The School of Education at UW-Stout • Fall 2013
Also in this issue:
Director’s message
School of Education awards
n Student receives special education
scholarship
n Alumnus Mike McRaith looking for
answers
n Students exposed to diversity on
10-day trip
n Sips for scholarships winners
n Meet the new faculty
n STEM Summer Academy
n Notable Notes
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School celebrates first doctoral degree
UW-Stout and the School of Education are
offering the first doctoral degree in the university’s
history. The Doctor of Education, E.d.D., in career
and technical education was approved by the UW
System Board of Regents in early February, and
final approval was granted by the Higher Learning
Commission in early October.
The commission, part of the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools, is UW-Stout’s
accrediting body. A review team visited during the
summer and was impressed by its findings.
“The final report submitted to the Higher
Learning Commission by the review team was
glowing,” said Carol Mooney, program director of
the educational specialist degree and new doctoral
degree. “The consultants noted that the faculty
had great confidence and expertise to offer the
program. They were impressed with the level of
research faculty were engaged in, the credentials of
the faculty as well as the excitement and the desire
to launch the degree.”
The degree aligns with current and traditional
university goals, the mission of the polytechnic
university and fills a need, said Mooney.
The degree is career-oriented and designed
for working professionals involved in workforce
development, which includes career and
technical education leaders, teacher-leaders and
administrators. With the degree, individuals will be
enabled to move into upper administrative roles or
“The degree aligns with current and
traditional university goals, the mission of
the polytechnic university and fills a need,”
said Carol Mooney.
assume positions with more responsibilities within
technical colleges, Mooney explained.
Graduates will be poised to use research in
decision-making and as leaders of career and
technical education organizations, said
New CTE cohort meets for the first time. From left to right,
bottom row: Michael Bird, Jeff Sullivan, Carol Mooney and Brian
Bartel; back row left to right: Nancy Chapko, Shawn Dudek,
Shelly Olson, Matt Simoneau, Kinga Jacobson, Matt Janisin, Laura
Reisinger, Jeff Pepper and Brian Klinger
Jacalyn Weissenburger, UW-Stout associate
chancellor.
The program will have an advisory committee
composed of faculty and leaders from technical and
community colleges in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
“I am convinced that there will be terrific response
from the technical colleges to this new degree,”
Mooney said.
“This will be great for us,” said Robert Meyer,
president of Wisconsin Indianhead Technical
College. “This will be a natural step for our staff.
I’ve got many candidates on my staff who are ready
for this next step.”
Alumnus Brian Albrecht, president of Gateway
Technical College in southeastern Wisconsin, also
is enthusiastic. When he pursued his doctorate in
CTE, he had to drive seven hours one way from
Racine to the Twin Cities.
Students in the three-year cohort program will
take two classes a term — one online and one
face-to-face — complete 60 credits and a
dissertation. Students started coursework Oct. 25.
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Director’s Message:
The School of Education has a lot to celebrate
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Brian McAlister, School of Education
Brian McAlister, Editor
Hannah Flom, Writer
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The career and technical education program at UW-Stout
has a rich history. In keeping with James Huff Stout’s vision of a
manual training school for men and women, early on the university offered a bachelor’s degree in vocational education. It has
since been merged with technical education and in 2002 renamed
career and technical education and training.
In 1935, the university added a master’s degree in vocational
education — now named career and technical education. In 1968,
the university offered its first educational specialist degree, once
again in the field of career and technical education.
Find this publication and additional information about
the scholarly activities, publications and
presentations of School of Education faculty and staff
online at www.uwstout.edu/soe/bmnewsletters.cfm.
We welcome your inquiries and comments.
Brian McAlister
With the addition of the doctorate in 2013, the career and technical education
program has the distinction of offering four degrees, more than any other program at
the university.
The approval process for a new doctoral program requires a team effort. But I’d like
to express a special word of thanks to Carol Mooney for her tireless effort shepherding
the new program through an arduous, multistep process.
