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<p>Had the pandemic not happened, there would have been no “My Wisconsin Backyard.” No national Telly Award. No discovering how people enjoy the Badger state’s outdoors.</p><p>Traci Neuman, ’94, says when the pandemic hit, she and her co-producer, Brian Ewig, felt compelled to start a regular series to provide a sense of happiness and encouragement — along with motivating people to get outside.</p><p>“It required us to come up with new ways to work like using a long boom pole for the microphone when recording audio and editing from our homes,” she recalls. They launched “My Wisconsin Backyard” in June 2020.</p><p>Neuman moved to Milwaukee PBS in 2011 after working two decades in commercial-TV news. She calls it her best career decision.&nbsp;</p><p>In establishing the digital series and broadcast show, the station offered environmentally friendly, outdoor segments focusing on how Wisconsinites enjoy their time outside. Along with looking at outdoor activity, “My Wisconsin Backyard” features mental and physical health tips, eco-friendly gardening, backyard recipes, and other aspects of spending time outside.&nbsp;</p><p><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p>
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<p>“It is a way to bring people together by introducing different opportunities to help everyone find their own outdoor passion,” Neuman explains. “The best part of my job is learning, sharing and making a difference in the community.”</p><p>Neuman took an interest in journalism during high school in Minneapolis, despite living in the large market where it was hard to get started. She entered UWL as a psychology major but stopped in the then-Wing Communications Center one day out of curiosity.&nbsp;</p><p>“I was surprised to learn that, in addition to the school having a good TV program, the local stations were in the small market category and occasionally hired students,” she recalls. “I changed my major immediately.”</p><p>She says the mass communications curriculum was special because it was so well rounded, offering invaluable, hands-on experience at student TV and radio stations. It also required classes in still photography, marketing, advertising, public relations and writing.</p><p>“I had no idea at the time that I would go on to use all of these skills as well on a regular basis,” she notes.</p><p>Neuman says being a student-athlete also helped her prepare for a TV career. It wasn’t easy to juggle school, running full-time and working at WKBT-TV, Channel 8, part-time, she says. But it made her mentally tough and helped her become an excellent time manager, multitasker and team player.&nbsp;</p><p>“In addition, through athletics, I learned perseverance, patience, the ability to overcome adversity and perform well in stressful situations,” she explains. “And also, to positively thrive off competition.”</p><p><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p>
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<p>After graduation, Neuman moved to Channel 8’s sister station in Rockford, Illinois, to work full-time. Eventually, she headed to Milwaukee’s CBS affiliate.&nbsp;</p><p>“The 20-plus years in news took me all over the country to cover the Packers, Bucks, Badgers and many other amazing stories,” she says. “It was an opportunity to see and do things that other people only dream about.”</p><p>Neuman saw the opportunity at Milwaukee PBS as a way to share longer stories and mentor students. Since fall 2012<u>,</u> she has taught part-time at Milwaukee Area Technical College.</p><p>“My favorite part of the job is having the ability to help others and to make a difference in the community,” she says.</p><p>Neuman says all the challenges of taking on “My Wisconsin Backyard” in a pandemic have been worth it. A year in, the program won a national Telly Award, the 2021 Gold Winner of Media &amp; Entertainment.</p><p>Neuman says it’s an honor to tell the stories about the people and all things in Wisconsin. Those with ideas may contact her at <a href="mailto:neumantr@matc.edu" data-mce-href="mailto:neumantr@matc.edu">neumantr@matc.edu</a> or 414.704.1682.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>“My Wisconsin Backyard”</strong> airs on several Thursdays throughout the year and can be found at:&nbsp; <a href="https://video.milwaukeepbs.org/show/my-wisconsin-backyard/specials/" data-mce-href="https://video.milwaukeepbs.org/show/my-wisconsin-backyard/specials/">https://video.milwaukeepbs.org/show/my-wisconsin-backyard/specials/</a></p><p><strong>More</strong> about “My Wisconsin Backyard.” [ <a href="https://mywiscbackyard.com/" data-mce-href="https://mywiscbackyard.com/">https://mywiscbackyard.com/</a><u> ]</u></p><p><a data-mce-href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022" href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">Read more stories from the January eLantern.</a></p><p><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p>
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<h3>Joe and Suzanne Toce reflect on importance of giving</h3>
