Campus Climate and Diversity
Division of Student Affairs
End of Year Report
2011-12
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE
July 10, 2012
Compiled by: Barbara Stewart – Associate Dean, Campus Climate and Diversity
Division of Student Affairs
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Introduction
In the fall 2008, the decision was made by campus administration to bring 6 diversity offices
under one umbrella called Campus Climate and Diversity (CC and D). The subdivision of CC
and D is located in the Division of Student Affairs. The Directors and Program Coordinators of
these offices report directly to the Associate Dean for Campus Climate and Diversity. The CC
and D Directors and Coordinators created a mission statement and preliminary goals for the
subdivision. Those mission statement and goals continue to discussed and assessed.
Campus Climate and Diversity Subdivision
Mission Statement
The Campus Climate & Diversity subdivision will foster an inclusive, collaborative,
communicative approach toward awareness, support and creative partnerships surrounding issues
of human diversity. The subdivision will help to create a community culture of inclusive
excellence that celebrates differences and empowers a value of lifelong learning.
The Campus Climate and Diversity subdivision consists of the following offices:
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Campus Climate (Research and Resource Center for Campus Climate)
Disability Resource Services – directly supervised by John Palmer from the Office of
Student Life
Multicultural Student Services – Antoiwana Williams - Director
Pride Center/LGBT Services – Will Van Roosenbeek – Director (working title)
Student Support Services – Mary Coady - Director
Upward Bound – Kate Oganowski – Interim Director
Wisconsin Covenant Program – Jamin Whitman - Coordinator
The Directors and Program Coordinators of these offices met weekly to discuss and program
diversity issues, programs and initiatives. While understanding and encouraging the
collaboration of the offices in CC and D it is imperative to recognize and celebrate the
contribution that each office makes to the Division of Student Affairs, the Campus and to the
greater La Crosse community.
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Research and Resource Center for Campus Climate
Amanda Goodenough – Programs and Communications Coordinator
Matt Evensen – Administration and Program Coordinator
Barbara Stewart-Administrative Leadership
Will Van Roosenbeek – LGBT Programs and Services
Carrie Bero – (LTE) Diversity Program Liaison
Give a brief overview of student, faculty and staff interactions throughout the year
for your office or unit.
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Student interactions have been very consistent and on-going. After a year in Centennial
Hall, students still come into the office to talk about various situations that occupy their
hearts/minds. There were also quite a few students who came in to discuss hate or hostile
incidents, as well as students who came in to utilize our resources or to get some
information for their hall programs, class papers and/or presentations. The Campus
Climate staff also met with various staff/faculty throughout the year to discuss ways in
which to collaborate or discuss issues regarding campus climate in their respective
department or unit.
Share 3-5 highlights of the year
 Although there was an increase in reported hate incidents this academic year, (50
incidents reported in 2011-12 compared to 23 in 2010-11) there has been a renewed focus
and energy around finalizing a response protocol, making the campus more aware of hate
incidents and helping students to feel safe on our campus.
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Expanded training opportunities through the Campus Climate office, including Ally
Training, Friday Film Series, Inclusive Friday’s presentations, and presentations to UWL 100 classes. There were 123 trainings/presentations given in 2010-11 compared to 63
given the previous year. While these additional training opportunities have consumed
more staff time the feedback has been excellent regarding these trainings/presentations
and we will most likely continue these offerings in the next academic year.
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Campus Climate Council enjoyed an exciting year of great discussions, excellent
attendance and what seemed to be a resurgence of interest in the group. We believe this
resurgence can be attributed to in part, better follow up by the Campus Climate staff and
more personalized invitations to join the Council. The impact has been better relationship
building among the group, a more diverse group with more diverse perspectives and also
relates to fact that there is really not another group like this on campus. Campus Climate
Council is comprised of 42 members excluding the Chancellor’s leadership team who
have a standing invitation. Meetings were held in 257 Cartwright Center every 2nd Friday
from 8:30-10:00 a.m.
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Campus Climate – Cont’d
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Collaborations between Campus Climate and University Communications with regard to
the LIVE MAROON activities have proven to be an outstanding way to connect to
another campus department around a shared goal of uplifting the morale of campus
community members. There are plans to work even more closely together on this project
and perhaps even combine the two events to make better use of resources.
Share 3-5 challenges for the year
 Hate Incidents have gone up this academic year which has taxed the resources and staff
of several campus offices. There were approximately 50 hate incidents submitted during
2011-12 academic year. In addition, the lack of a straightforward protocol for dealing
with some of incidents revealed the lack of communication between offices dealing with
hate incidents and the different approaches regarding to responses to incidents – even
within the same staff.
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While the number of trainings and presentations exceeded last year the staff continues to
be stretched thin trying to cover all of the internal and external requests (see Appendix A)
The Campus Climate staff continues to struggle as individually and collectively with how
to say no to some requests without appearing to be unwilling to collaborate and work
with new partners on and off campus.
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As a staff, we continue to grapple with the notion of how to be advocates for students but
at the same time challenge them to understand the realities of the situation and how to
best address those realities. Finding the balance between activism and advocacy as we
work with students will continue to be a topic that we will address during the next
academic year.
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The Campus Climate staff was challenged by several students that were in dire need of
ongoing support. These students are few in number but require a lot of time and
resources. Ongoing training and additional support from the new case manager position
slated to begin next year should help as we work with these students.
Number of programs/trainings/presentations you or your office sponsored and
approximate number of attendees
 The Campus Climate Office staff participated in over 120 programs, serving
approximately 9, 936 attendees this is up from 65 programs and @ 7350 attendees from
2010-11. (See Appendix A).
Describe any budget or fiscal challenges you experienced this year
 The addition of Doug Salmon as our budget liaison has proved very, very helpful in
working with business services as well as Human Resources. The AIOC was very
generous to assist the Campus Climate office to raise one staff member’s appointment to
100% and to add a .50 graduate assistant.
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Campus Climate – Cont’d
Overall assessment of the year/Challenges for next year
 Academic year 2011-12 was a very productive one for Campus Climate. The Fall
semester was particularly eventful in regards to hate incidents and our response to them.
While investigating and addressing the incidents we learned a great deal and found ways
to manage each situation on its own merit.
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Challenges for next year for Campus Climate include:
Increased requests for training and presentation
Making sure the staff team is inclusive of 2 additional graduate assistants
Creating a budget funding request that includes an increase for a Coordinator in
Campus Climate.
Disability Resource Services Year End Report
2011 – 2012
DRS Caseload
Total
Students Using DRS Services
249
New Students to DRS
97
Temporary Students
8
Veterans
17
Graduated Students
24
Exited/Transferring Students
4
Fall
Spring
67
30
3
5
1
23
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DRS – Cont’d
Note taking
Total
Students Served
20
Courses Requested
31
Note takers
23
Smart Pen Use
28
Fall
Spring
7
13
18
23
8
15
9
19
Alternative Media Users
62
Sign Language Interpreting Users
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DRS Testing Room Exams Administered
Total
Semester Tests
1266
Final Exams
386
Total
1652
Fall
Spring
588
678
185
201
773
879
DRS Testing Accommodations
Students Utilizing DRS Testing Services
165
Professors Using DRS Testing Services
150
Approximate breakdown of Student Courses by College:
College of Business
5%
College of Liberal Studies
20%
College of Science & Health
75%
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DRS Cont’d
Staff
Colleen Dixon - Testing Coordinator, Front Office Manager
Jennifer Bell – Advisor, Liaison to Campus Climate & Diversity
Chris Coppess – Advisor, Alternative Media Specialist
Ka Lia Lo – Graduate Assistant
Aaron Walker & Nichole Zenz – Student workers
Student Centered
Disability Resource Services (DRS) is a student centered office. We serve students with various
disabilities and always view the student as a unique individual by looking at their individual
strengths and needs. Our office space has been remodeled to be more welcoming and
comfortable for students, faculty, and parents that visit our office.
Making Inclusive Excellence A Part Of Our Daily Procedures
We accept all students with disabilities and make them feel welcome. We set up appointments
for students to meet privately with an adviser to discuss their disability and accommodations that
will help them to be academically successful. Information is kept confidential. Once the student
has met with an adviser and been registered with DRS, the office provides a variety of services
such as working to obtain a note taker or signing out a Smart Pen, contacting professors, taking
reservations for test taking space, requesting and proctoring exams, setting up alternative media,
etc. Referrals are also made to Student Support Services, Counseling and Testing, or the Office
of Student Life if the student has more complex needs. We try to assist any student that enters
our office.
During the year, we added 97 new students to the Advisor’s caseloads with several of them being
Veterans. Many students were referred to us by a faculty member while others searched out help
on their own on campus and were often sent to us by the Counseling and Testing Center once
they had been diagnosed with a disability. Other students came directly to our office and selfadvocated by bringing in documentation and requesting accommodations to help them with their
academics. The students utilizing DRS services numbered 249. The number of students
requesting the use of a note taker rose slightly but the number of students using a Smart Pen
rather than a note taker more than quadrupled as compared to 2010-2011 data. Another increase
was seen in the number of exams written in the DRS testing area using the accommodations of
extended time and reduced distractions. Of the 249 students utilizing DRS services, 216 wrote
their exams in the DRS testing room. The total number of exams during the year increased from
1316 in 2010-2011 to 1652 in 2011-2012. The additional 336 exams proctored at DRS were
likely due to the increase in students utilizing DRS services and by the high number of students
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DRS Cont’d
enrolled in Math and Science courses which make up approximately 75% of the exams written at
DRS. For a complete breakdown of number of students assisted and the type of accommodation
requested, please see Appendix B.