I hope, by reading the pages of this newsletter, you will join me in celebrating the
quality of our students, faculty, staff and alumni. Our students are earning scholarships;
our faculty and staff are honored with service and teaching awards; and our alumni are
performing so well that they are recognized with prestigious national awards.
The School of Education has a lot to be proud of, and I am grateful to be part of
such a quality organization. Please remember to let me know if you have anything that I
can help you celebrate.
The School of Education
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will engage in exemplary teaching, research, and
service to ensure that graduates of the School
become successful professional educators.
Vision: The School of Education faculty and
staff have the vision of preparing teachers and
other professional educators who are reflective
practitioners and engage in evidence-based
practice.
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UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Art Education
Career, Technical Education and Training
Early Childhood Education
Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Marketing and Business Education
Science Education *
Special Education
Technology Education
Technology and Science Education
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
M.S. Career and Technical Education
M.S. Education
M.S. School Counseling
M.S./Ed.S. School Psychology
Ed.S. Career and Technical Education
Ed.D. Career and Technical Education
TEACHING MINORS
Biology
Chemistry
Economics
Health and Fitness
History
Mathematics
Physics
SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS
Career and Technical Education Coordinator
Early Childhood through Middle Childhood, PK-6
Early Childhood Special Education
Reading Specialist
Reading Teacher
Technology Coordinator
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FOR EDUCATORS
M.S. Education Graduate Certicate in
E-Learning and Online Teaching
The School of Education at UW-Stout is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education (NCATE), 2010 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036; phone (202) 4667496. This accreditation covers initial teacher preparation programs and advanced educator preparation
programs. NCATE is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation to accredit programs for the preparation of teachers and other professional school personnel.
* The B.S. in Science Education offers major certifications in biology, broadfield
science, chemistry and physics; and minor certifications in biology, broadfield
science, chemistry, earth and space, environmental science and physics.
School of Education awards
With privilege comes responsibility; Dang Yang
winner of Robert S. Sedlak Spirit of Community Award
Dang Yang, multicultural recruitment
and retention coordinator, received a
unanimous vote by faculty and staff.
Yang, who lives in Eau Claire, is an
involved member of his community. By
volunteering for the Eau Claire Area
Hmong Mutual Assistance Association,
he provides leadership, mentoring and
Dang Yang
college preparatory skills to middle and
high school students.
Yang’s involvement with youth — his passion — stems from
feelings of responsibility. “With the understanding that I’m in a
position of privilege — plus luck and a lot of hard work — it is
my responsibility to reach out,” he said.
Yang is co-founder and co-chair of the Hmong Professionals
of the Chippewa Valley, which focuses on providing self-empowerment opportunities to the Hmong community. He also presents
on Hmong culture to the Eau Claire school district and UW-Stout.
Yang, from Wausau, has a bachelor’s degree from UW-Eau
Claire and has just finished coursework for a master’s degree
from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He will be the first
of his family to get a master’s. He and his two older sisters were
first-generation college students.
The award, with a monetary gift of $300, was established in
2007. It recognizes a faculty or staff member within the School of
Education or a related unit in the university who demonstrates the
same commitment and leadership that Robert Sedlak exhibited
in his career. The award is funded by friends and university
colleagues of Sedlak who died in November of 2006.
Jax Teaching Excellence Award – Kimberly Martinez
Kimberly Martinez is this year’s
recipient of the Jax Teaching Excellence
Award. Martinez teaches reading strategy
courses in the early childhood education
and special education programs as well as
content literacy instruction for the secondary education programs.
In her application, Martinez noted a key
to effective teaching: Care and support. Kimberly Martinez
Early in her teaching career, she asked
students to write about an effective and
memorable teacher from their past. The answers she got were
basic and uncomplicated.
“The most consistent and important characteristic emphasized was simply the capacity the teachers had to care about their
students,” she said.
