https://www.uwlax.edu/news/posts/Campus ConnectionPosts tagged with 'Light Reads November 2021':2022-02-23T15:42:52.247Zhttps://www.uwlax.edu/news/posts/executive-in-residence/Executive in residence2022-02-23T15:42:52.247Z2021-09-22T08:24:00ZNhouchee Yanghttps://uwlax.edu/profile/nyang2/nyang2@uwlax.edu
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<h3>Ralph Heath to bring business knowledge to the classroom</h3>
<p>When Ralph Heath was 12 years old, he returned from his first day delivering newspapers and proclaimed to his father: “I found 50 of my 54 customers. I only have four papers left over.”</p><p>His father was not as impressed with his son’s first attempt at customer service and told him to get back out there and find the remaining customers. It was Heath’s first lesson in customer service and set him on a path that made customers his top priority.</p><p>Heath applied those lessons throughout his career as founder and president of Ovation Marketing, a La Crosse-based advertising agency that operated from 1978 to 2009. Heath continued in leadership positions with nonprofits ORA Trails, La Crosse Promise and Mississippi Valley Conservancy.’</p><p>Now, Heath will share his knowledge with the next generation of business owners and entrepreneurs, serving as the College of Business Administration’s inaugural Executive in Residence.&nbsp;</p><p>“The essential thing is to find work you’re passionate about,” Heath notes. “I can’t think of anything worse than going to a job where you’re not happy, where you’re not excited every day to get up and come into work.”</p><p>For Heath, who graduated from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/communication-studies/" data-mce-href="/communication-studies/">UWL with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications</a>&nbsp;in 1973,<strong>&nbsp;</strong>that calling was marketing.</p><p>After switching his major from physical education to mass communications, he found he had an affinity for it.</p><p>For his final project, he presented on how to create a progressive rock radio station. The project wasn’t just academic — Heath immediately used it to land a managing job at WSPL-FM, and to convince the station to change its format to rock.</p><p>Heath loved producing ads and commercials, and soon launched his own ad agency.</p><p>Ovation Marketing started small, with a handful of employees and a modest stable of clients.</p><p>That changed when the owner of the La Crosse-based Company Store, which sold down comforters and coats to department stores, came to Heath with a revolutionary idea.</p><p>“He asked us to create an ad and run it in the New York Times so they could sell down comforters direct (to the consumer),” Heath says, noting that few businesses at the time operated that way. “It worked beyond anyone’s wildest imagination. The phones rang off the hook.”</p><p>Soon, Ovation was creating direct-response advertising for companies such as State Farm, Budweiser, Betty Crocker and Microsoft. Almost overnight, they grew from five employees to 60.</p><p>Rapid growth created new challenges.</p><p>Budweiser, for example, wanted to create close relationships with retailers selling its beer. This required Ovation staff to embed themselves with Budweiser’s retailers — attending wholesale conventions, providing an array of marketing opportunities for Budweiser swag and merchandise, and brainstorming ways the retailers could grow their business.</p><p>“We positioned ourselves as direct marketing experts from this little town in La Crosse, Wisconsin,” Heath explains. “It resonated with people who didn’t think they could find that same specialized service in a bigger city.”</p><p>Heath also had rapidly growing staff to recruit, maintain and manage.</p><p>He implemented many outside-the-box ideas:</p><ul><li>Selling 40% of the company to the employees</li><li>Bringing in health care professionals for free employee and family health screenings</li><li>Building a company gymnasium so employees could blow off steam at the time of day of their choosing</li><li>Granting employees time off to volunteer for nonprofit organizations of their choosing.</li></ul><p>“Our company was extremely people-oriented,” says Heath, noting the gratitude expressed for the health screenings. “You do that kind of thing repeatedly for people, and they become extremely loyal.”</p><p>Heath says his experiences at UWL — which included acting in theatre productions and working with the campus radio station — helped him discover his passion.</p><p>His most important advice for students is to push past fears of failure and find what they love to do.