<p>When Joe and Suzanne Toce were looking for a place to finish their careers and retire, they had three requirements.</p><p>Their new city needed to have NPR and PBS stations. It needed to have a bridge club. And it needed to have a university.</p><p>Their search led them to La Crosse, where Joe would teach chemistry and biochemistry at UW-La Crosse, and Suzanne would work as a neonatologist at Gundersen Health System.</p><p>Nearly two decades later, Joe and Suzanne are happy they chose La Crosse. UWL students and alumni should be grateful, too. Over the years, Joe and Suzanne have helped launch careers by donating thousands of dollars toward student scholarships, particularly for those with research interests in the sciences.</p><p>“Supporting that research really helps students get to the next level,” Joe says. “When you’re looking for that first job, you need to be able to show what you can do. We believe this is the best way for students to bolster their resumes and show employers that they have prowess beyond just the classroom.”</p><p>“We firmly believe in the power of education,” Suzanne adds. “As parents, Joe’s favorite saying has always been: ‘Educate your children. It’s the only way to get rid of them.’ So supporting that has always been important to us.”</p><p>Joe, originally from Hartford, Connecticut, and Suzanne, originally from Grosse Ile, Michigan, spent most of their careers in St. Louis, Missouri.</p><p>Joe ran a biochemistry company that, among other things, produced an active ingredient used in anti-cancer and anti-HIV drugs.</p><p>Suzanne worked for Saint Louis University, where she helped establish a medical ethics committee at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, and helped develop one of the first palliative care programs in the country.</p><p>After their children grew and went to college, they moved to La Crosse in hopes of settling down.</p><p>For Joe, teaching required an adjustment after years in the private sector.</p><p>“In industry, you’re paid for your performance and how good you are,” he explains. “But at a university, you’re going to find students at different levels and with different priorities. So it was definitely a challenge at first.”</p><p>Joe sought to make the college experience fun and challenging.</p><p>He’d often stump his students with brain teasers, such as: “If you’re sitting at the equator, how long does it take for the sun to set from the moment it touches the horizon?”</p><p>Eventually, he used his questions to create a contest in which the student with the most correct answers received a $1,000 award he called “The Goblet of Fire Scholarship,” named after a book in the “Harry Potter” series.</p><p>As the couple neared and entered retirement (Joe in 2012 and Suzanne in 2013), they created more scholarships and research opportunities for students.</p><p>The <a data-mce-href="https://uwlax.academicworks.com/donors/drs-suzanne-joseph-toce" href="https://uwlax.academicworks.com/donors/drs-suzanne-joseph-toce">Drs. Suzanne &amp; Joseph Toce Biochemistry Scholarship Endowment Fund</a>, established through the UWL Foundation in 2009, funds two $1,000 scholarships awarded annually — one for a graduating senior and another for a returning undergraduate.</p><p>In 2019, they established the Joseph &amp; Suzanne Toce Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship, which fosters collaborative research opportunities between an undergraduate student and a faculty mentor.</p><p>They also donated toward the <a data-mce-href="/foundation/your-impact/science-center/" href="/foundation/your-impact/science-center/">Prairie Springs Science Center endowment</a>, earning naming rights for one of the building’s research labs.</p><p>In total, Joe and Suzanne have contributed more than $212,000 to the UWL Foundation — most of which has funded scholarships.</p><p>Sara Gonske, a May 2021 graduate in biochemistry, received the Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship and the Toce Graduating Senior Award in Biochemistry.</p><p>The fellowship — which allowed her to conduct research alongside Associate Professor John May between her junior and senior years — was particularly impactful, she says.</p><p>“It helped me so that I didn’t have to spend as much time working in my survey job or going home and working on my grandparents’ farm. Instead, I could stay at school and learn with Dr. May, and get as much research experience as I could going into grad school,” says Gonske, who is in the University of Washington’s doctoral program in biochemistry. “Saving that time and getting those experiences was so valuable. That really adds to your resume and prepares you for the next level.”</p><p>While he loved teaching and supporting students, Joe has never lost his own passion for learning.</p><p>The year he retired, Joe signed up as a student to close the loop on some unfinished research.</p><p>Additionally, over the past several years, he has audited half a dozen courses on finance and economics because he wanted to learn more on the topics.</p><p>“Sitting in class with students, you realize that you’ve had very different life experiences and educational opportunities,” he notes. Regardless of age, “education is still important. It’s still the best way forward.”</p><p>While they came to La Crosse and UWL later in life, Joe and Suzanne say they have built lasting connections with the city and university.</p><p>Their favorite part of giving, they say, is seeing their donations make an impact on campus and in the community.</p><p>“We’ve given to UW-Madison (where Joe earned his Ph.D.) in the past, but we prefer to give locally,” Suzanne says. “Our money has more of an impact here. It’s an investment that pays off.”</p><p>Adds Joe: “La Crosse is just such a special place for us. You don’t really realize it until you’ve lived in or visited other towns this size.”</p><p><a data-mce-href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022" href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">Read more stories from the January eLantern.</a></p>