Encouraging Students To Be Their Own Advocate
Students are encouraged to become their own advocate and the first step in the process is using
the DRS Accommodation Request Form, providing evidence that the student is registered with
DRS, and sharing that document with their instructor. The form states the accommodations that
the student is qualified to receive without revealing the nature of the disability. It is up to the
student to be a self-advocate and discuss their academic or physical needs with the instructor in
order to be successful in the class. Students themselves determine how much of their disability
they choose to reveal to their instructor. Students must discuss with their instructors how they
will be dealing with taking exams and make any alternative arrangements that are necessary.
The students are also responsible for requesting that exams be delivered to DRS and making a
reservation to write an exam in the DRS testing center. Students that require alternative media
are required to make their needs known and request the materials for each semester. We believe
this encourages individual development and self-advocacy. We also encourage students to get
involved with the Students Advocating Potential Ability (SAPA) campus student organization.
The group helps bring awareness and promote inclusion of individuals with disabilities on
campus.
Planning For The Future
In planning for the future, the DRS office has created more testing space in the last year and has
upgraded security cameras and monitors to help provide testing security. Additional items have
been purchased such as a high speed scanner, a Zoom Text camera, Smart Pens, and updated
Kurzweil software so that students have access to the technology they need in order to be
successful in their classes. Several webinars and demonstrations were set up by the DRS staff to
provide information to faculty and staff regarding student war veterans, Smart Pens, and
impaired vision/blindness.
The DRS office met with department chairs to discuss updated forms and procedures in DRS.
Due to the significant increase in the use of the testing center, procedures have been streamlined
and changed to accommodate the number of students, instructors and exams. The DRS website
has been overhauled to be more functional and informational for individuals wanting to learn
more about DRS services at UW-L.
The position of Graduate Assistant has been filled with the same individual for the past two
years. The GA took on a larger role in the second year by becoming our expert on Smart Pens.
She met individually with students using Smart Pens and provided the training necessary for use
of the tool in the classroom. Additionally, the GA took on the adviser role and met with several
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students during the year. Intake meetings with discussions and recommendations for academic
accommodations were scheduled. The GA also worked on updating the DRS manual as well as
re-creating the DRS website to make it more functional and user-friendly. The position of
Graduate Assistant has made an impact on the front office by helping to ensure that someone is
always at the front desk so that others can take a lunch break or a day off. During exams,
particularly during final exam periods, it has been extremely helpful to have another person
working an exam shift and setting up and proctoring exams. One of the most helpful advantages
of having a Graduate Assistant is their ability to view UW-L from a student perspective and help
find answers to students’ questions.
For the upcoming academic year, we expect the number of students utilizing DRS to continue to
increase slightly as students with disabilities recognize the inclusive climate at UW-La Crosse
and more veterans return from duty and seek post-secondary education. Additionally, the use of
both technology and the testing center will continue to increase. Since so many students are
enrolled in math and science courses in Cowley (Math and Science exams account for 75% of
exams being written at DRS) and their instructors currently use the testing center, the demand for
the service at DRS should continue to grow. This increase is not only due to a lack of space for
testing, but also the inability of the professor to accommodate an extended exam time (time and a
half or double time) and to have the students’ exams proctored appropriately.
Disability Resource Services – Building Relations with UW-L Departments
2011-2012
1. DRS proctors exams and has ongoing relationships with professors using the testing
service. Colleen e-mails professors the specifics regarding each upcoming exam. The
exam is collected from the professor in person or by e-mail. The exam is administered
and the professor is contacted by phone or e-mail to retrieve the exam and the exam is
generally picked up by the professor. At times the Administrative Assistant is contacted
as well.
The departments/programs that we regularly serve include: Accountancy,
Anthropology, Archaeology, Biology, Business Administration, Chemistry, Computer
Science, Communication Studies, Economics, English, Environmental Studies, Exercise
& Sport Science, Finance, Geography, Health Education, History, Health Professions,
Management, Marketing, Microbiology, Philosophy, Physical Therapy, Physics, Political
Science, Psychology, Recreation Management, Therapeutic Recreation, Sociology,
Spanish, Theatre Arts, and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies.
2. DRS works with the office of Student Life, Student Support Services, and Counseling
and Testing in trying to ensure that students get all of the help that is available to them on
campus. We refer many students to these offices so that they can get the
assistance/tutoring/testing/counseling needed.
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3. Advisors, Chris and Jennifer, contact professors and professors contact DRS when there
is a concern regarding a student. Together they discuss ways to help a student with the
issue at hand whether it is related to the disability itself or an academic situation.
4. Jennifer and Colleen gave a one hour presentation to the Health Professions class during
their coverage of the topic of disabilities. The presentation addressed physical and
academic accommodations found on campus and through DRS as well as the variety of
disabilities found on campus
5. Chris and Colleen met with department chairs at the beginning of the school year to
discuss procedures and any changes made with regards to testing, accommodation forms,
note taking, etc. at DRS.
6. Jennifer coordinated with the Child Care Center to bring in a guest with a disability to
talk to the children regarding disability awareness.
7. Colleen and Jennifer attended a webinar at Career Services regarding the Workforce
Recruitment Program. We discussed establishing the program at UW-L for the upcoming
year but decided that it did not benefit enough students to be worthwhile.
8. Chris set up a demonstration and invited instructors to attend a session on using Smart
Pens given by the Livescribe representative.
9. Jennifer met with faculty in the Physical Therapy program to discuss issues with students
using DRS.
10. Chris and Jennifer toured several residence halls to become more familiar with residence
facilities on campus.
11. Colleen responded to a request and coordinated with Westby high school, DRS and
admissions a visit to DRS and a campus tour for 22 students.
12. Chris attended several campus events sponsored by Campus Climate (Town Hall
meeting, Transgender issues, etc)
13. Chris set up a presentation and personally invited faculty from various programs to hear
Marshall Flax from the Wisconsin Council for the Blind and Visually Impaired. He had
the presentation recorded so that others could view it later.
14. Chris set up the webinar Disability Services: Accommodating Student Veterans and
personally invited instructors from all departments to learn about issues facing veterans.
15. Jennifer set up a display for DRS during Diversity Dialogues. Colleen, Chris, and
Jennifer attended several of the presentations given that day.
16. Chris, Jennifer, and Colleen worked with the SAA program in dealing with graduate
students working in the DRS office.
17. Jennifer worked with Admissions in her role as a reviewer for Alternate Admissions by
interviewing and recommending students for admission.
18. Colleen worked with Publications to create a DRS logo to use for promotional purposes.
19. DRS staff attended meetings within the subdivision that also included staff from OMSS,
Student Support Services, Campus Climate, etc.
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20. Jennifer worked on two Search and Screen committees with faculty & staff from across
campus.
21. Chris worked with IT to bring Zoom Text to the campus. They are also working
together on assistive technology issues and making sure the computer labs are equipped
with alternative technology needed by students with disabilities.
22. We work with the student campus organization Students Advocating Potential Ability
(SAPA) and Tom Link – SAPA Adviser in Student Support Services. We encourage
students using DRS services to get involved with SAPA. We support the organization
both financially and personally in many of their endeavors. We distribute and collect the
SAPA Award nominations and meet to give feedback on the nominees.
Multicultural Student Services
Antoiwana Williams –Director
Mr. Thomas Harris – Assistant Director/Student Leadership Programs
Dr. Ned Reese – Coordinator – OMSS Pre College Programs
Ms. Michelle Stertz- Pre College Outreach Specialist
Ms. Diana Moran- LTE Pre College Programs
Ms. Connie Vanderhyden- ASI Program Director
Mr. Guy Wolf – Financial and Academic Retention Specialist
Ms. Carmen Boortz – University Assistant/Office Manager
Mr. Rogelio Encizo, Jr. -Graduate Assistant
Ms. Phanat Lor- Graduate Assistant 1 semester
The Office of Multicultural Student Services promotes excellence in student learning and
personal/social development for UW-L multicultural students who are U.S. citizens or
refugees. In particular, OMSS provides support services and information to recruit, retain and
graduate students of African American, American Indian, Hispanic/Latino(a), Asian American,
bi-racial or multi-ethnic descent. The office provides leadership opportunities and advocacy to
support cultural diversity and to help prepare all UW-L students to interact in a diverse world. In
addition, the office provides access to multicultural resources and offers opportunities for the
campus and broader community to collaborate and participate in diversity experiences. OMSS
models inclusive excellence and supports collaborative efforts that promote human
understanding, shared values, and respect for individual differences.
Areas of service and outreach:
 Academic and financial aid retention
 Academic Success Institute (summer bridge program)
 Advising & Tutoring
 Cultural, educational, and social programming
 Leadership development
 Personal guidance, support, and advocacy for students
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Multicultural Student Services – Cont’d
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Pre-college programs and tutoring
Student Organizations – Meeting Schedules
ASI
The Academic Success Institute (ASI), directed by Constance Vanderhyden, was held at the
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from June 17, 2011 - July 29, 2011.
