https://www.uwlax.edu/news/posts/Campus ConnectionPosts tagged with 'Light Reads April 2022':2022-07-28T15:59:00.833Zhttps://www.uwlax.edu/news/posts/uwl-history--through-the-lens-of-jim-jorstad/UWL history — through the lens of Jim Jorstad2022-04-13T11:11:18.47Z2022-04-04T12:00:00ZKjerstin Langhttps://uwlax.edu/profile/klang/klang@uwlax.edu
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<p class="date"><span class="label">Posted </span><span data-part="time">noon</span><span data-part="weekday"><span> </span>Monday</span><span data-part="month"><span>, </span>April</span><span data-part="day"><span> </span>4</span><span data-part="year"><span>, </span>2022</span></p>
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<figcaption>Jim Jorstad, ‘78, is an award-winning technology leader and former director at UWL. He majored in mass communications with a minor in photography. He received his master’s degree with honors in educational technology from the University of Iowa. </figcaption>
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<h3 class="tagline">Retired campus tech leader uncovers decades of photos and video, depicting some of UWL’s most memorable moments </h3>
<p>UW-La Crosse was the location of the interstate fairgrounds, the college training grounds of an Olympic gold medalist and the campaign stop for presidential candidates. Over its more than 110 years, the campus has attracted talented scholars, gymnasts, football players, musicians and professors with a lot of heart — in one case — actually two hearts. &nbsp;</p><p>The campus has evolved with the times, learning to educate students in new ways. It was a major milestone when technology first allowed education via distances using satellites. Now the pandemic has rapidly evolved how we educate and communicate using the Internet. &nbsp;</p><p>UWL has been a hub for not only making history, but documenting it. For a few decades of the UWL journey, a media expert, retired UWL employee and alum — Jim Jorstad, '78, — was at the sidelines, backstage or amid a massive crowd waiting to capture the perfect historic moment in video, photography and words. Here are a few of his most memorable moments.&nbsp;</p><div class="list-item-1">
<h3>Carter at Cartwright</h3>
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<figcaption>Former President Jimmy Carter pictured during a campaign stop at Cartwright Center on April 4, 1976.</figcaption>
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<p>Jimmy Carter came to campus in April 1976. In 1974, when Carter announced his candidacy for president, he was considered an outsider with little chance of gaining the recognition to become the next president. &nbsp;</p><p>But Carter surprised all when his anonymity gave him an advantage, and his campaign gained momentum. He became the 39th president.&nbsp;</p><p>Jorstad took this photo when he was still a student studying mass communication. It was the beginning of his career in political photojournalism.&nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Ford in La Crosse</h3>
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<figcaption>March 27, 1976. Gerald Ford spoke at the Mary Sawyer Auditorium. </figcaption>
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<p>Gerald R. Ford was also visiting La Crosse in 1976 as he spoke to a crowd of thousands at the Mary Sawyer Auditorium in downtown La Crosse. He was campaigning prior to the partisan primary election in his bid to become the Republican nominee for president. Ford won the primary, but lost the presidential race to Jimmy Carter.&nbsp;</p><p><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p>
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<h3>Twins image goes viral back then</h3>
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<figcaption>UWL students who were identical twins, Pat and Pam Burns, pose for a photo. </figcaption>
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<p>In today’s world of Instagram photos and digital phone cameras, it’s hard to recall the days when photo taking wasn’t an instant process. &nbsp;</p><p>Back in 1975, digital photography was in its infancy. The first known digitally created image was <a data-mce-href="https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/kodaks-first-digital-moment/" href="https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/kodaks-first-digital-moment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created in Kodak labs</a> at this time. With those first cameras it took 23 seconds to capture a 100 x 100 pixel image. Today’s latest iPhone 13 captures an image instantly that is 4032 x 3024 pixels. &nbsp;</p><p>The Canon F-1 was the flagship camera of the day. This camera used slide film, which produced colors and tones correctly on the film, but still took time to develop. The F-1 was used to take this photo of two UWL students who were identical twins, Pat and Pam Burns, just south of La Crosse overlooking Genoa. Jorstad entered the photo into the Milwaukee Journal Snapshot Awards as a UWL student, and it was selected as one of eight images out of 11,828 to be featured. Jorstad went on to win recognition in the Kodak International Snapshot Awards. &nbsp;</p>
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<h3>A day in the life at Dalkeith</h3>
