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	<title>Engage &#187; Mandy Potts</title>
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		<title>Philanthropy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Potts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alumni Russ and Jean Hutchison feel passionately about giving a future student the same kind of opportunity they had in attending UW Oshkosh. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alumni<strong> Russ</strong> and <strong>Jean Hutchison</strong> feel passionately about giving a future student the same kind of opportunity they had in attending UW Oshkosh.</p>
<p>“Boy, if you can get through college and get through it without much debt, that’s a tremendous head start in the next phase of your life,” Russ Hutchison ’64, said.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3861/philanthropy-4/2013_6-2_philanthropy1_600/" rel="attachment wp-att-3816"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3816" title="2013_6.2_philanthropy1_600" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2013_6.2_philanthropy1_600-300x150.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="150" /></a>Recently, Russ and Jean, of Waukesha, really began to think about what their education—and their subsequent life experiences—meant to them.</p>
<p>After much thought and consideration, they created the <strong>Hutchison First in the Family Scholarship</strong>, which will—after they are gone—provide financial assistance to first-generation college students pursuing an undergraduate degree in the College of Education and Human Services at UW Oshkosh. The scholarship was developed as part of their estate plans.</p>
<p>“These kinds of decisions evolve slowly over time, they don’t just jump into your head one day,” Hutchison said. “We hope this scholarship allows a student to go to college who probably wouldn’t get there without it. It’s tuition, books and fees.”</p>
<div id="attachment_3817" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3861/philanthropy-4/2013_6-2_philanthropy2_600/" rel="attachment wp-att-3817"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3817 " title="2013_6.2_philanthropy2_600" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2013_6.2_philanthropy2_600-300x150.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="150" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Russ and Jean Hutchison in 1964</p></div>
<p>Both Jean and Russ were first-generation college students. They met at UW Oshkosh, where they both studied mathematics. They both firmly believe their degrees helped move them forward and paved the way for the rest of their lives. Throughout their careers, Jean taught math and English at various levels, and later taught hand weaving—one of her passions, and Russ had several career pursuits, including engineering, law and as a trade association department director.</p>
<p>“The beauty of planned gifts is they allow people to retain their assets during their lifetime,” said <strong>Donna O’Brien</strong>, development director with the UW Oshkosh Foundation, the campus entity that facilitates donations. “And, it allows them to control the final distribution of the assets they worked so hard to acquire.”</p>
<div id="attachment_3815" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3861/philanthropy-4/2013_6-2_philanthropy_obrien_150/" rel="attachment wp-att-3815"><img class="size-full wp-image-3815" title="2013_6.2_philanthropy_obrien_150" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2013_6.2_philanthropy_obrien_150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="209" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">O&#39;Brien</p></div>
<p>Friends, like the Hutchisons, who establish a living legacy with the UW Oshkosh Foundation are recognized as members of the Rose Legacy Society. Soon, those members will be acknowledged within the new Alumni Welcome and Conference Center on a legacy donor wall.</p>
<p>“It’s such a pleasure working with people to explore how they want to be remembered, and the impact they want their final gift to make,” O’Brien said.</p>
<p>For more information about the UW Oshkosh Foundation, <a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/foundation" target="_blank">visit uwosh.edu/foundation</a></p>
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		<title>Storytelling as an art</title>
		<link>http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3298/storytelling-as-an-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Potts</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For five University of Wisconsin Oshkosh journalism students, it was about telling a story. For their sources, the stories were real-life experiences in war zones.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3298/storytelling-as-an-art/2013_6-1_creativitygallery_300/" rel="attachment wp-att-3204"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3204" title="2013_6.1_creativitygallery_300" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2013_6.1_creativitygallery_300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="360" /></a>For five University of Wisconsin Oshkosh journalism students, it was about telling a story. For their sources, the stories were real-life experiences in war zones.</p>
<p>Late last fall, the five UW Oshkosh student storytellers presented their multimedia projects—in-depth stories that got to the heart of what it means to be in a war zone—through the second volume of <strong>War: Through Their Eyes, Warriors &amp; Nurses</strong> project. Five veterans, who were either current students or alumni of the <strong>College of Nursing</strong>, were featured.</p>
<p>“This project made me a better storyteller,” said <strong>Morgan Counts</strong>, a senior studying journalism and economics from Oshkosh.</p>