Last summer eighteen students participated in the program: 8 males and 10 females. All students
lived in Reuter Hall during the program. In addition, all three undergraduate staff members
resided in the hall with the students. The staff members were Shaundel Spivey, Leticia Mendoza
and Sony Yang. Also, the ASI staff was required to meet one-on-one and as a staff with ASI
Director, Connie Vanderhyden. Weekly meetings were held with staff and students and biweekly meetings with staff and faculty.
ASI 2011 included an extended orientation program from Friday evening through Sunday
evening. The ASI summer staff initiated and organized four Friday morning workshops on
interesting and vital topics, preceded occasionally by Thursday night films and discussions. The
workshops were: College 101, Violence Prevention (guest speaker Ingrid Peterson and film
Beyond Beats and Rhymes), Alcohol and Drugs (guest speaker Sarah Burton and film Spin the
Bottle), Stereotyping and Prejudice (guest speaker Amanda Goodenough). The
Academic
Success Institute offered the following classes this summer: ENG 050, ENG 110, MTH
workshop, SAH 105, and RDG 105. The faculty members were: Dr. Ryan Friesen, Dr. Darby
Oldenburg, Dr. Abdulaziz Elfessi, Professor Paul Heckman and Instructor Charlene Holler.
Additionally, we can proudly say that all eighteen students enrolled in the Academic Success
Institute completed the program and are now accepted into the University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse. One student chose to attend Luther College instead of UW-La Crosse. All students,
staff, and faculty completed a qualtrics evaluation survey on the ASI program.
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Multicultural Student Services – Cont’d
UW-L ASI Graduation summary by cohort year 2000-2010
COHORT
YEAR
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Total
Cohort
Size
14
19
15
18
10
16
26
18
22
23
20
201
combined total
Avg
Time to
n
Degree
Percent
8
6.13
57.1%
9
5.50
47.4%
6
6.25
40.0%
13
5.46
72.2%
2
5.25
20.0%
3
4.00
18.8%
6
3.88
23.1%
5
0.00
27.8%
2
0.00
9.1%
0
0.00
0.0%
0
0.00
0.0%
54
5.44
26.9%
Shaded cells indicate incomplete data
We will work with the office of Institutional Research to re-run the Clearinghouse Student Tracker for
2006-2008, because some students in these cohorts have graduated from other institutions.
We were granted permission by the Dean of CLS and Dr. Greg Walsko to have all the ASI
students take EFN 205 during spring semester (starting in 2013) and to keep the cohort together
in the same discussion group instructed by the ASI director. This will be the next step in the ongoing effort to take advantage of the connections the ASI students develop with one another, the
ASI director, and OMSS.
ASI REUNION
Shaundel Spivey and Connie planned and organized an ASI reunion on March 31, 2012.
ASI participants from 2005-2011 as well as faculty, staff and friends were invited.
Connie and Shaundel invited 142 former ASI students and 24 faculty/staff for a total of
166 people. The event was attended by 44 students and 10 faculty or staff members.
Pre College Programs
The Precollege Programs, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Services, are
committed to supporting ethnic communities and low-income families in the La Crosse area and
around the state. The mission of our programs is to engage and celebrate the histories, traditions
and current circumstances of low-income and ethnic individuals, families and communities while
assisting youth to be successful within their schools and their lives.
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Multicultural Student Services – Cont’d
The partnerships that emerge from these collaborations are diverse and dynamic; and often result
in positive cross-aged, inter-cultural relationships and learning communities that equally benefit
participating youth and the college students who serve as tutors/mentors.
The OMSS Pre College Programs consisted of four programs on Monday through
Thursday. Programs were held in the late afternoon or early evening. The following statistics
indicate the participation for each semester:
(The 186 scholarship applications that we submitted in 2011-2012 for funding, continues to be
efficient with respect to the available Department of Public Instruction Scholarship/GEAR UP
funds. The grant award for the 2011-12 grant year, was 70,853, and will remain level funded for
the 2012-13. During the school year we also received $10,000 from GEAR UP to support our
Mississippi Summer Adventure program. The 10,000 can only be used to support GEAR UP
eligible participants.
We served an additional 40-50 students using 402 and 133 dollars, grades 1-12, who either are
not income-eligible or simply did not complete the required forms. We served approximately 400
students (grades 1-12) many participated in multiple programs (approximately 90 “local”
students). Approximately 90 students were in grades 1-5 and were too young to be eligible for
DPI funding. It is also relevant to note that these attendance figures above did not include the
additional 40-50 participants from the Sparta/Norwalk CLC partnership.
Year
2008-2009
2009-2010
2009-2010
2010-2011
2010-2011
2011-2012
2011-2012
Semester *CS (WS & SH)
Volunteers
Spring
27
78
Fall
27
78
Spring
35
83
Fall
34
110
Spring
31
111
Fall
34
110
Spring
31
111
*CS- Community Service; SH- Student Help; WS- Work-Study
For the second year, we held Winter Camp and had 35 pre-college students, 12 college staff, and
8 professional staff participants. The students attended from the Milwaukee area, as well as the
Seven River Region. At this time, because of decreased funding, Winter Camp 2013, will not
happen.
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Multicultural Student Services – Cont’d
Retention Programs – Academic
The Academic Retention Programs were disbursed throughout the entire OMSS Staff with
Thomas, Antoiwana, and Guy taking the lead contacting the ineligible students and assisting
with the academic and financial concerns. We continue to work on fine tuning the GPR process
during the electronic format transition. While this approach has caused the staff team to work
more closely together to address retention issues, it continues to increase our contact with
professors and instructional staff across campus.
Peer Tutoring Program
PEER TUTORING PROGRAM
Spring 2012
Out of 63 courses tutored (39 tutors and 48 tutees)
Passed: 46 courses (73%)
Failed: 11 courses (17.4%)
Withdrawals/Drops: 8 courses (12.6%)
Fall 2011
Out of 55 courses tutored (34 tutors and 40 tutees)
Passed: 41 courses (74%)
Failed: 10 courses (18%)
Withdrawals/Drops: 4courses (7%)
Spring 2011
Out of 30 courses tutored (22 tutors and 25 tutees)
Passed: 21 courses (70%)
Failed: 5 courses (16.6%)
Withdrawals/Drops: 4courses (13%)
Fall 2010
Out of 30 courses tutored (19 tutors and 21 tutees)
Passed: 19 courses (63%)
Failed: 6 courses (20%)
Withdrawals/Drops: 5courses (16.6%)
We feel that these numbers indicate the positive effects of the peer tutoring program. Many more students
are requesting tutors early in the semester and several students requested more than one. Each student and
tutor was asked to fill out a survey and the general results indicate that most tutor/tutee pairs enjoyed the
experience and felt it helped a great deal. Many tutors would like to continue tutoring next semester.
Most students wrote that they plan to continue to participate in the program. Because of the peer tutoring
program some multicultural students who would not have known about our office and its services,
otherwise have been drawn into OMSS and may establish a continuing relationship with the advisors and
programs we offer.
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Multicultural Student Services – Cont’d
Challenges:
Helping our students realize they need to communicate with Connie, if there are issues with the
relationship or tutoring experience. As of May 21, 2012, we had 6 requests for peer tutors this
summer for Math, Accounting and Information Systems.
Financial Retention Services
Students continue to use the financial retention services. It is due in part to the increased
awareness of such services and also because of the difficult time students are having paying for
college as well the partnership with Financial Aid and the Financial Literacy program.
1) Guy worked directly with students to address financial aid questions, solutions to
financial aid problems, Lawton, UW System Lawton committee, assisting with the
completion of FAFSA, and directing students to financial aid resources.
Multicultural Student Services – Cont’d
2) Guy met 58 Lawton recipients Lawton out of a possible 81 that were given Lawton. Guy
saw 71% of first-time awardees. Some of these folks were awarded prior to Xia coming
on last summer in Financial Aid, this year Xia will try to reinforce their need to meet with
Guy before Lawton is released. Guy spends 45 minutes with each student outlining their
financial aid award, reviewing the possibility of additional award, explaining each form
or financial aid/their consequences, and options beyond graduation (loan forgiveness,
consolidation, etc.).
3) Worked one-on-one with financially ineligible students and making the connection with
students also experiencing academic difficulty.
Thomas, Guy, and I have also been working closely with Cristen Houilihan and Dianne Hamann
regarding outstanding balances over 1000.00. Getting this information allowed us to assist
students that may not be in academic trouble, but in financial trouble. As of May 17, 2012, we
had 93 students that identified has multicultural, with an outstanding balance. We will continue
to work on ways to assist students with outstanding balances.
Student Leadership
The total attendance numbers of OMSS programs and involvement opportunities is included
below to the best of our knowledge. Break downs are also by organization (See Appendix C).
2011 – 2012 Office of Multicultural Student Services – 4378 - Total PROGRAM
ATTENDANCE (Updated 6/29/2012). A lot of assumptions can be made regarding the
impact of the programs we offer.
Strengths:
I think it was a decent year. I’m really pleased with our office being recognized as an academic
hub. It has definitely increased our traffic in the new space. We also increased the number of
peer tutoring this year. I will continue to review the budget to make the best decisions for the
2012-13 academic year as it pertains to student payroll.
