Winter 2008
News from the Vice
Chancellor
Administrative &
Student Life
Services
Shadowing Susan Lew
Inside This Issue
Susan Lew
Shadowing...................................... 1
Employee of the Month.................. 2
Sustainability ................................. 2
There are a lot of doors at UW-Stout. As I recall, there are around 10,000 of
them, many of which I’ve never opened. So as I was preparing to shadow
Susan Lew this month, I wondered what I would find behind the door to
Room 32 in the Sports and Fitness Center.
Legacy Internship .......................... 3
Susan is the Head Athletic Trainer, a position that has always interested me,
especially since she is the primary trainer for the football team. She and Toni
Marousek, Assistant Athletic Trainer, share responsibility for all the athletic
teams. She also has the help of two Certified Athletic Trainers who come over
from Red Cedar Medical Center to help with sports coverage — Jeff Banks and
Jarvis Project ................................. 6
Shoppes@Stout .............................. 3
Stout Adventures ........................... 4
Welcome ........................................ 5
Welcome (continued)..................... 6
The Good News .............................. 6
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Amy Tryggestad. What I found behind the door to Room 32 was a small, wellrun facility to treat and support our student athletes. Susan is originally from
Stillwater, MN with her educational training from UW-Eau Claire and a
Master of Science in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation from South
Dakota State University. What I learned is that Athletic Trainers are certified
through a national testing process and also licensed by the State of Wisconsin.
Susan works closely with Dr. McNally from Red Cedar Clinic to make sure
that athletes are physically able to compete and to aid the recovery process if
they become injured. There’s an amazing array of equipment and techniques
used in treating injuries, ranging from electrical stimulation for muscle
re-education in recovering from surgery to ultra sound, which utilizes deep
heat for overuse-type injuries such as tendinitis or bursitis.
Like most of the coaches, Susan also teaches at least one class. I was
impressed with Susan’s dedication to the responsibilities of her position.
Certain times of the year can be very busy – some teams practice as early as
5 a.m., while other teams are working till 9 at night. Many times the trainers
need to be available during or after practice or competitions. During football
season, Susan says the job becomes a 7-day-a-week responsibility when
injuries occur. Susan commented on the great working relationship she has
with all the current coaching staff which really benefits the student athletes.
Everyone’s primary concern is the health and well-being of each athlete.
Susan’s been at UW-Stout for 8 years and lives near Elk Mound with her
teacher/coach husband and three sons.
division employees.
Publisher: Diane Moen
Vice Chancellor
moend@uwstout.edu
(715) 232-1683
Editor: Heidi Hooten
Communications Specialist
hootenh@uwstout.edu
(715) 232-1681
110 Price Commons
Menomonie, WI 54751
Fax: (715) 232-1421
Employee of the Month
Cathy LaCombe, Darrin
Witucki, and Debbie
Mittlestadt
Cathy LaCombe and Debbie Mittlestadt, both from Student Life Services
Facilities were named the Classified Employees of the Month for
September and October 2007. Darrin Witucki was the individual who
nominated both women: “Deb and Cathy show their commitment to the
University by being committed to serving our external customers, internal
customers, and students. They have shown a continued commitment to provide a
well-kept building; the Memorial Student Center continually scores high in
national student center benchmark surveys for cleanliness. They just don’t seem
to have “down” days when it comes to having positive attitudes, especially when it
comes to working with our customers.”
Tammy Cutsforth, Budget, Planning and Analysis, has been named the
Classified Employee of the Month for November 2007.
In her nomination statement, Meridith Wentz had this to say about
Tammy: “Tammy is knowledgeable, hardworking, ethical, dependable, and
trustworthy. She can always be counted on to follow through on projects, and is
able to effectively manage both large, long-term projects as well as new,
short-term projects. Tammy is often involved in projects that can become
controversial, and she does an excellent job in responding to questions, comments
and concerns in an accurate and ethical manner. She works well with others both
within and outside of the BPA office, and faculty and staff continue to seek out her
knowledge for campus projects.”
UW-Stout Submits First Report for the President’s
Climate Commitment
Tammy Cutsforth and
UW-Stout’s 2-month report to the American College & University Presidents
Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) can be viewed at http://www.uwstout.edu/
Meridith Wentz
“Sustainable
development
is...development that
meets the needs of the
present without
compromising the
ability of future
generations to meet
their own needs.”
— World Commission on
Environment and
Development, Our Common Future, 1987
sustainability/ACUPCC 2monthreport.pdf.
This is the first report UW-Stout is required to complete as a signatory of the
commitment. The report was submitted on November 15, 2007 and covers the
institutional structure we have created and tangible actions we are taking to move
UW-Stout toward climate neutrality.
For a detailed look at Stout’s responsibilities as a signatory of the Presidents
Climate Commitment, go to the ACUPCC website at
http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/.
You can view the 2-month reports of other climate commitment signatories at
http://www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org/reports/. Visit Stout’s
environmental sustainability website at www.uwstout.edu/sustainability to learn
more about the campus sustainability movement.
The Environmental Sustainability Steering Committee is sponsoring a contest to
find the identifying motto and image of the sustainability campaign at UW-Stout.
The winning motto and image will be displayed on sustainability awards, T-shirts,
posters, print and web publications and all other marketing materials produced by
the Environmental Sustainability Coordinator and the steering committee.
