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‘Crossings’ inspire safety, connectivity

Research focuses on ‘Invisible Newcomers’

INOVA features three exhibitions through May 15

Experience Arts+Tech Night May 14

Fund for Lake Michigan boosts clean water research

New Ventures Business Plan winners announced

Honors College on the rise

Institute draws Ed majors to Milwaukee

Summerdances 2014: ‘Lineage’

Jobs with a serious impact: work-study in Milwaukee

niversity of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross announced on April 22 that Mark Mone

will serve as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee interim chancellor following the departure of Chancellor Michael R. Lovell this month.

Lovell announced on March 26 that he had been named the first lay president of Marquette University in Milwaukee.

Mone is a professor of management in the UWM Lubar School of Business and for the past two years has served as the chancellor’s designee for strategic planning and campus climate. The latter is a cabinet-level appointment in which Mone works with the university’s senior leader-ship and governance groups, and all university stakeholders, to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan, and develop and implement university-wide programs to improve organizational climate (collectively known as Best Place to Work).

Mone has been a member of the UWM faculty since 1989, serving for more than 15 years as the Lubar School of Business associate dean for executive education and business engagement. His responsibilities involved external relations for the Lubar School, including partnerships with business, medical, legal, government and not-for-profit organizations.

Mone was responsible for the Executive MBA program, the longest-running program of its kind in Wisconsin, career services, and other financial and marketing functions.

“Mark’s academic credentials, leadership experi-ences, industry background and long-term tenure with UW-Milwaukee make him an excellent choice for interim chancellor,” said Cross. “Mark has been actively involved in developing UWM’s 2020 strategic plan. The relationships he has built in this effort,

together with his extensive knowledge of the univer-sity and wider community, will keep UWM’s signifi-cant research and academic initiatives moving on an upward trajectory.”

Cross will work with the Board of Regents and the UW-Milwaukee community to begin a national search for the university’s next chancellor, aiming to have a permanent appointment made by Jan. 1, 2015.

That process will commence when Cross appoints a search-and-screen committee comprised of UWM faculty, academic staff, classified staff and students, and community representatives. The committee will lead the search and recommend a slate of finalists for consideration by Cross and a special committee of regents.

“I greatly appreciate this opportunity to continue to advance current UWM initiatives,” said Mone. “Under the heading of ‘Moving Forward Together,’ I intend to work with all constituencies to complete our strategic plan and begin its implementation, continue work on strengthening student enroll-ment and educational quality, further engage our university partners through research, education and service, and identify and obtain additional resources for our campus.”

Mone holds a Ph.D. in Management (Organizational Behavior and Organization Theory) from Washington State University, a master of business administration degree from Idaho State University and a bachelor’s degree in organizational management from Central Washington University.

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Newly appointed UWM Interim Chancellor Mark Mone addresses the campus community flanked by university and UW System leadership.

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UW-MilWaUkee spRing coMMenceMent 2014

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2014 Spring Commencement will be held Sunday, May 18, at the U.S. Cellular Arena, 400 W. Kilbourn Ave. Due to the number of graduates, there are two commencement ceremonies, with graduate participation determined by the school or college attended.

An estimated 1,980 bachelor’s, 802 master’s and 88 Ph.D. degree candidates have been invited to participate. For more information, visit uwm.edu/ secu/commencement.

Chancellor Michael R. Lovell, University of Wisconsin System Regent Margaret Farrow and UWM Alumni Association Board President David Misky will welcome participants at both ceremonies.

BLACK CEREMONY, 9 A.M. The Black Ceremony includes bach-

elor’s, master’s and Ph.D. candidates from the following schools and colleges: School of Architecture & Urban Planning, School of Freshwater Sciences, School of Information Studies, College of Letters & Science, Peck School of the Arts and the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health.

Former U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl will be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Public Service and Education. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham will be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of History. Both have been invited to speak at the ceremony.

GOLD CEREMONY, 1:30 P.M. The Gold Ceremony includes bach-

elor’s, master’s, Doctor of Physical Therapy and Ph.D. candidates from the following schools and colleges: Lubar School of Business, School of Education, College of Engineering & Applied Science, College of Health Sciences, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare and College of Nursing.

John W. Daniels Jr. will be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Business and Ashwani K. Gupta will be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Energy and Engineering Science. Both will speak at the ceremony.

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“Solid Ground: “An Artistic Journey”: Display of the artwork created through a cross-generational collaboration. Luther Manor Adult Day Care Center, 4545 N. 92nd St., Wauwatosa, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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“Spark! Memory and Arts Workshops”: Inspiring creative engagement with people experiencing memory loss. Workshops held at the Milwaukee Public Museum at 2:30-3:30 p.m. (for families affected by memory loss) and 3:30-4:30 p.m. (for professionals and students).

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“All-Festival Finale”: Family, staff, residents of all the Creative Trust groups are welcome to screen a new short film collage from the “Cinderella” and “Crossings” workshops. Chai Point Senior Living–Rubenstein Pavilion, 1400 N. Prospect Ave., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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ounded and fostered” by Anne Basting, professor of theatre, the Creative Trust is

committed to fostering lifelong learning through the arts. Launched during summer 2012, the Creative Trust is an alliance of the Peck School and providers to the aging community.

Current projects include Arts at Home, designed to bring creative engagement to people living in their homes, with the theme “The Islands of Milwaukee”; TimeSlips, UWM students facilitating creative storytelling sessions through-out Milwaukee; and Flourish Fest.

During May, the Creative Trust holds the second annual Flourish Fest, with a month-long burst of intergenerational arts programming.

The festival kicked off May 1 with “Crossings,” a special event designed to inspire drivers to stop at marked and unmarked crosswalks and make Milwaukee safer for pedestrians of all ages.

Throughout April, Bastings’ students and members of the Portland, Ore.-based Sojourn Theatre held workshops at senior apartment buildings and centers. During the sessions they explained how seniors could join them and other community members to help make Milwaukee a city that “SEES and STOPS for pedestrians.”

“The performance aspect of the ‘Crossings’ draws on an existing narrative in Milwaukee – our downtown movable bridges,” says Basting. “The guard rail goes down, the cars stop, the bridge goes up, you can’t drive through or you will plunge into a river. You can’t turn around or back up because

there are cars in front and behind you. As a driver, you just stop.”

Anyone who has driven through Milwaukee in the summer knows the drill. After the boats cross, the bridge goes down, the guard rails go up and the cars go.

Three “Crossings” events were staged at strategically chosen South Side locations: Kinnickinnic, Logan and Russell avenues on May 1; St. Francis and Kinnickinnic avenues the morning of May 2; and Packard and Ramsey avenues in Cudahy on the afternoon of May 2.

During the “Crossings,” participants held sails (representing boats) as they crossed streets, going between “safe harbors.” A safe harbor is a place that a resident in the neighborhood might want to go to, like the post office, bank or a coffee shop.

Basting says that the response to the program in Bay View has been overwhelming.

“From the city engineer, to the businesses at these intersections to politicians and high school students, people wanted to know how they could be part of the ‘Crossings.’”

Other Flourish Fest events follow. Most events are free and open to the public. See creative-trustmke.com for further details.

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Students rehearse a “Crossings” performance in Bay View, part of the second annual Flourish Fest sponsored by the Creative Trust alliance of the Peck School of the Arts and providers to Greater Milwaukee’s aging community.

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e are what we accomplish, and I’m very proud of what the University of Wisconsin-

Milwaukee has accomplished during the six academic years I have served UWM – first as dean of the College of Engineering & Applied Science, then as interim chancellor and, from May 2011 until this month, as chancellor.

Chief among them are Innovation Campus and the Innovation Accelerator building in Wauwatosa (I’m not sure where we would be, there and elsewhere, without Real Estate Foundation President Dave Gilbert), the Zilber School of Public Health and its renovated downtown facility, the acquisition and ongoing conversion of the Northwest Quadrant, the transformation along Greenfield Avenue for the School of Freshwater Sciences and the rejuvenation of what was our Great Lakes WATER Institute, and the redefinition of the skyline of our East Side Campus with the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex and the state-of-the-art labs it will contain for our sciences programs.

Our partnerships with corporations during my tenure were built on the spirit of cooperation that existed long before I came to UWM. Our university and region will be stronger because of what we developed in recent years with Johnson Controls, GE Healthcare and Rockwell Automation, and how the university builds on those relationships when creating other corporate partnerships.

We also will be stronger because of this university’s spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship that has been expanding on work done by the UWM Research Foundation and others.

Working alongside Ilya Avdeev, Nathaniel Stern, Brian Thompson and Michael Hostad, I have been extremely pleased with the UWM Student Startup Challenge and what it represents to the future of UWM students and our community. I also see even better things ahead for the App Brewery and the Research Foundation, the success of the latter due in large part to its excellent oversight and coordination of the intellectual property being developed by faculty, staff and students.

With the work Interim Chancellor Mark Mone is leading on the strategic plan and Best Place to Work; Provost Johannes Britz is guiding with the academic plan; and Vice Chancellor Robin Van Harpen is leading with creation of the new budget model, I know UWM’s internal operational progress is in good hands and ready to respond to what’s ahead this decade and beyond.

We will also continue to benefit from Vice Chancellor Joan Prince’s leadership in a wide area of civic activities, including our new involvement in the Carnegie Foundation’s community engagement process; Vice Chancellor Michael Laliberte’s oversight on transforming the student experience; Vice

Chancellor Patricia Borger’s dedication to the Vision 20/20 capital campaign; and the increasingly positive portrayals of UWM being coordinated by Vice Chancellor Tom Luljak.

I’ve said this many times in many settings, and I want to communicate it one more time. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is one of the leanest universities in the country. Its faculty and staff operate an outstanding institution of higher education despite significant fiscal constraints. I know of no other university that does so much with so little, and this is an accomplishment in which we can all take great pride.

There is no better indication of our success than to consider that more than 5,500 individuals are earning UWM degrees every academic year. All-time records for degrees granted were set every year I was chancellor – and that result came only because of the hard work of every UWM employee.

Thank you, UWM, for the opportunity you gave me and for your support throughout my years here.

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ngineering student Alex Francis was awarded the $7,500 grand prize in the 2014 New

Venture Business Plan Competition at UWM’s Lubar School of Business. Francis presented the Isopoint Technologies plan for the E-Trap product to a panel of independent judges, besting 12 other plans in the final competition.

The electrostatic particle trap (E-Trap) is a technology that uses an electrostatic charge to isolate micro- and nanoscale particles for researchers, providing cost and time savings, as well as better sample preservation over current technologies. Francis has incorporated and is exploring a link with the Medical College of Wisconsin.

The New Venture Business Plan 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 a generous gift from La Macchia Enterprises, a global leader in the leisure travel industry and travel distribution technology, and the parent company of Mark Travel and Trisept Solutions. The company’s gift also supports other entrepreneurship initiatives at the Lubar School, including the La Macchia Entrepreneur Interns program.