<p>Counts and her peers worked on the <a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/beyond/war/war-vol-2/war-vol-2" target="_blank">podcasts and written elements</a> in partnership with journalism instructor <strong>Grace Lim</strong>; the project was not graded, instead done on a volunteer basis.</p>
<p>“This project really opened my eyes to how personal stories can be,” said <strong>Noell Dickmann</strong>, a senior studying journalism from Jackson, Wis. “The overall experience made me grow and showed me that you always have to support our troops no matter what.”</p>
<div id="attachment_3206" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3298/storytelling-as-an-art/2013_6-1_creativityportraits2_300/" rel="attachment wp-att-3206"><img class="size-full wp-image-3206" title="2013_6.1_creativityportraits2_300" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2013_6.1_creativityportraits2_300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="248" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">War: Through Their Eyes, Warriors &amp; Nurses was a collaborative project. Grace Lim coordinated Brian Ledwell, Shawn McAfee and John Beam to work with journalism students Amy Wasnidge ‘12, Brad Beck, Morgan Counts, Nate Cate and Noell Dickmann with additional help on music from Matt Muelling.</p></div>
<p>Lim, who watched her student writers grow, change and evolve through the months-long interviewing and writing process with countless drafts and rounds of edits, said she’s proud.</p>
<p>“These students signed up for something they weren’t graded on, and they thought it was a cool project,” Lim said. “Of all the student projects I’ve overseen, this was the most gratifying to date.”</p>
<p>The stories were unveiled publicly during Veterans Week at UW Oshkosh and—like all good stories do—will live on for a lifetime through the podcasts and a traditional print publication.</p>
<p>“I’m really proud of everyone who worked so hard on this project to tell the stories of our veterans. It’s cool seeing these types of stories go from an idea to a reality,” Dickmann said.</p>
<div class="mceTemp"><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/beyond/war/war-vol-2/war-vol-2" target="_blank">See and hear more about War: Through Their Eyes, Warriors &amp; Nurses</a>.</div>
<div class="mceTemp"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uwoshkosh/sets/72157632020819938/with/8188371613/" target="_blank">Check out photographs from the War: Through Their Eyes event at Reeve Memorial Union</a>.</div>
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		<title>It&#8217;s an era of collaboration at UW Oshkosh</title>
		<link>http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3290/its-an-era-of-collaboration-at-uw-oshkosh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Potts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is undergoing an era of collaboration that, simply put, turns waste—true waste, like food scraps, lawn clippings and even cow manure—into energy and learning.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_3221" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3290/its-an-era-of-collaboration-at-uw-oshkosh/2013_6-1_philanthropy1_300/" rel="attachment wp-att-3221"><img class="size-full wp-image-3221" title="2013_6.1_philanthropy1_300" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2013_6.1_philanthropy1_300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="327" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Viessmann Group CEO Martin Viessmann visits Allen Farm</p></div>
<p>The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is undergoing an era of collaboration that, simply put, turns waste—true waste, like food scraps, lawn clippings and even cow manure—into energy and learning.</p>
<p>First, there was the first-in-the-Americas dry fermentation anaerobic biodigester located on Witzel Avenue that produces actual energy from food waste (including waste collected from Reeve Memorial Union), yard waste and crop residuals. Then, in late 2011, a small farm biodigester named <strong>Titan 55</strong> was conceived and planned for the 150-head, family-owned Allen Farm; the biodigester there turns its waste into energy.</p>
<p>And now, the planning for a second, large-scale biodigester (nicknamed<strong> BD2</strong>) with energy innovators the Viessmann Group is underway at Wisconsin’s largest dairy farm, Milk Source’s Rosendale Dairy.<br />
Once operational, BD2 will turn the farm’s livestock manure waste into energy while simultaneously creating an on-site lab for energy scientists at UW Oshkosh. The process involves anaerobic digestion, the bacterial decomposition of organic matter that occurs in the absence of oxygen. In the odor-controlled environment of the biodigester, the gas produced is safely combusted and turned into electricity. The revenues that will come from the energy’s return to the grid will advance UW Oshkosh’s operations and educational mission. A groundbreaking will be held in late spring.</p>
<div id="attachment_3222" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3290/its-an-era-of-collaboration-at-uw-oshkosh/2013_6-1_philanthropy2_300/" rel="attachment wp-att-3222"><img class="size-full wp-image-3222" title="2013_6.1_philanthropy2_300" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2013_6.1_philanthropy2_300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="174" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Rosendale Dairy, Wisconsin&#39;s Largest Dairy Farm</p></div>
<p>“In Wisconsin, education and agriculture go hand in hand. Partnering with the <strong>UW Oshkosh Foundation</strong> and UW Oshkosh to help turn modern agriculture into energy in such a cutting-edge way is exciting for Rosendale Dairy and the state’s dairy and ag industries,” said <strong>Jim Ostrom</strong>, co-founder and partner of Milk Source. “This is an extension of a long-formed bond between education and farming in this state. This project is a testament to the type of innovative thinking and practices we strive for on a daily basis.”</p>
