says Jeansonne. “By the time Hoover’s papers were opened, historians weren’t interested anymore.”

Orphaned at nine, Hoover rose to wealth and fame as an international mining engineer, but for most of his years in public service, he took no salary.

Characteristic of his Quaker upbringing, Hoover did not demonstrate much emotion in public nor did he seek credit for his achievements. Uncomfortable with self-promotion and disinterested in perpetuating himself in office, Hoover’s humility and down-to-business style was misconstrued as being dull and uncaring.

The Life of Herbert Hoover, Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 is Jeansonne’s eighth book. He has also written biographies of Barack Obama and Elvis Presley (both with David Luhrssen), Huey P. Long, Leander H. Perez and Gerald L.K. Smith, the last book being a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize in biography in 1988.

BOOK SIGNING Jeansonne will sign copies of The Life of Herbert

Hoover, Fighting Quaker, 1928-1933 on Friday, May 11, during “History Night” at Boswell Book Company, 2559 N. Downer Ave. The event begins at 7 p.m.

The worst president? HOOVER BOOK OUT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT

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ARCHAEOLOGY LECTURE LOOKS AT EARLY VILLAGE SOCIETIES“The Archaeology of Early European Village Societies” Sunday, April 29, 3 p.m.Sabin Hall, room G90

After tens of thousands of years as hunters and gatherers, people in Southern Europe transitioned to farming. Neolithic farmers began to band together in estab-lished villages about 9,000 years ago.

This lecture by Bill Parkinson discusses research in Greece and Hungary to explore the social dynamics of early vil-lage societies in the Neolithic Period and Bronze Age (from 6,000 to 1,000 B.C.).

Parkinson is associate curator of Eurasian Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and an adjunct associate professor at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University.

The lecture is sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America-Milwaukee Society and the UWM Departments of Foreign Languages and Linguistics-Classics, Anthropology and Art History.


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

BASEBALLHENRY AARON FIELDLincoln Park, Green Bay Rd. at Hampton Ave.Thurs., April 5 vs. Butler 3 p.m.

Fri., April 6 vs. Butler 3 p.m.

Sat., April 7 vs. Butler 1 p.m.

Wed., April 11 vs. Wisconsin Lutheran 3 p.m.

Fri., April 20 vs. Youngstown State 3 p.m.

Sat., April 21 vs. Youngstown State 1 p.m.

Sun., April 22 vs. Youngstown State 12 p.m.

Fri., April 27 vs. Valparaiso 3 p.m.

Sat., April 28 vs. Valparaiso 1 p.m.

Sun., April 29 vs. Valparaiso 12 p.m.

Wed., May 9 vs. Northwestern* TBA

Tues., May 15 vs. Northern Illinois 4 p.m.

Thurs., May 17 vs. Wright State* 4 p.m.

Fri., May 18 vs. Wright State* 2 p.m.

Sat., May 19 vs. Wright State* 12 p.m.

Horizon League Tournament begins May 23.

* At Miller Park

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

INOVA/ARTS CENTER

Arts Center, second floor. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

April 13-28:Spring MA/MFA Exhibition II. An exhibition showcasing the work of Peck School Art & Design graduate students. Opening reception Friday, April 13, 5-7 p.m.

INOVA/KENILWORTH

Kenilworth Square East. 12-5 p.m. Wednesday, Saturday-Sunday; 12-8 p.m. Thursday.

April 20-July 15:“Miller & Shellabarger: Hiding in the Light.” Collaborative work of two artists who are husband and husband. Chicago-based artists Dutes Miller and Stan Shellabarger have, over the course of nearly 20 years, created a varied body of col-laborative work that investigates issues of love, relationship, mortality, togetherness and existential separateness, endur-ance, physicality and even afterlife possibilities. Opening reception Friday, April 20, 5-8 p.m.

INOVA/ZELAZO, THE MARY L. NOHL GALLERIES

Zelazo Center, third floor. Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday when concerts are sched-uled in the building.

April 20-May 10:Metals! 12. For the 10-year anniversary of this annual event, an invited distinguished juror will select student work from all levels of Jewelry and Metalsmithing courses taught by Venetia Dale, Frankie Flood and Yevgeniya Kaganovich at the Peck School of the Arts.

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.

April 6-13: Foundations XIII: “Identity” (see opposite page).

April 20-May 18:39th Annual Juried Show. Milwaukee student artists pres-ent work in a variety of mediums. This exhibition will be juried by professionals who will award prizes to exhibiting artists at the opening reception. This exciting annual event showcases the best work of local emerging student artists from universities and colleges in the Milwaukee metro area. Opening reception Friday, April 20, 5-8 p.m. Presentation of awards, 7 p.m.

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

Thursday, April 5:Bruce Forman Guitar Concert. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall.

Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band concert. 8 p.m. Zelazo Center.

Gasthaus Entertainment Series presents “For the Love of Hip-Hop,” featuring Element Everest, Prophetic, and The Tribe and Big Cats. 9-11 p.m. Union Gasthaus.

Monday, April 9:Northern Illinois University Steelband (see p. 15).

Wednesday, April 11:Matt Palmer Classical Guitar Concert. Recipient of the 2010 Up-and-Coming Guitarist of the Year award by Guitar International magazine, Palmer is gaining worldwide rec-ognition as a virtuosic and soulful concert artist. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall.

Tuesday, April 17:UWM Guitar Program Student Recital: Classical and Flamenco Guitar Solos. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall.

Thursday, April 19:Music From Almost Yesterday Student Ensemble. New instrumental, vocal and electroacoustic works by Music Composition & Technology students. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall.

Friday, April 20:UWM Concert Chorale Spring Concert. 7:30 p.m. Zelazo Center.

Monday, April 23:UWM Guitar Program Student Recital: Jazz Guitar Ensembles. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall.

Tuesday, April 24:UWM Guitar Program Student Recital: Classical and Finger-Style Guitar Ensembles. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall.

Thursday, April 26:University Band and Studio Brass Ensembles Concert. 8 p.m. Zelazo Center.

Friday, April 27:UWM Symphony Orchestra Concert. 7:30 p.m. Zelazo Center.

Saturday, April 28:UWM Gospel Choir Spring Concert. 7:30 p.m. Zelazo Center.

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

Friday-Sunday, April 27-29:Labworks: “New Works by New Artists.” The BFA actors at the advanced level of training take on cutting-edge new short plays as capstone projects. They serve as directors, dramaturgs, acting coaches and actors in projects that propel them into the limelight in a new way. Friday and Saturday 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 2 p.m.

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

Thursday, April 5:Robert Nelson Memorial Screening. Open screening including work inspired by, made for or starring American experimental film director Robert Nelson, who died in January. 5 p.m. Mitchell Hall, room B91.

MILWAUKEE LGBT FILM/VIDEO FESTIVAL“We Who Are Sexy: The Whirlwind History of Transgender Images in Cinema.” A combination of on-stage conversation and film clips, this program showcases an amazing array of rarely seen tidbits, ranging from the bad old days of guys in dresses and pathological trannies up through the empowered self-representations of the early ‘90s and into the hot trans-gender best of the 21st century. 7 p.m.

Friday-Sunday, April 6-8:WORLD CINEMA“The Turin Horse.” Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr’s final film explores the tenuous threads of survival through routine days in the life of a peasant man and his daughter who rely on a horse for their livelihood. Friday and Saturday 7 p.m.; Sunday 5 p.m.

Wednesday, April 11:SHARE THE EARTH ENVIRONMENTAL FILM SERIES“Land.” The year is 2006, and Nicaragua is viewed as the new land of opportunity. What inexperienced developers don’t know is that the seemingly inexhaustible supply of cheap manual labor is about to run out – the natives are restless and starting to see through this new form of

“We Who Are Sexy” April 5

“Old,” by Ryan Woolgar

Gospel Choir Spring Concert April 28

Classical guitarist Matt Palmer April 11

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FOUNDATIONS XIII AT THE UNION ART GALLERY

The Foundations program in the Department of Art & Design provides all first-year visual art students with a broad background in basic drawing, 2-D and 3-D concepts, and the digital arts.

The Foundations year is a time of artis-tic and personal development during which students choose their areas of concentration and begin to see themselves becoming practitioners in their fields.

Each year the Foundations area choos-es a theme around which instructors may link assignments and readings. This year’s theme is “Identity.”

Students have been exploring this theme in a variety of ways, using a variety of media and approaches. Their work is on display at the Union Art Gallery through April 13. A closing reception will be held on that date from 5-8 p.m., with a scholar-ship award presentation at 7 p.m

imperialism. In a story of tourism vs. terrorism, one is never quite sure who has the upper hand, or if anyone is telling the honest truth. 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 12:“Valentino’s Ghost.” A chronological journey through more than a century of images of Muslims, Arabs and Islam in the U.S. media, from the early 20th-century fantasies of romantic sheiks to today’s damaging stereotypes as evil fanatics. 7 p.m.

April 13-20:34th Annual Latin American Film Series (see p. 8).

