Maren Walz
Web Coordinator
University Advancement
Office hours
(available)
115B Graff Main Hall
608.785.8574
mwalz@uwlax.edu
Maren Walz's office hours
Specialty area(s)
Web & Interactive Communications (iComm) unit leader, project management, campus communication, iComm liaison for 1/2 of campus.
Brief biography
2015 Academic Staff Excellence Award recipient
Campus service: Academic Staff Council, Joint Planning and Budget, Strategic Planning steering committee, Inclusive Excellence strategic planning committee, Information Security committee
Community service: Church council president (previously vice president), parent school volunteer, webmaster for numerous non-profits, UWL Choral Union.
Hobbies and pastimes: learning new crafts, arts and musical instruments (current interests are polumer clay and ukulele), reading (current focus on slavery and the African-American experience), played and coached rugby for 11 years following high school.
Professional history
Owner, Web Designer: Avantgaard Creative Services, (Ettrick, WI)
Technical Writer: GEA Farm Technologies, Research and Development, (Galesville, WI)
Instructional Designer/Web Communications Editor: Ashley Furniture Industries, Retail Learning Services, (Arcadia, WI)
Market Research Coordinator: Teenage Research Unlimited, Qualitative Research (Northbrook, IL)
Research and publishing
Presented "All the nuggets IRL" at HighEdWeb 2017, Hartford
Presented "How I get my geek on in a cost cutting atmosphere" at HighEdWeb 2015, Milwaukee
Education
University of Wisconsin-Parkside 2003
BA: Education, Psychology, Sociology; activities: women's rugby
Luther College 1995-1998
Field of study: Special education; activities: women's rugby, choir
Minnetonka Public Schools 1994
I am proud to be a product of a public education.