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Renee Pfeifer-Luckett, a full-time Lecturer in Marketing, College of Business, at UW-Whitewater, will join iCIT as Director of the Learning Technology Center.  Renee’s first day is today, Monday, Aug. 2.

Renee has seven years of experience teaching various courses in the Marketing department, and has also taught the marketing module in the “International Business” course offered by the Information Technology/Business Education department.   Renee brings a unique blend of skills and a depth of understanding of the technology needs and expectations of higher education faculty.  As a teacher, she integrates a variety of methods and technologies to enhance student learning, including fully online and hybrid structures, podcasting, wikis and blogs, Second Life and laptop learning. 

Renee also served as Assistant Director of the UW-Whitewater Fiscal and Economic Research Center, where she contributed to several economic analysis reports including “The Economic Impact of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and co-authored  the journal article ”The Economic Impact of Organized Camps” to be published this Fall.

In 2009, Renee was nominated for the “2009 Outstanding Faculty Award” by UWW Career & Leadership Development.  The same year she was awarded the “Academic Staff Teaching Excellence Award” by CoBE, and went on to win the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater “Instructional Excellence Award for Academic Staff.”

Prior to joining UW-Whitewater, Renee had an accomplished management career in electronic commerce for Arrow Products, Inc. and in communications at Arthur Andersen & Co.  She continues as a Director of Letrah International Corporation, LLC, and provides general business guidance for the firm.

In her new role, Renee will oversee the Learning Technology Center, a faculty technology development unit within iCIT, which serves the instructional technology needs of the faculty and instructional staff both in the classroom and in online courses.   The mission of LTC is to encourage and support faculty and staff who seek to enhance student learning and gain efficiencies by integrating technology into their courses. 

Renee will continue as a Co-Advisor of UW-Whitewater’s chapter of Pi Sigma Epsilon, the national sales and marketing fraternity and as a Board member of the national marketing honor society Mu Kappa Tau.

Please join us in welcoming Renee to iCIT!

Lorna Wong has accepted a permanent position as Director of Learning Technology Development at UW System Administration, and has officially resigned as Director of Instructional Technology Services at iCIT UW-Whitewater. Lorna served in many professional capacities during her 22-year career in iCIT. Since 2008, she has been on temporary assignment with the UW System, providing system-wide oversight to learning technology programs.

“Lorna has made an indelible mark on our campus technology culture,” said Elena Pokot, Chief Information Officer, iCIT. “She is extremely well respected by faculty, staff and students alike, and her leadership and influence will have long-term benefit to our University.”

As director of ITS at UW-W since 2003, Lorna was dedicated to providing instructional support with a strong customer focus, including computer labs, instructional software, courseware development and A/V classroom equipment.  In this capacity, Lorna worked closely with faculty, department chairs, deans and associate deans. Under her visionary leadership, many innovations were introduced, such as student collaboratories, media lab, response system (clickers), and antiplagarism software — all now widely used throughout the University.

With the creation of the LTC (Learning Technology Center) in 2000, Lorna oversaw the development of a vanguard program for faculty to stay abreast of emerging technologies. Initially, the unit supported Blackboard LMS, then led the transition to D2L.  Lorna’s motto “technology should not be an obstacle” inspired a positive focus for faculty, which resulted in UW-W having the highest growth rate of D2L adoption among the UW campuses.

Lorna never stopped working collaboratively with faculty to explore new pedagogical methods that take advantage of technology to improve teaching and learning. Her efforts paved the way for many of the innovative programs underway today.

Please join us in thanking Lorna for her contributions, and wishing her the best of luck in her new position with UWSA.