June 2005

UW-Green Bay paper technology center moves to downtown Green Bay

GREEN BAY - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's Paper Technology Transfer Center is opening the doors to its new location in downtown Green Bay.

The center is moving from the UW-Green Bay campus to its permanent location in the Regency Center office building, 333 Main St.

UW-Green Bay and community leaders will formally dedicate the Paper Technology Transfer Center on Wednesday, July 6. The dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony will start at 10 a.m.

Speakers at the dedication will include UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard, Congressman Mark Green (R-Green Bay), Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt, and a representative of the Wisconsin Paper Council.

Chancellor Shepard said locating the Paper Technology Transfer Center downtown reflects the University's commitment to a vibrant central city. He noted that UW-Green Bay's Downtown Learning Center has been operating at Washington Commons for the past year.

"We want to do everything we can to help Green Bay strengthen its downtown," Shepard said. "An expanded presence downtown also will give the community a greater sense of ownership of Green Bay's University of Wisconsin."

The Paper Technology Transfer Center is an excellent example of UW-Green Bay connecting learning to the life of the region and state, the Chancellor said.

The center will benefit the state and regional economy by helping keep Wisconsin on the cutting edge of paper technology. It will encourage researchers to develop patentable technologies that can be transferred from the laboratory to the marketplace. It also will stress collaborative efforts involving the paper industry, the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin Technical College System.

Congressman Green secured $500,000 in federal funding for the center to help Wisconsin remain a leader in paper manufacturing.

David Hollenberg, director of the Paper Technology Transfer Center, said the downtown location will make the center accessible to the many partners and innovators with whom the center will work. He noted that more paper manufacturing and converting operations are located within 100 miles of Green Bay than anywhere else in North America.

Hollenberg also announced that the center's Web site is up and running at http://www.uwgb.edu/pttc. The new Web site primarily is a repository of information highlighting new technologies that might apply to papermaking or converting.

Hollenberg, who has 25 years of experience in various facets of the paper industry, began as director of the Paper Technology Transfer Center in February.

(05-144 / 29 June 2005 / SH)

Schools, districts, agencies win Institute grants

GREEN BAY - The Institute for Learning Partnership at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has awarded 14 grants totaling more than $57,700 to support educational research projects in the 2005-2006 school year.

Grants went to schools in the Chilton, Crivitz, De Pere, Green Bay, Kiel, Sheboygan and Wittenberg-Birnamwood school districts, and to the Green Bay Public School District, the Plymouth Joint School District and the Cooperative Education Service Agency (CESA) 8.

This is the seventh year the Institute has awarded monies through its Grants to Improve Teaching and Learning Program. To date, the Institute has awarded more than $550,000.

John Crubaugh, interim director of the Institute, and Michael Marinetti, UW-Green Bay assistant dean of professional studies and research, co-chaired the grant committee. Nine educators were on the selection team.

Pam Schuster of Chilton Elementary School was awarded $1,400 for a guided reading program that provides both fiction and non-fiction books for all learners, but especially focusing on at-risk children and those for whom English is a second language. Assisting with the proposal and project are Becky Blink, director of curriculum and instruction; Rich Appel, principal at Chilton Elementary School; Pat Sowls, district reading specialist; and Jean Goeldi, Mary Nelson, Mary Schweitzer and Marna Winkle, teachers.

Gene Chapman of the School District of Crivitz was awarded $7,985 for CRASH — a converse, read and share at home reading program that promotes parents reading aloud to their children. Assisting with the proposal and project are Martine Horne, CESA 8 early childhood speech/language pathologist; Mary Anne Kust and Carol Laitinen, teachers; and Diane Sherman, reading specialist.

Catherine Grassl of Heritage School, De Pere, was awarded $2,977 for Yeah, Non-fiction! — a comprehension-building program for first- and second-grade students. Assisting with the proposal and project are Sher Brandl, multiage classroom, Dickinson School, and Polly Vannieuwenhoven, Heritage School.

Hilarie Rath of Aldo Leopold Community School, Green Bay, was awarded $2,897 for The Reader's Notebook: A Tool for Constructing Meaning. The tool will provide training for teachers as they assist students in the development of reading and writing skills. It can be used for a variety of skill levels and backgrounds in seeking to close the achievement gap. Assisting with the proposal and project are Patrick Batey, principal at Aldo Leopold Community School; Terry Swanson, intermediate teacher at Aldo Leopold; and Kathleen Anderson, teacher at Doty Elementary School.

Theresa Willems of Chappell Elementary School, Green Bay, received $7,500 for a new project, Improved Achievement via Decreased Truancy and Suspension. This project will focus on meeting identified needs for targeted students and families to increase attendance and decrease suspensions to improve learning and narrow the achievement gap. The project will focus on implementing strategies through home visits and parenting classes. Assisting with the proposal and project are Alison Draheim, a social worker at Chappell School who also coordinates the school district's services for children of homeless families; Faith Beam, district department chair and Chappell psychologist; Kelly Powers, Title I parent involvement coordinator; and Chappell parent Jennifer Kutska of Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA).

Diane Robishaw, Kathleen Masse and Jared Bankson of Fort Howard Elementary School, Green Bay, were awarded $1,000 for Reading with Responsibility. This project is aimed at helping at-risk students make gains in their independent and instructional reading levels.

Trina Lambert of Green Bay Area Public Schools received $2,650 for the new TRIBES program, which will provide English language learning students the opportunity to learn English in a non-threatening and caring environment. This project will involve school day staff working together with the after school staff to incorporate the TRIBES learning process into the everyday lives of students at Danz Elementary School. Assisting with the proposal and project are Kimberly Ott, principal at Danz Elementary School; Rachel Setliff, site coordinator of Danz Elementary After School Program; and the Boys & Girls Club of Green Bay. Tina Novak of Kennedy Elementary School, Green Bay, was awarded $1,384 for Hmong and Spanish language and culture clubs. These clubs will provide English language learners in grades 3-5 an opportunity to be leaders by teaching their native language and culture to their peers. While serving as role models and working with adult teachers, they will also develop strategies for learning a language themselves, and improve their own reading skills. Assisting with the proposal and project are Wendy Berndt and Mary Blair, teachers; John Zegers, principal; and Maria Cortez, parent.

Eleanor Hinz-Radue of West High School, Green Bay, received $5,000 for the new program Guerilla Theatre: Attacking the Achievement Gap. An artist residency will be established at West High. The goal of the residency will be to close the achievement gap in language arts by building upon the dramatic opportunities presented in the curriculum (grades 9-11). The artist in residence will facilitate training of students in performance composition and the development of a performance venue during the school day that is accessible to all students. Assisting with the proposal and project are Paul Marino, associate principal; James Paplham, language arts department chair; Marc Kotz, movement education specialist, Born to Move: Educational Movement Programs; and Stephane Bielen, May Chang and Ann Miller, language arts teachers.

Holly Rabe of Zielanis Elementary School, Kiel, received $3,699 for the project Using DIBELS to Promote Beginning Reading Development. The project involves using DIBELS, a form of curriculum-based measurement that informs teachers about students' progress and response to instruction in an efficient and timely manner, with Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students to identify those students in need of intervention. The goal is to develop individualized instructional plans, and monitor progress in response to intervention. The project includes training of teachers in DIBELS administration and interpretation as well as effective intervention techniques to foster beginning reading development. Parents will also receive information about DIBELS and appropriate strategies to support their children's reading development. Assisting with the proposal and project are Donnell Vogel, reading specialist.

The Plymouth Joint School District and Judy Woelfel, Joan Carlson, Sue Smith, Fran Wieneke, and Ginger Boldt were awarded $5,000 for Parenting with Pride. The grant provides funding to support the parent-outreach component of the 4-Year-Old Kindergarten Program. Materials purchased will help further facilitate the strong emphasis on the home/school connection and the importance of parental involvement in the child's education. In addition, these materials will be used within the school to enhance the learning of all early childhood and kindergarten students in the district, allowing the instruction to be differentiated to best meet the needs of all students. By providing parents with educational materials to use in their home, the parents will be encouraged to help their child achieve at his or her highest educational potential.

Beth Petrie and Lynn Hahn of Sheboygan South High School were awarded $1,280 for Increase Student Achievement Thru Inspiration. The purpose of the project is to improve students' writing skills in science by using the software program Inspiration. The grant includes money to purchase copies of the software for a computer lab and teacher workstations as well as training for the science teachers in terms of concept mapping and integration into the curriculum. Assisting with the proposal and project are Kathy Hermann, science department chair; Sue Dennis, technology coordinator; and Lee Benish, principal.

