DEAN’S NOTE

Thanks to everyone who contributed to a very successful Academic Open House Week! I had a chance to wander through many of the events earlier this week, which were packed full of inquisitive students exploring our majors. The Fox Cities campus will hold Academic Open House on Monday, February 24, 12-2 pm. I also participated yesterday evening in a Virtual Admitted Student event, which was well attended by future Titans with lots of questions about our programs. There will be a major in-person admitted student event on the Oshkosh campus March 1, and another at Lambeau Field on March 16, which I will be attending.

DEPARTMENT UPDATES

• Kathryn Klein (Women’s and Gender Studies and English) presented the paper “Horses, Empire, and English Femininity” at the Southeast Society for Eighteenth Century Studies conference, which took place Feb 5 -8 in Savannah, Georgia.
• Amy Parrott (Mathematics) co-presented the symposium “Supporting Preservice Secondary Teachers’ Understanding of the Importance of Defining and Definitions” at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Conference in Reno, NV on February 6 along with Michelle Cirillo (U. Delaware), Amanda Seiwell (U. Delaware), Steven Boyce (Portland State), and Nat Miller (U. Northern Colorado).

FACULTY RESEARCH

• Lace Luedke (Kinesiology) is coauthor of “The Running Readiness Scale and Injury in Collegiate Track & Field and Cross Country Athletes” in the Journal of Athletic Training. She also participated in multiple sessions at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined Section Meeting 2025 in Houston, TX.

STUDENT NEWS

• Titan TV station manager Jenavieve Plutz has been awarded the 2024 Student Leadership Award by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (WBA). This honor recognizes her leadership, dedication, and contributions to student broadcasting within the Radio TV Film (RTF) department.
• Four RTF student films were screened at the Door County Film Festival, held at Northern Sky’s Gould Theater in Fish Creek from Feb. 13-15. Filmmakers in the photo include Becca Hawbaker, Veda Kistenmacher, Lauren Sweetman, Ben Leasum, Jena Plutz, and Jacob Lefeber.