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Multicultural Student Services – Cont’d
Challenges
We need to continue to address the retention concerns and as stated in previous reports; we need
to be able to be more innovative and think outside of the box with new programs and services to
reach new students. I need to continue to address the budgetary concerns and redefine job duties
to continue to move our office forward. During the 2012-13, academic year, I will continue to
address Precollege concerns as well as the future of Guy Wolf’s health. It will be a challenging
this year, because we could potentially be down staff in the office. With the needs of students
coming first, I believe it will be a difficult year with my work/life balance. We will also
continue to address the concerns regarding the Grade Progress Review. In addition, we will
continue addressing concerns regarding racial tension on campus and develop an in-house
process that would align with HRT protocol. In the beginning of the year, we had some
personnel issues that were addressed. I will continue to address those issues next school year
with the assistance of EAP.
Pride Center/LGBT Resources
Will Vanroosenbeek – Director (working title)
Abby Novak – Graduate Assistant
The Mission Statement of the Pride Center addresses the community’s needs by providing
resources and education on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Questioning,
Asexual, and Ally (LGBTIQQAA) issues while advocating for equality. The goals of the Pride
Center are as follows:
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To empower LGBTIQQAA students, faculty, staff and their family members by
providing resources and conducting outreach.
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To provide educational programs on LGBTIQQAA issues, homophobia, heterosexism,
gender identity and expression.
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To offer a safe space for the LGBTIQQAA community and their family members.
2011-2012 Goals and Objectives
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Implement mid-semester and end of semester evaluations of student staff. Mid semester
and end-of-the-year evaluations were completed with all student staff.
Activate new discipline policies and procedures into daily routines. The new discipline
policies and procedures were introduced in fall 2011.
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Pride Center – Cont’d
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Collaborate with Counseling and Testing Center to add more group opportunities for
LGBTIQQAA faculty, staff, and students. Will and Bridget met to discuss this topic and
we attempted to get a Women’s group started. Only one student was interested. We will
re-visit this every year.
Create a brochure and webpage of the locations of all the gender neutral restrooms on
campus. Student staff located all of the gender inclusive restrooms and we have added
this to the web. At this point we decided not to create a brochure due to cost. Maybe we
can create a business card with the locations (cheaper and easier to carry around.)
Work at finding more resources/speakers of the following topics: asexuality, gender,
Queer People of Color (QPOC), etc. We have added several books and videos to our
collection to support this goal. We will host a few speakers in 2012-2013 that will
address several of these topics too.
Continue to strategize and reserve rooms for events far in advance, due to the many
programs and events that are implemented on campus. We have almost our entire 20122013 scheduled planned, organized, ordered and contracted!!!
Highlights/Points of Pride
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Fifteen students went to the Midwest BLGBTA College Conference in Ames, IA, which
is double the amount of students that went the previous year.
The 2012 Drag Show was a great success! We had around 40 local businesses contribute
to prizes at the show, and we sold around 700 tickets. In addition, we raised a little more
than $1,700 in tips for Options Clinic.
Ari Oium was this year’s recipient of the LGBT scholarship fund for $1,000. Another
$500 scholarship will be given to junior, Jose Rubio-Zepeda, for Fall of 2012.
One of our peer educators, Zerr Her, won the Leadership and Involvement award for
“Behind the Scenes Leader” on campus.
We had 800 students attend our sexual health speakers’ event, I Heart Female Orgasm.
We started the process of passing a resolution for gender-neutral housing on campus.
Total Pride Center Outreach for 2011-12 was 7022 (See Appendix D).
A. Student Affairs Division Priorities
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Continue to be student centered. The focus of our office is on students.
Facilitate the mission of Inclusive Excellence and the creation of an inclusive and
accepting environment for all populations. The nature of our office is intrinsic to
Inclusive Excellence. We work to maintain that open and welcoming environment for all
identities.
Enhance wellness initiatives by promoting healthy lifestyles for the campus
community. This includes engaging students in the decision making process and
empowering them with their own decisions. When the Pride Center Director and the
Graduate Students meet with students the topic of decision making and wellness is a high
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Pride Center – Cont’d
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priority. Whether it is healthy relationships, balancing schedules or coming out to family
our staff is always trying to help the student think through the options and to see all sides.
 Planning for the future:
- Review and develop programs that adapt to changing student needs – The Pride
Center tries to stay on the cusp of what is new. The LGBTIQQAA Community is always
changing.
- Anticipate facility and structural needs and engage students as we explore
opportunities
- Build connections with Alumni – We have a growing Facebook group of alumni.
We need
to take it to the next level of becoming an official alumni group
- Identify avenues to help staff garner a bigger picture perspective – It is the
Director’s role to
understand and to articulate the bigger picture to the student staff in the Pride
Center. This
a constant process.
Share 3-5 Challenges for the year
 The number of panels, programs, and presentations this year was significant. In 20102011 we provided panels for 1,747 people and we increased that number by 675 for the
2011-2012 school year. Unfortunately, we had to cancel some panels due to low
numbers of participants. Some students voiced that they did not feel comfortable
divulging information about their sexual orientation or gender identity because they had
not been well-received in the past, or they saw negative consequences around campus.
Thus, we need to work harder to make all students on this campus feel more welcome to
express their differences.
Pride Center – Cont’d
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This year we have seen a number of students with mental health issues. It is important
for the Pride Center staff to continue to work with Counseling and Testing, Student Life,
and other resources on campus to assist these students back to a healthier life. Some
possible ways to address this would be to address some of these issues at Rainbow Unity,
invite speakers to talk about these subjects, look into the possibility of a mentor program
and continue to communicate with C&T and Student Life.
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Finally, there were some safe space issues this year. Students needed to be reminded of
appropriate discussion in a “safe space” and how that may conflict with their idea of free
speech. To help with this problem, we asked students to fill out a survey indicating
recommendations for safe space rules. These will be posted as a reminder of what a safe
space means to students.
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Pride Center – Cont’d
Share any budget or fiscal challenges this year
No real budget challenges – however with the growth of program requests, student issues and
other concerns, continuing to grow programs, more outreach to faculty and staff, try to
collaborate more to cut costs for speakers and entertainers. The support and connection to the
Campus Climate office has been beneficial. The two locations for Will have been a bit
challenging. LGBTQ students have not come over to Centennial to see Will. However, the
Centennial office has allowed Will to connect more to ATP Students and to play a role in
Campus Climate. Faculty and Staff continue to connect with Will via phone, e-mail or facebook.
Overall assessment of the year/challenges for next year
The Pride Center has had an incredible year with regard to programming, program development,
community outreach, service to students and coalition building with other campus offices. Issues
and challenges for next year may include incorporating more programs for faculty and staff
within the Pride Center. The Director is planning a day-long strategic planning meeting to move
the Pride Center and LGBT services forward for the future.
Student Support Services
End of the Year Report
2011-12
Total Number and hours of students served:
There were 350 students who received services through SSS during the 2010-11 academic year.
Listed below are the services, student contacts and hours of services as of 5/31/2012.
STUDENT CONTACTS
STUDENT HOURS
ADVISING
1,025
1,150
TUTORING
911
2,211
Brief Overview:
SSS had another great year. The number of services offered continued to grow throughout the
academic year.
Advising
Developmental advising is the key service provided to the students of SSS. All 350 students are
assigned an SSS advisor. This advisor will meet with them at least twice per semester to discuss
academic, career, personal and financial issues. This approach to advising provides a solid
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Student Support Services – cont’d
connection between the student and the advisor. In turn, it assists us in retaining students in SSS
as well as UW-La Crosse.
Fifty of these students received advanced registration of the other freshmen at UW-L. This
advanced registration allowed more flexibility in selecting class times and assisted the student in
selecting professors that might be more sensitive to their academic concerns. Students offered
this service were through the Academic Success Institute (ASI) and students struggling
academically, who were referred by their SSS advisor. In these cases, the director made the final
determination based on academic status and participation in the program. In addition, fifty-five
were permitted to defer their $100 registration fee until their financial aid package was received.
This allowed them to register at their scheduled time and not have their registration time delayed
if they could not pay the fee.
All eighty-two incoming students received a one hour orientation into SSS. For the first two
weeks of each semester, several staff members met with these students. The orientation
consisted of an SSS overview, introduction to campus services, as well as an outline of the SSS
expectations for students joining the program.
Tutoring
185 students received in house tutoring in math, English or one of the sciences. This compares
to 161 during the 2010-2011 academic year.
In addition, approximately 52 students received tutoring in other subjects. This number
decreased from last year’s number due to budget cuts within the SSS grant. The budget situation
has been resolved, so we anticipate that this number will again increase.
The total number of tutoring hours for 2011-12 was 2,211. (See table above).
Workshop
There were a number of workshops sponsored by SSS throughout the academic year. These
included Dealing with Stress, Learning about Study Abroad, Applying for Internships, How to
Write a Resume, Applying for Financial Aid, Applying for Scholarships, Preparing for the PPST
and Improving your Test-taking Skills. The workshops were well received and attended.
Approximately 5-15 students attended each of the workshops.