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<p>More than 1,100 donors.</p><p>More than $208,000.</p><p>Just 24 hours.</p><p>Those were the figures after the conclusion of UW-La Crosse’s second-annual Giving Day, which rallied support for an array of campus causes Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.</p><p>‘UWL alumni, students, staff, and friends once again stepped up to support our university,” says <a href="/profile/twilmoth/" data-mce-href="/profile/twilmoth/">Taylor Wilmoth, UWL fund director</a>. “Giving Day is special as it’s a collective time to show the love people have for UWL and the kind of difference we can make when we all come together.”<br><br></p><p><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p>
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<p><br></p><p>Organizers had hoped to engage 1,500 donors — a goal that didn’t quite materialize. But for the second consecutive year, Giving Day brought in more than $200,000 — funds that will make a profound impact on scholarships, research, academic programming, athletics and more.</p><p>Highlights include:</p><ul><li>The Alumni Association nearly doubling its donations from 2020</li><li>An increase in employee giving</li><li>More than 70 Giving Day social media ambassadors raising $25,000</li><li>Several successful challenges, including a graduates of the last decade challenge, which engaged 133 graduates plus a matching donor.</li></ul><p>With two Giving Days in the books, Wilmoth says there are more ideas in the works for future events.</p><p>“We’ve definitely been thinking about new ideas and looking at what other universities have done to be successful,” she says. “We’re always trying to find new ways to engage people and help them feel connected to campus and empower them to give.”</p><p><a data-mce-href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022" href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">Read more stories from the January eLantern.</a></p><p><br></p>
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<p>Had the pandemic not happened, there would have been no “My Wisconsin Backyard.” No national Telly Award. No discovering how people enjoy the Badger state’s outdoors.</p><p>Traci Neuman, ’94, says when the pandemic hit, she and her co-producer, Brian Ewig, felt compelled to start a regular series to provide a sense of happiness and encouragement — along with motivating people to get outside.</p><p>“It required us to come up with new ways to work like using a long boom pole for the microphone when recording audio and editing from our homes,” she recalls. They launched “My Wisconsin Backyard” in June 2020.</p><p>Neuman moved to Milwaukee PBS in 2011 after working two decades in commercial-TV news. She calls it her best career decision.&nbsp;</p><p>In establishing the digital series and broadcast show, the station offered environmentally friendly, outdoor segments focusing on how Wisconsinites enjoy their time outside. Along with looking at outdoor activity, “My Wisconsin Backyard” features mental and physical health tips, eco-friendly gardening, backyard recipes, and other aspects of spending time outside.&nbsp;</p>
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<div class="list-item-1"><p>“It is a way to bring people together by introducing different opportunities to help everyone find their own outdoor passion,” Neuman explains. “The best part of my job is learning, sharing and making a difference in the community.”</p><p>Neuman took an interest in journalism during high school in Minneapolis, despite living in the large market where it was hard to get started. She entered UWL as a psychology major but stopped in the then-Wing Communications Center one day out of curiosity.&nbsp;</p><p>“I was surprised to learn that, in addition to the school having a good TV program, the local stations were in the small market category and occasionally hired students,” she recalls. “I changed my major immediately.”</p><p>She says the mass communications curriculum was special because it was so well rounded, offering invaluable, hands-on experience at student TV and radio stations. It also required classes in still photography, marketing, advertising, public relations and writing.</p><p>“I had no idea at the time that I would go on to use all of these skills as well on a regular basis,” she notes.</p><p>Neuman says being a student-athlete also helped her prepare for a TV career. It wasn’t easy to juggle school, running full-time and working at WKBT-TV, Channel 8, part-time, she says. But it made her mentally tough and helped her become an excellent time manager, multitasker and team player.&nbsp;</p><p>“In addition, through athletics, I learned perseverance, patience, the ability to overcome adversity and perform well in stressful situations,” she explains. “And also, to positively thrive off competition.”</p><p><br></p></div><div class="list-item-2"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div>
