Nonprofit Organization

U.S. POSTAGE

PAID

STEVENS POINT, WIS.PERMIT NO. 19

University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointOffice of Alumni and University Relations208 Old Main2100 Main StreetStevens Point, WI 54481-3897

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

If this issue of the Pointer Alumnus is incorrectly addressed or if you would like your nameremoved from the Alumnus mailing list, please call the Office of Alumni and University Relationsat 715-346-3811 or toll free at 877-764-6801, or contact us by e-mail at alumni@uwsp.edu. Besure to let us know whether or not you would like to continue to receive other mailings from theuniversity.

OO RP RPU n i v e r s i t y o f W i s c o n s i n - S t e v e n s P o i n t . . . “ C h a n g i n g l i v e s ”

S p r i n g 2 0 0 4

A L U M N U SA L U M N U SN T EN T E

When Virginia Helmassumed the role of interimchancellor of the University ofWisconsin-Stevens Point, shebecame the first woman to headthe institution.

Helm had served asprovost/vice chancellor for oneyear, before being named interim

when former chancellor TomGeorge resigned last September. A

new chancellor will be named later thisspring.

ALUMNUS:You have said that UWSP needs a concise statement of what we are

and where to focus attention. How is UWSP developing itsmission/vision statement under your leadership? HELM:

People from the campus and community are embarking upon a series ofdiscussions about UWSP’s mission–what does our university do best and whatcould it do even better? These discussions will lead to the development of a

mission and vision statement that will focus our efforts, help us to be evenmore effective and guide our planning in the years ahead.

It is vital that we devote time and energy to developing a missionstatement for several reasons. Our accrediting agency, the Higher Learning

Commission of the North Central Association, expects that we will notonly have a clear statement and understanding of our mission, vision

and values, but also that we will have those statements in ourpublications and document our planning and decision making basedon those statements. But apart from accreditation expectations, weshould be doing this because any effective organization knowswhat it is and where it is going.

ALUMNUS: In your fall address you mentioned the book,Good to Great by Jim Collins as a focus for campus

Virginiaat theHelm

continued on page 3

Campus Newspages 4-7

Alumni News pages 2-3

Featurespages 8-9

Sportspage 10

Class Notespages 11-14

INSIDE

Virginia Helm

Ship’s wheel courtesy Red’s Marine Sales, Stevens Point

Alumniwill enjoyviews of theAlps on a trip toEngelberg, Switzerland.

2

Circulation 51,000The Pointer Alumnus is published twice each year byUniversity of Wisconsin-Stevens Point News Services withthe assistance of the Alumni and University Relations Officeand the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Foundation.No state tax revenue supported the printing of thispublication. Information and comments may be sent to theAlumni and University Relations Office at 2100 Main St.,Stevens Point, WI 54481.

EditorKate Yarbro

Editorial AssistantsVirginia CrandellMary SipiorskiShirley Busa

Contributing WritersTom MillerJim Strick

Johanna Vang

Graphic DesignerMeas Vang

PhotographersTom Charlesworth

Doug MooreJim Strick

Student AssistantsJake Grill

Tamara WaltersElizabeth vanWieringen

Bob Gross

Director of News ServicesSally Clanton

Assistant Director of News ServicesCaroline Heibler

Pointer Alumnus

Alumni AssociationBoard of Directors

PresidentTom Girolamo, ’82, Mosinee

President-electShannon Loecher ’93, Minneapolis, Minn.

Vice presidentPatrick Braatz, ’84, Beaverton, Ore.

Past presidentBob Spoerl, ’82, Waupaca

Member at largeMary Wescott, ’75, Stevens Point

Member at largeRay Oswald, ’97, Milwaukee

Student representativeNick Crawford, Brown Deer

Board membersAllen Barrows, ’49, Stevens Point

Bruce Bay, ’65, Eureka, Mo.Judi Carlson, ’63, Stevens PointPenny Copps, ’68, Stevens Point

Patricia Curry, ’58, Wisconsin RapidsDavid Dudas, ’86, HortonvilleGordon Faust, ’58, WaunakeeGreg Hayward, ’67, Waupaca

Catherine Huber, ’85, Duluth, Minn.Raymond Hutchinson, ’71, Weyauwega

Carol Lagerquist, ’66, Green BayJack Le Duc, ’67, Green Bay

David Marie, ’81, PloverMary Ann Nigbor, ’67, Stevens Point

Patty Noel, ’70, Stevens PointPatricia Okray, ’54, Plover

Robert Piekenbrock, ’86, MilwaukeeChet Polka, ’52, Berlin

Cindy Polzin, ’01, MadisonJeff Prickette, ’81, Neenah

Scott Roeker, ’85, PewaukeeDoris See, ’48, Wausau

Fred Stemmeler, ’84, ThiensvilleScott Thomas, ’88, Jacksonville, Fla.

Grant Winslow, ’89, DePere

208 Old Main, 2100 Main St.Stevens Point WI 54481

phone: 715-346-3811toll free: 877-764-6801

Fax: 715-346-2561

alumni@uwsp.edu

www.uwsp.edu/alumni

Pointer Alumnus

For updates of the calendar see our Web site,www.uwsp.edu/alumni/calendar.htm. Bookmark the site and check it weekly.

Alumni activitiesContact the Alumni and University Relations Officeat the telephone numbers and addresses above forinformation on alumni activities.

New program helps PointersGreetings,

In December we welcomed 600 students into theranks of UWSP alumni; in May we’ll welcome about1,100 more. Your Alumni Association wants to ensurethat each of these young alumni receive all the supportwe can provide as they begin a new phase of their lives.

We’ve created a program to recognize that the periodbetween graduation and employment can be financiallystressful. But don’t let the Young Alumni name foolyou; the program is available to all UWSP graduates,everywhere in the world.

Through the Young Alumni Program, graduates haveaccess to affordable, short-term medical insurance anddiscounts on auto and renters insurance. We also offerassistance with student loan payments through a loanconsolidation program. Finally, all graduates will soonbe able to maintain their UWSP e-mail addresses afterleaving campus. The new services are designed to assistour alumni during times of transition.

As always, we hope you’ll check the AlumniAssociation Web site and look for more informationabout services offered through the Young AlumniProgram.

Best Regards,

Jennifer Blum, ’90Interim Director, Alumni and University RelationsUniversity of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

The UWSP Alumni Association willsponsor a trip to Switzerland and Northern

Italy from Friday, Sept. 10, to Saturday,Sept. 18.

In addition to the snow-cappedAlps, picturesque Switzerland offerslush green meadows dotted withdelicate alpine flowers, quaintvillages and clear mountain lakes.The Lake Garda area of Italy

includes a bustling resort and aquaint fishing village.

During a four-night stay inEngelberg, Switzerland, participants can

ride the famous Glacier Express trainthrough dramatic alpine scenery and rural

hamlets. Another spectacular train ride affordsunique views of towering mountains. A trip to thehistoric city of Lucerne includes sightseeing around

beautiful Lake Lucerne and visits to museums. The itinerary includes three nights in Italy where

travelers will enjoy the Mediterranean climate, nearbyvineyards and olive or lemon orchards. An optional tripto Venice includes tours of St. Mark’s Basilica, theDoge’s Palace and the Rialto Bridge. Visitors also maytake a dinner excursion to Verona, one of Italy’s mostbeautiful cities.

The Global Holidays tour departs from Chicago. Thecost is $1,499 per person plus tax and fees for doubleoccupancy or $1,799 for single occupancy. The priceincludes round-trip charter air transportation, buffetbreakfasts daily, experienced guides and stays at first-class hotels. Full payment is due July 1.

For more information or a brochure, contact theAlumni and University Relations Office by calling 715-346-3811, 877-764-6801 toll free, by e-mail atalumni@uwsp.edu or by mail at 208 Old Main, 2100 Main St., Stevens Point, WI 54481.

Swiss Alps beckon alumni and friends

The staff of the UW-Stevens PointAlumni and University RelationsOffice poses with UWSP MascotsStevie and Stephie. Staff mem-bers include, left to right, JenniferBlum, ’90, interim director ofAlumni and University Relations;Sarah Otto, ’02, Alumni andUniversity Relations outreachcoordinator; Steve Zywicki, ’98,Alumni and University Relationsoutreach coordinator, and TerriTaylor, director of major events.

March 20 ......4:30 p.m. Alumni reunion and reception,Cooperstown, 101 E. Jackson St.,Phoenix, Ariz. 7 p.m. Milwaukee Bucks vs. PhoenixSuns, America West Arena

April 3 ..........5 p.m.-midnight, Tau Kappa Epsilon 50th

Anniversary Celebration, Alumni Room,University Center (UC)

April 17-18 ....Trivia WeekendApril 24 ........9 a.m.-noon, Alumni Association Board

of Directors, Room 241, UCApril 25 ........Noon-4 p.m., UWSP Open House,

campuswideMay 15 ..........11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Distinguished Alumni

Award Luncheon, Alumni Room, UCMay 16 ..........1 p.m., Spring Commencement,

Goerke FieldMay 20 ..........6-8 p.m., Cruise on the Chief Waupaca,

Clear Water Harbor, N2757 County Highway QQ, Waupaca

May 27 ..........5:30-7:30 p.m.,Alumni Reception,Titletown Brewery, 200 Dousman, Green Bay

June 11-12......50- and 51-Year Class ReunionsOct. 2, 2004 ..Homecoming 2004Oct. 8, 2005 ..Homecoming 2005Oct. 21, 2006 Homecoming 2006

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point practices equal opportunity

in employment and programming.

UWSP Alumni and University Relations

Photo courtesy Global Holidays

UWSP Alumni News

Summer 2004 Reunions are being planned across the state and thecountry. Please check the Alumni Association Web siteat www.uwsp.edu/alumni for information on an eventnear you. If you’re interested in planning a get-togeth-er in your area, please let us know and we’ll be happyto assist!

3 Spring 2004

Open House a family eventWatch a demonstration of chemical magic,

test your hearing, attend the Festival of theArts or get up close and personal withreptiles—these are only a few of the activitiesavailable at the UWSP Open House onSunday, April 25.

This spring UWSP opens its doors to theCentral Wisconsin community for its biennialOpen House, an afternoon of fun, educationalactivities and information, includingopportunities to register for door prizes.Several displays around campus have food ormerchandise for sale with funds going tosupport various student organizations.

Open House activities take place fromnoon to 4 p.m., and the 32nd annual Festivalof the Arts begins at 10 a.m.

Most academic buildings are full ofactivities. The Fine Arts Center is closedbecause of the construction project that isunderway. Information will be available oncampus about the location of activities usuallyscheduled there.

All activities are open to the public free ofcharge. The campuswide event is underwrittenby the Worth Company, a Stevens Pointfishing equipment manufacturer.

