News Release #4-5

April 2, 1998

Advertising Seminar Begins April 23

  OSHKOSH--A seminar on "How To Get Big Results From a Small Advertising Budget" will be 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Oshkosh Hilton & Convention Center.
  The seminar sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Extension Small Business Development Center and Business Development Center is targeted at small, independent and corporate business people and will offer intensive, hands-on training that can improve advertising effectiveness.
  The instructor is Chuck Tomkovick, an advertising professional who has been a sales promotion manager for Outboard Marine Corp. and director of marketing services for Parker Pen.
  Participants will receive .65 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The cost is $145. The fee includes refreshment breaks, lunch, materials and instruction.
  To register or for more information call 920/424-1453 or 1-800-232-8939. Register at least one week before the seminar.
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News Release #4-6

April 2, 1998

Customer Service Seminar April 30

  OSHKOSH--A seminar on "Putting the Customer Back In Customer Service," presented by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Extension Business Development Center and Small Business Development Center, will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the Oshkosh Hilton & Convention Center.
  The workshop can help small business owners and managers improve customer satisfaction and repeat business.
  Instructor is John M. Mozingo, director of management training at the UW-Oshkosh Business Development Center and a former financial services business owner who has conducted more than 500 workshops for the UW- System since 1978.
  Participants will receive .6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Cost is $145 and includes refreshment breaks, lunch, materials and instruction. To register or for more information call 920/424-1453 or 1-800-232-8939. Register at least one week in advance.
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News Release #4-4

April 3, 1998

Appleton Student Wins Campus, Statewide Awards

OSHKOSH--Karen Austin of Appleton has won the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1998 Student Employee of the Year and Wisconsin Student Employee of the Year awards.
  Melinda Tietz of Portage and Apryl Smith of Berlin were selected Student Employees of Distinction at UW-Oshkosh.
  Austin will receive a plaque and a $100 cash gift certificate from the UW-Oshkosh Foundation at the Friday, April 24 Honors and Awards Ceremony in the Music Hall, 926 Woodland Ave. She will receive a $75 gift certificate for the state award.
  She now advances to the 14-state Midwestern regional in the progressive competition sponsored by the  National Association of Student Employment Administrators.
  UW-Oshkosh has honored exceptional contributions by student employees since 1990. Winners have demonstrated "reliability, initiative and professionalism" in their campus jobs.
  Austin was selected from a pool of 20 student candidates nominated by their employers. A committee of six faculty, academic staff and classified staff at UW-Oshkosh selected the winners of the campus competition.
  A clerical assistant for the English department, Austin has trained new student employees and served as a lead worker since August 1994.
  She also helps the 45-member department with projects such as formatting flyers and documents and fielding phone calls, typing syllabi and preparing mailings. The department, the largest on campus, has nearly 5,500 students in its courses each year. Nearly a dozen department
members nominated Austin for the award.
  Austin is organizing and cataloguing more than 1,400 books donated to the department five years ago by former UW-Oshkosh English Professor Averyl Bishop. When the voluntary project is finished, the department and students will have full computer-catalogue access to the literary collection.
  "She has never missed a day of work, and can always be counted on to add her creative talents to the projects she is assigned," said Jane Kramer, department program assistant. "There are many facets to the impact Karen has had on the...department, and she will be sadly missed when she graduates next year."
  Austin will graduate in May 1999 with a degree in Spanish education.
  Tietz, an elementary education major, has been a front desk receptionist in the Admissions Office since fall 1994. She also is a campus tour guide and ambassador. A University Scholar who maintains a 3.5 grade point average, she will graduate in December 1998.
  "Others deserve to be able to be touched by this competent and talented person," said Admissions Director Jill Endries. "Students and staff quickly come and go in an institution this large. Many are exceptional, but few rise to the top as Melinda has done."
  Smith, a senior in operations management in the College of Business Administration, has been the Experimental Aircraft Association/Oshkosh Placement Exchange (OPE) Reservations Manager at Gruenhagen Conference Center for a total of four years.
  Smith helps coordinate the nearly 8,000 reservations for the annual EAA Fly-in and the 600 candidate registrations and 300 housing assignments for OPE, which is an annual national job placement service for Residence Life.
  "Apryl's creative approach to solving problems and her determination to complete projects and assignments based on the high standards she sets for herself is proof of the quality of work she performs," said Kavinda Arthenayake, assistant director at Gruenhagen Conference Center. "Apryl is one of the most effective supervisors I have employed in my professional career."
  Tietz and Smith will receive certificates and gifts for their achievement. Chancellor John E. Kerrigan will recognize the three student employees Monday, April 6, the beginning of Student Employment Week at UW-Oshkosh.
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News Release #4-10

April 6, 1998

Learn How Negotiation Works April 16

  OSHKOSH--"Getting Agreement Without Giving In: Negotiating to Turn Problems into Win-Win Opportunities" is the topic at the Thursday, April 16 meeting of the Fox Valley Chapter of the Wisconsin Home-Based Business Association (WHBA).
  The event will be from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Settle Inn, corner of 172W and Packerland Drive in Green Bay.
  Cheryl Stinski, president of Alternative Resolutions Inc., will provide tips for working with others. She will discuss being "soft," or making concessions in order to reach an amicable solution, and being "hard," or holding out for what you want regardless of how it affects relationships.
  Stinski has more than six years of experience in mediation and conflict management. Before setting up her own business she was instrumental in establishing a community mediation program in Outagamie County.
  The Fox Valley chapter of the WHBA is a support association for home-based business owners throughout northeast and east central Wisconsin headquartered at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
  The fee for the meeting is $1. To pre-register, call the Fox Valley WHBA at 920/424-1541 or toll-free 1-800-232-8939.
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News Release #4-9

April 6, 1998

University Day April 16

  OSHKOSH--Is talk radio a fountain of wisdom or a pool of ignorance? Can aromatherapy enhance the quality of life? What's really going on in Washington?
  These topics and more will be the featured discussions at "University Day" Thursday, April 16 at the Oshkosh Hilton.
  The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh program begun in 1969 recognizes local leaders who benefit the community with their talents in art, business and culture. This year, eight speakers will share their expertise on topics ranging from health and happiness to music and theater.
  Sponsored by the UW-Oshkosh Office of Alumni Affairs and Division of Continuing Education/Extension, the event begins at 8:30 a.m. Participants will have the choice of three sessions each at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
  The three speakers at 9 a.m. are:
  * Ellen Kort of Appleton, a free-lance writer and poet who will present "Discovering Your Own Story," which will focus on giving voice to personal and spiritual development through the creative self.
  * Marguerite Helmers, director of composition and assistant professor of English at UW-Oshkosh, who will explore Albert Einstein's dream of relativity and its connection to physicist Alan Lightman's best-selling Einstein's Dreams, a novel that is less about Einstein the man than it is about the possibilities for existence that time, tradition and societal expectation offer.
 * Jane Knappen Cole, proprietor of The Faded Rose, Green Bay, and a member of the
International Aromatherapy and Herb Association, who will introduce participants to the use of essential oils to calm, balance and rejuvenate the body, mind and spirit. Participants will have an
opportunity to sample a variety of scents.
  The three speakers at 10 a.m. are:
  * Stephen Hintz, UW-Oshkosh public affairs professor who will examine contemporary politics in the contexts of recent crises and the coming presidential campaign.
  * Dan Fallon, managing director, and Regg Goodwin, administrative intern, of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, who will present "What's Up in the Theater? Behind-the-Scenes ‘Buzz' about the ‘Biz.'" They will discuss current trends in theater including strategies for creating diverse programming for the Rep's three unique performance spaces.
  * Sara Hildebrand of Neenah, who will present "Secrets of Life, Longevity, Health and Happiness." At 61, Hildebrand was a member of the 1995 "Expedition Inspiration" team of 17 breast cancer survivors who climbed Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere. PBS made a documentary of the climb, which Hildebrand uses as a metaphor for her experience with breast cancer, detection, treatment and survival.
  Frank Hoffmeister, UW-Oshkosh associate professor of voice, and a group of vocal students from the university will perform a variety of arias, duets and ensembles from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" at an 11 a.m. general session.
  Margaret Andreason, producer/host of "To the Best of Our Knowledge" on Wisconsin Public Radio, will speak at a 12:30 p.m. lunch. She will speak on "Talk Radio: Fountain of Wisdom or Pool of Ignorance?" Andreason is a professor of family and consumer communications in the department of agricultural journalism at UW-Madison.
   Admission is $18, which includes refreshments and lunch. There will be a spring fashion show featuring designs from The Gilded Lily and Polly Z's of Oshkosh at noon.
  For more information or to register call 920/424-1129 or toll-free 1-800-633-1442.
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News Release #4-11