Judges included Alan Katz, president, Katz Consulting; Joe Kirgues, co-founder, gener8tor; Bruce Paler, retired CEO of several health care companies (Total Rehab Services, Total Pharmacy Services and Total Ancillary Services); and Paul Stewart, principal at PS Capital Partners, LLC.

All four top winning teams (first, second and two teams tied for third place) also were chosen for UWM’s Student Startup Challenge (SSC). Through SSC, students and recent alums compete for financial backing and mentoring to launch a business on the strength of an original product idea.

Earning the New Venture second-place award was Abakus: Education Adventure. Abakus is a Common Core-aligned, educational video game that engages and compels elementary school children to learn in and out of school. It reinforces core principles while substantially improving both parents’ and instructors’ ability

to monitor and assist every child’s learning process. Hunter Ruth (’13 BFA Design & Visual Communications) and Josh Kirk presented the plan.

Two plans tied for third place. Mechanical engineering student Kyle Ilenda and Spencer Johnson were recognized for their plan for LEVEL Camera Products. The company provides efficiently designed products that are created by videographers for videographers. LEVEL’s initial product is a purpose-built camera slider, a lightweight, minimalist solution for high-production shots.

MajorWeb’s product, Mesmer, is an interactive degree planner, class scheduler and progress tracker for university students. Mesmer has an intuitive format that facilitates the generation of potential class schedules based on personally set parameters. It can also cross-reference program requirements, helping students obtain an additional minor or certificate in a cost- and time-effective way.

William Barlas, mechanical engineering major; Kyle Forsbert, global studies major; Maximilian Felgenhauer, computer science major; and Andrew McConville (’13 Design & Visual Communications and Computer Science/Web Development) presented for MajorWeb.

Earning honorable mentions ($500 each) were Beacon Health Monitoring and Knights Monitor – Sleep Safe Baby Monitor.

Beacon Health Monitoring aims to help people live healthy and active lives. Weijia Chen (’13 MS Marketing) and MBA students Lisa Wright and Thien Le said the company will create products that continuously monitor and evaluate health data, beginning with the Beacon BioBand.

Knights Monitor designs and produces wireless products for parents with infants and young children. Presented by Scott Forbes (’13 MBA), the Sleep Safe Baby Monitor (first product) incorporates secure Bluetooth technology to stream live video and audio to a device (smartphone or tablet), and includes many innovative features not available in products today.

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Second-place winner Abakus: Education Adventure is an innovative, Common Core-aligned educational video game.

First-place entrepreneur Alex Francis is exploring collaborations with the Medical College of Wisconsin as he continues to market the electro-static particle trap known as E-Trap. Presenting the check is V. Kanti Prasad, Bostrom Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Lubar School and director of the New Venture Business Plan Competition.

Kyle Ilenda (pictured) and Spencer Johnson tied for third place with their LEVEL Camera Products.

MajorWeb’s third-place product, Mesmer, can help plan degrees, schedule classes, cross-reference programs and more.

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2014 length oF seRvice aWaRd ceReMony May 7

Celebrate your colleagues’ commit-ment to UWM during the annual Length of Service Awards on Wednesday, May 7, at 3 p.m. in the Union Wisconsin Room.

Please join Chancellor Michael Lovell for a reception 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. Click on “Specials Events.”

The event is sponsored by University Relations and Communications. For more information or to request special accommo-dations, contact Laura Purifoy at lpurifoy@uwm.edu.

Fund for lake Michigan boosts clean water research

he Fund for Lake Michigan has approved a $500,000 grant to the UWM School of

Freshwater Sciences. The grant will support the school’s $53 million expansion along Milwaukee’s inner harbor, and more specifically supports the Great Lakes Genomics Center (GLGC).

The GLGC is the nation’s first center dedi-cated solely to the application of ground-breaking genomic and molecular tools to address the issues of freshwater management, protection, restora-tion and preservation.

With this research, scientists hope to develop new technologies and more cost-effective strate-gies to improve the Great Lakes’ watershed – just as the Human Genome Project produced new understanding of human diseases and strategies to combat them.

“Our grant to UWM is part of the fund’s broad-based strategy to improve water quality in Southeastern Wisconsin, whether through applied research, habitat restoration, beach improvements or urban waterfront redevelopment,” says Vicki Elkin, the Fund’s executive director.

The gift is part of a “challenge grant”

established by the Fund and will leverage financing for the Genomics Center to invest in state-of-the-art equipment, most notably a second DNA sequencer. This was made possible through a secured grant from the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District and a donation by Kikkoman Foods Inc.

“The Fund for Lake Michigan has become an integral and vital partner in supporting Milwaukee’s efforts to expand the region’s international leadership as a water technology hub,” says Rich Meeusen, co-chair of Milwaukee’s Water Council and president/CEO/chairman of Badger Meter Inc.

The Fund for Lake Michigan is a philanthropic organization whose mission is to support efforts aimed toward the enhancement of Lake Michigan, its shoreline and tributary river systems. Since 2011, the Fund has awarded 75 grants to support high-profile projects in the area to benefit the people, plants and animals of Southeastern Wisconsin. To learn more about the Fund’s mission, projects and past grants, visit www.fundforlakemichigan.org.

Relax. you’re at Wisconsin’s only ‘stormReady’ university

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently named UWM a StormReady University. The designation signifies that UWM is an institution that has gone “above and beyond” to addresses the challenges of dangerous weather.

UWM is the first and only institution of higher learning in Wisconsin to have received the StormReady designation.

“Administered by NOAA’s National Weather Service, the program recognizes communities that have gone above and beyond to prepare for hazardous weather,” says Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences Clark Evans.

According to NOAA: “StormReady communities are better prepared to save lives from the onslaught of severe weather through advanced planning, education and awareness. No community is storm proof, but StormReady can help communities save lives.”

Evans explains that UWM was required to meet rigorous StormReady criteria:

• An established 24-hour Warning Point and Emergency Operations Center. Both are provided by the UWM Police Department.

• Four means of receiving hazardous weather information. UWM’s Innovative Weather program provides most of these.

• Minimum of three means of disseminating hazardous weather information. Primarily, these are provided by infrastructure associ-ated with the UWM Police Department.

• A formal hazardous weather operations plan. UWM’s Emergency Operations Plan and Hazardous Weather Plan meet this criterion.

• Providing at least three annual weather safety talks and ensuring that there are trained weather spotters on campus. UWM’s Innovative Weather program and the student-run Atmospheric Science club actively facili-tate these activities.

“The StormReady program also requires strong collaboration between the community and the National Weather Service, which Innovative Weather and the Atmospheric Science Program foster,” says Evans.

A formal ceremony recognizing UWM’s designation as a WeatherReady University will be held later this spring.

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ith spring here at last, more members of the campus community are hopping on bikes as

part of their daily commute.UWM is celebrating this year’s Bike to Work

Day: Ride 4 Panther Pride on May 15. Riders will meet at two off-campus locations at 7:30 a.m. in the morning and bike in together, gathering on Spaights Plaza at 8 a.m. This year’s gathering spots are in the parking lot at Hampton and Santa Monica/Wilson Drive near the Oak Leaf Trail, and the McKinley Marina parking lot. Details will be posted on the Bike2UWM web page at bike.uwm.edu and the new Bike to UWM Facebook page at facebook.com/biketouwm.

The new Bike to UWM Facebook page was created as a way of sharing campus biking news and promoting “Pedal Prowls,” a social bike ride program showcasing UWM’s connections with the city via bicycle. Starting in June, the biking group will be organizing group rides to unique destinations and events every second Thursday of the month. Check out the website or Facebook page at facebook.com/biketouwm for the latest information.

Last year, the League of American Bicyclists named UWM a Bicycle Friendly University. UWM is now one of 75 universities in 32 states, and one of four Wisconsin campuses, that have received the designation. The league designated UWM a Bronze-Level Bicycle Friendly University, recogniz-ing the university’s commitment to improving conditions for bicycling through investment in biking promotion, education programs, infrastruc-ture and pro-bicycling policies.

By the nUMBeRsThe health and wellness programs that are part

of BP2W are growing in popularity. In the spring semester, 175 employees signed up for wellness classes, and 218 joined the Walking Challenge, which started on National Walking Day, April 2. Five hundred people registered for a biometric screening last month; 524 showed up. A second session was scheduled later that month to meet additional demand; nearly 400 people signed up in advance. The ongoing Brown Bag lunch series attracted 166 employees for a fall session on stress, 188 for a spring communications series and 137 for financial workshops.

in otheR BUsinessThe new interactive campus map is continu-

ing to add features. The map, at www4.uwm.edu/map/, or under the “Discover UWM” tab on the home page, provides information about campus buildings as well as facilities such as lactation rooms, showers for runners and bikers, and inclu-sive restrooms. The map will be incorporated into the new UWM mobile app.

The Gems Committee is also continually updat-ing its list of interesting free or discounted oppor-tunities on campus from art galleries to campus gardens to walking challenges. You can check out nearly 50 of these opportunities at www4.uwm.edu/bestplacetowork/gems.cfm. If you have a favorite “gem” on campus, feel free to contact thecommittee at bp2w-gems@uwm.edu.

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

the accessiBility ResoURce centeR (aRc): a naMe Change and More to offer

Most of us on the UWM campus know that the Accessibility Resource Center (ARC), formerly called the Student Accessibility Center, coordinates a wide range of support services to meet the needs of students with disabilities.

The name change reflects a service-model shift emphasizing accessibility as the interaction of the individual and the full campus environment.

ARC has a commitment to promote accessibility on campus and a new staff member, Aura Hirschman, with expertise promoting universal design in higher education. To contact Aura for consultation or training, email hirschma@uwm.edu or call 414-229-5660.

In addition, the Accessibility Resource Center has acquired a UWM site license for a Texthelp software program call Read&Write Gold. Not only will this program assist students with print disabilities, it is available to all UWM students and departments with an interest in acquiring reading, writing, studying and research support tools within familiar applications.

To learn more, go to the Read&Write Gold website, www.texthelp.com/north-america/our- products/readwrite, or contact Aura (contact info above).

aRc excellence aWaRdsPlease join ARC for the 16th annual

ARC Excellence Awards on Friday, May 9, at 1 p.m. in Union 345. ARC will recognize staff and faculty who demonstrate exemplary service to ARC students and staff while also incorporating universal design.

Lastly, please watch for the upcoming announcement of the new ARC website launch!

t an Academic Leadership Council presentation earlier this year, outgoing

Honors College Director Chuck Schuster and his colleagues provided a vibrant picture of growth, leaving all present with a strong sense of the college’s importance to UWM’s future.

The Honors College is a seminar-based liberal arts program open to students in all UWM schools and colleges. Each semester, the Honors College offers approximately 35 introductory and advanced seminars, and serves more than 700 students.

Enrollment in the Honors College has risen, particularly since 2009 (see Figure 1 below). Over the past year, honors freshman admits have gone from 190 to 364, an 87 percent increase.

