N E W S R E L E A S E

February 2, 1999

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Uw-manitowoc professors

receive kaplan award

Dr. Kerry Trask, Professor of History, and Catherine Helgeland, Professor of Geology and Geography, at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc were recently named recipients of the Arthur M. Kaplan Award. The award is in recognition of their cooperative work on a course they offered jointly last semester - the History/Geography of Wisconsin. This monetary award is given annually to faculty or staff members nominated by their campuses to the Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges.

The award was established to recognize faculty and academic staff who have made significant innovative improvements in instruction or in service to students. It recognizes the positive spirit which Vice Chancellor and Provost Emeritus, Arthur M. Kaplan contributed to the enhancement of education in the UW Colleges during his tenure.

Of Trask’s and Helgeland’s joint course creation, UW-Manitowoc Dean Roland Baldwin says, “I believe that their collaboration resulted in a truly unique educational experience for the participating students.” He continues, “Not only is it an outstanding course, but the 2-day field trip, which goes along with the course, should be required of everyone who has any interest at all in Wisconsin.”

Trask’s and Helgeland’s efforts were so successful, that they are offering the field trip portion of the course this summer as a part of UW-Manitowoc’s Continuing Education program. The trip will examine the geography, geology and history of sites in southwestern Wisconsin including the Pendarvis Cornish miners restoration in Mineral Point, Belmont (Wisconsin’s first capital), and the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi Rivers at Wyalusing State Park.

Dr. Kerry Trask has been a Professor of History at UW-Manitowoc since 1972.

He received a bachelor’s degree from Hamline University, and a master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Minnesota.

Catherine Helgeland has been a Professor of Geology and Geography at UW-Manitowoc since 1980, and was awarded the Regents Teaching Excellence Award in 1997. She earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UW-Madison.