April 6, 1998

Pickett Artist Has Exhibit at Priebe Gallery April 8-May 3

  OSHKOSH--Artist and farmer Michael Meilahn of Pickett, who has showcased his art in more than 15 states and Germany, will bring his glass art exhibit to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Priebe Art Gallery April 8 through May 3.
  There will be a reception for Meilahn at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 at the gallery in the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave. It is free and open to the public.
  "The show, created especially for the Priebe Art Gallery, will be a site-specific installation; large-scale glass objects will be hanging from the rafters," said Jeff Lipschutz, director of Priebe Art Gallery.
  Meilahn, the artist, said his exhibit will relate to his other life.
  "This exhibition relates directly to my other life -- my life as a farmer, a tiller of the soil and a producer of grains," he said. "I have been incorporating cement, wood and glass -- the glass being, for me, a metaphor of light, life and illusion," said Meilahn.
  Meilahn's early art centered on glass blowing techniques.
  "Through the need to increase scale, to discover other surfaces and textures, and to explore the possibilities of adding light, I introduced steel and concrete for strength, included wood, copper, aluminum, ceramic and brass for contrast, and added neon," said Meilahn.
  He said he places an emphasis on originality and combining old and new techniques.
  "In handling a material again and again and again, I discover what the limits of that material are and where the design of my imagination can go," he said. "The challenge is the process of bringing what is in my head to the limitations of the medium."
  Meilahn did his undergraduate studies at UW-River Falls, and he received a master's degree in
art from Illinois State University, Normal. After graduation he did independent study in Germany and Holland, served in the Peace Corps in Bolivia and taught at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Mont., Prairie School in Racine and Penland School in North Carolina.
  Meilahn's work is part of 14 collections nationwide, including the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, the Milwaukee Art Museum, McDonald Corp. in Chicago, the Neville Public Museum in Green Bay and the Bergstrom-Mahler Art Center, Neenah.
  In 1997, his work was exhibited at the Galleria Dorita in Atlanta and the Jerald Melberg Gallery in Charlotte, N.C. His work has been in approximately 20 invitational exhibitions since 1990.
  He gives seminars and workshops throughout the Midwest, and he has been featured in Glass Art Journal, Wisconsin Trails, Let's Go magazine and Wisconsin Magazine.
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News Release #4-15

April 6, 1998

Recital Helps Kicks Off ‘Celebration of Scholarship' April 19

  OSHKOSH--Harpsichordist, pianist and composer Barbara Harbach will premiere her new composition during  "Women Composers for the Keyboard" at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh at 8 p.m., Sunday, April 19. The event is free and open to the public.
  The concert, scheduled for the Music Hall of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave., will feature works by 18th century women composers that Harbach has
rediscovered from various European libraries. She has edited, published and recorded them on compact disk.
  Harbach will be featured in piano along with James Grine of the UW-Oshkosh music faculty on flute on the premiere of her "American Dialogues for Flute and Piano."
  The piece, said Harbach, "evokes the quintessentially American frontier character and spirit."
  Grine is principal flutist for the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra and Victoria Bach Festival of Texas, and he is music director of the Paine Art Center and Arboretum's Gallery Chamber Ensemble.
 Harbach, a visiting professor of music at UW-Oshkosh, tours as both a concert organist and harpsichordist. She has given recitals throughout North America, Korea, Japan, Europe, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
  Musical America has called her "nothing short of brilliant," and Gramophone has cited her as an "acknowledged interpreter -- and, indeed, muse -- of modern harpsichord music."
  Her performance will include another work of her own plus works by Elisabeth de la Guerre, Anna Bon, Elisabetta de Gambarini, Elizabeth Weichsell Billington and Maria Hester Park.
  Harbach holds degrees from Pennsylvania State University, Yale University and the Eastman School of Music, and a Konzertdiplom from the Musikhochshule of Frankfurt, Germany.
  Harbach's work is available in both recorded and published form through Gasparo Records, Kingdom Records, Albany Records, Northeastern Records, Hester Park, Robert King Music, Elkan-Vogel, Augsburg Publishing, Agape Music and Vivace Press.
  She is editor of Women of Note Quarterly. She has been heard on St. Paul Sunday Morning, Pipedreams, Adventures in Good Music, BOB and BILL, Eastman Brass, Audiophile Audition and Life from Chautauqua.
  The concert is one of many performances, speakers, panel discussions, tours and other events scheduled for the Celebration of Scholarship Week April 19 through 26 at UW-Oshkosh.
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News Release #4-8

April 7, 1998

1997 Master's Graduates

  OSHKOSH--More than 90 students from five states received masters's degrees after completing the 1997 fall session and work on their theses at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
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News Release #4-13

April 7, 1998

'Marriage of Figaro' April 18, 19 at Music Hall

  OSHKOSH--The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Opera Theatre will present an updated version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 18, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 19 in the Music Hall of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave.
  Admission is $3. UW-Oshkosh students are free with identification.
  "The production of ‘Marriage of Figaro' will be updated to the present time and center around the White House," said music Professor Frank Hoffmeister, director of the Opera Theatre.
  Priscilla See, a music major from Malaysia, will play piano; the set is designed by Russell Allard of Oshkosh and Barbara Krug of Fond du Lac; chorus preparation is by Sharon Gray of the music faculty and pianist Kimberly Seidl of Luxemburg.
  Cast members for the performance are:
  Nathan Krueger of Shawano, Sara Barry of Appleton, Debra Grahn of Oshkosh, Todd Marescalco of Kenosha, Gary Jeffson of Kenosha, Cheryl Carroll of Brookfield, Carrie Brown of Oshkosh, Michelle Perez of Kenosha, Tara Neumeier of Kewaunee, Bryan Frazier of Neenah, Daniel Keown of Trego, Joel Dennis of Mt. Horeb, Andrew Strathman of Middleton, Jean Spencer of Green Bay, Jamie Adamec of West Allis, Katherine Barnica of Madison and Catherine O'Hearn of Jefferson.
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News Release #4-14

April 7, 1998

Rock Comic Entertains April 16

  OSHKOSH--Rock comic Mark Eddie will bring his guitar-aided song parodies and impressions to the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Reeve Memorial Union Square at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 16.
  Admission is $3 at the door. Advance tickets are $2 at the Union Office, 748 Algoma Blvd.
  Eddie performs song parodies of Oasis, Jimmy Buffet, Metallica, Alanis Morissette, Joan Osborne and Pink Floyd. He does impressions of Hootie and the Blowfish, Dave Matthews, Bob Dylan, Red Hot Chillipeppers and Scooby-Doo.
  He co-hosts a late-night television show in Pittsburgh called "Date Night T.V." He has been the opening act for Dennis Miller, Tim Allen, Melissa Etheridge and Jimmy Buffett.
  The performance is sponsored by Reeve Union Board Special Programs.
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News Release #4-16

April 8, 1998

Math Professor is Passionate About Running

OSHKOSH--University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh math professor Stephen Szydlik teaches some pretty complex equations, but outside the classroom he focuses on simpler numbers. Like 62 miles. Or 100 miles.
  Szydlik competes in ultra-distance marathons, which are races longer than 26 miles. He prefers the 100-kilometer run, which is about 62 miles.
  "People say it's crazy, but it's what I like to do," he said.
  Szydlik, 31, recently qualified for his third trip to the 100K World Challenge, which will be in Japan this October. He captured third place at the USA Track & Field 100K National Championships in Pittsburgh in March, earning a spot on the six-man U.S. team.
  Szydlik finished in 7 hours and 35 minutes.
  The championship was Szydlik's fifth 100K race. Clear sunny skies, temperatures reaching 82 degrees and a hilly course provided a tough challenge for nearly 200 competitors.
  Kevin Setnes, Milwaukee, won the national championship with a time of  7:23.
  "Kevin is like a mentor to me," Szydlik said.
  Szydlik joined Setnes and four others in his first World Challenge race in 1995. He qualified for the team with a personal best time of 7:01 in Sacramento's qualifying run. Szydlik's top 50-finish (7:30) helped his team earn the silver medal in the World Challenge that year in the Netherlands.
  Two years ago Szydlik competed in his second World Challenge in Moscow. During training for the race he broke his wrist in a non-running accident, so an arm cast hampered race
preparation. He broke 8 hours, and the team finished sixth.
  What does Szydlik think about during those seven-hour runs?
  "I just try to be smart," Szydlik said. "You won't have a hope of finishing if you think, ‘Man, I have 47 miles to go.' You just have to think about chunks of running and concentrate on the next five-mile stretch."
  Szydlik also thinks about racing strategy and replenishing the fluids that he burns off. Lack of fluids can cause cramping and dehydration.
  Szydlik began his running career as an eighth grader in upstate New York. He competed in the mile at Union College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer sciences in 1988. He has since earned his master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics from UW-Madison.
  Szydlik joined the UW-Oshkosh mathematics department in September 1996.
  "As I got out of college, I really felt the long distance run was more my suit," said Szydlik, "I found that the longer I went the more successful I was."
  Szydlik is planning to compete in two other distance marathons this summer.
  He will return for his 10th Ice Age Run in southcentral Wisconsin May 16. The 50-mile run originally turned Szydlik on to ultra-distance marathons, and the competition continues to be his favorite.
  Szydlik will attempt his first 100-mile run at California's Western States Endurance Run in late June. The footrace will lead runners through 40,000 feet of elevational changes, winding through the Sierra-Nevada mountains and other off-road trails.
  "Trails are a lot gentler on the legs," Szydlik said. "It's also a more relaxing, serene setting. You don't have all the traffic and city noises."
   Nearly 350 runners begin the run, but only half usual finish the daylong event. The weather is unpredictable. In 1995 runners endured 70 feet of snow at Emigrant Pass, the course's summit, and fiery 107-degree temperatures during the desert portion of the race.
  The distance is intimidating, but Szydlik plans to take his time and enjoy the scenery.
  "I'm not going to be competitive at it," Szydlik said. "It definitely will be a fun trip."
  Szydlik likes the friendly atmosphere of ultra-marathon events.
  "What's really neat about the ultra-run is the community aspect of the event," he said, noting the camaraderie and support from various crews.  "The community spirit and encouragement really helps."
  Szydlik's wife Jennifer, also a member of the UW-Oshkosh mathematics department, provides the essential emotional and physical support he needs to compete in the grueling events.
  "She pushes me, encourages me and takes care of my needs," he said. "She makes a huge difference."
  Jennifer clocks his pace, readies his liquids and is present at all possible points along the course. Szydlik believes it would be nearly impossible to compete without her help.
  "I can say just one word and she knows what I want," he said. "We're extremely efficient."
  Szydlik trains with UW-Oshkosh biology professor Bob Wise on weekdays, where he runs repeat miles and half miles. Szydlik usually runs for nearly four hours on Saturdays and about two hours on Sundays. He begins more serious training -- running nearly 100 miles a week -- about five weeks prior to an ultra-distance competition.
  With several competitions on the horizon, Szydlik will balance both his teaching and family responsibilities with a few 100-mile running weeks.
  "I like seeing where the limits are," he said.
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News Release #4-17

