Good News-April 99

	The College of Natural Resources has been earmarked to receive $2.15 million from the federal budget to upgrade computer technology.
	Assistant Professor of History Sarah S. Elkind is the author of Bay Cities and Water Politics, published by the University Press of Kansas. The book is a comparative historical analysis of Boston, Mass., and Oakland, Calif., water resource management issues at the turn of the century.
	The American Chemical Society (ACS) student chapter at UWSP received special recognition as a "commendable" chapter for its activities during the 1997-98 academic year. The club’s adviser is Professor Donald Showalter.
	The Museum of Natural History received a collection of 70 songbird eggs packed in antique Tutti Frutti chewing gum boxes, donated by Olive Gordee on behalf of her late husband, Bert.
	The Judd Alexander Foundation of Wausau gave $15,000 to the College of Natural Resources to help support minority recruitment.
	UWSP’s Center for Economic Education, directed by Professor Larry Weiser, was given a $10,000 grant and a certificate of affiliation, the highest commendation of the National Council on Economic Education.
	Associate Professor Dennis Yockers was named Wisconsin’s Facilitator of the Year in the field of environmental education by the Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education.
	Arthur Herman, professor emeritus of philosophy, has written Community, Violence and Peace: Aldo Leopold, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Gautama the Buddha in the Twenty-First Century, published by State University of New York Press.
	A scholarship endowment campaign was launched to benefit UWSP students participating in study abroad tours through the Office of International Programs.

CNR students will benefit from a $2.15 million upgrade of computer technology for the college from the federal budget..

	Assistant Professor of Music Carl Johengen competed in the final round of the artist division at the National Opera Association’s 44th annual Convention in New York. He also was invited to perform at the conference recital for the 1999 National Association of Teachers of Singing Eastern Region Conference at the State University of New York at Potsdam.
	A new course, organized and taught by Tom Johnson, professor of anthropology, will provide an insider’s perspective on African American, Hmong and Native American cultures in Wisconsin. The idea for the course was conceived at the Chancellor’s Diversity Think Tank. John Noel, president of the Noel Group and his wife, Patty, gave $7,000 to help televise "Ethnic Diversity in Wisconsin," for broadcast on area cable access stations.
	Thomas F. George, chancellor and professor of chemistry and physics, co-authored a textbook, Fundamentals in Chemical Physics, with Italian chemist, Franco Battaglia.
	Professor of Mathematics George Kung and Ken Vicchiollo, director of computing for the Berlin School District, have received a U.S. patent on their invention—a balance used as a teaching tool in classrooms throughout the country.
	An invitation by guest artist Robert Spencer to donate money to Operation Bootstrap prompted audience members at last year’s production of "A Christmas Carol" to donate nearly $6,000 to the local food pantry program.
	Nearly 200 faculty members returned early from winter break to participate in a two-day teaching and learning summit in January. Participants helped develop priorities for enhancement of effective teaching and learning at UWSP.
	Historian Nancy LoPatin wrote Political Unions, Popular Politics and the Great Reform Act of 1832, published in the United States by St. Martin’s Press of New York and in Great Britain by Macmillan Press Ltd. of London.
	The Financial Aid Office at UWSP was recognized by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities for a partnership program with Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation. The collaboration provides electronic transfer of financial aid funds from the corporation directly to student accounts at the university.
	UWSP and UW-Oshkosh are collaborating on sending foreign language students to the same international studies sites in Germany, France and Spain.
	Lavern N. Van Dyke and Nancy Steiner Van Dyke, both 1941 graduates, have established a charitable trust worth $100,000 with the UWSP Foundation to benefit the men’s football and basketball programs at UWSP.
	UWSP’s Toastmaster Club is ranked first among 90 chapters in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
	Violinist Margery Aber, founder of the Suzuki program at UWSP, celebrated her birthday with the gift of a Valentine’s Day recital for her friends.
	UWSP’s Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education raised money for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) week. The society raised $1,500 for use in Stevens Point and Plover area schools.
	Jennifer Paar of Verona, a junior technical theatre and design major at UWSP, earned an honorable mention at the American College Theatre Festival Costume Design Competition in Indianapolis, Ind. She was recognized for her outstanding designs for UWSP’s production of "Lend Me a Tenor."
	Susan Reetz of Rothschild, a UWSP alumna, captured a Bronze World Medal at the New York International Film and Video Festival. She was cited in the guidance and counseling category for her video, "Gangs…Broken Promises."
	This year an allocation of $95,000 was distributed to five areas by the UWSP Foundation. The total amount increased $5,000 from last year and $45,000 from 1997.
	The University Center held a monthlong celebration of its 40th anniversary in February.
	"WOW…Week of Wellness," a series of events promoting healthier living, balance and wellness lifestyles, was held at UWSP in conjunction with National Collegiate Health and Wellness Students nationwide.
	Thirty student conservationists from UWSP spent their spring break walking 200 miles across Wisconsin to raise money for the Nature Conservancy.
	Professor of English William Lawlor wrote The Beat Generation: A Bibliographical Teaching Guide, published by Scarecrow Press of Lanham, Md., and London, England.
	Two original orchestral works composed by Associate Professor of Music Charles Rochester Young were published by Southern Music Company. The pieces are "Fanfare to the Northern Sky," commissioned and premiered by the Green Bay Civic Symphony for the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial celebration, and "Northern Lights," composed for the Wausau Symphony Orchestra’s 100th anniversary.
	Conservationists from around the world gathered at UWSP to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac. The conference was sponsored by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters in cooperation with the Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society and the Aldo Leopold Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology.
	Students living on the second floor of Watson Residence Hall named their "house" in honor of retired educators Arthur and Virginia Kemp Fish. Arthur headed the government documents section at the library and Virginia taught sociology for 20 years.
	UWSP opened a new Arts and Athletics Ticket Outlet at the CenterPoint MarketPlace in downtown Stevens Point.
	May Erickson of Stevens Point donated a grand piano to the Department of Music.
	The State Building Commission designated funding up to $500,000 for planning and design of the proposed $21.5 million addition to the Fine Arts Center. The commission also earmarked $7.43 million for construction in the next biennium.
	DPI awarded an $11,000 grant to UWSP to sponsor a summer computer camp for students of color.
	Professor Sandra Madison implemented the second phase of a project to encourage girls and young women to participate in computing sciences.
	Residents of Pray-Sims Residence Hall hosted a multicultural food sampling event to help students and community members experience the broad range of cultures present at UWSP.
	Thirty-three political science students under the leadership of Professor Jianwe Wang participated in the 1999 Atlantic Crisis Game, a two week Internet-based policy making simulation.
	Eighty-three-year-old Nelson Hall, the second oldest building on campus, was named to the Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation’s Ten Most Endangered Historic Properties list. The list focuses attention on saving historic properties.
	Jerry Blanche a former communication professor and head of University Relations at Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, Ore., was named Director of University Relations at UWSP.
	Amanda Marie Little of Verona, who earned a degree in biology from UWSP this spring, won a $7,000 national scholarship from Phi Kappa Phi national senior honor society.
	A statewide forum to evaluate the impact of the Wisconsin Works (W-2) program was held at UWSP this spring.
	Minority applications at UWSP increased 48 percent over last year and minority enrollment has risen 32 percent.