Brenda Jozwiak of Wittenberg - Birnamwood Elementary Schools was awarded $5,000 for Team: Rev Up Your Engines. This project will establish and sustain collaborative "teaming" by providing training, support, guidance, time and consistent follow-up for the special education team. This grant will create a group of in-house experts across the areas of communication, assistive technology, sensory processing/alertness and positive behavioral supports. Team members will be working together with other special and regular education staff to problem solve when students with disabilities display needs in the school environment. Paraprofessional staff members will work one-on-one with students or those who support students with special needs in the classroom. Staff members will receive additional training to implement sensory diets, use of technology and behavioral supports. The grant will encourage collaborative work to collect and analyze data that will directly impact how programs for students with disabilities are developed. Assisting with the proposal and project are Jill Fisher, speech; Pam Laking and Glenda Boldig, emotional behavioral disabilities teachers; Joann Lawton and Pat Blashe, cognitive disabilities teachers; Jeni Strassburg, speech-CESA 8; Faye Blaser, behavioral consultant; and Carol Bardo, OT consultant.

David Kwiatkowski, director of special education, CESA 8, was awarded $10,000 for a second year for a project aimed at increasing learning for children in poverty. The project, Stand in the Gap, will expand its efforts to improve teacher awareness and sensitivity to the unique learning characteristics, language differences, social/behavioral expectations and motivational factors of children in poverty. Assisting with the proposal and project are Robert Kellogg and Chuck Hastert at CESA 8; and Steve Smith, Kathy Dehorme and Jeff Thompson at the School District of Bowler.

(05-143 / 27 June 2005 / CS)

UW-Green Bay questions legislative vote affecting campus heating/cooling

GREEN BAY - Chancellor Bruce Shepard and other officials of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay are calling for a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis, public hearings and reconsideration of a late-night amendment to the state budget requiring the sale and privatization of 32 state-run "power plants."

The plants are located across Wisconsin at sites including UW System campuses, state correctional facilities and the state Capitol.

One of the facilities to be sold would be the UW-Green Bay Heating and Cooling Plant located on the south side of Highway 54-57. The facility heats steam and chills water that is distributed across campus to keep temperatures constant in more than a dozen major buildings including all academic facilities, the Phoenix Sports Center and the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts.

UW-Green Bay's concerns begin with classification of its campus facility as a "power plant." While it uses electricity for chilling, and natural gas and fuel oil for heating, the facility does not in fact generate electricity.

"For us, this proposal is akin to selling the furnace in your home to a third-party vendor," Shepard says. "It is an unnecessary complication and, I suspect, an added layer of expense and perhaps even risk.

"Our plant in no way duplicates what a public utility does, such as generate electricity or provide water. We rely on municipal water and Wisconsin Public Service, same as everyone else. Our plant heats and cools."

The amendment was approved in the overnight hours June 10 by the budget-writing Joint Finance Committee, with Green Bay-area Sen. Robert Cowles casting a dissenting vote. Earlier this week, the Assembly allowed the amendment to stand. The state Senate will take up the budget Tuesday (June 28).

"If a cost-benefit analysis shows this makes sense, I'm for it," Shepard adds, "but right now I share Sen. Cowles's suspicion, along with the other local legislators who withheld their support, that this might be a hasty solution... to a problem that might not exist... that might end up costing more down the road."

Some in the state Department of Administration say their ongoing analysis and a thorough review just getting underway suggest serious questions about the legislation. Among them: how much sale of the 32 plants would actually yield, whether efficiencies would in fact be possible over state-run operating expenses, and the uncertainty involved in making a decision — without hard data — on putting permanent control of a valuable public asset in the hands of an outside vendor with a sole customer, captive market and a need to recoup the purchase price

Tom Maki, UW-Green Bay's vice chancellor for business and finance, who administers campus buildings and grounds, says he would welcome public hearings. He would testify that the current system enjoys certain built-in efficiencies.

"We have a total of six full-time operators, who between them, run the plant 24-7, but they do much more than that," Maki says. "The pumps, pipes and valves are theirs to maintain and repair, all across campus. They assist on HVAC repairs within individual buildings."

As a cost-savings consolidation several years ago, the plant operators assumed more duties as backup to the campus Public Safety unit that Maki also oversees. During early morning and weekend hours, the operators double as non-emergency dispatchers, respond to automated building alarms and security-phone calls, and, on a campus with 2,000 resident students, make sure at least one phone line is answered at all times by someone located at the University.

"It looks easy to chop a number out of the budget," Maki says. "But when I look at how many things those operators do, I see so many things that we're going to have to pay someone else to do. I see greater uncertainty over our future heat/chill expenses beyond that presented by fuel prices. I see loss of direct control over an absolutely critical function. I see something that could make our jobs more difficult and might even cost the state much more money than it does now."

(05-142 / 24 June 2005 / CS)

UW-Green Bay to host third annual watershed monitoring workshop

GREEN BAY - Science teachers from six area high schools will work with university researchers at the Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program's third annual teacher workshop June 27-29.

The workshop at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will provide teachers from Green Bay Southwest, Appleton East, Luxemburg-Casco, Green Bay Preble, Markesan and West De Pere high schools with hands-on training in techniques for monitoring water quality and stream habitat. The teachers also will visit field sites and receive training in collecting and analyzing data.

Teachers new to the program will be introduced to the project, while teachers who are already involved will build upon skills and knowledge learned in previous workshops. During the past year, these teachers teamed up with more than 85 students to carry out monitoring and research projects in tributary watersheds to the Fox River.

Funded by a $1.5 million grant from Arjo Wiggins Appleton, the Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program is a multi-year education, monitoring and assessment program in and around the Fox River Watershed.

The major goal of the program is to establish a long-term monitoring program that will provide high-quality data to be used in making resource management decisions and predicting impacts on the ecosystem. It also is designed to enhance student, teacher and community understanding and stewardship of the Fox River Watershed.

The teacher workshop will consist of classroom lectures and demonstrations and actual field training at some of the monitoring sites. The schedule includes:

• an overview of field monitoring techniques.

• a demonstration and discussion by UW-Milwaukee field biologists of techniques for monitoring fish and other aquatic organisms.

• a tour of the Duck Creek watershed led by watershed managers from the Oneida Nation.

• hands-on sessions on how to analyze and interpret data.

• discussions of how to integrate monitoring activities into the classroom curriculum.

• instruction in quality-control methods.

UW-Green Bay professors Kevin Fermanich and Scott Ashmann and UW-Milwaukee professor Tim Ehlinger will lead workshop sessions. Teachers also will learn firsthand about construction site erosion and storm-water management during a field trip led by UW-Extension Basin Educator Kendra Axness.

The watershed monitoring program involves students and researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UW-Green Bay's Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District and the U.S. Geological Survey.

For more information about the Lower Fox River Watershed Monitoring Program, visit the program's Web site at www.uwgb.edu/watershed.

(05-141 / 22 June 2005 / SH)

Gallagher gift among largest ever at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-A gift to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay from longtime Green Bay residents Jerry and Janet Gallagher is among the largest ever received by the University.

The story of the Gallagher gift and its magnitude is being made public this month with distribution of the alumni magazine Inside UW-Green Bay, which is also available online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/page/inside2.htm#gallagher. The contribution, characterized as a high six-figure donation, will be applied toward UW-Green Bay's new student recreation and events center.

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard describes the Gallaghers' gift, which ranks among the 10 single largest in University history, as "a magnificent statement of their commitment to Green Bay's University of Wisconsin."

"Janet and I, while we are not alumni," Jerry Gallagher says, "believe strongly that the most important and powerful institutions in our community are NWTC, St. Norbert College, Bellin College of Nursing, and UW-Green Bay... That's where the strength of the community and its future lie."

It was announced in January 2005 that the University had reached the fundraising threshold ($7.5 million) necessary to move forward with renovation and expansion of the Phoenix Sports Center. Groundbreaking is expected in November for the new student recreation and events center, a $32.5 million facility to be funded by student fee revenue, state of Wisconsin bonding, and at least $10 million in private contributions from University donors.

The names of the Gallaghers and 15 other major donors who had each contributed at least $100,000 to the events center project were announced in January.