April 9, 1998

Kennedy Speaks April 20 at Albee Hall

  OSHKOSH--Environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak on "Our Environmental Destiny" at 8 p.m. Monday, April 20, at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
  The talk sponsored by the University Speaker Series will be in Albee Hall, 776 Algoma Blvd. It is free and open to the public.
  Kennedy, who has won environmental cases against companies and government agencies, is chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and the senior attorney for the National Resources Defense Council.
  His latest book is "The Riverkeepers," co-authored with fellow Hudson River environmental activist John Cronin, which describes the efforts of the Hudson Riverkeeper to clean up the Hudson and the importance of local efforts in environmental cleanup and protection.
  The book is now available at the University Bookstore in Blackhawk Commons, 725 Algoma Blvd. Signed copies will be available the night of Kennedy's talk and at a reception following the talk.
  Kennedy, a clinical professor and supervising attorney at the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University School of Law in New York, has worked on environmental issues across the Americas and has assisted several indigenous tribes in Latin America and Canada in successfully negotiating treaties protecting traditional homelands.
  He is credited with leading the fight to protect New York City's water supply, and he helped fight anti-environmental legislation during the 104th Congress. He has worked on several political campaigns and was state coordinator for Edward M. Kennedy's 1980 presidential bid.
  Among Kennedy's other published books are "New York State Apprentice Falconer's Manual,"
"New York State Department of Environmental Conservation" and "Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., A Biography."
  His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, Esquire, The Village Voice, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post and Pace Environmental Law Review.
  He is a licensed master falconer and has had a lifelong enthusiasm for white-water paddling. He has led several expeditions in Latin America, including first descents on three little-known rivers in Peru, Columbia and Venezuela.
  Kennedy is a graduate of Harvard University. He studied at the London School of Economics and received his law degree from the University of Virginia Law School and his master's degree in Environmental Law from Pace University School of Law.
  There will be a reception following the talk in Room 202 of Reeve Memorial Union, 748 Algoma Blvd. The event is free and open to the public.
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News Release #4-12

April 9, 1998

Family Business Forum on Communications April 29

  OSHKOSH--A seminar on "Applying Basic Communications to Families in Business" will be presented by representatives of a family business headquartered in Ashville, N.C. at an April 29 seminar sponsored by the Wisconsin Family Business Forum (WFBF).
  Gerald Le Van, founder and managing director of the Le Van Company, and David Lange, director and senior family associate, will lead the seminar from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Oshkosh Hilton and Convention Center.
  The seminar is part of a series sponsored by the WFBF to help identify tools for understanding and improving communications in families with businesses.
  Le Van is an attorney, author and former law professor. He pioneered the team approach to family business issues and is concerned with the relationship between work and private life. Lange is a consulting psychologist specializing in group communications and family mediation.
  To register call 1-800-232-8939 or e-mail forseth@uwosh.edu. Members can bring family members, whether or not they are actively employed in the business, and key non-family managers. The fee is $100 for non-member family business owners and managers.
  Le Van's book Transforming Business Families will be given to each member company before the seminar. Non-members who register before April 13 also will receive a copy.
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News Release #4-18

April 9, 1998

Student Art Exhibit April 27-30

  OSHKOSH--There will be an exhibit of art work by student Brianna Lock of Racine from Monday, April 27 through Thursday, April 30 at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
  The exhibit "Conviction" will be in the Priebe Annex Gallery, Room N204 of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave. It is free and open to the public.
  There will be an artist's reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25.
  The works by Lock will include approximately 25 pieces of drawings and paintings.
  The gallery will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
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News Release #4-20

April 10, 1998

Waldan Paper Services Joins Family Business Forum

  OSHKOSH--Waldan Paper Services Inc. of Oshkosh is the newest member of the Wisconsin Family Business Forum, a partnership of family businesses, family business professionals and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
  Mark Duwe, president, purchased Waldan Paper Services in 1989. His son, Rick, is director of converting sales.
  Waldan Paper Services' primary product is wallcovering, which it sells to the top 10 manufacturers in the manufactured home industry. On Jan. 1, the firm merged with Waldan Converting of Neenah, adding slitting and rewinding of small paper rolls to its product line.
  The Wisconsin Family Business Forum includes 14 family businesses, three sponsors -- Retained Earnings Co./Mass Mutual, Appleton; McCarty, Curry, Wydeven, Peeters & Haak, Kaukauna; and Schumacher Romenesko & Associates sc, Oshkosh, Appleton and Green Bay -- and the UW-Oshkosh College of Business Administration.
  Established in 1996, the Forum provides focused educational programs, ongoing dialogue about family business issues and access to family business owners and professionals who provide valuable business insights.
  Its program April 29 is "Applying Basic Communications to Families in Business," with representatives of the Le Van Company headquartered in Asheville, N.C. Interested family business owners can call 920/424-2257 or toll-free 1-800-232-8939 for more information about participation in the Forum. You can also address questions to schierss@uwosh.edu.
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News Release #4-23

April 10, 1998

Plover Farmer/Poet to Read Poetry April 15

  OSHKOSH--Wisconsin farmer and poet Justin Isherwood of Plover will read poetry in the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Priebe Art Gallery at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 to begin Michael Meilahn's glass art exhibit "Dreams and Fields."
  A reception for Meilahn, an artist and farmer from Pickett who has showcased his work in more than 15 states and Germany, will be from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Priebe Art Gallery in the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave.
  Isherwood will read poetry again from 7:30 to 8 p.m.
  At 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, Meilahn will give a slide lecture on his glass work in Room S212 of the Arts and Communication Center, followed by a Priebe Gallery walk. This event is part of UW-Oshkosh "Celebration of Scholarship Week."
  At 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 27 Meilahn will present a slide lecture on "American Art Glass" in Room 220 of Reeve Memorial Union, 748 Algoma Blvd. The event is part of the weeklong UW-Oshkosh Arts Festival.
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News Release #4-1

April 10, 1998

'Fiddler on the Roof' Opens April 23

  OSHKOSH--One of the outstanding musicals of the 20th century, "Fiddler on the Roof," is the final production of the 1997-98 University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Theatre season.
  Performances will be at 8 p.m. April 23 through 25 and April 30 through May 2 in the Fredric March Theatre, 926 Woodland Ave.
  It will be the last UW-Oshkosh Theatre production directed by Don Burdick. A member of the UW-Oshkosh faculty for 35 years, he will retire in June.
  Burdick said the musical reportedly has been performed somewhere in the world every day since it was first produced on Broadway in 1964, with Zero Mostel as Tevye, the milkman.
  "Although the story revolves around the Russian-Jewish community of Anatevka in 1905, international audiences have found universal appeal in the simple story of Tevye and his family who are continuously challenged by ever-changing social and moral values," Burdick said.
  "Every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck," Tevye tells the audience.
  Composer and lyricist Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, and librettist Joseph Stein have based the musical on the stories of Jewish writer Sholem Aleichem.
  "They have fashioned a gentle human comedy that not only warms the heart, but also reaffirms our faith in the indomitable human spirit in the face of adversity," said Burdick. "It also suggests that life is never so grim that we can't find humor in it. That, I think, is what endears this masterful work to diverse audiences throughout the world."
  Appearing as Tevye in the university production is UW-Oshkosh alumnus Mark Zastrow of Appleton. Zastrow has appeared in several UW-Oshkosh Theatre productions.
  His wife, Golde, will be played by UW-Oshkosh student Georgia Belling of New London. Tevye's five daughters are UW-Oshkosh students Jean Tatro of Antigo and Sarah Andrews of Janesville, high school student Rachael Alaniz of Oshkosh, and Tara Santiago and Nicole Pauly, both high school students from Fond du Lac.
  M. Jeanette Arveson of Wautoma is Yente the matchmaker. The three suitors of Tevye's oldest daughters are UW-Oshkosh students Brandon Arrowood of Oshkosh, Erik Johnson of Brookfield, and Eric Darnell of Ixonia.
  UW-Oshkosh student Jeff Dyer of Oshkosh plays Lazar Wolf, the butcher. His late wife, Frumah Sara, is portrayed by UW-Oshkosh student Katie MacLean of Oshkosh. Other UW-Oshkosh students in the cast include: Lydie Mesa of Waupun, as Tevye's late grandmother; Greg Johnson of Green Bay, as the town constable; and Brandye Hereford of Beloit as the fiddler. The rabbi and his son will be played by UW-Oshkosh student Jonathan Jensen of Oshkosh and Brian Rogers of Appleton.
  Other members of the cast include Hans Bocksnick of Beaver Dam, Larry Breitrick of West Allis, Randall Petrouske of Tomahawk, and Jeff Wagner of Little Chute, Emilee Harris of West Bend, Megan Link of Lynchburg, Va., Andrea Mueller of Neenah, Pamela Theisen of West Bend, and Chris Vosters of Menasha. All are UW-Oshkosh students.
  Also in the cast are elementary school student Michael Karow of Oshkosh, Jason Krueger of Oshkosh, and UW-Oshkosh students Zachary Stackurski of Amherst, Jason Smith of Oshkosh, Matt Van Vleet of Downingtown, Pa., and Kanen Zerba of Neenah.
  Completing the cast are UW-Oshkosh students Lesley Coleman of Sheboygan, Kristen Durbin of Waukesha, Sara Gressler of Menasha, and Heidi Schafer of South Holland, Ill.
  Music Director for the production is Todd Wegner. Missy Allen is choreographer, assisted by Karen LaBorde. Set and lighting designer is Roy Hoglund; Kathleen Donnelly is the costume designer. Technical director is Mick Alderson.
  Stage Manager is Craig Henrickson of Two Rivers, assisted by Heather Kulibert of Rhinelander and Jennifer Seibold of Oshkosh. All are UW-Oshkosh students.
  The UW-Oshkosh Theatre Box Office will be open weekdays from noon to 5 p.m. beginning Monday, April 20, and one hour before performances. Ticket prices are $6, $5 for those 62 and older and UW-Oshkosh alumni and $1 for UW-Oshkosh students with identifications.  Call 920/424-4417 to make reservations.
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News Release #4-24

