ARRIVALS

Albert Muniz has accepted the position of student services program manager 2 to fill the new position of director of business undergraduate recruitment and admissions in the Undergraduate Admissions Office of the Wisconsin School of Business. Muniz previously worked for the University of Arizona as a recruitment and retention specialist in its College of Education. He holds a B.A. in Geography and a M.A. in Higher Education from the University of Arizona. “As the Wisconsin School of Business prepares to make the transition to sophomore admissions in September 2009, a new director of admissions will help make sure this transition is as smooth as possible,” said Steve Schroeder, assistant dean for undergraduate programs. “Albert brings the experience and enthusiasm to make this happen.”

Charlotte Frascona joins the business school as a General Business lecturer. She previously worked as an affiliated consultant with Jane Elder Strategies, LLC and as a freelance editor. Frascona has taught at several universities, including the Department of English and Women’s Studies Program at Edgewood College. She has a Ph.D. in Modern British and American Novel from UW-Madison.

Amanda Dillard Kenny has accepted a position as a General Business lecturer. She previously was an associate lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has her Ph.D. from the UW-Madison Department of English and a M.A. from Marquette University.

Alison Zuba has joined the business school as a university services program associate A with the Graaskamp Center for Real Estate. She has a B.B.A. in Management from UW-Eau Claire.

Christine Steinke has accepted the position of financial specialist 3 with the Financial Management Office, as of July 6, replacing Lois Turner. She will be processing classified payroll, auditing p-card statements, assisting with student payroll and assisting with processing employee travel reimbursements, direct payments to vendors and payments to individuals. She joins the Wisconsin School of Business from the UW-Madison School of Education, where she was with the Department of Educational Policy Studies.  She has an associate degree from Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland, Wis.

DEPARTURES

Jo Meier has resigned from the position of assistant dean for Undergraduate Academic Services with the Wisconsin School of Business, to accept a new assistant dean position with the College of Letters and Science. Meier led the business school’s undergraduate academic advising office for eight years. In announcing her departure, Senior Associate Dean Jim Johannes said,  student demand for advising services has “hit an al- time high and the professionalism and efficiency that Jo and her staff have brought to our advising office is second to none. Our school and students have been the beneficiaries of all her hard work. L&S is fortunate to have lured her away.” Meier’s position with the business school is posted and the school hopes to have a new assistant dean on-board by September 1. In the interim, Mike Carr, Jeff Gehrke and Mo O’Connor will split the responsibilities of the position.

Robert Wargolet, associate information processing consultant, Executive Education, Fluno Center, has resigned.

TRANSITIONS

Jamie Marsh Finco of the Business Career Center (BCC) will take on a new role assisting the Puelicher Center for Banking Education on a part-time basis by engaging in employer development with firms in the investment banking and securities industry. This new role will include traveling to key organizations, working with alumni and employer contacts to create consistent opportunities for students to succeed on Wall Street, and presenting career-focused content in the new Investment Banking and Capital Markets course, Finance 365. After serving as a full-time career advisor in the Business Career Center over the past three years, Marsh Finco will continue to provide career advice to students pursuing a major in Finance, Investment and Banking in the BCC, and continue to serve as faculty advisor to two student organizations and liaison to professional development organizations nationwide. Also within the Business Career Center, Sarah Barber has accepted a new role as the office’s deputy director.  She will work closely with BCC Director Steve Schroeder to assist in the management of the BCC.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Professor Steve Malpezzi, Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, gave two invited guest lectures. He presented on “Housing in Developing and Transition Economies” to graduate students in planning and real estate at MIT, and, in Washington, D.C., he presented and led a staff discussion “Malpezzi on the World Bank’s Housing Policy” that discussed current and prospective urban research and its implications for policy advice to national and sub-national governments.  Malpezzi also contributed to a National Academy of Sciences review of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s policy and research functions.

Assistant Professor Morris Davis, Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, was invited to join the Homer Hoyt Institute’s Weimer School of Advanced Real Estate Studies as a Postdoctoral Fellow and was invited by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, along with economists Dale Jorgenson and Karl Case, to join a research project on improving the treatment of real estate in the national wealth accounts. Davis also gave a presentation on interest rates and house prices to senior staff at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as part of its Semi-Annual Academic Advisory Council meeting.

Urban Wemmerlöv, Kress Family Wisconsin Distinguished Professor and executive director of the Erdman Center for Operations and Technology Management, attended the European Operations Management (EurOMA) conference in Groningen, the Netherlands, on June 15-18.  Wemmerlöv, a member of the conference’s Scientific Committee, was invited to organize a special track in Healthcare Operations Management, chaired two sessions and gave a presentation on developments in Lean Healthcare.

The Graaskamp Center for Real Estate held its annual Wisconsin Housing Conference, co-sponsored by Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority, the Wisconsin Department of Commerce and the Wisconsin Realtors Association. Tim Riddiough, Morris Davis, Jim Johannes, Mark Ready and Steve Malpezzi were among the presenters and session leaders. The keynote address was given by new St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard.  The conference presentations are webcast at:
http://www.bus.wisc.edu/wcre/housingconference/stream/

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