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<p>This historic palace was actually a home-away-from-home for many UWL students. Over several decades, UWL students learned about Scottish history, culture and lifestyle at Dalkeith Palace. &nbsp;</p><p>Built in 1702, the historic palace is in the village of Dalkeith in the southeast region of Scotland. It was leased for several decades to the UW System for study abroad programs, with students spending a semester living in the palace while studying through the Wisconsin in Scotland Program (later to be renamed the Experience Scotland program). While the palace is no longer used for study abroad programming, UWL students are still <a data-mce-href="/international-education/education-abroad/" href="/international-education/education-abroad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">studying abroad</a> in Scotland through various programs. &nbsp;</p><p>Karolyn Bald, UWL interim director of International Education &amp; Engagement, studied at Dalkeith Palace as a UWL student. She remembers the good friends and the highland cattle in the pasture in front of the palace. &nbsp;She calls it “the most impactful piece of my college experience.” &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>“I went in thinking I was going to learn about another culture, which I did, but I actually learned more about myself than I ever dreamed.”&nbsp;</p><p>As part of this trip, Larry Sleznikow, a UWL non-traditional student, Jorstad and Dave Anderson, a mass communications major, also filmed an international clown camp, organized by UWL faculty member Richard Snowberg. Channel 19 was interested in the clown camp story, so it was sent via satellite from London, to New York, to La Crosse — a feat for the technology of the time. &nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Computer science TV series</h3>
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<figcaption>Jim Jorstad and Professor Michael Egle on the set of the computer science TV series in 1989. </figcaption>
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<p>This living-room-style set in UWL’s original TV studio in Wing Technology Center c. 1989 was created for a computer science TV series featuring Professor Mike Egle teaching 50-minute computer science lectures. </p><p>With so many students studying computer science, the campus cable TV series helped accommodate more students who could tune in from the comfort of their residence hall rooms. </p><p>“It was like an early version of Canvas (UWL’s current learning management system),” says Jorstad. “It was pretty innovative at the time.” </p><p>Jorstad was the campus TV producer back then, working on cable TV programs that would be broadcast on the campus cable TV system, including programming for residence life, gameshows, concerts, classroom teaching, political interviews and more.</p>
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<h3>Dishing out more technology</h3>
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<figcaption>Here UWL’s education technology staff are pictured with technology from the late 1990s and early 2000s: analog cameras, a rooftop satellite dish and computer tablets for instructors (the tablets came ca. 2005). The faculty and staff members documenting this transition include, from left, Stefan Smith, Wayne Abler, Rich Snowberg, Jorstad and Terry Wirkus. </figcaption>
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<p>In the late 1990s and early 2000s, UWL’s Media Services was transformed into the Educational Technologies Department, which developed distance education at UWL, the idea of beaming courses around the state using the latest technologies of the time. The satellite dish was eventually removed from the roof of Wing Technology Center as all classroom technologies evolved. Courses are now being shared over distances via the internet. &nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Football on the big field</h3>
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<figcaption>The Screaming Eagles Marching Band on Lambeau Field in the late 1990s. </figcaption>
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<p>The Screaming Eagles Marching Band has had many performances for Packer games at Lambeau Field. Jorstad recalls catching some of the Packer greats on camera, including alum Bill Schroeder.&nbsp;Terry Wirkus, <a data-mce-href="/news/posts/last-call/" href="/news/posts/last-call/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">retired distance learning tech coordinator</a>, was the voice at halftime. &nbsp;</p>
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<h3>9-11 </h3>
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<figcaption>In September 2001, the flag and bunting was added to Wing Technology Center to remember 9-11. Wing re-opened the week of the 9-11 attacks and people in the building watched the unfolding devastation as the Twin Towers collapsed on the large screen projectors just installed inside. </figcaption>
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<p>Wing Technology Center was rededicated Sept. 13, 2001, after a state-of-the-art information technology equipment update to the 1950s-era facility. The Wing update was marked with brief ceremony despite the terrorist attacks two days earlier. “The ceremony was not only a celebration of the renovation, but also an effort to return to normalcy,” according to the Winter 2001 Alumnus magazine. &nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Rocking the Olympic trails</h3>
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<figcaption>Andrew Rock is pictured running in the preliminary time trials the day before the Olympics began in 2004. </figcaption>