April 14, 1998

Festival of the Arts April 25-May 8

  OSHKOSH--The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will present its third annual Spring Festival of the Arts April 25 to May 8.
  "This is a chance to showcase the vibrancy and importance of the fine and performing arts at UW-Oshkosh," said College of Letters and Science Dean Michael Zimmerman. "It's an opportunity to showcase students, faculty and staff to the community. We can also demonstrate how many exciting opportunities we have here. We're hoping to educate and entertain."
  This is the biggest in the three years the festival has been scheduled by the College of Letters and Science, said Associate Dean Ronald Rindo.
  "We will have more events than ever, and several new events will highlight the work of students," Rindo said.
  Among those events will be a student art exhibit April 16 through May 7, a student film festival May 6 and a high school poetry festival and workshop April 29, with participants from two Oshkosh high schools. Rindo said the two-week festival will be promoted at high schools throughout the region.
  The schedule of events is:
Saturday, April 25
  * Musical "Fiddler on the Roof," 8 p.m., Fredric March Theatre in Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave. Also scheduled at 8 p.m. April 30 through May 2.
  * Glass and mixed-media sculpture "Fields and Dreams," through May 3, featuring work of Pickett artist Michael Meilahn, Priebe Art Gallery in Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays, 7 to 9 p.m. Monday through
Thursday and 1 to 4 p.m. weekends.
  * Student Percussion Recital, 3 p.m., Music Hall of Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave.
  * Student Guitar Chamber Music Recital, 7 p.m., Music Hall.
  * Spring Honors Guitar Recital, 8:30 p.m., Music Hall.
Sunday, April 26
  * Music scholarship concert, "A Musical Collage," 3 p.m., Music Hall, showcasing several student musical groups.
  * Oshkosh Youth Choir, 7 p.m., Music Hall.
Monday, April 27
  * Lecture "American Art Glass," by Meilahn, 6:30 p.m., Room 220, Reeve Memorial Union.
Tuesday, April 28
  * Faculty and Guest Recital, 8 p.m., Music Hall.
  * "Off The Wall," the life and works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, featuring noted solo thespian Ann Timmons, 7 p.m., Experimental Theatre of Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave. Timmons has performed on Saturday Night Live.
Wednesday, April 29
  * Department of English High School Poetry Festival and Workshop, 8:30 p.m., Pollock Alumni House, 765 Algoma Blvd.
Thursday, April 30
  * Percussion Ensemble, 8 p.m., Music Hall.
Friday, May 1
  * Student Flute Recital, 7 p.m., Music Hall.
Saturday, May 2
  * Wisconsin State Music Solo and Ensemble Festival, 7:30 to 4:30 p.m., Arts and Communication Center, Swart Educational Center, 912 Algoma Blvd, and the Experimental Theatre.
Sunday, May 3
  * UW-Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, 3 p.m., Music Hall.
  * Guest Recital, 7 p.m., Music Hall.
Monday, May 4
  * Student voice recital, 7 p.m., Music Hall.
  * "The Wonder of the Spoken Word," featuring orations in the spirit of Fredrick Douglass, Lucretia Mott and Sojourner Truth by faculty and staff of the communication department, 7 p.m., Experimental Theatre.
Tuesday, May 5
  * UW-Oshkosh English department faculty and staff poetry/fiction reading, 7 p.m., Experimental Theatre.
Wednesday, May 6
  * Student video/film festival "Films on the Fox," 7 to 10 p.m., Down Under and University Lounge, Reeve Memorial Union. Event will include cash prizes for winners.
Thursday, May 7
  * Awards reception for the first Student Art Exhibition, 4 p.m., Room 220, Reeve Memorial Union. The works will be on exhibit April 16 through May 7 in the Art Gallery and the Algoma Room of the Union.
  * Senior Graphic Arts Exhibition opening reception, 6 p.m., Priebe Art Gallery. Exhibit will run May 7 through 14.
  * UW-Oshkosh Choir Concert, 8 p.m., Music Hall,  including The Chamber Choir, The University Choir and Le Choeur des Femmes.
Friday, May 8
  * UW-Oshkosh Jazz Ensemble, 8 p.m., Music Hall.
  For theatre ticket information call 920/424-4417. For information regarding music performances, including ticket information, call 920/424-4224. For general information about the festival call 920/424-1210.
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News Release #4-22

April 14, 1998

Native American Heritage Conference April 24-26

  OSHKOSH--A dozen Native American professionals in education, literature, history and other fields will lead workshops and seminars at a Native American Heritage Conference Friday, April 24 through Sunday, April 26 at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Gruenhagen Conference Center.
  Participants can also attend talking circles, panel discussions, workshops and entertainment each day.
  The conference is sponsored by the Fox Valley Intertribal Community Association (FVICA) and UW-Oshkosh.
  Theme of the conference is "Restoring Heritage Awareness in Ourselves...The Anishinabe People." It is intended to re-awaken the elements of history, traditions and customs to complement the living skills of Native Americans in contemporary society.
  Representatives from the Ho Chunk, Ojibwe, Oneida, Cree and Cayuga nations, including authors Merlin Red Cloud and Edward Benton Banai, Canadian social worker Mide Megwun Bird, Canadian registered nurse Eleanor Olson and founder and director of the American Indian Movement Warrior Society Clyde Bellecourt will be guest speakers.
  "Things will never be the same again, and that is what the AIM is all about," Bellecourt, a political activist for more than 25 years, told a reporter in 1995. "They are respected by many, hated by some, but they are never ignored. They are the catalyst for Indian sovereignty."
  Registration begins at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 24. The conference ends after the 11:30 a.m. lunch Sunday, April 26.
  The FVICA, founded at UW-Oshkosh with funds provided through a bequest from a longtime
library employee at the university, strives to facilitate the development of the American Indian community in the Fox River Valley by assisting American Indian youth and their families.
  The registration fee is $75. Those 55 and over can attend the events at no charge. The fee for those between 12 and 18 years is $10.
  To register send checks payable to the FVICA to UW-Oshkosh College of Education and Human Services, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh WI 54901. For more information, call 424-0896.
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News Release #4-29

April 16, 1998

Major Fellowship will Fund Storytelling Workshops on Alzheimer's

  OSHKOSH--University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh English Professor Anne Davis Basting, a playwright and scholar of theatre studies, has been awarded a two-year fellowship to support her continuing work in the field of gerontology.
  The prestigious award from the Brookdale Foundation of New York is granted to promising young scholars. It will allow Basting to study under the guidance of established scholar Kathleen Woodward, director of UW-Milwaukee's Center for Twentieth Century Studies.
  Basting will organize and launch interactive, inter-generational storytelling workshops between high school students and people with Alzheimer's disease, first in Milwaukee and then in New York City.
  The $105,000 fellowship will allow Basting to work out of Milwaukee and New York during the two-year project.
  Stories gathered from a year of weekly workshops will, in the second year, be translated into a community-based, professional quality theatre production and an internationally accessible web-site.
  The project aims to determine whether the process of interactive storytelling can affect the social identities of people with the disease. And it will explore whether sharing these stories with the public can shift cultural attitudes toward aging in general, and Alzheimer's disease in particular.
  Basting wrote "Time Slips," a play produced and performed at UW-Oshkosh's Fredric March Theatre last summer that showed that "amidst the tragedy of Alzheimer's creativity and humor are very much alive," Basting said.
  Basting and UW-Oshkosh faculty members Karla Berry and Roy Hoglund received approximately $20,000 in grants to produce "Time Slips."
  Basting has written several award-winning plays about issues of aging, including "The Last Dinosaur," in 1992, and "Memory Box," in 1995.
  Basting is the author of "The Stages of Age: Performing Age in Contemporary American Culture," which follows the growth of the senior theatre movement and analyzes the way in which aging is depicted in eight contemporary performances. It will be published by the University of Michigan Press this spring.
  Basting holds a bachelor's degree from The Colorado College, a master's degree from the UW-Madison and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota.
  She lives both in Oshkosh and Brooklyn, N.Y.
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News Release #4-28