Janet Gallagher says their contribution was prompted, in part, by the awareness that UW-Green Bay is the UW System's youngest four-year campus and one that, without a centuries-old tradition or alumni base, increasingly relies on local donors.

"People in this community now realize," Jerry says, "that the days of dialing up Madison and waiting for the big public money truck to show up are long gone. If growth is to occur, it's apparent that we all have to increase local support."

The Gallaghers are now residents of Ephraim. Jerry Gallagher is a Green Bay native who worked as a stockbroker and was a charter member of the University's Council of Trustees. His mother, Henrietta C. Gallagher, created a $250,000 student scholarship fund with a gift to UW-Green Bay a year before her death in 1997.

"It was a goal of our family," Jerry Gallagher says, "to contribute a million dollars to an institution that serves this community. If education and UW-Green Bay were that important to my mother, who watched every penny and lived fairly modestly... for her to make the gift she did, Janet and I were motivated to follow suit. We've been fortunate."

(05-140 / 16 June 2005 / CS)

UW-Green Bay 2005 commencement on cable TV in June

GREEN BAY-The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's 2005 spring commencement will be televised on local cable television this month.

A taped telecast of the May 14 commencement ceremonies will be carried Saturday, June 18 and Saturday, June 25 on Time Warner Cable Television. Both telecasts will begin at 12:30 p.m.

The ceremonies can be viewed on cable Channel 4 in Green Bay, Howard, Suamico, Seymour, Kaukauna, Little Chute, Combined Locks, Kimberly, Wrightstown, Appleton and Greenville, and on cable Channel 2 in Neenah and Menasha.

Because of chilly temperatures and the threat of showers, the commencement ceremonies were held indoors at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts at UW-Green Bay. Instead of one traditional outdoor event, two ceremonies were held to accommodate the crowd. Both ceremonies will be telecast.

Time Warner digital customers also will be able to view UW-Green Bay's commencement on Wisconsin on Demand (WIoD), Time Warner's local video-on-demand channel. The ceremony can be found on Channel 999.

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard presided over the May 14 commencement ceremonies. William Laatsch, the University's longest-serving faculty member, was the featured commencement speaker. About 700 graduates were eligible to receive their diplomas at the ceremonies.

(05-139 / 14 June 2005 / SH)

Regents approve 14 faculty promotions at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY-Fourteen University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty members were promoted by action of the UW Board of Regents at its June 10 meeting held at UW-Milwaukee. Three individuals were promoted to full professor from the status of associate professor, and 11 were promoted to associate professor from the probationary rank of assistant professor.

Promoted to full professor were Scott Furlong, Gregory Aldrete and Derryl Block.

Furlong, who joined the University in 1993, is a member of the faculties in Public and Environmental Administration and Political Science. He presently serves as chairperson of the Environmental Policy and Planning and Public Administration academic programs.

A historian, Aldrete teaches in that academic discipline and in Humanistic Studies. He has been a member of the faculty since 1995. Aldrete is the author or co-author of several books, and is completing a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship that supported work on a book about ancient Rome.

Block, who serves as chairperson of the Nursing degree completion professional program, joined UW-Green Bay in 2001. Block came to UW-Green Bay with an extensive background in nursing higher education.

Promotions to associate professor were achieved by Kevin Roeder, Social Work; David Dolan, Natural and Applied Sciences and Mathematics; Michael Draney, Natural and Applied Sciences and Biology; Hye-Kyung Kim, Humanistic Studies and Philosophy; Michael Ingraham, Communication and the Arts and Theater; Steven Muzatko, Accounting; Andrew Austin, Social Change and Development and Sociology; Linda Tabers-Kwak, Education; Dean Von Dras, Human Development and Psychology; Kristy Deetz, Communication and the Arts and Art; and Heidi Fencl, Natural and Applied Sciences and Physics.

Roeder joined the University in 1998; Dolan, Draney, Kim, Ingraham and Muzatko in 1999; Austin, Tabers-Kwak and Von Dras in 2000; and Deetz and Fencl in 2001.

(05-138 / 10 June 2005 / VCD)

New partnership offers training for tribal child welfare workers

GREEN BAY-A new tribal partnership has been formed to identify training needs and provide training for Indian child welfare workers in all of the eleven tribes located in Wisconsin. The Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership officially began January 1. Heather Halonie, Webster, recently began work as the training manager-and the first employee-for the new organization.

Previously the tribes were included in regional child welfare training partnerships that provide training for county child welfare workers across Wisconsin. According to Halonie, formation of the Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership was a matter of training relevance. "The issues of child welfare training are similar for county and tribal child welfare workers," she said. "But the practice application is different."

Until the Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership is able to be self-sufficient, it will receive administrative support with issues such as budgeting and billing from the Northeast Wisconsin Partnership for Children and Families (NEW Partnership) located at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, according to Stephanie Reilly, NEW Partnership director. However, all major decisions for the Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership will be made by a steering committee comprised of tribal representatives.

Halonie previously was the Indian child welfare director for the St. Croix Tribe. Prior to that, she was a social worker with Burnett County Human Services, and an Indian child welfare worker with the St. Croix Tribe. Halonie graduated with honors from UW-Eau Claire with a double major in psychology and sociology with an emphasis in family studies.

The differences between tribal and county child welfare practice are a matter of both law and culture, say Halonie and Reilly.

County child welfare practice is based on the laws of the state of Wisconsin, while the tribes are sovereign nations. "A tribal child welfare agency doesn't look like a county agency," said Halonie, noting that even among the tribes there is variation. Some have tribal courts. Others do not. Their codes differ.

Further, the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) takes precedence over local adoption laws of every state and gives Native American nations the right to control foster care placements, adoptions and termination of parental rights of tribal children. Because state lines don't define tribal boundaries, a tribal child welfare worker may work across state lines.

Halonie also noted that in Native American culture, because of concern for the continuation of the tribes, the tribes have a say over Indian children much like that of a parent in a county court. The federal ICWA confirms the concept, stating that tribes have a legal interest in their children that is even greater than the competing legal interests of their biological parents.

The impetus for the Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership began about two years ago when tribal welfare directors and representatives of the NEW Partnership began talking about why few tribal welfare workers participated in training. The answer: Training was largely aimed toward the largest pool of child welfare workers-those in the counties. A tribal committee formed to find solutions came up with the proposal for a tribal training partnership that eventually will be free standing. The new Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership will have equal representation with the regional training partnerships on the Wisconsin Training Council that coordinates training across the state.

Halonie is beginning the work of the new partnership by meeting with tribal child welfare workers to learn what training they need. About 50 child welfare workers are employed by tribes across Wisconsin.

Reilly noted that training offered by the regional partnerships and the Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership is not exclusive. "Any public or tribal child welfare worker can attend training in any partnership," she said.

The Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership received a start-up grant of $67,900 from the Wisconsin Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS). The state's child welfare worker training partnerships are funded primarily by federal pass-through dollars administered by DCFS and fees charged for training. The Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership also will receive support from the tribes.

Members of the Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership steering committee include:

Catherine Blanchard and Ron DePerry, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; Karen Ackley, Forest County Potawatomi; Liz Haller, Ho-Chunk Nation; Walter Schmucker, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; Mary Husby and Carol Corn, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Rhonda Tousey, Oneida Nation; Nanette Gokee, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; Angela Charbarneau, Sokaogon Chippewa Community of Wisconsin; Kathryn LaPointe, St. Croix Chippewa of Wisconsin; Natalie Young, Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin; Laura Kuehn, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

The NEW Partnership, which temporarily will support the Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership, celebrated its 10th anniversary in October 2002. It was the first organization in Wisconsin to provide training for child welfare workers, starting with four counties and three tribes. Twenty-six counties now belong. Child welfare workers may come to their jobs with varying credentials. The NEW Partnership served as a model for child welfare worker training in Wisconsin and helped other partnerships get started.

Information about the Intertribal Child Welfare Training Partnership is available via the Internet at www.uwgb.edu/icwtp. The Web address for the NEW Partnership is www.uwgb.edu/newpart.

(05-137 / 10 June 2005 / VCD)

Bayfest celebrates 25th year at UW-Green Bay starting Thursday

GREEN BAY - Bayfest, the largest music and food festival north of Milwaukee's Summerfest, kicks off its 25th year on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus Thursday (June 9).

The community festival provides scholarship support for UW-Green Bay student-athletes and also benefits many community nonprofit organizations.

