Several long time, dedicated faculty and staff within the College of Professional Studies were recognized for their length of service and contributions to the University at the Mid-Year Convocation program on January 23, 2013. 

Recognized for celebrating their milestone anniversaries were:

40 Years of Service: Mary Baranek, Dean’s Assistant for the College of Professional Studies

30 Years of Service: Sylvia “Mimi” Kubsch, Associate Professor, Professional Programs in Nursing

10 Years of Service: Meir Russ, Professor, Cofrin School of Business  

10 Years of Service: Susan Gallagher-Lepak, Associate Professor, Professional Programs in Nursing

Recognized with Emeritus Status were:

Judy Martin, retired Professor, Professional Program in Social Work

Michael Marinetti, retired Assistant Dean and Director of Research and Graduate Studies, College of Professional Studies

Francine Tompkins, past Chair, Professional Program in Education

Thank you for the many contributions and years of service from these caring and talented individuals!

Cofrin School of Business, Assistant Professor Jame Loebl recently published an article titled, “Planning for Taxmageddon”.  The article was published in Practical Tax Strategies which provides analysis and innovative planning strategies that can be used by seasoned tax professionals looking to expand their expertise, as well as non-tax practitioners in need of coherent explanations for complicated tax concepts and changes.

Please enjoy reading the many accomplishments and highlights from 2011-12 within the College of Professional Studies – Fall 2012 Newsletter (PDF).

This year’s guest speaker for the Chancellor’s Veteran Reception to honor all who have served and are serving is veteran, student, and instructor, Jeremy Wildenberg.   He currently serves as UWGB’s  Phuture Phoenix Grant Program Coordinator and is responsible for overseeing the new after school tutoring, parent education, and ACT preparation pilot programs.   Before his work began with Phuture Phoenix, he served 14 years in the military as a Command Language Program Manager, linguist and intelligence analyst.   He is currently seeking licensure in UWGB’s award-winning Professional Program in Education, and is also enrolled in Master’s level classes. He teaches Arabic for UWGB via the University of Wisconsin’s Collaborative Language Program, and also teaches Russian for St. Norbert College.    Thank you, Jeremy for your service to your country, and to our university and community!

Join the reception and listen to Jeremy’s story on Friday, November 9 at 4:00 p.m. in the Phoenix Rooms of the University Union.   Donations will be accepted by Vets 4 Vets for Military Care Packages.

Over a dozen students and faculty from UWGB and St. Norbert’s College joined  in a multi-disciplinary community service and research data project on Saturday, October 20, 2012 during the Boy Scout food drive collection held at Packer Stadium parking lot. Helping the Brown County Community Health Improvement Process and Plan (CHIPPs): Adequate, Appropriate, Safe Food and Nutrition subcommittee, the amounts of fat, sodium, sugar, and fiber, and the expiration dates  of almost 1000 food items that were donated were recorded. Food donations were then distributed to the local Green Bay area food pantries.

 Faculty participants (Drs. Le Zhu, Human Biology and Dietetics; Sarah Himmelheber, Professional Programs in Social Work; and Janet Reilly, Professional Program in Nursing) acknowledge that assessing the quality, safety and pattern of food donations is critical to assure access to healthy foods for low-income families. Foods that are high in sugar and fat, for example, are called high-energy dense foods. In other words, these foods provide large amounts of dietary energy at a low cost, but provide minimal nutritional value and an increase the risk of developing serious lifelong health issues, like obesity, diabetes type II and heart disease. Public education sessions are planned for area Green Bay citizens to explain the results of these data and to encourage appropriate and safe donations of high nutritional quality.

A presentation and reception will be held in Wood Hall 216 on Tuesday, October 23rd at 3:30 p.m. for Muskie Graduate Fellow, Vafa Huseyinli.   Ms. Huseyinli, a graduate student in UWGB’s Management program, is a 12-13 participant in the Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship Program which builds the capacity of emerging leaders from Eastern Europe and Central Asia through graduate studies and hands on training with universities and communities in the United States.   It is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U. S. State Department and IREX.   She is advised by Don Mc Cartney, Cofrin School of Business. 

The program will include a short presentation about the Muskie Fellowship program by Brent Blahnik, International Education, followed by Vafa sharing a presentation about her home country of Azerbaijan.    All are encouraged and welcome to attend.

Since Bob Nagy, Associate Professor in the Cofrin School of Business, introduced a new e-textbook format for his Risk Management & Insurance course, his students have saved approximately $3400.  According to provider, Flat World Knowledge , this new textbook format helps to reduce the high cost of textbooks, and allow faculty and students to choose the format to uniquely match the content and learning styles.   Great job, Bob!