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Board of Regents Announce Tenure, Promotions

JUNE 27, 2005--The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents announced tenure and promotions of UW-River Falls faculty at its June 9-10 meeting in Milwaukee.

"All aspects of a faculty member’s responsibilities are reviewed annually until the year of the tenure process," says Ginny Coombs, vice chancellor and provost at UW-RF. "Being excellent teachers is core to our primary mission at UW-River Falls, and each of the faculty being granted tenure and promotion possess superior credentials as teachers who are dedicated to student learning."

Tenure and promotion are granted through a rigorous review and voting process by colleagues of the candidate's demonstrated teaching, research, community service, and professional/scholarly activities.

Four UW-RF faculty, earned promotion to full professor, including:
Ogden Rogers of River Falls, department of social work;
Gary Cottrell of River Falls, department of communicative disorders;
Daniel Linwick of Stillwater, Minn., department of psychology; and
David Milne of St. Paul, department of music.

Other promotions and tenure awards include:
Timothy Buttles of Glenwood City, department of agricultural education, tenure and promotion to associate professor;
Gary Onan of Ellsworth, department of animal and food science, tenure and promotion to associate professor;
Michael Crotser of River Falls, department of plant and earth science, tenure and promotion to associate professor;
Karl Peterson of River Falls, department of chemistry, tenure and promotion to associate professor;
Daniel Marchand of Hudson, department of chemistry, tenure and promotion to associate professor;
Kristine Butler Karlson of St. Paul, department of modern languages, tenure and promotion to associate professor;
Eileen Korenic of River Falls, department of physics, tenure and promotion to associate professor;
Lowell McKann of River Falls, department of physics, tenure and promotion to associate professor;
Cynthia Kernahan of River Falls, department of psychology, tenure and promotion to associate professor;
Imtiaz Moosa of River Falls, department of history and philosophy, tenure; and
Claire Kilian of River Falls, department of business administration, tenure and promotion to associate professor.

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Last updated: Monday, 27-Jun-2005 12:53:16 CDT