Saturday & Sunday, April 21 & 22:CINEMA CLASSICS“The Taste of Cherry.” This 1997 work by Iranian film-maker Abbas Kiarostami is a minimalist tale about a man who drives through a suburb looking for someone he can pay handsomely to bury him after he has died. Saturday 7 p.m.; Sunday 5 p.m.

“Buffalo ‘66.” After serving five years in prison, Billy Brown heads home to impress his parents (Anjelica Huston and Ben Gazzara), who believe he is a successful businessman about to be married. Billy kidnaps a teenage dance student, Layla (Christina Ricci), and forces her to pose as his loving fiancée. Layla plays along – and falls in love. Saturday 9 p.m.; Sunday 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 24:EXPERIMENTAL TUESDAYS“50 Feet of String.” A film that invites viewers into a more visceral and less verbally analytical state of mind. The “action,” small events like the mail arriving, the storm coming and the grass getting mowed, are second-ary to the way of perceiving those events. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 25:MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN FILM SERIES“Safarnameh (Second Voyage).” This offbeat documentary traces the colorful career of Iranian painter Manouchehr Safarzadeh before, during and after the Iranian Revolution. 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 26:PORTRAITS“This is Not a Film.” Jafar Panahi is one of the most influential filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave move-ment. Now under house arrest and awaiting the result of his appeal of a six-year prison sentence, and 20-year ban on filmmaking, leaving the country or giving media interviews for “propaganda against the regime,” Panahi is bored and desperate that this verdict may mean his artis-tic death, so he starts documenting his life. 7 p.m.

Friday-Sunday, April 27-29:WORLD CINEMA“Corpo Celeste.” A beautiful dose of social realism from Italy. Director Alice Rohrwacher has crafted a poignant tale of religious awakening in a girl who has returned to Calabria after 10 years in Switzerland with her mother and older sister. Friday 7 p.m.; Saturday 9 p.m.; Sunday 5 p.m.

WORLD CINEMA CLASSICS“The Parallax View.” Warren Beatty stars in this 1970s political thriller about a journalist, alerted to the mysterious deaths of witnesses to the assassination of a presidential candidate, who embarks on an investigation that reveals a nebulous conspiracy of gigantic and all-embracing scope. Friday 9 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday 7 p.m.

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Fridays in April: The Science Bag: “Your Immune System: Up Close and Personal,” an interactive show by Douglas Steeber and Heather Owen, Biological Sciences. 8 p.m. April 6, 13, 20 and 27; 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, April 15. Physics Building, room 137. Sponsored by the College of Letters & Science and the Halbert and Alice Kadish Fund in the UWM Foundation. For ages 8 and up.

Fridays Through May 18:Friday Night Planetarium Show: “Galaxies.” Galaxies are legions of stars held together by gravity. They can be as small as one million stars or as big as 100 trillion, and are some of the most beautiful objects in the universe. Learn about the different forms galaxies can take – and watch what happens when galaxies collide. Plus a tour of the current night sky and a Q&A session. 7-7:55 p.m. Manfred Olson Planetarium. planetarium.uwm.edu.

Thursday, April 5:HEROINES AND HELLIONSWomen & Activism Workshop: “Political Body, Gendered Ideas.” In the political arena, a candidate’s ideas do not stand alone.They stand with the candidate’s visible iden-tity – and most often speak to a candidate’s gender. This workshop discusses the current political climate and looks at local female politicians. Participants will learn about the obstacles females have encountered and achievements they have made on their journey to political involvement and recognition. 1-3 p.m. Union 240. 414-229-2852.

Monday, April 9:Experience a spectacular display of American Indian dance styles complete with vibrant regalia and mesmerizing drumbeats. 12-1 p.m. Union Ballroom. 414-229-5880.

Heather Owen and Douglas Steeber present the April Science Bag show.

“Buffalo ’66” April 21 & 22

American Indian dancers April 9

“Valentino’s Ghost” April 12

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“This Is Not a Film” April 26

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Holistic Healing: “The Raw Food Diet.” The philosophy behind eating a raw or “living” food diet is to reduce the nutritional stress that comes from overeating cooked food and to maximize our intake of vitamins, minerals and enzymes. 12-1:30 p.m. Multicultural Student Lounge (Union 198).

Tuesday, April 10:WOODSON WEEK“Rebirth of a Nation: The Black Image in the American Mind.” From entertainment to politics, and the media images that accompany them, the Civil Rights-era idea of “Blackness” is currently in flux. A panel of leading national experts will explore contemporary moments in popular cultural and political debates where race, image and identity have taken center stage. Moderated by author-activist Bakari Kitwana, the panel includes authors Mark Anthony Neal and Joan Morgan, journalist Elizabeth Mendez Berry and artist-scholar John Jennings. 6-9 p.m. Union Ballroom. 414-229-5566 or 414-229-6998.

Wednesday, April 11: HEROINES AND HELLIONSSista Talk. An open discussion group for UWM women students of color and allies that provides space to talk about various issues in a supportive, safe and comfort-able environment. 1-3 p.m. Multicultural Student Lounge (Union 198). 414-229-5566.

HEROINES AND HELLIONS / WOODSON WEEKLyrical Sanctuary Open Mic Features Firey Phoenix. With her signature blend of hip hop, spirituality and politically and socially progressive messages, Milwaukee native Firey Phoenix seeks to bring a message of hope to the hopeless and power to the powerless. 8-10 p.m. Union Alumni Fireside Lounge. 414-229-3894.

Thursday, April 12:HEROINES AND HELLIONSWomen & Activism Workshop: “Room Without Walls: An Intergenerational Dialogue.” Build bridges by connecting with past activist women for present-day social change. Participants will work through the Intergenerational Dialogue model to discuss gendered activism in the community. 1-3 p.m. Union 191. 414-229-2852.

HEROINES AND HELLIONSAfrican American Women’s Healing Circle. Led by Yvette Murrell, African American women from the campus and the community will be encouraged to participate in a facilitated healing circle around sexual violence and crimes committed against African American women. 7-9 p.m. Union 191. 414-229-2852.

Saturday, April 14:Hunger Clean Up 2012. UWM volunteers will do community service projects throughout the city. For more information or to sign up, email [email protected].

19th annual Ted Samore lecture: “The Future-Ready Information Professional” (see p. 3).

Monday, April 16:College of Health Sciences Career Fair (see p. 7).

Tuesday, April 17:Distinguished Lecture Series presents Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream (see p. 3).

Wednesday, April 18:AstroBreak: “The Interaction of Light and Matter.” Almost all we know about stars comes from information we get when light interacts with matter. Find out how. 12:15-12:45 p.m. Manfred Olson Planetarium. planetarium.uwm.edu.

HEROINES AND HELLIONSMulticultural Women’s Film Series: “Boys and Men Healing.” 1-3 p.m. Multicultural Student Lounge (Union 198). 414-229-2852 or [email protected].

2012 Length of Service Awards Ceremony (see p. 2).

Artists Now: Joseph DeLappe – “Protest, Memory and Reenactment.” In 2001, DeLappe began a series of per-formances within computer games and online communi-ties that creatively engaged our contemporary geopolitical and technological context through interventionist strate-gies. 7 p.m. Arts Center Lecture Hall, ACL 120.

Thursday, April 19:DES Spring Book and Media Sale (see p. 10).

HEROINES AND HELLIONSWomen & Activism Workshop: “Activist Mothers Inspiring Change.”An activist mother is more than an involved mom. During this workshop, we will review the stories of mothers who bring their activist lifestyle into their homes and/or academic worlds, and what, if any, boundaries are set to respect the independent choice of the family as well as the activist mother. 1-3 p.m. Bolton Hall 196. 414-229-2852.

Gasthaus Entertainment Series presents “Laughapalooza.” Get ready to LOL in real life and not over text with this comedy showcase. 9-11 p.m. Union Gasthaus.

Saturday, April 21:Educators’ Network for Social Justice Annual Anti-Racist/Anti-Bias Conference (see p. 7).

Kenilworth Open Studios. Three hours and five floors of art exhibitions, dance, music and theatre productions, film screenings and hands-on activities for all ages (see p. 15).

Monday, April 23: HEROINES AND HELLIONSSisters with Voices Conference. This conference brings together high-school girls and UWM young women to discuss gender issues such as self-esteem, developing healthy relationships and self-protection. Students must register; contact the UWM Women’s Resource Center at 414-229-2852. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Union Wisconsin Room and other Union meeting rooms. For more information, contact Doreatha D. Mbalia, 414-229-5085.

Tuesday, April 24:Holzheimer “Maps and America” Lecture. Barnet Schecter, author and historian, presents “Mapping a Life, Mapping a Nation: George Washington and His Vision of America.” Reception, 5 p.m.; lecture, 6 p.m. Golda Meir Library build-ing, American Geographical Society Library, third floor, east wing. 414-229-6282.

Wednesday, April 25: HEROINES AND HELLIONSDenim Day at UWM. When a woman in Italy was raped by her driving instructor and the conviction was overturned because a judge said that she must have consented by help-ing to remove her tight jeans, women of the court system protested by wearing jeans. News of this activism spread and Denim Day was born. Help create awareness about sexual assault by wearing denim and an “Ask Me Why I’m Wearing Denim” sticker (see below). Flash mob at noon in the Concourse. 414-229-2852.