Pell Supplemental Grant
$31,000 was awarded to thirty-nine students in the program during the spring semester. Each
award ranged from $555 to $1150. The application process for the grant was again expanded this
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Student Support Services – cont’d
year. Each student eligible for a supplemental grant were requested to write a short essay and
explain why they felt they were deserving of the grant. In addition, students were required to
attend an “It Makes Sense Workshop” facilitated by Jamin Whitman. Overall I believe this new
process worked. It allowed students to take an active role in the process. They were not just
given the grant based on their SSS advisor’s recommendation as had been done in past years.
They were required to put some thought into the process and think about how receiving this grant
would benefit them financially. In the coming year SSS will implement several mini financial
workshops based on the “It Makes Sense” outline. Many students do not have the financial
background to be fiscally responsible, so hopefully these workshops will assist in enlightening
them.
Highlights of the Year:
SSS had many highlights over the past academic year. The advising and tutoring components of
the program are continually being improved and expanded. Nick Jakusz and Diana Morn joined
the staff as specialists in Math and English. Nick has taken a permanent position as math
specialist and Diana assisted us from November to May as the English Specialist. Both have
brought additional energy and fresh ideas to SSS though out the year. Both focused on providing
one and one tutoring to students, as
well as workshops on the Pre-Professional Standardized Test (PPST) and pre-statistics. They
also assisted me in training the peer tutors in math, science and English. Since tutoring needs
continue to increase, SSS will offer extended evening tutoring hours in math, English and
science during the 2012-13 academic year,
The Pell Supplemental Grant application process was reviewed by the Pell committee. It was
determined that eligible recipients will take a more active role in applying for the grant. If a
student is financially eligible for the grant and is recommended by his/her advisor, he/she must
complete a Qualtrics survey outlining why they should receive the grant. In addition, the student
is required to attend a financial
literacy workshop. This allows the student to take a more active role in the process instead of
SSS just making the determination.
This year the English Specialist and tutors expanded services to include working with students
who were applying for UW-L scholarships. Students were instructed in how to apply for
scholarships and their applications were reviewed and suggestions for improvement made. In
April, 20 SSS participants were awarded UW-L scholarships.
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Student Support Services – cont’d
Finally, SSS moved into Centennial Hall in August 2011. It has been a wonderful year
transitioning into our new facility. I was concerned that we would have too much space to
utilize, but the students have moved right into the new area. We have ample advisor and tutoring
space. In addition, we have a resource room where students can meet, study or use the
computers.
Challenges of the Year:
SSS had no major challenges throughout the academic year. We did have a 3% decrease in
funding for the year; however, the fringe benefit rate also decreased by approximately 12%. We
were able to take the savings and hire Diana Moran as an English Specialist from November
through May. As of 8/10/2012 SSS has not received budget information for the 2012-13
academic year. I anticipate that there will be no budget increases for the coming year.
Overall Assessment:
Overall, I believe SSS had a great year. We completed the second year of the new grant cycle by
continuing to offer quality services to eligible students. The Staff of SSS is highly committed
and seems to never lose their enthusiasm when working with students. We regularly met to
discuss new ideas and how to implement them to better serve the students. Some of these ideas
included expanded tutoring, outreach to parents and alumni, TRIO scholarship, & improving
financial literacy.
Division Priorities:
1. Continue to be student centered: SSS has always been a student centered program. The
services offered are extensive and expand and develop as the needs of the students
continue to change and develop. For example, assistance with financial literacy is a
much needed topic for current students. One on one advising and workshops were
offered throughout the year to meet this need.
2. Facilitate the mission of Inclusive Excellence: The entire mission of SSS is to provide an
inclusive and accepting environment for all our students. We provide services and
accommodations to students, which will assist them to succeed at UW-L.
3. Enhance wellness initiatives by promoting healthy lifestyles: SSS utilizes the
developmental advising model when working with students. This style allows the student
to take an active role in the decision making process during advising, which is
empowering for them.
4. Planning for the future: The services provided through SSS have been basically stable
for the last several years. We primarily provide advising and tutoring services.
However, the student and the
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Student Support Services – Cont’d
needs of the students are changing. For example, I anticipate that in the next few years
the number of Veterans in our program will increase. The transition back into a civilian,
less structure life will be a transition for them. We need to have structured services in
place to meet
the needs of these students. Some of these include not only the advising and tutoring
services, but support groups and workshops to meet their needs. SSS will seek to partner
with the Counseling and Testing office, Advising Center’s Veterans Advisor, as well as
the Student Veterans Organization to develop services to meet their needs.
Moving into our new facility has provided us with the needed facility and structural need;
however, developing a SSS Student Advisory Board will allow us to give a voice to the
students participating in our program. It will provide them with an opportunity to tell us
what their needs are.
5. Building connections with Alumni plays an important role within SSS. Since we are
federally funded, there are times we need to justify the need for this funding. Our alumni
can many times be a better voice than the staff. They have received these services, which
have assisted them in graduating and to be successful members of society.
Mary Coady – Director
Tom Link – Tutoring Coordinator
Lynette Lo- Advisor
Nick Jacuz-Math Tutoring Coordinator
Barb Chandler – University Associate
Aaron Koepke-Advisor
Deanna Moran – LTE- English/Writing Tutor
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Upward Bound
End of the Year Report
Kate Oganowski – Interim Director
Paul Krause – Assistant Director
Cathy Van Maren – Administrative Assistant
Lisa Yang- Advisor
In 2011-12, the Upward Bound (UB) program at UW-L continued to be an active unit on the
UW-La Crosse campus. In addition to our normal functions and interaction with university
departments and administration as part of our compliance with our grant proposal, UB staff
participated in division meetings, Diversity Dialogues, served on search-and-screen committees
and attended numerous university programs—both with Upward Bound students and
individually. During the year, UB employed 21 university students as tutors, Saturday Event
Upward Bound – Cont’d
participants and college visit hosts. We also utilized 2 university administrators, 5 non-academic
staff and 2 academic staff as guest lecturers and resources during both the academic year and our
summer session.
The academic year started with UB hosting two college application workshops on campus in
September during which all of our 18 of 22 seniors started and completed their college
applications. In all, students submitted 67 college applications and were accepted in 45 instances.
College visits remained a stalwart of UB programming during the academic year. In the fall, 30
UB students attended visits to two campuses—UWSP and UWP. In the spring, 9 students
attended visits to UW-L, and Viterbo University. These visits were in addition to college visits
during our 2011 summer session where 36 students attended visits to UW-Milwaukee,
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Marquette, and UWWhitewater.
The heart of UB, during the academic year, is our weekly tutoring session. In 2011-2012, UB
held 22 weekly tutor sessions in four locations, Holmen High School, Sparta High School,
Tomah High School and on campus in Wimberly Hall. UB also employed 21 college students or
recent graduates to work as tutors. UB’s 87 high school student participants received 3278 of
tutoring assistance on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and evenings.
Finally, with the end of the 2011-12 academic year, all 22 UB senior graduated from high school
with 18 having college plans. The remaining four have joined various branches of the US
military. Four graduates, now Bridge students, will join 40 other high school students as part of
our summer program, and begin their college careers by taking 2 summer college classes with
UB and working with the summer program.
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Upward Bound – Cont’d
UB struggled with a budget that has not kept up with inflation and personnel expenses as policy
has changed on campus. To meet this challenge, UB reduced the number of tutors hired and
dropped one tutoring site, the supplemental tutoring on Tuesday evenings for low performing
students. Additionally, we continued to coordinate advising with tutoring at out-of-town sites to
limit vehicle expenses. UB continued to limit the number of cultural events, to two each
semester, that students were able to attend and, depending on the expense, limited the number of
students participating.
During 2011-12, UB sponsored six (6) Saturday Events, three (3) workshops in addition to our
22 weekly tutoring sessions. Five Saturday events were hosted on campus, while the other was in
the La Crosse community. UW-L student tutors participated in all Saturday events, interacting
with our high school student participants and providing direction and support.
UB operated, in 2011-12, with a budget cut of 3% from the previous year. The inability of
budgetary increases in the face of increased transportation, personnel and programmatic
expenses continues to tax UB’s budget. Likewise, policies regarding fringe benefit pay for nonstudent pay have negatively impacted our budget.
2011-12 was another transitional year in administrative personnel within UB, with Kate
Oganowski coming on as interim Director for one year. The staff was able to re-adjust to more
evenly distributed responsibilities, but it did take time for everyone involved to acquaint
themselves to the focus and talents of all on staff and determine the best way to meet the
demands of the programming, grant requirements, and needs of the students.
On February 1, 2012 the grant proposal for the 2012-2017 cycle was submitted to the
Department of Education for continued funding of the UW-La Crosse Upward Bound project.
On April 22, 2012 the project was notified they were one of 11 programs being funded in the
state of Wisconsin (out of 26 previously funded programs). The new cycle will begin September
1, 2012 with slightly altered program objectives, an increase of students from 85 to 95 per year,
and a level budget. Jackson county is no longer a part of the service area. A new database
system has been purchased and the transition will take place in August. Once the program
funding was secure, a regional search for the director position was launched and will be
concluded by the end of July.