Bayfest is expected to draw about 80,000 people to the campus for musical performances (more than 30 bands), 25 international and domestic food operations, fireworks, carnival rides, a marketplace and children's activities.

Admission is $8 for adults and free for children 12 and under. Special prices include a $15 four-day event pass that includes free parking after initial purchase at the door, admission for 25 cents from noon to 4 p.m. Friday with a donation of a box or can of non-perishable food, and free admission, parking and carnival rides from 11 a.m. to noon Sunday. Advance tickets are available at a 25 percent discount at area North Shore Bank locations.

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard said thousands of people from the Green Bay area and beyond visit the University campus for the annual festival.

"Bayfest has become a community tradition because of the commitment of many dedicated people and the support of a generous community," Shepard said.

Festival hours are Thursday, 6 p.m. to midnight; Friday, noon to midnight; Saturday, noon to midnight; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

More information about Bayfest and directions to the UW-Green Bay campus are available on the Bayfest Web site at http://www.uwgb.edu/bayfest/.

(05-135 / 6 June 2005 / SH)

UW-Green Bay announces academic honors

GREEN BAY -- The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has made public the names of students receiving academic honors for the spring semester.

Students who maintain a 4.0 gradepoint average, which represents all "A" grades, receive highest honors. High honors go to those earning 3.99 to 3.75 gradepoint averages. Honors are given to students with 3.74 to 3.50 gradepoint averages.

Students are listed by the county claimed as place of permanent residence. All were full-time students in the spring term.

Wisconsin:
Ashland -- Kimberly Lama, Ashland.
Barron -- Jennifer White, Rice Lake.
Brown -- Patrick Austin, Jodi Bergner, Amy Lancelle, Terri Larson, LouAnn Murray, Anne Opelt, Victoria Rueden, and Danielle Zeamer, De Pere; Lindsay Albright, Katie Allen, Jared Bankson, Kristine Beyl, Michelle Brantmeier, Anne Brede, Marie Briggs, Sarah Buck, Heather Cayan, Carly Chrouser, Kelly Czypinski, Christel Danielson, Melanie Dart, Brian Dimmer, Kent Dubois, Yves Dumoulin, Megan Eisch, Justin Engum, Maria Fink, Amy Greve, Elliot Heath, Karin Heesacker, Rebecca Heim, Kristen Hodek, Robert Hudson, Melissa Jones, Bruce Juchniewich, Kayce Kendziorski, Sara Kleinschmidt, Karrie Koch, Katie Kuznacic, Aaron Lancelle, Angela Lasecki, Zachary Loritz, Ryan Mach, Robert McInnis, Brandon McMurdie, Dana Mercier, Gregory Mielke, Jane Moon, Lacey Moore, Vanessa Moran, Jennifer Moreau, Robert Radloff, Jesse Rahikainen, John Rasmussen, Kara Rentmeester, Alex Ripley, Monique Rogers, Matthew Schampers, Eric Schmechel, Richard Schmidt II, Carmen Schmitz, Derek Schoen, Kevin Schwarten, Ryan Sette, Joshua Shaha, Mary Steffel, Lauren Strebel, Paul Struss, Jon Swanson, Mallory Tappa, Robert Typner, Matthew VanEgeren, Tammy Vann, Justin Vincent, Nicole Vincent, Marcie Waeghe, Kirsten Walker, Christopher Wieber, Angela Wix, Pahoua Yang, and Johnathon Yoder, Green Bay; Hannah Bohrtz and Kristine Klug, Greenleaf; Katie Gilson, Luxemburg; Cathy Brienen, Heather DeChamps, Susan Roberts, Aaron Weinschenk, and Christina Zuraski, New Franken; Neko Elizondo, Oneida; and Amy Dyer, Pulaski.
Buffalo -- Isaac Hoffmaster, Cochrane.
Calumet -- Cassie Hintz, Paul Landmann, Sarah Lux, Heather Reimer, and Abby Schleinz, Appleton; Lauren Fischer, Brillion; Wendy Berth, Russell Dern, Laura Geiser, Kimberly Rach, Ashley Seipel, and Mary Steffen, Chilton; Michael Halbach, Heather Klein, and Tara Schuessler, Hilbert; Deborah Nett, Kaukauna; and Heidi Anderson, Kiel.
Chippewa -- Elizabeth Samb, Chippewa Falls.
Clark -- Kerry Kassie, Colby; Becky Wood, Curtiss; and Julie Henaman, Withee.
Columbia -- Carrie Weis, Lodi.
Dane -- Nicholas Schmidt, Madison; Seth Bodden, Monona; Brooke Borchert and Mollie Sellen, Sun Prairie; Christina Tosh, Verona; and Nichole Shepro, Waunakee.
Dodge -- Michelle Beall, Horicon; Melissa Will, Hustisford; Leslie Kuhn, Juneau; Kate Wondra, Mayville; Sammantha Ruenger, Randolph; and Stephen Syrjamaki, Reeseville.
Door -- Joshua Lardinois, Forestville; Anthony Malcore, Sylvia Malcore, and Gregory Pouliot, Luxemburg; Lauren Rice, Sister Bay; and Kristen Kratcha, Anne Lampert, Michael Maggle, and William Sneeberger, Sturgeon Bay.
Fond du Lac -- Ann Theisen, Campbellsport; Angela Oestreich, Fond du Lac; Rachel Abhold, North Fond du Lac; and Crystal Pollack, Ripon.
Forest -- Randy Spencer, Argonne; Jennifer Warpehoski, Crandon; Autumn Chrisman and Rebecca Hetfield, Laona; and Cortney Cleereman, Newald.
Green -- Melissa Carlson, Monticello.
Jefferson -- Erin Christian, Watertown.
Kewaunee -- Marc Seidl and Sarah Tebon, Algoma; Renee Duckart and Laura Vandehey, Denmark; Albi Despins and Justin Schroeder, Kewaunee; and Eric Bader, Wendy Paul, Alana Reince, and Brian Rueckl, Luxemburg.
La Crosse -- Erica Fuss, Holmen; and Elizabeth Schill, Onalaska.
Lincoln -- Ellie Roets, Merrill; and Lacy Roberts, Tomahawk.
Manitowoc-- James Fenlon, Brillion; Amy Christopherson and Jennifer Hoban, Kiel; Michael Barta, Dawn Sitkawitz, Carrie Sonnabend, Melissa Swanson, Nathan Waack, and Teri Williams, Manitowoc; Derek Geffers, Saint Nazianz; Craig Destree, Michelle Eis, Thomas Kleckner, Jennifer Neuser, Kelly Samz, and Casey Thayer, Two Rivers; and Kimberly Christel, Valders.
Marathon -- Jill Ciszewski, Hatley; Tucker Burch and Eric Weber, Marshfield; Jeremiah Bohr, Kristen Stafford, and Justin Tiedemann, Mosinee; Casie Rindfleisch, Spencer; and Stacey Oelrich, Stratford.
Marinette -- Rebecca Ostermann, Coleman; Amber Langill, Marinette; Tonia Westrich, Niagara; Linda Swenty, Pound; and Jennifer Russ, Wausaukee.
Milwaukee -- Jessica Koehlert and Amber Pyne, Franklin; Sarah Ciganek, Greenfield; Maris Jost-Edgar, Shorewood; and Stefanie Porter, South Milwaukee.
Oconto -- Jocelyn Hischke and Juniper Sundance, Abrams; Sheila Blazek, Gillett; Vickie Nault, Little Suamico; Amanda Hanson and Benjamin Sohrweide, Oconto; and Arlyn Rosenow, Pulaski.
Oneida -- Katherine Grafelman, Rhinelander.
Outagamie -- James Biese, Kaitlyn Colombo, Alison Decker, Nicole Ferg, Amanda Meredith, Andrea Moerchen, Amy Plettner, and Laura Reed, Appleton; Wayne Pierre, Clintonville; Adam Mertz, De Pere; Brian Wojcik, Green Bay; Stephanie VanHandel, Hortonville; Amanda Evers, Kaukauna; Amber Boje and Daniel Vandehey, Kimberly; Amanda Dercks, Ashley Moreno, and Greg Verhagen, Little Chute; and Jill Vandenheuvel and Holly Zepnick, Seymour.
Ozaukee -- Cori Thiermann, Cedarburg; Kimberly Apel, Grafton; Jennifer Schanen, Port Washington; and Melissa Kaker and Margaret Utecht, Saukville.
Polk -- Vanessa Gabrielson, Frederic.
Portage -- Lacee Beggs, Plainfield; Kathryn Zblewski, Plover; and Alison Mittelsteadt, Stevens Point.
Racine -- Rochele Steckling, Burlington; Melissa Merkovich, Franksville; and Joshua Wintersteen, Union Grove.
Richland -- Elizabeth Bostwick, Richland Center.
Rock -- Jonathan Ruder, Edgerton.
Sauk -- Carissa Mercier, La Valle; and Shana Danube, Merrimac.
Shawano -- Angela Rueckert and Nicole Short, Bonduel; Jennie Beaumier, Cecil; and Amanda Kugel and Lisa Stomberg, Shawano.
Sheboygan -- Justin Babler, Cascade; Sadie Luecke and Benjamin Reiss, Elkhart Lake; Joshua Bender and Courtney Peil, Kohler; Allison Froh, Mark Gibeault, Peter Nyenhuis, and Angela Roethel, Oostburg; Kristin Mauk, Janice Ourada, and Sara Weeden, Plymouth; Jessica Gries, Nicole Kowalis, and Katie Schepp, Sheboygan; Kate Brown, Sheboygan Falls; and Amanda Kumrow, Waldo.
Trempealeau -- Danielle Velie, Osseo; and Leslie Larson, Trempealeau.
Vilas -- Kathy Mlaker, Eagle River.
Walworth -- Sarah Voss, Burlington; Emily Thompson and Amanda Thornsen, Delavan; and Kristopher Sharpe, Elkhorn.
Washington -- Julia Aggen, Germantown; and Jamie Kearns, Hartford.
Waukesha -- Brett Wearing, Brookfield; Megan Horne, Hartland; Sarah Oldenburg and Heather Workman, Menomonee Falls; Joseph Wangerin, Pewaukee; and Daniel Arnold and Laura Neuens, Sussex.
Waupaca -- Mary Davies, Clintonville; Jonathon Swenson, Iola; Brian Gnadt, Manawa; Renae Blank, Adam Guenzel, and Heather Rose, New London; and Matthew Rohde, Weyauwega.
Waushara -- Gregorey Kehring, Plainfield.
Winnebago -- Erin Burkhardt, Appleton; Jennifer Kuhn, Larsen; Anna Kirchner, Menasha; Kimberly Biedermann, Meghan Blohm, and Anne Knight, Neenah; and Michael Blum and Jenny Olson, Oshkosh.
Wood -- Megan Kummer and Kristen Schmidt, Marshfield.

