DEAN’S NOTE

Greetings to all! I wanted to call your attention to some upcoming events/changes, details of which can be found in other emails. First, we are rescheduling our all-college meeting for Friday, December 6 to avoid conflicts with Sheldon Cooper’s celebration of life. The Faculty Committee will share location and agenda in a future email. Second, please join us Monday, 11:30-12:30 in Swart 113 or online for the second installment of the COLS Faculty Showcase, featuring Bill Gillard (English). Third, I will be hosting the third annual COLS holiday open house 3:00-8:00 pm on Saturday, December 14. The invitation went out via Punchbowl – if you didn’t receive it please check your junk email box. Our filter is aggressive!

IN THE NEWS

“Operation Conservation” is a plan to save money on utility costs and live out our sustainability mission by reducing the heat in some buildings during the holiday break and January interim. The university will be sharing the full details of these plans in an upcoming campus message. But in the meantime, please make plans to work remotely or bring an extra sweater December 20-January 5, as the heat will be turned down to 64 in most buildings (A/C will remain at 68).

DEPARTMENT UPDATES

• Julia Chybowski (Music) recently presented original research, “The Luca Family Singers in Antebellum America” at the national meeting of the American Musicological Society.
• Alper Camlibel (Criminal Justice) attended the American Society of Criminology (ASC) Annual Meeting in San Francisco. He presented his paper “Pathways through Opioid Misuse among Offenders in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program” and chaired the Drug Use and Drug Markets session.
• Mike Ford (Sociology and Public Administration) has published “Wisconsin’s Open Enrollment Program: Student Transfers and District Academic Performance” in the Journal of School Choice.

FACULTY RESEARCH

• Sam Larson (Sociology & Public Administration) co-authored a book chapter “How Transit Matters for Social Equity” with MPA alum Lynnsey Erickson, which features a case study on the City of Oshkosh GO Transit program. She is excited to utilize the full textbook in her future Introduction to Public Administration courses!
• Pascale Manning (English) published a review essay titled “‘Story and memory. Memory and story’: Manifesting Vacancy in Thomas King’s Indians on Vacation” in the journal Transmotion.
• Drew Whiting (Music) has released his sophomore recording, ALL IN, on Neuma Records. This album features multiple collaborations with his UW Oshkosh colleagues. Pianist Kirstin Ihde joins Drew on John Mayrose’s Sonata for alto saxophone and piano, as well as Ed Martin’s Shadow Dance. All of the music for the album was recorded in our Music Hall by recording engineer Nate Edwards, who also mixed and edited the album. Additionally there are work from composers Yaz Lancaster, Pamela Z, as well as one of Drew’s compositions. Trina Smith (Art) contributed artwork from her Pandemic series that was used for the cover and insert of the album, and UWO alumnus Anne Rumery did the graphic design. ALL IN is now available on all streaming platforms and it can also be purchased on Drew’s Bandcamp page.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• See above, and check your Junk Email folder!