As a unit that serves all schools and colleges, the Honors College has sought to extend its enrollment base beyond its traditional strength in the College of Letters and Science. Trend data indicate that while absolute numbers of L&S honors students are up, enrollment has disbursed across the schools and colleges, reducing the proportion of honors students in Letters and Science.

The Honors College has markedly stepped up recruitment efforts, leading to these excellent results. For example, the college has reduced entry barriers for prospective honors students, moving from a late-in-the-enrollment-cycle, student-driven application process to an automatic admit process that targets high-achieving students much earlier in the application pipeline.

The college is also expanding professional-school partnerships. The Honors College is launching a Nursing Honors Cohort (NHC) program this fall to attract high-achieving students who are interested in nursing. Students in the cohort program are guaranteed admission to the professional nursing major their junior year provided they meet NHC and Honors College requirements.

The college is integral to UWM’s identity as a research university, and all indicators suggest that the college is on track to advance its mission even further. I anticipate that we will attract strong candidates for the director of the Honors College position, which is currently in recruitment. Thomas Malaby, Anthropology, is chairing the search-and-screen committee.

The full announcement is online at http://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/18557. Academic Affairs is seeking a tenured member of the UWM faculty for a 50 percent academic-year limited appointment to direct the Honors College.

The director is responsible for the overall administration of the college, including managing anticipated enrollment growth and increasing the diversity of honors student enrollees.

The director should have a record of demonstrated excellence as a teacher, a commitment to liberal arts education, and a distinguished record of contributions to the academic and professional life of the university.

I am confident that the new director will build on the excellent work of Chuck Schuster and his talented team.

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Zilber school of public health adds three new tracks

The Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health is adding three new tracks to its master’s-degree program offerings. New master’s-level tracks in biostatistics, epidemiology, and public health policy and administration are now accepting applications for the fall 2014 term.

“A Master of Public Health [MPH] degree with five core tracks completes the comprehen-sive foundation for professional education at Wisconsin’s first school of public health at UWM,” says Magda Peck, founding dean of the Zilber School of Public Health.

“Welcoming students into expanded MPH programs this fall is an important milestone in preparing the next generation of leaders for the public’s health in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and beyond.”

The biostatistics track builds on classic public health biostatistics skills and knowledge to take advantage of faculty expertise in the areas of genetics, bioinformatics and “big data” science. Big data science refers to collection and analysis

of huge data sets for scientific research. Academic work, for example, will look at such topics as personalized medicine and evidence-based medi-cine in the context of public health.

The epidemiology track will focus on develop-ing graduates’ expertise in evidence-based public health practice. The program will have a unique emphasis on the application of epidemiologic theory and methods for promoting social justice and health equity. Academic work, for example, will look at how exposures to environmental toxins in pregnancy or the first years of life may increase the risk of neurodevelopmental disor-ders like autism.

The public health policy and administration (PHPA) track will focus on approaches to public health policy and administration that promote health equity. Academic work, for example, will look at policies that impact chronic disease prevention, maternal and child health, environ-mentally sustainable diets and tobacco use.

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he Institute for Urban Education (IUE) is sharing the urban focus of UWM’s School of

Education with student teachers from all over the University of Wisconsin System.

The IUE, now housed at UWM on the fifth floor of Enderis Hall, gives student teachers from all UW System schools and colleges of education the opportunity to experience teaching in urban schools.

“I was looking for something that was a little more challenging with more diversity,” says Amber Eide, who came from UW-La Crosse this fall to student teach at Townsend Street School on Sherman Boulevard. “Every assignment I had [before] was much the same, except for the grade level.”

The focus of the IUE program is to give student teachers the opportunity to experience and understand urban education and its diversity. Under the leadership of new director Tracey Nix, the institute also plans to eventually provide professional development opportunities for those interested in urban education and to increase and improve collaborative research efforts on urban education among UW System schools.

The institute’s 2013 move from Madison to Milwaukee makes sense, says Linda Post, associate professor in UWM’s School of Education and a longtime liaison for UWM, the IUE and Milwaukee Public Schools. That’s because the mission of preparing teachers for urban schools guides SOE’s teacher preparation programs, and that approach is infused in all of its methods and content courses.

The potential teachers are being placed in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). In fact, IUE Associate Director Sandra Ivers notes the program has been growing rapidly, from 29 students in fall 2013 to 41 students in fall 2013.

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Many of the students in the program came from predominately white suburban communities, but said they felt their own universities and the IUE program prepared them for teaching in an urban setting. They also met regularly with each other and the IUE leaders during the semester to compare experiences and share ideas.

“I felt the [IUE] seminars really benefited me,” says Chelsea Schmidt of UW-La Crosse. “I felt prepared.”

Still, they found some surprises.One was the lack of resources. “I was really

surprised by the lack of art and music in school. One school I was at hadn’t had a gym teacher for five years,” says Kassandra Braun of UW-Eau Claire. “They had a library, but hadn’t had a librarian for 20 years.”

Another surprise was the lack of diversity of the students in MPS, which has become a “majority minority” school system.

“I wanted diversity, but the only diversity is among the teachers,” noted Julia Herrmann of UW-Madison, wryly.

The students did find cultural differences that were sometimes challenging. Brian Jurchisin from UW-River Falls, who student taught at Bradley Tech, occasionally had difficulty when he didn’t seem to be able to communicate about some issues with African American students.

“I wasn’t sure whether it was culturally based, or because I was white or just because I wasn’t from Milwaukee.” However, he adds: “It’s surprising how well humor can play a role. I told a stupid math joke and got an unexpected laugh. I think they didn’t think they could have fun in math class.”

The student teachers agreed they tried to avoid bringing preconceived ideas about urban classrooms and communities into their MPS placements. Good thing; they often found media stereotypes were not true.

“There are some fantastic teachers who are doing a great job,” says Braun.

“I was a little scared the students would be disrespectful, but I’m at a really good school,” notes Schmidt.

Herrmann found that, contrary to some media stories, the parents of her students were very supportive and involved.

All of the student teachers interviewed said they felt their experiences helped them broaden their repertoire of teaching skills. They also shared in the joy of working with their cooperating teachers to help their students.

“The students in the special education program have been put down so much by society in general,” says Braun. “Just to help them find some success and gain confidence in themselves was so meaningful.”

Amber Eide attended the UWM-based Institute for Urban Education from UW-LaCrosse. This fall she taught at Townsend Street School.

Relocated from Madison, UWM-based institute draws ed majors to Milwaukeeby Kathy Quirk

startling 39 percent of recent refugees from Burma and Bhutan to the U.S. are high school dropouts, and 30 percent live below

the poverty line.Those are among the findings that Chia Youyee

Vang details in a landmark report she co-authored and released earlier this year.

“The Burmese and Bhutanese have become the largest refugee groups coming to the U.S. in recent years,” says Vang, a UWM associate professor of history and comparative ethnic studies.

Vang and her co-author, Monica Mong Trieu of Purdue, researched and wrote “Invisible Newcomers: Refugees from Burma/Myanmar and Bhutan in the United States.” The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund issued the report in collaboration with the Association for Asian American Studies. The focus of much of Vang’s work is on refugees, and the association approached her because of that background. Officials wanted to learn more about these large groups of refugees coming to the U.S. and how they were faring in the U.S.

“They are coming in great numbers, but yet they were invisible in some ways,” says Vang. “Information on these two groups has been so limited, but we wanted to provide some basic background in this preliminary report so people can understand and have some general knowledge about them.” The research – “a preliminary snapshot” – was based on both published data and interviews with community members.

diFFeRent cUltURes, shaRed stRessThe Burmese and Bhutanese refugees have

different cultures and traditions, but those who are in the U.S. share a history of flight in search of refugee status due to tensions in their homelands. Since 2004, more than 80,000 Burmese have arrived in the United States after fleeing political, religious and economic persecution, according to the report. Refugees from the Kingdom of Bhutan, a landlocked country in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas, began coming in 2011 to escape discriminatory social and political rule.

“The primary reason is political instability in their home country,” says Vang of the Burmese.

A new regime renamed Burma as Myanmar, but many of the refugees prefer the name Burma.

“As responsible scholars, we didn’t want to take sides,” says Vang. We let people refer to the country by the name they chose.”

While the Burmese and Bhutanese have settled all over the U.S., there is a larger concentration in the South than in the Northeast and significant numbers in the Midwest, particularly Ohio and Indiana.

While warmer climates in these areas play a role, support from existing refugee resettlement groups and others in their ethnic communities are also factors, says Vang.

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The high school dropout rate of the Burmese and Bhutanese – which is twice that of non-Asian teens – is alarming because education is so directly linked to job opportunity and the ability to escape poverty, says Vang.

Many of the teens in both groups have spent years in refugee camps where they received little education. Language challenges and bullying can add to their difficulties and contribute to the high dropout rate, Vang explains.

Many of the adults in these communities are illiterate in their native languages because they grew up in rural areas of their homelands where formal education was scarce, so they are not equipped to help their children, the authors note.

The duration of life in a refugee camp is also a factor in the particular problems of the Burmese and Bhutanese refugees, says Vang.

“The length of time in the camp impacts how they view themselves and the world. Refugee camps can be demeaning environments. They are not free to move back and forth. If you are resettled in a new country after a short period of time, you struggle, but it’s not the same as living in a camp for 10 or 20 years. It’s a different kind of migration experience.”

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The authors make a number of recommenda-tions to school administrators and policymakers based on their findings.

Vang and Trieu say that intensive educational and social support should be provided to teens to improve the likelihood that they will complete high school. “At some camps, lessons consisted of rote memorization rather than critical thinking analysis,” the authors wrote in the study. As a result, some immigrant teens don’t know how to learn and struggle to even grasp the English alphabet.

Vang and Trieu suggest that high schools train academic counselors in cultural competence about these refugee populations and step up after-school tutoring. Teens also need programs to ease their transition. They also suggest extending English as a Second Language services for adults.

On the positive side, the authors found the Burmese- and Bhutanese-Americans are making some strides in higher education. For example, 23 percent of Burmese Americans hold bachelor’s degrees and another 8 percent have advanced degrees.

Vang also finds it hopeful that a number of members of Congress attended the Washington news conference about the report’s findings.

“A significant amount of work and resources are still needed to assist these two new communi-ties, especially in the educational realm,” Vang and Trieu write. They also suggest additional studies. “Understanding a population is the critical first step to facilitating better educational opportunities, and subsequently leading to the reduction of poverty.”

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‘invisible newcomers’ focus of research on Burmese/Bhutanese refugeesby Kathy Quirk

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caReeR developMent centeR expands Walk-in hoURs

The Career Development Center greatly expanded its walk-in advising hours beginning March 24, the first day after spring break.

Prior to spring break, the center offered a two-hour period each day, called Express Lane, in which students could walk in and receive an initial 15-minute period of career advising or job search support.