HEROINES AND HELLIONSUWM Campus & Communities United Against Violence Resource Fair. Learn about resources available in Milwaukee and at UWM for survivors of sexual violence, creating a greater awareness about sexual assault through education, empowerment and primary prevention of violence. Representatives from campus and community service providers will be present. Denim Day stickers and work space for decorating clothing for Denim Day will also be available (see above). 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Union Concourse. For more information, contact Doris Johnson Browne or Colleen Bernstein, Norris Health Center, 414-229-4716.

HEROINES AND HELLIONSSista Talk. An open discussion group for UWM women students of color and allies that provides space to talk about various issues in a supportive, safe and comfort-able environment. 1-3 p.m. Multicultural Student Lounge (Union 198). 414-229-5566.

Thursday, April 26: HEROINES AND HELLIONSWomen & Activism Action Day – Preparing for Take Back the Night: The Clothesline Project. The Clothesline Project was started on Cape Cod, Mass. People who are affected

by violence against women express their emotions by decorating T-shirts, which are then publically displayed on clotheslines. During this workshop, participants will create T-shirts and discuss how they can actively work toward ending violence in their communities. The shirts will be displayed at Take Back the Night (see below). 1-3 p.m. Bolton Hall 196. 414-229-2852.

Gasthaus Entertainment Series presents Open Mic. Calling all UWM singers, artists, bands and more. This is your opportunity to show off your talent in hopes of being booked for a show next semester. Information, Melissa Marthol, Union Programming, 414-229-5567.

Friday, April 27: College of Nursing Artists and Crafters Boutique (see p. 4).

The Scholar and the Library. Katie Ports, Ph.D. candidate in Experimental Psychology and recipient of the 2011-12 Chancellor’s Golda Meir Library Scholar Award, presents “Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Malawi.” 2 p.m. Golda Meir Library building, room E281, second floor, east wing. 414-229-4345.

HEROINES AND HELLIONSTake Back the Night (TBTN) is an international violence against women awareness initiative, with events hosted by local communities to support survivors and to collec-tively protest these acts of violence and the cultural norms that support gender oppression. TBTN is dedicated to motivating community action and empowering survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, sexual harass-ment and other forms of gender violence to speak out about their experiences as a form of healing. UWM will host this year’s Take Back the Night event in Milwaukee. Join us for a night of empowerment and inspiration with dynamic speakers, music, the Clothesline Project, interac-tive activities, a candlelight vigil and a survivor speak-out. 5 p.m. Spaights Plaza. 414-229-2852.

Saturday, April 28:“Art in Space.” Manfred Olson Planetarium third annual benefit event (see p. 10).

Sunday, April 29:Archaeology lecture, “The Archaeology of Early European Village Societies” (see p. 11).

Monday-Thursday, April 30-May 3:Stargazing from the roof of the Physics Building. 9-10 p.m. Weather-dependent. planetarium.uwm.edu.

Firey Phoenix April 11

Take Back the Night April 27

“Activist Mothers Inspiring Change” April 19

Denim Day April 25


he Northern Illinois University Steelband, under the direction of Liam Teague and Cliff

Alexis, will perform a concert on Monday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Zelazo Center’s Helen Bader Concert Hall.

The 35-member group is mainly comprised of steelpan and percussion majors. The band performs regularly at public schools, colleges and universities, conventions and arts series concert programs. The band has three recordings to its credit, including its most recent: “Festival of Voices,” a live concert featuring an eclectic blend of musical styles.

Started in 1973 by G. Allan O’Connor, the NIU Steelband was the first actively performing steelband formed in an American university, and has performed throughout the United States and around the world.

Over the years, the NIU Steelband has broadened the repertoire and performance venues for this unique musical instrument, including a performance for 18,000 soccer fans in Yankee Stadium, concerts with symphony orchestras (including the St. Louis Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta), performances at several Percussive Arts Society International Conventions and two successful tours of Taiwan in 1992 and 1998.

In 2000, the NIU Steelband had the distinction of placing second in the World Steelband Festival in Trinidad, and in 2002 performed the opening concert and several others at the Seoul Drum Festival in Korea.

In addition to the NIU Steelband, two other steelband ensembles exist on the NIU campus – the All-University Steelband, a group open to any NIU student regardless of major or previous experience on pan, and the Steelpan Studio, comprised exclusively of Steelpan majors.

NIU is one of the few institutions in the world at which students may pursue music degrees (bachelor’s and master’s) with the steelpan as the major instrument of choice.

Alexis is a native of Trinidad and Tobago who first came to the U.S. in 1964 as a member of the National Steelband of Trinidad and Tobago. He has

since performed all over the world with this group and as leader of his own groups. In 1985, he joined the staff of the NIU School of Music. In addition to co-directing the steelband, Alexis maintains and upgrades the school’s large inventory of pans.

Teague, hailed as the “Paganini of the Steelpan,” serves as the head of Steelpan Studies and is an associate professor of music at NIU. In his homeland Trinidad and Tobago, he was awarded championships for his ability with the steelpan, violin and recorder.

Teague has performed with numerous ensembles and orchestras, and his commitment to demonstrating the possibilities of the steelpan has taken him to Europe, Asia, North and Central America, Australia and the Caribbean. Teague also has commissioned a number of significant composers to write for the instrument.

Tickets are $17/general admission, $12/faculty, staff and alumni, and $10/students. Tickets are available through the Peck School of the Arts Box Office at 414-229-4308 or arts.uwm.edu/tickets.

Steelband brings excitement to UWM campus by Beth Stafford

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Kenilworth Open Studios is an opportunity for the entire community to celebrate and experience the work created by Peck School of the Arts faculty, alumni and students. The fun happens on Saturday,

April 21, from 11a.m.-2 p.m. throughout the building at Kenilworth Square East, 1925 E. Kenilworth Pl.

Lively and hands-on, the event includes art and film exhibits, live music, dance, theatre performances and more.

Everyone is invited to peek “behind the scenes” into studios and practice rooms, and experience live performances by Peck School dancers, actors, actresses and musicians.

Art lovers can explore and view student and faculty art, and stroll through Inova galleries and watch award-winning films. Always a crowd

IT’S FREE! IT’S FUN! IT HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

Kenilworth Open Studios April 21by Beth Stafford

pleaser are the free, hands-on activities – including button-making and screen-printing – that encourage visitors to become the artists themselves.

More than 1,000 people come through Kenilworth doors during this annual event – don’t miss it this year.

To find out more and get updates about what’s planned, go to arts.uwm.edu/kos. Website visitors are encouraged to enter online for a chance to win free prizes. And don’t forget to become a Peck School of the Arts Facebook fan at facebook.com/uwmpsoa and follow the Peck School on Twitter @uwmpsoa.

The Northern Illinois University Steelband performs at UWM April 9.

Cliff Alexis (left) and Liam Teague, both from the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, direct the steelband.

Visitors to last year’s Open Studios toured one of Kenilworth’s art studios.

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Swimming and divingThe UWM men’s and women’s swimming

and diving teams each won the Horizon League Championship last month at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in Brown Deer.

PANTHER MENOn the men’s side, Milwaukee finished with

901 points to claim its third-straight title. The Panthers finished 174.5 points in front of Cleveland State, marking the largest margin of victory at the conference meet since Milwaukee joined the Horizon League.

Kyle Clements was named Horizon League Men’s Coach of the Year for the second time in just his second season at the helm, and freshman Kenny Stelpflug was named Horizon League Men’s Newcomer of the Year.

“I’m just so proud,” Clements said. “These men who have come in here, freshmen through seniors, have won three years in a row for good reason. They are by far the deepest and best team in the Horizon League. We’ve had to fight some people off and had to battle better swimmers, but we’ve been by far the best team for a long time.”

PANTHER WOMENOn the women’s side, the Panthers won the

crown after second-place finishes each of the last two years. After coming into the final day of competi-tion up by five points, Milwaukee finished with an 84-point victory over Cleveland State.

Sophomore Emily McClellan was named Women’s Swimmer of the Meet and Athlete of the Year, while Clements was named Horizon League Women’s Coach of the Year in just his second year as head coach.

“I’m just so proud,” Clements said. “They have worked so hard; they do everything that the [fellow champion] men’s team does…they got what they deserved. For us to win here at Schroeder, in Wisconsin, it’s just absolutely amazing.”

McClellan continued to destroy the league record book at the meet, finishing the 200 breaststroke with an NCAA ‘A’ cut time of 2:08.94, which guarantees her a spot in the NCAA Championships. That is the second ‘A’ cut time she has posted this meet; she is the only female Horizon League swimmer to achieve that accomplishment.

Track & FieldThe UWM men’s and women’s track and field

teams continued their domination of the Horizon League by winning league titles last month in Youngstown, Ohio.

PANTHER MENThe men’s team won four individual events, and

posted 14 season-best times and six personal-record times to storm back on the final day of the meet and claim their ninth-straight Horizon League Indoor Championship.