Other states:
Arizona -- James Boeck, Sahuarita.
California -- Eric Benthien, Los Angeles.
Illinois -- Amanda Christensen, Mokena; Lori Nolan, Mount Prospect; and Jennifer Tan, Palatine.
Michigan -- Jeremy Truitt, Vulcan.
Minnesota -- Margaret Bendzick, Chanhassen; Mary Schoen, Chaska; Robb Virgin, Eagan; Aimee Jonsgaard, Rushford; Jessica Thiers and Johanna Winters, Saint Paul; and Orin Kipp, Stillwater.
Mississippi -- Megan Jourdan, Vicksburg.

Wisconsin:
Ashland -- Paul Skoraczewski, Ashland; and Cally Kilger and Julie Linsmeyer, Butternut.
Bayfield -- David Budiash, Mason.
Brown -- Amy Kiley, Stephanie Koenig, Suzanne Kohlmann, Erica Magno, Andrew Meyer, Justin Pearson, Marisol Roberts, Clara Snell, Linda Vanvonderen, and Amy Williams, De Pere; Jessica Gilson and Amanda Oshefsky, Denmark; Jason Alberts, Linsay Anderson, Trisha Bero, Stephanie Blavat, Melissa Borowski, Jeremy Brunette, Yuri Burrows, Corinne Carlson, Gavin Carrigan, Luke Cortright, Melissa Dapra, Jessica Degroot, Heather Dempsey, John Depauw, Dawn Detrie, Angela Deuchert, Megan Dischler, Karen Dorner, Megan Duchaine, Lisa Dumke, Melissa Duquaine, Tammy Edwards, Jennifer Faubert, Lacey Fenske, Maureen Ferry, Adam Fett, Ralph Gadbois, Paul Gard, Angela Gilson, Lindsey Goeders, Stephanie Gretzinger, Olesia Guba, Mark Hansen, Taylor Hansen, Sarah Hanson, Mary Hiebel, Nicholas Holstead, Tina Jacobsen, Julia Janowski, Sarah Johanski, Darrin Kehoe, Glen Kitts, Deanna Kratzke, Richard Krause, Angela Krumpos, Amber Kueck, Kerry Kuplic, Pa Lee, Robert Leonhard, Katie Lloyd, Lou Lucassen, Peggy Maas-Weber, Matthew Maccoux, David Malcolm, Ryan Marin, Susan McCabe, Erica Millspaugh, Stephanie Mineau, Rachel Miskinis, Jayme Murphy, Kristin Neveau, Michelle Pagel, Rebecca Pasterski, Kurt Paulson, Gillian Penn, Natasha Peterson, Heidi Pletcher, Desirae Pryes, Erika Puls, Daniel Puyleart, Stella Raasch, Kimberly Renard, Lindsay Rose, Amanda Rouse, Andrew Roznowski, Chad Ruleau, Jamie Russo, Heidi Schmitt, Sarah Showman, Rachael Southern, Rachel Speel, Kimberly Suchocki, Sarah Thiele, Laura Ukkola, Stephanie VanCampenhout, Andrew VanSistine, Dana Vandenberg, Emily Vandenbush, Rachel Warpinski, Nicole Weber, Joshua Wendt, Tara Wildenberg, Daniel Winnekens, Ryan Wolff, and David Woods, Green Bay; Paula Tolksdorf, New Franken; Eric Drzewiecki, Carla Leisgang, and Oristela Vannieuwenhoven, Pulaski; Stacy Baynes, Samantha Eiler, and Megan Soulek, Suamico; and Anna VandeHey, Wrightstown.
Calumet -- Tricia Kieffer and Nicole O'Connell, Appleton; Amanda Popp, Brillion; Angela Breit, Peter Hofmeister, Stephanie Jost, Erin Stache, and Cara Teinert, Hilbert; Alyssa VanderHeyden, Menasha; Amy Jeanty, New Holstein; and Courtney Hocks and Neil Montour, Sherwood.
Chippewa -- Patricia Blomquist, Cadott; and Andrew Johnston, Chippewa Falls.
Clark -- Casandra Madden, Colby; Janalee Marten, Curtiss; Mariah Luchterhand, Unity; and Geena Parnewicz, Withee.
Columbia -- Jennifer Cutts, Portage; and Laura Braaksma, Randolph.
Dane -- Margaret Huebbe, Madison; Sarah Ellis, Marshall; Adam Ben-Zikri, Christopher Hendricks, and Matthew Winden, Monona; and Kaitlyn Farrell and Claire Weinstein, Sun Prairie.
Dodge -- Tiffannie Gallus, Beaver Dam; Angela Youngbeck, Brownsville; Michelle Lehmann, Hustisford; Amanda Knack, Juneau; and Alicia Schraufnagel, Lomira.
Door -- Jared Jauquet, Brussels; Joseph Orthober, Egg Harbor; Kristen Quirk, Fish Creek; Sarah Markham, Forestville; Myles Dannhausen Jr. and Norine Nelson, Sister Bay; and Joseph Cross, Michelle Krueger, Ashley Schartner, Anna Stover, and Apryll Tong, Sturgeon Bay.
Eau Claire -- Julie Seaton, Eau Claire.
Fond du Lac -- Sarah VanBuren, Brandon; Jenna Pucker, Eldorado; Brittany Broder, Fairwater; Amber Bradford, Stephanie Gross, Michael Petersen, and Michelle Zick, Fond du Lac; Gina Casper, New Holstein; and Christine Stogbauer and Joeleen Zimmel, Van Dyne.
Forest -- Dustin Anderson and Stefanie Kircher, Crandon; and Trampas Baltus, Laona.
Grant -- Miranda Maring, Hazel Green; and Jennifer Miles, Lancaster.
Green -- Abby Mayer, Monroe.
Green Lake -- Melissa Knutson and Adam Mortensen, Berlin; and Kymberly Draeger, Ripon.
Jefferson -- Stacy Endl, Jefferson; and Brent Heiges and Kristy Klopstein, Watertown.
Juneau -- Jill Hamm and Darryl Teske, Mauston; and Tiffany Durkee, Wonewoc.
Kenosha -- Lisa Mutchler, Bristol; Laura Schultz and Heather Vanderford, Kenosha; and Laura Carnahan and Jessica Halvorson, Twin Lakes.
Kewaunee -- Donald Krumpos, Adam Novak, and Meagan Quigley, Algoma; Brittnie Jonet and Jacob Lasee, Casco; Brian Dolski, Renee Franson, Dean Hrabik, and Nichole Rabitz, Kewaunee; and Melinda Bosse, Jeffrey DeMeuse, Stephanie Joniaux, Sara Kinjerski, Stacy Martin, Stacy Slatky, and Stephanie Wautlet, Luxemburg.
Lincoln -- Brandon Johnson, Gleason; Michelle Kaminski, Derek Meyer, Charles Privette, Jillian Schofield, Jessica Schuster, and Jenny Zoellner, Merrill; and Jana Halverson, Tomahawk.