April 16, 1998

'Musical Collage' at Music Hall April 26

  OSHKOSH--"A Musical Collage II" -- an informal showcase concert for University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student musicians and faculty -- is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, in the Music Hall.
  The event, part of the Spring Festival of the Arts at UW-Oshkosh, will be in the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave. It will feature the University Orchestra, Chamber Choir, Wind Ensemble and more than 12 smaller groups performing in a wide variety of musical styles.
  Tickets are $10, $7 for those 62 and older and alumni, $5 for students and free for UW-Oshkosh students with identification. Proceeds will benefit UW-Oshkosh music scholarships.
  What's special about the concert, said organizer Rob McWilliams, UW-Oshkosh director of bands, is that the groups will perform from various locations in the Music Hall -- aisles, behind the seating, on stage -- and there will be no breaks in the 90-minute event.
  "The idea is to present the program as a ‘show' where items flow one to the other," he said. "This requires multiple performance areas around the hall and the main stage, and using lighting to isolate them."
   "You usually don't get to see all of that talent in any one spot," said Oshkosh resident Karen Boehning of last years' collage. "It was really nice to have an assortment of things,"
  Among the small groups that will perform are a handbell group, saxophone quartet, percussion ensemble, flute ensemble, double reed ensemble, brass quintet and jazz singers.
  Faculty cellist David Cowley will perform a solo piece: "The Swan" by Sain Saens.
  "It will be very different from the usual concert," said McWilliams, a native of Australia who
joined the UW-Oshkosh music faculty last fall.
  A violin solo will feature Chris Jette of Grafton accompanied by Jason Fruit of Dodgeville on piano.
  A double reed ensemble will include Michelle Stievo of Oshkosh, Nicole Zimmer of Sussex, Sheilah Green of Oshkosh and Rebecca Foote of Fond du Lac.
  A student vocal group will include Carrie Brown of Oshkosh, Katherine Stevens of New London, Jodi Kozlovsky of Menasha, Danielle Williams of Tomah and Kelly Hauschildt of Marion, Iowa.
  Woodwind performers will be Mikelle Budge of Webster and Emily Nevins of Germantown.
  Since 1990 McWilliams has been a conductor of The Australian Wind Orchestra that has performed at major international music conferences in the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan and Hong Kong. He was music director of the Roseville Community Band and associate conductor of the Grand Symphonic Winds, both based in the Minneapolis area.
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News Release #4-27

April 17, 1998

High School Journalists Come to Oshkosh April 22

  OSHKOSH--More than 600 high school students and their advisers are expected at the 28th annual Northeastern Wisconsin Scholastic Press Association (NEWSPA) conference Wednesday, April 22. The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh department of journalism is host for the event.
  Students involved in various school publications will attend sessions and workshops led by journalism professionals and educators throughout northeastern Wisconsin.
  Representatives from the Oshkosh Northwestern, Appleton Post-Crescent, Green Bay Press-Gazette, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin State Journal and Capital Times of Madison, Plymouth Review, Kalihwisaks of Oneida, Fox Valley Kids, Krause Publications of Iola, Ripon Commonwealth Press, WBAY-TV, WLUK-TV, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, yearbook publishers Walsworth and Jostens, Oshkosh Police Department, free-lance writers and a variety of students and advisers from northeastern Wisconsin high schools will lead the sessions.
  Topics to be addressed at the conference include the Internet, digital photography, ethics in journalism, diversity in the workplace, how to get published and trends in yearbooks.
  Following the conference, awards will be presented to individual students and their winning newspaper and yearbook publication entries. Students will attend from the Omro, Colby, Sturgeon Bay, Minocqua, Berlin, Greendale, Marshfield, Rhinelander, Wausau, Stoughton, Valders, Oshkosh, Hilbert, Sheboygan, Sun Prairie, Whitefish Bay, Plymouth, Fort Atkinson, Neenah, Green Bay, Marshall, Ripon, Fond du Lac, New Holstein, Shiocton and Coleman school districts.
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News Release #4-30

April 17, 1998

De Pere Student Heads National Organization

  OSHKOSH--University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh senior Bill Nelson of De Pere was elected international president of the Model Organization of American States (OAS) at a general assembly March 26 through April 4 in Washington, D.C.
  "It's an honor for me to become president of this distinguished international organization," said Nelson, who is majoring in political science and philosophy. "I'll be in contact with other universities, not just as president of the organization but as a representative of this university."
  OAS is an international organization much like the United Nations but only including 34 countries in the Western Hemisphere. As president of the model OAS, Nelson will set up the next assembly meeting, and he has developed a web page for the model.
  "A major reason I attained this position was the reputation that our university has at these competitions," said Nelson.
  Nelson is the second national OAS president nominated from UW-Oshkosh. He has been the UW-Oshkosh's Model OAS president for two years.
  Other students who attended the assembly include Kurt Becker of Milwaukee, Gregory Belken of  Sun Prairie, Iva Sakic of Croatia, Denise Tesch of Hortonville, Katie Hinz of Oshkosh, and Anne Murphy of Hartford.
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News Release #4-31

April 17, 1998

Cadott Student Awarded Editing Internship

  OSHKOSH--University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh junior Laura K. Kaste of Cadott has been awarded a summer newspaper editing internship at the Roanoke Times in Virginia.
  Kaste will begin the internship June 1 after completing a two-week pre-internship residency at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. She will have training in copy-editing, page design and headline writing. The internship will provide a weekly stipend and a $1,000 scholarship upon completion.
  Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Inc. sponsors the internship program for 100 university students nationwide. To qualify, students must complete a one-hour monitored editing exam and write an essay describing their interest in newspaper editing.
  Kaste was the 1995 valedictorian at Cadott High School and is a University Scholar. She is also a member of the university's cross country and track and field teams. Kaste expects to graduate in May 1999 with a major in journalism and a minor in English.
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News Release #4-32

April 17, 1998

Classical Guitar Performance April 25

  OSHKOSH--The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh music department will showcase a Classical Guitar Ensemble recital at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 25 in the Music Hall, 926 Woodland Ave. The event, part of the university's Spring Festival of the Arts, is free and open to the public.
  Student performers include Matthew Pitterle of Beloit; Matthew Emmer and John Conrad, both of Mayville; and Monroe Ariens, David Lesinski and Nicholas Scholz, all of Milwaukee.
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News Release #4-25

April 17, 1998

Rossiter Honored for Outstanding Dissertation

    OSHKOSH--Marsha Rossiter of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Division of Continuing Education/Extension was presented an award for the outstanding dissertation of 1997 in the Continuing and Vocational Education program of the UW-Madison School of Education.
  Rossiter, a program manager in continuing education at UW-Oshkosh since 1987, received the Hosler Award for Outstanding Dissertation from the faculty of the Continuing and Vocational Education program at UW-Madison.
  Rossiter's dissertation -- "A Phenomenological Study of the Caring Relationship in Adult Education" -- explained and interpreted the experience of caring as it relates to learning in graduate education from the perspective of the adult student. Rossiter earned her doctorate at UW-Madison in 1997.
  Presented annually since 1976 to recognize high quality research, the award is named after Russell Hosler, a UW-Madison emeritus faculty member who provided financial support for the award.
  Rossiter is the daughter of Helen Dennison of Kankakee, Ill. She is a 1966 graduate of Sheldon High School, Kankakee.
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News Release #4-34

April 18, 1998

Is Your Employee Handbook What You Need?

  OSHKOSH--A seminar on "Your Employee Handbook: Is It What You Need? Is It Legal?" will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at the Oshkosh Hilton and Convention Center.
  Presented by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Extension Business Development Center and Small Business Development Center, the workshop will help you establish the legal status of you employer's handbook. You can also learn the policies that should be covered in the handbook and how to bring practices and policies together with revision techniques and introduction strategies.
  Instructors are Edward Pickett, retired director of the business outreach programs at UW-Milwaukee, and Robert Buikema, an attorney who practices in the area of management labor and employment law.
  Participants will receive .7 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The fee is $145 and includes refreshment breaks, lunch, materials and instruction.
  To register or for more information call 920/424-1453 or 1-800-232-8939. Register at least 10 days in advance.
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April 18, 1998

Learn Legal Issues in Hiring, Firing May 7

  OSHKOSH--A seminar on "Legal Issues in Hiring & Firing" will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at the Oshkosh Hilton and Convention Center.
  Presented by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Extension Business Development Center
and Small Business Development Center, the seminar will explain what constitutes a legal employment interview, how to get necessary information without violating an applicant's rights and how to establish grounds for termination.
  Instructors are Edward Pickett, retired director of business outreach programs at UW-Milwaukee who has held management and personnel positions with the U.S. Air Force, IBM and Control Data Corporation, and Tom Domer, a partner in a Milwaukee law firm that practices in the areas of employment law, worker's compensation and personal injury.
  Participants will receive .7 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The fee is $145 and includes refreshment breaks, lunch, materials and instruction.
  To register or for more information call 920/424-1453 or toll-free 1-800-232-8939. Register at least 10 days in advance.
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April 18, 1998

Wage Issues Seminar May 5

  OSHKOSH--A seminar on how to "Avoid Wage & Hour Claims" will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, at the Oshkosh Hilton and Convention Center.
  Presented by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Extension Business Development Center and Small Business Development Center, the seminar is designed to help participants avoid wage claims by learning how to pay employees legally. Participants will learn what laws govern them, what constitutes paid time and how to legally calculate overtime.
  Instructor is Edward Pickett, retired director of the business outreach programs at UW-Milwaukee who has held management and personnel positions with the U.S. Air Force, IBM and Control Data Corporation.
  Participants will receive .65 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The fee is $145 and includes refreshment breaks, lunch, materials and instruction.
  To register or for more information call 920/424-1453 or 1-800-232-8939. Register at least 10 days in advance.
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News Release #4-36

April 20, 1998

Business Workshops Scheduled in May

  OSHKOSH--A "Starting Your Own Business" workshop will be offered in Menasha, Fond du Lac and Montello in May by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Extension Small Business Development Center.
  Pre-registration is required at least three days before the workshop. The fee is $30 for one person and $45 for two.
  The workshops will be:
 * 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, UW-Fox Valley, 1478 Midway Road, Menasha. To register call the Small Business Development Center, 920/424-1453 or 1-800-232-8939.
  *5:50 to 9  p.m. Tuesday, May 26, UW-Extension at UW-Fond du Lac, Campus Drive. To register call 920/929-3173.
 * 12:50 to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 28, Marquette County UW-Extension, Courthouse Building, Montello. To register call 608/297-9153.
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April 20, 1998