In an effort to provide students and alumni with greater opportunities to receive career counseling and advising, the center now offers an initial 30-minute period for seven hours per day Monday- Thursday, and all morning on Friday.

Students are encouraged to come to walk-in hours rather than requesting an initial appointment, since many questions can be easily answered during that 30-minute time frame. Should individuals require more support, counselors and advisers will make an appointment.

Additionally, Mondays at 3 p.m. are designated as drop-in time for individuals who are just beginning to write their resumes. That drop-in time is led by a career resource assistant and graduate assistant, and all are welcome to join.

The Career Development Center is located in Mellencamp Hall 128. Monday walk-in hours are 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Friday hours are 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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Friday, May 9:66TH UWM STUDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVALA juried selection of films produced during the spring semester by students in UWM’s pioneering Film Department. 7 p.m. Union Theatre. Free.

Thursday & Friday, May 15-16: FILM DEPARTMENT SENIOR SCREENINGSScreening of thesis films produced by senior Film students. 7 p.m. Free.

ET CETERAFridays Through May 9:Friday Night Planetarium Show: “A Night in Greece.” Take a tour of one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Planetarium Director Jean Creighton, a native of Greece, will share her favorite landmarks, music and myths. To top off the show, take in the Athens night sky, and identify constellations. Free Greek finger foods will be provided courtesy of Gyro Palace. Plus a tour of the current night sky and a Q&A session. 7-7:55 p.m. Manfred Olson Planetarium. planetarium.uwm.edu.

Tuesday, May 6:DesignTalk Lecture Series. The DesignTalk Lecture Series is dedicated to the convergence of technology, art and design. The evening will begin with networking and will feature a guest lecturer. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; lecture begins at 7 p.m. Kenilworth Square East 620. Free and open to the public.

Wednesday, May 7:Sister Talk: Multicultural Women’s Circle. A multicultural discussion group for and about women students of color at UWM and allies. Find time for self and sisterhood in a supportive environment. 1-3 p.m. Bolton Hall 196.

Lyrical Sanctuary Student Showcase. A handful of standout student performers have been selected to collectively head-line the finale of this year’s Lyrical Sanctuary series. 8 p.m. Union Alumni Fireside Lounge.

Friday, May 9:Anthropology Colloquium: “Assessing an Appleton K-6 nutrition intervention.” 3:30 p.m. Sabin Hall.

Wednesday, May 14:AstroBreak: “Hercules, the Hero.” Enjoy some of the myths of Hercules and learn about a famous globular cluster. 12:15-12:45 p.m. Manfred Olson Planetarium. planetarium.uwm.edu.

Arts+Tech Night (see back page).

Stargazing at the Observatory. Peer through telescopes at stars, planets, moons and more. 9-10 p.m. Weather-dependent. Visit planetarium.uwm.edu for directions to the Observatory and to check for cancellations on the Twitter feed.

Thursday, May 15:Friends of the Golda Meir Library Annual Program. “The State of County Government: Sheldon Lubar and Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele in Conversation.” 5:30 p.m. Conference Center, fourth floor, Golda Meir Library. 414-229-4786.

Sunday, May 18:Spring Commencement (see p. 3).

Wednesday, May 28:Great Books Roundtable Discussion. William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew” (between 1590 and 1592). 7-9 p.m. Special Collections, Golda Meir Library. 414-229-4345.

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EXHIBITSPECK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS GALLERIESExhibits are free. For more information, phone 414-229-5070 or visit arts.uwm.edu.

ARTS CENTER GALLERY

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

May 6-17:Spring 2014 BFA Exhibition. Closing reception Saturday, May 17, 5-7 p.m.; Chair’s remarks at 6 p.m.

KENILWORTH GALLERY

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

Through May 7:“Metals!14” Twelfth Annual Juried Student Exhibition. For the 12th year of this annual event, an invited distinguished juror will select student work from all levels of Jewelry and Metalsmithing courses taught by Michael Dale Bernard, Frankie Flood, Yevgeniya Kaganovich and Stephanie Voegele.

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

Through May 18:Mendi + Keith Obadike – “American Cypher” (see p. 12).

Through May 18:Benjamin DeMott, “Teeter Jam,” and Lisa Selby, “Must come down” (see p. 12).

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

Through May 16:41st Annual Juried Show. Student artists from UWM and other colleges and universities in the metro Milwaukee area present work in a variety of media, including painting, pho-tography, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media and more. The exhibition will be juried by a panel of three Milwaukee art industry professionals who will award cash prizes.

ART HISTORY GALLERYThe Art History Gallery is closed for renovation and expansion. The following exhibition is being mounted in the Golda Meir Library, first floor, west wing (near Grind Cafe). For more infor-mation, phone 414-229-4330.

Through May 15:“Impression & Projection: The Phantasmagoria in the Artistry of Goya, Robertson and Méliès.” Through the display of prints and projections, this exhibition compares the artists’ elaborations of phantasmagorical subject matter to develop new visual experiences.

GOLDA MEIR LIBRARYThrough May 30:“Art from the Ashes: Finding Light in the Shadow of the Shoah.” Featuring the work of Helene Fischman, paired with original WWII-era publications preserved in the UWM Libraries’ Special Collections, as a physical manifestation of art rising from the remnants of the past. Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Fourth floor exhibition gallery.

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

Monday, May 5:Percussion Ensemble concert presented by students of the percussion studio. 7:30 p.m. Helen Bader Concert Hall.

Collegium Musicum Spring Concert. 5 p.m. Music Building B60. Free.

Thursday, May 8:Experimental Improvisation. A concert of freely improvised music by student composer/performers and special guest artists Steve Nelson-Raney and Hal Rammel, directed by Amanda Schoofs. The concert is a culmination of a semester-long study of free improvisation, a non-idiomatic form of music-making that emphasizes uninhibited and spontaneous interaction between musicians. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall.

Sunday, May 11:UWM Youth Wind Ensembles Season Finale concert honoring graduating seniors in their final performance. 3 p.m. Helen Bader Concert Hall.

Thursday, May 15: Electroacoustic Salon. New projects in electronic music and multimedia by UWM student composers and artists. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall. Free.

DANCEFor tickets and information, phone 414-229-4308 or visit arts.uwm.edu.

Thursday, May 8:African and Salsa/Merengue Showing. Showing of student work from Africa and the Diaspora (six levels) and Salsa/Merengue classes. 7 p.m. Helen Bader Concert Hall. Pay what you can: minimum $1; suggested payment $2.

Friday, May 9:Hip Hop Showing. Final class projects from Hip Hop classes, plus performances from guest crews, studios and organiza-tions from throughout the City of Milwaukee. 7 p.m. Helen Bader Concert Hall. Pay what you can: minimum $1; suggested payment $2.

Thursday-Saturday, May 29-31:Summerdances 2014: “Lineage” (see p. 13).

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

Thursdays in May:ASIAN FILM SERIES A series screening films from a different country each week. 7 p.m. Garland Hall 104. Information, email eaguokas@uwm.edu.

Wednesday & Saturday, May 7 & 10:HOLLYWOOD FILM SERIES “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, Martin Scorsese’s film shows one man’s climb from level ground up to his million-dollar penthouse. Unfortunately, what goes up must come down. Leonardo DiCaprio won the best actor Golden Globe award for his role. 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 8:FIFTH ANNUAL ZEN STUDENT FILM FESTIVALA collection of student-made short films from the class Zen and the Art of Filmmaking, which focuses on developing the artistic sensibility through the Zen art of practice and surrealism prin-ciples. These films are funny, odd, thoughtful, frightening and, most of all, full of Zen. 7 p.m.

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Cheer on the Panthers baseball team – at Miller Park!

Through a marketing agreement between UWM and the Milwaukee Brewers, Miller Park will again host the UWM Panthers baseball team this spring.

On Thursday, May 15, the Panthers play their annual Miller Park outing against Wright State, following the Brewers/Pirates game at 12:10 p.m. The Panthers are expected to take the field around 4 p.m. Admission to the Panthers game is free for all spectators.

Once the eighth inning of the Brewers game starts, parking at Miller Park is free for all Panthers fans and families. Fans can sit anywhere they want for the Panthers game, starting at row one, behind the dugout. The concessions nearest home plate will be open during the game.

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

pantheRs BaseBallCheer on the UW System’s only NCAA Division I baseball team at Henry Aaron Field in Lincoln Park, Green Bay Rd. at Hampton Ave.Tues., May 6 vs. Chicago State 3 p.m.

Wed., May 7 vs. Wisconsin Lutheran 4 p.m.

Tues., May 13 vs. Northern Illinois 4 p.m.

Thurs., May 15 vs. Wright State* 4 p.m.

Fri., May 16 vs. Wright State 4 p.m.

Sat., May 17 vs. Wright State 12 p.m.

Horizon League Tournament begins May 21. Opening game at Kapco

Field in Mequon.

* At Miller Park (see opposite page)

Spring 2014 BFA Exhibition May 6-17

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“Art from the Ashes” through May 30

African and Salsa/Merengue Showing May 8

41st Annual Juried Show through May 16

Student Film & Video Fesitval May 9

Stargazing May 14

Lyrical Sanctuary Student Showcase May 7

Panthers take to the field at Miller Park May 15

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NOVA (Institute of Visual Art) brings to UWM three compelling solo artist exhibi-

tions – “American Cypher,” “Must come down” and “Teeter Jam” – through May 18.

“American Cypher” by Mendi + Keith Obadike is a suite of projects that considers the role of DNA in the current understanding of race and American identity. Stories about historical individuals including scientists, members of the criminal justice system and politicians form poetic reflections on where the reality of scientific data complicates the irrational fears and powerful emotions wrought by the human psyche. The exhibition includes letterpress prints and a multimedia installation. (See the April REPORT, uwm.edu/news/uwm-report, for an in-depth look.)

Two exhibitions feature new ceramic sculptures created exclusively for INOVA. “Must come down” is Lisa Selby’s first solo exhibition in the U.S. The exhibition includes sculpture, video and a performance that debuted at the opening reception on March 20. “Must come down” explores the connection of clay to the domestic world, particularly in relation to “women’s work.” Cast vases and ornamental objects are displaced from the realm of the everyday and, in the process, are imbued with a tangible sense of intimacy as well as a subtle hint of alienation.

The objects in Selby’s work become active participants in undermining the traditions and gendered etiquette historically attached to the medium of clay. For instance, the rituals surrounding tea sets and flower vases take on surprising new roles that upend their typical uses. Selby is based in London and created the work for the exhibition while in residency at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with support provided by the Arts Council England, British Council Artists’ International Development Fund.