The event showcases UWSP’s programs, resources, personnel and students and is intended to bring the CentralWisconsin community together. More than 5,000 people visited the campus during the 2002 Open House.

A complete listing of Open House activities is available on the Internet at www.uwsp.edu/news/openhouse.htm.

discussions. Can you share any conclusions you havecome to about what UWSP does better then any otherorganization?

HELM: I believe one of the important outcomes ofthe discussions was the response of participants, whosaid they could and should begin looking for ways toapply the principles of the book to their specific units.They asked, “What can our office or department do tobecome the best at what we do?” It is, after all, at theunit level that students, faculty and staff do the realwork of the university and so it is vital that eachdepartment be committed to achieving its own greatness.

It was intriguing, and reassuring, to learn from thebook that moving from good to great does not happenovernight. It is nearly always an incremental, almostunnoticeable process rather than a dramatic, highlyvisible process. But it is always a result of focus and oftotal commitment to excellence.

What is it that UWSP does better than any otherorganization? That is a tough question for any universityto answer when it is, by definition, an institution withmany programs. It is especially difficult for a publiccomprehensive university. Who are we to compareourselves with? And on what criteria? I would ratherfocus on the qualities that characterize our faculty,students and programs.

That leads me to note that both our faculty and ourstudents have a special level of engagement in teachingand learning. Our student organizations consistently winrecognition and individual students are recognized withamazing frequency at state and even national levels.This is truly impressive and it reflects the talent and thehard work of UWSP students and the superb teachingand mentoring by our faculty.

ALUMNUS: You also talked about continuing thepartnerships begun by your predecessor. What have youdone in this regard and which partnerships have youfocused on?

HELM: Effective partnerships are built on strongpersonal relationships, and so I have been developingrelationships with individual leaders. It has requiredgetting to know UWSP’s partners as individuals and asorganizations. I have continued participation in theNEW Coalition and the Marathon County Partners inEducation, both of which focus primarily, but not solely,on Wausau. I have also been working with the executivedirector of the Portage County Business Council tostrengthen our partnership with them. UWSP hasseveral partnerships with Mid-State Technical Collegeand the UW Colleges, so I have enjoyed gettingacquainted with several leaders at those institutions.Attending several regional forums on economicdevelopment has opened my eyes to the potential fordeveloping a regional “Central Wisconsin Identity” thatwill attract new businesses and entrepreneurs.

ALUMNUS: What have you enjoyed most aboutbeing UWSP’s interim chancellor?

HELM: During my several months as interimchancellor, I have developed a clearer sense of the job’spotential to have an impact on the campus, thecommunity and the region. I have enjoyed theopportunity to interact with community and regionalleaders, to work with our university boards, to workclosely with the vice chancellors and deans andespecially to interact with students. Getting to know thestudents, in fact, may be one of the most enjoyableaspects of this work. The core of the position, however,is to provide leadership for the university. I believe Ihave done that.

Virginia at the HelmContinued from page 1

Graduates of UWSP will soon be offered new “fringebenefits” through the Alumni Association includingdiscounts on insurance, loan consolidation and e-mail. Inaddition, an award will be developed to recognize recentgraduates.

Discounted auto and home insurance will be offeredto alumni who might not have insurance immediatelyafter graduation. Through Sentry Insurance, alumni willreceive a five percent discount on auto and homeownersinsurance. Sentry’s Advantage Program financiallysupports the UWSP Alumni Association byproviding a two percent royalty on all new andrenewing clients.

Alumni also can take advantage of short-termmedical insurance from GradMed Short-TermMajor Medical. Coverage periods range from 60to 180 days and the insurance covers hospital,physician, surgical, emergency room and othercosts.

A loan consolidation program will be offeredthrough American Insurance Administrators thatallows loan consolidation at a fixed rate. Therewill be no credit check or origination fees. Ifautomatic payments are used, the interest ratedecreases by .25 percent and if the loan exceeds$20,000 and payments are made on time for 36months, the interest rate drops another onepercent. While there is no penalty forprepayment, those who take advantage of theservice may extend the life of the loan if needed.

A Young Alumni Emerging Leader Award willbe presented in the spring to recognize a youngalumnus who exhibits exemplary achievement.The first award will be presented in spring 2005along with the Distinguished Alumni Award.

While specific components of the e-mail programhave not yet been determined, UWSP alumni may soonbe able to continue student “@uwsp.edu” e-mailaccounts or access a Web-based UWSP e-mail accountthrough the Alumni Association Web site.

Information on all of these programs is availablefrom the Alumni and University Relations Office bycalling 715-345-3811 or toll free at 887-764-6801, or bye-mail at alumni@uwsp.edu.

Brad Anderson of Sentry Insurance, left, welcomes the UWSPAlumni Association and Jennifer Blum, interim director of UWSPAlumni and University Relations, to Sentry’s Advantage Program.Also working with Alumni and University Relations are JimMendyke, Jr., and Chad Clark also of Sentry Insurance.

Young Alumni Program started

Biology Professor Ed Gasque explains a project to future Pointers atOpen House 2002.

Alumni Association staff and volunteersgrilled burgers and brats outside theUniversity Center during the week ofcommencement in December. Hostingthe event were, left to right, AlumniAssociation staff member Terri Taylor,Katie Anstett-Dekker of Stevens Pointand Alumni Association staffers SarahOtto and Steve Zywicki. Each Decembergraduate who stopped by was treated toa free sandwich and welcomed to theranks of UWSP alumni. Other students,faculty and staff were charged for thefood. Graduates were invited to enter adrawing for a color lithograph diplomaframe. The event also publicized theYoung Alumni Program, and member-ship in the Alumni Association. Another“Grad Grill” will be held Thursday, May6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Out-of-staters get tuition deal

As a graduate of one of the finest institutions in arenowned state university system, it stands to reasonthat you would want the same experience for futuregenerations in your family. If you would like to passthe torch but nonresident tuition is holding you back,consider this opportunity.

The UW System Board of Regents has recentlyapproved a pilot program called “Return to Wisconsin.”Simply stated, this unique opportunity offers a 25percent waiver of nonresident tuition to the daughters,sons and grandchildren of UWSP graduates. The programis open to all UWSP students beginning this fall.

Qualifying children or grandchildren will bestudents whose parents, legal guardians, stepparents orgrandparents graduated from UWSP. A “graduate” isdefined as any person who has been awarded anassociate, baccalaureate or graduate degree from UWSP.

To learn more about the “Return to Wisconsin”program, contact the Office of Admissions at 715-346-2441 or e-mail admiss@uwsp.edu.

If you know of any family members or friends whowould qualify for this incentive, please let them know.

December grads eat free

Campus News

Geography/Geologyhonored by regents

The Department of Geography/Geology was chosenby the UW System Board of Regents to receive the2003 Teaching Excellence Award for an academicdepartment.

Only one department in the UW System is chosen toreceive this citation each year.

“We’re proud of the faculty in the Department ofGeography/Geology and delighted that the regentsrecognize the extraordinary levels of teaching andlearning fostered in the department,” said InterimChancellor Virginia Helm. “The success of our studentsand graduates can be attributed in part to the long-standing faculty commitment to integrate technologyinto their classrooms and laboratories and to the vitalityand currency of their curriculum.”

A thoughtfully constructed, effective curriculum and apositive climate for learning are the signatures of the 11-member department chaired by Professor BenjaminOfori-Amoah. During the past 10 years, five of thedepartment’s faculty members have won UWSP TeachingExcellence Awards and Keith Rice won the UW SystemRegents Teaching Excellence Award in 2002.

World’s largest trivia contestremembers Bob Hope

“Thanks for the Contest,” the themefor UWSP’s Trivia weekend in 2004,will honor Bob Hope who died lastyear. Hope’s well-known theme songwas “Thanks for the Memories.”

The world’s largest trivia contestwill be broadcast Friday throughSunday, April 16-18 on the studentradio station, WWSP 90FM.

The 54-hour contest officially beginswhen the first question is read Friday at6 p.m. Eight questions are read eachhour and teams have the length of twosongs to call in answers. Teamstandings are read twice during theweekend. Teams can participate in theTrivia Parade that winds throughcampus Friday afternoon beginning at 4 p.m.

Registration for Trivia must be donein advance at the 90FM studios duringthe week before the contest. Registra-tion is $30 and Trivia merchandise willbe for sale.

The annual event attracts about12,000 players on nearly 500 teams.Participants travel to Central Wisconsin from as far away as Europe to participate. The contest began in 1969 when asmall number of teams wrote questions that were broadcast on 90FM for 16 hours.

Trivia on 90FM has been listed in Chase’s Calendar of Annual Events as the largest of its kind. Media attentionfrom USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and Jeopardy has been focused on the contest.

For complete rules, a list of teams and everything you need to know about the contest, visit the station’s Web siteat www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/wwsp/ and click on Trivia.

WWSP has served the Stevens Point community for 34 years with programming including blues, jazz andalternative music.

Nelson play staged at UWSPA musical drama with a score composed by a UWSP faculty member was performed

by university students this spring.Lisa and David: The Musical, scored by Roger L. Nelson, associate professor of

musical theatre, with script and lyrics by award winning author and playwright, JohnDriver, was staged in the Studio Theatre.

When it was first produced in 1984, the play won the prestigious Eugene O’Neillaward and was performed at the O’Neill Theatre Center. Later it was produced at the LeeStrasberg Center in Los Angeles and The Hollywood Reporter hailed it as “a beautifullittle musical.”

When Nelson approached Driver with the idea of revising the script for a productionat UWSP, Driver readily agreed. The musical is based on the novel Lisa and David byDr. Theodore Isaac Rubin, who continues as a consultant on the script.

Set in 1959, the compelling drama is the story of two exceptional young people, 16-year-old David, played by senior Andrew Cao of Green Bay, and 15-year-old Lisa,played by freshman Rosemary Zurad of Kenosha.

David is a brilliant young man who believes he can control time and is terrified ofbeing touched. Lisa is a schizophrenic girl who speaks only in rhyme. Through the encouragement of the staff at thetreatment center where they live, they develop a budding friendship and begin to love each other.

“The show is a journey, an opening up,” Nelson said. Although the plot moves metaphorically from shadow intolight, the play is not dark and “the end of the show is really the beginning for Lisa and David,” Nelson added.

The students had the script well before rehearsals began, but they got a new script for the first rehearsal andcontinued to receive new lines and songs until close to opening night. “This was a new experience for our students,”Nelson said. “Generally they get a polished script to work with, but with this play they had new numbers to learnafter the first few weeks of rehearsal.” This kind of experience is much like professional theatre, Nelson noted.

Jones endowmentcarries on legacy

An anonymous gift has created the Agnes A. JonesScholarship, named for a professor who was the majorforce in the expansion of home economics at UWSP.

Jones was head of the UWSP School of HomeEconomics for 24 years until her retirement in 1981.Under her leadership, home economics programsexperienced their largest growth, moved into theCollege of Professional Studies and received over half amillion dollars in federal grant funds.