Manitowoc -- Gavin Hassemer, Francis Creek; Brian Radder and Stephanie Wagner, Kiel; Michelle Backhaus, Ryan Bahnaman, Emily Bero, Sarah Brachmann, Sara Bruckschen, Amanda Ellerman, Kirsten Leifer, Kyle MacDonald, Dale Mahloch, Daniel Nelson, Andrew Schwalbe, Sarah Stock, Sarah Sweetman, and Karly Vesely, Manitowoc; Carla Lemberger, Newton; Sheena Ascher, Adam Nate, and Meg VanDomelen, Reedsville; and Jessica Behrendt and Kristin Junk, Two Rivers.
Marathon -- Rachel Vlietstra, Birnamwood; Alexandria Wesolowski, Edgar; Matthew Kowalski, Mosinee; Julia Wolff, Ringle; Kesa Jenks and Nicholas Jones, Schofield; Jessica Mannigel, Spencer; Rebecca Mather, Stratford; and Amanda Raskin, Wausau.
Marinette -- Laurie Nelsen and Heather Wolf, Crivitz; Ashley Boivin, Stephanie Gramza, Christopher Lagassie, Thomas Noppenberg, and Lily Silver, Marinette; Jackelyn Kinsella, Niagara; Taylor Biernasz, Peshtigo; Jay Watson, Porterfield; Joanna Gross and Dana Stillings, Pound; and Grant Russ, Wausaukee.
Marquette -- Lindsey O'Dell and Heather Ries, Montello.
Milwaukee -- Jessica Allen and Andrea Koebernik, Franklin; Zachary Butcher and Scott Johnson, Greendale; Crystal Cichon and Andrew Kettlewell, Greenfield; Daniel Brzozowski, Hales Corners; Daniel Meier, Jennifer Onarheim, and Erica Phillipson, Milwaukee; Betsy Daharsh, South Milwaukee; Amanda Pizzo, Wauwatosa; and Cynthia Hart, West Allis.
Monroe -- Megan Witt, Kendall; and Eric Nicolaus, Tomah.
Oconto -- Travis Gulmire and Bennett Reinhard, Abrams; Heather Klatt, Gillett; Bobbi Meyer, Emily Whiting, and Celena Williams, Lena; Amy Scheffen and Allison Willmann, Little Suamico; Jenny Gerndt, Mountain; Renee Sikma, Oconto; Andrea Konitzer and Cassandra Marnocha, Oconto Falls; Andrew Gauerke and Shaun Marczak, Sobieski; and Michelle Missall and Joseph Smith, Suring.
Oneida -- Mehgan Musbach, Minocqua; Megan Jacobi, Jacob Mehring, and Brian Schubert, Rhinelander; Adam Gryskiewicz, Three Lakes; and Rebecca Swan, Tomahawk.
Outagamie -- Melinda Bluhm, Nicole Braaten, Stephanie Duscher, Tricia Evers, Kaitlin Hasseler, Melissa Holdorf, Allison Krummel, Alyssa Peterson, Amanda Scheelk, Erin Stromberg, Steve Sutter, Meghan Weyers, and Amanda Ziegler, Appleton; Terry Lorenz, Black Creek; Matthew Fayfer and Lindsay Simonsen, Greenville; Sarah VanHoof, Kaukauna; Matthew Coenen, Kimberly; Cassandra Mahder and Adam Uecker, Little Chute; and Peter Kraft, Katie Legler, Rachel Reinheimer, and Melinda Schussman, Seymour.
Ozaukee -- Ashley Hammen and Melissa Lengling, Cedarburg; Rebecca Kress, Fredonia; Jamie Swanson, Grafton; and Angela Delucia, Port Washington.
Polk -- Ashleigh Olson, Cushing; Jemma Lund, Osceola; and Nate Anderson, Saint Croix Falls.
Portage -- April Burant, Rosholt.
Price -- Andrew Bushey, Park Falls; and Sadie Marquette, Phillips.
Racine -- Robert Balow, Racine.
Rock -- Molly Weber, Janesville.
Saint Croix -- Douglas Wendt, Somerset.
Shawano -- Stephanie Steinke, Birnamwood; Sarah Rank, Cecil; Joelle Frank, Clintonville; Robert Long, Pulaski; Zachariah Zopp, Shawano; and Mary Murray, Tigerton.
Sheboygan -- Kari Navis, Cedar Grove; Jessica Potter, Elkhart Lake; Kevin Brill, Hingham; Casie Boeldt, Howards Grove; Stacy Hanson, Shannon Kuester, and Dayna Rentmeester, Plymouth; Joseph Kucksdorf and Tracy Schmit, Random Lake; Kristin Boutelle, Kristin Grudzielanek, Megan Gustafson, Laura Kautzer, Mailia Kue, Steven Lambert, Jennifer Landgraf, Ashley Magray, Christian Ott, Lindsay Sasse, Michelle Taczala, and Zachary Whitford, Sheboygan; and Angela Jensema and Kathryn Ten Haken, Sheboygan Falls.
Taylor -- Rebecca Bersie, Colleen Fales, Eric Fehlhaber, John Neuman, and Amanda Novak, Medford; Arica Mann, Rib Lake; and Terra Schultz, Withee.
Washington -- Renee Wolf, Allenton; Corey Bauman, Kathleen Connelly, and Stephanie Cooke, Germantown; Megan Rushmer, Hubertus; Gina Bequest and Laura Mangan, Jackson; and Robert Bintzler, Sarah Lawton, and Shelley Scheer, West Bend.
Waukesha -- Amy Harter and Jodi Rasmussen, Menomonee Falls; Matthew Budiac, Mukwonago; Ashley Hall, New Berlin; Erica Heckendorf, Pewaukee; Anthony Gielow and Christopher Schanz, Sussex; and Amy Johnson, Matthew Konieczka, and Jessica Timmermann, Waukesha.
Waupaca -- Steffanie Orr and Amber Schoepke, Fremont; David Helpap, Jana Peterson, and Amanda Rill, Manawa; Rebecca Barrette, Brian Besaw, and Nicole Michels, New London; and Natalie McPeak, Waupaca.
Waushara -- Zebulun Rutter, Coloma.
Winnebago -- Bradley Klipp, Appleton; Alicia Engel, Larsen; Korina Harris and Nicholas Hebeler, Menasha; Laura Langacker and Colby Vorland, Neenah; Erin Heise, Omro; Benjamin Rodgers, Sara Roggenbauer, and Michelle Starrett, Oshkosh; and Rebecca Boelter and Rebecca Flegner, Winneconne.
Wood -- Nicole DeVries and Clarence Mitten, Marshfield; and Holly Hanneman, Wisconsin Rapids.

Other states:
Illinois -- Robin Becker, Naperville; and Megan Gregory, Rockford.
Michigan -- Laura Buckman, Iron Mountain; Jerod Bastianello, Iron River; Kelly Kramer, Menominee; and Daniel Lindstrom, Vulcan.
Minnesota -- Christina Brandon, Austin; Kristin Carlson, Maple Grove; Alicia Schwanbeck, Roseville; and Sarah Schuelke, Stillwater.
New York -- Jacqueline Pelzek, Rhinecliff.
Washington -- Janet Weidert, Colbert.

