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FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

Professor Terry Warfield, Accounting and Information Systems, was named to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, an advisory group of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Joann Peck, assistant professor in the marketing department, participated in a 105-mile bike ride in 95 degree weather to raise money for juvenile diabetes research.

Assistant Professor Morris Davis, Real Estate, is a bass player in The Contractions, probably -- no, certainly the best rock and roll band ever assembled from economists. (Second place: The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger having studied at London School of Economics before going another direction.) Among other venues, they often play at meetings of the otherwise-all-too-serious Society for Economic Dynamics, and the Econometric Society. To get the real story, see the Contractions' web site: http://contractions.marginalq.com/ or go to http://www.marginalq.com/morris/

Sanjay Jain, professor of Management and Human Resources, delivered a talk on Sept. 13 titled “Innovating in an Age of Globalization” at the 2006 SABMiller Group Technical Conference held in Milwaukee. More than 200 company executives attended.

Shannon Elliott is a new student services coordinator in the Business Career Center, beginning Oct. 23, replacing Amy Climer. She will coordinate the activities of the Accenture Leadership Center and work with the undergraduate business student organizations. Her office is in 2261 Grainger. Elliott has worked previously in the MBA Program Office and with the PhD program.

Lois Turner, financial specialist 3, joined the Financial Management Office replacing Julie Gray as permanent staff and Ed Slotten as LTE as of Oct. 16. She came from the School of Education, where she had worked in the Wisconsin Center for Education and Research for six years as a financial specialist. Her duties there included procurement card, travel and other payments and reimbursements. Her duties here will be the same, as well as classified and student hourly payroll.

Sara Dutenhoefer joins the School of Business as operations assistant with the Evening MBA program as of Oct. 23. Dutenhoefer replaces Katy France. She previously worked at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. She received her undergraduate degree from UW-Stevens Point and recently received her master’s degree in public policy from Northwestern.

Ruth Dahl will occupy the LTE position as a student status examiner 2 in the
Undergraduate Programs Office as of Oct. 16.