Small Business Counseling Offered in May

  OSHKOSH--The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Extension Small Business Development Center will offer counseling for small businesses at sites throughout the Fox Valley in May.
  Business people can talk with an experienced small business specialist about financial, personnel or general management issues.
  Appointments are required at least five days before the session. There is no charge. All
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News Release #4-35

April 20, 1998

Seminar 'Managing Differences' May 14, 15

  OSHKOSH--A two-day seminar on "Managing Differences" will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, May 14 and 15, at the Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton, and May 19 and 20 at the Holiday Inn Express, Hudson.
  It is presented by the Supervisory Management Certificate Program of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh/Extension Business Development Center and Small Business Development Center.
  The seminar will help participants work more effectively with workforce diversity issues involving people of different ages, genders, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and a wide range of expertise and experience. Cross-cultural management strategies will strengthen the participant's flexibility and help create a more communicatively adaptable manager.
  The sessions will be led by Tom Workman, who has worked with Gillete Corp., Polaroid and AT&T in diversity planning and training.
  The seminar counts toward the six two-day seminars needed within five years to earn the university's Supervisory Management Certificate. Cost is $350 and includes refreshment breaks, luncheons, materials and instruction.
  To register or for more information call 1-800-582-5182.
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News Release #4-36

April 20, 1998

UW-Oshkosh Wins National Model U.N. Competition

  OSHKOSH--The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Model United Nations team was named one of the seven outstanding delegations at the National Model United Nations Competition at U.N. headquarters in New York earlier this month.
  Seven delegations among the 183 competing universities were ranked "outstanding." It's the 14th year in a row that the UW-Oshkosh delegation earned that rank -- a record at the international competition.
  More than 2,200 students from universities throughout the United States and 16 countries on five continents participated in the weeklong event. The UW-Oshkosh team represented the African country of Zambia.
  Other universities at the competition included Georgetown, Michigan State, Penn State, Dartmouth, Emory, University of California at Irvine, Carleton College, University of Texas, University of Georgia, Syracuse, Notre Dame and military academies at Annapolis and West Point.
  There were also competitors from universities in France, Germany, Egypt, South Africa, England and Canada.
  "Being ranked at the top nationally for 14 consecutive years is an amazing accomplishment," said Kenneth Grieb, coordinator of International Studies and faculty adviser to the student organization. "It shows the consistency and excellence of students at UW-Oshkosh."
  The conference included formal sessions lasting until late evening, followed by continuous round-the-clock negotiations between delegations representing all the member countries of the United Nations and various observer groups and non-governmental organizations.
  "That UW-Oshkosh continued as the single university with the most consecutive ‘outstanding' delegation rankings in the entire world places it at the pinnacle of an international academic competition," said Janet Steinbruner of Oshkosh, head delegate and president of the UW-Oshkosh Model U.N. Organization.
  Grieb said the UW-Oshkosh delegation was the lead sponsor of more resolutions adopted by the final General Assembly than any other delegation at the competition.
  Delegates are judged on the accuracy with which they represented their country, knowledge of the issues, familiarity with U.N. procedures and practices, and diplomatic skills.
  Dean Vesperman of Oshkosh was elected vice president of the General Assembly. Steinbruner was elected vice president of the Economic and Social Council. Michael Eaton of Racine was selected to present the report of the Organization of African Unity to the General Assembly.
  Two delegation members were elected to represent their commissions at the final meeting of the Economic and Social Council: Margaret Brown, Wausau; and Carrie Krisak, Superior.
  The UW-Oshkosh student delegates met with diplomats and U.N. officials in off-the-record briefings to discuss issues. They spent several hours at the Mission of Zambia to the United Nations, where they met with Mwila Grace Banda Chigaga, counselor for Human, Cultural and Social Affairs. They spent several hours at the Mission of Nigeria, where they met with Ambassador Ibrahim A. Gambari, permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, and several members of the mission.
  Members of the award-winning delegation representing Zambia were: Steinbruner, head delegate; Vesperman, assistant head delegate; Jessica King, Rosendale, assistant head delegate; Jennifer Bailey, Fort Atkinson; Erin Binder, Richland Center; Jessica Boesel, Muskego; Brown; John DeWald, Menasha; Eaton; John Franke, Brooklyn Park, Minn.; Gretchen Kornely, Casco; John Kret, Oshkosh; Krisak; Michael Leitermann, Appleton; Aine Maier, Pardeeville; Jennifer Schofield, Rockford, Ill.; Shelley Sickler, Waukesha; Shannon Stone, Milwaukee; Kyle Wilson, Burlington; Suzanne Woelfel, Hilbert; Sara Zimmerman, Fond du Lac; and Andrew Zoellick, Crystal Lake, Ill.
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News Release #4-37

April 21, 1998

New Greek Honorary Inducts New Members

  OSHKOSH--Seven students have been inducted into the new Delta Chi Chapter of the Gamma Sigma Alpha Greek Academic Honor Society at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
  The students are Amber Agnew of Pardeeville, Anna Benton of Oshkosh, Lisa Bushweiler of Waupaca; Brian Cima of Kenosha, Kelli Kuenzi of Beaver Dam, Travis Pamenter of Appleton and Ted Wisnefski of Kenosha.
  The purpose of the society is to instill a greater spirit of cooperation among Greek students and organizations, and to encourage excellence in scholarship.
  Greek students who have completed 60 credits and have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or above are eligible. All new members of Gamma Sigma Alpha will be recognized at the Greek Awards Banquet Friday, April 24, in the Reeve Memorial Union, 748 Algoma Blvd.
  Charter student members of the chapter are Patrick Bertrandt of Greenfield, Cheryl Dombrowski of Delafield, Jessica Echols of Dodgeville, Christine Erdmann of Oshkosh, Melanie Hottmann of Spring Green, James Jacobs of Milwaukee, Kimberly Marko of Waukesha, Amy McGee of White Lake, and Jodie Oblamski of Milwaukee.
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News Release #4-38

April 23, 1998

Faculty Debut at Carnegie Hall May 27

  OSHKOSH--Three University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh music faculty members will debut at Carnegie Hall May 27.
  Composer James Chaudoir, oboist Andrea Gullickson and pianist Marianne Chaudoir are the first UW-Oshkosh musicians to perform at the world-famous New York concert hall while on the university faculty.
  One other, cellist David Cowley, debuted at Carnegie before he joined the university.
  An internationally acclaimed composer, James Chaudoir was invited last year to write a composition to premiere at Carnegie. Composed last summer while he was a fellow at Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, Ill., sonata quasi una fantasia is his 74th major work.
  "I had the opportunity to write a new piece for oboe and piano and the option to bring my own players...," said Chaudoir, who has won 10 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers) awards since joining the UW-Oshkosh faculty in 1984. "I immediately thought of my gifted colleagues (his wife, Marianne, and Gullickson). I'd get a wonderful performance and more people would be involved from the university."
  A Louisiana native, Chaudoir dedicated the one-movement sonata to Gullickson, a North Dakotan. He said the recurring fantasy theme--taken from the opening oboe solo in Luminaries, a 1996 orchestral work by Chaudoir--is a haunting motif that runs throughout the sonata.
   Gullickson has loved the sound of the oboe since childhood. The lessons she took in her hometown of Walhalla, N.D., the summer before the fifth grade marked the beginning of many years of study. She holds a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University, a master's degree from Northwestern University and a doctorate from the University of Iowa. She joined the UW-
Oshkosh music faculty four years ago.
  She has performed throughout Canada, England and the United States and has taken part in prestigious festivals such as New York's Bach Aria Festival, the Los Angeles South Bay Chamber Music Festival and the Aspen Music Festival. Her performances have been broadcast on public radio stations in California and across the Midwest.
  The principal oboist with the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, Gullickson has collaborated in chamber music performances with Marianne Chaudoir for several years.
  "Andrea and I instantly connect as musicians," said Chaudoir. "If Andrea wants to alter a crescendo, she leads and I follow. Sometimes I lead and she follows. It keeps the music fresh."
  Chaudoir, who began playing the piano at age 4, performs with the Oshkosh Symphony, the Oshkosh Chamber Singers and the Green Lake Festival of Music. In 1997 she was named an artist/fellow in organ and harpsichord with the Bach Aria Festival in New York. She earned graduate degrees in music at the University of Maryland.
  James Chaudoir's career choice dates to his early compositions written in junior high school. His work has evolved from jazz to classical to "motific" expansionist. In the past decade it has become more tonal--more melodic and harmonic.
  Among his commissioned works is "And All Who Dwell Therein," performed at the Tempo 92 music festival in Portsmouth, England. Chaudoir is a UW-Oshkosh Endowment for Excellence professor.
  At Carnegie quasi una fantasia will be paired on the program with Francis Poulenc's oboe sonata, regarded as the premiere oboe sonata of the 20th century. Gullickson and Marianne Chaudoir will perform the pieces by James Chaudoir and Poulenc and two other compositions.
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News Release #4-39

April 24, 1998

'Better Grades in Less Time?'

