Awards and Recognition

Spring 2007 Dean's List

CONGRATULATIONS to these College of Arts and Communication students who earned a grade point average of 3.40 or above in the Spring 2007 semester. The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has officially awarded them honors for their outstanding achievement.
- Dick Haven, Interim Dean - College of Arts and Communication

Anderson, Therese Arbiture, Elon Atkinson, Scott Bagniewski, Kristin Banike, Angela Barks, Amanda Baus, Kristen Behling, Betsy Benson, Amber Bieber, Melissa Blackwell, Deborah Blaszak, Derek Blazek, Ryan Boehnen, Nathan Boese, Kimberly Brandt, Jacob Brody, Michelle Brown, Kimberly Burdick, Jeffrey Burdick, Kimberly Bush, Jennifer Butz, Kelly Campbell, Jessica Catalani, Erin Cawley, Laura Cejka, Adam Christoffersen, Jonathan Chubak, Adam Churan, Zachary Clark, Abigail Clark, Brittany Clayton, Cody Conway, Leah Cooley, Aaron Cooper, Ramycia Corso, Bradley Costa, Carolyn Cuellar, Catherine Cullen. Matthew Cummings, Laura Dammeir, Jessica Damptz, Jacqueline Davis, Shannon DeAnda-Santana, Baltazar Dimka, Jessica Doffek, Charry Donahue, Amanda Dorn, William Dregne, Michelle Dudzinski, Daniel DuPree, Sarah Eisenhauer, Michelle Ellingen, Stacy Elsner, Mary Ericson, Holly Fatke, Collin Fields, Jessica Flores, Adrian Floyd, Melanie Flynn, Evan Foelker, Stephanie

Foti IV, Joseph Fotorny, Christine Franz, David Gamsky, Stacy Gardner, Megan Gatling, Marriah Geib, Justin Gill, Kientre Glass, Samantha Good, Jonathan Goodrich, Sabrina Gracyalny, Jeremy Graham, Natalie Greenfield, Tanya Grieger, Sarah Griffin, Sara Guettel, Sarah Halon, Abigail Hammer, Jacob Hayes, Amber Helgeson, Debra Hemken, Amy Hillmer, Michelle Holmstrom, Jilian Honore, Nathan Horn, Allison Hornby, Jodi Hornsey, Jennifer Hufford, Jennifer Hutchinson, Adam Iozzo, Anthony Ivers, Jacquelyn Jacobson, Inga James, Nicole James, Timothy Jansen, Alex Jansen, Jeremy Jelich, Nicholas Jensen, Elizabeth Jensen, Eric Jensen, Lukas Jewell, Noelle Johnson, Debra Johnson, Kristen Johnson, Kristine Jones, Ashley Jones, Clifford Kallio, Thomas Kern, Michael Kiecker, Megan King, Tyler Kloepping, Sarah Klowak, Patricia Knudtson, Erick Koch, Amanda Kowald, Joy Kraemer, Ashley Kremel, Jennifer Kretschmer, Katie Kropf, Courtney Lane, Joshua Langer, Jessica Lazorik, Caitlin Lechner, Kassandra

Lee, Laurence Lee, Shane Lukes, Jessica Maasz, Brett Maciejewski, Amy Magyar, Jake Maroske, Susanne Matzke, Calli May, Kim McDonnell, Joseph McKoy, Amber Medearis, Alanna Meeusen, Julie Mehring, Alex Menke, Jessica Mentele, Robert Millard, Sarah Miller, Andrea Miller, Jonathan Mirenda, Jonathan Morgans, Emmitt Morris, Kyla Moses, Andrew Muhich, Amanda Murphy, Kathleen Musilek, Karen Nagle, Andrew Nelson, Adam Nelson, Brittanie Niles, Allison Nixon, Ashleigh Norwood, Courtney O’Donnell, Juli Olden, Grace Olm, Chelsea Orlopp, Rachael Otterson, Erin Overman, Jamie Overton, Matthew Pagac, Melissa Pearse, Neil Philipchuck, Kellie Pingel, Rebecca Poletti, Jonathan Powell, Mark Preussler, Erin Preussler, Jennifer Price, Sarah Puls, Melissa Purcell, Erin Quaglieri, Matthew Rakowski, Allison Rasico, Andrew Reed, John Rehborg, Sarah Reyenga, Megan Richae, Derek Roberts, Molly Robertstad, Kristina Robichaud, Geoffrey Rocha, Denise Roden, Joshua Roemer, Michael

Rogers, Brooke Rohde, Matthew Romano, Reynante Ruef, Jacob Savatski, David Schalk, Robert Schaller, Rebecca Schillo, Cassandra Schmidt, Jessica Schmidt, Rebecca Schnulle-Booth, Kristin Schreiber, Theresa Schultz, Andrew Schultz, Desirae Scimeca, Marie Shanahan, Katherine Sheffield, Eric Shelton, Anthony Siegner, Michael Siekierski, Sara Silldorff, Joshua Simon, Cyril Sirota, Jackie Slabik, Lindsey Smart, Michelle Solum, Krystal Sommerfeldt, Elise Stann, Paul Steven, William Stoikes, Jessica Stokes, Jay Stolpa, Cyndi Stoskopf, Heather Strey, Tiffany Swandby, Maria Tarpley, Brigette Taylor, Jennifer Teague-Carter, Courtney Thao, Nou Thomas, Paul Trotta, Nicole Trueblood, Christi Tyson, John Van Ryen, Elizabeth Vang, Arnie Vlisides, Victoria Voelzke, Amanda Walk, Rachel Walker, Adam Wasielewski, Jamie Weber, Shelly Weidner, Amy Weisling, Anna Welty, Jennifer Wengel, Ryan Wenndt, Rachel Wenzel, Jessica West, Amy Whitman, Andrew