<p>Once completed, Rosendale Dairy will be home to one of Wisconsin’s most dynamic research, renewable energy production and public education facilities in the state, said UW Oshkosh Foundation President <strong>Arthur H. Rathjen</strong>.</p>
<p>“This is a multifaceted win for our students and the state of Wisconsin, and it is the kind of innovative, entrepreneurial project the UW Oshkosh Foundation believes is essential to the future of our thriving institution,” Rathjen said. “We’re<br />
addressing a real need for real people.”</p>
<p>To learn more about collaborations and partnerships at UW Oshkosh, visit the <a href="uwosh.edu/foundation" target="_blank">UW Oshkosh Foundation website</a>.</p>
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		<title>Growing Oshkosh</title>
		<link>http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3307/growing-oshkosh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Potts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the launch of Growing Oshkosh, alumna Dani (Woerpel) Stolley ‘97, has come full circle.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3307/growing-oshkosh/2013_6-1_alumnifeature_600/" rel="attachment wp-att-3188"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3188 alignleft" title="2013_6.1_alumnifeature_600" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2013_6.1_alumnifeature_600-300x150.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="150" /></a>With the launch of Growing Oshkosh, alumna <strong>Dani (Woerpel) Stolley</strong> ‘97, has come full circle.</p>
<p>Making Oshkosh a better place through do-good initiatives runs through Stolley’s veins; she was born, raised and educated in the much-loved community she still calls home.</p>
<p>Now, Stolley is taking dramatic steps to grow, change and make Oshkosh a better place via Growing Oshkosh, which raises awareness and educates citizens about the “benefits of fresh, healthy, all-natural and sustainable food (and food production) by growing—and teaching others how to grow—fish, food, flowers, jobs … and hope.”</p>
<p>Growing Oshkosh initiatives began in August 2012, when Stolley pulled together a board of directors—many of whom have links to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Alumni<strong> Jessica King</strong> ‘98, <strong>Bob Poeschl</strong> ’06, and <strong>Courtney (Greco) Lasky</strong> ‘03, as well as retired senior lecturer and photographer <strong>Don Stolley</strong> and <strong>Mandy Potts</strong> with integrated marketing and communications, sit on the nine-member board.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3307/growing-oshkosh/2013_6-1_alumnifeature_stolley_150/" rel="attachment wp-att-3191"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3191" title="2013_6.1_alumnifeature_stolley_150" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2013_6.1_alumnifeature_stolley_150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="208" /></a>“Growing Oshkosh is really a win-win for the entire community,” Stolley said.</p>
<p>The project started, Stolley admits, as a dream. In many ways, Growing Oshkosh is modeled after Growing Power, an urban farm in Milwaukee, which Stolley completed a Commercial Urban Agriculture program through. Her interest was piqued, and she got busy.</p>
<p>“I’ve been an environmentalist all my life—before I even knew what that meant. But my passion for nature and the environment was from an ecological perspective, an almost spiritual<br />
connection between the land and waters I call home,” Stolley said. “When it came down to deciding what it was I wanted to do with my adult life, it was a no-brainer. I simply wanted to grow food and flowers, but especially for the people and habitats that need it the most in my community.”</p>
<p>With that in mind, her dream transitioned to a reality and Growing Oshkosh was planted in the heart of the Oshkosh community.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3307/growing-oshkosh/2013_6-1_alumnifeature_poeschl_150/" rel="attachment wp-att-3190"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3190" title="2013_6.1_alumnifeature_poeschl_150" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2013_6.1_alumnifeature_poeschl_150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="208" /></a>“I think it’s really important that people have access to uplift themselves or become more self-sufficient,” Poeschl said. “Growing Oshkosh has the ability to grow and partner with neighborhoods and the community to create the ability for people to be more self-sufficient. There is so much to gain by having an urban garden.”</p>
<p>While the primary role of Growing Oshkosh is to produce sustainable and healthy food, an underlying goal is to use the physical location of the urban farm as a way to bring people together to combat issues like isolation, said <strong>Karlene Grabner</strong> ’98, executive director of the Women’s Fund of the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation.</p>
<p>With that goal, the Women’s Fund awarded a $10,000 grant to Growing Oshkosh, based on the feedback of focus groups.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3307/growing-oshkosh/2013_6-1_alumnifeature_grabner_150/" rel="attachment wp-att-3189"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3189" title="2013_6.1_alumnifeature_grabner_150" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2013_6.1_alumnifeature_grabner_150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="208" /></a>“Such projects like Growing Oshkosh put forth an objective that will bring people—such as mothers, children and families—together using a common<br />
activity or goal,” Grabner said. “As a community member and UW Oshkosh alumna, it’s great to see support in such a unique community project. Not only is the sustainability of this organization promising for our community, but it also provides a unique opportunity for students and children eager to learn.”</p>
<p>Like roots that grow and spread to make strong plants, Growing Oshkosh is extending out into the community, too.</p>
