UW-Fox Valley Announces Kaplan Award Winners for 2003-2004
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The University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley has announced that three members of its faculty have been awarded the UW Colleges prestigious Arthur M. Kaplan Award for the current academic year.
This year's award recipients at UWFox are:
- William “Bill” Bultman, Associate Professor of Computer Science;
- Susan Rabideau, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Theatre Director;
- Dubear Kroening, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences.
Bultman,
of Appleton, was recognized for championing “the use of computers
on campus in teaching, research, and administrative applications,”
said Bill Messner, Chancellor of the UW Colleges. Bultman also wrote several
campus-specific software. One program helped keep the campus community
informed about campus events and another was used to analyze and distribute
teaching evaluation data. He further served on numerous campus committees
and played a key role in the development and authoring of the campus web
page.
Rabideau,
of Kaukauna, had several successful stage productions over the past year.
Her production of “The Vagina Monologues” at UWFox generated
enough revenue to raise a $5,500 for a local domestic abuse shelter. Among
her other accomplishments in 2003, she helped establish two scholarships
for outstanding theatrical students and helped develop and eventually
taught freshman-year experience courses at UWFox. Messner called Rabideau
a “beloved teacher, a cherished colleague, and a productive member
of UW-Fox Valley’s community.”
Kroening,
of Appleton, was cited for his development of a hybrid course and his
innovative teaching methods, “both of which have brought forth improvement
in instruction and student participation,” Messner related. Kroening
also made extensive use of online technology to further enhance UWFox
students’ learning and computer skills.
According Messner, "The Arthur M. Kaplan Award program was established to recognize the outstanding contributions made to education by UW Colleges faculty and academic staff. It recognizes the very positive spirit that Provost / Vice Chancellor Emeritus Arthur M. Kaplan contributed to the enhancement of education in the UW Colleges."
Each of the 13 individual campuses around the state that collectively make up the UW Colleges claims its own Kaplan Award winner(s).
The award, begun in 1993, is a grant provided to the individual and the campus that is to be used for professional development or necessary supplies and equipment. In some cases, individual campus foundations match institutional funds.
Posted 1/14/2004