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<p>Andrew Rock, ’04, is UWL’s only Olympic gold medal athlete. He ran the men’s 4x400m relay at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens. This image of him running in the preliminary time trials almost didn’t happen, recalls Jorstad. As the race began, he knew Andrew would finish the race in about 45 seconds. “The gun went off and I tried the first shot and there was an error in the camera. I quickly took the lens off, cleaned the contact, popped it back on, and began shooting images. I quickly uploaded the images from Sacramento, California, to the La Crosse Tribune. This was a remarkable image, which is now in the hallway in Graff Main Hall.”&nbsp;</p><p>According to the 2004-05 Alumnus magazine, Rock finished sixth in the 400-meter dash final at the Olympic Trials with a time of 44.05. He then ran with the U.S. 4x400 meter relay team that won the North American Central American and Caribbean Track &amp; Field Championships in Canada. After runs in Munich, Germany, with Team USA, he was officially named to the 4x400 meter relay pool for the 2004 Olympic games, becoming the first UWL student athlete to be selected to a U.S. Olympic team. &nbsp;</p><p>“Before the Olympics, I knew I was proud to be from UWL, but being over there for five weeks and having time to think and talk to other people, I realized that I have never been more proud to be from UWL than right now,” Rock said in the 2004-05 Alumnus.&nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Centennial celebration</h3>
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<figcaption>The setup for the 2009 centennial celebration at UWL was massive, with 60 feet of video projection, five video projectors and a state-of-the-art sound system.</figcaption>
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<p>UWL celebrated its first 100 years in 2009 with more than 600 guests and 200 live performers. &nbsp;</p><p>Former Music Professor Gary Walth wrote an original song to be performed for the celebration, “The Promised Land,” which aimed to celebrate the beauty of the La Crosse region. It was digitally <a data-mce-href="https://youtu.be/k_4-f_poeYw" href="https://youtu.be/k_4-f_poeYw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recorded by Brett Huus</a>.</p><p>One video highlighted during the celebration, “<a data-mce-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dqZOxh7NUY" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dqZOxh7NUY" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">For Love of the Game</a>,” by Jorstad, traces memories from teammates of the 1959 football team.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Thompson — a long-term supporter of UWL</h3>
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<p>This photo of Tommy Thompson on campus was taken in 2012 during his bid for U.S. Senate versus Tammy Baldwin.&nbsp;</p><p>Jorstad also photographed him when we came to campus for Freedom Fest. &nbsp;</p><p>Thompson has long been a supporter of the UW System and showed that support when he filled in to become the interim president of the UW System in July 2020 as COVID-19 challenges continued to emerge. Thompson came to campus for his final visit as interim president on Feb. 28, <a data-mce-href="/news/posts/tommy-thompson-day/" href="/news/posts/tommy-thompson-day/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which was called Tommy Thompson Day at UW-La Crosse</a>. &nbsp;</p><p>He said in an op-ed shared widely that “It’s time we stop apologizing for the UW and start bragging about it. The UW System is Wisconsin’s greatest asset other than its people. We need to let everybody know what a great value for students we have here, perhaps with a robust marketing campaign, because the returns to our state when our UW succeeds are tremendous.”&nbsp;</p><p>“I want our state’s young people and their parents to hear how vitally important a university education is to their individual growth, to our Wisconsin communities, and to our state’s economic health. To become the engineers, doctors, teachers, writers, data scientists and conservationists of tomorrow, you need a university degree. And our universities are the key to providing critical thinking skills that help develop citizens in an information-rich society. A college degree is more important than ever.”&nbsp;</p>
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<h3>A professor with two hearts</h3>
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<figcaption>UWL Biology Professor Tom Volk pictured in 2012. </figcaption>
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<p>No matter what type of communication, if it is an emotional story, people tend to listen. Jorstad remembers meeting Biology Professor Tom Volk on campus. He commented, in passing, on his wide variety of hair colors. “I asked him why he colored his hair. He simply told me, ‘I color my hair to show that just because I look different, doesn't mean I'm not a good person.’ Those words stuck with me, and from there we started a friendship,” says Jorstad.&nbsp;</p><p>Jorstad later documented Volk’s story, including his many health scares leading up to his students driving him to Mayo Clinic where he received a heart transplant. The video, “<a data-mce-href="https://youtu.be/zMmInPZfsFI" href="https://youtu.be/zMmInPZfsFI" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">The Professor with Two Hearts</a>,” became a CNN iReport feature, and it was played for a UW System Board of Regent's presentation.&nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Taking a leap on leap year</h3>
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<figcaption>Members of the UWL gymnastics team take a leap for a photo to be shared Feb. 29, 2012. </figcaption>