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Wisconsin Covenant Program
Jamin Whitman – Coordinator
Give a brief overview of student, faculty and staff interactions throughout the year
for your office or unit
Meetings/Events for UW-L Scholars:
See attachment titled, WI Covenant Events Fall 2011 – (See Appendix E)
Spring 2012 attendance information is still being compiled
Meetings for all Scholars twice a month (January 24 – May 1)
The WC Scholars Leadership Team has two additional meetings a month – approximately 10
WC Scholars participated during the fall and spring semesters
Outreach table for UW-L WC Scholars at Involvement Fest I & II (fall and spring semesters)
Created sheet/banner with three Scholars for New Student Orientation Banner Competition
Tie-dye t-shirt event – Scholars tie-dyed their white WC Scholars t-shirts
Bowling event – Scholars celebrated the end of the year with a bowling night at All Star Lanes in
La Crosse
Volunteer Experiences
2/2/12 – Children’s Museum of La Crosse, Parent’s Night Out – supervised children while they
played in the museum
3/3/12 – Polar Plunge – together with two Scholars, raised over $700 for the Special Olympics
and took the chilly plunge
4/13/12 – Children’s Museum of La Crosse, Parent’s Night Out – supervised children while they
played in the museum
4/27/12 – Children’s Museum of La Crosse, Parent’s Night Out – supervised children while they
played in the museum
In September, WC Scholars were sent a Qualtrics survey about their interest level, availability
for meetings, and resource needs - 180 Scholars completed the survey (see attachment, Fall 2011
WI Covenant Survey Results)
Wisconsin Covenant Scholars (WIC) student organization – Spring 2012 completed process to
be an officially recognized student organization
Elected officers during spring semester
Acted as Advisor to the student organization during spring semester
Planned meeting times for next fall; Every other Monday, 5:30-6:30pm
Began planning Welcome Week events for Fall 2012
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Wisconsin Covenant Program – Cont’d
Other Campus Events:
Wisconsin Covenant session at Campus Close-Up days – Approximately 120 students and
parents attended – current UW-L Scholars participated in the presentation, as well
Panelist for parent session during Campus Close-Up days
UW System Workshop for Counselors at UW-L - met many school counselors and answered
questions on the WI Covenant
Financial Aid "drive-in" Workshop for school counselors - short presentation on program
Presented to students at Upward Bound’s Saturday workshop
Attended multiple Multicultural student visit day luncheons to promote program and answer
students’ questions
Assisted at Diversity Dialogues 2011 & 2012
Assisted at Morale Retreats 2011 & 2012
Financial Literacy Program – It Make$ Cents!
Financial literacy is a component of UW-L’s WI Covenant program
It Make$ Cents is currently a pilot program for Wisconsin Covenant Scholars
Consistently meeting with Financial Aid Director and the counselor responsible for financial
literacy to develop and implement the new program for WC Scholars this year, with the hope
that the program will be ready for all UW-L students in the fall of 2012
For program information, see our website - http://www.uwlax.edu/itmakescents
Together with Financial Aid Counselor, Aaron Knapp, trained and supervised two peer mentors
(spring 2012)
Presented introduction of IMC to various offices/subdivisions – Campus Climate & Diversity,
Student Support Services, Assistants to the Deans, etc.
Presented at multiple financial literacy events – collaborated with Student Support Services,
Residence Life, and Office of Multicultural Student Services
Collaborated with BUS 230 student group during spring semester to create and implement
Qualtrics survey to assess WC Scholars’ financial knowledge and behaviors
Together with committee, planned Money Smart Week events (spring 2012)
Cash Cart
Price is Right Game Night
Coordinated local news media interviews on campus
Outreach tables to inform students about It Make$ Cents and other financial literacy topics
Fall 2011 High School Visits
Onalaska High School
Presented at 9th grade parent night
Presented at senior parent night
Holmen High School
Outreach table at 9th grade registration to inform students of opportunity to enroll or inform
those that already enrolled of the program details
Logan High School
Presented at 9th grade parent night
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Wisconsin Covenant Program – Cont’d
Fall 2011 High School Visits – Cont’d
Central High School
Presented at 9th grade parent night
Spring 2012 School Visits:
Logan High School
Outreach table at FAFSA Week event to inform students of WC confirmation process
Central High School
Outreach table at special event for high school students and the La Crosse community
Additional Assistance to High Schools:
Handled questions from multiple counselors in the La Crosse area
Acted as a liaison between the Office of the Wisconsin Covenant/HEAB and high schools
Informed high school counselors and incoming Freshmen of Wisconsin Covenant confirmation
deadline (April 1, 2012) by email and phone.
Share 3-5 highlights of the year
1. Becoming an officially recognized student organization – current Scholars were excited to
continue the program in their own way
2. Multiple volunteer experiences at the Children’s Museum and raising over $700 for the
Special Olympics by participating in the Polar Plunge
3. Assisting other departments in creating the It Make$ Cents financial literacy program
Share 3-5 challenges for the year
1. Planning the termination of the Wisconsin Covenant program/office
2. Engaging more Wisconsin Covenant Scholars in our bi-weekly meetings
Describe any budget or fiscal challenges you experienced this year
The program was terminated as of June 30, 2012 due to the lack of funding.
Overall assessment of the year/Challenges for next year
The year was full of positive experiences for Scholars! I am proud of the Scholars that were
involved in the program because they were committed to creating a student organization, in order
to continue the program in spite of the termination of the full-time Wisconsin Covenant
Coordinator position. Their strong commitment to this new student group shows how much this
program means to them, which to me, speaks to the success of the program.
I was honored to be a part of an amazing team of faculty, staff, and students that created the It
Make$ Cents financial literacy program! All of the hard work came to fruition during the spring
semester when the program was introduced to all UW-L students. I am excited for the future of
the program because I truly feel UW-L students and families will greatly benefit from It Make$
Cents.
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Overall summary for Campus Climate and Diversity Subdivision
This academic year has been a challenging one overall for the Campus Climate and Diversity
subdivision. It was a year that brought closer collaborations, meaningful discussion, dialogue
around shared concerns and a greater focus on our number one priority, service to students.
Challenges/issues for next year are:
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Continuing to work on the advising and pre advising protocol for offices in the
subdivision.
Working collectively on raising the bar with regard to the quality of diversity programs
and IE training available to campus.
Staying connected to other offices in the Division of Student Affairs will be critical as we
move forward with diversity and student initiatives.
Developing training around the issues of supervision of staff – collaboration with HR.
Continuing critical conversations around advocacy and how that interplays with advising.
Training regarding boundaries and relationships with students.
Developing a greater understanding with of the interface with Academic Affairs.
Developing a working group around leadership training protocol for our students.