With her teaching experience and 15 years ofadvising after retirement, her career spanned 59 years.Jones is well known for personally advising studentsand for her active role in ensuring employment forgraduates.

The scholarship will be awarded annually to majorsin dietetics, family and consumer education or interiorarchitecture, three majors descended from the originalUWSP home economics program, which celebrated its100th anniversary in 2002.

For information about the endowment and how tocontribute, call the UWSP Foundation at 715-346-3812or write to the foundation in Suite 212 Old Main, 2100Main St., Stevens Point, WI 54481.

Roger L. Nelson

Patent approvedA patent will soon be issued on a scientific device

created by Bryant Browne, associate professor of soils.Browne’s invention is a highly efficient device for

sampling dissolved gases in surface and groundwater. Apatent application on Browne’s invention was filed inMay 2002 and he recently received word from the U.S.Patent and Trade Office that the patent is forthcoming.

According to Browne, the device extracts naturaland manmade gases from any body of water using asimple pumping process. Unlike existing approaches,which typically require different extraction methodsdepending on the gas, Browne’s device collects multiplegases at once.

“The ability to easily and rapidly collect a largevolume of dissolved gas in one sample isunprecedented,” Browne said. “This technology affordsseveral advantages for environmental researchapplications, including affixing the date of origin forgroundwater itself. That’s exciting because you’d beable to construct the history of groundwater quality andlearn more from past mistakes.”

Browne believes the device also could be used tobetter chart and monitor volatile organic contaminants,as well as provide a remediation tool. “In one pass withthis device, we’re able to get about 30 percent of thetotal dissolved gas out of water,” Browne said. “Wethink this could be enough to make it a practical tool forcleaning volatile chemicals from contaminatedgroundwater.”

WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc., a private,nonprofit organization that manages intellectualproperty created at UW System campuses, filed thepatent application.

UWSP students take books to FijiThree hundreds books are now on the shelves of the Nadoria school library in Fiji and 500 more volumes are

traveling around the island in a bookmobile thanks to the efforts of students at UWSP and at Sunnyside ElementarySchool of Green Bay.

The saga of the books began last spring when Stephanie Lundy of Green Bay, a senior elementary educationmajor, was traveling with the UWSP study abroad group in the South Pacific. As the students were leaving Fiji inadvance of a cyclone, Lundy took a photo of the empty shelves in the library of the small village, Nadoria, where thestudents had been staying.

Stephanie enlisted the help of her mother,Joanne, a fifth grade teacher at SunnysideElementary School in Green Bay, whoinitiated a call for children’s books to helpstock the Nadoria library.

Last summer Joanne Lundy delivered thecollected books to John Jury, UniversityCenter director, who led the South Pacifictrip last fall. The group that traveled withJury carried 12 boxes of books onto theairplane when they departed for the SouthPacific.

Thanks to the generosity of students andother folks in Wisconsin, the Nadoria shelvesare now full of books and children throughoutthe main island are able to read materialsfrom the bookmobile, sponsored by “Save theChildren.”

UWSP students Sarah Hingtgen of Elm Grove, Laura Roesler of Trego,Julie Strand of Shawano, and Peter Hofsteen of Madison present 500 children’s books to the Fiji representatives. The bookstravel in a bookmobile to share with village students throughout themain island.

The world’s largest trivia contest will be broadcast April 16-18 on the stu-dent radio station, WWSP 90FM. In 2001, Nikki Montgomery, '02, Plover,was the station's news director.

4Pointer Alumnus

Campus News

Faculty obituaries

Campus News

Clifford MorrisonEmeritus History

Professor CliffordMorrison died Dec. 26 atage 84.

Morrison came toCentral State TeachersCollege (UWSP) in 1953,taught at UWSP for 35years and retired in 1988.An expert in Englishhistory, he had a specialinterest in the scatteredparts of the British Empire,particularly Africancolonies.

During his teaching career, UWSP’s enrollmentgrew nearly 12 times, the institution had four namechanges and state funding began declining. Longactive in The Association of University of WisconsinProfessionals (TAUWP), Morrison believed the stateshould fully fund education and not charge tuition. Hechaired TAUWP state and local committees thatadvocated collective bargaining for faculty andacademic staff.

He held bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degreesfrom The Ohio State University, where he was agraduate assistant and later an instructor. He served ona historical project for the Air Force’s Air MaterialCommand at Wright Patterson Air Force Base inDayton, Ohio, before coming to Stevens Point.

A native of Put-In-Bay, Ohio, he graduated at thetop of his high school class of four. He served fouryears in the Army during World War II and served asstaff sergeant in England, France and Germany,spending more than a year in an intelligence unit.

A senior warden at the Church of the Intercessionin Stevens Point, he was dean of training for theEpiscopal Diocese of Fond du Lac and a member ofthe examining board. In 2002 he was awarded theBishops Cross for his contributions to the diocese.

After his wife, Miriam, died, he went to live withhis son’s family in Des Moines, Iowa.

Clifford Morrison

During the fall phonathon,students called alumni, friends ofUWSP and parents of currentstudents throughout the country.

Three student managers whoworked during the phonathon wereCat Duemler, Brodhead; MariaLewis, Kaukauna; and Jackie Ruth,Port Washington. They all agreedthat it was a rewarding experience.

Callers worked five nights eachweek during the campaign to makecalls from the UWSP Foundationphonathon headquarters in OldMain. They dialed phones 74,000times to contact 14,631 people andreceived 4,521 pledges.

The Annual Campaign for Pointraised $175,941 to supportprograms and scholarships. Thatamount was 10 percent over thegoal set by the UWSP Foundation.

“The parents of our studentswere very generous, contributingover $41,000 to our phonathon,”said Deb Anstett, interim director ofannual giving in the UWSP Foundation.

Duemler, a senior, started working on phonathons asa sophomore and has been a student manager in the UWSP Foundation for two years. Lewis, a junior, andRuth, a senior, also worked as callers before becomingmanagers this year.

“This is a great job,” Duemler said. “The office isfull of great people to work with and it feels great tohelp the university. It’s not just for myself, I’m helping agood cause. We are helping the whole campus, eventhough all of the students aren’t aware of it.”

Ruth agreed wholeheartedly. “I like this job, thepeople and the atmosphere in the office. And it’s fun toconnect with alumni.”

“We see the results as the amount of money we haveraised is put on the chart,” Lewis said. “All of the

workers look to the goal. It’s what drives our callers tokeep going.”

During the phonathon, student callers receivedincentives, such as putting their names in variousdrawings to receive Pointer stuff, T-shirts, movies,haircuts and pizzas. The student managers solicit areabusinesses for gift certificates to use as incentives for thecallers.

When a phone call resulted in a donation, the studentcaller had the opportunity to answer a trivia question fora prize. When they collected $50 or $100 in pledges,they could draw for prizes. They also played a version ofFamily Feud during the drive.

“I would like to add a personal ‘thank you’ toeveryone who helped us go beyond our goal this year,”Anstett said.

Student managers, Cat Duemler, Maria Lewis and Jackie Ruth, worked at theUWSP Foundation phonathon.

O’Brien headsfoundation board

Officers and new board members were elected at thefall meeting of the UWSP Foundation Board ofDirectors.

Total giving to the UWSP Foundation in Fiscal Year2003 was nearly $1.9 million including $288,000 inunrestricted support raised during the Annual Campaignfor Point. The number of alumni donors increased by1,000 to 6,680. The foundation’s total assets are nearly$12.6 million.

Named to the board for a three-year term was retiredWisconsin Supreme Court Justice Bill Bablitch, ’60,now a partner and member of Michael Best andFriedrich, Attorneys at Law, Madison.

Gerald O’Brien leads the board as president; JohnBuzza serves as vice president; Karen Engelhard, ’59,secretary; and Tom Stout, treasurer. All are StevensPoint residents.

O’Brien, an alumnus of UW-Superior and UW-Madison Law School, is managing partner of theAnderson, O’Brien, Bertz, Skrenes and Golla Law Firmof Stevens Point and a member of the Department ofNatural Resources Board, Wisconsin Public IntervenerBoard and UW Law School Alumni Association Board.

Buzza, a member of First Law Group, is a graduateof Marquette Law School. Longtime corporate counselto the foundation, he specializes in business law.

Named corporate counsel to the board was Rick A.Flugaur, ’84. A member of the Anderson Law Firm, heholds a law degree from UW-Madison, is chair of St.Michael’s Hospital Foundation and sits on the boards ofthe Stevens Point YMCA and Portage County BusinessCouncil.

Re-elected to their second three-year terms were:Mike Copps, Mary Ann Nigbor, ’67, John Noel, ’71,Ben Katz, O’Brien and Gavin Hegg of Fair Oaks, Calif.

Outgoing president John Ross, ’58, Waupaca, waselected to his third term as a board member. JudiCarlson, ’63, Stevens Point, who completed her thirdterm, was named director emeritus.

CORRECTION:In the caption under the Home Economics

Centennial photo in the fall 2003 Pointer Alumnus,Mary Croft was incorrectly identified. She is aprofessor emerita of English who served as actingassociate dean of the School of Home Economics andacting dean of Academic Support Programs. She alsofounded and directed the Mary K. Croft Tutoring-Learning Center.

Experts studywatershedmanagement

Twenty-four participants from 15 countries traveledthroughout the state during the College of NaturalResources’ (CNR) second annual internationalwatershed seminar.

The CNRs’ Global Environmental Management(GEM) Education Center sponsored the program thatwas funded in part with a $77,900 grant from the U.S.Forest Service.

Participants in the two-week program includednatural resource managers from Russia, Mexico, Israel,Turkey, South Africa, Botswana, Armenia, Tanzania,Peru, Samoa, Jordan, Ecuador, Paraguay, the Philippinesand the United States. They visited Stora Enso’spapermaking operation in Wisconsin Rapids,Schmeeckle Reserve, Horicon Marsh, the Fox and WolfRiver watersheds, Chequamegon National Forest, theApostle Islands and the Department of NaturalResources’ fish hatchery in Spooner.

Natural Resources Professor Earl Spangenberg wasthe lead coordinator working closely with ForestryProfessor Hans Schabel and Wes Halverson, GEMwatershed program coordinator. Participants discussedwatershed management issues in their countriesincluding their challenges and success stories.

“This hands-on seminar is a result of our strongpartnership with the Forest Service, exemplifying whatthe GEM Education Center is all about,” said CNRDean Vic Phillips. “GEM is linking students, facultyand citizens worldwide to pioneer and apply practicallearning methods and techniques to solve naturalresource and watershed problems in their owncommunities.”

Nelis R. KampengaOne of the first

archivists in the UWSystem, EmeritusProfessor Nelis R.Kampenga, died on Feb.5 at age 95.