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<p>UWL’s gymnastics team has earned plenty of national championship titles, but on Feb. 29, 2012, they put their skills to use in a new way, helping to mark Leap Year, which was featured on CNN iReports.&nbsp;</p><p>Barb Gibson was head coach at the time. CNN created a timeline of how the Leap Year Day migrated through the world time zones, and La Crosse was featured.&nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Biden comes to campus</h3>
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<p>President Joe Biden came to campus when he was vice president in 2012 to campaign for Barack Obama. &nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Building on science education</h3>
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<figcaption>This video program in 2012 was developed to explain the importance of adequate facilities to foster excellence in teaching, learning and research. Requested by UW System administration, the video was instrumental in making the case for the need for the building and obtaining the approval and funding. </figcaption>
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<p>Cowley Hall science building was constructed in the 1960s. <a data-mce-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR2blyTm-lo&amp;t=9s" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR2blyTm-lo&amp;t=9s">This video</a> shows how the deteriorating and outdated facility has affected teaching, learning and research on campus. With phase one of the Prairie Springs Science Center completed in 2018, many research and teaching labs were able to move out of Cowley Hall and into the new facility. However, phase two is still needed to move out of Cowley Hall completely and provide student-centered, technology-enhanced classrooms that are designed to maximize collaboration and meet UWL’s strong enrollment and leadership in the sciences. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>The <a data-mce-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR2blyTm-lo&amp;t=9s" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR2blyTm-lo&amp;t=9s" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">video shows how failing infrastructure</a> and inefficient spaces impact the ability of faculty to teach and students to learn. The video was created in August 2012. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Sharing media across generations</h3>
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<figcaption>Jim Jorstad’s father photographed and documented his tour in Europe and wrote the a story narrative on many of the images. Jorstad would take a photo from the same location 61 years later 1944/2005.</figcaption>
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<p>Jorstad began producing films in high school in the early 1970s before bringing his skills to UW-La Crosse. He had natural skills for documenting life as it unfolds, much like his dad, who documented WWII while in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers throughout Europe.&nbsp;</p><p>Jorstad highlighted many of his social media moments in his TEDxUW-La Crosse presentation, “Digital Storytelling,” in Nov. 14, 2013. He used this same image of his father and himself more than 61 years later, still documenting life.</p><p>Jorstad <a data-mce-href="https://youtu.be/QhJDUIQ9EzY" href="https://youtu.be/QhJDUIQ9EzY" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">spoke at UWL’s First TEDxUWLaCrosse event</a>, where UWL campus and community members shared short stories about “turning points” in society or their personal lives. UWL has continued to hold TEDxUWLaCrosse events over the years. Associate Professor of Psychology Tesia Marshik’s 2015 talk on Learning Styles and the importance of critical self reflection now has well over 1 million views. &nbsp;</p><p>UWL’s next TEDx event will be on <a data-mce-href="/tedxuwlacrosse/" href="/tedxuwlacrosse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April 19 with the theme of Renewal</a>. &nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Recognizing Carl Wimberly</h3>
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<figcaption>Dec. 11, 2013, Jim Jorstad, right, poses with Carl Wimberly in the studio in Wing Technology Center. </figcaption>
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<p>Carl Wimberly has become a household name at UWL. Wimberly, who died in 2016, was recognized by renaming North Hall in his honor in June 2000. &nbsp;He joined UWL as an instructor of political science in 1953 and went on to serve UWL for 40 years as a professor, dean and vice chancellor. He served as acting chancellor following Kenneth Lindner's resignation in 1978 until Noel Richards' appointment in 1979. Wimberly retired as vice chancellor in 1992. Here he is pictured as Jorstad films his history on campus and his WWII stories.&nbsp;</p><p>A year later, Jim was recognized as one of the Top 30 Technology Transformers in the U.S.</p>
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<h3>Barack Obama comes back</h3>
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<figcaption>Presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke before a huge crowd near the Holiday Inn and the La Crosse Center on Oct. 1, 2008. He returned to La Crosse as president, speaking to a crowd of about 2,400 people at UWL's Recreational Eagle Center Thursday, July 2, 2015. </figcaption>