In “Teeter Jam,” Benjamin DeMott’s first major solo exhibition, the Chicagoan explores the intuitive side of working with clay, a process he describes as one of “knowing through making.” For the exhibition, DeMott created an array of sculptures installed together in what he imagines to be a fictitious workshop. Here, a variety of assemblages play distinct roles. Larger works resembling deconstructed figures stand in for the craftsman. Made of molded clay and historically specific applications of glaze, they signify both the ceramicist’s expertise and the ceramicist himself. Suggesting the craftsman’s products, small, intricate clay sculptures include DeMott’s actual tools integrated into the things they are used to make. By merging medium and means, the works become a spirited reflection on artistic labor and its relationship to creativity.

Additionally, DeMott responds to the peculiarities of the gallery – its columns, movable walls, natural light, pedestals, and vitrines – and integrates them into his work as sculptural materials. The physical, visual and imaginative experiences in the exhibition ask us to leap from the material world of objects to the subjective realm of creative play. “Teeter Jam” is curated by INOVA Director Sara Krajewski.

INOVA admission is free. Hours are noon-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday and noon-8 p.m. Thursday. For information, phone 414-229-5070 or visit www4.uwm.edu/psoa/inova.

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ummerdances 2014: “Lineage” features new works by Dance Faculty Ferne Bronson, Maria

Gillespie, Elizabeth Johnson and Dani Kuepper.It also features New York Artist and MFA alumna

Rebecca Stenn, recipient of the 2014 Dance New Work Award.

“With the final concert of the Dance Department’s 50th anniversary season, we are honoring connections,” said Associate Professor of Dance Luc Vanier. “Our lineage is the faculty who have been here, faculty who are still here, faculty who will come here – and their connections to each other and to the students.”

By celebrating this 50th anniversary, the department also is highlighting the knowledge and wisdom that has brought it to the present. “Our department is really lucky that way – our faculty ranges from people who have been here 45 years to those who have been here two years. And we’re looking to hire someone new!”

Several choreographers for Summerdances are presenting perspectives that will illustrate where the department has come from. “It’s important that our student dancers connect to that lineage and the line of information that has been passed down.”

Vanier adds: “People who have the attitude of, ‘Oh, you dance, you just move around,’ don’t realize that dancing requires an integration of information from many fields. We are training students to keep their bodies and minds open, even as they face the stress of figuring out where they fit as artists.”

Summerdances will be presented May 29-31 at the Mainstage Theatre. Ticket prices are $17 general admission/$15 seniors, faculty and staff/$5 students pre-sale ($8 night of show)/free for dance majors. More information is at www4.uwm.edu/psoa/dance/performances/summerdances.cfm

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Elizabeth Johnson:

“Thirty-five years ago, The Clash permeated punk rock with notions of social justice – themes of poverty, lack of opportunity and work for young people, and antiwar sentiments underlie some of their most iconic songs. ‘Stand Till You Fall,’ to five of their songs, uses ironic caricature to direct imaginations towards issues that haven’t found answers decades later. Seven performers are happy reggae sheep unwittingly led to slaughter as well as waltzing soldiers wielding percussive, buoyant hip-hoppish athleticism and a shepherd’s crook. Even as news of a tragically familiar scenario breaks (another traumatized young serviceman violently taking lives and then his own), the dance asks the ultimate existential question – from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” to The Clash: ‘Should I stay or should I go?’”

rebecca Stenn:

“‘Do not go gentle’ is a work that explores the idea of danger. The performers play with hovering on the precipice, of almost falling, of almost reaching the edge. It is a piece about danger and restraint, about connection and isolation, about dissonance and resolve. With a score by Nine Inch Nails, the work explores both a relentless surge forward and an ironic look back.”

dani Kuepper:

“The process of creating ‘Cordial gaggle…crooked wing’ has been a twisting, turning kind of journey, responding to the contributions of 10 dancers/collaborators. To begin, we played the parlor game, ‘Exquisite Corpse,’ in which each player adds a word to a sentence, having no knowledge of the words that came before. A set of sentences that emerged was, ‘Peppers are laughs, quietly slinked down. Yes, no limes. Cordial people, happily engaged…roughly.’ From this nonsensical set of words, each dancer created aptly idiosyncratic movement. Next, they borrowed movements from one another to develop absurdly cohesive movement conversations. The result is a whimsical event that builds slowly, evolves and collides in a community of interdependency.”

Maria Gillespie:

“Bloom Unfinished” was choreographed by Maria Gillespie in close collaboration with the cast. This dance began as a collaborative exploration into identity, memory, metaphor and the ways these are archived in our corporeal experiences. This work constructs a landscape in which dancers find space to invest in who they are now and how their identity is perceived, projected or embodied. Forming a lexicon based on the performers’ experiences of self in the world, Gillespie creates a framework for considering how we construct meaning in motion.

Ferne Bronson:

“Using both African and modern genres, this work challenges the performers to align all of their previous training within a structure of rhythmic and contextual interplay. Throughout the planet humans demonstrate a diverse palette of ritualistic actions to serve, communicate with and for God. This is often done through dance that can be meditative, quiet, loud, calming and/or vibrantly celebratory.”

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summerdances 2014: ‘lineage’by Beth Stafford

For her first U.S. solo exhibition, artist Lisa Selby created ceramic sculptures exclusively for INOVA.

catalyZing the connection econoMy

Learn how to better leverage our current “connection economy,” both online and offline, during a half-day program, “Selling in the Connection Economy,” on Wednesday, June 4, from 8 a.m. to noon at the School of Continuing Education (SCE).

Berni Xiong is the instructor for this program, offered by the Small Business Development Center at SCE. Xiong is a life coach as well as a popular career coach for SCE.

As Xiong will demonstrate, faculty and staff are among those who can better connect with prospective students, research prospects, grant opportunities, alumni and donors in this hyper-connected environment.

Topics include how to get past the gatekeeper to the decision maker and keep existing online relationships accessible; the how and why of using certain social media tools to support relationship-building and networking activities; and how to create ways to get noticed, overcome objections, have compelling conversations and increase the return from your conversations by improving online and offline influence.

There is a $139 fee for Program No. 5130-6280, unless registrants qualify for one of two early bird discounts. To register, go to www4.uwm.edu/sce/registration/show.cfm or call 414-227-3200.

by Cathy Prescher

sce sponsoRs MilitaRy & veteRans popUlations conFeRence in May

The School of Continuing Education (SCE) hosts the inaugural Military & Veterans Populations Conference: Building Bridges & Connecting Lives on May 20-21 at its downtown conference center.

Recent statistics show that the UWM has 792 student veterans, the highest enrollment among 10 four-year campuses in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. A 2013 report from the Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs shows that Milwaukee County has the highest male veteran population in the state at 47, 672, as well as the highest female veteran population at 5,315.

Carmen Pitre of Sojourner Family Peace Center and David Splitek of Higher Education Initiatives for the Military Child Education Coalition are the keynote speakers.

Topics include Understanding Trauma, Building Partnerships & Collaborations, Domestic Violence, Military-Connected Children, Suicide Prevention, Family Caregiving, Resolving Emotions and Military Sexual Trauma.

The conference, sponsored by the Center for Urban Community Development at SCE, offers valuable opportunities to dialogue about current challenges and opportunities, share best practices and innovation in services and support, and network to strengthen partnerships and collaborations. As an encouragement to returning veterans, family members, fellow military personnel and professional service providers all are welcome.

There is a fee of $100 per day or $175 for both days. Scholarships are available.

Questions? Contact Pa Vang, pa@uwm.edu or 414-227-3277, or Andrea Zweifel, zandrea@uwm.edu or 414-227-3174.

For more information or to register, go to: sce-TraumaConference.uwm.edu.

by Cathy Prescher

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This bell owned by Sally Hemmings figures prominently in “American Cypher.” Hemmings was the enslaved woman who bore seven children by President Thomas Jefferson.

From “Teeter Jam,” the first major solo exhibition by Chicago artist Benjamin DeMott.

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asmine Woodley has discovered a way to help pay for her education while helping others.

Woodley, a nursing student at UWM, works as a tutor through the university’s America Reads program, which is coordinated through the Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research (CCBLLR).

Since she was in her first year at UWM, Woodley has been helping elementary and high school students who need some individual-ized attention with reading and mathematics. Currently, she’s working at Clarke Street School, Maryland Avenue Montessori School and St. Joan Antida High School.

Woodley is among hundreds of UWM students earning bi-weekly paychecks at their work-study jobs. The CCBLLR is trying to add to the list of jobs available to students through partnerships with off-campus nonprofit agencies, according to Rachel Spaulding, director of community-based learning for the center. Students can gain experi-ence directly in their professional fields, work hand in hand with local residents and explore new areas of Milwaukee’s diverse community while earning money to support their education.

Jenna Terek, a freshman in the Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies (JAMS), assists in planning, implementing and evaluating programs as the outreach and program intern at Milwaukee Urban Gardens (MUG). In this job, she works to promote the organization’s mission, maintains the membership database, helps maintain e-tools (Web content, e-newsletters and social media) and connects with garden owners to help make improvements.

“Milwaukee Urban Gardens has been a great opportunity to learn professional office skills while making an impact in the Milwaukee community,” says Terek. “Not only have I learned about the organization and its purpose, but I have developed personal skills that will be useful in my future career field.”

Al Newbauer, a junior majoring in Secondary English Education and a bike enthusiast, bikes over to Maryland Avenue Montessori every Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 a.m. One of his many roles in the community is as an America Reads tutor in Ashley Petry’s classroom.

“I am lucky, because I am getting community involvement and building relationships at more than one school with qualified teachers, so it’s like a field experience for my English teaching career,” he says. “It’s the best opportunity I’ve come across while at UWM because it is so rele-vant and gets me all around my community.”

Woodley says she particularly enjoys working with elementary students.

“I like being with them and seeing how excit-ed the children are when they get an assignment done or a problem solved. I like challenging them and showing the way.”

UWM work-study students also travel off campus to work at the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board Help In Re-Employment Center, also known as the HIRE Center. The HIRE Center is a full-service work-force program that provides training, education and re-employment services for dislocated work-ers residing in or laid off from employment in Milwaukee County.

“Our partnership with UWM’s Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research has allowed us to provide an enhanced service to Milwaukee’s dislocated worker popula-tion,” says Alba Baltodano, HIRE Center Director.

Work-study students have helped develop and deliver Hmong/English Bilingual service programs, an Electronic Resume Bank that helps quickly match job leads to job seekers, one-on-one job search assistance for those who have not used a computer, and research and dissemination of available social services, job leads and labor market information.

“The HIRE Center is an amazing organization because of the different programs offered to get people back on their feet and provides helpful services to better the community,” says Lue Vang, a UWM work-study intern in the agency’s resource room.

Under the direction of Fred Schnook, area direc-tor of the Labor Education and Training Center (a HIRE Center partner), the work-study students have thrived. “We really value our partnership with UW-Milwaukee’s work-study student program,” said Schnook. “The students have become an invaluable part of our service provider team.”

America Reads, Milwaukee Urban Gardens and the Milwaukee HIRE Center are just a few examples of the successful work-study partner-ships between UWM and the nonprofit commu-nity, according to Spaulding. Nearly 500 work-study students are gaining valuable training, experience and wages every day at more than 20 nonprofits and MPS sites, she notes.

