APPOINTMENTS

Nancy Bayne, associate vice chancellor for personnel and budget, UW-Stevens Point Office of Academic Affairs. Bayne is a member of the psychology faculty.

Wm. Robert Bucker, dean of the School of the Arts, UW- Milwaukee. Bucker was dean of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Ginny Coombs, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, UW-River Falls. Coombs was vice president for academic affairs at Oklahoma City University.

Susan DeRouchey, director of marketing services, UW-Stevens Point Extension. DeRouchey will oversee market research, needs assessment and impact analysis, and web-related activities.

Al Ghorbanpoor, associate dean for graduate programs and research, UW-Milwaukee College of Engineering and Applied Science. Ghorbanpoor was dean of the Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics.

Brian Mattmiller, director of news and public affairs, UW-Whitewater. Mattmiller was a university relations specialist at UW-Madison University Communications.

Keith T. Miller, provost, UW-Oshkosh. Miller was dean of Niagara University's College of Business Administration.

Barbara Nemecek, founding dean of the newly established College of Business and Economics, UW-River Falls. Nemecek was dean of the College of Business and professor of marketing at Montana State University.

Mary Roggeman, deputy assistant chancellor for student and multicultural affairs, UW-Milwaukee. She was director of financial aid and student employment.

William H. Rost, assistant chancellor for university advancement, UW-River Falls, and president of the UW-River Falls Foundation. He was assistant vice president for university development and campaign director at the State University of New York in Buffalo.

Peter Spear, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, UW-Madison. Spear was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of psychology at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Alfonzo Thurman, dean of the School of Education, UW-Milwaukee. Thurman was dean of the College of Education at Northern Illinois University.

Kimera Way, executive director of development, UW-Eau Claire. Way was executive director of development at Michigan Tech University.

Robert Whitcomb, director of continuing education, UW-Eau Claire. Whitcomb was dean of the graduate school and directed continuing education at Thomas College in Maine.

Leon M. Zaborowski, dean of outreach and graduate studies, UW-River Falls. Zaborowski was vice-provost for adult and continuing education and dean of University College at Northeastern University.

Mark Zlevor, director of financial services and controller, UW- Whitewater. Zlevor previously was controller at Milwaukee Area Technical College and vice president for finance at Gateway Technical College.

Ron Buchholz, UW-Whitewater, "Leader of Leaders" administration award from the Campus Outreach Opportunity League. Buchholz is associate director of the James R. Connor University Center.

Larry L. Bumpass, Stephen R. Carpenter and F. Fleming Crim, UW-Madison, elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Bumpass is an emeritus professor of sociology and director of the National Survey of Families and Households; Carpenter is the Halverson Professor of Limnology and a professor of zoology; Crim is the J.E. Willard and Hilldale Professor of Chemistry.

William M. Denevan, Lorrie Moore, William S. Reznikoff, UW-Madison, named American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellows for 2001. Denevan is the Carl O. Sauer Professor Emeritus of geography; Moore is a professor of English; Reznikoff is the Evelyn Mercer Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Katrina Forest, UW-Madison, W.M. Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholar in Medical Research. An assistant professor of bacteriology, Forest will receive $1 million over five years to study proteins involved in the common early steps of bacterial infection in humans. She is one of five recipients nationally.

Roger Ludeman, UW- Whitewater, 11-month Fulbright scholarship to conduct research and lecture at the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa. Ludeman, emeritus assistant chancellor of student affairs, will help develop a certification training program for student service providers,promote study abroad programs, produce a new research journal and host an annual conference.

Lucretia Mattson, UW-Eau Claire, Educator of the Year by the American Woman's Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mattson is an associate professor of accounting and finance.

Mark Saffman, UW-Madison, Sloan Research Fellowship for young scholars. Saffman, a physics professor, receives a $40,000 award for his research in studying complex behavior such as pattern formation, in particular in optical systems.

Marsha D. Rossiter, UW- Oshkosh, selected as a Houle Scholar by the Cyril O. Houle Scholars in Adult and Continuing Education Program. Rossiter, associate director of continuing education and extension and acting director of weekend and evening degree programs, receives $40,000 over two years to support emerging work in the field of adult and continuing education.

Robert "Doc" Snyder, inducted into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Snyder founded the UW-Oshkosh radio-TV-film program in 1964 and retired from the faculty in 1993. He still does a one-hour weekly broadcast of the "Jazz City" program that began in 1966.

UW-Stout and UW-Whitewater, 2001 Wisconsin United Residence Hall Association's Large School of the Year Award. This award was the first time in the history of WURHA that there was a tie in the selection of the winner. WURHA promotes and fosters residence housing government among its 19 public and private college and university members.