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<p>Former President Barack Obama came to La Crosse in 2008 while running for president. As president, he visited UWL in 2015, marking the first time in university history that a sitting president visited campus. &nbsp;</p><p>Jorstad also captured Obama when he spoke to a packed 2nd Street in La Crosse while campaigning for president in 2008. He became the 44th president and the first African American to hold the office.&nbsp;</p><p>Jorstad also covered Obama when he went to UW-Madison in 2012. “It was the day after he had a bad effort in the presidential debates, and I really wasn't sure I wanted to cover it. I am glad I did. When I was working to find a news slug, I came up with the title, "Obama Finds His Groove." The one title was picked up by the news agencies and became a trending name on Google,” he says.&nbsp;</p>
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<h3>Working in a new way</h3>
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<p>The way people work changed as the pandemic lingered. Read a UWL management professor’s take on the changing times in an article “<a data-mce-href="/currents/will-work-from-home-become-the-norm/" href="/currents/will-work-from-home-become-the-norm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Will work from home become the norm?</a>”&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Jorstad retired in February 2022 as UWL’s interim chief information officer. His many media works that move UWL forward will not be forgotten.</p>
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<p class="date"><span class="label">Posted </span><span data-part="time">11:55 a.m.</span><span data-part="weekday"><span> </span>Monday</span><span data-part="month"><span>, </span>April</span><span data-part="day"><span> </span>4</span><span data-part="year"><span>, </span>2022</span></p>
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<figcaption>Bryan Heiderscheit, ’94, is one of this year's Graff Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.</figcaption>
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<h3>Heiderscheit known for integrity, passion in sports medicine</h3>
<p><em><span data-contrast="auto">Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of five articles introducing recipients of the UWL Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Awards. </span></em><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/news/posts/distinguished-alumni-2022/" data-mce-href="/news/posts/distinguished-alumni-2022/"><em><span data-contrast="none">See all 2022 award recipients.</span></em></a><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Those who work with Bryan Heiderscheit know firsthand of his tremendous productivity, scholarly success and quality mentoring. And others internationally know of his sports medicine reputation, thanks to widespread recognition and scholarly publications.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:10,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:247,&quot;335559991&quot;:10}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">For nearly two decades, Heiderscheit has led a clinical research program representing sports medicine, biomedical engineering, physical therapy and orthopedics at UW-Madison. His passion, creativity and innovation have greatly impacted the many undergraduate and graduate students he’s mentored. Many have gone on to gain tenure track faculty positions along with earning worldwide scientific scholarship recognition.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:247}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Heiderscheit is an editor of the “Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy,” the second largest physical therapy journal in the world. As a practicing clinician, he has instant credibility with the publication’s audience.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:247}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">“There are very few individuals in the physical therapy profession that can match this level of scholarly success,” says William Boissonnault, executive vice president of professional affairs for the American Physical Therapy Association. “His work represents significant collaboration with basic scientists and physician scholars.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:10,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:247,&quot;335559991&quot;:10}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">That recognition is shown in the many national and international awards along with speaking invitations Heiderscheit receives. Among them is the American Physical Therapy Association’s highest recognition, the Catherine Worthingham Fellow citation. It’s awarded to those who have influenced the physical therapy profession through leadership and achievements for at least 15 years.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:10,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:247,&quot;335559991&quot;:10}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Those close to Heiderscheit also see his loyalty, commitment and family devotion. He extends those characteristics to his profession.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:10,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:247,&quot;335559991&quot;:10}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">“He has always demonstrated a tremendous work ethic, empathy and excellent communication with patients and has done so with the highest integrity and honesty,” notes UWL Professor Emeritus George J. Davies. “He is a class act.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:10,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:247,&quot;335559991&quot;:10}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><strong><em><span data-contrast="auto">The Maurice O. Graff Distinguished Alumni Award</span></em></strong><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Recognizes outstanding achievement of alumni who have brought honor and distinction to the university. Long-time administrator Maurice O. Graff instituted the honor in 1977.