For more information about becoming a work-study site, or obtaining a position, please email Rachel Spaulding at rachels9@uwm.edu or stop by the Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research, located in Union G28.

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Jenna Terek, pictured here at the Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research, is gaining valuable experience in her profession by working with Milwaukee Urban Gardens.

Al Newbauer, a junior majoring in Secondary English Education, bikes to Maryland Avenue Montessori School for his work-study job as a tutor.

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

Visit: Technology.uwm.eduVisit: ITStatus.uwm.edu

Uits makes hay while the sun shines!Some might think summer offers a slower pace

for university faculty and staff, and it’s true there are fewer classes taught and students on campus. However, it’s quite busy for tech support teams that take advantage of the culture to update and maintain facilities so things run smoothly by the time everyone returns in the fall. Summer is also a good time for faculty and staff to improve their technical skills.

University Information Technology Services Managers Therese Bohn (Learning TECHniques) and Kevin Jahnke (Classroom Services) answered questions about their summer plans.

therese, what summer training do you recom-mend for uWM faculty and staff?

Learning TECHniques takes a summer break from its traditional schedule to offer FREE Office 365 workshops so the community can prepare for UWM’s new email and calendar services. Since we hope to transition from pantherLINK by fall, summer is the perfect time to learn about the tools we will soon use on a daily basis. For addi-tional recommendations, please call Learning TECHniques at 414-229-5395.

Where will I find more information about Learning tEChniques workshops?

On our website, you’ll find a workshop schedule, online registration and a section with free video tutorials and resources for campus technologies such as pantherFILE and D2L: LearningTECHniques.uwm.edu.

how long are the sessions?

They vary in length; a class may be as short as an hour, or as long as a day. Visit the Learning TECHniques website and view the class schedule for details.

Should I bring my own computer?

That’s not necessary! Our Bolton 230 training laboratory is equipped with 15 workstations that are loaded with the applications and files needed for each class.

Who is eligible to participate?

Anyone may register for Learning TECHniques courses, but content is often designed for a specific audience. For example, Student Express Workshops are open to students and Hyperion classes are appropriate for anyone using that tool to generate reports from univer-sity data. Eligibility and/or class size restrictions are noted for each workshop on the Learning TECHniques schedule page.

Kevin, I’m teaching five sections of a gen-ed course. Is it possible to have the open-source software I require for my classes installed in the computing labs? If so, when and how should I make the request?

To request new software for lab and/or class-

room computers, please complete the form at: labsoftware.uwm.edu. Because the queue for new requests can take 30 days or longer during the summer, when we are also upgrading facilities, we recommend that you do this as soon as possible.

how do I request assistance with classroom technology or have technology brought to a room where none is currently available?

For help, call 414-229-2382 or send an email to classroomhotline@uwm.edu. The Classroom Services online order form is available at avorders.uwm.edu. There’s no charge to provide portable equipment in support of credit courses.

Training for mediated classrooms is scheduled the week before each semester begins. For the schedule, visit ClassroomServices.uwm.edu.

What new technology exists in uWM classrooms?

A number of new Active Learning Classrooms are in development. The Active Collaboration Room, Enderis Hall 127, features SMART and Promethean interactive whiteboards, videocon-ferencing and other capabilities. The project is a joint endeavor of UITS and the School of Education.

An exciting project in the Northwest Quad Building D begins this summer and should be finished next spring. It will feature five Active

Learning Classrooms, two computer classrooms and a new tutoring space with SMART Board technology.

MediaSite lecture capture has been an inte-grated option in a number of UWM classrooms for a while, but some may not know it’s avail-able. MediaSite allows classroom-based activities to be recorded in a digital format that students can watch via the Web on a computer or mobile device. The presenter’s audio, video and visual aids are synchronized and placed in a single file that can be streamed live, or archived for on-demand playback.

Additionally, interactive SMART displays are available in most lecture halls.

For the latest updates about the UWM Office 365 implementation, visit the project website at uwm.edu/o365. For general assistance with campus technology, contact the UWM Help Desk at 414-229-4040, toll-free at 877-891-3459, or use the online form at GetTechHelp.uwm.edu.

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pilot pRogRaM gRants UWM aUthoRs open accessBased on the UWM Libraries’ subscription level to the publisher Royal

Society of Chemistry (RSC) – the “Gold” package, a collection of 37 jour-nals, databases, and magazines – 17 articles by UWM researchers that were accepted by RSC for publication in 2013 will be open access, free of cost to the authors.

This is a savings of £1600 per article, for a total of about $47,000.UWM faculty who participated in the first year of the “Gold for Gold”

program are Junhong Chen (Mechanical Engineering), Marija Gajdardziska-Josifovska (Physics), Carol Hirschmugl (Physics), Rebecca Klaper (School of Freshwater Sciences), Ying Li (Mechanical Engineering), Michael Nosonovsky (Mechanical Engineering) and Chris Yuan (Mechanical Engineering).

UWM has received 18 more vouchers from RSC for 2014. Please contact UWM Science Librarian Svetlana Korolev, skorolev@uwm.edu, for more information.

FiRst digital coMMons JoURnal laUnches in JUneThe first newly created journal to be hosted in the UWM Digital Commons

will be published in June 2014.The International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research (IJGER),

the flagship publication of the Korea-America Association for Geospatial and Environmental Sciences, will be administered by UWM Department of Geography Assistant Professor Woonsup Choi, with Changjoo Kim (University of Cincinnati) serving as editor-in-chief, and Sunhui Sim (University of North Alabama) as assistant editor. There will also be a 10-member editorial board.

Choi said that the journal’s founders originally approached commercial publishers who were primarily concerned with market size and less interested in accessibility.

“The availability of UWM Digital Commons was crucial for our newly launched journal, because we did not have to worry about anything other than the quality of publications,” Choi said. “I believe the quality of an article should be evaluated based on the article itself, rather than on the journal that publishes it.”

IJGER will welcome “contributions in all fields of geography, both human and physical, and environmental research that has an explicit spatial dimen-sion. It [will place] particular emphasis on development and applications of geospatial technologies, such as geographic information system, remote sens-ing and spatial analysis.”

The inaugural issue will be on the “Geospatial Analysis of Urban Environment.”

For more information, see http://dc.uwm.edu/ijger/.

coUnty goveRnMent’s FUtURe is assessed at FRiends pRogRaM

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and business leader Sheldon Lubar will discuss the future of county government at the Friends of the UWM Golda Meir Library annual program, Thursday, May 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the library’s fourth floor Conference Center.

Lubar, a philanthropist and chairman of the private investment firm Lubar & Co., has spoken in the past about reforming county government in Milwaukee, proposing among other changes a drastic reduction in the size of the county board.

Abele, elected to office in 2011, was co-chair with Lubar of the 2006 Greater Milwaukee Committee task force that issued a report on “Reforming Milwaukee County: Response to the Fiscal Crisis.”

Last May, with Abele and Lubar’s support, a bill was passed and signed into law in Madison limiting the power and the budget of the Milwaukee County Board.

The Friends of the Golda Meir Library business meeting will take place prior to the lecture, at 4:45 p.m. in Special Collections, on the fourth floor of the library.

For more information or special needs, please call 414-229-6202.

UWM LIBRARIES For the RecordSubmiSSion 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 414-229-6443 as a backup to the electronic 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 DeadlineNo July or August issuesSeptember Friday, Aug. 1October Friday, Aug. 29November Wednesday, Oct. 1December Friday, Oct. 31No January 2015 issue

E-mail submissions: report@uwm.edu

Internet submissions: www4.uwm.edu/news/publications/report/ftr-form.cfm

PEOPLEeducationCURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONBarbara L. Bales gave three keynote addresses at three universities in Japan as part of the national conference, “Consider Our Educational Reform from the Viewpoint of Local Districts, Nations and Globalism”: “Restructuring Teacher Education in the United States: Finding the Tipping Point,” Tokyo Education Liberal Arts University, March 11; “Moving from Local to National Control: Teacher Education in the United States,” Shizuoka University, March 13; and “The Tipping Point in Teacher Education Policymaking in the United States,” Kyoto University, March 15.

EDUCATIONAL POLICy & COMMUNITy STUDIESGary L. Williams served as roundtable leader addressing “The Role of School Boards in Advancing Equity,” spon-sored by the Closing the Achievement Gap Consortium, at the Concordia University Wisconsin Spring Speakers Series, March 19, 2014.

Gary L. Williams was re-elected for a second three-year term on the Brown Deer School Board on April 1, 2014. Williams will continue to serve as board president.

Gary L. Williams was a panel member at the UWM-sponsored event, “African American Men: Prisons, Families, Community, Fatherhood and Change in Wisconsin,” UWM Union Alumni Fireside Lounge, April 10, 2014.

HealtH ScienceSCENTER FOR AGING & TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHT.M. Suboc, D.R. Knabel, Scott J. Strath, M. Malik, A. Couillard and M.E. Widlansky, “Impact of Reducing Sedentary Time on Vascular Endothelial Function in Previously Sedentary Older Adults,” presented at the American Heart Association EPI/NPAM, San Francisco, March 18-21, 2013.

information StudieSnadine Kozak co-organized a full-day workshop on “Exploring the Social Studies of Information” at the iConfer-ence, Berlin, Germany, March 4, 2014.

Wilhelm Peekhaus, “‘Educational Entrepreneurship’: Undermining LIS’s Professional and Disciplinary Foundations,” presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Philadelphia, January 2014.

dietmar Wolfram, “The Symbiotic Relationship Between Bibliometrics and Information Retrieval,” presented at the 14th International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics Pre-conference, Vienna, Austria, July 15, 2013. dietmar Wolfram, F. Wang and Y. Zhao, “The Use of Citing Journal Topicality to Assess Journal Relatedness: Results from Two Investigations,” presented at the American Society for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Metrics 2013 Workshop, Montreal, Nov. 2, 2013.

dietmar Wolfram served as papers and notes co-chair for the iConference, Berlin, Germany, March 2014.

letterS & ScienceANTHROPOLOGytrudy turner is the recipient of the American Association of Physical Anthropology’s Gabriel Lasker award, given for distinguished lifetime service to the profession and the association. The award was presented at the annual meeting of the association in Calgary, Canada.

PSyCHOLOGyray Fleming, diane reddy, Ryan Fleming, heidi Pfeiffer and Leah Stoiber, “Lessons learned from imple-menting U-Pace online instruction with high school and college students,” pre-sented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, Jacksonville, FL, March 2014.

h. Miyawaki and Kamran diba, “Reorganization of excitability in the hippocampus during REM and non-REM sleep,” poster presented at the Gordon Research Conference: Sleep Regulation & Function, Galveston, TX, March 16-21, 2014.

