Milestones

Milestones covers awards, honors and major publications by faculty and staff. Send your items to Wisconsin Week, 19 Bascom Hall, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu

Appointed
Jin-Yi Cai, professor of computer sciences, has been appointed editor of the Journal of Computer and System Sciences, published by Academic Press Limited.

Billy Hebert Jr., director of minority recruitment and retention and undergraduate academic adviser for the School of Business, has been named assistant dean for minority and disadvantaged students at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

James Kitchell, formerly the associate director and science adviser for UW Sea Grant’s Living Resources Subprogram, has been named director of the UW–Madison Center for Limnology.

Benjamin Rifkin, associate professor of Slavic languages, has been elected President of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages. Rifkin will become president-elect for a two-year term in January; he will become president of AATSEEL for a two-year term in January 2003.

Edward Reed has been appointed associate director of the Center for East Asian Studies by the International Institute. Until recently, Reed was the head of World Vision International’s emergency relief program for North Korea, leading negotiations with North Korean authorities and managing a multi-million dollar food and agricultural aid program.

Brad Soderberg, an assistant men’s basketball coach, has been named assistant head coach for the men’s basketball team.

Jeff Vizenor, former women’s hockey coach at St. Mary’s University in Winona, Minn., has been named assistant coach of the women’s hockey team. He will be joined by volunteer goaltending coach Matt Schindler.

Published
Amy Stambach, professor of educational policy studies and anthropology, has published a book entitled “Lessons from Mount Kilimanjaro: Schooling, Community, and Gender in East Africa” (Routledge Press 2000).

Honored
Cheryl Bohling, a veterinary technician in radiation therapy at the UW–Madison Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, was named Veterinary Technician of the Year during the Wisconsin Veterinary Technician Association’s Oct. 14-15 biannual meeting in Madison.

Victoria Carter, an operating room technician in Large Animal Surgery at the UW–Madison Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, received the Wisconsin Veterinary Technician Association President’s Award for service above and beyond the call of duty.

Brett Fernholz, detective at the University Police Department, received the Inspector General’s Integrity Award, which is presented to individuals and groups outside of the Office of Inspector General for significant contributions to OIG’s mission. Fernholz received the award based on his significant contributions to the OIG’s mission of providing security for Health and Human Services Secretary and former UW–Madison chancellor Donna Shalala in her visits to Madison.