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CONTACT: Natalie Johnson, (920) 424-3362
5 to receive Distinguished Teaching Award
OSHKOSH – Five University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh faculty and
staff members each have won a 2004 Distinguished Teaching
Award for their teaching excellence, service, professional
commitment and scholarly growth.
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Barricelli |
Franca Barricelli, associate professor and department
chair, history; Karl Boehler, senior lecturer,
English; Gregory Olson, senior lecturer, communication;
Jennifer Szydlik, associate professor, mathematics;
and William Wacholtz, professor, chemistry, received
their awards at the opening of the new school year this month.
“Quality teaching is at the heart of the UW-Oshkosh commitment
to an exemplary learning community,” said Chancellor Richard
H. Wells. “This year’s distinguished teaching
scholars all provide challenging and engaging instruction to their
students.”
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Boehler |
Barricelli, a native of Boston, has chaired the
history department since 2002. She teaches a wide range of courses
in early modern European history from the Renaissance through 19th
century Romanticism, along with historiography and historical methods.
Last spring, she led a group of students to Cambridge University
in England.
As a scholar, Barricelli studies 18th century Italian history and
culture. She has published five refereed articles and is completing
a book about Venetian politics and theater during the French Revolution.
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Olson |
Barricelli earned a bachelor’s degree from Scripps College
and a master’s degree and a doctorate from UW-Madison.
Boehler, a native of Manchester, Mich., joined
UW-Oshkosh in 1991. His classes include ancient and medieval literature
and theme-based inquiry seminars. He also has led a student study-trip
to England.
He is working on a doctorate in medieval literature at Marquette
University. His areas of interest include Anglo-Saxon poetry, Middle
English prose and poetry and ancient Greek and Roman heroic poetry.
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Szydlik |
Boehler earned a bachelor’s degree from UW-Green Bay and
two master’s degrees from Western Michigan University.
Olson, a native of Redgranite, has been teaching
for 30 years—the past eight at UW-Oshkosh. Among other courses,
he has taught fundamentals of speech communication, argumentation
and debate, and advanced public speaking.
Olson developed the upper-level class “Rhetoric of the Vietnam
War.” He is a nationally recognized scholar on the topic.
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Wacholtz |
He earned a bachelor’s degree from UW-Oshkosh, a master’s
from UW-Superior and a doctorate from the University of Minnesota.
Szydlik, a native of St. Cloud, Minn., began work
at UW-Oshkosh in 1995. She was named a UW System Wisconsin Teaching
Scholar for 1998-1999. She teaches courses including number
systems and data exploration and analysis, as well as a senior seminar
for elementary education students.
Her area of research interest is mathematics education. For an
Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Council grant, she worked to
improve students’ mathematical understanding through writing.
Szydlik earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Cloud State University
and a master’s degree and doctorate from UW-Madison.
Wacholtz, a native of Missoula, Mont., joined the
UW-Oshkosh faculty in 1989, following a National Science Foundation
post-doctoral fellowship at Washington State University. He teaches
general chemistry and upper-level inorganic and special topics classes.
In 1992 and 2000, he received the UW Regents Teaching Excellence
Award and the UW-Oshkosh Curricular Innovation Award, respectively.
Wacholtz earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of
Washington and a doctorate from Tulane University.
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