UW-Fond du Lac names Kaplan Award recipients

Carolyn Polodna	Paisley Harris	Mike Jurmu	Frances Perkins

Fond du Lac, Wis. –The University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac has named its 2008-09 Kaplan Award recipients. Through this award, individuals or teams are recognized for significant and innovative improvement in instruction and service to students.

Carolyn Polodna, business professor; Paisley Harris, history professor and Mike Jurmu, geography/geology professor share the award for their work on the Global Warming Symposium which was a two weekend event held at the campus in spring of 2009 featuring experts from throughout the state of Wisconsin. “Global Warming: Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region” explored the issue of climate change and human impact on that process from the interdisciplinary perspective of atmospheric science, climatology, philosophy and ethics, political science, law and business.

Frances Perkins, communication and theater art professor, was recognized for incorporating the writing and directing of a film which describes the college student experience with test anxiety into a student learning experience. The film “Test Day” was a unique opportunity for UW-Fond du Lac students to work side-by-side with film industry professionals as cast and crew members.

This award honors Arthur M. Kaplan, who retired in 1993 as vice chancellor of the UW Colleges. Kaplan was committed to improving the quality of instruction and service to students at the UW Colleges’ campuses.

Recipients of the award receive a $250 grant that can be used to further enhance their creative approaches to education. The UW-Fond du Lac Foundation provides a matching grant.

UW-Fond du Lac is one of the thirteen campuses of the UW Colleges which are, collectively, the freshman/sophomore liberal arts transfer institution of the UW System. Kaplan Awards are presented at each of the thirteen campuses.

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