Organization
For
Campus Women
February 2003
OCW SYMPOSIUM
APRIL 10, 2003
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Cartwright Center
Mark your calendar now to attend this year's OCW Symposium on April 10th from 11:30 to 1:30 in Cartwright Center. You won't want to miss these
speakers and the opportunity to meet current friends and make new ones over lunch. Lunch will be served. Release for classified staff has been
approved to attend this event, but please ensure office coverage. The Symposium will focus on women's leadership. Our speakers will be Kathy
Sell, currently a Professor at UW-Madison and previously from finance in UW System Administration; and Elizabeth Hitch, our Provost & Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs. More information, including registration materials will be distributed in March. The committee hopes to see all of you
there!
Thanks to those serving on the OCW Symposium Committee:
Jeannie Hanley
Larrisa Sondreal
Brenda Leahy
Jennifer Wilson
June Reinert
Kelly Shupe, HR Intern
Sandra Sechrest
HEARTY THANKS TO
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OCW member KIM GOLDSMITH for organizing the OCW Holiday Social that was held on Dec. 3. Thanks also to the OCW
members who brought holiday treats for the event. An organized event to socialize and network with other women on
campus is a valuable resource. Thanks again Kim!
OCW member MARY BERLING, fudge fundraising coordinator, and everyone who helped in preparation for the annual
OCW Scholarship Fund raiser. With the help of so many campus people purchasing fudge, we are able to continue support of the OCW
Scholarship for non-traditional women students.
Here’s a peek at OCW members hard at work on fudge preparation day. We had fun and made $666 for the scholarship
program.
A WARM WELCOME TO UW-LA CROSSE TO:
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KARYN CECELE: Karyn recently accepted a position in the provost office to fill the vacancy of Mary Sage who retired in January.
RITA KIRCHOFF: Rita has accepted a position in the Student Teaching / Clinical Field Experience office to fill the vacancy of Paula Oehler who
resigned in December.
CONGRATULATIONS TO:
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SANDY SIEBER, former program assistant in the Department of Recreation Management, on her new position as the study abroad coordinator
in the Office of International Education.
THANK YOU!
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Our thanks to Becky Yoshizumi, our “roving reporter” and to Jennifer Wilson, for their contributions to this newsletter.
DON‛T LOSE SIGHT OF THESE IMPORTANT WEB SITES:
OCW (http://www.uwlax.edu/ocw/index.html)
Women's Studies (http://www.uwlax.edu/WomensStudies/)
Presenting…
Maureen Wilson
The second article in our series of talented women working on campus features Maureen Wilson. Maureen currently
holds the position of Program Assistant 3 with a working title of Internship Coordinator in the Career Services office,
which is housed on the second floor of Wilder Hall. If you have had the chance to work with staff in Career Services you
may already know Maureen, but we’d like to take a little time to introduce her to the others who may not have had that
opportunity.
Since 1998, Maureen has been in her current position as Internship Coordinator. Each semester approximately 180250 students utilize the internship program and she is the person who coordinates all of this to make it run smoothly. Her position requires constant
interactions with employers looking for interns and students looking for internships. Her duties consist of advertising Internship Information Sessions
to faculty and students, posting internships each semester, sending students' application materials to employers, registering students for internship
credit, maintaining student and employer files, and monitoring the internship program on a daily basis.
You could say she is the link between the employers and the students to guide them through the whole process. On any given day, you will find
Maureen at her desk talking with a student about a possible internship, prerequisite requirements for internship credit, or concerns about internship
paperwork.
Maureen actually arrived on campus about 16 years ago. In 1985 she graduated from Western Wisconsin Technical College with an Associate's
Degree in Legal Secretarial Science and worked for a law firm in town. Even though she was already working, she kept her career options open.
Ultimately her desire to work at UW-La Crosse landed her a job in Cowley Hall as a custodian after having worked as a legal secretary for less than a
year. It wasn’t the exact position she was looking for, but within 11 months she was hired as a program assistant in the Career Services office and
has never left. Her responsibilities in that office have changed through the years but according to Maureen the best part of her current position is the
variety of tasks and the opportunity to work with students on a one-on-one basis.
Maureen, however, is not the only one in her family with connections to UW-La Crosse. Her husband Bob works in Cartwright Center and her oldest
daughter is a recent graduate of UW-L. Their youngest daughter is currently in high school. In her other life away from work, Maureen likes to spend
time playing with her dog, walking, reading, gardening and doing counted cross stitch.
— Becky Yoshizumi
You‛re invited to participate in a Leadership Skills Development Workshop sponsored by...Wisconsin Women
in Higher Education Leadership (WWHEL) and the UW System Office for the Status of Women
This day-long interactive program will be held on Friday, April 4, 2003 in the University Room of the Pioneer Student Center on the campus of
the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Cost per person: $20 (includes conference materials, refreshment breaks, lunch and parking in the Jay
Street lots). Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.; the program will commence at 9:00 a.m. and will conclude by 4:00 p.m.
Focus on the Best Work of Your Life
The Focus Workshop was developed by Pat Alea and is based on the book she co-authored with Dr. Patty Mullins, The Best Work of Your Life
(Penguin Putnam). Pat has spent over twenty years exploring issues related to leadership development. She co-hosts a regular segment on
Wisconsin Public Radio called Careertalk and is a national speaker and trainer. The workshop outcome is aimed at supporting success for colleges
and universities by helping those in higher education become more strategic leaders in their settings whether they wish to enrich current jobs or
consider new possibilities. For more details and a registration form, see attachment, Regional WWHEL.doc.
New Coulee Region Publications
The premiere issue of “Coulee Region Women Area Home and Healthy Living Magazine” has surfaced in our community. This
magazine highlights local area women and topics of interest to women in our region. The free publication is printed six times a year and available at
local area businesses or you can purchase a subscription. More information can be found on their website at http://www.crwmagazine.com.
Another fairly new publication of interest is the “Coulee Parenting Connection” (CPC). This free bi-monthly publication is aimed at providing
information that may be useful to parents in the coulee region. Copies are available at county and public libraries, most state certified daycare
centers, and local La Crosse Kwik Trip and grocery stores. For further information contact Lissa Carlson at Carlson.ilsa@uwlax.edu.
Other Conferences
The College and University Work/Family Association (CUWFA)
8th Annual Conference
“Leading the Way: Work/Life Strategies for Institutional Change”
March 19 - 22, 2003
Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania
Details regarding the conference can be found at http://www.cuwfa.org or by contacting Marilyn Kraut, conference chair, at kraut@hr.upenn.edu
2003 Women In Leadership Forum
April 2, 16, 23 & 30 ~ May 14 & 28 ~ June 11 & 18
More information is located in the 2003 Women In Leadership Forum Brochure (PDF: 145 KB / 11 Pages)
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