Christine L. Larson and D.M. Stout, “Neurocognitive vulnerability to anxiety: Emotional distraction and anticipation of threat,” symposium chaired at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago, March 27-30, 2014.

diane reddy, ray Fleming, Leah Stoiber and Ryan Fleming, “U-Pace instruction: Replication of greater academic success and greater learning across disciplines and at adopting uni-versities,” presented at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Washington, D.C., March 2014.

diane reddy, ray Fleming, Laura Pedrick (Academic Affairs) and dylan Barth (Learning Technology Center) conducted a webinar on U-Pace instruc-tion with Desire2Learn on March 12, 2014. The webinar, “Implementing an award-winning, technology-enabled instructional approach in your online program,” attracted participants from more than 70 colleges and universities. Desire2Learn also published a case study on U-Pace instruction, and added to their community website content about U-Pace instruction and links to the free resources for adoption of U-Pace instruction. Following the webi-nar, U-Pace instruction was highlighted in the Greenville College “Tech for Teaching” blog.

cipd consUltationsCIPD staff will meet with UWM instructors

and faculty members upon request for a private consultation about teaching and/or individual course design.

All meetings and materials are confidential, formative and developmental, not part of university faculty review processes.

In an individual consultation, CIPD staff members offer collegial support informed by research on learning and teaching. We will not tell you how to teach, but we will ask questions and explore possibilities so that you can meet your own teaching and learning goals.

Consultations typically focus on areas such as: • Assessing and enhancing a current course.• Creating a new course or revising an existing

course, assignment or syllabus.• Understanding and measuring what students

are learning. • Exploring new pedagogical techniques or

different approaches to class or course design.• Interpreting comments and numerical results

from Student Evaluation of Teaching forms.Please consult the CIPD Web page (www4.

uwm.edu/cipd/Consultations/) for more information and to request a consultation.

digital hUManities laB The UWM Libraries Digital Humanities Lab,

a collaborative effort of the UWM Libraries, CIPD and the College of Letters and Science, is an interdisciplinary space aimed at bringing together faculty, academic staff and advanced graduate students from across campus to explore the digital humanities, investigate ideas for new projects and emerging pedagogies, and contribute to ongoing projects.

The lab provides a space to share technical skills, gain access to appropriate equipment and software, and discover interdisciplinary, collaborative opportunities for researchers at all levels of expertise and interest in the field.

Please consult the lab’s website, www4.uwm.edu/libraries/dhlab/ to find upcoming events.

CIPD The Center for Instructional & Professional Development SPORTS ROUNDUP

By Tim Prahl

our years ago, Emily McClellan didn’t know if she wanted to swim collegiately.

Now, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee senior caps her career as a four-time All-American and one of the fastest collegiate swimmers ever in the sport.

McClellan wrapped up her outstanding four-year Panther career March 22 at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in Minneapolis, Minn., where she twice earned First-Team All-American honors as one of the top swimmers in her events.

In the 100 breaststroke, McClellan had the entire crowd on its feet and roaring as she posted the fastest time in prelims by nearly half a second. Then, in finals, the UWM phenom post-ed the third-fastest time ever in the history of the event in a blazing 57.76 seconds for second place in the country, finishing behind only U.S. Olympic gold medalist Breeja Larson.

McClellan then earned her second First-Team All-American award in her final collegiate swim, taking seventh overall in the 200 breaststroke with an outstanding time of 2:06.98.

“It was a good ending,” Milwaukee head coach Kyle Clements said. “It was a good finish to a great career.”

Added McClellan, “This is awesome. The cherry on top.”

Milwaukee – which only had the one swim-mer – finished the NCAA Championships with 29 points for 26th place. That is higher than 27 other universities that scored at the national meet – including the likes of traditional powers Ohio State, Missouri and Michigan – and numerous others that did not factor in the final scoring. It is also the highest point total of any Horizon League individual or team (men or women) ever at the national meet.

This caps an outstanding four-year career at Milwaukee for McClellan. She finishes her career having broken the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley school and league records a combined 23 times and is the most decorated swimmer in Horizon League history.

McClellan will graduate this month with a degree in Exceptional Education–American Sign Language.

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UWM swimmer Emily McClellan posted the third-fastest time in the history of the 100 meter breaststroke for second place in the country at the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in March.

Emily McClellan with her second-place award at the NCAA Championships.

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For the RecordUW Sea Grant ProgramChanging Benthic Metabolism in the Great LakesKlump, J. Val – Research $171,298

WI Dept. of Natural ResourcesIdentification and Quantification of Sanitary Sewage Contamination in the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern (AOC)McLellan, Sandra L. – Research $467,726

Great Lakes Fishery Commission Is Depth Selection in Lake Trout Morphotypes a Genetic Trait? Goetz Jr., Frederick W. – Research $247,307

letterS & Science ANTHROPOLOGy City of Oak CreekUWM-CRM Technical Proposal 2014- 035 Archaeological Investigations for the Lakefront Drive Trail Extension Project, City of Oak Creek, Milwaukee County Haas, Jennifer R. – Research $1,204

City of Wescott UWM-CRM 2014-06 Archaeological Investigations for Curt Black Road, Town of Wescott, Shawano County, WI Haas, Jennifer R. – Research $1,733

Waupaca CountyUWM-CRM 2014-062 Archaeological Investigations for CTH F, Waupaca County, WI Haas, Jennifer R. – Research $2,954

Manitowoc CountyArchitecture History Investigations for the Meadow Lane Bridge (AHI 65998), Manitowoc County, WIHaas, Jennifer R. – Research $3,235

Mid-State Consultants UWM-CRM Technical Proposal 2014- 082 Cultural Resource Investigations for the 126.7 Miles of Fiber Optic Cable in Spencer, Perry and Dubois Counties, IN Haas, Jennifer R. – Research $15,732

Mid-State Consultants UWM CRM Technical Proposal 2014- 080 Archaeological Investigations for the Marquette Adams Telephone 2014 Project, Adams County, WI Haas, Jennifer R. – Research $4,013

City of Waukesha, WIUWM-CRM 2014-060 Archaeological Monitoring for Clinton St. Improvements Haas, Jennifer R. – Research $23,500

Medical College of Wisconsin Center for AIDS Intervention Research Core Support Brodwin, Paul E. – Research $15,563

ART HISTORy Brown UniversityThe John Carter Brown Library Long-Term Fellowship, “Visual Culture and Feminine Devotion in the Early Modern Spanish Empire,” Underwritten by the National Endowment for the HumanitiesTiffany, Tanya J. – Research $37,800

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES UW Sea Grant ProgramAlgal Bioremediation of Wastewater Inputs to Great Lakes Ecosystems Young, Erica B. – Research $83,605

UW Sea Grant ProgramGenetic Analysis of Virulence Factors of the Fish Pathogen Flavobacterium columnare McBride, Mark J. – Research $43,400

CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMNTBurleigh Street Community DevelopmentSocio-Economic Impact Analysis of the Sherman TheaterRast, Joel S.; Williams, Lisa H. – Public Service $6,000

ECONOMICS Veolia Water Milwaukee LLCMeasuring Human Factors in Green Infrastructure Using Experiments in Implementation, Operation and MaintenanceGrant, Laura E. – Research $175,441

GEOSCIENCES National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation Intergovernmental Personnel Assignment for Keith Sverdrup as Program Director for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship ProgramSverdrup, Keith A. – Public Service $166,780

MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES National Science FoundationNumerical Assessment of the Practical and Intrinsic Predictability of Warm-Season Convection Initiation Using Mesoscale Predictability Experiment (MPEX) DataEvans, Allen C.; Roebber, Paul J. – Research $456,206

PHySICS NASAThe First X-ray Observations of Four Exotic New Millisecond PulsarsKaplan, David L.A. – Research $58,342

University of California, San DiegoSUPERSEARCH – A Multi-Pronged Novel Approach to the Search for New Superconducting PhasesGuptasarma, Prasenjit – Research $73,333

National Science FoundationCAREER: Experiencing the Fifth Dimension, cis/trans and Z/E Isomerizations in Biological MacromoleculesSchmidt, Marius – Research $194,747

PSyCHOLOGy National Institutes of HealthImaging Genetics of Extinction of Conditioned Fear Responses in AnxietyLarson, Christine L. – Research $174,657

WuWmUWM FoundationSalary EncumbrancesEdwards, Dave – Public Service $550,000

UWM FoundationGeneral Operating ExpensesEdwards, Dave – Public Service $375,000

uWm librarieSGENERALUWM FoundationAlready Established, Supplement OnlyBarczak, Ewa – Miscellaneous $5,000

office of reSearcHNIEHS CORE CENTERNational Institutes of HealthChildren’s Environmental Health Sciences Core CenterPetering, David H. – Research $111,063

JoSepH J. Zilber ScHool of public HealtHADMINISTRATIONChiba UniversityOutsourcing the Operation of Chiba University Activity Office in Joseph J. Zilber School of Public HealthEtzel, Ruth A. – Public Service $20,000

UW-MadisonCommunity Action and Community Capacity Building for Type 2 Diabetes PreventionYan, Fang – Public Service $14,037

UW-MadisonPregnancy Pilot Project – Strong Families Healthy HomesYan, Fang – Public Service $7,661

Helen bader ScHool of Social WelfareCENTER FOR APPLIED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESEARCHWI Dept. of Children & FamiliesSmart Scale Up: Expanding Home Visiting with FidelityTopitzes, James W.; Brondino, Michael J. – Research $191,702

Children’s Outing AssociationStrengthening Families to Reduce Child AbuseTopitzes, James W. – Public Service $10,000

CENTER FOR AGING & TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHWI Dept. of Health ServicesEvaluation of Music and Memory Program Among Nursing Home Residents with DementiaKwak, Jung; Brondino, Michael J. – Research $96,765

Period 9 – March 2013 Year-to-Date

Federal Total Federal Total

Research $ 1,466,551 $ 1,820,733 $ 13,363,961 $ 22,958,984

Instruction $ -0- $ 202,911 $ 2,815,724 $ 3,617,852

Public Service $ -0- $ 347,593 $ 1,609,491 $ 9,637,893

Student Aid $ 381,500 $ 381,500 $ 36,840,630 $ 36,836,054

Other $ -0- $ 217,593 $ 1,856,565 $ 3,077,438

TOTALS $ 1,828,051 $ 2,970,330 $54,486,371 $76,128,221

Period 9 – March 2014 Year-to-Date

Federal Total Federal Total

Research $ 651,480 $ 2,362,897 $ 13,555,768 $ 21,143,823

Instruction $ -0- $ -0- $ 1,374,500 $ 1,807,554

Public Service $ 166,780 $ 1,091,908 $ 1,269,661 $ 9,724,681

Student Aid $ 312,815 $ 312,815 $ 36,580,423 $ 36,580,423

Other $ -0- $ 53,565 $ 2,041,857 $ 3,064,488

TOTALS $ 1,131,075 $ 3,821,185 $ 54,822,209 $72,320,969

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/.

