We’d like recognize the work of Eric Loepp, assistant professor of political science and director of the Learning Technology Center. He and two other political scientists assembled more than 30 chapters on how to teach the political science research process.
The anthology, “The Palgrave Handbook of Political Research Pedagogy,” is divided into four sections covering information literacy, research design, research methods, and research writing. This book addresses why political science programs teach the research process and how instructors develop their pedagogical approaches when teaching research courses. It offers a variety of perspectives on pedagogical approach, student audience, and the role of research in their curricula by focusing on the experiences that have guided instructors’ philosophies and related teaching practices.
Our Chief Marketing Officer, Ann Stadler has been very involved with Hispanic outreach efforts in Southeastern Wisconsin where she has met many wonderful Hispanic leaders and neighbors. Ann has been sharing with those connections the great work happening on our campus to further position our university as the education choice for all.
One of the groups she remains active in is the Hispanic Collaborative of Greater Milwaukee. They are hosting a statewide session next month in Madison and Ann has shared that invitation with us! Please get involved if you are interested, and feel free to share with your professional network and community contacts.
We are excited to invite you to the WI Statewide Latino Session 2022, a convening of Latino leaders from across Wisconsin and from the nonprofit, private, and public sectors. It will take place on Monday, March 14 in Madison. The statewide session, planned by the Civic Participation Committee and Hispanic Collaborative, aims to foster new connections and collaboration, sharing dialogue and information throughout the day on issues important to our growing Latino communities.
Mary Acuna’s final day with ICIT will be on Friday, February 18, 2022. Mary has accepted a Senior PMO position with a company based in Florida. On behalf of the entire ICIT organization, we would like to wish Mary the very best in her next opportunity.
Mary started in ICIT during October of 2019 as the Customer Operations Manager. Mary focused on communicating with customers at all levels of the university regarding their technology concerns, addressing these concerns, and resolving issues. She also served as a customer advocate in ICIT planning processes, helping customers understand and adhere to campus technology policies and standards. Mary held a critical role for some important projects, including the transition from HPSM to ServiceNow and creation of new ICIT Service Pages. We thank Mary for her facilitation and commitment to these successful projects!
In October of 2020, Mary accepted additional responsibilities previously performed by the Help Desk and Lab Manager. These responsibilities included hiring, coaching, and management of help desk students. We are grateful for the dedication Mary has shown to the students since then.
From Mary: “I’ve enjoyed working with everyone at UW-Whitewater”. Please take some time this week to congratulate Mary on her new opportunity!
On behalf of the entire ICIT organization, we are excited to welcome Josh Lammi as the new Network Services Engineer. His main focus will be network wireless services. This includes design, implementation and advanced technical support for our complex wireless network.
From Josh:
“I started learning about computers when I was in 2nd grade. By 5th grade I was the go-to kid for teachers that were having issues in their computer room. This was before we had internet where I lived or at school so learning was based heavily on trial and error. I knew at that age that being involved in technology was where I wanted to be for a future career so I never had an issue answering what I wanted to be when I grew up.
I had odd jobs doing random IT work until 2004 when I started my career at Mercyhealth as a “Computer Operator” and held several positions here until joining ICIT. These positions were: Computer Operator, Call Center Tech, Lead PC Tech (I was also a Project Lead and SCCM Administrator at the same time as being the go-to for other PC Techs), NetTech (This was a hybrid position between being a PC Tech, a System Administrator and a Network Administrator), System Administrator then finally into a Network Engineer role with a focus on Wireless.
Even though I was not in the Network Engineer role until 2018, I was actually designing and implementing the wireless infrastructure in 2012 when we had to do a refresh at one of our campuses. I continue to enjoy the complexities of wireless as no two issues are ever truly the same.
Outside of work, I’m married and we have a 3yr old Belgian Malinois named Dexter. He is an EXTREMELY smart dog and has an energy level that is through the roof. My wife (Ashley) and I enjoy going up north later in the year to Bluefin Bay Resort located in Tofte, MN to disconnect from technology. We generally go hiking for most of the days and work on solving a random jigsaw puzzle together. Even though I enjoy everything IT, there is a time to just disconnect and get away to decompress. I also am a bit of a beer snob, generally drinking something dark and barrel aged and even went as far as to build a 4 tap freezer for home. I’m not limited to technology with my skill set and am known to spend time working on my Jeep, electrical, plumbing and anything else that I know I can wrap my head around. The only thing I generally don’t touch is anything in the kitchen or laundry!”
We are thrilled to have Josh join our team, please take some time to welcome him when you can!
