FACULTY-STAFF NEWS

Assistant Professor Kenneth Wathne was given the Mu Kappa Tau (MKT) "Outstanding Educator Award" for the second year in a row. The award was announced at the MKT banquet in April.

Joseph Boucher, senior lecturer in business law, received the 2005 Wisconsin Small Business Legal Assistance Award at the Wisconsin Small Business Awards event in May in Waukesha for providing quality legal assistance to would-be entrepreneurs in many ways for more than 20 years. Boucher is a regular spokesman at Small Business Development Center classes and seminars, counsels three to five small businesses a month and provides legal assistance to SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives) volunteers. 

James Hickman, emeritus dean and professor of the School of Business, was honored in May by the UW-Madison Speakers Bureau Hickman has given several talks on the topic of Social Security. His efforts were described by the Speakers Bureau as “a testament to the invaluable contributions to our outreach efforts by our UW emeriti.”

The Divisional Committee voted to recommend promotion to associate professor with tenure for Elizabeth Odders-White of the Department of Finance, Investment and Banking.  

Professor Antonio Mello's appointment as the Frank Graner Chair in Finance has been approved effective July 1.

Toni Whited 's appointment as the Kuechenmeister-Bascom Professor in Business was approved effective July 1.

Bolz Center for Arts Administration Director Andrew Taylor was named consulting editor of The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, an academic journal for arts policymakers and analysts and others concerned with the performing, visual and media arts and with cultural affairs.

The Executive MBA program’s director of admissions and operations, Connie Rieben, will be at Wellesley College in June, as the board representative directing the college’s annual symposium. She just finished a four-year term on the Wellesley Alumnae Board.

Chad Margenau was promoted to vice president of finance and administration for CASB (the Center for Advanced Studies in Business), which operates the Fluno Center. In his new role, he is responsible for the CASB day-to-day relationship with Aramark, financial operations of CASB, target marketing of potential CASB clients (along with Tammy Thayer-Ali), and process and systems enhancements. He has been working for CASB since December 2003.

Beth Wiebusch, director of computing services, is the newly elected chair of the School of Business Committee on Academic Staff Issues (CASI).

John Surdyk has assumed full-time duties as director for the Initiative for Studies in Technology Entrepreneurship (INSITE) a cross-campus faculty cluster group spearheaded in the School of Business involving technology and entrepreneurship.

Susan Sauer joins the School of Business on June 13 as a program assistant 3, working with the Executive MBA program. Previously, she was with the UW-Madison Division of Housing, where she was an assignment coordinator. Sauer is no stranger to Grainger Hall. From 2001 to 2003, she worked in Conference Services for the School of Business. She has a B.S. from UW-Madison in art education.

Richard D. Lee joins Alumni Relations on June 20 as an associate outreach specialist. Since 2000, he has been a unit manager with Wisconsin Public Television, responsible for project event and administrative oversight. He has a bachelor’s in business administration from UW-Oshkosh and is working toward a master’s of public administration, also from UW-Oshkosh. Lee will join Alumni Relations Director Alisa Robertson and Associate Director Rebeccca Smith, who will be returning from maternity leave this month.