</p><p>“We should celebrate that students are here on campus trying to learn, and attempting to implement bold new ideas,” Heath says. “They’re not going to excel at every subject or every idea. But you take away what you can, make continuous improvements to your process, and keep trying to succeed.&nbsp; Eventually you will either be successful, or back at square one trying the next big idea.”</p><p><strong>About the CBA’s Executive in Residence</strong></p><p>As the CBA’s inaugural executive in residence, Heath will engage in one-on-one advising sessions with students, speak to classes, meet with CBA student groups, help the CBA collaborate with local businesses and consult with faculty on curricular changes.</p><p><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/alumni/lantern/?tag=November+2021" data-mce-href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=November+2021">Read more stories from the November eLantern.</a></p>
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<h3 class="tagline">Supporters of UWL will once again have ‘one day to make a difference’</h3>
<div class="list-item-0"><p>Supporters of UW-La Crosse will once again have 24 hours to make a difference by donating to university causes near and dear to their hearts.</p><p>UWL’s second annual Giving Day will be held from noon Tuesday, Nov. 30, to noon Wednesday, Dec. 1.</p><p>Organizers hope to engage 1,500 donors in 24 hours, with $30,000 challenge dollars waiting to be unlocked.</p><p>“Giving Day demonstrates the immediate impact of the UWL family. It provides students, friends, families and alumni the chance to work as a collective group, in a short amount of time, to give back to campus and the areas they care about most,” says Greg Reichert, vice chancellor for UWL Advancement. “Contributions of any size make a difference, especially as we all come together to provide opportunities for UWL students, faculty and campus programs.”</p><p>Donors are encouraged to make a gift, of any size, to the area of UWL that is most meaningful to them.</p><p>New this year: The UWL Foundation Board of Directors will contribute $10,000 to support student scholarships if the goal of 1,500 donors is reached.&nbsp;</p><p>Other challenge gifts will support Murphy Library, Graduate &amp; Extended Learning, Rec Sports, UWL gymnastics, the Jo Arney Student Success Scholarship and more.</p></div>
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<p>Donors who help UWL unlock these funds by donating $60 or more will also receive a limited-edition pair of Giving Day 2021 socks.</p><p>UWL is seeking Giving Day social ambassadors who will be tasked with spreading awareness and excitement about Giving Day through social media.</p><p>Those interested in serving as a social ambassador should contact Keli Frigo at&nbsp;<a class="profile-tip-trigger" href="mailto:kfrigo@uwlax.edu" data-mce-href="mailto:kfrigo@uwlax.edu">kfrigo@uwlax.edu</a>.</p><p>The three Giving Day ambassadors who amass the most gifts using their unique Giving Day link will win the opportunity to designate an additional donation to a UWL cause of their choice.</p><p>“Our 2020 Giving Day social media ambassadors did a great job promoting last year, so we are very excited to offer this challenge and reward to them this year,” notes Taylor Wilmoth, UWL fund director. “We hope this will drive competition among ambassadors, all in the spirit of supporting UWL students and programs.”</p><p>During the inaugural Giving Day on Dec. 1, 2020, the UWL community made approximately 1,500 donations totaling $228,000.</p><p>Wilmoth says last year’s success reinforced the strong connection between UWL and its supporters, alumni, employees and students. It also set a bar for future Giving Days to reach and surpass.</p><p>“Last year’s success on Giving Day was incredible. We are hopeful the UWL community is ready to rally again this year.” Wilmoth says. “It’s a special day when we all come together to make a big impact.”</p><p>To learn more about UWL Giving Day,&nbsp;<a href="/foundation/about-giving/giving-day/" data-mce-href="/foundation/about-giving/giving-day/">click here</a>.</p><p><a href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=November+2021" data-mce-href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=November+2021">Read more stories from the November eLantern.</a></p>
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</span>https://www.uwlax.edu/news/posts/fingerprints-dont-fade/Fingerprints don't fade2022-02-23T15:30:00.167Z2021-09-22T08:22:00ZNhouchee Yanghttps://uwlax.edu/profile/nyang2/nyang2@uwlax.edu
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<p class="date"><span class="label">Posted </span><span data-part="time">8:22 a.m.</span><span data-part="weekday"><span> </span>Wednesday</span><span data-part="month"><span>, </span>Sept.</span><span data-part="day"><span> </span>22</span><span data-part="year"><span>, </span>2021</span></p>
