<h2> Appointed </h2> Three UW-Madison staff were appointed to serve on committees for the Central Association of College and University Business Officers, which encourages professional and personal development for business and financial managers in higher education. Paul Jelle, assistant dean in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, was appointed vice chair of the Higher Education Accounting Workshop. Frank Kooistra, associate dean for administration in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, was reappointed to the Higher Education Accounting Workshop Committee of the Central Association of College and University Business Officers. Jan Richardson, associate director of Accounting Services, was appointed chair of the Current Issues Workshop Committee of the Central Association of College and University Business Officers. <h2> Hnored </h2> Brian White, UW football offensive coordinator and running backs coach, has been named NCAA Division I-A Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association. The award recognizes assistant coaches who excel in community service, commitment to the student-athlete, on-field coaching success and professional organization involvement. <h2> Published </h2> Jan Vansina, professor of history, has recently published two books. "How Societies are Born: Governance in West Central Africa before 1600," (University of Virginia Press, 2004) relates how large-scale societies first coalesced from the small foraging communities that had roamed West Central Africa. "Antecedents to Modern Rwanda: The Nyiginya Kingdom," (University of Wisconsin Press, 2004) investigates Rwanda's pre-colonial past and a demystification of the colonial historiography of Rwanda. <h2> Sabbaticals </h2> The Board of Regents approved the following faculty for 2005-06 sabbatical awards: Leonard Abbeduto, professor, educational psychology Nicholas Abbott, professor, chemical and biological engineering Arnold Alanen, professor, landscape architecture Martha Alibali, professor, psychology Mary Anderson, professor, geology and geophysics James Andreoni, professor, economics Robert Asen, associate professor, communication arts Bernadette Baker, associate professor, curriculum and instruction David Becker, professor, art; Florence Bernault, professor, history Susan Bernstein, professor, English Matthew Bershady, associate professor, astronomy Robert Bickner, professor, languages and cultures of Asia John Booske, professor, electrical and computer engineering Stefania Buccini, professor, French and Italian James Bucklew, professor, electrical and computer engineering Stephen Bunker, professor, sociology; Nicholas Cahill, associate professor, art history; Colleen Capper, professor, educational leadership and policy analysis Michael Connors, associate professor, art Mark Covaleski, professor, business; Thomas Cox, professor, agriculture and applied economics Narra Cox, associate professor, professional development and applied studies Wendy Crone, associate professor, engineering physics David Danaher, associate professor, Slavic languages David DeWitt, professor, computer sciences Stanley Dodson, professor, zoology James Donnelly Jr., professor, history Patrick Eagan, associate professor, engineering professional development Mark Ediger, professor, chemistry Ellery Eells, professor, philosophy Julia Evans, associate professor, communicative disorders Mikhail Feldman, associate professor, mathematics Cecilia Ford, professor, English Cary Forest, associate professor, physics Katrina Forest, associate professor, bacteriology Michael Fox, professor, Hebrew and Semitic studies Charles Franklin, professor, political science Diana Frantzen, associate professor, Spanish and Portuguese Mimmi Fulmer, professor, music; Aristotle Georgiades, associate professor, art; Morton Gernsbacher, professor, psychology; Maribeth Gettinger, professor, educational psychology Daniel Gianola, professor, animal sciences; Arthur Glenberg, professor, psychology; Mary Gomez, professor, curriculum and instruction; Stith Gower, professor, forest ecology and management Mary Elizabeth Graue, professor, curriculum and instruction Jan Greenberg, professor, social work David Griffeath, professor, mathematics Matthew Hitchman, professor, atmospheric and oceanic sciences William Hoyt, associate professor, counseling psychology Steven Ingham, professor, food science Harvey Jacobs, professor, urban and regional planning Janet Jensen, professor, music; Stephen Kantrowitz, associate professor, history; Shanti Kumar, assistant professor, communication arts Ullrich Langer, professor, French and Italian; Alexander Lazarian, associate professor, astronomy Jean Lee, professor, history David Loewenstein, professor, English Monica Macaulay, professor, linguistics Sally Magnan, professor, French and Italian David McDonald, professor, history Julie Mead, associate professor, educational leadership and policy analysis Mary Metz, professor, educational policy studies Daniel Meyer, professor, social work Nancy Mladenoff, assistant professor, art Gilead Morahg, professor, Hebrew and Semitic studies Lisa Naughton, associate professor, geography P. Martin Nystrand, professor, English; Hakki Ogelman, professor, physics Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, professor, anthropology Donald Passman, professor, mathematics John Perepezko, professor, materials sciences and engineering J. Paul Peter, professor, marketing Cyrena Pondrom, professor, English Pamela Potter, associate professor, music Lincoln Quillian, associate professor, sociology Arun Ram, professor, mathematics Stephanie Robert, associate professor, social work Jean-Pierre Rosay, professor, mathematics; Douglas Rosenberg, associate professor, dance; Mark Saffman, associate professor, physics Frank Salomon, professor, anthropology Larry Samuelson, professor, economics Joan Schmit, professor, business David Schwartz, professor, chemistry William Sethares, professor, electrical and computer engineering Dhavan Shah, professor, journalism and mass communication Jude Shavlik, professor, computer sciences Edwin Sibert, professor, chemistry Bradley Singer, associate professor, geology and geophysics Stephen Small, professor, human development and family studies Elliott Sober, professor, philosophy Amy Stambach, associate professor, educational policy studies; James Steakley, professor, German; Jeffrey Steele, professor, English James Stewart, professor, curriculum and instruction Michale Streibel, professor, curriculum and instruction; Gregory Tripoli, professor, atmospheric and oceanic sciences Manon Van de Water, associate professor, theatre and drama Stephen Vaughn, professor, journalism and mass communication V. Giri Venkataramanan, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering Bruce Wampold, professor, counseling psychology John Wild, professor, business Andrew Wolpert, associate professor, classics; Richard Zeldin, associate professor, human ecology and human development Hongming Zhang, associate professor, East Asian languages and literature. Milestones 10635 2005-01-26T00:00:00-06:00 2005-01-26T00:00:00-06:00