Martinez takes this lesson to heart and strives to create a
caring and supportive environment in her classrooms. “First and
foremost is my desire to treat students as important and integral
members of my classroom so that they feel that their knowledge,
thoughts and theories are valuable to our learning community,”
she said.
She also provides explicit instruction and lots of time for
students to practice what they learn.
Students, in support of her award, give proof to her nurturing
and respectful philosophy.
“Dr. Martinez makes the extra effort to get to know her
students, and if I have questions I feel comfortable asking her for
help,” one student said.
The Jax Teaching Excellence Award was established in 2004
by Judy and Joe Jax. The award recognizes career achievements
in teaching for SOE faculty or staff.
Student receives special education scholarship
Robert “Bobby”
Nyland, a hardworking, footballplaying senior
majoring in special
education, received
the Hulda Mae
Fiske Scholarship.
The scholarship
is presented annually by the Council
Robert Nyland
for Exceptional
Children to an individual working in the
field of special education or enrolled
in a special education program at the
university level.
Fiske, an alumna of UW-Platteville,
was an educator who left an endowment
to fund scholarships in the field of special
education. Nyland received $250.
Nyland, from Eau Claire, recruited
to play football for UW-Stout, hadn’t
decided on a major when he enrolled.
Encouraged by his mother, Ruth Nyland,
who teaches in the special education
department, he started taking special
education classes, and the more he learned
the more he was convinced special education
was the major for him. “I decided to stick
with it,” he said.
Nyland will start student teaching
next spring, but through his classes he has
had the opportunity to work with students
with special needs. At Putnam Heights
Elementary in Eau Claire, he worked with
children who have mild disabilities. “It
was fun and rewarding to see the progress
the kids made,” he said.
At Eau Claire Memorial High School,
he has worked in the severe disabilities
classes. Once again, he found the work
fun and rewarding. “The students would
ask the teacher when I’d be coming,” he
said. They were enthusiastic and always
excited to see me, he said.
Through his prestudent teaching experiences, his choice for a major has been
confirmed.
Being a college student also seems
to fit this 6-foot-1-inch, 210 pound Blue
Devils fullback well. He has received
the Chancellor’s Award for the last three
semesters and has a 3.75 GPA.
Nyland’s future goals include working
with students with emotional and behavioral disorders and being a personal trainer
on the side.
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Alumnus Mike McRaith looking for answers
How do schools
encourage students
to stay committed,
to persevere? What
makes one student give up while
another refuses to?
According to Mike
McRaith, as well as
other educators and
Mike McRaith
educational
psychologists, it may
boil down to one simple four-letter word: Grit.
McRaith, from Rice Lake, has been a guidance counselor at
Enosburg Falls High School in Vermont since 2009 and recently
accepted the position of principal at Enosburg Falls Middle
School. He graduated from UW-Stout with a master’s degree in
school counseling in 2009.
McRaith was named a Rowland Fellow this summer and took
a fall sabbatical to visit and observe schools with perseverance
programs. His mission is to promote a school culture of perseverance, resiliency and, you guessed it, grit, at Enosburg Falls
Middle School. He hopes to inculcate these characteristics to
improve student learning and close the achievement gap.
The Rowland Foundation provides Vermont secondary school
educators with a unique professional development and leadership
opportunity and the resources to positively affect student achievement, the culture and climate of their schools. McRaith’s district
was awarded $100,000 to develop a transformational project.
With insights gained from observing other schools, his
project is to transform the culture of his school. In support of
this endeavor, he will join a monthly discussion board on Angela
Duckworth's research for the next eight months at the University
of Pennsylvania. Duckworth, an associate professor in psychology
at the University of Pennsylvania, has conducted research indicating that two traits predict success in life: grit and self-control.
Prior to his job in Enosburg Falls, McRaith taught at an
elementary school in Japan for two years; he also worked as a
manager in a start-up manufacturing company in Chippewa Falls.