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For the Recordd.M. Stout and Christine L. Larson, “Neural circuitry underlying the intru-sion of threat into working memory in anxiety,” talk presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago, March 27-30, 2014.

JoSepH J. Zilber ScHool of public HealtHruth Etzel was appointed to the American Acadamy of Pediatrics Subcommittee on Apparent Life-Threatening Events. The group met on March 28-29 in Elm Grove, IL, to develop clinical practice guidelines for apparant life-threatening events.

Helen bader ScHool of Social WelfareJosh Lang, Jung Kwak, Crystal Lendved, Katharine o’Connell Valuch and rhonda J.V. Montgomery, “Place Matters: Differences in Depression and Intention to Place Among Urban and Rural Caregivers,” presented at the Gerontological Society of America’s 66th Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Nov. 21, 2013.

Marta L. Magnuson, “Attitude and Self-Efficacy: Teaching With and About Web Technologies for Information Literacy Instruction,” presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Jan. 21-24, 2014.

rhonda J.V. Montgomery, “The Caregiver’s Journey: The Challenge of Identity Change,” presented at the Meeting of the Minds Dementia Conference, co-sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association and Mayo Clinic, Minneapolis-St. Paul, March 1, 2014.

rhonda J.V. Montgomery was featured in the Washington Post’s “Washington Post Live” segment on caregiving in America, Feb. 20, 2014. She described how TCARE is being used by Washington State’s Department of Social and Health Services’ system to support family caregivers.

Marie Savundranayagam and rhonda J.V. Montgomery, “Applying Caregiver Identity Theory to Understand the Experiences of Burden, Depression and Uplifts Among Spouses and Adult-Children,” presented at the Gerontological Society of America’s 66th Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Nov. 21, 2013.

Susan rose, tom LeBel and Joan Blakely presented the results of a study of mental health issues for incarcerated women to the staff at the Milwaukee County House of Correction on March 13, 2013. The study, “Examining the Mental Health Needs of Incarcerated Women at the House of Correction,” was funded by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation in partnership with the Benedict Center.

Susan rose was appointed to the board of directors of Haymarket Center, a not-for-profit, comprehensive alcohol- and drug-treatment organization located in Chicago. Rose will head the board’s stra-tegic planning committee.

Stan Stojkovic was interviewed by WisconsinEye about his research into inmates in the Milwaukee County cor-rections system, March 13, 2014.

PUBLICATIONSHealtH ScienceSCENTER FOR AGING & TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHE.K. Lenz, ann M. Swartz and Scott J. Strath, “Do sedentary behaviors mod-ify the health status of older adults?,” International Journal of Kinesiology & Sport Science, Vol 2., No. 1, 2014.

A.E. Harley, J. Rice, R. Walker, Scott J. Strath, L.M. Quintiliani and G.G. Bennett, “Physically active, low-income African American women: An explo-ration of activity maintenance in the context of sociodemographic factors associated with inactivity,” Women Health, March 11, 2014 (epub ahead of print).

information StudieSLisa Hooper and donald C. Force, Keeping Time: An Introduction to Archival Best Practices for Music Librarians, Madison, WI: A-R Editions Inc., 2014.

nadine Kozak, “Local Communities and Home Rule: Extending the Alberta SuperNet to Unserved Areas,” The Journal of Community Informatics, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2014.

Peter J. Lor, “Burning libraries for the people: questions and challenges for the library profession in South Africa,” Libri, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2013, pp. 359-372.

Peter J. Lor, “Revitalizing comparative library and information science: theory and metatheory,” Journal of Documentation, Vol. 70, No. 1, 2014, pp. 25-51.

K. Lu, I. Ajiferuke and dietmar Wolfram, “Extending citer-based analysis to journal impact evaluation,” pp. 755-768 in Proceedings of the 14th International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference, J. Gorraiz et al., eds., 2013.

Michael Zimmer, “Librarian attitudes regarding information and Internet privacy,” Library Quarterly, Vol. 84, No. 2, 2014, pp. 123-151.

Michael Zimmer, “Mark Zuckerberg’s theory of privacy,” The Washington Post, Feb. 4, 2014, pp. C1-C2.

letterS & SciencePSyCHOLOGyL.T. Yee, deborah E. hannula, D. Tranel and N.J. Cohen, “Short-term retention of relational memory in amnesia revis-ited: accurate performance depends on hippocampal integrity,” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol. 8, article 16.

nurSingJ. Olsen and Mary Jo Baisch, “An inte-grative review of information systems and terminologies used in local health departments,” Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 21(e1), 2014, e20-27.

N. Hardiker, T.Y. Kim, Claudia C. Bartz, amy Coenen and Kay Jansen, “Collaborative development and main-tenance of health terminologies,” AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 2013, pp. 572-577.

Claudia C. Bartz, “Evidence for person-centeredness in telehealth research,” Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2013, pp. 86-92.

aaron Buseh, Sheryl Kelber, Sandra Millon underwood, Patricia Stevens and L. Townsend, “Knowledge, group-based medical mistrust, future expectations and perceived disadvantages of medical genet-

ic testing: Perspectives of black African immigrants/refugees,” Public Health Genomics, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2014, pp. 33-42.

S. Wang, X. Jiang, Z. Ji, R. El-Kareh, Jeevae Choi and Kim, “When you can’t tell when it hurts”: A preliminary algo-rithm to assess pain in patients who can’t communicate,” AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 2013, pp. 1429-1437.

Jeevae Choi and H. Kim, “Developing a computer interpretable guideline with nursing knowledge: A pilot study of a pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention,” Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2013, pp. 5-13.

O.M. al-Rawajfah, J. Cheema, Jeanne B. hewitt, I.M. Hweidi and E. Musallam, “Laboratory-confirmed, health care-asso-ciated bloodstream infections in Jordan: a matched cost and length of stay study,” American Journal of Infection Control, Vol. 41, No. 7, 2013, pp. 607-611.

S.K. Riesch, E.M. Ngui, C. Ehlert, M.K. Miller, C.A. Cronk, S. Leuthner, M. Strehlow, Jeanne B. hewitt and M.S. Durkin, “Community outreach and engagement strategies from the Wisconsin Study Center of the National Children’s Study,” Public Health Nursing, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2013, pp. 254-265.

Christine r. Kovach, D.L. Woods, E.C. Devine, B.R. Logan and H. Raff, “Biobehavioral measures as outcomes: a cautionary tale,” Research in Gerontological Nursing, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2014, pp. 56–65.

Christine r. Kovach, “RGN matters: Celebrating milestones,” Research in Gerontological Nursing, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2014, pp. 2-3.

C. Trevino, F. Harl, T. Deroon-Cassini, K. Brasel and Kim Litwack, “Predictors of chronic pain in traumatically injured hospitalized adult patients,” Journal of Trauma Nursing, Vol. 2, 2014, pp. 50-56.

Sandra Millon underwood, aaron G. Buseh, Sheryl t. Kelber, Patricia E. Stevens and L. Townsend, “Enhancing the participation of African Americans in health-related genetic research: Findings of a collaborative academic and com-munity-based research study,” Nursing Research and Practice, 2013, p. 749563.

Karen h. Morin, “Nutrition as we age,” MCN: American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2014, p. 132.

J.P. Bellack and Karen h. Morin, “Thoughts on clinical teaching and learning,” Journal of Nursing Education, Vol. 53, No. 3, 2014, p. S3. Karen h. Morin, “Writing for the Journal of Nursing Education: Key questions for authors,” Journal of Nursing Education, Vol. 53, No. 2, 2014, pp. 59-60.

nuananong Seal, G. Krakower and J. Seal, “Maternal smoking during pregnan-cy and metabolic syndrome in their chil-dren,” The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, Vol. 9, No. 10, 2013, pp. 695-705.

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E.M. Andresen, K. Buyers, J. Friary, K. Kosloski and rhonda J.V. Montgomery, “Performance of the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for caregiving research,” SAGE Open Medicine, January-December 2013.

GIFTS, GRANTS & CONTRACTSMaRch 2014

academic affairSCENTER FOR URBAN INITIATIVES & RESEARCHCoalition of Urban & Metropolitan UniversitiesCUMU Member SurveyBatson, Terry L. – Public Service $10,000

arcHitecture & urban planning ADMINISTRATIONUWM FoundationSupports Spancrete StudioGreenstreet, Robert – Miscellaneous $10,000

ARCHITECTUREWisconsin Humanities CouncilBuildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School: Convivial Places/Contested Spaces in Washington Park, MilwaukeeSen, Arijit H. – Public Service $9,978

peck ScHool of tHe artSFINE ARTS QUARTETUWM FoundationSupport Fine Arts QuartetEmmons, Scott – Miscellaneous $3,000

GIFTS, GRANTS & CONTRACTSUWM FoundationSupport for Annual LGBT Film/Video FestivalEmmons, Scott – Miscellaneous $37,000

education CORE – CONSULT RESEARCH & EVALUATIONNorthwestern Mutual FoundationEvaluate Carver Academy Elementary Schools Five in One PartnershipLander, Rachel L. – Public Service $36,828

EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONUniversity of WashingtonHead Start Center on Quality Teaching and LearningMcLean, Mary E. – Public Service $42,608

engineering & applied ScienceELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTER SCIENCEUW-MadisonDesign and Implementation of Microgrid Lab at UWM, Phase IINasiri, Abdolhosein – Research $49,969

NARSADTransparent Microfabricated Electrode Array and Micro-Projection/Imaging System for Closed-Loop Optogenetic Investigation of Cortical DynamicsPashaie, Ramin – Research $60,000

MATERIALS ENGINEERINGRISTModeling the Thermal Stress and Fluid Dynamics of Separate Reservoir-Type Planar Na BatteriesKim, Chang Soo – Research $30,786

freSHWater ScienceS ADMINISTRATIONNational Science FoundationReplacement and Upgrade for an Integrated Radar, AIS and DSC System for the R/V NeeskayKlump, J. Val – Research $24,695

20 • UWM REPORT • May 2014

eXperience artS+tecHnigHt at kenilWortHarts+tech night is an end-of-the-semester showcase featuring new work from students in the Interdisciplinary Arts & Technology (IAT) Program. The program gives students access to faculty and facilities from several departments in the Peck School of the Arts.

From 6-9 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, visitors will engage with four floors of the Kenilworth Building that have been transformed by students. The night features a dynamic performance and gallery space showcasing a variety of interactive and technologically mediated artwork.

This semester, the event includes three floors of videos, and technologically based interactive works and installations from throughout numerous classes in the Peck School of the Arts. Pieces will range from kinetic sculpture to performance to interactive media art installations.

Additional work will be on display from graduating seniors and seniors who graduated in fall 2013.

Lecturer Patrick Lichty is organizing the Spring 2014 Arts+Tech Night, while Associate Lecturer Kelly Bronikowski is curating the fourth floor.

More information is at www.artstechnight.com or check us out on Facebook