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:10,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:10}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Bryan Heiderscheit, ’94</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;</span></p><ul><li><span data-contrast="none"> Recognized worldwide for integrity, passion, creativity and innovation in sports medicine.</span></li><li><span data-contrast="none"> Frederick Gaenslen Professor in Orthopedics and Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.</span></li><li><span data-contrast="none"> 2020 Excellence in Research Award, American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy; 2019 Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association; others.</span></li><li><span data-contrast="none"> Bachelor’s in physical therapy, 1994; master’s, 1998, and doctorate, 2000, University of Massachusetts.</span></li></ul><p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Nominate deserving alumni</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Nominate deserving UWL alumni for the university’s distinguished alumni awards. Simply fill out the </span><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/alumni/about/awards/nomination/" data-mce-href="/alumni/about/awards/nomination/"><span data-contrast="none">nomination form</span></a><span data-contrast="none">; the Alumni Office will contact nominees.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Nominations are accepted throughout the year. They must be received by Oct. 1 to be considered for the award the following year.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">See all </span><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/alumni/about/awards/past-recipients/" data-mce-href="/alumni/about/awards/past-recipients/"><span data-contrast="none">past recipients </span></a><span data-contrast="none">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">See the </span><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/alumni/about/awards/" data-mce-href="/alumni/about/awards/"><span data-contrast="none">award criteria</span></a><span data-contrast="none">.</span></p>
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<p>Kari Willett was at a production of “The Lion King,” waiting for the curtain to open, when a light bulb went on in her head.</p><p>“I was flipping through the playbill before the show when I happened to see a credit for physical therapy,” she says. “That definitely piqued my interest. I’d known I wanted to be a physical therapist since I was 15 years old … and I’ve always loved musical theater. So, naturally, I was super excited about a company that specialized in providing care for performers.”</p><p>These days, it’s Willett who is working to keep people healthy behind the scenes. The 2017 and 2020 UW-La Crosse alum is a physiotherapist (known in the United States as a physical therapist) for NeuroTour, a performing arts care provider offering services in Europe and the United States — the same company Willett saw credited while attending the “The Lion King.”</p><p>Currently, Willett is the resident physiotherapist for the United Kingdom and Ireland tour of “Beauty and the Beast.” She travels wherever the show goes — as far south as Bristol in England and Cardiff in Wales, and as far north as Edinburgh in Scotland. This summer, the tour will hit London’s famed West End; this Christmas, it will make a stop in Dublin, Ireland.</p><p>Before and during shows, Willett turns the back of the stage into a one-woman outpatient clinic. She tends to aches and pains, taping up joints, diagnosing and treating new injuries and, in some cases, determining whether a patient can continue with the show.</p><p>COVID-19 recently shut down “Beauty and the Beast” for a few weeks; however, Willett stayed busy.</p><p>Working from NeuroTour’s stationary clinic in London, Willett provided intermittent care for productions of “Wicked,” “Book of Mormon,” Get Up, Stand Up!,” Matilda” and “The Prince of Egypt.”</p>
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<p>The job marries Willett’s strongest passions: meeting and helping people, and musical theater.</p><p>“I love the variety of people I get to work with backstage. I don’t just care for the cast; I also see the crew, the musicians, even management,” she explains. “I’m someone who gets bored easily, so having such a wide variety of conditions to treat is amazing. I see everything from general back and neck pain, to more acute injuries, to hand pain, to occasional wound care. There’s never a dull moment.”</p><p>Willett built a solid foundation for her career at UWL, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science and her doctorate in physical therapy.</p><p>She was also a standout performer in women’s gymnastics, earning countless team and individual accolades, including a share of the individual national title on the balance beam. The ups and downs of being an athlete, including managing her own injuries, proved to be valuable experiences.</p><p>“I think the world of gymnastics, and especially college gymnastics, really instilled a sense of resilience in me,” she says. “Gymnastics is all about falling and then getting right back up. In physical therapy, you have to be able to take that pain, empathize with it, but then focus on the things that are within your control to improve the situation.”</p><p><a data-mce-href="/profile/cburkhardt/" href="/profile/cburkhardt/" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">Carla Burkhardt, ’86, academic services director for the College of Science &amp; Health</a>, says she’s not surprised by Willett’s early success.</p><p>“Kari is supremely talented in many areas, from being a stand-out gymnast to excelling academically,” she says. “It’s exciting to see how she has found a position that combines her music and theater interests with her physical therapy profession.”</p><p>Looking back, Willett says she is fortunate to have flipped through that playbill all those years ago. She couldn’t have known it at the time, but it was leading her to her dream job.</p><p>“I love it,” Willett says, “even more than I thought I would.”</p>