Other countries:
Ecuador -- Salome Aguilar.
Netherlands -- Saskia Koek and Johanna Schut.
Spain -- Luis Diez-Merino.

Wisconsin:
Adams -- Stephanie McNamara, Oxford.
Ashland -- Melissa Beebe and Stacy Nye, Ashland; Cory Linsmeyer, Andrew Mertig, and Jennifer Smart, Butternut; and Meganne Ehrhardt, Mellen.
Brown -- Kevin Anderson, Shelly Bishop, Jason Cox, Kelly Deneys, Mark Kitslaar, Mercedes Mannino, Kenneth Melotte III, Annie Moreau, Brielle Rieken, Carl Schuelke, Nicole VanEnkevort, Jade VanLanen, and Susan Zehren, De Pere; Leah Holda, Kerri Morehouse, Kathryn Rentmeester, and Joe Scovell, Denmark; Hanna Anderson, Carolina Bacelis, Michael Bacos, Sara Bauer, Osmara Baumgardt-Vielma, William Beaumier, Amanda Bertsche, Shaun Bessett, Anthony Bierke, Trisha Birnbaum, Kathleen Boockmeier, Matthew Boreen, Laura Brager, Sarah Breitrick, Laura Buntman, Carlton Case, Sarah Clayton, Kristin Czachor, Michelle Dantinne, Timothy DeWitt, Jason Decur, David Deprey, Vongpadith Douangphachanh, Casey Early-Krueger, Regina Engebos, Jillaine Evraets, Cassandra Fazzi, Daniel Fitzgerald, Heidi Foran, Lindsey Freeman, Kristen Frelich, Sarah Fritsche, Kim Frye, Russell Gabriel III, Bradley Gajeski, Heidi Garner, Jay Gerlach, Michael Gillis, Jay Glodowski, Nicholas Goddard, Nathanielle Gorst, Douglas Gussert, LuMarie Guth, Leanne Haddad, Erin Hannon, Matthew Havrilko, Shawna Hawkinson, Christopher Heil, Michael Heller, Joshua Hille, Sarah Homa, Mellisa Irish, Angeli Jacques, Kristine Jauquet, Sherry Jenkel, Katherine Johnson, Nicole Jolly, Cassandra Jossart, Andrew Karls, Gina Katers, Jacob Keyser, Esther Kimani, Amy Klarner, Eric Klingbeil, Emily Kotecki, Dawn Kuschel, Britney LaBar, Rachel Lardinois, Jessica Larsen, Katherine Lautenbach, Andrew Lazzari, Sara Lechleitner, Juny Lee, Joel Liberski, Jodi Liegl, Yer Lor, Erin Lovlien, Justin Madison, Anne Malcore, Jesse Marler, Denise Martin, Ashley Massart, Andrea Mattison, Corey McElroy, Jillian McIntyre, Matthew McMahon, Marilou Melcher, Melissa Metzger, Lisa Michalec, Carrie Miller, Nicole Miszkiewicz, Travis Mohr, Laura Molling, Desiree Nasto, Derek Nejedlo, Kathryn Nelson, Amy Nighorn, Jonathan Novak, Colleen O'Neill, Shonette Ogle, Jessica Parins, Justin Rebman, Melanie Riley, Aaron Roskoski, Shanna Russell, Thomas Sawyer, Kimberly Shukosky, Morgan Simcik, Bethany Skaleski, Leah Sloniker, Keith Stelzer, Corey Stevens, Erin Swiggum, Sasha Teymorian, Kristie Thompson, Carrie Ullman, Kathryn Utecht, Teri Valitchka, Tricia VanEgeren, Ka Vang, Daniel Vieaux, Bailey Vorpagel, Mai Vue, Angela Walschinski, Sara Weber, Hallie Wellnitz, Michelle Welnicke, Erin Wheelock, Gina Wied, Jennifer Wild, David Wittlinger, and Teal Zettel, Green Bay; Nicole Meyer and Stephanie VanBeek, Greenleaf; James Brochtrup, Kaukauna; Heather Paul, Luxemburg; Erika LaLuzerne, Tricia Obry, and Jason Zuraski, New Franken; and Andrew Korth, Suamico.
Calumet -- Amy Fieck, Anna Guenther, and Ryan Penneau, Appleton; Diana Duquette, Jonathan Enneper, Pamela Hall, Amanda Johnson, and Lacy Meetz, Brillion; Faith Krepline, Suzanne Ott, and Adam Riemer, Chilton; Kim Schwalenberg, Hilbert; and Morgan Bloohm, New Holstein.
Chippewa -- Chad Stanek, Cadott; and Kelly Ryan, Eau Claire.
Clark -- Tiffany Haslow, Colby; and Karen Weiler and Kyle Weyer, Loyal.
Columbia -- Alison Kloiber, Cambria; Sarah Price, Lodi; and Erin Kearns and Kelly Pulver, Pardeeville.
Dane -- Joseph Grim, Cambridge; Stephanie Sejut, De Forest; Renee Dodge, Madison; Kelly Pfeifer, Oregon; Sarah Price, Stoughton; and Jacob Kaltenberg and Kristina Minor, Waunakee.
Dodge -- Hannah Aplin and Mary Frank, Beaver Dam; Marc Biedermann and Rachel Krueger, Horicon; Katie Schall and Stacey Wegener, Juneau; Erin Kempf, Mayville; Erika King, Neosho; Kari Steger, Theresa; Cory Rupprecht, Watertown; and Alex Bruins, Waupun.
Door -- Matthew Wautier, Brussels; Nicole Dellise, Luxemburg; and Anna Balestrieri, Alice Billing, Janet Devito, Amanda Englebert, Laura Tice, and Luke Titus, Sturgeon Bay.
Fond du Lac -- Alyssa Bohlman and Jennifer Serwe, Campbellsport; Jennifer Feyen, Julia Gerlach, and Nathan Sippel, Fond du Lac; Koreen Deer, Nicholas Deer, and Tracy Ford, Oakfield; Carissa Curran, Rosendale; and Ashley Zimmerman, Waupun.
Forest -- Hollie Ackley and Jenna Gravitter, Crandon; and Shanna Casperson, Steven Danielczak, and Mary Enders, Laona.
Grant -- Christina Bussan, Dickeyville.
Green -- Adam Riese, Brodhead; Matthew Phillips, Monroe; and Jonathan Lindh, New Glarus.
Green Lake -- Molly Cox, Courtney Krause, and Nathan Zietlow, Berlin; Lisa Pollesch, Markesan; and Heather Nachtrab, Princeton.
Iowa -- Amanda Rihn, Mineral Point.
Kenosha -- Erin Bose, Brandon Morris, Stephanie Salituro, and Lara Wiersum, Kenosha; and Lisa Carnahan, Twin Lakes.
Kewaunee -- Ashley Klessig and Tyler Van Lanen, Algoma; Amy Bauer, Alicia Malvitz, Andrew Pekarek, and Katie Rohr, Kewaunee; and Tiffany Dart and Jacob Depas, Luxemburg.
La Crosse -- Leah Aubert and Christopher Russell, La Crosse; and Justin Brandau, Onalaska.
Langlade -- Amiee Blaisdell, Summit Lake.
Lincoln -- Joseph Aldrich, Irma; and Kristine Everson, Aimee Hein, Spencer Imhoff, Joshua Kufahl, and Jenna Neumann, Merrill.
Manitowoc -- Jennifer Bruckschen, Cleveland; Jennifer Wendt, Denmark; Dana Doute, Jenny Konen, Nichole Morley, and Tarah Staats, Kiel; Julie Anderson, Matthew Flentje, Michael King, Brian Klackner, Kathryn Krall, Carissa Lindholm, Timothy Randerson, Howard Rice, Matthew Sorenson, and Jonah Vogt, Manitowoc; Deann Dittman, Mishicot; Aimee Radder, Saint Nazianz; and Michael Charles, Amy Meissner, and Mary Schneider, Two Rivers.
Marathon -- Sarah Rankl, Abbotsford; Heather Riehle, Athens; Candice Kaiser and Amanda Lang, Edgar; Lindsay Jozwiak, Hatley; Jon Holzberger, Marshfield; Kelly Griesmer, Kelly Thomas, and Chong Xiong, Mosinee; Lindsay Bauman, Krystle Norton, and Zach Roush, Schofield; Brian Jicinsky and Sarah Scidmore, Spencer; Megan Birchfield, Lucas DeLaporte, Lareina Hollis, Tou Khang, William Marnholtz, Brooke Schoessow, and Sue Xiong, Wausau; and Pamela Wendorf, Weston.
