Posted p.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2014
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UW-L will honor and celebrate the achievements of alumni who have distinguished themselves through contributions to their professions and communities during a campus ceremony May 9. RSVP by May 2.
Alumni awards and recipients include:
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- Accomplished career as a professional actor with performances in more than 50 plays nationwide, numerous network TV appearances, films, web series, voiceovers and commercials.
- Network TV acting includes roles on “Chicago Fire,” “General Hospital,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “As the World Turns,” “NCIS” and more.
- Screenwriter; producer; director.
- Lecturer in theater and dance; adjunct professor of voice and theater; acting instructor; voice and acting coach.
- Holds a master’s of fine arts in acting from Temple University; certified in Fitzmaurice Voicework; bachelor’s in theater from UW-L, 2003.
![Headshot image of Joseph E. Nyre](http://lantern.uwlax.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Nyre-JoeWeb.jpg)
- Outstanding leader who is mission and service driven.
- Currently president of and full professor at Iona College, New Rochelle, N.Y.
- Nationally recognized researcher in autism, mental health service delivery and system development; recipient of more than $44 million in extramural funding.
- Authored and co-authored vital state and federal legislation.
- Member of many boards and service organizations.
- Completed pre and post-doctoral studies at Harvard Medical School and the University of Kansas. Holds a master’s and doctorate from the University of Kansas, master’s from the University of Missouri and bachelor’s in psychology from UW-L, 1991.
![Image of Susan Jans-Thomas](http://lantern.uwlax.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SusanWeb.jpg)
- Passionate and respected educator on diversity and civil rights.
- Accomplished author, including “Reflections of the 1965 Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama: A Memoir of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.”
- Currently an associate professor of research and advanced studies at the University of West Florida; coordinator for doctoral program in diversity studies.
- Received the 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of West Florida.
- Holds a doctorate and bachelor’s degree from Marquette University, associate degree from Chipola Junior College and a master’s from UW-L, 1986.
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- Respected educator and mentor.
- Longtime director of athletics at numerous colleges, including Siena Heights College, University of the District of Columbia, North Carolina A & T, Georgia State University and Norfolk State University.
- Retired director of Student Recruitment and Support Services, University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
- Inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Director Hall of Fame.
- Holds a master’s from Winona (Minn.) State University and a bachelor’s from UW-L, 1963.
Graduating senior awards will also be announced. They include:
- Murphy Awards for Academic Excellence
- Jake & Janet Hoeschler Award for Excellence
- Strzelczyk Award in Science and Allied Health
- John E. Magerus Award for the Outstanding Graduating Senior from the College of Liberal Studies
- Rosandich Graduate Thesis Award