Administrative &
Student Life Services
News from the Vice Chancellor
In
the
Shadow
of
Joel
Heuschele
Diane Moen, Vice Chancellor
In this issue:
Classified Employee
of the Month
2
Reducing Energy
Consumption
2
Great News!
2
New Employees
3
Stout Weight Loss
Challenge
3
Did You Miss Out?
4
News from the Vice Chancellor
is published quarterly for
ASLS Division employees.
Publisher: Diane Moen
Vice Chancellor
moend@uwstout.edu
(715) 232-1683
Editor: Raina Clark
Communications Specialist
clarkra@uwstout.edu
(715) 232-1681
225 Administration Building
Menomonie, WI 54751
Fax: (715) 232-1527
system was fed with
Shadowing our Assistant
punched cards. An
Controller took me back
accountant’s best friend
to the days when I sat
was a calculator and a
in the same northeast
fresh pad of spreadsheet
corner office of Business
paper.
& Financial Services.
Today, Joel is using
It’s amazing how much
technology to help
the job has changed in 18
make work flow more
years. Joel Heuschele
efficiently. We continue
brings a fresh perspective
to receive mandates
and unique personality to
from UW System, State
the position. He strikes
and Federal government
me as someone who
requiring us to reallocate
Joel Heuschele scaling Stout
could get to the bottom of
our time and efforts.
Adventure’s rock wall.
a new accounting system
That makes the lean
or the top of a rock wall.
office projects Joel is involved with in Business
Joel came to Stout in September 2005
& Financial Services all the more important.
after three and a half years at Heyde
He is also interested in query tools like Brio to
Companies in Chippewa Falls. He holds
produce new reports and features that would
an accounting degree from UW-Eau Claire save us all time.
and recently received his Certified Public
Rising to the challenge is part of Joel’s
Accountant designation from the State of lifestyle. One of his favorite workouts is
Wisconsin.
scrambling to the top of Stout Adventure’s
Joel is passionate about the development rock climbing wall. He is part of a family of
and maintenance of accounting systems. achievers and outdoor enthusiasts. His wife,
Non-accountant types might chuckle, but Joel Jo, is a biologist and lead researcher at Beaver
came to Stout at the right time. Our campus Creek Reserve. She also teaches part-time
is in the process of converting from Datatel at Eau Claire Off Campus School, a charter
to Peoplesoft. No simple task.
school housed at CVTC.
When I started in the Business Office in
Joel is the proud father of two small children,
1978, there were no such things as desktop three and a half year old Otto, and nine month
computers or query tools. Our computer old Octavia.
Capital Project Updates:
Chillers waiting to be installed
inside the power plant.
Winter 200
2007
What’s all that
at work on Third Street
outside the power plant? It’s part of the
chilled water loop system which will
provide air conditioning to all campus
buildings, replacing a series of less
efficient systems.
Work for this particular phase of the
project began on January 15, by removing
the windowed walls of the power plant
and installing three chillers. Those were the
chillers you saw wrapped in blue and white
plastic on Third Street’s sidewalk.
Cranes are scheduled to set structural steel
on the power plant’s roof before placing three
large cooling towers on top of the building.
Capital projects updates are continued on
C
page four.
Donna Otto:
December’s Classified Employee of the Month
Last month, Chancellor Sorensen presented
Donna Otto with the Classified Employee of
the Month award.
Donna’s coworkers in the Human Resources
office noted, “she always takes the extra step
to assist people in any way that she can, often
going far beyond what is required to accomplish
the job.”
“When Donna is gone, everyone
who comes in the office asks, ‘Where’s
Donna?’—looking for her smiling face. She
is willing to help when and where needed.
No job is ever too small!”
Donna has been at UW-Stout for
27 years. For nearly seven of those
years she has been the first point of
contact for the Human Resources office.
How do YOU reduce energy consumption? E-mail the editor at clarkra@uwstout.edu
Keep Stout #1
Everyone’s doing it
Stout is proud to have the lowest energy usage
rates in the UW system for over a decade.
Executive Order 145 requires UW campuses
to reduce energy usage 10% by fiscal year 2008
and 20% by fiscal year 2010.
Meeting this new requirement means
everyone on campus must reduce their personal
energy consumption as much as possible. Help
keep UW-Stout number one!
Around campus you can find all kinds of
examples of ways Stout employees are
conserving energy. The Procurement &
Materials Management Department, in the
General Services building, began keeping its
bay doors closed when not in use. This helps
retain heat in the winter and cool air in the
summer, and reduces the amount of energy
spent by the HVAC system.
Great News!
▀ Wendy Knutson, Institutional Planner in the Budget, Planning & Analysis office, received positive
reviews on her recent presentation at the Association for Institutional Research Upper Midwest
conference. Audience comments included, “Good speaker, interesting presentation,” and “...a good
study of a unique assessment of student engagement.” Wendy was also selected to present at the
national Association of Institutional Research conference this summer.
▀ Intergroup Dialogue, offered through the Ally Center in the MSC, was highlighted in The Bulletin of
the Association of College Unions International. The program was given special mention in the article
“Best Practices for College Unions and Student Activities: Multicultural and Diversity Programing.”
Intergroup Dialogue is under the direction of Mary McManus, Assistant Director of University
Centers. It is designed “to create an open and engaging environment where information and feelings
about differences can be expressed, understood and responded to.”