McRaith decided to pursue a master’s degree, and since working
with kids was a natural fit, he chose UW-Stout.
“I had heard that Stout had a well-respected school counseling
program, so I applied and was excited to be accepted,” he said.
McRaith’s time at UW-Stout was fruitful. He found support and
encouragement. “I felt like Jackie Weissenburger really saw my
full potential and pushed me to realize it,” he said. He also has
never forgotten the words of Hector Cruz and has a list of Cruz’s
sayings posted on his wall, including his favorite: "Kids spell
love: T.I.M.E."
“Some of my most frequently used insights I share with students are directly from Hector Cruz,” McRaith said.
McRaith’s approach to working with young people is relatively simple. “Create a trusting relationship built upon mutual
respect. Be available to them and avoid judgment.”
While on the road, McRaith gleaned valuable tidbits. From
Birchwood Blue Hills Charter School in Birchwood, his takeaway was: “Vested interest equals engagement, engagement
equals motivation;” from Polaris Academy in Chicago: “Your
school culture is largely determined by what you celebrate”; and
from Badger Rock Middle School in Madison: “The impoverished have no choice but to persevere.”
McRaith’s time as a guidance counselor has been rewarding.
“One highlight was being chosen by the students to be their
keynote speaker for the 2013 graduation,” he said. “I have loved
getting to know the students. It’s wonderful to see them go
through struggles and then turn things around,” he said.
To follow McRaith refer to his website,
www.about.me/mike.mcraith.
Almena Elementary School visit
Alumna Carisa Schlosser brings
her third-grade students from the
small northern Wisconsin town of
Almena for a visit to campus.
Melody Brennan, left, and
Schlosser discuss teaching
strategies. In the foreground
are Brennan’s students in early
childhood education. In the
background are
Schlosser’s students.
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Students exposed to diversity on 10-day trip
Hegemony, colonialism, racism and
multiculturalism were topics four UWStout students studied this summer in England and France. The four accompanied
School of Education instructor Virginia
Lea on a 10-day study abroad trip in June.
The students completed course work
and earned credit in Lea’s Multiculturalism and Cross Cultural Field Experience
course.
Lea’s goal was for students to be
Virginia Lea
exposed to greater diversity than they typically experience back home.
Before the trip, Lea required them to read “A Respectable
Trade,” by Philippa Gregory. The reading provided them understanding and insight as they walked through Bristol, once a slave
port, she said.
They also visited Stonehenge and castles built on the spoils
of war, oppression and colonialism, Lea said.
She exposed them to examples of religious diversity with a
visit to the largest mosque in Britain. Students broke bread with
Muslims and Quakers and learned about their traditions and
beliefs, she said.
“We also went to see the show, “Les Misérables,” which
spoke to the French revolution, hegemony and the power of elites
to suppress resistance,” Lea said.
Lea, from Britain, used to teach at Crawley, a school with
a diverse enrollment. She introduced the foursome to students
at the school. They were able to form relationships with local,
immigrant and migrant students from British ex- and current
colonies, Lea said.
“I’ve not only learned so much about other people and their
cultures, religion and beliefs but I have also learned a lot about
From left to right Shoua Her, Traci Castillion, Virginia Lea, Karlie Jensen and
Tessondra Krueger at Hever Castle, childhood home of Anne Boleyn.
myself as well,” said Shoua Her, from Madison, majoring in
business administration. She was surprised at how much she had
in common with many of the students and the importance of finding common ground, she said.
Karlie Jensen, from Menomonie, majoring in early childhood
education, said she couldn’t put a price tag on the experience.
She underwent culture shock in France when she was expected to
speak in a foreign language. “I was truly an American,” she said
when she experienced the frustration of being in a non-English environment. “I expected they would just know English too,” she said.
Tessa Krueger, from Waseca, Minn., majoring in early childhood education, said the trip really stretched her thinking. “It
almost made my brain hurt at certain points because there was so
much information for me to be first taking in, then understanding
and then analyzing in a way that was more multicultural,” she
said.
