1. Faculty, Staff & Student
Awards and Honors
Our faculty, staff and students are an amazing group of
people. Their professional accomplishments are
many, but here is a sampling of their activities and
awards in the past academic year.

2. John Heilmann
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Assistant Professor
UWM Graduate School 2012-13
Research Committee Award for
"Developing Linguistic Profiles of
Children with Language Impairment"

3. Shelley Lund
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Associate Professor and Interim
Department Chair
UWM Center for 21st Century Studies
Award for “21st Century Voices:
Synthesized Speech in the Third
Millennium”

4. Paula Rhyner
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
and Research and Professor
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association (ASHA) Fellow

5. Sherri Sieff
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Clinical Professor
“UWM Academic Staff
Outstanding Teaching Award”

6. Patricia Willis
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Clinical Associate Professor
Appointed by Wisconsin Governor
Scott Walker to Wisconsin Hearing
and Speech Examining Board

7. Rohit Kate
Health Informatics & Administration
Assistant Professor
2012 UWM Graduate School
Research Fellow
UWM Graduate School 2012-13
Research Committee Award for
"Extracting Evidence-based
Practical Guidelines for Laser
Phototherapy from Meta-analysis
Data"

8. Shahla Anders
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Clinical Assistant Professor
“Key to the Future” Award,
American Society for Clinical
Laboratory Sciences-Wisconsin
(ASCLS-WI)

9. Brad DePons
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Clinical Instructor and Lab Manager
“First Year Student Success Award”

10. Carol Mitchell
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Assistant Professor and Diagnostic
Imaging Program Director
Fellow, Society of Diagnostic Medical
Sonography (SDMS)

11. Susan Stalewski
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Clinical Associate Professor,
Director of eLearning,
Interim Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
“UWM Academic Staff Outstanding
Performance Award”
“Joanne Lazirko Award for Excellence in
Teaching with Technology”
Elected to American Society for Clinical
Lab Science-Wisconsin (ASCLS-WI) Board
of Directors
“First Year Student Success Award”

12. Chukuka Enwemeka
Kinesiology
Dean and Professor
UWM Distinguished Professor

13. Stephen Cobb
Kinesiology
Assistant Professor
2012 UWM Graduate School
Research Fellow

14. Wendy Huddleston
Kinesiology
Assistant Professor
UWM Center for 21st Century
Studies Award for “The Linkage of
the Alexander Technique with
Physical Therapy Concerns
Through the Mediation of the
MRI.”

15. Kathryn Zalewski
Kinesiology: Physical Therapy
Associate Professor and Director of
Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Appointed a Commissioner to the
Milwaukee County Commission on
Persons with Disability

16. Jennifer Earl-Boehm
Kinesiology:
Athletic Training Education Program
Associate Professor and Athletic
Training Education Program Director
2012 Wisconsin Athletic Training
Association (WATA) “Outstanding
Educator Award”

17. Ryan Wilkinson
Kinesiology:
Athletic Training Education Program
Clinical Assistant Professor and
ATEP Director of Clinical
Education
President, Wisconsin Athletic
Training Association (WATA)

18. Jay Kapellusch
Occupational Science & Technology
Assistant Professor
UWM Graduate School 2012-13
Research Committee Award for
"Removing Air Bubbles Generated in
the IV Lines during the Intravenous
Cancer Therapy"

19. Virginia Stoffel
Occupational Science & Technology
Associate Professor
President Elect,
American Occupational Therapy
Association (AOTA)
Milwaukee Business Journal
“Women of Influence”

20. Ying-Chih Wang
Occupational Science & Technology
Clinical Associate Professor
UWM Graduate School 2012-13
Research Committee Award for
"Removing Air Bubbles Generated in
the IV Lines during the Intravenous
Cancer Therapy"

21. Patricia Thomas
Therapeutic Recreation
Clinical Associate Professor and
Therapeutic Recreation
Certificate Coordinator
Elected Vice Chair to National
Council on Therapeutic Recreation
Certification (NCTRC)

22. Ron Cisler
Center for Urban Population Health
Director, Center for Urban
Population Health
2011 Aurora Greater Milwaukee
Collaborative Research Award

23. Sara Engelhardt
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Undergraduate Student
UWM Provost Study Abroad Diversity
Scholarship

24. Kobina Shaffa
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Undergraduate Student
1st Place: American Society for Clinical
Lab Sciences-Wisconsin (ASCLS-WI)
Faculty -Sponsored Research Category
of Poster Competition

25. Angela Yost
Health Sciences: BioMedical Sciences
Undergraduate Student
2nd Place: American Society for Clinical Lab
Sciences-Wisconsin (ASCLS-WI) Faculty-
Sponsored Research Category of Poster
Competition

26. Rachael Baumann
Occupational Science & Technology
Graduate Student
Advanced Opportunity Program
(AOP) Fellowship

27. Stacy Karls
Occupational Science & Technology
Undergraduate Student
UWM Institute for Service Learning (ISL)
“Distinguished Service Learner Award”

28. Anna Skrzyniarz
Occupational Science & Technology
Undergraduate Student
UWM Institute for Service Learning (ISL)
“Distinguished Service Learner Award”

29. Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA)
“Outstanding Student Organization”
UWM Center for Student Involvement

30. Robin Bauer
Kinesiology
Graduate Student
American Society of Biomechanics
Student Grant-in-Aid Award

31. Kelsey George
Kinesiology
Undergraduate Student
1st Place: Office of Undergraduate Research
(OUR) Undergraduate Research Symposium

32. John Hawkins, Jr.
Kinesiology
Undergraduate Student
2nd Place: Office of Undergraduate
Research (OUR) Undergraduate
Research Symposium

33. Samantha Woodward
Kinesiology
Undergraduate Student
1st Place: Annual MLG Business
Writing Challenge

34. Mark Schultz
Kinesiology: Physical Therapy
Undergraduate Student
2nd Place: Annual MLG Business
Writing Challenge

35. Lian Horbinski
Kinesiology:
Athletic Training Education Program
Undergraduate Student
Wisconsin Athletic Training
Association (WATA) Mueller Sports
Medicine Undergraduate Scholarship

36. Phil Oblak
Kinesiology:
Athletic Training Education Program
Undergraduate Student
Wisconsin Athletic Training
Association (WATA) Writing Contest
Award for Best Original Research
Project
“National Athletic Training
Association (NATA) Bobby Gunn
Student Leadership Award”

37. Katie Bersch
Health Informatics & Administration
Undergraduate Student
“Outstanding Student Leadership
Award” UWM Center for Student
Involvement

38. Future Healthcare Executives (FHE)
“Outstanding Student Organization”
UWM Center for Student Involvement

39. William Massey
Ph.D. Candidate
“Dissertation Fellowship Award”
UWM Graduate School

40. Binal Motawar
Ph.D. Candidate
Asian Faculty and Staff
Association (AFSA) Honorary
Award

41. Aubri Rote
Ph.D. Candidate
“Dissertation Fellowship Award”
UWM Graduate School