Starting the day in fourth place, Milwaukee posted impressive marks in every event and finished with 125 points to take first, besting second-place Loyola by 27 points. Milwaukee head coach Pete Corfeld was named Horizon League Men’s Indoor

Coach of the Year, and freshman Aaron Dillon was named Horizon League Men’s Field Athlete Newcomer of the Year.

This is the Panthers’ ninth-straight indoor title and 17th-straight championship overall, which is now second in active consecutive overall titles among NCAA Division I programs.

“The guys had a little hiccup on day one and it kind of shook them a little bit and, in retrospect, it was like waking up a sleeping giant,” Corfeld said. “I’m really proud of how they responded.”

PANTHER WOMENOn the women’s side, the Panthers won two indi-

vidual championships, added five All-League second-team finishes and racked up 15 personal-record marks – all on the second day of action – to handily win the Horizon League Indoor Championship.

Milwaukee came into the final day with the lead and never relinquished its spot on top, finishing with 137 points. Youngstown State took second with 111 points and Butler was third at 82.

Corfeld was named Horizon League Women’s Indoor Coach of the Year, and junior Samia Taylor was named Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet.

This is Milwaukee’s fourth-straight indoor cham-pionship and sixth-consecutive overall league crown.

“The women really brought it right from the start and carried it through…,” Corfeld said. “I like to think the training that we’re doing is working out, and the results seem to show that. But we can only train so hard, and once you get here [the champion-ships] it has to come from within. We’re always kindling that, and this weekend that competitive spirit really shined through.”

Panthers capture four league crowns

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


Taking the Polar Plunge for Special OlympicsA number of UWM’s student-athletes were part of the Wisconsin Special

Olympics Polar Plunge on March 3.The event has helped raise more than $10 million for Special Olympics

since its inception in 1999.UWM’s involvement was coordinated through its Student-Athlete

Advisory Council (SAAC) and involved a wide variety of Panther teams. The student-athletes gathered at McKinley Marina for the Saturday event, taking the plunge into Lake Michigan with a number of other individuals and members of other organizations around Milwaukee.

“This was a great experience,” Assistant Athletic Director Deidre Merritt, who jumped into the water with the student-athletes, said. “We’ve had a great partnership with Special Olympics and have gotten our SAAC very involved with the organization. We were all excited to participate in the Polar Plunge and it was a great event.

“I can tell you it was a delayed reaction, but the reaction nonetheless was that the water was extremely cold. We all had fun, though, and honestly walked out of there saying we can’t wait to do it again next year.”

Cooking a meal at the Ronald McDonald HouseUWM’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) took time to cook

dinner at Milwaukee’s Ronald McDonald House.The volunteer program invites groups to dedicate their time and resources to

provide a meal for the families of children currently at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

“This was a great evening and something well worth the time and effort,” Assistant Athletic Director Deidre Merritt said. “A lot of planning and a lot of cooking went into it, but it was very rewarding and goes to show just how dedicated our student-athletes are in giving back to the community.”

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin Inc. is dedicated to easing the burden of families whose lives have been disrupted as a result of their child’s illness or injury.

Groups that agree to provide a meal cook a family dinner for approxi-mately 40-45 people. The Ronald McDonald House provides rooms for up to 38 families.

Student-athletes in the community

Opposite page: Members of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams pose with their trophies after winning Horizon League crowns at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in Brown Deer.

Left: The men’s and women’s track and field teams continued their dominance of the Horizon League by winning their ninth-straight and fourth-straight indoor titles, respectively.

UWM student-athletes run toward Lake Michigan in the Wisconsin Special Olympics Polar Plunge.

UWM student-athletes (reflected in the mirror) prepared a family-style meal at Milwaukee’s Ronald McDonald House.


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Mobile App Course Positions UWM Students at Technology Forefront

During the past several years, smartphones such as the iPhone and Android have exploded onto the marketplace. The prevalence of these devices has created a need for mobile application designers and developers.

Enter School of Information Studies (SOIS) 271: Building Native Mobile Apps, a new UWM

course with a Milwaukee County partnership offered this semester. The course is designed to empower students with the knowledge and skills to develop and build mobile apps.

“We’re seeing a lot of excitement with companies wanting to do mobile projects but not having the workforce to bring these projects to fruition,” said University Information Technology Services (UITS) Web and Mobile Services Director Michael Hostad. “Our goal is to train students to be competent in this arena and knock projects out of the park.”

Late last August, UWM launched its own mobile app, UWM Mobile, a free app available for either an Android device or iPhone. Within three months, one-third of the student body had downloaded the app which allows them to track shuttle buses, map out course schedules and check Campus Computer Lab (CCL) availability, to name just a few, all from the palm of their hand. UWM Mobile’s success and the interest it generated led to the

creation of the mobile app course.

“We (UITS) and SOIS through their end-of-semester feedback kept seeing a lot of interest from students who wanted to learn more about how to create mobile apps,” said Quinn Madson, co-instructor of the course along with SOIS Associate Professor Jacques du Plessis. “We want to prepare students for careers that are going to be in demand. Being able to take this course and get hands-on experience in mobile app development is very useful and innovative.”

Course OfferedThe new 3-credit course meets twice a week in a lab located in the Northwest

Quadrant. In addition to learning about how to build a mobile app from the ground up (including client interactions and how to code the app to be “agnostic” to any particular brand of mobile device), the final exam is the certification test that allows students, if they pass, to leave the course as Titanium Certified App Developers (TCAD).

“Since the technology is so new, working in mobile means you have to wear a lot of hats,” said Madson. “We want our students to be exposed, and ultimately certified, in as many of these facets as possible.”

Cooperative PartnershipUnique to the course is the partnership with Milwaukee County, which is in the

process of developing its own mobile app. Students are divided into four groups (zoo, airport, transit, and parks) and are paired with mentors from the County to develop app elements specific to their assigned group for the County’s mobile app.

“Overall, we think this is a tremendously exciting opportunity to work with UWM,” said Dawn Gehlhoff, project manager of the Milwaukee County mobile app. “It helps everybody involved. Our mobile app continues to be developed and students get to try their hand at a project that affords them some real-life experience designing and building functionality for the community.”

“Being a part of this class is extremely beneficial,” said Tom Krizan, a senior majoring in information science. “I’ll be able to present this project during job interviews and say ‘I did that.’ Who knows, if the interviewer is in Milwaukee, they may have actually used the app.”

Future PlanningSOIS 271 is just one component in a larger

mobile initiative that will continue to grow. A new 400-level course will be available in the fall along with a mobile app development Living Learning Community (LLC) that groups interested freshmen into a cohort and common living area within the residence halls.

“Long term, we want to have a phased program in place that provides interested students with the opportunities to expand knowledge and be successful,” said Hostad. “The potential for students is great.”

“Being a part of this class is extremely beneficial. I’ll be able to present this project during job interviews and say ‘I did that.’ Who knows, if the interviewer is in Milwaukee, they may have actually used the app.” Tom Krizan, senior, Information Science


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UWM Digital Certificate Service Now Available Free of Charge Faculty, staff or departments responsible for a University website or Web service can now obtain a digital certificate at no cost. Digital certificates provide encrypted communication between Web servers and an individual’s browser.

How do they work? Digital certificates “vouch” for websites as being who and what they say they are when accessed by individuals. Web traffic and communication between an individual and a certified website is secure, as evidenced by the padlock that appears in the browser window,

reassuring individuals visiting that the information they may provide or send to the website is not vulnerable to unauthorized access during the transfer.

“Having encrypted Web traffic through the use of a digital certificate is a basic part of delivering secure services over the Web,” said Chris Spadanuda, manager, University Information Technology Services (UITS) Middleware and Identity Management Group. “As members of InCommon/Internet2 we are able to provide digital certificates using central funds. This allows us to offer the certificates to campus faculty, staff and departments at no charge.”

Individuals interested in obtaining a digital certificate can get started by visiting iam.uwm.edu.

UWM Work Group Explores E-text Readers for Student Use In February, the UWM E-text Group

convened to address the growing need and use of electronic textbooks, or e-texts, on campus. The group is comprised of a broad representation of campus stakeholders including staff from the UWM Bookstore, Student Accessibility Center, Learning Technology Center (LTC), and University Information Technology Services (UITS).

“The cost of hardcopy textbooks is extremely high,” said Chair Gerald

Bergtrom, emeritus professor of biological sciences and LTC instructional design consultant. “With e-texts, all of us in the group are on the same page looking into

how we best standardize a policy that saves students money and promotes interactive learning at the same time.”

One way to accomplish this is to negotiate financially beneficial prices with individual and aggregate e-text publishers. To this end, last fall the E-text Group established a set of recommended criteria for e-texts that could be used by the University to help guide decisions and negotiations. The criteria consist of five categories of needs and addresses issues such as accessibility compliance, training materials, printing ability, and stable pagination (page numbers of an e-text ought to correspond with the page numbers of the hardcopy). Due to the rapidly changing landscape of e-text technology and what it can provide, Bergtrom says the group plans to revisit the criteria and ensure that it is up to date.

