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Editor’s Note: The following was provided by the Whitewater Unified School District.

The 5th grade bands from Lakeview, Washington and Lincoln will be combining together for a District Wide 5th Grade Band concert on Thursday, May 12 at 7 p.m. at Whitewater High School in the Auditorium.  They will be working with a special guest, Composer Peter Terry during the day for rehearsals as well as at the concert. Peter Terry will be joining the 5th grade band to work with them as well as premiering his new composition called “The Whitewater March” that he wrote and dedicated to the Whitewater 5th grade band, and their teacher, Justin Kamp. Peter Terry’s travel and expenses have been paid for by Excelcia Music Publishing Company in Florida.  At the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in 2019, Mr. Kamp won a raffle from Excelcia Publishing and they awarded a composer visit to WUSD!

Peter Terry (b. 1957) is an award-winning composer, conductor and educator. He holds a bachelor’s degree in trumpet from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree in music composition and theory from Bowling Green State University, and a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin in music composition and theory.

Dr. Terry’s compositions have been performed and broadcast worldwide and appear on numerous contest and festival required music lists. With over 70 works published by Excelcia Music, Carl Fischer, BRS Music, Dorn Publications and Music for Percussion, Inc., Dr. Terry is sought out for commissions by numerous chamber groups, choirs, concert bands and orchestras. He is accomplished at every level of ensemble writing from beginner to middle school, high school and advanced ensembles. His music is colorful, dramatic, and characterized by a rhythmic verve and a deep lyricism that shows the influences of American popular music, world music and American classical composers such as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber. He is particularly proud of the emphasis on playability and melodic interest for all the instruments in his compositions.

Dr. Terry has served on the faculties of the University of Texas at Austin, Cal State-Los Angeles, Bowling Green State University and Bluffton University and the Interlochen Arts Camp.

Editor’s Note: The following was provided by the City of Whitewater.

The next Whitewater Electronics Recycling Event will take place on Saturday, May 21 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Lot B – across from the Historic Train Depot and Cravath Lakefront. The event is hosted by Midwest Computer Recycling.

All TV’s – $20.00
Old Tube CRT Computer Monitors – $10.00
Microwaves – $5.00
Exercise Equipment – $5.00
All other electronics can be dropped off at no cost.

Items accepted: Computers, Monitors, Laptops, Printers, Circuit Boards, Servers, Modems, Scanners, Hard Drives, Keyboards, Mice, UPS Backup batteries, Cell Phone Batteries, Printers, Tablets, Cables/Wires, Power Supplies, Electronic Test Equipment, Cell and Office Phones and much more….

All Electronics, TV’s, Stereos, VCR’s, DVD’s, Power Tools, Gaming Systems, Cameras, and much more….

*** Now accepting metal ***

All appliances (with or without Freon)

Cash and checks only – no credit cards!

Steve Watson writes, “This morning (May 8) on my daily walk, I spotted a bald eagle out on Trippe Lake watching a pair of swans. After a short time the eagle flew off hungry and no swans were harmed.”

Our thanks to Steve Watson for sharing another interesting nature photo.

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This quilt, Color to Lift the Spirit, was made by Whitewater’s Mary Taft Althaus. It was entered in the Quilt Week Show of the American Quilters Society which was held in Paducah, Kentucky, April 27-30. The beautiful piece was the Honorable Mention winner in the stationary machine quilted large quilt category. The award winners may be viewed on this website.

Mary Althaus said, “When I began quilt-making in the late 1980’s, I used traditional patterns and fabrics. In the early 2000’s, I began using reproduction 1800 patterns and fabrics. I joined other quilters via the Internet in discussion groups. Groups are geared towards style, fabric, a quilt designer, a fabric designer, or a specific quilt pattern to name a few. In the last few years, I have drifted towards the brighter fabrics, using Electric Quilt for design, and Inklingo to print sewing and cutting lines on fabric using my laptop and home printer.”

