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Stevens Point Normal Domestic Science Overview
 he Division of Interior Design (later re-named Interior Architecture)
had a banner decade. Creating a specialty in lighting design and moving into the digital age, the unit received
$123,000 to create a world-class lighting lab, a senior drafting studio, faculty and student computer labs.
For most of this period, student work entered into the IIDA/Steelcase Midwest Competition (7 states and 2
Canadian provinces) and the IDEC International Charrett Competition were chosen in top spots almost every year.
Interior Architecture became the first UWSP program to require its majors to use lap tops in classes, effective
2002.
The program received national accreditation with the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER)
and from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), the latter along with the Art Department.
Although the Division phased out its major in retail studies, enrollments in the program during this period grew
from around 100 majors to almost 150 majors.
Both Mary Ann Baird and Edith Pankowski retired, while new hires included Kathe Stumpf, Donna Zimmerman, Mark
Nelson, Jane Kangas, Christina Burton.
The Division of Human Development and Nutritional Sciences also had an exciting decade with lots of transition.
Long time faculty members Grace Hendel, Diane Libby Witte, and Janet Malone retired and new staff included Jasia
Chitharanjan, Annie Wetter, Kit Werner, Kathy McKinney.
Enrollments in Family and Consumer Education more than doubled from 30 to almost 75, as students sought to fill
the increasing teaching vacancies in the field. UWSP faculty became leaders in national and state curriculum
revision in family living, receiving many grants from the Department of Public Instruction and serving as editor
of a national journal.
The dietetics area had considerable renovation, with the major foods lab receiving a $80,000 renovation and the
cafeteria kitchen a $80,000 renovation. Dietetics majors and graduates became extremely successful at securing
national summer practica and post-graduate internships, reaching the 100% level in a nationally competitive
market.
The Early Childhood Education major extended its certification range from kindergarten to 3rd grade by becoming a
joint major with the School of Education. Eventually, the major moved to the School of Education.
The graduate program in Human and Community Resources doubled from about 15 to over 30 students, mostly from
working community agency employees. The Nutritional Science master's was reconstructed to include an internship
component and an efficient year-long master's degree effective 2002.
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