COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE RECEIVES GRANT FOR NEW PROGRAM
The College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science recently received a grant of $100,000 from the National Service Foundation to fund a new program that will benefit students and faculty in the areas of engineering and teaching. This new program will allow new engineering students to experience hands-on projects in their early years of college, while offering senior engineering students the opportunity to mentor younger students.

The proposal for the grant was compiled by six faculty members, two of whom -- Phillip Parker, civil and environmental engineering, and Joanne Wilson, general engineering -- are distance education instructors.

SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Charles Christison (Distance Learning Center) Susan Hansen, Marge Karsten and Machelle Schroeder (Department of Business & Accounting) presented "A Design for Learning: From On-line Classroom to Corporate Training" at the Wisconsin Society for Human Resource Management conference in Madison on October 16.

(L-R) Charles Christison, Marge Karsten, Susan Hansen, and Machelle Schroeder at the Society for Human Resource Management Conference in Madison, Wisconsin

PERKINS RECEIVES LINDAHL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
Donna Perkins, assistant professor of business administration, has been honored for her dedication as an instructor as a recipient of the Thomas and Lee Ann Lindahl Teaching Excellence Award for 2002-2003. She has also been named UWP's 2003-2004 Wisconsin Teaching Scholar.

Perkins was nominated for the Lindahl award by Margaret Karsten, chair of the Department of Business & Accounting and coordinator for the print-based distance education program. Karsten notes that "Donna's record of outstanding teaching, innovation and commitment to students is just what the Lindahl Award is intended to recognize."

Perkins was the coordinator for the online project management degree until 2001 and was instrumental in the development of the program. 

LOMAX RECOGNIZED AS OUTSTANDING ADVISOR
Joe Lomax (Department of Criminal Justice) has been selected as one of this year's outstanding academic advisors. Lomax was nominated for the award by fellow criminal justice professor Cheryl Banachowski- Fuller and UWP Student Support Services Disability and Learning Specialist Priscilla Hahn. Colleagues praised him for going the extra step to help students and for working to create a more diverse campus.

Lomax emphasizes the importance of learning to get along with others of different races, cultures or backgrounds: "You go south, you go west, east or north and what happens is the places get more diverse. We are supposed to be preparing students to have an effect nationwide and use their education any place. If we don't teach them diversity, they may be hampered."

UWP RECEIVES FUNDING FOR GLOBAL COMPETENCIES PROJECT
UWP has been awarded a $168,250 Business and International Education grant from the U.S. Department of Education to facilitate expanding awareness of international business and the global economy. Louis Nzegwu, associate professor and executive director of the International Business Resource Center, spent months preparing the application for this highly competitive grant.

The grant will fund the "Global Competencies Project: Expanding International Education and Business in Southwest Wisconsin." The project has three primary initiatives: to provide opportunities for faculty, students and business people from southwest Wisconsin to engage in study tours and attend trade missions; to develop a "global competencies" international business certificate program for K-12 educators and businesses in southwest Wisconsin; and to enhance the development of an interdisciplinary curriculum and expand the collaboration of businesses, state and local officials, liberal arts faculty and students as it relates to international business and the global economy.

FACULTY BRIEFS
Cheryl Banachowski-Fuller, coordinator of the online graduate criminal justice program, recently participated in a grant-funded project with a team of peers across the globe. Their project, the "Effective Workload Management Strategies for the Online Environment," was selected by the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) Mid-Atlantic Region to receive the 2003 Award for Excellence for Faculty and Staff Development.

In July, Jamir Uddin (Department of Business and Accounting) atttended a conference titled "Emerging Issues in International Accounting," which was sponsored by the Center for International Education and Research in Niagara Falls, Canada.

Steve Becker (Department of Business and Accounting) attended a pre-conference American Accounting Association workshop titled "Using Technology to Distribute Course Content" in August.

Charles Christison (Distance Learning Center), Susan Hansen and Marge Karsten (Department of Business and Accounting) led a cracker-barrel discussion titled, "Structured for Success: A Business Department's Experience Designing Distance Courses," on August 12 in conjunction with the 19th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning in Madison, Wisconsin.

Bob Conway and Steve Becker (Department of Business and Accounting) attended the American Accounting Association conference in Honolulu in August.

Susan Hansen, coordinator of the undergraduate business administration online program, attended a conference on international business and education in Washington, DC, in September. Participants in the conference included individuals from the academic, business, and government agencies from around the world who are involved in promoting international educational opportunities for students. Breakout sessions included discussions on global workforce development, issues in international business education, how governments and businesses can partner for the purpose of preparing international leaders, and how higher education can better prepare students for the global marketplace.

Patricia Bromley, who teaches PSYCH 6430 Abnormal Psychology and PSYCH 7330 Theories of Personality in the Criminal Justice System, was recently awarded the UWP Award for Excellence in Teaching. Congratulations, Pat!