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<p>After graduation, Neuman moved to Channel 8’s sister station in Rockford, Illinois, to work full-time. Eventually, she headed to Milwaukee’s CBS affiliate.&nbsp;</p><p>“The 20-plus years in news took me all over the country to cover the Packers, Bucks, Badgers and many other amazing stories,” she says. “It was an opportunity to see and do things that other people only dream about.”</p><p>Neuman saw the opportunity at Milwaukee PBS as a way to share longer stories and mentor students. Since fall 2012<u>,</u>&nbsp;she has taught part-time at Milwaukee Area Technical College.</p><p>“My favorite part of the job is having the ability to help others and to make a difference in the community,” she says.</p><p>Neuman says all the challenges of taking on “My Wisconsin Backyard” in a pandemic have been worth it. A year in, the program won a national Telly Award, the 2021 Gold Winner of Media &amp; Entertainment.</p><p>Neuman says it’s an honor to tell the stories about the people and all things in Wisconsin. Those with ideas may contact her at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:neumantr@matc.edu" data-mce-href="mailto:neumantr@matc.edu">neumantr@matc.edu</a>&nbsp;or 414.704.1682.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>“My Wisconsin Backyard”</strong>&nbsp;airs on several Thursdays throughout the year and can be found at:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://video.milwaukeepbs.org/show/my-wisconsin-backyard/specials/" data-mce-href="https://video.milwaukeepbs.org/show/my-wisconsin-backyard/specials/">https://video.milwaukeepbs.org/show/my-wisconsin-backyard/specials/</a></p><p><strong>More</strong>&nbsp;about “My Wisconsin Backyard.” [&nbsp;<a href="https://mywiscbackyard.com/" data-mce-href="https://mywiscbackyard.com/">https://mywiscbackyard.com/</a><u>&nbsp;]</u></p>
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</span>https://www.uwlax.edu/news/posts/growing-the-game-january2022/Growing the game2022-02-22T10:40:13.017Z2021-12-26T12:22:00ZNhouchee Yanghttps://uwlax.edu/profile/nyang2/nyang2@uwlax.edu
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<h3>Geary shares his love of golf as executive director of Georgia PGA</h3>
<p>Scott Geary took a swing at several majors before finding the perfect fit.</p><p>“I started with the English and journalism route, then the science and physical therapy route, then the physical education route, then straight business,” remembers Geary, ’11. “Finally, after conversations with family and friends, I got into exercise and sport science (sport management emphasis) with an economics minor. That’s where I got the answer to the question: 'What do I love, and where can I make money within that field?’”</p><p>A decade later, Geary couldn’t be happier with his decision. It launched his career in the game of golf and helped prepare him for his newest role as the executive director of the Georgia Professional Golf Association.</p><p>In this position, Geary supports Georgia’s roughly 900 golf professionals — men and women who manage golf courses, give lessons and help grow the game in their local communities.</p><p>He also oversees the Georgia PGA Foundation, which raises funds for golf-related causes, including scholarships and programming meant to get children, people from diverse backgrounds and veterans interested in the game.</p><p>“In my experience, there’s no sport that does more to give back than golf,” Geary explains. “The money raised for junior golf, veterans, people in need — it’s such a unique platform.</p><p>“Golf just brings people together,” he adds. “Whether you play every day, once a month or have never played, almost everyone has felt a draw to it. And yet, no one — not even Tiger — can master it.”</p><p>Geary was introduced to golf in high school, when he was looking to pick up a sport during the spring. He fell in love with the game, got a job at a golf course near his family’s home in Howards Grove and went on to work at the La Crosse Country Club through college.</p><p>After graduating, Geary interned with the American Junior Golf Association, a nonprofit based in Braselton, Georgia. He soon landed a full-time job as a tournament coordinator before transitioning to a role in sponsorships and business development. In February, he made the move to the PGA.</p><p>Geary says his career in golf has opened many wonderful opportunities.</p><p>He has traveled all over the country for work and has even visited the Dominican Republic.</p><p>He has attended perhaps the most famous golf tournament in the world, The Masters, in Augusta, Georgia.</p><p>And he has met many iconic figures in the game — Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Lee Elder, Annika Sörenstam and others.</p><p>Through his work with the American Junior Golf Association, he also met many of today’s top players when they were young.