Dr. Roger Frankowski to speak at MSOE Fall Commencement
| Published: 11/08/2011 |
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More than 80 undergraduate and graduate students in engineering majors, the Rader School of Business and the School of Nursing will receive their bachelor’s or master’s degrees at Milwaukee School of Engineering’s (MSOE) Fall Commencement, Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Kern Center.
Dr. Roger Frankowski, MSOE retired vice president of academics, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Communication degree and deliver the keynote address. Quentin J. Blacklock, of Sheboygan, Wis., is the class respondent. He will be graduating with high honors and a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems.
About Dr. Frankowski:
Frankowski joined the MSOE faculty in 1968 as an instructor and subsequently was promoted to assistant professor, associate professor and professor. He was appointed vice president of academics in 2002, after serving as chairman of the General Studies Department for 21 years.
During his career, Frankowski also served as the North Central Association-Higher Learning Commission (NCA-HLC) liaison, the faculty representative to the NCAA, chairman of the Athletic Appeals Committee, and as an advisor to Tau Omega Mu and the Foreign Students Association.
In 1986, he traveled to Washington, D.C. to help present Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees to then Vice President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush. Frankowski has an undergraduate degree in history and political science, a master’s in history, and both a master’s and doctorate in education administration and supervision, all from Marquette University.
Frankowski’s work with students was recognized with two MSOE awards: the Oscar Werwath Distinguished Teacher Award in 1981 and the Outstanding Mentor Award in 1991. He also received the following awards: Salgo-Noren Outstanding Educator in 1973, Outstanding Educators in America in 1974 and Outstanding Young Men in America in 1972.
Frankowski is a member of the Milwaukee County Historical Society, American Society for Engineering Education, Society for Technical Communication and licensed in the Association for Psychological Type. He has served on the Executive Board of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) of Southeast Wisconsin, the Bucyrus-Erie Scholarship Award Committee, and the MSOE Athletics Hall of Fame Committee. Frankowski retired from MSOE on July 31, 2010, after 42 years of outstanding service to the university. He was named a professor emeritus in 2010 and also served as Parish Council chairman of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church.
MSOE is an independent university with about 2,500 students. MSOE offers 18 bachelor’s degrees and 10 master’s degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, building and infrastructure engineering, health-related engineering, computer, business and nursing fields. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; and extremely high placement rates and the highest starting salaries of any Wisconsin university according to PayScale Inc. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.