<p>Raised boxes were put in at UW Oshkosh’s Head Start late last summer to give young students an opportunity to grow and eat their own food. In 2013, a grant from UW Oshkosh’s Creating a Stronger Community Contest, which Growing Oshkosh won, will fund a Hope and Healing Garden at the main urban farm headquarters in downtown Oshkosh.</p>
<p>In the future, Growing Oshkosh has plans to both grow and sustain. Building school gardens and giving community members access to healthy foods to promote healthy eating is a primary focus for 2013, Stolley said.</p>
<p><em>Growing Oshkosh is an urban farm located in the heart of downtown Oshkosh at the Hooper Community Center. Within the hoop houses&#8211;an indoor growing environment -everything from herbs and vegetables to fish and flowers will be grown and raised. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/uwoshkosh/sets/72157633092544582/" target="_blank">Check out the photo gallery from the urban farm</a>. </em></p>
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<li>Read about <a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3387/student-profile-kat-mccard/" target="_blank">Kat McCard</a>, a UW Oshkosh student who is an intern for Growing Oshkosh.</li>
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		<title>Student Profile: Kat McCard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Potts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Access–to food and opportunities–is something very important to Kat McCard.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3387/student-profile-kat-mccard/mccard_kathrine_2013-3/" rel="attachment wp-att-3474"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-3474" title="McCard_Kathrine_2013 (3)" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/McCard_Kathrine_2013-3-240x300.jpg" alt="" width="168" height="210" /></a>Year: Senior<br />
Hometown: Appleton<br />
Major: Women’s Studies</p>
<p>Access–to food and opportunities–is something very important to Kat McCard.</p>
<p>With that, McCard doesn’t sit around and wait for opportunities–to do, change, create and grow things–to come to her. Instead, she puts herself out there and makes it happen, which is exactly how she got an internship for the spring semester.</p>
<p>McCard is a nontraditional student at UW Oshkosh; she’s a 27-year-old mother of two who let her passion drive an internship with <a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/3307/growing-oshkosh/" target="_blank">Growing Oshkosh</a>, a startup, nonprofit urban farm located in downtown Oshkosh.</p>
<p>“Access to quality food is a real problem for low-income families,” McCard said. “So, I got involved with Growing Oshkosh.”</p>
<p>Plus, McCard  said, it means a lot to her to be involved with an organization founded by a group of women. Growing Oshkosh was started by UW Oshkosh alumna Dani Stolley ’97 with strong support from three other founding females, who also are board members.</p>
<p>Through her internship, McCard works on many aspects of Growing Oshkosh. She’s at the forefront of organizing volunteers, website content development, social networking initiatives, traditional outreach and more.</p>
<p>“Kat has had an immediate impact on our growing organization. Before the semester even started, she began making connections to the Women&#8217;s Studies program, as well as with the Veterans Resource Center on campus. She&#8217;s an amazing asset to Growing Oshkosh, and her connection to campus programs and resources is invaluable.” Stolley said.</p>
<p>McCard, a veteran herself, also is deeply involved with the Veterans Resource Center at UW Oshkosh; she’s also the secretary of the Student Veterans Association on campus. Still, she finds time to put in about 15 hours per week with Growing Oshkosh.</p>
<p>“I want to be able to show other women, other moms, that healthy food doesn’t have to be expensive or out of reach,” McCard said. “Low cost and local food exists, you just have to know where to find it.”</p>
<p>Growing Oshkosh, still in the beginning phases of sowing and food production, currently offers a limited selection of vegetables and herbs. This summer, a booth at the Oshkosh Farmers Market will offer a larger selection to the community at reasonable prices.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/category/profiles/" target="_blank">Read more alumni and student profiles</a>.</p>
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		<title>Can we disagree yet find common ground?</title>
		<link>http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/2220/can-we-disagree-yet-find-common-ground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Potts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is listening, paying attention and being calm and fair in discussion over contentious topics. It is not trash-talking, name-calling, gossiping or passing the buck.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/2220/can-we-disagree-yet-find-common-ground/2012_5-2_feature_600/" rel="attachment wp-att-2183"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2183" title="2012_5.2_Feature_600" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2012_5.2_Feature_600-300x150.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="150" /></a>It is listening, paying attention and being calm and fair in discussion over contentious topics. It is not trash-talking, name-calling, gossiping or passing the buck.</p>
<p>Civility: It’s a concept most think they are familiar with. It is synonymous with courtesy and politeness. It includes good manners and the absence of rudeness.</p>
<p>But in the midst of all that is stirring, and has stirred, politically across the state and nation in the last couple of years, there is a deeper examination underway of civility’s intersection with democracy and how we, as a people, live within its definition. How can we differ and disagree without letting larger, splintering forces rip apart our democracy? One clear takeaway is that nothing is clear.</p>