In 1997 the Nelis R.Kampenga UniversityArchives in the UWSPLearning Resource Centerwas named for him.

He was a native ofMuskegon, Michigan. Asa schoolchild in 1922,Kampenga got a job in a

library earning 17 1/2 cents per hour. He remained inthat field all his life, working in various libraries for52 years.

He was a librarian at the University of Michigan inAnn Arbor while earning two bachelor’s degrees and amaster of arts in library science.

Kampenga came to UWSP in 1941 and retired in1974. While he served as library director at UWSP, hesought to build a well-rounded collection tocomplement the various academic programs. Underhis leadership, the library’s collection more thantripled in size.

An advocate for strong ties between the universityand the community, he was instrumental inestablishing the first federal documents depository inthe teachers college system. He also helped establishthe first Area Research Center at UWSP.

He was president of the Portage County HistoricalSociety for a decade and played an important role inbringing the collections of the society to theUniversity Archives. He also served on the PortageCounty Preservation Projects Inc. and the PloverPlanning Commission.

His wife, Marjorie Gerson Kampenga, survives. A memorial has been established in his name for

the UWSP Library and Albertson Learning ResourceCenter through the UWSP Foundation.

Nelis R. Kampenga

5 Spring 2004

Campaign for Point passes goal

6

Campus News

Pointer Alumnus

What do cranberries and yellow perch have in common?

Both are dependent on water for survival and bothare being raised simultaneously on cranberry farms inCentral Wisconsin.

With the assistance of biology Professor ChrisHartleb and three students, Chris Houghton, StevensPoint; Stacy Musch, Wisconsin Rapids; and JoannaNiemeyer, Germantown; area cranberry growers arelearning how to conserve water, become more econom-ically viable and raise two crops, fish and cranberries,at the same time.

Raising fish for food is the fastest growing segmentof agriculture in the nation, according to Hartleb. Heestimates that at least one third of the fish farms inWisconsin are owned by or employ UWSP graduates.

Hartleb received a $12,500 grant from Wisconsin’sDepartment of Agriculture, Trade and ConsumerProtection to study costs, labor and production yieldsinvolved in using “floating raceways” to raise a com-plimentary crop on state cranberry farms. The race-ways, developed by Jay Warecki of SuperiorAquaculture of Bancroft, are floating docks containinglong enclosed channels with screens on the ends. Theyare constructed in the ponds cranberry growers use toflood their crops in the fall. When the juvenile perchreach fingerling size, they are sold to “grow-out” farm-ers such as the large indoor recirculating facility run bythe St. Croix tribe near Ashland.

Hartleb says the fish-cranberry combination hasbeen tried before in Massachusetts, another top berryproducing state. Growers there used a “partitionedaquaculture system” that works well in warmer climatesbut so far has yielded poorer results in Wisconsin.

Brad Tork, Wisconsin Rapids, has used the racewaysfor two summers at his farm, Engelnook Cranberry. Hebelieves this process is viable, but says they’re still learn-ing. Hot weather and oxygen depletion last summer ledto the demise of a few fish. But he likes raising them somuch, he’s holding onto his fingerlings this fall andkeeping them in the raceways over the winter. Hebelieves he can successfully grow the perch to adults.

Musch assisted Hartleb at the Wisconsin Rapids sitethis summer. She said the experience has taught her a lotabout algae and plankton that can affect ponds, how touse the requisite equipment, and the “bigger picture” ofhow aquaculture works in Wisconsin. Houghton andNiemeyer are working on research projects funded byUWSP student research grants. Houghton is studying theuse of clams and mussels as filters to help keep the waterclean, and Niemeyer is studying the digestion rate ofperch, a project that may help fish farmers pinpoint

what, when and how much to feed their fish.Houghton says, “Research gives students a way to use

what we’ve learned in classes and to get an understandingabout what the research process is like. Getting to knowthe professors outside of class is a lot of fun too.”

After completing their bachelor’s degrees in biologyin May, both Houghton and Niemeyer plan to attendgraduate schools. Musch, who has two years left in herundergraduate career, hopes to attend veterinary school.

Biology students Chris Houghton of Stevens Point, left, and Stacy Musch of Wisconsin Rapids, right, seine thousandsof yellow perch from a floating raceway in a cranberry marsh. Professor Chris Hartleb (behind Houghton) and the stu-dents are studying raising fish as a complimentary crop in a local cranberry marsh.

Berries and fish make good bog buddies

An NBA head coach and a former chancellor areleading a campaign to help UWSP Athletics to coverfundamental needs.

Milwaukee Bucks Head Coach Terry Porter, ’93, andhis wife, Susie (Kadrich), ’87, along with formerChancellor Philip Marshall and his wife, Helen, havepledged a total of $10,000 to match gifts from fellowPointers. Marshall was chancellor from 1978 to 1988.

The Excellence in Athletics Endowment was createdin the UWSP Foundation in 1999 to provide a steadysource of income to athletics for needs not covered bystate funds, such as equipment, uniforms and safe travel.

The Excellence in Athletics campaign has been runeach spring since Bob Whitsitt, ’77, Portland, Ore.,general manager of the Portland Trail Blazers, agreed toprovide a challenge gift of $10,000 to the campaign.Mary Ann, ’67, and Jim Nigbor, ’60, Stevens Point, ledthe 2001 campaign, and Rick, ’79 and Sue Gering,Wausau, and Bruce Bay, ’65, Eureka, Mo., in 2002.

“We are delighted to see the Porters and Marshallstogether again,” said Joan North, dean of the College ofProfessional Studies, in which the department resides.The Marshalls were devoted to all sports and becamefriends with Porter, who was an outstanding youngbasketball player in the early 80s. Porter called HelenMarshall his “on campus Mom,” North said.

Porter, who played at UWSP from 1981-85, receivedthe Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1999. He wasinducted in the Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992. Beforebecoming coach of the Bucks, he was an assistant coachwith the Sacramento Kings. His 17-year career in theNBA included 10 years with the Portland Trail Blazersand stints with the Minnesota Timberwolves, MiamiHeat and San Antonio Spurs. At UWSP Porter was atwo-time first-team NAIA All-American. His number 30has been retired by the Pointers.

Marshall’s 41-year teaching career included teachingin Ohio, Michigan and Iowa before coming to UWSP.He was also a dean at Lycoming College inWilliamsport, Pa., and worked in research. While inStevens Point, Helen Marshall worked in communityprojects in support of the elderly. The Marshalls nowlive in Port Ludlow, Wash., and attended games whenPorter was with the Trail Blazers.

Porters, Marshallsaid athletics

Page wraps up career Excerpted from an article by Jesse Horne for the Stevens Point Journal

After 31 years of guiding victories both on and off the playing field, Nancy Page, thewomen’s tennis coach and a former senior women’s administrator at UWSP, plans toretire at the end of this season.

A charter organizer of the Wisconsin Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Conference(WWIAC), Page’s first season as a Pointers coach was in 1973. After getting her master’sdegree, she stayed at UWSP to coach field hockey and helped guide the program for 12seasons.

When the UWSP squad became sanctioned by WWIAC in 1980, they proceeded towin four straight conference championships. Page was twice named field hockey Coachof the Year. Her most memorable season was 1975 when her UWSP team posted a 35-2season and traveled across the Midwest.

In 1981 Page assumed greater coaching duties when she took the reins of the Pointersoftball team. Once again, she brought success on the field, but admits that softball was a

foreign entity for her. Even so, the Pointers won WWIAC softball titles in 1982, 1983 and 1990 as well as nationalpost-season appearances in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1990.

Page said she was given no time to rest when she was named the women’s tennis coach in 1986, completing hertriumvirate of sports at UWSP with success for the Pointers as they earned an NAIA singles championship in 1989,the NAIA District 14 singles and doubles championship 1992 and an NAIA District 14 team championship in 1993.She was named NAIA District 14 Tennis Coach of the Year in 1992 and WWIAC Tennis Coach of the Year in 1996.

Dean Paul retiresCollege of Letters and Science Dean Justus F. Paul will retire this summer after 38

years as a faculty member and administrator.UWSP’s official historian, Paul has served as dean for the past 18 years. To mark

UWSP’s centennial in 1994, he wrote The World is Ours: A History of the University ofWisconsin-Stevens Point, 1894-1994, published by Worzalla Publishing Co. of StevensPoint.

Paul is a specialist in recent U.S. history with an emphasis on national, state and localpolitics. For nearly two decades, he has headed UWSP’s largest college with 13departments and 215 faculty members. Before that, he spent 17 years as chair of thehistory department. He holds degrees from the University of Nebraska, UW-Madison andDoane College, Crete, Neb., which recognized him in 1996 with the Paul KersenbrockHumanitarian Award for service to others.

A native of Missouri who grew up in Iowa and North Dakota, he wrote a book andnumerous articles about former Nebraska Senator Hugh Butler. He has been an abstracterfor America: History and Life for 32 years. In 1999 he co-compiled Wisconsin History:

An Annotated Bibliography with his wife, Barbara J. Paul, a retired associate professor of the Learning ResourceCenter at UWSP. Previously, the Pauls co-edited The Badger State: A Documentary History of Wisconsin.

In 1985 Paul received UWSP’s University Service Award and in 1995, he was given the Win Rothman HistoryAward from the Portage County Historical Society in honor of his research and writing of the university’s history. Heplans to continue his historical research during retirement.

Justus F. Paul

Nancy Page

7 Spring 2004

Campus News

A new $35,000 scholarship supports NativeAmerican students who wish to study abroad.

The fund, established in memory of Patricia BairdWimme, ’83, is part of the International ProgramsScholarship Endowment (IPSE).

“This unique scholarship fosters opportunities forNative American students to participate in any ofUWSP’s study abroad programs,” said Bob Wolensky,the IPSE campus coordinator.

Until her death in 1993, Wimme worked as adietitian and community nutritionist, first on theMenominee reservation then at the Great LakesIntertribal Council in Lac du Flambeau. Thescholarship fund was given by her parents, retiredHead of Interior Architecture Mary Ann Baird, a 1967graduate of UWSP, her late husband, Jerry, and

Patricia’s husband, Kristopher Wimme, ’83,Wisconsin Rapids.

Baird believes very strongly in international study,having led six groups to Europe. She also establishedthe Mary Ann Baird Scholarship with a gift of$18,000 to aid interior architecture students who wishto study abroad. While she headed the interiorarchitecture unit, an option was built into the programthat would allow students to study abroad withoutlosing time to graduation.

“An education is not complete without studyabroad,” Baird said. “As Americans we can tend to beself absorbed and travel opens our minds. Today, morethan ever, we need to learn to live together. Whenpeople get to know each other, they judge each otherless harshly.”

In addition to named scholarships such as this one,IPSE consists of a general endowment that has raisedmore than $143,000 in gifts from alumni, facultymembers, administrators and friends of InternationalPrograms. To establish a named scholarship, a donormust contribute at least $5,000.

