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CONTACT:
Andrea Gullickson, (920) 424-3036
John Koker, (920) 424-1058 or (920) 424-7410
Gullickson, Koker each receive Rosebush Professorship
OSHKOSH – Two University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh faculty members
each have been awarded a 2004-2005 John McNaughton Rosebush Professorship
for excellence in teaching, professional achievement and public service.
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Andrea Gullickson |
Andrea Gullickson , professor and music department
chair, and John Koker, professor and mathematics
department chair, will receive their awards at the university’s
opening day ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7
in the Music Hall of the Arts and Communication Center, 926 Woodland
Ave.
They will each receive a $1,850 stipend to fund a special teaching,
service or scholarship project.
“The history and tradition of the Rosebush Professorship reflects
UW-Oshkosh’s commitment to the recognition of excellence,”
said Chancellor Richard H. Wells. “This year’s recipients
have excellent credentials and both have made outstanding contributions
to the university and the community.”
Gullickson joined the UW-Oshkosh music faculty in 1994. Since then,
she has released five critically acclaimed chamber music CDs on major
labels, with distribution in more than 20 countries. In 2001, she
received the Oshkosh
Northwestern endowed professorship.
An oboist, she is an active chamber musician, recitalist and concerto
soloist under the professional management of Great
Lakes Performing Artist Associates.
She has reintroduced important historic works and premiered several
works with recordings and concert tours throughout Australia, China,
the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia and the United States.
Gullickson has been an adjudicator for music contests, presented master
classes and performances in schools throughout the state and given
benefit performances for organizations such as the Oshkosh Symphony,
the Oshkosh Public Library and the Oshkosh Public Museum.
She earned a bachelor’s degree at Michigan State, a master’s
at Northwestern University and a doctorate at the University of Iowa.
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John Koker |
Koker, who joined UW-Oshkosh in 1991, has served as math chair since
2000. In 2002, he received the UW-Oshkosh Distinguished Teaching
Award.
He is part of a recent project aimed at boosting the math skills of
Menominee Indian School District middle school students. The project
is supported by a $154,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of
Public Instruction’s Mathematics and Science Program Partnership.
It provides workshops for middle school teachers that emphasize mathematical
reasoning and creating a problem-solving environment in the classroom.
Koker is in the top quarter of all mathematicians, based on the number
of times his work has been reviewed by the journal Mathematical
Review. His primary areas of research include the theory of rings
and modules, mathematics education and graph theory.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Norbert College, a master’s
from Purdue University and a doctorate from UW-Milwaukee. |