<p>The pursuit of civility often raises more questions than it offers answers.</p>
<p>And perhaps the biggest question of all is: At a time when communities and the country are often pushed and pulled toward polar extremes on controversial issues and topics, can we strongly disagree with one another yet seek to pursue and preserve a much larger tract of common ground?</p>
<p>It’s a question members of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh community and the greater Oshkosh community are examining as they work hard to strengthen this nexus of civility and democracy.</p>
<p><strong>Civility in the community</strong></p>
<p>These days, civility is the buzzword in communities across the country and on campuses like UW Oshkosh.</p>
<p>Perhaps the call for civil behavior is a symptom of the politically fueled times and the nationwide trend has seeped into our cities and towns. Others argue that civility creeping its way into communities and institutions is not a trend at all, but instead something that’s always been there.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/2220/can-we-disagree-yet-find-common-ground/2012_5-2_feature-speak_300/" rel="attachment wp-att-2184"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2184" title="2012_5.2_Feature-speak_300" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2012_5.2_Feature-speak_300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="600" /></a>Oshkosh&#8217;s <strong>Civility Project</strong>, led by the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, is a community-based initiative that pledges to “build a stronger and more diverse community by actively sharing our ideas and opinions with others in thoughtful and considerate ways.”</p>
<p>The project has spread into schools, businesses and book clubs. More than 800 community members have pledged to be a part of the initiative since its inception last year and vow to uphold nine principles rooted in the original golden rule—treat others how you’d like to be treated, respectfully.</p>
<p>“I feel a deep connection to the project’s language and message,” said <strong>Liz Hebbe</strong>, one of the core team members of the Oshkosh Civility Project. “The nine principles make sense and are easy to support. As members of a successful community, we have a responsibility to raise the bar on civility.”</p>
<p>The Oshkosh Civility Project, aimed at encouraging better practices of interpersonal communication, is modeled after a campaign that originated in 2003 in Duluth, Minn. In 2009, in Truckee, Calif., a similar initiative had the same goals: Get people talking, but also get them listening and respecting each other’s perspectives and diverse backgrounds; strike a better balance between free speech rights and responsibilities.</p>
<p>“Being good is good for you,” said <strong>P.M. Forni</strong>, Choosing Civility: The Twenty-Five Rules of Considerate Conduct author and professor who has become one of the nation’s leading civility scientists.</p>
<p>Forni also is the cofounder of the Johns Hopkins Civility Project, an initiative developed in 1997 that assesses the significance of civility, manners and politeness in contemporary society. He spoke at UW Oshkosh in early 2011.</p>
<p><strong>Civility on campus</strong></p>
<p>UW Oshkosh’s on-campus civility initiative, <strong>CivilityWorks</strong>, is similar to and is governed by the same principles and practices embraced by the citywide initiative. It is a grassroots effort to strengthen and enhance every aspect of working, studying and interacting with others. It was spearheaded by <strong>Chancellor Richard H. Wells</strong> and is now coordinated by <strong>Tom Grogan</strong>, special assistant to the Chancellor.</p>
<p>“What it really means is: You speak up, you show up, you give encouragement, you show support to colleagues,” Grogan said. “Peer-to-peer exchange is so powerful.”</p>
<p>CivilityWorks, founded in late 2011, facilitates on-campus events and discussions for anyone who’d like to be involved. An opt-in email listserve also is a component to encourage conversation throughout the campus community.</p>
<p>“Civility isn’t new. It’s just that we have to remind ourselves when things are challenging to stop, look and listen,” said <strong>Carleen Vande Zande</strong>, UW Oshkosh assistant vice chancellor for curricular affairs and student academic achievement.</p>
<p>In this heated—and in Wisconsin, continuous—election cycle, there are the every-segment attack ads on TV and over-the-top Facebook posts, noxious yard signs, never-ending robo calls, oversized buttons and continuous “junk” mail, many of which skew negative.</p>
<p><strong>A civil nation?</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/2220/can-we-disagree-yet-find-common-ground/2012_5-2_feature-tv1_300/" rel="attachment wp-att-2186"><img class="size-full wp-image-2186 alignright" title="2012_5.2_Feature-tv1_300" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2012_5.2_Feature-tv1_300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="249" /></a>All of the negativity is a catalyst for Americans to make changes through civilized action.</p>
<p>Civility, like democracy, is a system of compromise. In any situation, compromise—a middle, the gray area, common ground—is so very hard to find.</p>
<p>“I’m not so sure reaching the center is the place to be. My world doesn’t divide into polar poles,” said <strong>David Siemers</strong>, UW Oshkosh political science professor.</p>
<p>But with the at-your-fingertips exchange of information that happens in today’s world paired with the billions of dollars spent on elections these days, the “complex” understanding of the issues—mostly polarized—comes from 30-second attack advertisements, in 140 characters or less, via the constant news ticker of your News Organization of Choice.</p>