Editor’s note: The following message was distributed on the UW-W internal announcements page.

UW-Whitewater is proud to announce the recipients of the 2022 University-wide Awards. Please join us in congratulating these individuals on their well-deserved recognition. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your respective units and our university!

University Staff Excellence Awards

Ann Dudzek, business manager, University Health and Counseling Services
Elizabeth Lamb, department assistant, Languages and Literatures
Paul Walton, power plant superintendent, Facilities Planning and Management

Faculty and Academic Staff Awardees

Roseman Excellence in Teaching
Jon Werner, professor, Management

Outstanding Research
Kristen Prock, assistant professor, Social Work

Everett and Ellen Long Award for the Advancement of General Education
John Frye, associate professor, Geography, Geology and Environmental Sciences

Faculty Service
Pilar Melero, professor, Languages and Literatures

University Faculty/Staff Academic Advising
Yao Fu, assistant professor, Curriculum and Instruction

Excellence for Instructional Academic Staff
Nadine Kriska, lecturer, Biology

Excellence for Academic Staff
Aaron Axelsen, teaching, learning and technology specialist, ICIT

Read more about the faculty and academic staff awardees and nominees >>

Chancellor’s Award for Disability Concerns

Bakhtear Talukdar, assistant professor, Finance and Business Law
Zac Gholston, housing coordinator, University Housing

Editor’s Note: The following was provided by Roberta’s Art Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

All are invite to dive deeper into their own psyche: soul, mind, and spirit, at Roberta’s Art Gallery, in the “PSYCHE” exhibit by Liala Amin, running through May 4 – May 27. Amin’s pieces in the exhibit consist of paintings of intricate details, exploring themes of personal identity, spirituality, and femininity.

Amin graduated from the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fibers, and is currently back in school pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in Art Therapy at Alverno College. Amin is experienced in multiple disciplines of art: mixed media paintings, drawings, and textiles, with painting being her preferred medium. Amin is fascinated and pulls inspiration from female Surrealist artists, and the concept of Surrealist autonomism: a method of curation where the artist allows the unconscious mind to take the lead in the creative process.

Amin’s “PSYCHE” exhibit features work done by using mixed media, with most of her pieces consisting of watercolor and acrylic paint to fuel the creative process. Most pieces in the exhibit feature a face, a silhouette, or other figures, surrounded by different beautiful watercolor strokes, challenging the viewer to investigate their own psyche.

To learn more about Amin, her art, and experiences, visit her website.

Roberta’s Art Gallery is located on the first floor of the James R. Connor University Center (UC) at UW-Whitewater. The gallery hosts multiple exhibits each semester by collaborating with the artists–both locally and regionally. Many of our events will be held in person this semester, with the option of a virtual exhibit. Our hours in semester are Monday – Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Friday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., with our summer hours beginning the week of May 16, Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Roberta’s Art Gallery prides itself on all of their exhibits being free and open to the public. This means anyone: whether you’re a student, a Whitewater community member, or someone wanting to support the artist, please stop by. For questions or further information, contact Roberta’s Art Gallery at (262) 472-3193 or ucart@uww.edu or visit our website.

Editor’s Note: The following was provided by Christine Hayes.

WUSD is thrilled to announce that the fifth grade choir students from Lakeview, Lincoln and Washington Elementary Schools will combine to perform their Spring Concert on Tuesday, May 17, at 7:00 p.m.  The concert is at the Whitewater High School Auditorium and is open to the public, free of charge.  

Selections include “La Vida”; “Music Alone Shall Live”; the spiritual, “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel”; the Japanese children’s song “Hotaru Koi”; and two songs based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s poems from “A Child’s Garden of Verses,” The Moon and Pirate Story, entitled “Two Stevenson Settings.”  Conductors are Christine Hayes, Justin Kamp, and Val Troxel.  Accompanist for the choir is Lori Heidenreich.