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<h3 class="tagline">Endowment continues the spirit of Neala Frye</h3>
<p>When Neala Frye died an untimely death in 2013, classmates at UW-La Crosse wanted her compassion for others to live on. Nearly a decade later, it is.</p><p>That more than gentle reminder came this past summer when Tyler Zibrowski, ’11, thought a new employee looked familiar. The rookie colleague, Emily Holldorf, was the new marketing campaign manager for Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations in Onalaska.</p><p>“I knew that she looked familiar, but I could not seem to pick up on where I remembered her from,” recalls Zibrowski, finance manager at Dynamic.</p><p>Then, one day in passing, Holldorf asked Zibrowski if he was related to Ashley Zibrowski, ’12. That’s Tyler’s wife.</p><p>When he responded, “yes,” Holldorf then asked if he knew Neala Frye, the name attached to a scholarship she received at UWL in 2015.</p><p>That was it — Tyler had seen Holldorf’s name before, along with a picture of Holldorf with Ashley, a friend, and Frye’s parents at the UWL scholarship award ceremony.</p><p>Neala Frye was one of the Zibrowskis’ closest and best friends. In fact, they were renting a house with Frye when she died.</p><p>The Zibrowskis, Frye and about 10 others became friends through UWL connections and while working at Menards just before 2010. The group was usually together in some fashion most nights and weekends. After Frye’s death, they remained close friends. Most still live in the La Crosse area, while others are in Madison, Eau Claire and stationed in North Carolina.</p><p>When Frye died of hypothermia in February 2013, the group was crushed. Along with Frye’s mother, Roxanne Weeden, the friends decided to pay tribute to their classmate known for her kindness and generosity, along with a passion for her studies, particularly the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/marketing/student-organizations/" data-mce-href="/marketing/student-organizations/">university’s American Marketing Association</a>.</p>
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<div class="post-content lists"><div class="list-item-1"><p>“We wanted to create an opportunity for all of those who knew her to contribute to an ever-lasting tribute in her honor,” explains Tyler. “We have evolved this endowment fund to spread across the entire campus versus just marketing-related so that we could reach the entire campus in honoring her memory.”</p><p>But their tribute goes beyond raising money to endow the Neala Frye Memorial Scholarship. Each February, family and friends gather to do Random Acts of Kindness (RAKs)around the La Crosse area in her memory. The La Crosse community and UWL students typically receive the acts, but others extend nationwide. Connected through social media, Frye’s friends do things like handing out flowers and candy, digging cars out of snowbanks, paying parking tickets, and motivating via messages around campus.</p><p>“This effort has actually reached people across the U.S. who are connected to one or all of us in some way to do RAKs in her honor as well,” says Tyler. “There are people from coast to coast that receive some type of kindness in her memory.”</p><p>Tyler says meeting someone directly benefiting from the scholarship honoring Frye was shocking at first. Months afterward, it remains exciting.</p><p>“Ashley and I talked about it later that night and it was incredible how small of a world it is in the La Crosse area,” Tyler says. “Having a colleague working side by side with us that benefited from the scholarship that was set up to honor Neala was an incredible thing to comprehend. It was like Neala was making her presence known to us.</p><p>“I honestly hope and pray that these connections never cease to come up,” Tyler continues. “They are very impactful on her friends and family that are always finding ways to remember her.”</p><p>The unexpected meeting of someone who helped establish a scholarship for their friend was humbling and comforting for Holldorf, ’16.</p><p>"The network that Neala’s spirit continues to cultivate is pure and powerful,” notes Holldorf. “The ‘Random Acts of Kindness for Neala’ Facebook group that is 875 strong reminds me every year of the warmth and joy this community stands for.</p><p>“Knowing that I get to work next to one of Neala’s closest friends – one of the founding contributors to this memorial scholarship – every day evokes a very deep feeling of gratitude,” she continues. “It ultimately reinforced what I already knew in that Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations was the right place for me.”