Kudos to the UW-Whitewater AMA/Sales Team for earning second place at the prestigious Illinois State University Redbird Sales Competition, held virtually Feb. 9-11. There were 28 competing universities, including six in the top-10 national rankings. (UW-Whitewater is ranked fifth in the world.) The Warhawk team included students Taylor Shaw, marketing major, Dominika Szeliga, marketing and Spanish major, Madison Niezgoda, marketing major, and captain Harrison Henry, marketing major. Dan Herlache, marketing lecturer, served as coach.

Kudos to the Forensics Team for winning five awards at the UW-Eau Claire Forensics Tournament. Congratulations to Nicole Eithun, communication major, who was tournament champion in Dramatic Interpretation, and Amanda Eaton, general management major, who was tournament champion in Wisconsin Oratory. Eaton qualifies to be one of the two representatives from Wisconsin at this year’s Interstate Oratorical Association Tournament in late April, the fifth time in the last seven seasons that UW-Whitewater will be sending a representative.

Kudos to Jessica Bonjour, associate professor of chemistry and general education coordinator, and John Frye, associate professor of geography, geology and environmental science, for co-presenting a poster at the American Association of Colleges and Universities General Education, Pedagogy and Assessment conference titled “General Education Electives Recertification and Curricular Map Development.”

Kudos to Katy Casey, director of academic assessment, and Jessica Bonjour, associate professor of chemistry and general education coordinator, for co-presenting a session at the American Association of Colleges and Universities General Education, Pedagogy and Assessment conference titled “How to Create a Meaningful Institutional Assessment Structure.”