▀ The Budget, Planning & Analysis office sponsored a one-day facilitation training workshop. The
workshop was lead by Jean Morrison, president of Morrison & Associates, Inc., and co-founder
of RESOLVE, a consulting firm providing conflict management and other professional services.
The Administrative & Student Life Services division congratulates the following employees for
completing the workshop:
Raina Clark
Ann Marie Hoffman
Dave Karis
Wendy Knutson
Heather Limanen
Kristi Lund
Mary McManus
Sue Michels
Lynn Peterson
Meridith Wentz
Joan Wahl
Michelle Young
▀ Human Resources recently received an $18,000 Injury Reduction Grant Award from the Department
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of Administration. The award will fund the development of a post-offer essential job functions
screening program, designed to reduce work place injuries on campus. Ideally, the program will serve
as an example for other campuses and state agencies.
Welcome!
Please help welcome the following new employees to the ASLS Division:
Jayme started as a custodian
in Student Life Services
this past December. She
works in the Jeter-TainterCallahan building. Jayme
is a Menomonie native
and has four children with
her husband, Michael. In
Jayme Gansberg her spare time she likes
to scrapbook and read. She also volunteers at
Menomonie Head Start where she worked for six
years before starting at Stout.
Scott is our newest
Power Plant Operator. He
graduated from Colfax
High School and went on
to CVTC for an Associate
degree in marketing. He
managed and installed glass
for a local company for
Scott Nabbefeld over ten years and worked
as a maintenance technician at the Dunn County
Health Care Center for another six and a half years.
He enjoys riding his motorcycle, working on cars
and trucks, remodeling his house and spending
time with his two year old golden retriever.
Audrey Woznicki
Michael transferred into
the Academic Custodial
department from UW-Eau
Claire, last November.
He works in the Sports
& Fitness Center. He’s a
big Packers fan and likes
all sports, especially bow
Michael
hunting and fishing. One
Soppeland
of his favorite hunting
spots is near Foster, just south of Eau Claire. He
also enjoys spending time with his six month old
Golden Retriever puppy, Haley.
Rachel started as a
custodian for Student Life
Services in December.
She is originally from
Green Bay and has lived
in Menomonie for the past
six years with her husband,
Ray, and dog, Tasha. She
Rachel Nerison
is a Stout alumni with a
Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and
Family Studies. She says she enjoys spending
time with family and friends and looks forward to
working for Stout for many years.
Last November, Audrey began as the new Assistant Director of Procurement &
Materials Management. She is a graduate of UW-Eau Claire with a Bachelor’s
in Fine Art and Advertising Design. She started her career at Menard’s, then
moved on to become Catalog Production Coordinator for Mason Companies in
Chippewa Falls. Audrey was most recently the Print Production/Paper Manager
for Sportsman’s Guide in South St. Paul, Minnesota. She and her husband, Clark,
live in Eau Claire, with their yellow lab, Deek. She is a golfer and a gardener and
often in training for triathlon events.
Stout Weight Loss Challenge
February 8 to April 5
The Optimal Health Committee, in cooperation with University Recreation, the Stout Student
Association and the Food & Nutrition Department, is proud to present the Stout Weight Loss
Challenge. The challenge is open to faculty, staff and students. For more details and to register visit
www.uwstout.edu/asls/documents/WeightLossChallenge.doc. Registration forms and entry fee must
be received by February 6th. For questions, contact Shelly Hendrickson at hendricksons@uwstout.edu
or Raina Clark at clarkra@uwstout.edu.
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Diane Moen, Vice Chancellor
225 Administration Building
Menomonie, WI 54751
(715) 232-1683
Fax: (715) 232-1527
moend@uwstout.edu
People working together
for service excellence and
innovation.
Capital Project Updates:
Administration Building
The temporary moves of all Administration building
occupants is on schedule. The Chancellor’s and
Provost’s offices are finished relocating to 430
Crescent Street (the old radio station) and University
Communications is now in the Louis Smith Tainter
House.
Beginning February 5, the Human Resources
office will relocate to 120 Library Learning Center.
On February 26, the Vice Chancellor’s office will
begin relocating to 110 Price Commons and the
Budget, Planning & Analysis office will move to
111 Price Commons.
Did You Miss Out?
Last September, communications consultant, Pat
Seidel, presented her E-mail Madness workshop.
Pat provided participants with tips for reducing
and managing the flow of E-mail.
Participants said the workshop “made me think
about how I use E-mail,” and “many of [Pat’s]
concepts should be institutionalized at Stout.”
In March, Business & Financial Services will
move to the Memorial Student Center and Career
Services will move to the fourth floor of the Library
Learning Center. All phone numbers will remain
the same.
Jarvis Hall Science Wing
SDS Architects (one of the firms on the Red Cedar
Hall project) and BWBR Architects were selected
as the architects/engineers for the Jarvis Hall
Science Wing Renovation project.
On January 29, the architects, Department of
State Facilities, UW System and Stout’s Jarvis
Hall Building Committee will meet on campus to
kick off the project.
Later in September, Patty Loew, author and
public television producer spoke to our division
about her new documentary, “Native American
Veterans.”
Participants got a sneak peak at the movie due
to air on Wisconsin Public Television in February.
Attendees called her presentation fascinating and
requested “more speakers just like her.”