</p><p>In a Facebook post following the scholarship reception in 2015, Holldorf posted:</p><p><em>“Though I did not have the opportunity to know Neala personally, I do know that she has touched many lives very deeply through her school and extracurricular involvement. To use one of my favorite quotes: ‘Our fingerprints don’t fade from the lives we touch.’”</em></p><p>Six years later, after meeting one of Neala’s friends by happenstance, Holldorf believes that even more.</p><p><strong>Who was Neala Frye?</strong></p><ul><li>Native of Beloit.</li><li>In her senior year at UWL; involved with the American Marketing Association when she died of hypothermia Feb. 17, 2013, at the age of 23.</li><li>Neala Frye Memorial Scholarship established by classmates, friends and family.</li><li>The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/RAKforNeala" data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/RAKforNeala">Random Acts of Kindness for Neala</a>&nbsp;Facebook group helps friends organize RAKs nationwide each February.&nbsp;</li></ul><p><strong><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/foundation/?fund=151595" data-mce-href="/foundation/?fund=151595">Contribute to the Neala Frye Memorial Scholarship</a></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/alumni/lantern/?tag=November+2021" data-mce-href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=November+2021">Read more stories from the November eLantern.</a></p></div></div>
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<h3>Ron Gillies, ’84, donates $50,000 for CBA’s 50th</h3>
<p>To mark a major milestone, Ron Gillies made a major gift.</p><p>Gillies, ’84, is Sr. Vice President Sales and Global Service for Printronix, an industrial printing company in Irvine, California.</p><p>To mark the 50th year of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/cba/" data-mce-href="/cba/">UWL’s College of Business Administration</a>, Gillies is donating $50,000 to help increase international education and engagement within the CBA. This will include grants supporting CBA study abroad students, as well as courses and programs that help connect CBA students and faculty members with global partners. The fund also provides flexibility for the CBA to address the changing needs of students and faculty members.</p><p>“As the CBA celebrates 50 years of serving students and building amazing educational foundations, I wanted to give back and pay it forward to those who want to grow their international business experiences but may not have the means to do so,” Gillies explains. “I hope this gift will give students the opportunity to explore and grow, and encourage other alumni to open their hearts and pocketbooks so motivated UWL students can feel supported.”</p><p>Gillies, a native of Trempealeau, Wisconsin, says UWL was instrumental in his development personally and professionally.</p><p>As a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/marketing/" data-mce-href="/marketing/">marketing major</a>, he was inspired by a UWL-sponsored international business course he took in Munich, Germany — an experience that helped launch his career.</p><p>“It changed my perspective on business, and it fueled my passion to pursue a career that included international business,” Gillies notes. “It was a life-changing experience.”</p><p>After college, Gillies moved to San Diego and took a sales manager position at Proxima Corporation, a company that designs, manufactures and distributes a range of LCD-based technologies.</p><p>Over the next dozen years, he held a number of leadership roles with various software and technology companies, before joining Printronix in 2011.</p><p>Gillies’ career has opened many doors for him across the globe, including a stint when he lived and worked in Maastricht, The Netherlands. He has also managed teams and businesses across Asia and Latin America.</p><p>“My career has taken me to over 60 countries, meeting and working with customers and colleagues around the world,” he says. “But I never forget that my life’s journey was all built on the solid educational foundation I received from UWL.”</p><p>He adds that he’s fortunate to be in a position to give back to UWL, and he encourages those who are able to do the same.</p><p>“I feel it is so important that we all care and all give back some of the fortunes we have been able to accumulate in our business careers,” he says.</p><p><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/alumni/lantern/?tag=November+2021" data-mce-href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=November+2021">Read more stories from the November eLantern.</a></p>