To learn about the International ProgramsScholarship Endowment:

Call • Bob Wolensky at 715-346-2708 • International Programs Office at

715-346-2717 • UWSP Foundation at 715-346-3812

Write• UWSP Foundation, Suite 212 Old Main,

2100 Main St., Stevens Point, WI 54481

UWSP program ranked nationallyAccording to a report from the Institute of International Education,

International Programs (IP) at UWSP ranks 17th in the nation among comprehen-sive universities for the number of students studying abroad during the 2001-02academic year.

While this ranking shows significant numbers for UWSP, IP has set its goalseven higher, according to David Staszak, IP director. Currently 14.2 percent ofUWSP graduates have studied abroad and he says UWSP hopes to reach the 25percent goal set by the UW System for all campuses.

IP has added new programs because students have filled the well-establishedtrips. In 2003, three tours were held in January, seven semesters abroad wereoffered in the spring, a record nine different trips were offered during the summerand four semesters abroad were offered in the fall. An immersion program inIreland with the University of Limerick is planned for 2005.

Since the first semester abroad to London launched by program founderPauline Isaacson in 1969, more than 10,000 students and 300 faculty membershave studied under UWSP International Programs.

Scholarships aid study abroadIn addition to the two Baird scholarships, three others are specifically oriented

to an academic major or an overseas program:• Maxine Burress, a retired English instructor, established the Lee Burress

Scholarship in honor of her late husband, an English professor. It will helpsupport an English major or minor in the UWSP semester abroad in London.

• Retired Professor of Art and Design Dan Fabiano and his wife, Jan establisheda scholarship that will support art students participating in the UWSP semesterabroad program in Krakow, Poland.

• Sociology Professor Robert Wolensky and his wife, Molly, established ascholarship that will go to a sociology major or minor participating in aUWSP semester abroad to Poland, England, Australia or Germany.

Four scholarships that will support students participating in any UWSPinternational offering were established by:

• Emeritus International Programs Director Robert Bowen and wife, Sherin• Emerita Assistant Chancellor for Student Affairs Helen Godfrey• Former Assistant to the Chancellor David Coker and his wife, Sharon Price • Emeritus History Professor Fred Kremple and his wife, Patricia Carver Kremple

Unique scholarship supports study abroad

Inspired by his love for the outdoors, retired educatorRon Hay’s month-by-month account of life along theWisconsin River has been published by students atUWSP.

A Wisconsin River Almanac: Embracing the TatteredWild, his first book, was published by Cornerstone Pressduring the fall semester. A retired environmental educa-tor, Hay taught wildlife and conservation at MosineeMiddle School for 28 years.

Hay’s teaching focused on allowing students to dis-cover and interact with the environment. In the book, heillustrates the importance of the environment as a vitaltool in education, emphasizing that students of thewilderness can witness life growing and unfolding.

“I think of wild moments along this river as ‘earthtime’—time spent away from the clutter of civilization,”Hay said. “The more earth time I can accumulate, thebetter I feel.” Hay helps readers see and feel this magicand presents such images as ice thundering and growlingduring a December morning “ice concert,” and tundraswans landing “on the flowage like great chunks ofsnow.”

The book’s cover photograph was taken by BobMosier, assistant professor of psychology and director ofResidential Living at UWSP. Sketch artists includeUWSP graduate Justin Sipiorski of Murphysboro, Ill.,UWSP students Terri Nicewander of Mosinee and JewelNoll of Waukesha.

A student-run publishing company, Cornerstone Pressis operated by editing and publishing students of EnglishProfessor Dan Dieterich. Students can gain hands-onexperience in the publishing field. They work as a teamto select and edit a manuscript and then print and sell thebook. Proceeds from book sales go back to the class forfuture publications.

The paperback is available for $15.95 at theUniversity Store, Book Finders in Stevens Point andJanke’s bookstore in Wausau. Copies are available on theInternet at www.uwsp.edu/english/cornerstone or by e-mail to ddieteri@uwsp.edu. Orders also can be sent toDieterich c/o UWSP English Department, CollinsClassroom Center, Stevens Point, WI 54481.

Students publish almanac

UWSP students in Germany 2003.

Pho

to b

y M

icah

Rah

n, ’0

3, V

eron

a

8Pointer Alumnus

An art student hunches over her artwork diligently trying tocreate a masterpiece. A biology student switches absorbent sheets ofblotting paper so that the plant specimens he collected will bepressed and preserved for future use. What do these students atUWSP have in common?

They’re both able to practice their future professions because theUWSP Paper Science Department makes the paper they use.

For many years, the department’s paper machine has benefitedUWSP and its students. Under the guidance of Gerry Ring andKaryn Biasca, faculty members in paper science, students learn the‘ins and outs’ of running a paper machine. They study samples ofpaper, determine its characteristics through testing and then createpaper that possesses similar, if not the exact, characteristics of the

sample paper. This is done at little or no cost thanks to donations ofmaterials and equipment from local mills.

The Department of Art and Design uses student-made paper forprojects such as print making, etching and stamping so that art stu-dents can develop their work without worrying about wasting expen-sive paper. Professor Robert Erickson thought the students were notexercising their full creativity when they paid $3 for a sheet of 22 x30 inch paper. He talked to Bill Radue, paper science lab manager,thinking that the departments could work with each other. Using theskills they learned in class, the paper science students created aheavy paper that was similar to the original. The two departmentscontinue to work together to create a fine quality, less expensiveprintmaking paper.

Students also made blotting paper for Professor Emeritus RobertFreckmann of the UWSP Herbarium. Freckman’s supplier for blot-ting paper disappeared with the decreased popularity of fountainpens, which required special paper to absorb excess ink. Freckmannasked Larry Graham, former chair of paper science, if he knew ofany blotting paper suppliers. At Graham’s suggestion, paper sciencestudents created the thick, soft, acid free paper that is needed toabsorb moisture from plant specimens. The paper is also used in theBiology Department to line cases and act as an absorbent shield.

Although the paper machine is smaller, it is similar to one foundat a regular mill. Nick Reinke, a paper science senior, says themachine is also slower, but for good reason because students canactually see how the paper forms. Machines at a full-scale mill run atbreak-neck speed.

To make the pulp, students take raw fiber material, either pre-bleached wood sheets or recycled paper that is donated by local millssuch as StoraEnso and Domtar, and add it to a pulper, which soaksthe fiber in a 1,000-gallon vat of water. The students have the abilityto change the color of the paper by adding scraps of colored paperdonated by UWSP Printing and Design, which provides photocopyservices on campus. The students check and change the acidity atthis stage, as they did with the blotting paper. The fiber gets dilutedand torn apart so that it can be run through the machine and dried ina uniform pattern. The students vary the weight of the paper fromtissue to cardboard-like thickness when the fiber is dried andpressed. The paper also is stamped with a watermark unique to thedepartment.

When asked if he thought using the paper machine was benefi-cial, paper science senior Paul Seeliger of Princeton, said, “We stu-dents have found it very helpful to actually apply the ideas and prin-ciples learned in class to equipment and processes that are usedtoday. The experience we gain working with the machine on campusshould prove to be very helpful when we get out into the industry.”

Paper science studentsmonitor the department'spaper machine to createpaper with specificationsrequested by other depart-ments on campus.

Paper machine pumps out possibilities

By Barbara Martin of the Stevens Point Journal staff, printed by permission

Physical education majors at UWSP are using laptop comput-ers, camcorders and digital cameras to get children off their sofasand exercising.

Gadgets and gizmos help the teachers-in-training keep accuraterecords of students’ accomplishments, but the technology also servesto get students interested in fitness, said Colleen Evans-Fletcher,assistant professor of health, exercise science and athletics.Technology is their latest tool, thanks to a $5,400 curriculum devel-opment grant. The university students are using the technology toolsto assess fitness, movement and skills.

“I think it helps us see how we’re doing on our form and showsus what we’re doing wrong and what we’re doing right,” said NoahWhitford, 11, a sixth-grader at Stevens Point Christian Academy inStevens Point.

Students from the academy and St. Stanislaus School participatein twice-weekly physical education classes at UWSP where physicaleducation majors are their teachers. The college students teach children fitness and lifetime activity facts based on the informationgathered using the technology.

Technology has been prevalent in classrooms for years, but phys-ical education teachers were left out of the high-tech fun becausethey couldn’t lug a computer into the gym, Evans-Fletcher said.Now, they can. She used the grant money to buy personal digitalassistants (PDA), pedometers and heart-rate monitors, which sheintroduced in physical education classes last year.

The children wear pedometers to track their steps taken duringphysical education classes, giving an indication of activity levels.That information and other data tracking students’ physical accom-plishments are plugged into the PDAs, which become the teacher’smobile computer. Laptop computers create graphs and charts to showprogress for each student or for a group of students.

In addition, university students use a digital camera and cam-corder to record the younger students’ movements to show themwhether they’re doing their moves correctly. Their teacher can thenassess their progress and share the photos with parents.

“It makes the students more aware,” said Jason Schroeder, asenior physical education major from Stevens Point. “It’s a greatmotivational thing for these kids to have these pedometers on.”

About 60 percent of adults are inactive to the point that it’s aproblem, Evans-Fletcher said. Using technology in physical educa-tion classes could prompt children to become lifelong “movers,” shesaid.

Of course, many of the younger students don’t realize that tech-nology is making a difference in their physical education. St.Stanislaus first-graders Maria Baumann and Mikayla Landowski,both 7, know they’re supposed to freeze when the music from theboombox stops, and they know their teachers keep track of the num-ber of push-ups they do by punching the numbers into a handheldcomputer. Otherwise, the girls and their fellow first-graders are a little sketchy about how else technology is used during class.

“We’re just trying to help them have fun,” Schroeder said.“Technology is the key.”

Physical education majorMike Welhelm works withMatthew Franco, a studentat Stevens Point ChristianAcademy, as they downloadinformation from a pedo-meter to a personal digitalassistant.

High tech phy ed develops lifelong “movers”

Feature stories

9 Spring 2004

When Ray Mundt, ’53,heard about top executives atEnron lining their pockets atthe expense of theiremployees, he got angry. Hisresponse: to help his almamater turn out betterqualified, better trained, moreethical entrepreneurs.

“North Central Wisconsinhas a high standard forpersonal and business ethics,”Mundt states. “Businesseswill be looking for peoplewho know what ethics are andhow to apply them.”

Mundt, and his wife, Ruth,feel so strongly about theimportance of qualityeducation for tomorrow’s business leaders that they have given theUWSP Division of Business and Economics $2.5 million, the singlelargest gift ever received by the university. The gift, in the form of acharitable remainder trust, will enhance offerings in business ethicsand establish a center for entrepreneurship. The donation alsocelebrates the 50th anniversary year of Ray’s graduation fromWisconsin State College (UWSP).