Traci Castellion from Appleton, majoring in family and consumer sciences education, was the fourth student.
Lea plans on taking another group in 2014.
Sips for scholarships winners
The School of Education held its annual Sips for Scholarship award reception in October. Scholarships were awarded to
one undergraduate and one graduate student pursuing education
degrees.
Jody Shong, of Strum, received the undergraduate award.
She is a senior majoring in early childhood education and a firstgeneration college student.
Shong, passionate about working with young children, has
more than 20 years of experience in the field as a preschool
teacher and administrator.
After completing her degree, she hopes to teach in the primary
grades and “impact students to learn in a new and creative way.”
Cynthia Bourget received the graduate award. An Elk Mound
resident, she is the first in her family to pursue higher education.
She has a bachelor’s degree in English from UW-River Falls and
is a first-year graduate student in school counseling at UW-Stout.
Bourget has been employed for two years as a 4-H program assistant for the Dunn County UW-Extension office.
“I work with the 4-H youth of Dunn County, teaching life
skills, leadership and
citizenship,” she said.
After she completes her degree,
she wouldn’t mind
staying with UW-Extension or moving on
to another position.
“We will see
Jody Shong
Cynthia Bourget
where life takes me! I
would love to stay working with rural communities,” she said.
Bourget chose the program at UW-Stout after hearing only good
things from two co-workers who are alumni. “I am extremely
happy with my decision,” she said.
Scholarship winners are chosen based on academic performance, professional activities, extracurricular activities, community involvement and other factors.
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Meet the new faculty
Emily Hines has been hired as an
assistant professor in the reading specialist
certification program.
Hines has a B.A. in elementary education
from University of Iowa and a Master of
Science in reading pedagogy from
UW-Eau Claire. She is pursuing an Ed.D.
in educational leadership, critical pedagogy,
from the University of St. Thomas,
Minneapolis.
Hines’ dissertation research focuses on Emily Hines
student motivation in reading intervention.
Prior to coming to UW-Stout, she taught PK through 12th
grade for 13 years in Eau Claire. She is active in local, state
and international reading associations and served from 2006-09
as president and vice president of the Eau Claire Area Reading
Council.
When she isn’t reading or teaching reading, she spends time
traveling and hanging out with her husband, Barry, and son, Huck.
Daniel Krenzer, a new hire in school
psychology, lived in nine other states before
moving to Wisconsin. Born in Colorado, he
spent most of his life in North Carolina.
Krenzer has a B.S. in psychology and
sociology from Western Carolina University,
an M.S. in educational psychology and a
Ph.D. in school psychology from Mississippi
State University.
Prior to coming to UW-Stout, he
worked as a school psychologist at an
alternative secondary school in Grand
Dan Krenzer
Junction, Colo., for children with emotional and behavioral difficulties.
Krenzer’s research interests lie in concussion and brain injuries, assessment of cognitive abilities and behavior interventions
in schools.
His hobbies include the martial art Brazilian jiu-jitsu; home
brewing; CrossFit exercising; gardening and learning to be a pilot.
When asked the best thing about teaching, he said: “Facilitating
excitement of students about the profession they have chosen;
helping them learn that research can be done by almost anyone.”
Mike Mensink, educational psychology,
grew up on a hog farm in southeast Minnesota.
He has a B.S. in psychology from St.
Olaf College, an M.A. and Ph.D. in educational psychology from University of
Minnesota and has taught at UW-Stout in the
psychology department since 2012. He also
taught at Walden University in Minneapolis,
the University of Minnesota and Macalester
College.
His professional interests include
Michael Mensink
general cognitive mechanisms involved in
understanding informational and narrative text, the influences
of attention and interest on learning from texts, scientific text
comprehension and the social and cognitive factors involved in
creating effective learning technologies.
