Kimberly Udlis, College of Nursing, received $9,973 from Medtronic Inc., for “The Impact of Technology Dependency on Device Acceptance and Health-Related Quality of Life in Persons with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.”
Thomas Lammers, biology and microbiology, will be featured at a book signing from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at Apple Blossom Books in downtown Oshkosh. Following two historical fiction novellas that Lammers describes as “pulp fiction for intellectuals,” “Obadiah Gray and the Mystery of the Centurion’s Testament” is an archaeological mystery set in the 19th century.
Lammers also recently brought a rare plant back from extinction — so to speak — when he identified an unfamiliar species of flora found in a rainforest on the slopes of Mauna Kea volcano in Honolulu as Clermontia peleana singuliflora. The plant had been last collected in East Maui in 1920.
Stephen Richards, public affairs, served as keynote speaker at the Global Perspectives on Re-entry International Scientific Conference at the University of Tampere in Finland. He presented “Introducing Convict Criminology.”
Joe Abhold, director of the Counseling Center, will also serve as the interim dean of students for fall 2010. He will continue to serve in the role of the Counseling Center director, splitting his time between the Counseling Center and the Dean of Students office.
Joe Le Mire has been named the interim University Police chief for the coming semester. He has served as a lieutenant with the UWO police department for the past two years.
Eric Kuennen, mathematics, received $158,331 from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for year two of “Making Mathematical Connections.” This brings the total amount awarded for this project to $301,375.
Marguerite Parks, associate dean of the College of Education and Human Services, is on the governance council of Quest Elementary School in Ripon, which opened for its first classes Sept. 1. Parks helped write the grants needed to fund the charter school and is actively involved in working with teachers on curriculum, multiculturalism and other topics. Quest Elementary serves more than 170 students in grades 3-5 through a project-based learning model, which incorporates a variety of inquiry-based and technology-based hands-on projects into students’ everyday learning.
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