  OSHKOSH--Gary Tuerack, nationally known speaker and author of "Better Grades in Less Time: Faster Reading with Increased Comprehension" will speak at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 5 in at Reeve Memorial Union, 748 Algoma Blvd.
  The University Speaker Series event will be in the Union Square. It is free and open to the public.
  Tuerack's presentation, "Better Grades in Less Time," includes techniques for faster reading, increasing comprehension, memory tricks, motivation and a humorous 10-minute slide show of college life.
  In the presentation, Tuerack gives out free prizes and money to make his points. A recent graduate of Cornell University, he has been featured on national television and radio shows.
  "This presentation was very helpful," said Harvard University student Patricia Clahar. "I literally doubled my reading speed without losing any comprehension."
  Tuerack, the founder of Tuerack Training International, has also made his presentation at Cornell, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Tufts.
  For more information contact University Speaker Series, 920/424-1144.
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News Release #4-40

April 24, 1998

Bye Gosh Fest April 30

  OSHKOSH--Musician/comedian Pat McCurdy and the Milwaukee-based band "Little Blue Crunchy Things" highlight the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh annual Bye Gosh Fest between 3 and 7 p.m. Thursday, April 30 on the grounds behind Reeve Memorial Union, 748 Algoma Blvd.
  Campus organizations are invited to participate. They must request a booth by 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 27.
  The schedule for Bye Gosh Fest is:
  * 3 to 4 p.m., band "FBNC."
  * 4 to 5:30 p.m., McCurdy.
  * 5:30 to 7 p.m., band "Little Blue Crunchy Things."
  * 3 to 6:30 p.m., food booth.
  For more information call 920/424-1016.
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News Release #4-41

April 24, 1998

Orchestra Performs May 3

  OSHKOSH--The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra will perform its final concert of the season at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 3 at the Music Hall in the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave.
  The concert is under the direction of Jun Wang of the UW-Oshkosh music faculty.
  The orchestra will perform works by Aaron Copland, Dmitri Shostakovich and Ludwig van Beethoven. Student Mikelle Budge of Webster will conduct the orchestra for the Copland piece.
  Admission is $3, $1 for children age 12 and under and students. UW-Oshkosh students are admitted free with identification.
  For more information call 902/424-4224.
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News Release #4-42

April 24, 1998

Faculty Reading May 5

    OSHKOSH--The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh English department will present its third annual Faculty Reading from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 5 in the Experimental Theatre of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave.
  All of the nine authors presenting works are published writers of poems, short fictional stories, novels or plays. Some of the works that will be read have never been presented before.
  The UW-Oshkosh faculty who will read are department chair Estella Lauter, Pamela Gemin, Kate Sontag, Ron Rindo, Anne Basting, Paul Niesen, Pat Hodgell, Marvin Mengeling and Doug Flaherty. Several have won awards for their writing.
  The reading is part of the Spring Arts Festival.
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News Release #4-43

April 24, 1998

Student Recitals

  OSHKOSH-- Jason Fruit of Dodgeville and Mikelle Budge of Webster will perform a composition recital at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 29 in the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Music Hall in the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
  Both students are performance majors. The program will include their own works for a variety of instruments.
  While students at UW Oshkosh Fruit and Budge have been involved with the University Society of Composers.
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  OSHKOSH--Brad Schrader of Ripon will perform a senior recital at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24 in the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Music Hall of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
  Schrader, whose emphasis is music merchandising/recording technology, will perform on the trumpet. He will be accompanied by Jason Fruit of Dodgeville, Adam Rasske of Ripon, Joe Bartz of Neenah, Andrew Gooch of West Allis, B.J. Fine of Oshkosh and Jenniene Giese of Mosinee.
  While a student at UW-Oshkosh Schrader has performed with the university bands.
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News Release #4-45

April 27, 1998

Student Journalism Winners Announced

  OSHKOSH--Students from Oshkosh, Berlin, Minocqua, New Holstein, Sheboygan Falls and Marshfield each received three or more first-place awards at the 28th annual Northeastern Wisconsin Scholastic Press Association (NEWSPA) conference April 22 at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
  The students are Laura Glaeser of Oshkosh North High School; Kevin Rux of Berlin High School; Cheryl Tepsa of Lakeland Union High School, Minocqua; Jennifer Mertens of New Holstein High School; Stacey Schultz of Sheboygan Falls High School, and Carrie Ehfurth of Marshfield High School.
  More than 700 high school students and advisers involved in school publications attended the April 22 sessions and workshops led by journalism professionals and educators from throughout northeastern Wisconsin.
  Representatives from the Oshkosh Northwestern; Appleton Post-Crescent; Green Bay Press-Gazette; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Wisconsin State Journal and Capital Times, both of Madison; Plymouth Review; Kalihwisaks of Oneida; Fox Valley Kids; Krause Publications of Iola; Ripon Commonwealth Press; Green Bay television stations WBAY and WLUK; UW-Oshkosh; yearbook publishers Walsworth and Jostens; Oshkosh Police Department; free-lance writers and a variety of students and advisers from northeastern Wisconsin high schools led the sessions.
  Schools that participated in the conference were from Berlin, Colby, Coleman, De Pere, Fort Atkinson, Green Bay East, Greendale, Hilbert, Hortonville, Kewaskum, LaFollette of
Madison, Lakeland Union of Minocqua, Lourdes of Oshkosh, Luxemburg-Casco, Marshall, Marshfield, Mayville, Neenah, Omro, Oshkosh North, Oshkosh West, Plymouth, Preble of Green Bay, Rhinelander, Ripon, Sevastopol of Sturgeon Bay, Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan North, Sheboygan South, Shiocton, St. Mary's Springs of Fond du Lac, Sun Prairie, Wausau West, Wauwatosa West, West Bend East, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin Lutheran of Milwaukee and Xavier of Appleton.
  Following the conference, awards were presented to individual students and their winning newspaper and yearbook publication entries.
  Students receiving awards are from the Omro, Colby, Sturgeon Bay, Minocqua, Berlin, Greendale, Marshfield, Rhinelander, Wausau, Stoughton, Valders, Oshkosh, Hilbert, Sheboygan, Sun Prairie, Whitefish Bay, Plymouth, Fort Atkinson, Neenah, Green Bay, Marshall, Ripon, Fond du Lac, New Holstein, Shiocton and Coleman school districts.
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News Release #4-44

April 28, 1998

Marimba Ensemble Performs at Major Festival

  OSHKOSH--The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Marimba Ensemble recently returned from West Point, N.Y., where it performed with the Marimba Festival Orchestra in a "Tribute to Clair Omar Musser" at the Percussive Arts Society Day of Percussion.
  "This was the most important marimba gathering of the decade, if not this half of the century," said Director G.W. "Sandy" Schaefer of the UW-Oshkosh music faculty.
  The tribute was a historical reenactment. Musser was one of the first marimbaists to move the instrument from the vaudeville stage to the concert stage. The concert commemorated Musser's contributions by performing compositions used by his International Marimba Symphony Orchestra in its 1935 European tour.
  Students who accompanied Schaefer were: Nate Russell of Portage, Jennifer Donaldson of Kenosha, Casey Wood of Wausau and Jessica Wahl of Monticello.
  Among the participants at West Point were some of the best known performers in percussion, including: Leigh Howard Stevens, Gordon Stout, Emil Richards, the members of Nexus, and two original members from the 1935 tour.
  On April 3, UW-Oshkosh marimba graduate Mariano LaSpisa won the Torrence, Calif. Symphony Orchestra's Concerto Composition and will perform a movement from the Creston Concertino for Marimba in California May 7.
   "This is quite important because the marimba is somewhat rare as an orchestral solo instrument and it is still rarer for an orchestra to engage a marimba soloist for a concert," said Schaefer. Creston's Concertino, the first concerto for the marimba, was premiered in 1942 by Ruth Suber, a participant in Musser's International Marimba Symphony Orchestra.
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News Release #4-46

April, 28, 1998

Student Research Grant for Research in Venezuela

  OSHKOSH--A University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh graduate student will spend two months in Venezuela this summer as part of a Wisconsin Student Research Grant from the Zoological Society of Milwaukee.
  Thomas Lambert of Oshkosh will compare his research for the project "Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Tropical Rodent Community Structure" to the data he collected from another recent research trip to Panama.
  Lambert will compare the rodent diversity on islands in a recently created lake in Venezuela with diversity found on islands in a much older lake in Panama. The islands in both lakes are former hilltops that were isolated when a river was dammed.
  The research has implications for conservation biology because it directly addresses the important consequences of tropical forest fragmentation and isolation, said Gregory Adler, assistant professor of biology/microbiology at UW-Oshkosh. Adler has been conducting innovative research in Panama for several years.
  Lambert is the second graduate student of Adler's to receive the grant. Last year, Scott Mangan of Fond du Lac received a grant to complete research in Panama.
  Lambert is one of 13 students statewide selected for the $2,000 grant.
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News Release #4-47

April 28, 1998

Percussion Concert April 30

  OSHKOSH--The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Percussion Ensemble and Marimba Ensemble will present a spring concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 30 in the Music Hall of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave.
  The concert is free and open to the public.
  The concert will feature three compositions that use metal pipes as instruments.
  The marimba ensemble recently returned from the Percussive Arts Day of Percussion in New York, where they had the chance to play with some of the best-known performers in the percussion world, said marimba ensemble director G.W. "Sandy" Schaefer of the UW-Oshkosh music faculty.
  Schaefer will perform a xylophone solo at the concert.
  Student performers at the concert will include Jennifer Donaldson of Kenosha, Jeff Hader of Hartford, David Kemp of Brookfield, Erik Pohjola of Appleton, Nathan Russell of Portage, Gregory Strizek of  Fond du Lac, Jamison Stokdyk of Oostburg, Jessica Wahl of Monticello and Casey Wood of Wausau.
  Schaefer recently presented research on Drum Set Performance Practice at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Anaheim, Calif. In February he presented a lecture recital on the music of jazz player Red Norvo at the Sonneck Society's National Convention in Kansas City.
  Last fall Schaefer's book on the history of rock -- "Here To Stay" -- was published and is used in classes at UW-Oshkosh and Arizona State University.
  This concert is part of  the UW-Oshkosh Spring Arts Festival.
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News Release #4-48