“We want to make sure that we offer as many tools as possible, including e-texts, to help our students learn,” said Bergtrom.

How Safe is Your Computer?New software program streamlines the process of identifying and minimizing vulnerabilities

Secunia has arrived on campus—a new software program that scans computers for vulnerabilities caused by applications in need of an update. From there, the program bundles needed updates, or “patches,” together and distributes them to the necessary computers through the regular Microsoft Windows’ monthly update.

At the department level, the ability to do a uniform scan, identify and patch multiple computers and applications simultaneously and automatically provides huge savings in both time and resources.

“Before, we’d have to go computer to computer and manually check if applications were out of date or in need of an update,” said Dave Jaskie, systems administrator, Department of Enrollment Services (DES). “This process led to inconsistencies between which computers had the most recent update and which did not. Using this program is a massive time-saver for us and provides a timely uniformity that wasn’t possible before.”

Security ParamountWhile Microsoft Windows pushes out updates monthly that shore up

vulnerabilities in its product, other applications found on an individual’s computer such as Java, Flash and Adobe Acrobat, also need updates and have proven to be more difficult to manage effectively. These individual application updates can often be overlooked and as a result malware authors target vulnerabilities in these programs to gain access or do harm to computers.

For example, an individual surfing the Web can open a website that contains a Flash animation. If that individual’s Flash is not up-to-date on their computer, they can get a virus or be hijacked by malicious code contained in the animation. The animation loads automatically with the website, exploiting this individual’s Flash vulnerability by just opening the page; nothing needs to be downloaded.

“There’s such a wide degree of software and applications found on people’s computers that there is a great deal of diversity in regard to what needs to be patched,” said Security Information Officer Steve Brukbacher. “Utilizing this program is a nice way of bringing vulnerability down to a reasonable level by

making the process of updating third party applications manageable. If it’s not manageable, it tends to get overlooked.”

Campus Implementation

Secunia is currently available to UWM and other UW System institutions at no-cost as part of a UW-Madison pilot program. DES was the first to implement the program in December, using it to scan and update its more than 100 computers. The College of Letters and Sciences began testing the software this semester and plans to have it fully deployed to its more than 3,300 machines this spring. Currently, Secunia only scans Windows-based computers; however the next version of the software plans to include the ability to interface with Mac computers.

“I’m really pleased with the product itself and that it is working so well for us,” said Jacob Romberg, information process consultant, DES. “We’re looking forward to the possibilities provided by the new version of the software and continuing to keep our computers secure and up-to-date.”

Departments interested in exploring the value of Secunia implementation can contact the UWM Information Security Office at (414)229-2224.


JUNIOR LEAGUE DONATES RECORDS TO ARCHIVES

by Ellen Engseth

An important and long-standing contributor to the welfare of the city, the Junior League of Milwaukee has chosen the UWM Libraries as the home for the charitable and educational organiza-tion’s archives.

This past fall the Junior League donated its records, dating from 1916 to 2001, to the UWM Archives Department.

The collection includes meeting minutes, newslet-ters and directories, scrapbooks, presidential and committee files, and project files, documenting the organization’s mission and members as well as operations of the significant philanthropic projects with which the Junior League has played a formative or leading role.

These projects include:• The Workshop for Occupational Therapy,

later the Junior League Curative Workshop at Columbia Hospital and now Curative Care Network. This project began as structured assistance for children with special needs in Milwaukee in 1919. It expanded to include disabled adults and became independent in 1931. The workshop became the first in the United States to be accepted by the American Hospital Association.

• Health Education Center of Wisconsin, launched with the Milwaukee Rotary Club in the early 1990s, and serving as a 75th anniversary project for the Junior League. The center provides supplemental classroom instruction for grades 1 to 12, with a particular focus on health issues.

• The Advocates for Battered Women project, started in 1977 in association with several other area groups. Now under the leadership of the Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc., this organiza-tion provides shelter and support for victims of domestic violence.

• The Blood Center of Wisconsin, opened in 1947 and now, as BloodCenter of Wisconsin, a self-supporting organization serving as a community-based blood bank. It is the sole supplier of blood products to many hospitals in Wisconsin and is one of four such organizations in the world with a significant blood research program.The Junior League of Milwaukee, formed in 1915

and with a current membership of 650, is located in the historic Isabel Miller residence, home of founder Alice Miller Chester, on Juneau Avenue.

The league’s records will complement those of Curative Care Network, Rotary Club, United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Woman’s Club of Wisconsin already available in the Archives Department.

LITTLE REVIEW IMAGES ILLUSTRATE NEW BOOKS

The UWM Archives’ Little Review Collection recently contributed photograph and manuscript reproductions to two new books.

Images of seven previously unpublished manuscript poems, as well as other materials, appear in Body Sweats: The Uncensored Writings of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (Irene Gammel and Suzanne Zelazo, eds., MIT Press, 2011).

And photographs of The Little Review’s founder, Margaret Anderson, and her part-ner, Jane Heap, illustrate Artful Lives: Edward Weston, Margrethe Mather, and the Bohemians of Los Angeles (Beth Gates Warren, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011).

The editorial files of The Little Review were acquired by the UWM Libraries in 1966. The liter-ary and art magazine was known for its publication of works by such modernist authors as James Joyce, Guillaume Apollinaire, Djuna Barnes, Andre Breton, T.S. Eliot and William Carlos Williams.

AGS LIBRARY CONTRIBUTES TO WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY

Twenty-two maps from the UWM Libraries’ American Geographical Society Library (AGSL) Digital Map Collection have been added to the World Digital Library (DWL), a project hosted by the Library of Congress and in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Launched in 2009 and continuously adding to its website, WDL (wdl.org/en/) is a free source of some of the world’s most important cultural achievements, including resources from every member state of UNESCO.

AGSL’s contributions include digitized images of:• A rare Chinese map of the world, “Great China

Embracing the Kingdoms under Heaven” (1818);• The first sea chart engraved and printed

on copperplate, an Italian portolan of “The Mediterranean Sea Region” (1569);

• The first large-scale map of the Wisconsin Territory based on actual surveys, “Topographical Map of Wisconsin Territory” (1837).The UWM Libraries is one of the first US librar-

ies asked to join the project. Currently, most of the other contributing organizations are national librar-ies, national museums and other major institutions.

UWM LIBRARIES

Detail of “Great China Embracing the Kingdoms under Heaven.”

Margaret Anderson. Little Review Records, Archives Department, UWM Libraries.

Wilfried Aquillard, Elevator Constructor, Electricians Joan Baumgart, University Business Specialist, Physics Christopher Baxter, University Conference Coordinator–

Supervisor, School of Continuing EducationLauren Buckley, Program Assistant–Advanced–

Confidential, College of Engineering & Applied Science

Christopher Cook, IS Technical Services–Senior, Auxiliary Administrative Services

Catherine Greenwood, Purchasing Agent–Senior, Finance & Administrative Affairs

Ashia Gripentog, Communications Specialist, NIEHS Core Center

Jermal Hassel, Custodian, Custodial ServicesWilliam James, University Services Associate 2, College

of Letters & ScienceFrancesca Johnson, University Services Associate 2,

Student AffairsMark Mielenz, Payroll & Benefits Program Supervisor,

Human ResourcesSarah Moffet, Business Automation Analyst, UWM UnionJeremy Streich, IS Technical Services–Senior, College of

Letters & ScienceJames Thielmann, Food Service Assistant 4, Restaurant

OperationsMichael Ziegler, Purchasing Agent–Senior, Finance &

Administrative Affairs

WELCOME, NEW CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES

Call for nominationsERNEST SPAIGHTS PLAZA AWARD

The UWM Honorary Degrees Committee invites members of the UWM community to nominate individuals associ-ated with the university to be honored by inclusion on the Spaights Plaza marker in 2012.

Ordinarily, eligible nominees must have terminated their formal relationship with the institution for one calendar year. However, exceptions will be made for the nominations of persons who have ended their formal connection with the university within less than a year, should their health place them at risk.

Inclusion on the Spaights Plaza mark-er is one of the highest honors awarded by UWM to a member of the university community, and is an enduring means by which the institution pays a timeless tribute to colleagues who have made significant and lasting contributions to the university. You are strongly encouraged to make one or more nominations.

The criteria, nomination instructions and list of past honorees are posted at: www4.uwm.edu/secu/faculty/standing/hon/. The deadline for submission of nominations is April 13, 2012.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES• Electronic submissions only, either by email document

or Internet (see addresses below).

• If an entry requires diacritics or other special marks, a hard copy of the entry noting such marks should be faxed to at 414-229-6443 as a backup to the elec-tronic submission.

• Enclose names to appear in boldface type in < >. Also enclose all material to be italicized.

• Do not submit grant information to Report. The “Grants” section is supplied by UW System via the Graduate School.

DEADLINES

Issue DeadlineJune Wed., April 25No July or August issuesSeptember Fri., July 27October Fri., Aug. 24November Mon., Sept. 24December Wed., Oct 26No January 2013 issue

E-mail submissions: [email protected] submissions: wwww4.uwm.edu/news/ publications/report/ftr-form.cfm

PEOPLEEDUCATIONACADEMIC SERVICESMaria Torres was elected by the Steering Committee of the UWM Chapter of Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership (WWHEL) as one of 12 female academic staff recipients to attend the Women Leaders Conference in Milwaukee March 30.

ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIPSusana Munoz was selected as the 2012 recipient of the Latino Knowledge Community Outstanding Faculty Award for work on undocumented college students. This award is presented to a member of NASPA (the national organization for student affairs administration professionals) who has contributed significant research and publication that promotes the understanding of Latinos in higher education.

CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONDeAnn Huinker and Kevin McLeod (Mathematical Sciences), “Charting the Course for Mathematics Leadership: Continuum of Professional Work in a Large Urban District Conference,” presented to the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Fort Worth, TX, Feb. 3.

Raquel Oxford, “The meaning of food: teach-ing culture and cultural identities,” presented at the Seventh Interdisciplinary and Multicultural Conference on Food Representation in Literature, Film and the Other Arts, University of Texas at San Antonio, Feb. 23-25.

EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONMary McLean, S. Bagnato and P. Snyder, “Putting Authentic Assessment Principles into Practice,” presented at The Division for Early Childhood International Conference, Washington, D.C., Nov. 18.

J. McCollum, S. Fowler and Mary McLean, “Selecting Young Children for More Intensive Instruction: Building on the GRTR! Screen,” present-ed at The Division for Early Childhood International Conference, Washington, D.C., Nov. 19.

Mary McLean, “Focus on Assessment,” presented at the California Head Start Association State Conference, Garden Grove, CA, Feb. 1.

Mary McLean, “Impact of Professional Development on Teachers’ Use of Embedded Instruction Practices,” presented at the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention, San Diego, CA, Feb. 23.

Mary McLean, “Ongoing Child Assessment,” Head Start Webinar for Early Childhood Specialists, Feb. 9.

HEALTH SCIENCESOCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYBhagwant S. Sindhu, L.A. Lehman, S. Tarima, M.D. Bishop, D. Hart, M. Shivakoti, Matthew R. Klein and Ying-Chih Wang, “The effect of fear-avoidance related to pain on functional sta-tus outcomes among people with musculoskeletal conditions of the shoulder,” poster presented at the Biostatistics Poster Day, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Jan. 20.

Bhagwant S. Sindhu, O. Shechtman and L. Tuckey, “Validity, reliability and responsiveness of a digital version of the Visual Analog Scale for measuring pain intensity,” presented at the American Society of Hand Therapists, Nashville, TN, Sept. 22-25, 2011.

O. Shechtman, Bhagwant S. Sindhu and Na Jin Seo, “The effects of upper extremity injury on maxi-mal grip effort,” presented at the American Society of Hand Therapists, Nashville, TN, September 22-25, 2011.

Bhagwant S. Sindhu, “Grip strength and sincer-ity of effort testing in an upper extremity reha-bilitation setting,” presented at the Wisconsin Occupational Therapy Association, Stevens Point, WI, Oct. 6-8, 2011.

Matthew R. Klein, Bhagwant S. Sindhu, L.A. Lehman, Ying-Chih Wang and D.L. Hart, “Influence of Pain on Function Among People with Musculoskeletal Shoulder Impairments,” presented at the Spring 2011 Undergraduate Research Symposium, UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI, April 29, 2011.

INFORMATION STUDIESMohammed Aman served as co-chair of the annual Middle East Dialogue (bit.ly/med2012) held in Washington, D.C., Feb. 23-25. The theme of this year’s conference was “The Arab Spring and Beyond.”

Mohammed Aman was named to the editorial boards of the electronic journals Cybrarians, pub-lished by King Fahd University in Saudi Arabia, and Online Learning, published by the American Public University and the Policy Studies Organization.

Katie Blank has been appointed the 2012 treasurer for the Special Library Association (SLA)–Wisconsin Chapter.

Katie Dunneback and Jessica E. Moyer, “Converstarter: eBooks and Public Libraries,” presented at the Public Libraries Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 2012.

Jacques du Plessis has been invited to become a member of the South African Academy for Science and the Arts. The academy seeks to promote scienc-es, the arts and technology, as well as the Afrikaans language.

Laretta Henderson, “Technology & Pedagogy Workshop, invited presentation at UWM, 2011.

Laretta Henderson, “Multicultural Children’s Literature from Theory to Practice,” presented at International Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Cape Town, South Africa, 2011. Laretta Henderson has been appointed associ-ate editor of The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations.

Jessica Hutchings presented “Circulating iPads in Academic Libraries” at the Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Conference in Steven’s Point, WI, April 28, 2011.

Jessica Hutchings was a discussant on the New Library Professionals Panel at the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) Conference in Milwaukee on Nov. 4.

Jessica E. Moyer and Jennifer Thiele, “Four Case Studies of eBook Readers,” presented at the 2012 BOCATSSS Symposium, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, January 2012.

ROTH 403(B): A NEW SAVINGS OPTION FOR YOUR RETIREMENT

Do you remember the old Fram oil filter commercials? The scene was a typical neighborhood garage or service center, and the commercial always ended with the mechanic holding up an oil filter and saying to the customer, “You can pay me now or you can pay me later.”

Well, there is a new savings option available to UWM employees that runs along a similar concept – however, it relates to how you choose to pay for taxes.

Many of us may be familiar with a Roth Individual Retirement Account (IRA), but now a Roth 403(b) option is available in the University of Wisconsin Tax-Sheltered Annuity 403(b) Program. The Roth 403(b) allows you to save for retirement on a post-tax basis or the “pay me now” approach.

Here are some key points regarding a Roth 403(b) savings option:

What’s the difference between traditional pre-tax 403(b) and Roth post-tax 403(b) contributions?

With a pre-tax 403(b) account, your contributions reduce your current taxable income. Both your principal and your earnings grow on a tax-deferred basis.

When you retire and begin to take distributions, you then pay taxes on those distributions – the “pay me later” approach.

In a Roth after-tax 403(b) account, contributions are included in taxable income in the year they are made, but the account balance and earnings are not taxed when distrib-uted (subject to certain IRS restrictions) – the “pay me now” approach.

Who might benefit from a Roth 403(b)?• You have a longer time until retirement. This gives you

longer to accumulate tax-free earnings.• You expect to be in a higher tax bracket in retirement.• You are a highly compensated employee who is not

eligible for a Roth IRA.• You want some tax diversification in retirement, meaning

a mix of taxable and non-taxable income.• You want to leave tax-free money to your beneficiaries.Who might be better off with traditional pre-tax

403(b) contributions?• You expect your tax rate to drop in retirement.• You are in a higher tax bracket and you want to save

money on taxes now.• You’re able to contribute more, because you’re saving on

a pre-tax basis.• You can qualify for certain valuable tax credits, such as

the earned income tax credit or the saver’s credit, by saving pretax and reducing your taxable income.

What companies offer the Roth post-tax 403(b) option?

Four University of Wisconsin TSA companies – TIAA-CREF, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price and Lincoln – are offering the Roth 403(b) option.

Much like anything else, one size does not fit all in saving for retirement. Understand the differences in the savings options and decide what the right fit is for you.

For more information on the Roth 403(b) option, please visit www4.uwm.edu/hr/benefits or call the Benefits Department at 414-229-4463.

BENEFITS For the Record


For the Record

Jessica E. Moyer, Kaite Mediatore Stover and Katie Dunneback, “Good Books You Might Have Missed,” presented at the Public Libraries Association Conference, Philadelphia, March 2012.

Richard Smiraglia has been appointed associate researcher, eHumanities Group, Royal Netherlands Academy of the Arts and Sciences.

Mary Wepking has been appointed to the Wisconsin Education Research Advisory Council. The group will advise the Department of Public Instruction in choos-ing and disseminating research to improve student learning.

Dietmar Wolfram and Kun Lu, “Assessing Author Research Focus Using Vector Space Modeling,” poster presented at the American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, October 2011.

Dietmar Wolfram served as a pre-senter on two panel sessions, “Bibliometrics and LIS Education: How Do They Fit Together?” and “Using Information Obtained Through Informetrics to Address Practical Problems and to Aid Decision Making,” at the American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, October 2011.

LETTERS & SCIENCEANTHROPOLOGYIngrid Jordt spoke at the Closing Ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum, “The Price of Peace,” in Minneapolis on March 3. The Norwegian Nobel Institute’s only affiliation outside Norway, the forum is an annual event that inspires students and other citizens to become active participants in peacemaking efforts around the world.

ENGLISHSukanya Bannerjee’s book, Becoming Imperial Citizens: Indians in the Late Victorian Empire (Duke, 2010), has been awarded the Sonya Rudikoff Prize for the best first book in Victorian studies. The award will be given by the Northeast Victorian Studies Association at the annual NVSA conference at Columbia University this month.

Margaret Mika, with co-panelists Paula Gillespie, Brad Hughes and Harvey Kail, presented “Research on Tutor Learning and Tutor Alumni” at the Madison Area Writing Center Colloquium, UW-Madison, Feb 20.