“Ruth and I made this gift because of the successes we have hadsince leaving Stevens Point,” Mundt said. “We have made acommitment to help UWSP give graduates the self-confidence andthe tools they need to become tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.”

Mundt wants UWSP students to understand what ethics are andlearn to treat people as they should be treated. “I have seen it work,”he said. “By building a more intense program, UWSP can be one ofthe best business schools in the country.”

“You must be willing to make a commitment and to work hard toachieve success in business,” Mundt said, when speaking to studentsin the strategic management class, the capstone course for businessadministration majors led by Gary Mullins and C.R. Marshall.Mundt speaks from his experience as a paper sales representative forKimberly Clark who became chair and chief executive officer ofAlco Standard Corporation and Unisource Worldwide.

“Success doesn’t happen by accident,” Mundt told the students.“You have to have a good education, a good ethical background anda lot of energy. There is nothing to hold you back but yourself.”

For those who want to start their own businesses, Mundt puts ahigh priority on communication, both in giving messages toemployees and in listening to their ideas. He said that as CEO ofAlco Standard, he often visited each of the 300 companies owned bythe corporation. Most of his time was spent in mills, mines, factoriesand warehouses. “You need to listen to your people,” he said. “Theywill tell you how you can make the business better.”

His “partnership” philosophy is based on his belief in the abilityof “ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results.” He has often

been quoted as saying “There are no big shots here,” and throughouthis career he championed the power and resourcefulness of theindividual as a corporation’s greatest asset.

“If you want to be successful, you have to convince your peoplethat they are the most important part of the company,” he said. “Andthen you must treat them accordingly.”

“I have had a wonderful business career and it all started here atUWSP,” Mundt said. In addition to receiving his bachelor’s degree,Mundt met his wife, Stevens Point native Ruth Stanchik, whileattending UWSP.

After graduating from P.J. Jacobs High School, Ruth worked atHardware Mutual Insurance, now Sentry Insurance. She attendedfootball games of the winning Pointer team when Ray was a footballplayer. After the games they would go to Little Joes, a gatheringplace in those days.

After college, Mundt entered a training program at Kimberly-Clark in Neenah. “It was a wonderful opportunity to receive firstclass sales training with a great company,” he said. There were 10people in the program, but he was the only one who hadn’t attended

an Ivy League school. He was notintimidated by that. He studied hardand spent extra time in the mills tolearn all he could about the company.When a sales territory opened beforethe end of the training, he was giventhe opportunity to cover it and, withina few years, became the salessupervisor for the Midwest.

Ray and Ruth have been marriedfor more than 50 years and now live inPhiladelphia. They return to Wisconsineach year to spend time at theirsummer home in Land O’ Lakes. Theirchildren established themselves insuccessful careers and live in various

states. While Ray was a sales representative, their children weresmall and his job required him to be away from home frequently.

“When I told Ruth that I intended to play golf on weekends, shetold me that wasn’t going to happen,” he said. He and Ruth decidedto take up boating instead and, as Ruth remembers fondly, the familyspent many active weekends together on their boat.

In the midst of his career, Mundt attended Syracuse Universityand the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. In1970 Alco Standard Corporation asked him to take over their paperdistribution group and the family moved to Valley Forge, Pa. Hedescribed the move as “a heck of an opportunity.” When he tookover, “the company was very unstructured,” he said, so he set aboutlearning as much as he could about the company and its employees.He put together a training program to enhance the abilities andearning power of the employees. As a result of caring about peopleand an aggressive acquisition program, he made the business NorthAmerica’s largest paper distribution organization.

“I’m proud of all of you,” he told students at UWSP. “I sincerelymean it when I say I will help you in any way I can.”

Mundt gift boosts ethics at UWSPFeature stories

“You have to have agood education, a

good ethicalbackground and a

lot of energy. Thereis nothing to hold

you back butyourself.”

Ray Mundt talked to UWSP students about his concerns regarding ethics in business and his idea for a center for entrepreneurship on campus.

Ruth and Ray Mundt

Who is Ray Mundt?

Education:• 1953, Wisconsin State

College, now UW-StevensPoint, bachelor’s degree inmathematics and history

• Syracuse University, studiedbusiness

• Harvard University,advanced managementprogram

Employment:• 1953-1970, Kimberly-Clark,

sales representative, laterbecame vice president andgeneral manager

• 1970, recruited by AlcoStandard Corp., ValleyForge, Pa., to head paperdistribution group, whichquickly became NorthAmerica’s largest

• 1973, chief operating officerand executive vice presi-dent of Alco Standard,overseeing 300 companies

• 1974, president of AlcoStandard

• 1980, CEO Alco Standard• 1986, chair of the board

and CEO at Alco Standard • 1995, retired• 1996, returned to Alco to

take the $7 billion companypublic as UnisourceWorldwide, Inc.

Boards of directors:• UWSP Foundation for

four years• Temple University • Children’s Hospital of

Philadelphia• Philadelphia Savings Fund

Society• Core States Bank• Clark Equipment Company• Liberty Mutual

Recognitions:• Peter Hilton Award• National Paper Trades

Association’s Stanley O.Styles Annual IndustryAward

• 1991, CEO of the Year byFinancial World Magazine

• National Conference ofChristians and JewsHumanitarian Award

• 1998, UWSP DistinguishedAlumnus Award

• 1998,Spring commence-ment speaker at UWSP

10Pointer Alumnus

Sports

The most successful cross country season in schoolhistory, another soccer conference tournament title andone of the best football season finishes in recent yearshighlighted another outstanding fall season for UWSPathletics.

Cross countryThe women’s cross coun-

try team won its first-everconference championshipand placed third at theNational Collegiate AthleticAssociation (NCAA)Division III championships.The Pointers also won theNCAA Midwest Regionaltitle. Junior Megan Craig,Bangor, led the balancedteam four times and sopho-more Teresa Stanley,Whitewater, led the squadthree times.

The men’s cross countryteam had its highest finishever at the NCAA Division

III championships, finishing second overall. The Pointersalso placed second at the conference meet and won theprestigious Notre Dame Invitational during the season.Senior Curt Johnson, DeForest, and junior MarkLaLonde, Park Falls, both finished in the top 18 atnationals and earned All-American honors.

FootballThe football team finished 8-2 overall for its ninth

eight-win season in UWSP’s history. The Pointers rolledthrough their last five games and set a school scoringrecord by averaging 39.4 points per game this season.Senior quarterback Scott Krause, Waunakee, was theWisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC)Player of the Year, was named first-team All-Americanby three organizations and was a finalist for the DivisionIII Player of the Year award.

SoccerThe women’s soccer team won its seventh straight

conference tournament championship and advanced tothe NCAA Division III tournament for the 10th time in11 years after finishing 15-4-3 overall. Senior KellyFink, West Bend, was the WIAC Player of the Year, andsenior Jenny Bruce, Menasha, was named the CollegeDivision Academic All-American of the Year.

VolleyballThe women’s volleyball team had its highest win

total since 2000 by finishing 11-23 overall against anoth-er challenging schedule that featured eight ranked oppo-nents. The Pointers had a young squad and finished theyear strong by winning three of their last five matches.

GolfThe women’s golf team placed fourth at the WIAC

championships as senior Andrea Miller, Sheboygan, wasseventh overall. The Pointers set a school record with a631 team score at the Illinois Wesleyan Invitational asfreshman Susie Lewis, Crystal Lake, Ill., shot a school-record round of 73.

TennisThe women’s tennis team finished sixth at the WIAC

championships with senior Emily Schlender, Baraboo,recording a fourth place finish at number three singles. Itwas the final season for Head Coach Nancy Page, whoretired at the end of the season after 18 years of coach-ing tennis and 31 years in the athletic department.

Pointers make good showings throughout the year

UWSP senior Jenny Bruce, Menasha, received thehighest honor of any student-athlete in college divisionwomen’s soccer as the Academic All-American of theYear. Her teammate, Kelly Fink, joined her on the All-American team.

A team captain, Bruce helped the Pointers to theirseventh consecutive National Collegiate AthleticAssociation (NCAA) Division III Tournament berth bywinning the Wisconsin Intercollegiate AthleticConference (WIAC) Tournament title. She was also onthe dean’s list at UWSP.

Bruce was joined on the first team by Fink, a seniorfrom West Bend, who earned her first Academic All-America award as a third-team selection. The team iscomprised of all NCAA Division II, Division III andNational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)athletes from around the country and is selected by theCollege Sports Information Directors of America.

The selection of Bruce and Fink for the team givesUWSP 23 Academic All-American selections in schoolhistory, including 20 in the past five years. In addition toBruce, four other Pointer athletes have been two-timeselections.

Bruce, a graduate of Menasha High School, was athird-team selection last season and was a second-teamhonoree as a sophomore at UWSP. She is this season’s

WIAC scholar athlete and has a 3.94grade point average. She is majoring insociology with a minor in healtheducation and coaching. Bruce is theall-time conference assists leader andranks 11th in NCAA Division IIIhistory with 53 for her career.

Fink, a West Bend West HighSchool graduate, was one of threeDivision III players named a NationalSoccer Coaches Association ofAmerica scholar athlete last year andcarries a 3.59 grade point average inelementary education, also putting heron the dean’s list. This season’s WIACCo-Player of the Year, she ranks 11thin Division III history with 235 careerpoints and 12th with 98 career goals,despite playing just three seasons aftertransferring from Concordia Universityin Mequon.

Bruce and Fink combined for a 73-12-5 record during their careers,including four NCAA Division IIItournament appearances.

Women soccer players score as All-Americans

The Pointers began the winter with a strong start.

Women’s basketballThe women’s basketball team matched its best start

in school history by winning its first 12 games of theseason and spending a week with its first-ever regularseason number one ranking in the NCAA Division IIIpoll. UWSP captured the Pointer Tipoff Classic and SanDiego Tournament titles. Junior Amanda Nechuta,Mosinee, was the Most Valuable Player of the PointerClassic and senior Tara Schmitt, Brookfield, was theMVP of the San Diego Tournament.

Men’s basketballThe men’s basketball team won its first 11 games of

the year and was ranked number two in the country formost of the first half of the season. The Pointers wonthe Pointer Tipoff Classic and Las Vegas Tournamenttitles. Junior Jason Kalsow, Huntley, Ill., was among theconference leaders in most statistical categories and wasnamed the Pointer Classic MVP.

Women’s hockeyThe women’s hockey team had another strong start,

holding its opponents scoreless for over 300 consecutiveminutes at one point in the season. The Pointers playedfour ranked teams in five days on a trip to the east coastand tied the top two ranked teams in the country. JuniorAnn Ninnemann, Rosemount, Minn., had a hat trick onthe eastern trip and leads the team in scoring.