</p><p>“The coolest part for me was seeing the Jordan Spieths, the Justin Thomases, the Scottie Schefflers and the Xander Schauffeles when they were growing up and playing junior golf,” Geary notes. “It’s neat to have known them when they were kids, and now they’re out there earning all those dollars on the PGA Tour.”</p><p>Geary says he hopes to share his love of golf with as many people as possible.</p><p>During COVID-19 in particular, he says, golf has had a golden opportunity to grow.</p><p>“Golf was the first sport that came back after COVID because of the ability to be outdoors and socially distance,” he says. “We were really able to reboot the sports industry, and that’s an opportunity that I wouldn’t have expected a couple years ago.”</p><p>Being good at golf, Geary adds, is not a requirement for a career in the game.</p><p>“There’s always this fear that you have to be good at golf to work in it,” he says. “But that couldn’t be further from the truth. I know a lot of folks who have done very well in their careers in golf who aren’t talented golfers. Within golf, you can get into marketing, communications, public relations, business. There are just so many different avenues, and I think that’s what makes it unique.”</p>
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<span class="date"><span class="label">Posted </span><span data-part="time">12:22 p.m.</span><span data-part="weekday"><span> </span>Sunday</span><span data-part="month"><span>, </span>Dec.</span><span data-part="day"><span> </span>26</span><span data-part="year"><span>, </span>2021</span></span>
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</span>https://www.uwlax.edu/news/posts/does-uwl-prepare-graduates/Does UWL prepare graduates?2022-02-22T11:13:42.41Z2021-12-26T12:21:00ZKjerstin Langhttps://uwlax.edu/profile/klang/klang@uwlax.edu
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<p>A new survey of UW-La Crosse alumni found they have a high degree of satisfaction with their educational experience and careers after graduation. Not only that, they rate their satisfaction at levels higher than averages from peer universities and universities nationwide.&nbsp;</p><p>The <a data-mce-href="https://www.careerleadershipcollective.com/nacm" href="https://www.careerleadershipcollective.com/nacm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 National Alumni Career Mobility (NACM) survey</a> found that 84 % of 2010 graduates and 87 % of 2015 graduates were satisfied with their career five and ten years after graduation. Nationally and among peer groups those percentages were 83% and 80 %, respectively.&nbsp;</p><p>“Overall, the survey results are very positive — not only when comparing UWL with peer and national results, but also when you look at how the responses are increasingly getting better between 2010 and 2015,” notes Becky Vianden, UWL director of <a data-mce-href="/aaccs/" href="/aaccs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">Academic Advising &amp; Career Services</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>UW System provided funding for all UW System campuses to conduct the NACM survey with their undergraduate alumni from 2010 and 2015 to better understand their career outcomes and trajectory after graduation. This is one of the first opportunities campuses have had to obtain system-wide longitudinal data about how graduates progress in their careers. &nbsp;</p>
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<h3>How they rate their UWL experience</h3>
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<p>UWL graduates also responded positively about their experience while on campus with 89 % of 2015 graduates and 88 % of 2010 graduates indicating they were satisfied with their bachelor’s degree experience.&nbsp;</p><p>The satisfaction students report about their bachelor’s degree experience mirrors what UWL students report on the 2020 <a data-mce-href="/institutional-research/assessment/evidence-of-student-learning/" href="/institutional-research/assessment/evidence-of-student-learning/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)</a>, notes Natalie Solverson, UWL director of <a data-mce-href="/institutional-research/" href="/institutional-research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">Institutional Research Assessment and Planning</a>. When asked if they would probably or definitely attend UWL again, 84 % of first-year students and 90 % of seniors said they would.&nbsp;</p><p>“This new survey reinforces that students see a UWL education as very valuable and it is a positive and worthwhile experience,” says Solverson.&nbsp;</p>