PSYCHOLOGYE.N. Andresen, D.J. Schmoller and David C. Osmon, “ADHD simula-tors perform significantly worse than neurological populations on the Gordon Diagnostic System,” poster presented at the annual conference of the International Neuropsychological Society meeting, Atlanta, GA, February 2011.

J.A. Blaisdell, E.N. Andresen, M. Bremser and David C. Osmon, “Simulation of ADHD on the Medical Symptom Validity Test,” poster presented at the annual conference of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Washington, D.C., June 2011.

J.R. Jardas, E.N. Andresen and David C. Osmon, “The Effects of Handedness and Visuospatial Abilities on Perception of the Spinning Girl Illusion,” poster presented at the annual conference of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Washington, D.C., June 2011.

David C. Osmon, E.N. Andresen, B. Green, L. Young and J. Blaisdell, “Are Symptom Validity Tests specific to

a population?,” poster presented at the annual conference of the International Neuropsychological Society meeting, Atlanta, GA, February 2011.

E.P. Samsin, E.N. Andresen and David C. Osmon, “Comparison of Three Measures of Effort in a Dyslexia Simulation,” poster presented at the annual conference of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Washington, D.C., June 2011.

D.J. Schmoller, E.N. Andresen and David C. Osmon, “Exploration of new symptom validity indicators in the Conner’s Adult Attention Rating Scales,” poster presented at the annual conference of the International Neuropsychological Society meeting, Atlanta, GA, February 2011.

HELEN BADER SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WELFAREAnne Basting was invited to speak at the International Symposium on Promoting the Well-being of People with Dementia Through Creative Arts in Bonn, Germany, Feb. 14.

Stan Stojkovic was interviewed by WISN for a news report titled “12 News Finds Prisoners on Facebook,” Feb. 7.

PUBLICATIONSLUBAR SCHOOL OF BUSINESSKyle P. Ehrhardt, Janice S. Miller, Sarah J. Freeman and Peter W. Hom, “Further exploration of training perceptions and employee attitudes: An examination of perceived training comprehensiveness and organizational commitment across eight organizations,” Human Resource Development Quarterly, Vol. 22, 2011, pp. 459-489.

HEALTH SCIENCESHEALTH SCIENCESK.A. Muili, S. Gopalakrishnanm, S.L. Meyer, Janis T. Eells and Jeri-Anne Lyons, “Amelioration of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in C57BL/6 Mice by Photobiomodulation Induced by 670 nm Light,” PLoS ONE, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2012, e30655.

HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCESJ.M. McBeth, Jennifer E. Earl, Stephen C. Cobb and Wendy E. Huddleston, “Hip Muscle Activity During Three Side-Lying Hip Strengthening Exercises in Distance Runners,” Journal of Athletic Training, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2012, pp. 15-23.

Barbara B. Meyer, Susan E. Cashin and William V. Massey, “The equivalence of online and paper-pencil measures of emo-tional intelligence,” Emotional intelligence: New perspectives and applications, A. DiFabio ed., Rijeka, Croatia: InTech, 2012, pp. 183-194.

OCCUPATIONAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYNa Jin Seo, interview by Frank Long, “Restoring Grip Release After Stroke,” Rehab Management, July 2011.

O. Shechtman, Bhagwant S. Sindhu and Na Jin Seo, “The Effects of Upper Extremity Injury on Maximal Grip Effort,” Journal of Hand Therapy, Vol. 24, No. 4, 2011, pp. 386-387.

Virginia C. Stoffel, interview by Andrew Waite, “Q&A with Vice President Virginia Stoffel,” OT Practice, Vol. 17, No.1, Jan. 23, 2012, pp. 36.

INFORMATION STUDIESWilhelm Peekhaus, “Biowatch South Africa and the challenges in enforcing its constitutional right to access to informa-

tion,” Government Information Quarterly, Vol. 28, 2011, pp. 542-552.

Wilhelm Peekhaus, “Primitive accu-mulation and enclosure of the com-mons: Genetically engineered seeds and Canadian jurisprudence,” Science & Society, Vol. 75, 2011, pp. 529-554.

Wilhelm Peekhaus, “Regulating agricul-tural biotechnology in Canada: Paradoxes and conflicts of a closed system,” pp. 343- 348 in Reading Sociology, Second Edition, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Laretta Henderson, “The political social-ization of African American children through literature from the 1970s,” The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2012, pp. 21-30.

Laretta Henderson, “Identity Matters: A Call for Bibliotherapy to Support Racial Identity Development,” Illinois English Bulletin, Vol. 98, No. 2, 2011, pp. 69-86. Q. Wu and Dietmar Wolfram, “The influence of effects and phenomena on citations: A comparative analysis of four citation perspectives, Scientometrics, Vol. 89, No. 1, 2011, pp. 245-258.

I. Ajiferuke, K. Lu and Dietmar Wolfram, “Who are the disciples of an author? Examining recitation and oeuvre citation exahaustivity,” Journal of Informetrics, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2011, pp. 292-302.

K. Lu, S. Joo and Dietmar Wolfram, “An investigation of Web resource distribu-tion in the field of information science,” Cybermetrics, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2011. cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics/articles/v15i1p1.pdf.

LETTERS & SCIENCEECONOMICSMohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and A. Ratha, “S-Curve Dynamics of Trade Between Sweden and Her Trading Partners,” Economic Systems, Vol. 35, 2011, pp. 355-362.

Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee and M. Hajilee, “How Fast Wages Adjust to Prices: A Multi-Country Analysis,” Economics Bulletin, Vol. 31, 2011, pp. 2404-2413.

GEOGRAPHYJonathan Kult, Woonsup Choi and Anke Keuser, “Snowmelt runoff modeling: Limitations and potential for mitigating water disputes,” Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 430-431, 2012, pp. 179-181.

L. Liang, Mark D. Schwartz and S. Fei, “Validating Satellite Phenology Through Intensive Ground Observation and Landscape Scaling in a Mixed Seasonal Forest,” Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 115, No. 1, 2011, pp. 143-157.

T.R. Ault, A.K. Macalady, G.T. Pederson, J.L. Betancourt and Mark D. Schwartz, “Northern Hemisphere Modes of Variability and the Timing of Spring in Western North America,” Journal of Climate, Vol. 24, 2011, pp. 4003-4014.

J.M. Hanes and Mark D. Schwartz, “Modeling the spring phenology of a mixed temperate forest using MODIS measurements of leaf area index and land surface temperature,” Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Vol. 105, 2011, pp. 37-50.

HISTORYJoe Austin, “We Built the City Walls: For an Art in the Streets,” introduction to Blek Le Rat, San Francisco: Art Publishing, 2011, pp. 9-13.

Rachel Ida Buff, “Duluth,” The Minnesota Review, Vol. 7, Winter 2011.

Glen Jeansonne, “A Half-Century of Paradox, 1900-1945,” Historically Speaking, Vol. XIII, No. 1, January 2012, pp. 21-23.

Amanda I. Seligman, “Chicago, 1941-1952,” pp. 494-500 in Cities in American History: A Reference Guide, Richardson Dilworth, ed., Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2011.

Amanda I. Seligman, Is Graduate School Really for You: The Whos, Whats, Hows, and Whys of Pursuing a Master’s or PhD, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.

Lisa Silverman, “Beyond Antisemitism: A Critical Approach to German Jewish Cultural History,” Nexus 1: Essays in German Jewish Studies, 2011, pp. 27-45.

Merry Wiesner-Hanks, The Renaissance and Reformation: A History in Documents, New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Merry Wiesner-Hanks, “Crossing bor-ders in transnational gender history,” Journal of Global History, Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2011, pp. 357-379.

PSYCHOLOGYKaryn M. Frick, guest editor, “Hormones and Cognition: Perspectives, Controversies, and Challenges for Future Research,” special issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, Vol. 126, No. 1, 2012.

Karyn M. Frick, Introduction to the special issue on “Hormones and Cognition: Perspectives, Controversies, and Challenges for Future Research,” Behavioral Neuroscience, Vol. 126, No. 1, 2012, pp. 1-3.

Karyn M. Frick, “Building a better hor-mone therapy?: How understanding the rapid effects of sex steroid hormones could lead to novel therapeutics for age-related memory decline,” Behavioral Neuroscience, Vol. 126, No. 1, 2012, pp. 29-53.

UWM LIBRARIESMax Yela, review of The Wandering Book Artists’ Collaborative Broadsides, by Peter and Donna Thomas, Parentheses: The Journal of the Fine Press Association, Spring 2012.