Men’s hockeyThe men’s hockey team opened the year with a 10-

4-1 record through its first 15 games and had several bigearly season wins, including a victory at fifth-rankedUW-River Falls. Junior Adam Kostichka, Stevens Point,is the team’s leading scorer for the second straight year.

WrestlingThe wrestling team has been ranked in the top 10 of

the country for most of the season and features two ofthe top individual wrestlers in the nation as senior YanWhite, Antigo, and junior Cody Koenig, Underwood,Iowa, are both highly ranked at their respective weightclasses. The Pointers posted their first dual meet winover UW-La Crosse since 1998-99.

Swimming and divingThe swimming and diving team again features

strong men’s and women’s squads that are challengingthe top of the WIAC standings. The men’s team enteredthe year having won four straight titles and again sweptthrough its WIAC dual meets. Junior Matt Grunwald,Madison, was the WIAC Athlete of the Week the firsttwo weeks of the season. The women’s team has a deepsquad with several individuals that are contenders forconference titles.

Fall flashback Winter sports successes

Curt Johnson and MarkLeLonde

Senior quarterback Scott Krause was named WIACPlayer of the Year

Pointer sports hotline and Web siteFor the latest sports information call the Pointer sports hotline or visit our Web site.

715-346-3888, press 4

www.uwsp.edu/athletics/

Jenny Bruce, #2, dribbles past an opponant

Pho

to b

y R

ick

witt

11 Spring 2004

Class Notes

2000sTracie Derbick, ’03, Mankato,Minn., is pursuing a master’s degreein sports administration at MinnesotaState University, Mankato. A gradu-ate assistant, she teaches gymnasticsand is establishing a HumanPerformance Majors Club.

Bryan Fricke, ’03, Edina, Minn., ispilot sales manager for VectorMarketing Corporation’s Edinaoffice. He has been a sales represen-tative for Vector since 2001.

Jennifer (Winter) Hess, ’03,Schofield, is a program assistant atUWSP Extension. She was marriedin July and is a graduate student atCapella University, Minneapolis.

Keely Pease, master’s ’03,Wisconsin Rapids, is a speech-language pathologist at TherapiesPlus. She is engaged to AndrewBorchardt.

1990sWilliam Hamelink, ’99, Vesper,and his four children lost their wifeand mother, Anna May, in a caraccident in February. He is a data-base analyst for NorthlandCranberries and sings in theWisconsin Master Chorale.

Erich Rusch, ’99, Green Bay, is aband instrument repair technician atInstrumental Music Company. He isengaged to marry Amanda Bergelin September.

Jeana Magyar-Moe, ’98, StevensPoint, is assistant professor ofpsychology at UWSP. She earneda doctorate in counseling psychol-ogy at the University of Kansasand plans to work part time as apsychologist at Portage CountyHealth and Human Services thisspring. Her husband, James, ’93,master’s ’98, is branch managerand assistant vice president atU.S. Bank in Wausau.

Jennifer (Kielley) Weimer, ’98,Milwaukee, is a recruiter forExtendicare Health Services.

Mark Rozmarynowski, ’98,Wauwatosa, is a librarian at UW-Washington County in West Bend.

April Bishop-Schauss, ’97,Milwaukee, teaches advanced place-ment English at Nathan Hale HighSchool in West Allis and is a co-adviser of the National HonorSociety. In April 2003, she led agroup of juniors and seniors on a10-day excursion to London andParis and is planning a trip for June2004 to Germany, Vienna and Prague.She would like friends to e-mail herat luvshakespeare@hotmail.com.

Laura Routh, ’97, Lawrence, Kan.,is a hazardous materials trainer forMcKinzie Environmental. She spentthe past five years as a recyclingand hazardous waste coordinatorin Vermont.

Laura Mundschau, ’97, was rec-ognized for her contributions tourban forestry education in CentralWisconsin. She taught applied landscape architecture during thestart-up of the urban forestry pro-gram at Mid-State TechnicalCollege and was an interim instruc-tor at UWSP. She is a landscapedesigner for Eco-Building andForestry of Stevens Point and Wausau.

Joseph Zuniga, ’96, Shawano, hastaught second grade for theShawano-Gresham school districtafter receiving a teaching license atLakeland College. He and his wife,Sheri, were married in June 2002and expect their first child in March.

Eric Skrum, ’96, Lodi, is commu-nication director for the NationalMotorists Association and has beena guest on CNN, MSNBC and theGood Morning Show and onvarious radio programs and innewspapers across the nation. He isthe founder of Lodi SteppingStones, a community theatre groupin its seventh season.

Vilay Her, ’96, Schofield, teachesmusic at John Muir Middle Schooland is a graduate student at UWSP.A speaker at last year’s UWSPHmong dinner, she is a nationalmulticultural music presenter and iscollecting, transcribing and arrang-ing Hmong folk music.

Erin Silva, ’96, Las Cruces, N.M.,is an assistant professor in theDepartment of Agronomy andHorticulture at New Mexico StateUniversity. She received a gradu-ate degree from WashingtonState University.

Kit (Hoffman)Werner, mas-ter’s ’95, isexecutive assis-tant to thechancellor atUWSP. Shepreviously wasacademic coor-dinator ofUWSP’sFreshmenInterest Groups

and acting coordinator of the DieteticsUnit for the School of HealthPromotion/Human Development.

Scott Bennett, ’94, Madison,earned a master’s degree at UW-Madison where he was a teachingassistant for beginning acting andstage voice classes. Roles in gradu-ate school included Einstein in ThePhysicists, for which he earned anIrene Ryan Acting nomination. Forthe past two summers, he has beena teacher and director for MadisonFamily Theatre’s summer dramaschool and has appeared in severalof their productions, including AWoman Called Truth, and as JacobMarley and the Ghost of ChristmasPresent in A Christmas Carol.

Bill Cotter, ’94, Chicago, Ill., is acustoms officer at O’Hare airport inChicago conducting inspection andexaminations of passengers comingoff international flights. “It is anexciting time to be working for theU.S. government while keeping inmind the very serious objective ofkeeping the homeland safe,” hesaid. “Considering that I majored incommunication at UWSP, I amsurprised to be working where I am.But I enjoy the challenge of work-ing at the world’s busiest airport.”

Dave Grosshuesch, ’94, Duluth,Minn., is director of passerineresearch at Hawk Ridge NatureReserve. Although known for themassive migration of hawks, thereserve is a stopover site for thou-sands of songbirds. Over the pasteight years, Grosshuesch has cap-tured and banded more than 26,000birds, nearly half of them warblers,and has banded 27 of Minnesota’s42 warbler species. In September,he presented his research, “TheWarbler Migration at Hawk Ridge;Facts, Fiction and Fascinating,” atthe Fall Hawk Weekend at theUniversity of Minnesota-Duluth.

Kit (Hoffman)WernerErin Yudchitz, ’03, Seattle,

Wash., is an AmeriCorps VISTAVolunteer. We apologize for mis-spelling her name in the fall 2003issue of the Pointer Alumnus.

Mike Kurer, ’97, WestAllis, is a lab techni-cian for BodycoteThermal Processing,the largest heat treaterin the world, servingthe automotive andfarming industries. Healso operates machinesthat do Melonite pro-cessing, a method forcoating metal. Kurerworks with Bodycote

clients that include railroad companies, Harley Davidson and the military.For three years after graduation he worked as an interpreter in a working1880s blacksmith shop at Old World Wisconsin, a living history museum inEagle. He then ran his own blacksmith shop, Phoenix Forgeworks, for twoyears. He would like to hear from fellow Pointers at 414-545-4370.

Runner looks to Olympics Wendi (Zak) Ray, ’96,master’s ’98, will run inthe Olympic trials onApril 3.

Ray is an assistant trackcoach at Gibralter HighSchool and works parttime as a speech patholo-gist for Door County’sbirth-to-three program.She also works with herhusband, Linden, ’95,who owns the Mink RiverBasin Supper Club inSister Bay. But for the pastfour years, she has primar-ily been a marathon runner.

Ray has cut her time for the marathon (41.3 kilometers) from 3 hours, 30minutes and 12 seconds in the 2001 Cellcom Green Bay Marathon to2:46:48 in the 2003 U.S. Marathon Championships in St. Louis. After run-ning three qualifying races to enter the trials for the 2004 Olympics she willneed a time of 2:48:00 to get on the team. Of the 120 women in the trials,between one and three will make the 2004 Olympics.

The first time she ran a marathon at 2:52:00 she realized the Olympics waswithin her reach. Later in 2002 she ran the Chicago Marathon in 2:44:44.

“I didn’t intend to be at this level when I started training three and a halfyears ago,” Ray said.

After an injury last fall, she was out of training briefly, but she will run ahalf-marathon in Las Vegas this spring. Her goal for the winter has been torun 100 to 120 miles each week.

Although she doesn’t anticipate making the cut for the 2004 Olympics, hergoal is to be under 2:40:00 for the 2008 Olympic trials. At present, she isranked 63rd in the nation and hopes to finish between 25th and 50th at thisyear’s trials.

Recently Ray bumped into fellow UWSP alumni, Mark Manz, ’97, Keil,and learned that he had qualified for the men’s Olympic trials in October.

Friends Troy Stellmacher,’99, New Bedford,Mass., and AndreaBeck, ’98, Madison,were at the top of PoasVolcano in Central CostaRica in June. Stellmacheris a marine biologist,inventorying and moni-toring marine speciescaught on commercialfishing boats. He is plan-ning to return to CostaRica this year, where he hasstudied sea turtles in the past.Andrea, a GIS specialistfor the AmericanTransmission Company,creates maps that reviewenvironmental impacts.

Kelly Malahy, ’02, is a PeaceCorps volunteer in El Salvador. Shepreviously was an educator at theBrookfield Zoo in Chicago.

Jennifer (Bisner) Yakel, ’02, GreenBay, teaches 3-year-olds atEnterprise Academy. Her husband,Aaron, ’02, is a dispatcher and bro-ker for PW Transport. They havebeen married for two years.

Laura Yaeger, ’02, Poynette, runsthe Penny Imray Dance Studio inBaraboo, where she started takinglessons at age six.

Kristen Huff, ’01, Shorewood, isdirector of exhibitor services atKarl’s Event Rental in Oak Creek.

Ryan Meverden, ’01, Rochester,Minn., is one of the authors of apaper on heart attack survival pub-lished in the New England Journalof Medicine. The article states thatearly defibrillation improved thepatient survival rates. He is aresearch analyst doing biostatisticsat the Mayo Clinic.

Jeremy Olejnik, ’00, Rhinelander,is a telecommunication systems spe-cialist for Ministry Health Care’snorthern region. His wife, Elizabeth(Main), ’00, teaches fifth grade inRhinelander Catholic Schools. Theyrecently purchased their first home.

Jamie Beckland, ’00, works forThe Brookings Institution, aresearch firm in Washington, D.C.