Marinette -- Nathan Jones, Amberg; Justin Pusick and Kevin Zawieja, Crivitz; Rebecca Curtis, Daela Emmes, Heidi Ninnemann, Sara Schultz, and William Strutz, Marinette; Carolyn Noll, Pound; and Matthew Parkansky, Wausaukee.
Marquette -- Nathanael Brown, Montello.
Milwaukee -- Brian Neuberger, Cudahy; Nicole Dashek and Stephanie Jansen, Franklin; Amanda Hautala, Kristin Leeder, and Kevin Panzarella, Greenfield; Anna Nieznanski and Laura Robertson, Hales Corners; Kristal Dantone, Melissa Hecht, Jeremy Panizza, Jessica Sirovina, Andrew Todryk, and Beth Ziemendorf, Milwaukee; Eric Bansemar, Shorewood; Clare Huck and Daniel Keiser, South Milwaukee; Kristina Walloch, Wauwatosa; and Nicole Ford, West Allis.
Oconto -- Jodi Braham and Daniel Yanke, Gillett; Chad Bulkowski and Erin Stender, Krakow; William Whiting, Lena; Tracy Heaser and Ian Willmann, Little Suamico; Sarah Pagel, Benjamin Pinkart, Nicole Reed, and Kimberly Speller, Oconto; Monie Henne and Aaron Johnson, Oconto Falls; Tracy Kroll, Pulaski; Jayme Dombrowski and Kimberly Meyers, Sobieski; and Dawn Krings and Andrea Schenkoske, Suring.
Oneida -- Tanya Cook, Tristan Cray, and Katelyn Hanke, Rhinelander.
Outagamie -- Heather Awe, Amy Brockman, Robert Ernst, Lindsey Fischer, Tricia Grassell, Chelsea Greene, Angela Kasten, Mitzie Murdock, Lisa Olson, Amber Rasmussen, Jennifer Rehfeldt, Michael Roth, Arianne Timmers, and Michelle Weyenberg, Appleton; Patrick Revels, Black Creek; Darla Coenen and Andrea Hildebrand, Hortonville; Laura Ackerman, Amy Austin, Christopher Carstens, Michael Haessly, Tami Hooyman, Ariel Kasten, Andrew Krubsack, and Jonelle Romenesko, Kaukauna; Nicole Adamietz and Nichole Lund, Kimberly; Kay Grinbergs, Danielle Lenz, and Tasha Vosters, Little Chute; Chad Krause and Sarah Morack, New London; Molly Bloom and Stacy Melchert, Seymour; and Eric Buss, Shiocton.
Ozaukee -- Mark Goldin, Bayside; Emily Acterberg, Cedarburg; Brian Liermann, Fredonia; Carissa Alt and Dana Alvarez, Grafton; Ryan Miller and Jennifer Olson, Mequon; and Kristin Nett, Port Washington.
Pierce -- Kimberly Saufl, Spring Valley.
Polk -- Crystal Osman, Luck.
Portage -- Megan Harvey and Brady Megal, Amherst.
Price -- Jacob Magnuson, Ogema; Joseph Isham, Park Falls; and Cassandra Heizler, Phillips.
Racine -- Elizabeth Cox, Burlington; Lauren Wood, Franksville; and Megan Kroes and Kelley Pedersen, Racine.
Rock -- Christopher Kassel-Blakeney and Quinn White, Janesville.
Rusk -- Ashley Long and Elizabeth Lybert, Ladysmith; and Sara Rymer, Sheldon.
Saint Croix -- Jennifer Ernie, Hudson.
Shawano -- Michelle Behm and Rebecca Corazalla, Birnamwood; Hilary Wians, Bonduel; Zakaria Buruin, Cecil; Deborah Selwitschka, Clintonville; Alyson Boucher, Gresham; Laura Mielke, Marion; Angela Caelwarts, Pulaski; Brittany Brunner, Andrew Gorski, Luke Heling, and Luke Retzlaff, Shawano; Sabrina Hoffman, Shiocton; and Elizabeth Chapin, Edward Ehlert, and Mandi Tauferner, Tigerton.
Sheboygan -- Robert Logemann, Adell; Angela Huenink, Cedar Grove; William Boll, Tiffany Fulcer, and Andrew Kopitzke, Elkhart Lake; Laura Hart, Kohler; Melissa Frier and Kayla Gries, Oostburg; Amanda Behr, Andrew Feldmann, Christopher Pohlman, and Jana VanEss, Plymouth; Gina Giese, Zachary Hansen, Kayla Knier, Patricia Newton, Morgan Schmitting, Nicole Wallander, Jennifer Wessel, and Jennifer Zimmermann, Sheboygan; and Ryan Back, Jeffrey Breunig, Erin Deeley, and Bari Gordon, Sheboygan Falls.
Taylor -- Billie Henrichs, Scott Jones, and Kyle Schafer, Medford; and Sara Winkler, Westboro.
Trempealeau -- LaBrena Boullion, Osseo.
Vernon -- Steven Persons, La Farge; and Emily Krambs, Viroqua.
Walworth -- Marsha Handrick, Darien; Danielle Tracy, East Troy; Robert Handel, Elkhorn; Amanda Hausner, Fontana; and Christopher Cromos and Sarah Theune, Whitewater.
Washington -- Patrick Kachelmeier, Colgate; Erin Fahey, Cottage Grove; Richard Kenny III and Elizabeth Kiefer, Germantown; Laura Schaefer, Hartford; Kevin Heins, Hubertus; Sarah Cole, Sarah Eifler, and Paul Mertz, Kewaskum; Brittney Hansen and Tiffany Theis, Slinger; and Stephanie Wietor, West Bend.
Waukesha -- Scott Dickert and Heather Harding, Brookfield; Timothy Prudlow, Elm Grove; Shawn Budiac, Mukwonago; William Curtis, Muskego; James Garrity and Scott Leibbrandt, New Berlin; Caitlin Benson, Oconomowoc; Lindsey Otto, Sussex; and Luanna Marko, Emily McHugh, and Kristen Munson, Waukesha.
Waupaca -- Benjamin Hintz, Clintonville; Abigail Johnson, Iola; Matthew Rieckmann, Carl Roenz, Rebecca Roenz, Ryan Smith, and Courtny Timm, Manawa; and Stephanie Bellile, Peter Lembcke, and Sarah Michiels, New London.
Waushara -- Cody Gross, Berlin.
Winnebago -- Monica Koch and Brandon Salmon, Appleton; Melissa Liebhauser and Adina Weinig, Menasha; Stephanie Anderson, John Mrovka, Ashley Rachubinski, Laura Rieckmann, Aaron Roecker, and Melissa Wollerman, Neenah; and Amy Dirkx, Anne Hanson, Emily Roberts, and Lindsey Verwiel, Oshkosh.
Wood -- Michael Tipping, Marshfield; Maria Breu, Pittsville; and Jennifer Grode, Sarah Oligney, Dixie Schubert, Erin Sigler, Melissa Stark, Nicholas Wallner, and Anne Wayne, Wisconsin Rapids.

Other states:
Illinois -- Bailey Ogrin, Buffalo Grove; Brooke Wikgren, Champaign; Marcy Dixon, Lockport; Timothy Kowols, Mount Prospect; and Torrie Shepard, Round Lake.
Iowa -- Brandon Steenlage, Coralville.
Louisiana -- Katherine Sample, Kenner.
Michigan -- Kelly Hannu, Ironwood; Jennifer Woller, Kingsford; and Bryanne Carow, Carrie Janquart, and Rebecca Spaude, Menominee.
Minnesota -- Adam Gastonguay, Burnsville; Betty Slinger, Faribault; Allison Kreb, Osseo; Jarett Cascino, Rochester; Justin Oberg, Rosemount; Daniel McMahon Jr, Shoreview; Sarah Rauen, Stacy; Heidi Hittner, White Bear Lake; Ben Mogren, Winona; and Mary Kulenkamp and Nicholas Reckinger, Woodbury.
Utah -- Allison Braatz, St George.

Other countries:
Ecuador -- Luis Aguilar.
Spain -- Ana De Andres De Prada.
Sri Lanka -- Dushani Corea-Dharmaratne.
Vietnam -- Hung Nguyen.

(05-136 / 10 June 2005 / BBP)