Wayne Nero, business, has received the UW-Stout Outstanding Educator Award from the Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce. Selection is based on voting by students at the SSA spring elections. The award was presented to Nero at the Chamber's annual Student/Educator Recognition Banquet, which also recognized the university's top 25 students.
UW-Stout went to the east coast to select it's first women's soccer coach. Lisa Petrucelli, interim head coach at NCAA division 1 University of Maine-Orono last season, will build the first-year program beginning this fall. Petrucelli is finishing her graduate work in Sports Management. A center midfielder for four years at Smith College in Northhampton, Mass., Petrucelli was a graduate assistant coach at the University of Maryland for two years and an assistant coach at the University of New England-Biddeford for a season.
Donna Weber has been named Affirmative Action Officer at UW-Stout. Weber, a member of UW-Stout's psychology department, began her duties Aug. 1. She received a bachelor of arts degree in sociology and psychology from Viterbo College in 1964; and a master of education degree in professional development from UW-Stout in 1987. Weber has taught at UW-Stout since 1984. She has previous experience in accounting, human resources and public relations; and was an employment interviewer and counselor for the Minnesota State Employment Service.
Judy Spain, director of residence life, received the Outstanding Service Award.
Both were presented with the awards at the May commencement ceremonies. Each award includes a $500 honorarium.
Flynn earned her B.A. degree at UW-Eau Claire and received her Master of Education degree at UW-River Falls. She went on to obtain a Ph.D. in education from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.
She has taught at UW-Stout since 1983 and is currently program director of the public relations/public information specialization at UW-Stout, as well as director of the psychology program. She is also a consultant for Eau Claire School District and Greendoor Graphics in Eau Claire.
Spain has been director of residence life since 1972. She came to Stout in 1967 from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, where she obtained her M.S. degree in student personnel administration. Her B.S. degree from that university is in library science.
Spain's duties include advising residence hall governments, supervising educational programs and faculty involvement in the residence halls to complement classroom learning, and developing and maintaining a concept of "community" for residence halls communities. She is also involved in preparing residence hall budgets, selecting and supervising personnel, and developing space utilization plans for 614,000 square feet in nine residence halls.
Both individuals are members of numerous professional, academic and civic organizations.
Promoted from associate professor to professor are Ayub Hossain, mathematics; Kimberly Kluver, business; Michael Nicolai, speech; Robert Price, art and design; Robert Salt, human development, family living and community educational services; George Smeaton, psychology; and Richard Vomela, technology.
Promoted from assistant professor to associate professor are T. Kathleen Cochran, apparel, textiles and design; Peter D'Souza and Bharath Josiam, hospitality and tourism; Mary DeMaine, art and design; Marian Ellison, mathematics; Ellen Emanuel, rehabilitation; Julie Furst-Bowe, communication, education and training; Margaret Nelson, music; Donna Stewart, industrial management; Dennis Vanden Bloomen, business; and Norman Zhou, technology.
Vomela, Cochran and Vanden Bloomen were also granted tenure, along with Paul Ngo, psychology; Gary Rockwood, counseling and psychological services; and Judy Rommell, human development, family living and community educational services.
Named professor emeritus by the regents were Richard Miller, mathematics; Arthur Muller, Frank Pershern, Robert Spinti and Henry Thomas, technology; J. Anthony Samenfink, human development, family living and community educational services; A. Gary Searle, communication, education and training; and Douglas Stallsmith, industrial management.
Donald Chatman, business; Douglas Gingrich, psychology; Dean Long, industrial management; and Dale Mallory, telecommunications and technology, were named associate professor emeritus.
Stennet Pierce, physical education and athletics, was named assistant professor emeritus.
Emeritus status is an honorary designation by the regents for retired unclassified staff members.
First semester sabbaticals have been awarded to Susan Hunt, art and design; Loretta Thielman, mathematics; and Richard Tyson, social science.
Second semester sabbaticals have been awarded to Tom Baldwin, technology; Todd Boppel, art and design; James Herr, communications, education and training; Stephen Snyder, social science; and Janice Timmer, food and nutrition.
Full-year sabbaticals for 1995-96 were granted to Don Baughman, psychology; and Sue Stephenson, counseling and psychological services.
Sabbaticals are granted by the board to recognize teaching efforts and excellence. Purpose of the program is to enhance teaching, course and curriculum development, research or other scholarly activities related to instructional programs.
In the School of Education and Human Services, the four departments of counseling and psychological services; education; psychology and rehabilitation, will be realigned into the three departments of education, school counseling and school psychology; psychology; and rehabilitation and counseling.
In the School of Liberal Studies, the name of the department of mathematics has been changed to the department of mathematics, statistics and computer science. The departments of speech and music have been merged into a new department of speech communication, foreign languages, theatre and music.
The dietetic internship prepares dietetics professionals who are experts on food and nutrition, and promotes optimal health and nutritional status of the public. The need for dietetics practitioners is expected to increase as the role of nutrition in health and the benefits of nutrition intervention in the prevention and treatment of diseases continues to be documented.
The budget covers the fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30, 1996. Of the total operating budget, fewer than half of the funds come from state tax dollars. The balance is funded by fees, gifts and grants.
This year's budget contains $50 million in salaries and fringe benefits for the university's 967 permanent employees and graduate assistants. The 1995-96 unclassified compensation plan includes a 1 percent average increase effective July 1, 1995.
Other items in the budget include $12 million for supplies and services, $4 million for equipment, and $11 million for campus-based financial aid and debt service.
Diane Moen, university controller, said a full-time undergraduate Wisconsin student at UW-Stout will pay approximately $5,177 for tuition, fees, room and board during the 1995-96 academic year. Moen said that represents an overall increase of 4.9 percent from last year. Tuition was increased by 6.5 percent, and fees, room and board increased approximately 3.9 percent.
The tuition figure includes a 1 percent tuition surcharge for special technology which will be used to improve student access to items such as computer workstations, e-mail, software and training.
The approved budget eliminated the sunset date for the instructional laboratory modernization, general computer access and classroom modernization programs, and thus continues the annual funding of $430,000.