Niiki Hakala, ’00, Manawa, teach-es band at Little Wolf High Schooland continues to perform with theCentral Wisconsin SymphonyOrchestra. She will participate in atwo-week tour of China with theWausau Symphonic Band in thesummer of 2004.

Wendi (Zak) and Linden Ray

Class NotesClass NotesClass Notes

12Pointer Alumnus

Class Notes

Alumni who lived on first floor South Burroughs Hall in 1973 and 1974would like to locate fellow residents of the wing. Sad thing is, they don’tknow the names of everyone in the picture or their whereabouts. If you rec-ognize yourself or a friend in the picture, please e-mail Mark Sidler, ’74,Peoria, Ariz., at msidler@msn.com. Our best guesses so far are: top row, leftto right, Sidler; Tim Lloyd; Jeff Sonderman; Dennis Block, ’76, WestBend; Doug Lynch, ’77, Madison; Mike Hankins; standing, Bob Korth,’77, Hinckley, Minn.; middle row, John Lange; Bob MacDonald, ’77,Stevens Point; Bob O.; Fred Minnich, ’76, Ishpeming, Mich.; Jeff Walker;Don Larson, ’73, Tomah; Gil Yerke, ’77, Mukwonago; bottom row, CraigSmith, ’74, Eagle River; Dave Millard, ’78 Rockledge, Fla.; Jim Habeck,’76, Shawano; Tim Kirkpatrick, ’75, Hartland; Mario Bordini, ’76, SanAntonio, Texas; Kirk Knudsen, ’76.

Amy (Soppe) Smith, ’94, Nekoosa,is an instructor in the academic sup-port center at Mid-State TechnicalCollege in Adams. Previously shetaught English as a second languageand was a translator for the Adams-Friendship School District whereshe implemented a juvenile jailschool program. She also taughtESL and GED courses at the FederalCorrectional Institution at Oxford.

Robert Kallio, ’94, Green, S.C., isa case manager and service coordi-nator for the Missouri Departmentof Mental Health. He has been serv-ing in Baghdad, Iraq, since May2003 with the 203rd EngineerCombat Battalion of the NationalGuard. He says, “When we’re notgetting shot at we build base campsfor other military units to use.” Hehopes to return home in June.

Tracelyn (Magyar) Gesteland,’94, Houston, Texas, is pursuing amaster’s degree at the University ofHouston and is a music theory teach-ing assistant. She performed the leadrole of Ramiro in the university operaproduction of Mozart’s La FintaGiardiniera in February.

Kara (Prohaska) Helbing, ’94,Appleton, teaches third grade forthe Kimberly Area School District.She and her husband, Timothy,have one son.

Lisa (Adler) Clark, ’94, Bagley, isa speech and language pathologistin Patch Grove. She received a mas-ter’s degree at UW-River Falls. Sheand her husband, Brad, have one son.

David Lee, ’93, Leavenworth, Kan.,is on active duty as a major in theArmy. In August he attended theCommand and General StaffOfficer Course.

Drew Weis, ’93, Mishawaka, Ind.,is a staff psychologist at theUniversity of Notre Dame. He andhis wife, Lisa, met 10 years ago asPeace Corps volunteers in Yemen.Since then, he earned a doctorate inclinical psychology. They have ason who was born in December.

Amy (Bridich) Bell, ’93,Menomonee Falls, teaches scienceat Cedarburg High School. She andher husband, John, have a daughterand a son.

Lisa (Tomko) Sveum, ’92,La Crosse, was named 2003 WomanBusiness Owner of the Year for anemerging business in the greater La Crosse area through the NationalAssociation of Women BusinessOwners. Her firm, Blue IrisGraphics, offers a wide range ofcommercial print, Web and market-ing services. Visit her Web site atwww.blueirisgraphics.com.

Julie Apker, ’91, Paw Paw, Mich.,has been an assistant professor ofcommunication at WesternMichigan University in Kalamazoo,since 2001. In addition to teaching,she researches the communicationprocesses of health care workersand the role their interactions playin improving worker quality of lifeand enhancing patient outcomes.

She has published articles in acade-mic journals such as Journal ofApplied Communication Research,Qualitative Research Reports inCommunication, Journal of NursingAdministration and NursingOutlook. She and her husband, RodPhares, have twin daughters born inNovember.

KathleenTheisen-Remaud, ’91,Stamford,Conn., sang inthe chorus ofBenvenutoCellini byBerlioz at theNew YorkMetropolitanOpera. She hasperformed with

the Dubuque Symphony and theAmato Opera in Manhattan andnumerous orchestras along the EastCoast. She has won several awardsincluding the $1,000 PandolfiAward at the Connecticut OperaGuild Scholarship Competition andwas a finalist in the 2002 NationalOpera Association VocalCompetition. She also is a teacher,conductor, pianist and author.

Jennifer (Schoch) Jirous, ’91,Colorado Springs, Colo., teaches com-puter information systems at PikesPeak Community College. Shereceived the 2003 Teacher of the YearAward for Postsecondary Business.

Rochelle“Shelly”Johnson, ’90,Plover, whohas been teach-ing for 20years, receiveda Golden AppleAward from thePortage CountyBusinessCouncil. Sheinvolves her

students at P.J. Jacobs Junior HighSchool in events such as a waxmuseum staged each year. “Sheengages the kids in a lot of hands-on activities,” said O. PhillipIdsvoog, principal. “She has aninnovative approach to English bothin and outside the classroom.”

Kim Fenske,’90, Madison,is a personalfinancial advis-er with theMadison officeof AmericanExpress.Previously anattorney for theHo-ChunkNation, he is alicensed gener-

al securities representative and a lifeand health insurance agent.

Kristine (Helein) Kolb, ’90,Sherwood, is enjoying being a stay-at-home mom after teaching kinder-garten for six years and operating achildcare center for 10 years.

Lynda Sullivan, master’s ’90,Amherst, an exceptional educationteacher at Mead Elementary School

KathleenTheisen-Remaud

Shelly Johnson

Kim Fenske

1980sBruce Woodrell, ’89, FortLauderdale, Fla., is a pilot and vicepresident of sales for BanyanAir Service.

Michelle (Bores) Kinnard, ’89,Milwaukee, is an environmentalspecialist in the Milwaukee HealthDepartment with the hazardousmaterials first responder team. Shedoes environmental assessment for theDepartment of City Development,including field inspections and back-ground research of tax-delinquentproperties for potential acquisition.She is married and has three children.

Keith Beyer, ’89, Wauwatosa, pro-fessor of chemistry at WisconsinLutheran College, is departmentchair of chemistry and physics.Under a five-year, $343,000research grant from the NationalScience Foundation, he will explorethe impact of air pollution on theformation of cirrus clouds in thetroposphere. Important for theearth’s radiation balance, cirrusclouds have a significant impact onglobal warming, he believes.

Kevin Kumlien, ’89, Roscoe, Ill., isa registered nurse in the intensivecare and coronary care units atRockford Memorial Hospital, a450-bed, level one trauma center.He also serves as a lieutenant in theNaval Reserve as the executive offi-cer at Fleet Hospital Great Lakesdetachment 36 in Madison.

�Doug Moore, master’s ’89,Stevens Point, program manager ofphotography in UWSP NewsServices, had a photo selected forthe cover of the UW System 2003Financial Report. The award-winning scene of Old Main also hasgraced the cover of UWSP’s view-book, phone directory, a brochurefor the Foreign Students Office andthe Pointer Alumnus. The photo isavailable as a poster for $3 plusshipping from the UWSP AlumniAssociation by calling 715-346-3811 or 887-764-6801.

Albert Chen, ’88, Daly City, Calif.,is a station manager for the U.S.Postal Service in San Francisco.

Carol Otto, master’s ’86, Schofield,mathematics resource teacher forWausau schools, received the $250Tom Hayes Memorial Award fromthe School of Education at UWSP’s

Pete, ’90, and Kris (O’Neil) Tarnowski, ’90, Kiel, organize an annualBaldwin Hall reunion at Oneida Lake each summer. They call the gathering“Curlyfest” after Bob Curley who started the get-togethers in 1991. At thisyear’s reunion were, left to right, Bob Curley, ’90, Sun Prairie; WayneGagnon, ’92, Antigo; Pete; Walt Piel, ’91, Watertown; Kris; Connie Piel;Jamie Affeldt, ’90, Neenah; John Seibel, ’92, Milwaukee; Anne (Farrell)Seibel, ’89, Milwaukee; Dave Twaroski, ’90, Kaukauna; Lou AnnTwaroski; Bob Baures, ’90, Fountain City; and Linda Baures. The grouphas met every summer since 1991. Not included in the photo are JimBuchholz, ’92, Bangor, and his wife, Jennifer.

Who are these guys?

Theresa Wanta, ’82, St. Paul,Minn., is a professional artistwith work in galleries and pri-vate collections throughoutthe U.S. Two of her paintings,“Apricots” and “WhitePeonies,” have been chosenby the Christopher ReevesFoundation to be printed on650,000 cards, which will beused to raise funds for the dis-abled. She is exhibiting inthe St. Paul Art Crawl onFriday and Saturday, April 23and 24, in the LowertownCommons Atrium on FourthStreet East. She is showingwork at Sochi’s, 274 SnellingAve., St. Paul, which is openon Wednesday throughSaturday. She also had a showin Owatonna, Minn., inFebruary. Her work can be seenon the Internet at www.theresawanta.com and she gives private showings ather studio. She would like to hear from fellow alums by e-mail at twstu-dio@visi.com or by phone at 651-298-9636.

Among those attending the event were, left to right, Deb Marten, Custer; Dianne Somers, ’68, Stevens Point, amember of the UWSP Foundation Board; Al Marten, Custer; Nick Somers, Stevens Point; Sue Sachs, Plover; AnneCarlson, ’81, emeritus assistant professor of mathematics; and her husband Stan, professor of mathematics.

More than 200 Pointer alumni andfriends gave Terry Porter, ’93, astanding ovation as he took thecourt at the Bradley Center for hisfirst game as head coach of theMilwaukee Bucks. A pregamereception, held at Buck Bradley’sSaloon in Milwaukee, kicked offthe event on November 1. Onelucky alumus took home a raffleprize–a basketball autographed by Porter.

Porter, who played at UWSP from1981-85, became the eighth coachin Bucks’ history in the fall. Hespent the previous season as anassistant coach with the SacramentoKings after retiring from a 17-yearcareer that included 10 years withthe Portland Trail Blazers.

Pointers welcome Porter back to Wisconsin

1990s

Coach Terry Porter and Bucksplayer T.J. Ford

in Wisconsin Rapids, received a$250 Excellence in Teaching Awardat UWSP’s Celebration of Teaching.She was chosen by the UWSP chap-ter of Kappa Delta Pi.

Theresa Wanta

Pho

to c

oute

sy o

f M

ilwau

kee

Buc

ks