<p>That—the inability to turn it off, to back away—is what fuels the decision to pick a very extreme side and then have to subsequently defend it. The 24-hour news cycle and information can’t be turned off.</p>
<p>“It’s terrible for getting a deep, complex understanding of the world,” Siemers said. “If politics are about money, as they seem to be, whoever raises the most is doing well.”</p>
<p>The ability to raise the funds, Siemers said, is what allows for candidates to be loud with their messaging. Money, not necessarily a strong voice or a civil opinion, is what allows for swamping the masses with messaging.</p>
<p>“Communication is so instant, access to so much news and many opinions and voices does not stop,” Vande Zande said. “Giving students opportunities for reasoned dialog is something to be preserved.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/2220/can-we-disagree-yet-find-common-ground/2012_5-2_feature-students_300/" rel="attachment wp-att-2185"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2185" title="2012_5.2_Feature-students_300" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2012_5.2_Feature-students_300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="288" /></a>Together, Siemers and Vande Zande advocate for exactly that as leaders of UW Oshkosh’s <strong>American Democracy Project</strong> (ADP), an initiative focused on higher education’s role in preparing the next generation of informed, engaged citizens.</p>
<p>The project at UW Oshkosh began in 2003 and offers a wide array of forums for members of the campus community to gather and discuss.</p>
<p>Siemers described the nonpartisan ADP as “students leading students to a realistic and full understanding of American politics.” It’s giving students a chance to learn the facts and figure out a stance, Siemers said.</p>
<p>“Part of the problem is that our political system is set up so you have to pick a side,” said <strong>Samantha Zinth</strong>, a UW Oshkosh master’s student studying educational leadership. Zinth also is involved with CivilityWorks. “There are pieces of things people would cross the aisle on, but we are conditioned to say ‘you are on one side or the other.’ If we stop looking at it as left-wing, right-wing, there is more room for common understanding.”</p>
<p>Finding common ground is possible, but sometimes difficult, said <strong>Tony Palmeri</strong>, professor of communication at UW Oshkosh.</p>
<p>“Every individual has to find others with like opinions. People have to find a way to unite, that’s social change,” Palmeri said.</p>
<p>The tricky part, though, is each generation must define civility—and address how to find common ground—for themselves.</p>
<p>“We need citizenship education. And, a huge part of that education has to be the idea that being a good citizen is more than voting. It’s working with other people and looking for productive ways to find problems and solve them,” Palmeri said.</p>
<p>Yes, there is a spot for protest signs and flag-waving, for those who want to occupy, recall and/or just vote; there’s a place for discourse and a place for disappointment, especially on a university campus like UW Oshkosh.</p>
<p>“A college is a great place to practice this stuff. It’s a meeting of all kinds of people,” Siemers said. “Within reason, we reward dialog. It would be much less interesting with one point of view. That, of course, does not mean everyone agrees.”</p>
<p>“Disagreements are a part of life,” Siemers added.</p>
<p>From everyday quarrels about parenting and relationships to the big geo-political issues, disagreements happen.</p>
<p>“I think it’s interesting to engage with people who don’t think like you do,” Zinth said. “It helps you better understand your own environment and hear others.”</p>
<p>Zinth, like many, admits she actually welcomes discussion among family and friends who don’t necessarily agree with her. She believes in the civil exchange of thoughts, where feelings are actually considered and voices are heard, she said. For Zinth, it really starts with opening her ears to listen.</p>
<p>“Just because you believe in something doesn’t mean you need to put someone else down for not believing the same thing,” Zinth said. “Certainly we need a position, but you can do it in a way that doesn’t attack.”</p>
<p>Others, like <strong>Amanda (Kowald) Bain</strong> ‘02, program associate from the UW Oshkosh <strong>Center for New Learning</strong>, and one of the founding members of CivilityWorks, agrees.</p>
<p>“If you discuss an actual issue, you’ll find some commonalities. We aren’t going to change each other’s minds and that’s OK. People don’t have to change, either. It’s good to have diversity,” Bain said. “People in a group really need to find what they agree on and branch out from there.”</p>
<p>Civility initiatives—both on campus and throughout the nation—aren’t necessarily aimed at making something better. Instead, their aim is to proactively encourage the conversation, lay out the rules, and in the case of Oshkosh’s city-wide campaign to “Speak your Peace.”</p>
<p>“So much of the discussion of civility is clouded by myth. Most change happens through a clash,” Palmeri said.</p>
<p>He argues that sometimes finding middle ground, something in common, doesn’t result in civility at all.</p>
<p>“As a group, you find your voice together … that’s when common ground is found. And historically, the groups that find common ground won’t look civil, they will look angry,” Palmeri said.</p>
<p>Finding a middle-point is something that’s been practiced and taught on college campuses throughout history, Vande Zande said.</p>
<p>“We must preserve this work and not let it get pushed to the back with our competing agendas,” Vande Zande said. “This work—to teach civility—has been a part of the purpose of education since ancient Greece. Through different eras of time, prepping people to be citizens has been at the heart of higher education.”</p>
<p>But how?</p>
