Three UW-Stevens Point Alumni Recognized with the Pointer Impact Award

Tuesday, August 11th, 2026 -- 8:01 AM

Several University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point alumni are being recognized for their service to their communities.

The Pointer Impact Award, created by the UW-Stevens Point Alumni Association Board of Directors in 2020, honors alumni doing good work for their communities and beyond.

Whether it be through volunteering or as part of their career, Pointers shape the world in many ways, and this honor is to celebrate those achievements. Recipients include Jim Campbell ’70, Dawn Borremans Stadelman ’94 and Richard Thiel ’75.

Campbell has served as the co-founder and vice president of marketing of the Never Forgotten Honor Flight in Wausau since 2009 and has flown on 58 honor flights with WWII, Korean and Vietnam veterans.

He studied biology at UWSP and is a retired US Marine. Campbell worked for IBM from 1976-2003, has worked on the boards of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, serves as an instructor for UWSP’s Becoming and Outdoors Woman and is the current SAFER District Fire Commissioner since 2013.

Campbell is the 2025 founding member of the Merrill Area Veteran’s Coffee and Conversation, has worked with the Chamber of Commerce and Junior Achievement and has done volunteer fundraising, earning 13 President’s Volunteer Service Awards and the 2018 IBM Platinum Volunteer Award.

“It’s gratifying to see one of our alums so committed to the support and recognition of veterans,” said UWSP College of Letters and Science Dean Joshua Hagen. “Jim’s work with the scouts, Becoming an Outdoors Woman and fire commission shares his biology education with his community in engaging ways.” Campbell lives in Rib Mountain, Wis., and has two grown sons, one daughter, three grandsons and two granddaughters.

Stadelman was named to the Beloit Historical Society Hall of Fame in 2025. Her service and leadership are most notably reflected in her work at the Beloit Art Center, where she has served as gallery manager, board president, vice president, secretary and on multiple committees.

Beyond the Art Center, she has contributed to the Beloit Public Library and its foundation, Discovery PLAYce, Kids Fun and Drama, DePaul University’s Parent Leadership Council, Beloit Memorial High School Theatre, Visit Beloit’s First Impressions Committee and the Angel Museum.

Her roles have encompassed gallery management, design and art consulting, fundraising, event planning and hands-on set and costume work in school theater productions.

Stadelman studied interior architecture at UWSP, and her professional experience includes commercial interior design, project management, and gallery and museum administration. She currently works at the Wright Museum of Art at Beloit College.

“Dawn has applied her passion for design to her passion for community service,” said UWSP College of Fine Arts and Communication Dean Stuart Benkert. “Her creativity has made a difference in the lives of children and members of her community, inspiring them to engage in the arts in new ways.”

Born in Menomonie, Wis., Stadelman grew up in a military family and moved frequently prior to returning to Wisconsin, where she graduated from Milton High School before attending UWSP. She and her husband, Joe, have three children.

Thiel majored in biology and natural resource management at UWSP. He spent his career with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, starting as a biologist assistant at the DNR’s premier deer research facility – Sandhill Wildlife Area near Babcock.

He devoted much of his life to wolf recovery in Wisconsin. Beginning in high school, he researched the causes for eradication of timber wolves in our state, which resulted in a book, “The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin: the Death and Life of a Majestic Predator,” published in 1993.

Along with friends from UWSP, he slowly documented the return of wolves to Wisconsin by searching for their sign during winters in Wisconsin’s northern forests. In 1980 he became the DNR’s wolf biologist, a position he held until 1989, when he returned to the Sandhill Wildlife Area to create and run the Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center as a wildlife education venture.

In 1989, he co-founded Timber Wolf Information Network (TWIN), an organization dedicated to providing science-based information on wolves. He has written and edited several books on wolves and on Wallace Grange, a pioneer Wisconsin wildlife biologist, authored numerous scientific and popular articles on wolves and other creatures, and in retirement continues educating others on wolves and other wildlife through classes and presentations.

“Richard’s career and professional passion has been dedicated to wildlife conservation, specifically the recovery of wolf populations in Wisconsin and the upper Great Lakes,” said UWSP College of Natural Resources Dean Brian Sloss. “He continues to be engaged and passionate about not only his wolves and nature, but also the CNR and his university.”

“It continues to be an honor to recognize and celebrate truly outstanding alumni through this award,” UWSP Alumni Board President Jody Rowland ’80, said. “We are grateful to have so many tremendously generous and impactful people in the Pointer family.”

The three alumni will be honored during the fall UWSP Alumni Association Board of Directors meeting. To nominate a worthy Pointer for an award, please go to Alumni Award Nominations – UW-Stevens Point Advancement.

(Photo courtesy of UW-Stevens Point via press release)

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