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<h3>Alum’s first job evolves into fulfilling career</h3>
<p>Brian Soller’s first job out of college was with a fiber optics technology startup. He saw it as little more than a stepping stone.</p><p>Twenty years later, Soller is still with Luna Innovations, but he has turned that stepping stone into a successful, fulfilling career.</p><p>This spring, he was named Luna’s chief operating officer, a role in which he helps manage the company’s 500 employees and ensures they have the right tools to advance the company’s mission.</p><p>“My job is to make sure my team and all of the individuals that make up the company are aligning with and working toward our goals,” explains Soller, ’96. “Historically, I’ve been more involved with the details of our products. I’ll still get to do some of that, but now, I’m at more of an oversight level and making sure everyone is in the right place to do their job.”</p><p>Over the past two decades, Soller has seen an office of 10 or 12 people evolve into a publicly traded company with locations in the United Kingdom and Dubai, and nine locations across North America.</p><p>Based in Roanoke, Virginia, Luna is now a leading provider of fiber optic technology.</p><p>Fiber optics, Soller explains, is the plumbing of the internet. It is the basis for all internet-based communication systems, using laser signals to transmit voice, video and other message formats across long distances.</p><p>Luna makes technology used to test fiber optic networks, ensuring they can support the necessary bandwidth.</p><p>Luna’s products also have important applications in infrastructure — they can identify weak spots in buildings or bridges before they become a threat to public safety.</p><p>Soller notes that the explosion of the internet and technology in recent years has allowed the company to thrive.</p><p>“When we started, I’d say we were 15 to 20 years ahead of our time,” he says. “Back then, no one was streaming videos, no one had a smartphone — the internet was basically in its infancy. Since then, the internet has grown into needing the equipment we make. We just needed to wait for it to catch up.”</p><p>Soller, a graduate of La Crosse Central High School, says he still draws upon lessons and experiences from UWL.</p><p>He chose UWL because of the proximity to home and the strength of the track and field program. He competed in the 110-meter hurdles during his first year on campus, but soon gave it up due to injuries.</p><p>With more time to focus on academics, Soller excelled in UWL’s physics and engineering programs. As one of the first <a data-mce-href="/physics/" href="/physics/" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">UWL physics students with a research emphasis</a>, he worked with Physics Professor Gubbi Sudhakaran to publish papers and present at conferences.</p><p>That research experience, paired with a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship he received at UWL, propelled him to a graduate program at the University of Rochester in New York — one of the best optical physics programs in the country.</p><p>“UWL is a fantastic school with a great environment and great people,” Soller says. “The quality and level of education I received, specifically in math and physics, was really top-notch. It prepared me to go to the next level at a top graduate program, and set me up for the rest of my career.</p><p>“If I had the chance to do it over, I would still choose UWL,” he says.</p>
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<div class="post-content"><p>Roger Harring accomplished a lot in his 31 years as UWL’s head football coach: 261 victories, 15 conference titles, three national championships.</p><p>But the true measure of his impact is best reflected through the number of lives he touched — the countless students, student athletes, staff, faculty and community members who were helped or inspired by him.</p><p>To celebrate Harring’s remarkable life and legacy, we are asking readers to submit their favorite stories and memories of Roger Harring, for consideration to be published in future UWL news articles.</p><p>To make a submission,&nbsp;<a href="https://uwlax.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_enZ8td7u11K7Jn8" data-mce-href="https://uwlax.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_enZ8td7u11K7Jn8">click here</a>. The deadline is Dec. 15.</p><p><a href="https://www.uwlax.edu/alumni/lantern/?tag=November+2021" data-mce-href="/alumni/lantern/?tag=November+2021">Read more stories from the November eLantern.</a></p></div>
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