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<p>UW-La Crosse students joined dozens of undergraduates from all UW campuses March 9 to display and discuss their research findings at the state capitol.</p><p>The UWL student researchers are part of the tradition of the stellar undergraduate research projects done on campus. UWL in April 2022 will receive a national award for providing high-quality research experiences to its undergraduates.</p><p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cur.org/what/recognition/aura/recipients/" data-mce-href="https://www.cur.org/what/recognition/aura/recipients/">2021 Campus-Wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments</a> from the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cur.org/" data-mce-href="https://www.cur.org/">Council on Undergraduate Research</a>&nbsp;recognizes campuses that demonstrate depth and breadth in their undergraduate research initiatives and have evidence of continual innovation.</p><p><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/urc/" data-mce-href="/urc/">UWL Undergraduate Research and Creativity</a>&nbsp;Coordinator Scott Cooper says UWL’s strong research program doesn’t happen without quality faculty research and mentorship. Hundreds of faculty and staff have mentored thousands of students over the past several decades. UWL provides these transformational experiences to as many students as possible including first-year students, first-generation, low income, and minority students.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><div class="list-item-1 ">
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<h3>UWL alum Sadie Brown is top adapted PE teacher in the Midwest</h3>
<p><span data-contrast="none">A UW-La Crosse alum is the top adapted physical education teacher in the Midwest.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Sadie Brown, ’09, who works in the Sun Prairie Area School District, is being recognized by the National Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America).&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">“It was very humbling and unexpected,” Brown says of the award. “I give full credit to the other four amazing adapted PE teachers I work with in my district. I am who I am because of those four dedicated educators who push me to be a better teacher every day.”&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Those who knew Brown during her time at UWL are hardly surprised by her success.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Garth Tymeson, professor emeritus, remembers how Brown stood out in his courses as well as in clinicals with children with disabilities.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">“Even then, she was a leader among her peers and demonstrated confidence and skill when teaching students with disabilities,” Tymeson notes. “You could tell she was having fun even with kids who had challenging behaviors and high intensity needs. Sadie also established very meaningful communication and relationships with parents of kids with disabilities, which is a critical skill for adapted PE teachers. She was developing excellent teacher skills and behaviors as a college student.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">Brown has continued to build on this solid foundation — first, as a PE and health teacher in the Watertown Unified School District, then, in her adapted PE position in Sun Prairie, which she’s held for the past seven years.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">“Seeing Sadie continually growing as an educator has been a joy,” says Kristi Mally, who taught several of Brown’s courses at UWL. “She models the key attributes of what it means to be a teacher: lifelong learner, reflective and student-centered. </span><span data-contrast="none">She is a leader who inspires others to keep working to do what is best for their students. Sadie is genuinely kind, caring and fun, and she clearly deserves this award.”&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">The admiration is mutual. Brown says her professors and experiences at UWL inspired her career choice and allowed her to hit the ground running.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">“UWL was amazing in preparing me to be an educator,” she explains. “I feel so lucky to have been able to attend an amazing university of high-quality professors. I was given so many opportunities to experience working with students in the real setting very early on.”&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">In addition to her day-to-day responsibilities, Brown has taken on leadership and advocacy opportunities in her profession. She is an active leader in the Wisconsin Health and Physical Education Association — an affiliate of SHAPE — and has been involved with convention planning, organizing professional development webinars, and connecting with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction on behalf of teachers across the state.