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<h4>Among other results the 2020 NACM survey found that:&nbsp;</h4><ul><li>71 % of 2010 graduates said their bachelor’s degree helped them get started in their career and 88 % of 2015 grads said their degree helped them get started.&nbsp;</li><li>81 % of 2010 graduates and 90 % of 2015 graduates said the career advice they’ve received has been helpful.&nbsp;</li><li>75 % of 2010 graduates and 77 % of 2015 graduates said they had advanced in their career as they had hoped.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Results show graduates are leaving prepared and continuing to grow while in their field, says Brenda Leahy, interim assistant director of UWL Academic Advising and Career Services.&nbsp;</p><h4>Importance of faculty mentorship&nbsp;</h4><p>The survey also revealed that career development is a campus-wide effort. About 80 % of graduates reported receiving career advice from a faculty member, demonstrating how important faculty are in students’ career discovery and planning. Meanwhile, students have also increased their contact with UWL Career Services with a 4 % point increase in receiving career advice from Career Services between 2010 and 2015.&nbsp;</p><p>Career Services is continually working to build relationships with faculty. Faculty can reach out to <a data-mce-href="/aaccs/" href="/aaccs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Academic Advising &amp; Career Services</a> for resources or to ask staff to present to classes on creating resumes, cover letters, job search, what to do with a particular major and more. &nbsp;</p>
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<h3>What skills are students learning? </h3>
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<p>UWL students consider themselves to have developed certain competencies that national employers have highlighted as being critical to success in the workforce, according to NACM survey results. At UWL these competencies are collectively called the <a data-mce-href="/info/eagle-advantage/" href="/info/eagle-advantage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eagle Advantage</a>. The skills are adaptability; collaboration &amp; leadership; communication; critical thinking &amp; problem solving; digital literacy &amp; technology; engaging diversity; integrity &amp; accountability; and self management. UWL graduates rated themselves higher than peer and national averages on 10 of the 14 competencies.&nbsp;</p><h3>Survey of 2011 and 2016 grads is underway&nbsp;</h3><p>UWL is now continuing the survey with 2011 and 2016 UWL graduates now through mid-January. Anyone from these classes is asked to share about their professional journey since leaving campus. Responses will help improve the quality of programs for future alumni. Those who <a data-mce-href="https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6580832/University-of-Wisconsin-La-Crosse-NACM-2021" href="https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6580832/University-of-Wisconsin-La-Crosse-NACM-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complete the survey</a> will be entered into a drawing to win UWL alumni swag or a $50 gift card! The survey takes approximately 7-10 minutes and information is confidential.&nbsp;</p><p><em>Staff from IRAP, Career Services, Alumni Association, and University Communications were involved with CLC in survey set-up and promotion. The survey was administered in Fall 2020 by Career Leadership Collective (CLC).&nbsp;</em></p><p><span id="_mce_caret" data-mce-bogus="1" data-mce-type="format-caret"><a data-mce-href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022" href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">Read more stories from the January eLantern.</a></span></p>
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<span class="date"><span class="label">Posted </span><span data-part="time">12:21 p.m.</span><span data-part="weekday"><span> </span>Sunday</span><span data-part="month"><span>, </span>Dec.</span><span data-part="day"><span> </span>26</span><span data-part="year"><span>, </span>2021</span></span>
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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?fr=sZjFmMjU0MzQxNg" data-mce-href="https://issuu.com/uw-lacrosse/docs/class_notes_january_2022?fr=sZjFmMjU0MzQxNg" aria-hidden="true" data-mce-tabindex="-1" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">Class Notes</a>.<br><br><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022" data-mce-href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022">Read more stories from the January eLantern.</a></p>
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</span>https://www.uwlax.edu/news/posts/making-gifts-launching-careers/Making gifts, launching careers2022-02-22T11:12:18.753Z2021-12-26T12:19:00ZKyle Farrishttps://uwlax.edu/profile/kfarris/kfarris@uwlax.edu
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<h3>Joe and Suzanne Toce reflect on importance of giving</h3>
<p>When Joe and Suzanne Toce were looking for a place to finish their careers and retire, they had three requirements.</p><p>Their new city needed to have NPR and PBS stations. It needed to have a bridge club. And it needed to have a university.</p><p>Their search led them to La Crosse, where Joe would teach chemistry and biochemistry at UW-La Crosse, and Suzanne would work as a neonatologist at Gundersen Health System.</p><p>Nearly two decades later, Joe and Suzanne are happy they chose La Crosse. UWL students and alumni should be grateful, too. Over the years, Joe and Suzanne have helped launch careers by donating thousands of dollars toward student scholarships, particularly for those with research interests in the sciences.</p><p>“Supporting that research really helps students get to the next level,” Joe says. “When you’re looking for that first job, you need to be able to show what you can do. We believe this is the best way for students to bolster their resumes and show employers that they have prowess beyond just the classroom.”