Prior to joining academia, Mensink’s jobs included managing
a college animal facility, selling computers at Best Buy, searching
bags as a TSA agent at the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport, acting as
town blacksmith for a historic re-enactment and surveying gypsy
moths for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture.
Mensink is a craft beer aficionado and an avid home brewer.
STEM SUMMER ACADEMY
UW-Stout faculty from College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, and the School of Education participated in an
Advanced Science Learning Summer Academy held in July in Turtle Lake. The academy drew 60 teachers from northwestern Wisconsin.
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He also enjoys playing softball, video games, building custom
PCs and reading science fiction and fantasy novels. World travel
also is important. “I’m always on the lookout for new cultural
experiences in far-flung lands,” he said.
And the best thing about teaching? “For me, the best thing
about teaching is being able to build and sustain mentoring
relationships with students. Seeing students grow and become
successful is why I went into teaching.”
Matthew Simoneau will teach in the undergraduate career and
technical education program and serve as program director.
Simoneau, from Fridley, Minn., is a
UW-Stout alumnus, with a B.S. and M.S.
in career, technical education and training.
He is completing his Ed.S., also in CTET.
Simoneau was associate dean of academic
affairs at Inver Hills Community College,
construction programs coordinator at
North Hennepin Community College and
adjunct faculty in the building inspections
technology program at North Hennepin
Community College and Inver Hills.
Matthew Simoneau
Simoneau’s research interests are
student perceptions of career and technical education; programs
of study; the effective use of Carl Perkins funds; evaluation of
community and technical college instructors; and program evaluation.
His hobbies include reading, travel and golf.
His favorite thing about teaching is helping students achieve
their educational and professional goals.
Sapna Thapa, from Darjeeling, India,
will teach early childhood education. She
has an Ed.D. and M.A. in early childhood
education from University of Sheffield,
United Kingdom, and has worked for
more than 25 years in early childhood
education, care and development in South
Asia.
In 1990 Thapa started her
career in education and has taught in
Sapna Thapa
Darjeeling — where the tea comes from,
she said — Denmark, Nepal and most
recently at MotherCare International Preschool and John Dewey
High School both in Kathmandu.
Her research interests are in policy studies. “I am very interested
to understand and explore perceptions of equity, diversity and
quality in different socio-cultural constructs and the implications
and impacts these perceptions have on policy formation,” she
said.
Her hobbies include reading — “anything from trashy fiction
to hardcore classics” — listening to music — Bollywood is on
her hotlist — dancing and traveling. Also, “I adore dogs and
children,” she said.
“The best thing about teaching is learning along with the
students,” Thapa said. “Whenever I prepare a syllabus or course I
end up reading so many new things and learning.”
Her philosophy is encapsulated in the words of Phil Collins,
“In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.”
GRADUATION
STEVE MEYER HONORED
UW-Stout Master of
Science in education online
students meet in front of the
Memorial Student Center
prior to the Graduate School
commencement ceremony
in May. From left are Melissa
Magnuson-Cannady, Lisa
Klein, Angela Wilson,
program director Renee
Chandler, Linda Young, Stacy
Harvey, Mara Werner and
Fiorella Velarde.
Alumnus Steve
Meyer, technology
education, was one
of three teachers
honored in June in
Washington, D.C.,
with the DiscoverE
Educator Award
from the National
Engineers Week
Foundation.
Steve Meyer
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SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
267 Heritage Hall
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, WI 54751
Faculty and staff:
Mary Alice Anderson published the “Discovering Local History
Resources in Your Own Back Yard” chapter in Interacting with History by
American Library Association, Fall 2013, Kathy Lehman, editor. Anderson
presented “The Power of Primary Sources” at TIES Technology Training
Center, St. Paul, in June.
Khalsa, Datta Kaur and S. Humphrey, Online Professional Development, published “Bridging Techniques and Technology in TESOL Teacher
Training,” TESOL Connections: 2013 Convention Special Edition, August.