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">However, Brown says her favorite moments are when she knows she is making a difference in her students’ lives.&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span data-contrast="none">“I love when my students with disabilities don't feel different from their peers — when they get to play right with their peers and feel just like everyone else,” she says. “I also love seeing kids grow in their skills and confidence over time. I love watching them learn to advocate for themselves as well. That is very rewarding.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:1,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p>Imagine walking around an ancient Egyptian temple or holding a 4,000-year-old artifact in the palm of your hand.</p><p><a data-mce-href="/profile/danderson4/" href="/profile/danderson4/">UWL’s David Anderson</a> is bringing people as close to that experience as possible through photogrammetry — the science of using photographs to produce 3D immersive models.</p><p>Anderson and two of his former students spent January 2022 working on a new project at the Mut Temple in Luxor, Egypt, <a href="https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/row-of-sekhmet-statues-mut-temple-karnak-9ff7f1376fae445f827db79588ee6b18" data-mce-href="https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/row-of-sekhmet-statues-mut-temple-karnak-9ff7f1376fae445f827db79588ee6b18">photographing nearly 300 statues</a> of the lioness-headed goddess Sekhmet. The photos will be stitched together into moveable, 3D models that can be viewed by anyone anywhere with a phone or computer.</p><p>“It’s estimated that there were over 500 of these statues in the temple originally, but some have been removed and taken to museums in Egypt and around the world,” explains Anderson, a professor in the <a data-mce-href="/archaeology/" href="/archaeology/" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">Archaeology &amp; Anthropology Department</a>. Anderson was invited by Betsy Bryan, director of the Johns Hopkins University and University of Liverpool Expedition to the Mut Temple Precinct, to come with students from UWL and conduct a detailed 3D photographic documentation of the temple buildings and statues.</p><p>“The goal is to create a 3D database of the Sekhmet statues currently in the temple,” he says, “as well as develop a scanning protocol that will allow museums to add their own statues so we can try get to a full database of the known statues from the temple.”</p><p>Anderson and his two understudies — Shannon Casey, ’21, and Nicolette Pegarsch, ’19 — spent several hours daily photographing the statues, taking hundreds of photos of each, from all different angles.</p><p>They took more than 55,000 photos during their 12 days of work at the temple.</p><p>In the late afternoons, they’d visit other notable sites as tourists, including the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens, the Tombs of the Nobles and many others.</p>
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<p>Anderson — a leading Egyptologist and the president of the American Research Center in Egypt — admits he’s grown a little jaded having visited the area so many times. He’s scanned so many <a href="http://www.sketchfab.com/danderson4" data-mce-href="http://www.sketchfab.com/danderson4">sites and artifacts</a> over the years that his trips to Egypt can begin to feel almost business-like.</p><p>But seeing the sights with two newcomers, he says, was fresh and rewarding.</p><p>“Because of their enthusiasm, it was like seeing Egypt for the first time,” Anderson explains. “Seeing how excited they’d get, the questions they’d ask, it was really like seeing Egypt through a fresh pair of eyes.</p><p>“It was also so rewarding to see the students actively applying what they learned in my classes in the real world,” he said. “Not just with scanning the statues, but seeing them trying to translate hieroglyphic inscriptions in the museums, temples and tombs we visited.”</p><p>As a young person passionate about archeology, Casey says it was the trip of a lifetime.</p><p>“It was really amazing, after taking a variety of different classes about archeology and Egypt, to see things I had learned about in class and to put my knowledge to the test,” she notes. “I never thought I’d get to go to Egypt, and certainly not in the capacity to access some of the most amazing wonders of the world. This trip made me a more experienced traveler and archeologist.”</p><p>Pegarsch agrees.</p><p>“The experience I had in Egypt was absolutely incredible — something that I had dreamt about for 15 years,” she says. “Egypt is a very sensory country. Between the delicious foods, constant trills of car horns and the absolute beauty of the landscape in Luxor, I just fell in love.”</p><p>The knowledge they gained on the trip is already being put to good use. Casey is interning with the La Crosse County Historical Society, while Pegarsch is interning with the Winona County Historical Society.</p><p>“My experience in Egypt and at the Winona County Historical Society is something a lot of universities and museums are looking to do,” Pegarsch says. “Preserve our past.”</p><p><br><br></p>
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<p>What have UWL alumni been up to recently? Find out in the latest issue of&nbsp;<a href="https://issuu.com/uw-lacrosse/docs/class_notes_january_2022_de132d5b7e5166?fr=sM2M0ZDU0MzQxNg" aria-hidden="true" data-mce-href="https://issuu.com/uw-lacrosse/docs/class_notes_january_2022_de132d5b7e5166?fr=sM2M0ZDU0MzQxNg" data-mce-tabindex="-1" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">Class Notes</a>.</p>
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