<p>Well, it starts with distinguishing between opinions and facts, educators agree. Siemers recommends finding facts and using voice to articulate them. Palmeri teaches his students to lead rational arguments. Vande Zande encourages and welcomes dialog, which she defines as “something that brings a lot of ideas together.”</p>
<p>Siemers knows, and teaches, that part of having an open and honest dialog is to come to grips with the fact that everyone isn’t always going to agree. Instead, he encourages students to learn the facts in any way possible.</p>
<p>“Once in the realm of factual evidence, you’re in a less contestable realm. Opinions are a by-the-seat-of-your-pants reaction; we want to move beyond this in all ways,” he said.</p>
<p>Learn more:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.oshkoshcivilityproject.org" target="_blank">Oshkosh Civility Project</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/civilityworks" target="_blank">UW Oshkosh Civility Works </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/adp/" target="_blank">American Democracy Project </a></li>
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		<title>Waterfront hotel begins renovations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Potts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come next spring, the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Foundation will be helping the community welcome visitors to downtown Oshkosh.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/?attachment_id=2840"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2840" title="2012_5.2_philanthropy_300" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2012_5.2_philanthropy_3001.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="351" /></a>Come next spring, the <strong>University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Foundation</strong> will be helping the community welcome visitors to downtown Oshkosh.</p>
<p>Slated to open April 1, Oshkosh’s downtown hotel (the former City Center Hotel) will re-open its doors with a brand new everything. The 176-room waterfront property is currently undergoing from-the-ground-up renovations. Upon its reopening, it will be a state-of-the-art business hotel anchoring the city’s downtown and serving as an economic catalyst for the entire community.</p>
<p>The<strong> UW Oshkosh Foundation</strong> and local hoteliers <strong>Richard Batley</strong> of RB Hospitality in Neenah and <strong>John Pfefferle</strong> of Pfefferle Companies Inc. in Appleton took over ownership of the hotel last February. The dedicated partners—with the rallying efforts of the <strong>Oshkosh Area Community Foundation</strong>—are bridging campus and the Oshkosh community, said UW Oshkosh Foundation President Arthur H. Rathjen.</p>
<p>To complement the downtown hotel,another state-of-the-art facility—a 22,000-square foot <strong>Alumni Welcome and Conference Center</strong>—will be built just blocks away along the water on the southern edge of the UW Oshkosh campus. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held Oct. 13.</p>
<p>“Both projects expand the synergy of the partnership between the University and the community,” Rathjen said. “A renovated, full-service convention hotel will enhance our community, serve area businesses, support scholarships and internships and complement our plans for the Alumni Welcome Center.”</p>
<p>To-date, the hotel has been gutted of its original interiors, the elevator has been modernized and the lobby has been opened up for a living room area and business center, said Mark Spielbauer, construction project superintendent.</p>
<p>The interior design phase begins this fall; individual hotel rooms, the ballroom and the restaurant along the waterfront will be beautified with a modern-day look.</p>
<p>Once up and running, the UW Oshkosh Foundation, in collaboration with its private sector partners, will oversee and manage the investment in the project. No state or tuition dollars will be used in the renovation or the project’s financing, Rathjen said.</p>
<p>To learn more about the UW Oshkosh Foundation, visit <a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/foundation" target="_blank">uwosh.edu/foundation</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Potts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a semester filled with interacting via Twitter in Sara Steffes Hansen&#8216;s classroom, here is what a couple of her students had to say in 140 characters or less: Why do you feel using Twitter in your classroom was a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a semester filled with interacting via Twitter in <strong>Sara Steffes Hansen</strong>&#8216;s classroom, here is what a couple of her students had to say in 140 characters or less:</p>
<p><strong>Why do you feel using Twitter in your classroom was a creative execution of learning?</strong></p>
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<li>&#8220;Using @Twitter in the classroom doesn&#8217;t just provide one professor to learn from but the millions in the #twitterverse become teachers&#8221;  &#8211; @Derek_Schroeder</li>
<li>&#8220;It allowed us to interact with each and have respectful side conversations that 99% of the time sparked class discussions&#8211;great way to learn.&#8221; &#8211; @christine_dkrt</li>
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<p><strong>What did you learn from using Twitter in the classroom?</strong></p>
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<li>&#8220;I&#8217;ve learned that @Twitter in the classroom can provide #quickresponsivelearning and more depth than could ever be printed in a textbook&#8221; &#8211; @Derek_Schroeder</li>
<li>&#8220;You can connect with anyone, anywhere, at anytime.&#8221; &#8211; @christine_dkrt</li>
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<p><strong>Now that your class is over, how will you continue to creatively use Twitter?</strong></p>
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<li>&#8220;I use @Twitter daily to network, share information I find relevant, research my #hobbies and to find what&#8217;s new with the world&#8221; &#8211; @Derek_Schroeder</li>