April 28, 1998

Student Recitals, Exhibits

  OSHKOSH-- Nathan Krueger of Shawano will perform a senior voice recital at 7 p.m.
May 4, in the Music Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
  Krueger, a music merchandising/recording technology emphasis major, will be accompanied by Nancy Schmalz, Jason Fruit, Ann Polishinski, all of Oshkosh;  Charles Stephan of Neenah; and Christopher Jette of Grafton.
  While a student at UW-Oshkosh Krueger has performed with the University Choirs.
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  OSHKOSH-- The exhibit "Graphic Design Show and Tell," featuring works by senior graphic design students at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, will be May 7 through 14 in the Priebe Art Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. There will be an opening reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 7.
  The gallery is on the first floor of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave.
  Each student will showcase 15 to 20 of their best design pieces. The work will include corporate identity systems, logo designs, printed media, web page, package design, books and posters.
  The students are Courtney Danielson of Hudson, Dana Rae Daoust of Black Creek, Ali Haluska of Fort Atkinson, Susan Hartl of Ripon, Kari Jadin and Nathan Rank of Kewaunee,i of Kenosha, Bradley Knapp of Appleton, Scott Krall of Two Rivers, Thomas Oliva of Mequon, Ginger Peterson of Merrill, Kristin Putz of Burlington, Laurie Schwantes of
Oshkosh, and Keith Zust of Sun Prairie.
  The gallery will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays, 7 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 1 to 4 p.m. on weekends.
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  OSHKOSH--There will be an exhibit of art work by Angela Baldwin of North Chicago, Ill., and Emmet Sandberg  of Green Lake  May 4 through 7 at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
  The exhibit -- "Crash Course in Metaphor"-- will be in the Priebe Annex Gallery, Room N204 of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave.
  There will be an artists' reception from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 2.
  The works by Baldwin will include photographs and serigraph and intaglio prints. Works by Sandberg will be photographs.
  The gallery is open from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday during exhibits.
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  OSHKOSH--There will be an exhibit of art work by student Lisa LaGrow of Cedarburg May 11 through 14 at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
  The exhibit "Nuclear Damage" will be in the Priebe Annex Gallery, Room N204 of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave.
  There will be an artists reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 9.
  The works by LaGrow will emphasize printmaking. The show includes intaglio, serigraphy, linocut, monotype, mixed media, painting and soft sculpture.
  LaGrow is the daughter of Dane and Janet LaGrow of Cedarburg.
  The gallery is open from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday during exhibits.
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  OSHKOSH--Rebecca Sharp of Menominee, Mich., will perform a violin recital at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 10, in the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Music Hall of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
  Sharp, a performance major, will be accompanied by Maryellen Pung of Oshkosh.
  While a student at UW Oshkosh Sharp has performed with the University Symphony Orchestra, Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra, Fox Valley Symphony, Green Bay Camerata Orchestra, Oshkosh Camerata, and she has been a member of the pit orchestra at the Grand Opera House of Oshkosh.
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OSHKOSH-- Michelle Ann Becker of Berlin will perform a sophomore flute recital at 7 p.m. Friday, May 1, in the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Music Hall in the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave. The event is free and open to the public.
  Becker, a performance major, will be accompanied by Nancy Schmalz of Oshkosh and Emily Nevins of Germantown.
  While a student at UW-Oshkosh Becker has performed with the University Wind Ensemble and the University Symphony Orchestra.
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News Release #4-49

April 28, 1998

Students from Wausau, Sauk City Earn Chancellor's Award

OSHKOSH--Two University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh seniors received the 1998 Chancellor's Award for Excellence for their contributions to the classroom and to the community.
  Amy Hildebrandt of Wausau and Joanne Odden of Sauk City were honored at the university's annual Honors and Awards Ceremony April 24.
  The award, established in 1989 by Chancellor John E. Kerrigan, recognizes students with strong academic performance, community involvement and participation in university-related activities. They are nominated by faculty and staff.
  Hildebrandt was the only Wisconsin university student named to USA Today's All-USA College Academic Team in February. Sixty were chosen from a field of 1,194 university students nationwide who demonstrated talents outside the labs and classrooms. The winners were featured in a two-page layout in the national daily that reaches 2.25 million people.
  Her college success story didn't begin early, Hildebrandt said. It took a rough first semester and a stint on academic probation before Hildebrandt decided to make school her first priority. She has maintained a 4.0 grade point average for six semesters.
  She became more involved in activities after teaming with special education professor Mary Drecktrah to complete a collaborative research grant project.
  "I saw how many ways on campus I could be involved with things," Hildebrandt said.
  The two investigated the accommodations made by Fox Valley child-care providers for children with disabilities in order to comply with the American with Disabilities Act mandates. They
presented the results at several educational conferences including the Association for Childhood Education International Conference in Portland.
  Hildebrandt earned one of only two UW-Oshkosh Distinguished Undergraduate Research awards for the project.
  Hildebrandt has been an Oshkosh Student Association senator and  a student representative for the special education department. She has received several scholarships and won an Outstanding Senior Award. She was elected to Kappa Delta Pi, the education honorary society.
  On May 16 Hildebrandt will graduate with a degree in special education with teaching licensures in learning disabilities and early childhood education.
  She worked at the UW-Oshkosh Children's Center for two years, prior to student teaching this spring at Lakeview Elementary School in Neenah. She has been busy as a volunteer for the university's Project Success, a program for students with dyslexia, and she has worked with at-risk children in Winneconne and in special education classrooms at Carl Traeger Elementary, Oshkosh.
  "In special education what I love is the celebration of the small successes," she said. "To see the pride in the students is so rewarding."
  Hildebrandt has developed and taught a computer club at Merrill Elementary School, Oshkosh. She has even helped teachers become better acquainted with their students through a published article in the Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal.
  She is active in Student Wisconsin Education Association and Winnebago County Community Programs.
  Hildebrandt hopes to find a teaching job in the Milwaukee area after she graduates.
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  Odden is so involved in her classes and work that she "sets up camp" every day in Halsey Science Center, even though she lives just across the street.
  "I'm in and out more than I'm at home," Odden said, noting that in a "normal" day she will spend about 14 hours in the building. "It's a big part of my life. It's what I do."
  Odden developed leadership qualities through athletics and activities in high school, but it wasn't until her sophomore year in college that she decided to get active on campus. She became a teaching assistant for UW-Oshkosh Science Outreach, a program that connects the university to area K-12 students and teachers through hands-on workshops and summer programs.
  Odden believes her job at Science Outreach has been the key to developing the organizational skills she needs to keep up with all her activities.
  "I want to show students how many things are going on," Odden said, noting the many students she sees each day walk through halls not noticing what's happening around them.
  As the head teaching assistant at Science Outreach, Odden conducts laboratory workshops for Wisconsin Operation Chemistry and National Operation Chemistry each summer that teach more than 120 K-8 science teachers the latest lab experiments that they can bring to the classroom.
   She has organized a session for the Science Olympiad, an annual middle school science competition. She developed Nature Quest, an activity that tests students on their ability to navigate and answer science-related questions.
  As part of Science Outreach Odden conducts science experiments in area classrooms during her school breaks.
  Odden has received two undergraduate/faculty collaborative research grants at UW-Oshkosh to study leopard frogs with microbiology professor Robert Lansman. She wrote her Honors Senior Thesis about the DNA relationships among members of this species.
  Odden is president of the campus chapter of Tri Beta, the national biological honor society, and she co-chairs the University Scholars Student Association.
  She volunteers for Owen Gromme Nature Preserve near Ripon. She and other members of Tri Beta are helping to restore the natural prairie by planting wild grass seeds they collect from area railroad beds and running trails. She is also a mentor for the GTE Science Scholars program at UW-Oshkosh for high school minority students.
  She's been on the Dean's List or Honor Roll for six semesters, and she will graduate this May with a microbiology degree.
  She is enrolled as a graduate school at the University of Oregon. She wants to eventually earn a doctorate in molecular biology.
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News Release #4-51

April 30, 1998

Student Picked Best in Finance

  OSHKOSH--Michelle Sue Basten, a University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student from Green Bay, was named the Outstanding Senior in Finance by the Milwaukee chapter of the Financial Executives Institute.
  Basten was nominated by the finance department of the UW-Oshkosh College of Business Administration based on scholarship, leadership in extracurricular activities and community involvement.
  She was selected by the Milwaukee chapter from a pool of students from schools including UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee and several private institutions.
  A finance major and economics minor, Basten is president of the UW-Oshkosh Financial Management Association and a member of the national honor society of the Financial Management Association. She also earned the UW-Oshkosh Finance Faculty Scholarship.
  Basten works at the UW-Oshkosh Financial Aid Office, where her duties include processing student loan checks and analyzing student eligibility for federal Stafford Loans. She is treasurer and fund-raising coordinator of a residence hall.
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News Release #4-52

April 30, 1998

Final Concert for Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble May 10

  OSHKOSH--The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble will perform their last concert of the season at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 10 in the Music Hall of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland Ave.
  Admission is $3, $1 for students and free for UW-Oshkosh students with identification.
  UW-Oshkosh faculty member Rob McWilliams is the conductor. Thomas Rohrer, assistant director of bands from Bowling Green State University of Ohio, will be a guest conductor on some pieces.
  The piece "Meditation from Thais" by James Massenet will feature a flute section including Michelle Becker of Berlin, Rebekah Buss of Neenah, Amy Fuchs of Oak Creek, Kelly Hauschildt of Marion, Emily Nevins of Germantown and Erin Regan of Cedarburg.
  For more information contact the music department at 920/424-4224.
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