Khalsa presented “Bridging Technique and Technology in TESOL Teacher
Training” at Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages International Conference, Dallas, in March. Khalsa presented “Case Studies:
Simple and powerful creative tools for online learning” at Society for
Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference, New Orleans,
in March. Khalsa presented “The Role of Social Media in the Classroom”
at Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Waikiki Beach,
in May. Khalsa, and Lehmann, K. presented “Social Media’s Role in Your
Online Classroom,” at Conference on Distance Learning and Teaching,
Madison, in August.
Jill Klefstad and Kim Martinez, published “Using Multicultural
Children’s Literature to Promote Cultural Awareness and Appreciation” in
Young Children, November. Klefstad and Hoel, A. published “Inquiry and
Reflection Engages Student Voice,” International Journal of Business and
Management Invention, August.
Susan Manning presented “A Primer on Digital Badges,” at the conference on Distance Learning and Teaching, Madison, in August.
Kevin Mason published “Teacher Involvement in Pre-service Teacher
Education” in Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice. Mason
published “Land, Sea, and Sky: Mapmaking as Reflection in Pre-service
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ciplinary Perspectives. Mason presented “The Pedagogical Practices of
the Next Generation Science Standards,” at the No Teacher Left Inside
Conference, Poynette, in August. Mason also taught at two summer
academies funded by a Wisconsin Improving Teacher Quality Grant.
Sharron McElmeel, David V. Loertscher and Betty Wrenn-Estes,
published “Young Adult Literature and Multimedia: A Quick Guide” 8th
ed. Salt Lake City: Learning Commons Press/Hi Willow Research and
Publishing. McElmeel published “The Best Teen Reads” 8th ed. Salt Lake
City: Learning Commons Press. McElmeel co-presented “Authors Speak:
Common Core Standards and an Author’s Role,” at the Illinois Reading
Association in Springfield, Ill in March.
Carol Mooney appointed to a faculty position with the National Joint
Apprenticeship Training Center’s National Training Institute for the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The institute is held in
August at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Dennis O’Connor and C. Heine published “Teaching Information
Fluency: How to Teach Students to Be Efficient, Ethical, and Critical
Information Consumers” Scarecrow Press.
Students and alumni
Rebecca Bushman, marketing and business education, received a $400
scholarship from the Wisconsin Business Education Association in October. She also was elected association secretary for the next two years.
Nate Daniels, marketing and business education, received the Samuel
E. Wood Medallion.
Kayla Oliver, marketing and business education, received the Samuel E.
Wood Medallion.
Aaron Pokrzywa, ’05 technology education, won the Golden Apple
award in April. Pokrzywa teaches technology, engineering at DePere High
School.
Catherine Runice Pulkinen, ’94 vocational rehabilitation/special
education, has been chosen for the Fulbright Specialist Roster. She will
be on the roster for five years, and institutions worldwide may enlist her
in projects related to special education, multicultural education or other
relevant areas.
David Stricker and Carol Mooney were invited curriculum workshop
facilitators for the ISD#11 – Anoka Ramsey – fall faculty inservice. They
presented “Technology Education 5 Year Vision Seminar” to technology
education faculty in August.
Tiffani Calmes Roltgen ’03 was named executive director of the
Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and also
was awarded the state-level WAFCS 2012 New Achiever Award, which
recognizes emerging professionals who have shown potential for making
significant contributions in the field of family and consumer sciences.
Deanna Schultz published “College and Career Ready? Perceptions
of High School Students Related to WorkKeys Assessments” with Sam
Stern, Oregon State University, in the November edition of Career and
Technical Education Research.
Beverly (Peterson) Spinti ’54 was honored for her 50 years in Girl
Scouts at a celebration held in April in Menomonie.
The Scholastic Book Fair received the award: Organization Events of
the Year.
Richard Tepler ’75 released his new book of poetry “Walk with Me,
Sawyer Bear” with Dorrance Publishing. Tepler taught kindergarten at
Ladysmith Elementary School before retirement.