<li>&#8220;Sharing articles, awesome blogs, and keep connected with my old classmates.&#8221; &#8211; @christine_dkrt</li>
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<p>Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/uwoshkosh" target="_blank">@UWOshkosh</a> on Twitter.</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/1577/teaching-with-twitter-140-characters-at-a-time/" target="_blank">Teaching with Twitter</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Potts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sara Steffes Hansen, assistant professor of strategic communication at UW Oshkosh, uses Twitter in her classroom to teach creativity and innovation. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/1577/teaching-with-twitter-140-characters-at-a-time/2012_5-1_creativity_300/" rel="attachment wp-att-1642"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1642" title="2012_5.1_creativity_300" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2012_5.1_creativity_300.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></a>For <strong>Sara Steffes Hansen</strong>, serving as an assistant professor of strategic communication at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is a second career.</p>
<p>Hansen worked for 15 years as a creative-type, director, manager and consultant in strategic communication with high-tech and Fortune 500 companies. Today, she teaches courses in public relations, marketing, advertising and social media in the journalism department @uwoshkosh. But more importantly, she teaches her students to be creative and innovative through up-to-date, real-world tools like Twitter.</p>
<p>Preparing her students, whom she politely refers to as “colleagues,” to enter a high-tech and continuously changing job market has always been important to her. Not only does it encourage her to think outside of the box about classroom lessons, but it also teaches her and her students how to be creative in thinking and learning.</p>
<p>“To be competitive, they should know how to use Twitter and how it fits into public relations, advertising and other communication fields,” Hansen said.</p>
<p>And so, Hansen opens her classroom up to the Twittersphere quite regularly and encourages her students to participate in the online conversation—right from their classroom seats—via their mobile phones or computers. Screens at the front of the classroom even provide up-to-the-second lessons as students tweet about class or use the made-for-class hashtag.</p>
<p>Integrating Twitter into her lectures, Hansen said, changed many things. She said it teaches her students about the importance of being transparent in a public scenario, addresses the intimidation factor of using social media tools and encourages students to learn from each other and be creative.</p>
<p>The times—and teaching—are changing, Hansen said.</p>
<p>“The change is happening so fast that it’s really challenging for a traditional academic program to adjust,” she said. “I’m not just doing this for fun. Don’t get me wrong; it is fun, but I guess I’d rather take a chance and give my students the opportunity to experiment … part of using these tools is knowing how to manage yourself online.”</p>
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		<title>UW Oshkosh’s New Front Door</title>
		<link>http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/1560/philantropy-uw-oshkoshs-new-front-door/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Potts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The footprint of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh will soon change— and expand—again.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/1560/philantropy-uw-oshkoshs-new-front-door/2012_5-1_oncampus_300_welcome/" rel="attachment wp-att-1795"><img class="size-full wp-image-1795 alignleft" title="2012_5.1_oncampus_300_welcome" src="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/wp-content/uploads/2012_5.1_oncampus_300_welcome.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="150" /></a>University of Wisconsin Oshkosh&#8217;s footprint will soon change—and expand—again. In September, the UW Oshkosh Foundation announced a plan for a state-of-the-art, 22,000-square-foot <strong>Alumni Welcome and Conference Center</strong>. Planning and fundraising is currently underway.</p>
<p>“It’s a very dynamic, growing campus,” said <strong>Steve Buss</strong> ‘86, president of the UW Oshkosh Alumni Association. “It’s a great place to learn, it’s a great place to come back to.”</p>
<p>The center—“the University’s new front door”—is slated to be built along Oshkosh’s Fox River, adjacent to the Wisconsin Street Bridge, on the southern edge of campus. It will offer the more than 80,000 UW Oshkosh alumni a home away from home.</p>
<p>Alumna <strong>Linda Bailey Boilini</strong> ’74, who also is a board member, gets excited when she thinks about a finished UW Oshkosh Alumni Welcome and Conference Center.</p>
<p>“If we utilize the beauty of the Fox River and build along it, we can make this campus even more spectacular than it already is,” she said.</p>
<p>The center will house a 460-person ballroom, four breakout rooms for 70 to 80 people and a 48-person executive board room, making it the ideal spot for meetings, educational conferences, lectures, weddings, corporate dinners and receptions.</p>
<p>The facility also will house the UW Oshkosh Alumni Relations, Foundation and Business Success Center offices.</p>
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<li><a href="http://uwosh.edu/go/welcome " target="_blank">UW Oshkosh Alumni Welcome and Conference Center</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/engage-online/?p=1588" target="_blank">New UW Oshkosh Foundation Funds</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.uwosh.edu/foundation/" target="_blank">UW Oshkosh Foundation</a></li>
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