Wiegel, Janelle Wietgrefe, Andrea Wilk, Garrett Wilke, Jessica Willems, Joelle Wimer, Alerdale Wiza, Elizabeth Wohead, Joyce Wolf, Leann Woodworth, Michelle Yang, Mouatoufue Zanon, Stephanie Zarden-Benson, Beth Zeller, Natalie Zirbel, Richard Zoulek, Nichola

Faculty/Staff College Excellence Awards

The College of Arts and Communication offers Excellence Awards in Teaching, Research, Service and Academic Advising annually to faculty or academic staff members holding at least a .5 teaching appointment. This year's winners are:

For Teaching Excellence and Roseman Nominee: Barbara Penington, Communication
For Research: Steve Wiest, Music
For Service: Barbara Grubel, Theatre/Dance
For Academic Advising: Peter Conover, Communication

NOMINATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

Each department shall determine the method of choosing its nominee. The process is as follows:

1. Department forwards name of nominee to the Associate Dean's Office by noon on January 29, 2007.
2. Nominee forwards completed application to the Dean's Office by the end of the day, Friday, February 2, 2007.
3. College Selection Committee meets and forwards name of recipient by February 13, 2007.

There are 4 groups formed each year to make the selections:

College Excellence in Teaching Selection Committee
College Excellence in Research Committee
College Excellence in Service Committee
College Excellence in Academic Advising

Each department shall forward 4 names, one for each Selection Committee, to the Associate Dean by January 29, 2007. The Selection Committees will meet sometime between February 5 and February 13.

The College recipients of the Excellence Awards are automatically forwarded as the college's nominees for the Roseman Award and the University-wide Faculty Service and Outstanding Research Awards.

NOMINATION INFORMATION

The completed nomination packet should contain the following items:

• A letter of nomination from the Chair for all nominees.

TEACHING AWARD

1. A concise State of Teaching Philosophy of no more that two pages. This statement should address such questions as: (1) What are the most important themes of your teaching based on your beliefs about learning and the nature of your discipline? (2) What innovations or new ideas have you incorporated into your teaching in the past year and what have been the results of these innovations? (3) How do you help students facilitate integration of your subject matter into their personal lives? (4) What have you learned from your students about learning, teaching, or the subject matter? (5) How are you continuing to develop in ways which affect your teaching?
2. Four letters of support: two from students, one current and one an alumnus, and two from colleagues who have had the opportunity to observe the nominee's teaching.
3. Other supportive documentation of teaching, if appropriate, (syllabi, journals, etc.)
4. List of courses taught within the last three years with student course evaluations (numerical) provided for each of the courses. Please include a copy of your department's student evaluation form and a written summary/interpretation of the results by the Chair.

The following guidelines are consistent with University Award procedures:

COLLEGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING RESEARCH (CREATIVE WORK)

Application procedures -- material must consist of the following:

1. The nominee's resume of research activities. The resume should be organized according to the outline below. Items within each category should be listed in reverse chronological order. Activities in progress or results not yet accepted for presentation or publication should be excluded.
    
   1. Bibliography of professional publications. (Attach photocopies of title pages of publications and evidence if publications were referred.)
   2. Dates, places, and descriptions of professional exhibits and performances. (Attach evidence if exhibits or performances were juried.)
   3. Author(s), titles, meetings, and dates of papers presented at professional meetings.
   4. Principal investigator(s), project titles, funding sources, amounts funded, and project periods for grants received.
   5. Other evidence or previous recognition of research including fellowships, honors, and awards. (Give year of each.)
       
2. Letters of recommendation from two respected scholars. Scholars from on or off campus writing letters of recommendation should (1) include a paragraph outlining their own position in the field, (2) discuss the impact of the nominee's research or artistic work in the field, and (3) limit their letters to a maximum of three pages.

COLLEGE FACULTY SERVICE AWARD

"Service" is defined as contributions to the University, as well as professional and public services activities.

The application, in addition to the letter of nomination, should include a listing of:

1. Contributions to the University include contributions to the governance, administration, operation, reputation, or advantage of the University or the University system.
2. Professional and public service consists of contributions to one's discipline, art, profession, or to society, provided that such contributions are made as a practitioner of one's discipline, art, profession, or as a representative of the University or University system. Research activities are excluded from consideration for this award.

Additional letters of support, not exceeding three, may be submitted.

COLLEGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ADVISING

To be eligible, a faculty or staff member must have served as an academic advisor for a minimum of five years in the College of Arts and Communication at UW-W. No more than one nominee from each academic department will be considered for the award. The candidate's file must include:

1. Nomination of the candidate by his or her home department.
2. A record of the candidate's advising work including: The number of advisees seen each semester, the number of years the candidate has served as an academic advisor, any awards or honors received that are relevant to academic advising, identification of any additional academic advising service provided by the candidate (in the department, college or university) and indications of the success of the candidate's advisees.
3. A letter of support from the Chair of the candidate's home department.
4. At least two letters of support from current or former advisees (students or alumni).