Students and staff may enter a motto or image or both. Mottos and images must
be emailed to: clarkra@uwstout.edu (please reduce image files to under 1MB), by
8:30 a.m. Monday, February 25, 2008.
Welcome
Associate Student Service Coordinator Emily Ascher comes to Stout as a
graduate of UW-Eau Claire with a major in Communication and a minor in
Women's Studies. She enjoys spending her spare time relaxing with family and
friends and visiting her hometown of Sparta, Wisconsin.
Tom Biasi, Building and Grounds Supervisor, has three children. He is a
volunteer fire fighter, and assists with the black bear study which is put on by the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and UW-Stevens Point. In this, he
assists in locating and processing bears in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National
Forest. He also participates in an elk reintroduction study. That’s Tom on the
right holding a bear cub. Now we can all say we know someone who has handled a
bear and lived to tell the tale!
Bev Biggart transferred from Vocational Rehabilitation to work as a Program
Associate in Housing Services. She and her husband love to travel and have two
grown children. She was born and raised in Boyceville, WI and still lives there. An
avid gardener, Bev has worked at UW-Stout for over nine years.
The new Assistant Coach to the Women’s Basketball team is Marianne Galfano.
A woman of many skills, Marianne has not only coached both basketball and
volleyball, but she has also taught graphic arts and photography, been a personal
trainer, an Athletic Director and taught leadership and management courses.
Marianne paints whenever she can and she and her husband have two daughters,
Caitlin (25) and Gennie (17).
Payroll and Benefits Specialist, Barb Hoen, says she lives in Wisconsin to be close
to her daughter and her family. Her 3-year-old grandson Devan puts the light and
warmth in her days. Working here and living in Eau Claire gives her an
opportunity to be close to him and enjoy his daily growth and unending energy.
New Assistant Baseball Coach , Seth Maier, is proud and honored to be back at
UW-Stout. A UW-Stout alum and former athlete, Seth enjoys hunting, fishing, and
watching other UW-Stout athletic programs succeed. Originally from Park Falls,
WI, Seth attributes his family as being instrumental to his return to the area. He
claims he couldn’t find a better place to work, a better staff to work with, or better
student athletes to coach!
Custodian Tammie Miller’s interests include landscaping during the summer
months, shopping with her mother, and watching Packer games. She has three
grown children and one granddaughter. She just recently moved to the Downsville
area.
Groundskeeper Jenni Pechmiller loves shopping, visiting with family and
friends, crafts, TV, and doing anything outside, including but not limited to:
camping, tennis, and golfing.
Mike Smith, Building and Grounds Supervisor, has three children and enjoys
fishing, camping, and the outdoors.
Zenon Smolarek, Building and Grounds Superintendent, has a 3 1/2 year-old
daughter and is interested in ice fishing and movies. He also collects Asian
artwork. Zenon is an avid vegetable and flower gardener, utilizing the art of feng
shui in his landscaping. He is an advanced open water certified scuba diver and
has done reef dives off the Florida Keys, as well as explored shipwrecks. Locally, he
has scuba dived Square Lake in Minnesota and Big Sand Lake near Minong,
Wisconsin.
Welcome (continued)
James Uhlir, Executive Director of Health and Safety, has a passion for
coaching FIRST LEGO League (FLL) teams. FLL is a worldwide robotics
and science competition for middle-schoolers. Two of Jim’s children
recently assembled a team with their new friends and competed at the
Stout tournament on November 10th. Jim is also on his way to becoming
an expert at shoveling snow after living for the past 19 years in Florida.
Check out his photo (left) in his fur hat from Moscow, Russia, that he
traded for a pair of blue jeans in the early 1980’s while on a college field
trip to the Soviet Union.
Jarvis Hall Science Wing Renovation and Addition
The consultants for the Jarvis Hall Science Wing Renovation and
Addition project completed design development meetings with campus
user groups at the end of November 2007. The scope of work includes
the complete renovation of the existing three-story laboratory/office
building and one-story classroom building. It also includes the addition
of 78,600 gross square feet (GSF) for instruction and research space and
the relocation of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science from
Harvey Hall to the Jarvis Hall Science Wing.
The Division of State Facilities (DSF) oversees the project budget,
schedule, contracts and design. UW System Administration Capital
Planning and Budget (UWSA CPB) is involved in the design of the
project. SDS Architects, Inc. of Eau Claire, WI is the project
architect/engineer (A/E) in association with BWBR Architects, Inc. of
St. Paul, MN.
Diane Moen, Vice Chancellor
110 Price Commons
Menomonie, WI 54751
(715) 232-1683
Fax: (715) 232-1421
moend@uwstout.edu
On December 7, 2007, the Board of Regents approved an additional
$8.1 million and approved the design report. Total project budget
request is $43,171,000.
The consultants are now engaged in the Working Drawing Phase of the
project through March 2008. Bid opening is scheduled for April 2008
and the start of construction is scheduled for June 2008.
People working
together
for service
THE
excellence and
innovation.
There are two phases of construction (Phase I – new addition to the
north; Phase II – new classroom addition to the south and renovation of
the existing three-story building). Substantial Completion and partial
occupancy is scheduled for August 2010, with the final completion date
scheduled for February 2011.
The Good News
•
Wendy Knutson has been nominated to serve on the AIRUM
(Association for Institutional Research in the Upper Midwest) Steering
Committee.
•
Welcome Edward Nieskes, the new Director of Business and Financial
Services!