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Appendix A
2011-12 Campus Climate Sponsored Programs/Trainings/Presentations
Approx. # of
#
Program / Topic
Date
Target Audience
Participants
1
2
ASI Training (Hate/Bias)
Res Life Pro Staff (Hate Response)
7/22/11
8/12/11
Students
Staff
25
30
3
ResLife RAs & Execs (Hate Response)
8/30/11
Students
100
4
International Student Orientation (Diversity)
9/1/11
Students
100
5
Awareness through Performance – 4:30
9/4/11
Campus Community
500
6
7
8
9
Awareness through Performance – 6:30
UW-L 100 - Oganowski/Slough (Hate/Bias)
Elise Denlinger’s class 1 (White Privilege/Hate)
Elise Denlinger’s class 2 (White Privilege/Hate)
9/4/11
9/13/11
9/20/11
9/20/11
Campus Community
Students
Students
Students
400
25
30
30
10
11
12
13
14
PIE Days - Diversity/Social Justice 101
UW-L 100 - Koepke/Higgins (Hate/Bias)
PIE Days - IE Planning Document
PIE Days - Intro to Inclusive Excellence
PIE Days - Town Hall Meeting, Part I
9/20/11
9/21/11
9/21/11
9/21/11
9/21/11
Campus Community
Students
Faculty/Staff
Campus Community
Campus Community
12
25
25
15
10
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
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The Line (Sexual Assault)
PIE Days - Inclusive Language
PIE Days - Town Hall Meeting, Part 2
UW-L 100 - Schendel/Eschenbaum (Hate/Bias)
UW-L 100 - Vanroosenbeek/Arney (Hate/Bias)
UW-L 100 - Thomsen/Sleznikow (Hate/Bias)
Awareness through Performance (MCTC)
ATP – STEP (Tischler)
LGBT Panel (Khan)
Women in Leadership (Vandenberg-Davies)
UW-L 100 - Dziekan (Hate/Bias)
Viterbo Sociology Class -Racism (Peterson)
Upward Bound: Gender Norms & Expectations
UW-L 100 – Long/Schyler (Hate/Bias)
Keely Rees class (Diversity)
Peer Education (Hate Response)
UW-L 100 – McHugh/Lo (Hate/Bias)
ASI – (Hate/Bias Follow-up)
9/21/11
9/22/11
9/22/11
9/27/11
9/27/11
9/29/11
9/30/11
10/6/11
10/10/11
10/11/11
10/12/11
10/13/11
10/15/11
10/17/11
10/18/11
10/18/11
10/19/11
10/20/11
Campus Community
Campus Community
Campus Community
Students
Students
Students
Community
Students
Students
Students
Students
Students
High School Students
Students
Students
Students
Students
Students
60
12
10
25
25
25
15
30
30
10
25
35
35
25
30
5
25
25
30
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
Inclusive Friday: Supervising Student Workers
UW-L 100 – Arney 9:55 (Hate/Bias)
UW-L 100 – Arney 11:00 (Hate/Bias)
UW-L 100 – Filtz/Koepke (Hate/Bias)
Boon Murray (Hate/Bias. LGBT Panel)
Broadening Horizons
ATP - Domestic Violence Banquet
WTC – Diversity Trainings (3 parts)
Frost-your-own-cookies Community Builder
UW-L 100 – Huisman/Leahy (Hate/Bias)
UW-L 100 – McHugh (White Privilege 101)
UW-L 100 – Evensen/Thoune (Hate/Bias)
UW-L 100 – Manrique/Burkhardt (Hate/Bias)
Sigma Tau Gamma: Sexual Assault & Consent
Joseph Van Oss Communications Class (Hate
Response) through Performance (Encore)
Awareness
UW-L 100 – Vanderhyden/Williams (ATP Panel)
(
ATP
@ MEPD Conference
ATP Breakout Session @ MEPD Conference
LGBT Workshop: It Takes a Village (MEPD)
LGBT Panel (Richter)
International Coffee Hour – Stereotypes
Eagle Hall Program (Classism in America)
6th Semi-Annual Morale Retreat
ATP Open Mic: Full Disclosure
ATP @ Central High School
ATP Celebration of Season –Fall DVD Release
YWCA Training – Bridges
Town Hall Meeting (Hate Graffiti)
AAUW Keynote Presentation
Residence Life – Town Hall Follow-up
CLS Spring College Mtg: Positive Dept Culture
Residence Life - Gender Inclusive Program
International Student Orientation (Diversity)
Awareness through Performance – PU VI 4pm
Awareness through Performance – PU VI 7pm
Workshop with Geography Department
Diversity Dialogues
Keely Rees Class (Diversity)
10/21/11
10/21/11
10/21/11
10/25/11
10/26/11
10/26/11
10/27/11
10/28/11
10/31/11
10/31/11
10/31/11
11/1/11
11/2/11
11/3/11
11/4/11
11/7/11
11/10/11
11/12/11
11/12/11
11/13/11
11/16/11
11/16/11
11/30/11
12/1/11
12/1/11
12/6/11
12/6/11
12/6/11
12/13/11
1/14/12
1/18/12
1/19/12
1/19/11
1/19/12
1/22/12
1/22/12
1/27/12
2/1/12
2/7/12
Campus Community
Students
Students
Students
Students
Students
Greater Community
WTC Employees
Campus Community
Students
Students
Students
Students
Students
Students
Campus Community
Students
WI Teachers
WI Teachers
WI Teachers
Students
Campus Community
Students
Employees
Campus Community
High School Students
Students
High School Students
Campus Community
Student Staff
Employees
Students
Students
Campus Community
Campus Community
Employees
Campus Community
Students
15
25
25
25
25
20
50
40
35
25
30
25
25
20
20
300
25
200
30
35
30
45
30
200
75
30
10
10
50
100
100
30
30
20
350
350
10
700
35
31
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
Elise Denlinger Class (Privilege/Hate) 1:30
2/9/12 Students
Elise Denlinger Class (Privilege/Hate) 2:15
2/9/12 Students
Food for Thought Film Series: LGBT
2/10/12 Campus Community
ATP @ Lincoln Middle School (Black History)
2/12/12 Greater Community
Multicultural Talking Circle
Ongoing Students
ATP – STEP (Tischler)
2/14/12 Students
ATP – Multicultural Day
2/20/12 Students
Hutchison Hall – Social Justice & 4 Corners
2/21/12 Students
Eta Sigma Gamma (Working w/Difficult People) 2/26/12 Students
White Privilege/Microaggression Panel (ERS)
2/28/12 Students
Relaxation Extravaganza for Drake Hall
3/1/12 Students
Awareness through Performance – PU VI
3/5/12 Campus Community
Encore Girls Group
Duluth
3/6/12 HS Students
Peer Education (Hate Response)
3/6/12 Students
YWCA Teen LEAD
3/7/12 HS Students
Jeremy Arney Class (Affirmative Action)
3/8/12 Students
LiveMaroon Get Together
3/8/12 Employees
Food for Thought Film Series – Immigration
3/9/12 Campus Community
ATP @ Onalaska High School (Diversity Day)
3/21/12 HS Students
Inclusive Friday: Microaggressions
3/23/12 Campus Community
West Salem H.S.: Gender Norms & Expectations 3/27/12 HS Students
WTC Training: Microaggressions
4/3/12 WTC Students
Multicultural Recruitment Strategies
4/4/12
Presentation
WTC Training: Microaggressions
4/5/12 WTC Students
Empathy Workshop
4/11/12 Campus Community
7th Semi-Annual Morale Retreat
4/11/12 Employees
ATP Open Mic: Full Disclosure
4/11/12 Campus Community
Hutch Hall Program (Derogatory Language)
4/12/12 Students
WTC Training: Microaggressions
4/12/12 WTC Employees
ATP Celebration of Season – Spring DVD
4/16/12 Students
Release Friday: Working With Difficult People
Inclusive
4/20/12 Campus Community
ATP @ GET High School
4/20/12 High School Students
DOC’s Boxes & Walls
4/23/12 Campus Community
Reuter Hall: Art of Equality (Derogatory
4/25/12 Students
Language)
Town
Hall Follow Up Discussion
4/26/12 Campus Community
Food for Thought Film Series: Hate/Bias
4/27/12 Campus Community
ATP Graduation
5/1/12 Campus Community
Fall 2012 ATP Orientation
5/2/12 Students
Relaxation Extravaganza
5/4/12 Students
30
30
20
100
5
30
100
6
40
30
80
350
5
8
10
30
100
10
600
20
40
20
10
20
5
120
75
8
35
5
15
400
90
10
30
10
30
20
100
32
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
Scream Fest
Partners in Change Pilot Workshop
ATP @ Freshmen Orientation
Wisconsin Covenant Presentation
ATP @ Freshmen Orientation
Wisconsin Covenant Presentation
ATP @ Freshmen Orientation
ATP @ Freshmen Orientation
Wisconsin Covenant Presentation
ATP @ Freshmen Orientation
Wisconsin Covenant Presentation
ATP @ Freshmen Orientation
ATP @ Freshmen Orientation
5/7/12
5/10/12
6/11/12
6/13/12
6/13/12
6/15/12
6/15/12
6/18/12
6/20/12
6/20/12
6/22/12
6/22/12
6/25/12
Campus Community
Employees
Incoming Freshmen
Incoming Freshmen
Incoming Freshmen
Incoming Freshmen
Incoming Freshmen
Incoming Freshmen
Incoming Freshmen
Incoming Freshmen
Incoming Freshmen
Incoming Freshmen
Incoming Freshmen
200
20
280
40
280
40
280
280
40
280
15
280
280
DECLINED EVENTS
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
Beth Cherne Class – Multicultural Plays (April)
Hutch Hall (Carissa Krug) – Diversity Program (April)
Larry Forkash – EFN Class (March)
ATP @ AMSLC (April 14)
ATP @ Northside Schools/Coulee Montessori – Melani Fay (January)
ATP @ DeSoto Middle School (April)
ATP @ Mauston High School (April)
ATP @ Bangor High School (April)
Michelle Petit (community and school health ed majors) October
Admissions
Bangor High School
Hutch Hall – April 22
Consultations
Audrey Elegbede
Jeremy Arney
Professor
The Pact – Mary NewgardLarson
Justine Johnson – HRT
UWW – ATP
UWEC – ATP
Erik Kahl
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Appendix B
DRS Caseload
Total
Students Using DRS Services
249
New Students to DRS
97
Temporary Students
8
Veterans
17
Graduated Students
24
Exited/Transfering Students
4
Note taking
Total
Students Served
20
Courses Requested
31
Note takers
23
Smart Pen Use
28
Fall
Spring
67
30
3
5
1
23
Fall
Spring
7
13
18
23
8
15
9
19
Alternative Media Users
62
0
Sign Language Interpreting Users
DRS Testing Room Exams Administered
Total
Semester Tests
1266
Final Exams
386
Total
1652
Fall
Spring
588
678
185
201
773
879
34
DRS Testing Accommodations
Students Utilizing DRS Testing Services
165
Professors Using DRS Testing Services
150
Approximate breakdown of Student Courses by College:
College of Business
5%
College of Liberal Studies
20%
College of Science & Health
75%
35
Appendix C
2011 – 2012 Office of Multicultural Student Services – 4378 TOTAL PROGRAM ATTENDANCE
(Updated 6/29/2012)
Organization
Program
Date
ALANA – Asian, Latina,
African and Native Women
Welcome Back Cookout
September 19, 2011
Participant
Total
19
Phenomenal Women’s Program &
Dinner
November 4, 2011
78
Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s
Image of Women (Film Screening)
April 5, 2012
56
Self Defense Clinic
April 19, 2012
20
Troy Davis Program
October 20, 2011
12
Muhibb Dyer’s Theatrical
Performance “The Other America”
Dining with Muhibb
February 20, 2012
154
Reflections of Ebony Dinner &
Program: “My Culture Cannot Be
Defined by_______”
Featured Presentation by Minority
Reporter, “You Mean, There’s Race
in My Movie”
BLASO Dance
February 25, 2012
252
October 21, 2011
56
UW-L Talent Show
September 24, 2011
177
Taboos: Exploring Cultural &
Social Prohibitions, Community &
Staff Professional Development
October 25, 2011
68
BSU – Black Student Unity
BSU & LASO (Latin
American Student
Organization)
ASO (Asian Student
Organization) & HOPE
(Hmong Organization
Promoting Education)
ASO (Asian Student
Organization)
10
People of Color & Racial Identity:
Organizing in the Face of White
Racism
26
I am We: Creating a Collective
Revolutionary Identity Presentation
(Video Available)
198
36
ASO continued
HOPE (Hmong
Organization Promoting
Education)
LASO (Latin American
Student Organization)
Multicultural Day Event
February 20, 2012
196
John Palmer : “Karate Chops,
Geishas, Nerds & Asian Invasion:
Reflections of a Korean Adapted
American
February 28, 2012
238
Professional Faculty & Staff
Development Presentation:
Multicultural/Anti-Racist Student
Education in 21st Century Diverse
Globalized Society: Taking on the
Resistors & Naysayers and
Preaching to the Choir
Hmong New Year (Skit)
February 29, 2012
84
8
Cultural Tours
6
LHMAA Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
& Eggroll sale (3000) pre-arranged
orders
35
Bridging the Gap Conference
152
Valentine’s Dance
February 4, 2012
204
Volleyball Tournament
March 17-18, 2012
214
Hmong Culture Night
April 28, 2012
177
Priscilla Ruiz, Mexico Solidarity
Network Presentation
November 4, 2011
35
Hispanic Heritage Month Reception
September 16, 2011
10
September 20, 2011
15
October 4, 2011
15
September 21, 2011
25
October 17, 2011
40
Sugar (Film Showing)
Broken Embraces (Film Showing)
Liberation Theology in Chicana/o
Literature Manifestations of
Feminist & Gay Identities – Alma
Rosa Alvarez
Making Films on the U.S. &
Mexico Border presented by Maru
Buendie-Serities
37
LASO continued
PLUS – NASA (Native
American Student
Association)
SFT – Students for a Free
Tibet (1st school year as a
UW-L Recognized Org.)