</p><p>“We firmly believe in the power of education,” Suzanne adds. “As parents, Joe’s favorite saying has always been: ‘Educate your children. It’s the only way to get rid of them.’ So supporting that has always been important to us.”</p><p>Joe, originally from Hartford, Connecticut, and Suzanne, originally from Grosse Ile, Michigan, spent most of their careers in St. Louis, Missouri.</p><p>Joe ran a biochemistry company that, among other things, produced an active ingredient used in anti-cancer and anti-HIV drugs.</p><p>Suzanne worked for Saint Louis University, where she helped establish a medical ethics committee at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center, and helped develop one of the first palliative care programs in the country.</p><p>After their children grew and went to college, they moved to La Crosse in hopes of settling down.</p><p>For Joe, teaching required an adjustment after years in the private sector.</p><p>“In industry, you’re paid for your performance and how good you are,” he explains. “But at a university, you’re going to find students at different levels and with different priorities. So it was definitely a challenge at first.”</p><p>Joe sought to make the college experience fun and challenging.</p><p>He’d often stump his students with brain teasers, such as: “If you’re sitting at the equator, how long does it take for the sun to set from the moment it touches the horizon?”</p><p>Eventually, he used his questions to create a contest in which the student with the most correct answers received a $1,000 award he called “The Goblet of Fire Scholarship,” named after a book in the “Harry Potter” series.</p><p>As the couple neared and entered retirement (Joe in 2012 and Suzanne in 2013), they created more scholarships and research opportunities for students.</p><p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://uwlax.academicworks.com/donors/drs-suzanne-joseph-toce" data-mce-href="https://uwlax.academicworks.com/donors/drs-suzanne-joseph-toce">Drs. Suzanne &amp; Joseph Toce Biochemistry Scholarship Endowment Fund</a>, established through the UWL Foundation in 2009, funds two $1,000 scholarships awarded annually — one for a graduating senior and another for a returning undergraduate.</p><p>In 2019, they established the Joseph &amp; Suzanne Toce Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship, which fosters collaborative research opportunities between an undergraduate student and a faculty mentor.</p><p>They also donated toward the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/foundation/your-impact/science-center/" data-mce-href="/foundation/your-impact/science-center/">Prairie Springs Science Center endowment</a>, earning naming rights for one of the building’s research labs.</p><p>In total, Joe and Suzanne have contributed more than $212,000 to the UWL Foundation — most of which has funded scholarships.</p><p>Sara Gonske, a May 2021 graduate in biochemistry, received the Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship and the Toce Graduating Senior Award in Biochemistry.</p><p>The fellowship — which allowed her to conduct research alongside Associate Professor John May between her junior and senior years — was particularly impactful, she says.</p><p>“It helped me so that I didn’t have to spend as much time working in my survey job or going home and working on my grandparents’ farm. Instead, I could stay at school and learn with Dr. May, and get as much research experience as I could going into grad school,” says Gonske, who is in the University of Washington’s doctoral program in biochemistry. “Saving that time and getting those experiences was so valuable. That really adds to your resume and prepares you for the next level.”</p><p>While he loved teaching and supporting students, Joe has never lost his own passion for learning.</p><p>The year he retired, Joe signed up as a student to close the loop on some unfinished research.</p><p>Additionally, over the past several years, he has audited half a dozen courses on finance and economics because he wanted to learn more on the topics.</p><p>“Sitting in class with students, you realize that you’ve had very different life experiences and educational opportunities,” he notes. Regardless of age, “education is still important. It’s still the best way forward.”</p><p>While they came to La Crosse and UWL later in life, Joe and Suzanne say they have built lasting connections with the city and university.</p><p>Their favorite part of giving, they say, is seeing their donations make an impact on campus and in the community.</p><p>“We’ve given to UW-Madison (where Joe earned his Ph.D.) in the past, but we prefer to give locally,” Suzanne says. “Our money has more of an impact here. It’s an investment that pays off.”</p><p>Adds Joe: “La Crosse is just such a special place for us. You don’t really realize it until you’ve lived in or visited other towns this size.”</p><p><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022" data-mce-href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=January+2022">Read more stories from the January eLantern.</a></p>
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