GIFTS, GRANTS & CONTRACTSFEBRUARY 2012

ACADEMIC AFFAIRSCENTER FOR URBAN INITIATIVES & RESEARCHWI Division of Public Health2012 Tobacco Surveillance and EvaluationMaier, Peter E. – Extension & Public Service $232,800

Safe & Sound2012 Safe & Sound EvaluationMaier, Peter E. – Extension & Public Service $12,000

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONACCOUNTINGU.S. Dept. of Treasury Low Income Taxpayer Clinic GrantSmunt, Timothy L. – Extension & Public Service $80,000

CONTINUING EDUCATIONBUSINESS OUTREACHSmall Business AdministrationThe Jobs and Innovation Accelerator ChallengePeterson, Tim A. – Extension & Public Service $150,000


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URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTWI Dept. of Public Instruction2011/12 Refugee Education and Integration CenterRai, Kalyani – Extension & Public Service $80,500

EDUCATIONCENTER FOR MATH & SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCHMilwaukee Public Schools Mathematics Professional Learning Communities: Focus on the Common Core State Standards for MathematicsHuinker, DeAnn M. – Extension & Public Service $49,000

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGYMilwaukee School of EngineeringEffect of the Sun Teacher Workshop on Student AchievementLuo, Wen – Research $14,666

ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCECIVIL ENGINEERING & MECHANICSNational Science FoundationI-Corps: Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Bioenergy ProductionHe, Zhen – Research $50,000

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCENavy Magnetic Content Addressable Memory Wang, Weizhong – Research $60,000

MATERIALS ENGINEERINGJohnson Controls Materials Characterization and Molecular Modeling Examination of Impact of Metal Contaminants on the Performance of Li-Ion BatteriesChurch, Benjamin C. – Research $99,681

MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGJohnson ControlsDevelopment of High Capacity Li-Ion AnodeChen, Junhong – Research $300,588

National Science FoundationIndustrial/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) for Water Equipment and PolicyChen, Junhong – Research $80,000

Johnson ControlsLow-Cost Manufacturing of Hierarchically Structured Sulfur/Carbon Materials for High-Energy Lithium-Sulfur BatteriesLi, Ying; Chen, Junhong – Research $105,000

U.S. Dept. of EnergyEstablishing an Industrial Assessment Center at UWMYuan,Yingchun; Church,Benjamin C.; Reisel, John R.; Rohatgi, Pradeep K.; Wornyoh, Emmanuel Y.– Extension & Public Service $119,999

FRESHWATER SCIENCESWATER INSTITUTEUWM FoundationTo Assist in Launching a New Era of Freshwater ResearchKlump, J. Val – Instruction $100,000

U.S. ArmyDeveloping Transgenic Zebrafish to Detect Oxidative Stressors for Real-Time Imaging of Gene Expression and Behavioral TrackingUdvadia, Ava J. – Research $30,807

GENERAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIONDEVELOPMENTU.S. Dept. of Commerce Southeastern Wisconsin Center for Economic DevelopmentRuffolo, Carmela – Extension & Public Service $194,000

GRADUATE SCHOOLNIEHS CORE CENTERNational Institutes of HealthChildren’s Environmental Health Sciences Core CenterPetering, David H. – Research $48,862

HEALTH SCIENCESCENTER FOR URBAN POPULATION HEALTH UW-MadisonUW Collaborative Center for Health EquityCisler, Ron A.; Galvao, Loren W. – Research $147,411

HEALTH INFORMATICS & ADMINISTRATIONUniversity of Pennsylvania CI: ADDO-EN: Significant Enhancements of the Existing Penn Discourse TreebankPrasad, Rashmi – Research $62,329

HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCESMilwaukee Co. Dept. on AgingWellness Works 2012Strath, Scott J. – Research $49,544

National Institutes of HealthHeart Rate and Movement Integration to Improve Physical Activity AssessmentStrath, Scott J.; Swartz, Ann M. – Research $314,828

LETTERS & SCIENCEANTHROPOLOGYWI Dept. of TransportationUWM-WDOT Interagency Agreement for Archaeological ServicesRichards, John D. – Research $3,000

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESVillage of Mount Pleasant, WI Pike River Floodplain Modification and Stream Restoration, Phases 4 and 5Ehlinger, Timothy J. – Research $51,966

Milwaukee School of EngineeringConnecting Research Labs and Classrooms: A Role for Physical Modeling Projects in the Undergraduate Curriculum (CReST)Forst, Steven A. – Student Aid $8,000

CHEMISTRY National Institutes of HealthAntiviral Potential of Helicase Inhibitors Frick, David N. – Research $365,558

GEOSCIENCES University of Utah Southwest Regional Partnership on Carbon Sequestration – Phase IIIHan, Weon Shik – Research $15,597

HELEN BADER INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENTUWM FoundationManagement and Support for the Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management Research Program – Nonprofit Ratio Analysis StudyIhrke, Douglas M. – Instruction $20,000

PHYSICS National Science FoundationCAREER: Gravitational Wave Astronomy and Training a New Generation of Gravitational Wave AstronomersDe Arcenegui Siemens, F. Javier – Research $100,000

National Science FoundationCARER: Experiencing the Fifth Dimension, Cis/Trans and Z/E Isomerizations in Biological MacromoleculesSchmidt, Marius – Research $179,792

National Science FoundationInterdisciplinary Research Experiences for TeachersWood, Robert L. – Extension & Public Service $137,000

PSYCHOLOGY American Psychological FoundationIsolating Attentional Control Deficits in Trait Anxiety: Implications for Predicting Vulnerability to Psychological DistressLarson, Christine L. – Research $1,000

National Institutes of HealthEffects of Physical Activity and Marijuana Use on Frontolimbic Functioning During Adolescence: An fMRI StudyMedina, Krista L. – Research $352,704

WUWM UWM FoundationGeneral Operating Expenses Edwards, Dave – Extension & Public Service $100,000

UWM LIBRARIESGENERALUWM FoundationAlready Established, Supplement Only Barczyk, Ewa – Extension & Public Service $3,000

NURSINGDEAN’S OFFICESilver Spring Neighborhood CenterPersonal Responsibility Education Program Grant: Milwaukee Adolescent Health ProgramBell-Calvin, Jean C. – Extension & Public Service $20,966

PROGRAMSMedical College of WisconsinFamily Health Through Worksite Wellness: A Pilot ProjectSnethen, Julia A. – Research $26,172

STUDENT AFFAIRSATHLETICS – ADMINISTRATIONUWM FoundationSupport Women’s Volleyball Program Costello, Rick – Miscellaneous $1,000

Period 8 – February 2012 Year-to-Date

Federal Total Federal Total

Research $ 1,579,345 $ 2,309,200 $ 15,415,056 $ 21,908,456

Instruction $ -0- $ 90,370 $ 2,983,343 $ 4,158,365

Public Service $ 680,999 $ 1,179,265 $ 2,489,719 $ 7,358,618

Student Aid $ 1,164,738 $ 1,172,738 $ 38,137,294 $ 38,186,139

Other $ -0- $ 1,000 $ 2,138,877 $ 3,319,340

TOTALS $ 3,425,082 $ 4,752,574 $ 61,164,289 $74,930,919

Period 8 – February 2011 Year-to-Date

Federal Total Federal Total

Research $ 1,358,792 $ 2,012,787 $ 14,671,425 $ 22,770,019

Instruction $ -0- $ 25,000 $ 2,346,530 $ 6,260,927

Public Service $ -0- $ 1,019,292 $ 3,415,413 $ 9,570,084

Student Aid $ 1,776,841 $ 1,784,841 $ 37,193,671 $ 37,263,936

Other $ 33,442 $ 515,942 $ 2,070,607 $ 3,977,908

TOTALS $ 3,169,075 $ 5,357,862 $59,697,646 $79,842,873

Grant information is prepared by the Graduate School. More detailed grant information also is available on the Web at: graduateschool.uwm.edu/research/data-policy/ awards-and-expenditures/.

EXTRAMURAL AWARDS - PROGRESS TO DATE

FY 2011

FY 2012


UWM ART COLLECTION now

on line

The UWM Art Collection, comprised of approximately 4,500 works, is now available online in a searchable database at www4.uwm.edu/letsci/arthistory/gallery/collections/index.cfm.

The collection, with works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Georgia O’Keefe, William Hogarth, Alexander Calder and many

others, includes prints, drawings, paintings, sculptures and decorative art objects.

“Like many universities, we have an eclectic collection of art,” says Linda Brazeau, curator of the collection. It represents numerous gifts donors have made to the university over the years.

The works are used for teaching and research. Graduate students in the Department of Art History’s Museum Studies Program are encour-aged to draw on the items in the collection for master’s thesis exhibitions in the Art History Gallery.

The online database provides information about the UWM Art Collection to the UWM community and, significantly, to a broader state-wide, national and international community of scholars, researchers and institutions, according to Brazeau.

Christa Story, curatorial associate, worked with Brazeau for more than a year to research items in the collection for the database. It was painstaking and tedious work, often requiring additional research and cross-checking.

The database provides the artist’s name and nationality, object type, title, medium and other details. Story has photographed and added digital images to accompany approximately 10 percent of the artworks in the database so far. Like the database itself, the digital images are a work in progress, which will be continually updated as more research is conducted and artwork is added to the collection, according to Brazeau.

The collection includes Western and non-Western art, and spans a wide range of styles and time periods. “We have a really strong collec-tion of British satirical drawings and engravings,” says Story.

By putting the collection online, according to Brazeau, more people will be aware of the works. “Not many people on or off campus know that we have such a sizeable and wonderful collection of art.”

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