OMSS – Office of
Multicultural Student
Services Centralized
Events
Fiesta featuring performance by
Grupo Candela w/ Salsa Dancing
March 24, 2012
242
Justice for Genocide: Human
Rights Accompaniment in
Guatemala by Katharina Dechert
Day of Action through Community
Service
April 26, 2012
28
Indigenous People’s Day
October 10, 2011
31
Rethinking Thanksgiving Program
and Dinner
November 17, 2011
115
Three Rivers Intertribal Pow Wow
NASA & Ho-Chunk Nation
April 14-15, 2012
NASA’s Graduation Celebration
May 3
The Sun Behind the Clouds (Film
Screening and Panel Discussion)
April 4, 2012
77
Kalaya ‘An Mendoza will facilitate
the “Social Media and Activism
Training”
April 15, 2012
17
Kalaya ‘An Mendoza’s
Presentations “This is What
Solidarity Looks Like,”
Welcome Back Cookout
April 16, 2012
375
September 15, 2012
218
OMSS 101 Sessions
September 8, 2011
11
Welcome Back Dance
September 17, 2011
102
Nuts & Bolts Training for Officers
and Advisors of the Multicultural
Student Organizations
September 23, 2011
48
September 30October 2, 2011
61
October 16, 2011
35
November 2, 2011
17
Multicultural Leadership
Development Weekend
UW-L Faculty & Staff, Men of
Color Sharing, Caring & Giving to
UW-L Students, Men of Color
Multicultural Student
Organization’s Websites: Creating a
September 28, 2011
38
OMSS Continued
New Face for the Future
All Multicultural Student
Organization’s Meeting for all
Officers & Advisors
January 24, 2012
28
Show & Tell of New Websites for
the Multicultural Student
Organizations
January 25, 2012
16
Career Development Series w/
Career Services
February
20
OMSS Open House
March 5, 2012
35
National White Privilege
Conference, Albuquerque New
Mexico
March 29-31, 2012
53
American Multicultural Student
Leadership Conference
April 13-15, 2012
21
Celebration of Accomplishments
May 5-11, 2012
123
Study Days
May 5-11, 2012
125
39
Appendix D
B. Customer Counts – Pride Center
Date
Organization/Event
# of
people reached
6/15/2011
Freshman Registration #1
1
6/17/2011
Freshman Registration #2
0
6/18/2011
Freshman Registration #3
2
6/20/2011
Freshman Registration #4
3
6/22/2011
Freshman Registration #5
1
6/24/2011
Freshman Registration #6
5
6/27/2011
Freshman Registration #7
3
8/27/11
La Crosse Pride Fest
100
8/31/11
RA Information Fair
180
9/13/2011
Welcome Back Social
130
9/14/2011
Suicide Prevention Conference
80
9/15/2011
Involvement Fest (Hulaballoo)
400
9/27/2011
Rainbow Chalkwalk
30
9/28/2011
Queer Cinema: Out in America
30
10/1-10/31
LGBT History Month
*Highly Visible*
10/11/2011
National Coming Out Day
75
10/11/2011
I Love Female Orgasm
875
10/17/2011
Ally Training #1
15
10/18/2011
Ally Appreciation Event
40
10/20/2011
Spirit Day Tabling
*Highly Visible*
10/21/2011
Campus Close-Up #1
1
40
10/26/2011
Queer Cinema: Stonewall Uprising
15
10/27/2011
Campus Close-Up #2
1
10/27/2011
Ally Training #2
5
10/28/2011
Campus Close-Up #3
1
11/11/2011
Campus Close-Up #4
3
11/14/2011
Ally Training #3
20
11/17-11/21
TDOR Tabling
100
11/21/2011
TDOR Gender Panel
20
11/21/2011
TDOR Vigil
25
11/21/2011
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Panel
55
11/28/2012
Owen Daniel-McCarter (Day 1)
105
11/29/2012
Owen Daniel-McCarter (Day 2)
75
11/30/2012
Queer Cinema #3
20
12/5/2012
Winterfest
50
2/1/2012
Diversity Dialogues
20
2/2/2012
Involvement Fest II
200
2/10-2/12
MBLGTACC
15
2/17/2012
Campus Close-Up #5
2
2/20/2012
Multicultural Day
200
2/20/2012
Out in the Workplace Panel
35
2/22/2012
Queer Cinema: Brother Outsider
5
3/1/2012
Ally Training #4
20
3/26/2012
Ally Training #5
15
3/28/2012
Queer Cinema: Bullied
40
4/3/2012
Andrea Gibson: Spoken Word
155
41
4/4/2012
Privilege Workshop
3
4/5/2012
Office Visit-Ally Information
1
4/9/2012
Office Visit-Parent Information
1
4/10/2012
Jamie Nabozny: Bullied
Presentation
300
4/17/2012
Bake Sale (Clocktower)
100
4/20/2012
Drag Show (Mardi Gras Drag)
700
4/23/2012
Boxes and Walls (Dr. Queer's
Office)
60
4/24/2012
Rainbow Graduation
35
4/25/2012
Queer Cinema: Jitters
6
4/26/2012
Ally Training #6
13
4/27/2012
Campus Close-Up #6
1
Total Individuals Served:
4393
Panels, Presentations and Trainings
Summer 2011
Psy 212 - Life Span Development Transgender 101
30
Fall 2011
EFN 205 - 14 sections x 35 students per class
WGS 100 – 5 sections x 35 students per class
UW-L 100 – 2 sections x 20 students per class
Viterbo University Sociology class
Therapeutic Recreation Trends & Issues class
Social Justice House – Eagle Hall
Hutch Hall
Psy 318 – Psychology of Women Transgender 101
Office of Residence Life – RA Keynote speaker
Office of Residence Life – RA Training with Campus Climate
490
175
40
30
30
20
20
40
200
200
42
Western Technical College - Social Work Class LGBTQ Issues
UW-Milwaukee – Office of Residence Life Training
UW-Milwaukee – Transgender 101
25
250
25
Spring 2012
EFN 205 - 13 sections x 25 students per class
WGS 100 – 5 sections x 35 students per class
WGS Women & Friendship class
HED Sexual Health Promotion class
Therapeutic Recreation Trends & Issues class
United Church of Christ – O.W.L (Our Whole Lives) Panel
Onalaska High School Diversity Day – 3 panels x 20 students per panel
International Coffee Hour LGBT Issues Panel
Psy 318 – Psychology of Women Transgender 101
Mayo Health Systems - LGBT Issues Panel presented to Mayo Residents
Viterbo University – Transgender Rights and Issues
Consultation with La Crosse County Human Services - LGBT people
CST 334 – Gender Communication 2 sections x 35 students per class
TOTAL
325
175
20
40
30
12
60
30
35
15
15
20
70
2,422
Total Media Checked Out in 2011-2012 = 201 Books and DVDs
Total Bulletin Board Checkouts in 2011-2012 = 6
Total Pride Center Outreach for the 2011-2012 School year =
7022
43