Campus Connection

Penny Tiedt has been appointed interim director of Continuing Education and Extension (CEE). She starts as interim director Aug. 4. Tiedt joined the CEE staff in 1989 as a program manager and was named an assistant director in 1997. In addition to overseeing all non-credit programs, she was directly responsible for approximately 40 programs each year. These programs include conferences, workshops, youth programs and Learning in Retirement. Tiedt and her colleagues were instrumental in the success of the 2009 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), the largest conference ever hosted by UW-L. Other projects Tiedt has worked on include "The International Conference on Rivers and Civilization: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Major River Basins" conference (2006) and for "New Perspectives on the Shoah and the Third Reich" conference (2001). Both won National Exemplary Program Awards from the national University Continuing Education Association. Tiedt submitted a successful proposal for UW-L to host the Future Problem Solvers International Competition in 2010 and 2011. The competition will bring 2,200 middle and high school students to UW-L from up to 15 countries. Tiedt holds a bachelor of science in recreation administration degree from UW-L and as a master's of education in college student personnel. In July 2005, she completed the Executive Leadership Academy through the national University Continuing Education Association. She currently serves on the executive committees of the University Continuing Education Association Mid-America Region and the University of Wisconsin Extension System Wide Extension Council.